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IB GAZETTE-NEWS HAS IB ASSOCIATED PRESS . 2RVICB. IT IS IN EVERY RESPECT COMPLETE. II .WEATHER FOEECASTi PARTLY CLOUDY. VOMEXIX. NO. 257. ASHEVILLE, N. 0. Ys? yAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 7, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS v ill 1 1 1ERMANS SUCCESSFUL I IN RUSSIAN POLAND Estimates fob IBB? 3ity Is In German Hands It Is Not Unlikely That" Warsaw Is Serious ly Menaced. In diplomatic circles interest is now centered in Rome where the statement of former Pre mier Diolettin that Austria had been planning war against Servia as early as in 1913 has caused something . of a sensation. The Balkan states are said to be nearing a rapportment which will enable them to make common cause against the Ger manic allies. ' , TROGRAD DISCOUNTS IMPORTANCE OP FALL 73 the Russians Are Strong Enough to Hold' Germans in Poland and Pursue Southern Campaign. ,000,000 FOR S3 THE ITERliS Amount Estimated for Rivers and Harbors Work in Na tion for Fiscal Year , of 1915-1916. U. S.EXPEIISES Figures Presented to Congress Put Cost of Running Gov ernment for Fiscal Year at $1,090,775,134. , BftPTlST HOSTS Take Lodz. -Berlin,, via. London, Dec. 7. It 1b officially announced that the Germans occupied Lodz Sunday. iondon, Deo. 7. Cbmpari- h of reports from Berlin and jtrograd lead to the cdnclu in that the German forces ve occupied Lodz, whence German invaders were ven waen tney were at- pting to make their first hance oh Warsaw. - Berlin positive that Lodz is now in b Lands of ' the German Dops, and from Petrograd pes the admission that the irate. - . 1 v,: ' f the fall of this city is a t it may indicate that War- jw is seriously menaced, but m Petrograd comes the ni-offieial statement that the lissians are strong enough to ld the invaders in North Po nd and that they will con- Jit themselves with doing this ;ule they devote their mam lergies to tne campaign found Cracow and to the in ision of Ilungary. Hungary, jcording to the contentions jom Petrograd, represents the Wkest part of the Teutonic palition. Messages from Pet grad also state that as early the time of the fall of Lem- rg the Austrians made over- res to the Russians concern' ? terms of peace; and the ry is revived in Petrograd iat the Hungarian prime min uter has demanded of Emper- fWilliam better military pro rtion for Ilungary, declaring ( at the lack of this would iiuse the loss of the Hungar an kingdom.' The latest French official re- !rts sot forth that there are o changes of importance to 'cont with reference to the ptnation on the western fields ' battle; and with the excep n of a special dispatch to the Tect that Ostend is burning o other news has reached Lon of the situation' in France "d Belgium. ! JJite reports from Montene- ro and Servia indicate that ese Balkan allies are at bav their mountain strongholds nd are holding the Austrians i check. On the water some unnsnnl '"tivity has been noticeable, "Siting in tne destruction of Turkish auxiliary in the ;'ack sea by Russian fiubma- Destruction by mines of - oweeauin . . vessels, mer '"int ships, off the Finniah "iHt has been reported; and now of the erirmli orkiHh cruiser by a mine has "j teen received. . Lodz, a city of some 150,000 pop ulation Is the chief msinufaiAturtng center of Russian Poland. It has nu merous textile mills, the majority of them for the manufacture of ootton goods. In addition It has flour mills, dyeing establishments, brick yards, machinery plants and breweries. The population is made up of Poles, Ger mans and Jews. Petrograd, via. London, Dec. 7. The Novoe Vremya's correspondent at the front tells of the bombardment of Lodz. He says: "The shelling of Lodz began a week ago and grew heavier heavier until the shells were landing in the town at five minute Intervals, setting many Ares. "The town Is in a pitiable state. The 700,000 inhabitants are scantily pro vided with food and there is no em ployment. There has been no regu lar communication with the outside world the past two months." OVER THREE MILLION LESS THAN LAST YEAR NUMBER OF LARGER ITEMS RATHER SMALL No Salary Incresaes, No Pub lic Buildings and All Items Reduced to Minimum in Estimates. Mississippi River Gets $10,500, 000; North Carolina Is Re membered in Several Small Items. Ostend Burning. London, Dec 7. "Ostend Is re ported on fire", says, a Dally Chroni cle dispatch from Dunkirk. "It is b lieved the conflagration was caused either by a British bom bardment or German Incendiaries." Servians Resume Offensive. ; Paris. Deo. 7. A Havae' aUpalch from Nish, Servia, reports that since December 8 the Servians have resum ed a vigorous offensive against the Austrians. The Servians, on Friday, the dispatch adds, pursued the right wing of the enemy to the Kaluaarn river, where the Austrians were forced to' abandon four batteries. Delayed Message. Petrograd. Dec. 7. (Delayed in transmission) The official communl cation of the Russian general Btaff says: "Yesterday the fighting was without change. The essential engagement continued and the German attacks were repulsed." The word "yesterday" refers to Sat urday, December 5, before the capture of Lodx by the Germans was reported from Berlin. ARE GATHERING Delegates in Raleigh for the Baptist State Convention Which Begins Working Sessions Tomorrow. Ships Gathered London, Dee. 7. The Central News correspondent at Copenhagen says this dispatch has been received from Berlin: . Knrfv British and French war- uhlDs are gathered outside (name de leted by censor) with the evident In tention of forcing their way through. This, however, will be Impossible, as the fortifications have been sirengin and tha water Is strewn with mines." Servian Saewse. Nish. Dec. 7. (Via London) The Servian war office issues the follow ing official statement: "On the whole front the Servian army's success Is reported. Every' where the Austrians have been re n,.id .' have caDtured two gencr .1 nfnr.rs it officers. 2.400 men and . i.rira ouentlty of booty. On one of our fronts we captured from the en emy four complete batteries." Bombard fre. ' via liondon. 1 lie inn uc, - Dec. 7.) A Russian staff officer to day asserted that according to offi cial reports a Russian force Is bom bardlng Cracow and suburbs from 1 southeast. The officer added that th Kusslans have left a surnciem. ,r to oppose a renewal of their German offensive and that they will concen trate aU their fore for an entranoe Into Germany on the line oi v.v.u-, Oppelen and Breslau. The officer said that according to his information cholera Is ravaging the Prsemysl garrison. GERL1S DESTROY THE III Washington, Dec. 7. More than $53,000,000 Is estimated for Improve ments and maintenance of the nation's waterways and harbors during the fiscal year of 1916, which begins July 1, 1915. The great waterways require the larger part of the money. The total of the works Is made up of a com paratively small number of large items and a comparatively large number of small items. The Mississippi river estimate is $10,600,000; the Ohio, $9 S84.000; the Hudson, $3,670,000; the Tennessee, more than $3,0(rb,000; the Columbia and the Missouri rivers $2 500,000 each; and the Delaware, $1,- 500,000. Larger Waterways. Estimates of appropriations for the larger waterways are: Mississippi-river: Southwest Pass, $GOO.DP0; Sputh Pasg $60,000; psse to mouth of Ohio (including- expense of Mississippi river commission), $6,' 000,000; mouth of Ohio to Mlnneap oils, $3,785,000; between Brainerd and Grand Rapids, Minn., $6,000; Mis' sisslppl and Leech Rivers, Minn., $00, 000. Ohio river: Below Pittsburgh, $9, 884.000. Hudson river: $3,670,000. Missouri river: Kansas City to mouth, 6-foot channel. $2,200,000 Kansas Slty to Cioux City, $150,000 Sioux City to Fort Benton, $150,000, Tennessee river: Above Chattanoo ga, x,79Z,uo; between Florence ana Riverton, $170,000; below Rlverton, $287,000. Cumberland ricer: Below Nashville, $1,000,000. Delaware river: Philadelphia to sea, ?1,500,QUU; above Trenton, $47,- 500. St. Marys river: Construction of fourth lock, $1,000,000. Columbia river: Mouth, $1,750,000; Columbia . and Lower Wllliamette, $)00,000; at Cascades, $10,000; at Threemile Rapids, $80,000; Upper Co lumbia and Htiake tiivers. $65,000. Monongahela river: Reconstruction of lock and dam No, , $211,200. Allegheny river: $10,000. Inland waterway, Rehoboth bay to Delaware bay, $130,000. Potomac river: At Washington, $20,000. Estimates of harbors and smaller waterways Include: Virginia: James river, $100,000; Rappahannock river, $10,000; Matta ponl and Pamunkey rivers, $6,000. North Carolina: Beaufort, $17,000; Beaufort inlet, $10,000: Morehead City, $8,800; Cape Fear river, locks and dams above Wilmington, $271, 000; below Wilmington, $206,000; Neuse and Trent rivers, $32,000; New river and waterways to Beaufort, $27,- 300; Northeast, Black rivers and Cape Fear river above Wilmington, $16,(00; Pamlico and Tar rivers, $35,800; Scup pernong river, $5,400; Smith's creek, $5,400; waterway Pamlico Sound to Beaufort Inlet, $10,400. South Carolina: Waccamaw river, $55,500; Charleston $70,000; Winyah bay, $100,000; Bantee, Wateree and Congaree rivers, $20,000. Georgia: Altamaha, Oconee and Ormulgee rivers, $40,000; Brunswick, $41,000; Havannah, $75,000; Flint river, $50,000; Savannah river, 8a nnah to Augusta, $33,000; above Augusta, $3,000; Chattahoochee river, below Columbus, $120,000; Coosa river between Rome and Dan No. 4, $75,000; locks and dams, $56,000; St. Marys river, $5,000; waterway, . Savannah to Fernandlna, Fla., $77,000. GREATEST OF CHURCH MEETINGS IN RALEIGH CONGRESS OPEN, FINAL SESSION STORM INCREASES IN ITSJNTENS1TY Atlantic Seaboard Is Lashed Today From Hatteras to Eastport, Maine. Work to Be Undertaken Wil Not Be Fully Disclosed Until the President Makes Address. Homes Have Been Provided for Hundreds of Visitors Opening Sermon to Be Preached Tonight. Washington, Dec. 7. Estimates prepared to congress today put the cost of conducting the government during the fiscal year 1916, which be. gins on uly 1, next, at $1,090,775,134. This sum is $3,392,962 less than the congressional appropriations for the current fiscal year ending next June 30, and $17,906,643 less than the esti mates for the current year. Without salary Increases of any kind, no estimates whatever for new public buildings and all Items reduced by order of President Wilson to what departmental heads consider the min imum, the estimates represent the ad ministration's efforts to keep the gov ernmental expenditures within Its in come which has' been decreased by the European war. By grand divis ions, the estimates submitted today are as follows: Legislative establishments 7,641,049 Executive establishment.. 31,845,889 Judicial establishment .. , 1,240,5R0 Department of agriculture 20,706, 012 Postal service .......... 297,355,164 Foreign intercourse 4,607,182 Military establishment . . 105,866,844 Naval establishment;... 142, 619.003 Y J3 - OC I . ' - UJ- ' ifaA tit AH'l APPROPRIATION BILL LIKELY TO COME FIRST 1 Paris. Dee. T.-A Havst from Petrograd ,h'h' I man- destroyed the monastery at L.noey.a. about 16 m lee to the northwt of Lon. which in ..utenoe for 1.000 years. The rnon Mtery we. droyed. It was Stated " the pretext that the rlnn. ef the Angelm ,H Mmal for tM , .t.ns. In the ait-". " 9" na tao monks were killed TWO SWEDISH STEAMERS STRIKE I1ES UNO SINK London, Deo. T, -A Rsutef dis patch from Stockholm says that the Hwedlsh steamer Luna and IDveralda truck mines off the eoaat of Finland and sank. The erew of the Luna were saved but, with the exemption of one eeamsn, those aboard the Er ralda were lost. Indian' affairs .rf.M,;,;'HI,fM4a Pensions.. . , ...... 166,100,000 Panama canal 18,931,865 Public works. . .. .. . .' 79,917,541 Miscellaneous-.'. . . .... 82,843,325 Permanent annual appro priations 121,667.207 With the expectation that the postal service will continue to be self-sustaining the postal item of $297,355,164 will be deducted as it is returned to the treasury from postal earnings leaving the actual total of expendi tures at $793,419,970. As there Is such a comparatively small change in the estimates, there is also comparatively little change In the items of fixed charges and new estimates for expenditures have been reduced to the minimum. While the rule Is one of reductions, the army and namy establishments alone show Increases of any note. The army esti mate Is increased to $105,977,802; the naval estimate Is $142,619,033 against a current appropriation of $141,393, 217. Estimates for the legislative estab lishment Include salaries end expenses of congress. The executive estimates include the president, vice president and the civil service commission. Practically no changes are shown there. In the state department the only changes are some slight Increases In salaries, in contingent expenses for the diplomatic and consular service growing out of the Mexican situation and the European war. In the treasury department the ex pense of collecting the Income tax Is estimated at $1,220,000, a decrease of i $280,000. Estimates are presented for maintaining the western mints and essay offices, against which each ses sion of congress brings a fight. New Item. In the department of commerce a nay Item is one of $3,000,000 for an agricultural census, $1,493,600 Is ask ed for lighthouses, beacons and fog slmials, $75,000 is estimated for inves tigating costs of production, and $100,- 000 Is estimated for promoting com merce in South and Central America. This latter Item is double the amount appropriated last year. In the department of labor the es timate for th ework of commissioner of conciliation on labor disputes would be raised from $60,000 to $75,000. For a study of the extent of Industrial un employment In the United States, $10, 000 is estimated. In the department of agriculture the principal special Items, aside from the fixed charges of operation, are $600. 000 for quarantine work to fight the cattle tick In the south; $645,000 to enforce the pure food law; $1,000,000 for co-operative farm demonstration work; $60,000 for live stock experi ments In southern countries where su gar cane has been the principal prod uct; $17,000 for dairy experiments In tde seml-arld and Irrigated regions of tha west, and $240,000 to encourage improved farm management method. For free distribution of seed $261,140 is asked. The total estimate for the forest service Is $5,641,266. For the enforcement ef the new law te regu late dealings In cotton futures and to carry on the Investigation of market ing and distribution of food products, $I7.6I la asked. Aarmy FMimatea. Tn the army estimates, $100,000 Is (Continued en page 11) (By W. T. Boat) Raleigh, Dec. 7. The couriers of the Baptist state convention, the pas tors who hold In the evening their first conference, are arriving hee to day and tomorrow the annual con vention beginB. The visiting delegates, numbering half a thousand or more, have been assigned homes and have found city for th(;m. The names of hosts and their guests cover a whole news paper page and many others are ex pected whose entertainment is other wise provided for. The latest siatis tics provided by the secretary of that department, show that 268,000, 2,093 churches, and 2,052 Sunday schools will be represented in the vast fleie gation that will sit here this week. Fully a thousand are expected in eluding local delegates and visitors. The opening sermon will be preached by Rev. Frederick Mack Gardner, pastor of the Southern Pines Baptist church. This takes place this evening in the auditorium of the Firet Baptist church, where all day sesslonrt will be held. At the evening service Rev.. Dr. Henry F. Cope, a very distinguished .Baptist, preacher. witi "speak on "Th Preacher educat ing his People." 1 The conference of pastors con tinues through Tuesday until the ev ening service which will be held In the city auditorium. The sermon, the convention sermon proper, will be preached by Rev. Dr. B. T. Carter, pastor of the Spencer Baptist church. The preachers' conference ends Tues day. Beginning early in the morning, the ministers work all day and have such men as R. A.. McFarland, Henry F. Cope, John R. Sampey, T. J. Taylor, Joe S. Snyder and Baylus Cade to address them. The meeting of the convention In Raleigh will be the fifteenth held In this city. All night services will be held In the great auditorium, the only building in the city that will seat the crowds expected to attend this convention, the greatest of all church gatherings that have come here. Klks Memorial Service. The Raleigh Elks memorialized their dead yesterday afternoon at S o'clock In beautiful exercises mark ed by a splendid address by Walter P. Andrews, of Atlanta. ' The fraternity lost two members by death the year closed. The service yesterday afternoon was greatly aid ed by Professor R. Bllnn Owen of St Mary's, who directed the music. The visiting speaker Is a native North Carolinian who hns gained a reputa tion at the Atlanta bar of which he la a member. County Offlcoe Change. The new officials of Wake county took the oath t office this morning. Sheriff J. H. Sears and Clerk Mil lard Mlal succeeding themselves, while Arch J. Wood becomes the successor of Charles H. Anderson, and L. D. Stephenson Is made treas urer over George Norwood, retiring Incumbent. For the first time In many years a regular nominee lost In county. Mr. Wood being run by his friends after the canvassing board had given the nomination to an other. Barring this, no Interest at tached to the regular election. Working on Tax System. Chairman K. L. Travis, of the state corporation commission, spends each day In going over the three big gest tux systems of the union. lie does not talk governor talk. "I will admit that I have Jiad many letters and been spoken to many times In this connection," Mr. Travis said, "but I am now trying to do something on the tax system that we hope to work out the coming year. There Is great dissatisfaction with the taxing measures now In ef fect. It Is not so acute and no so in sistent aa was ths feeling on the railroad rates last year, but It is vury great all the same. I should think that the best thing that any man In office could do who has an opportunity to do anything thit will determine his future, would be 'to work out well the problems that his office puts upon him to work. 1 hnve not even thought about another pro motion In office, but what I mean la this that If I thought about it, the best thing to be done toward getting it would be the accomplishment of something In tha present one. Washington, Dec. 7. With storm warnings displayed all along the At lantic coast from Cape Hatteras to Eastport, Me., the heavy gale, which has been whipping the seaboard and which has been menacing shipping during the past 40 hours, has increas ed in intensity. The wave has been moving slowly northward from the Virginia capes, where It was centered this -morning. The gale's force has been felt from Hatteras to Lower New England and has been marked by gen eral rains in the middle Atlantic, Southern, and New England states. Already some vessels have been re ported in distress. Cotton Legislation on House Program Foreign Affairs Will Get Much of the Senate's Attention. Unknown Warship Ashore. Washington, Dec. 7. The unknown warship which went ashore off the coast -of Delaware last night is be lieved by officials of the navy de partment to be one of a foreign fleet. The safe arrival of two American destroyers at Norfolk and the report of the captain of the battleship Kan sas that he Is riding out the storm off the Delaware capes disposes safely of all the American war vessels in that vicinity. No American war vessel answering to the description of the one ashore, which is said to have four funnels, is near this vicinity. Today no word was received from the revenue cutter Itasca, which went out yesterday for the purpose of ren dering assistance to the stranger. Navy officials say that if tha vessel ft-4lstrajr doer bvTonfr to"- foreign navy, she is probably--not uslnr her wireless, for fear of revealing her po sition o some hostile .vessel. The Gale Is Terrific. The velocity of the gale touched the high record mark In some Instances. At midnight, the wind was blowing 72 miles an hour at Block Island, 60 miles at Sandy Hook and Deleware breakwater, and 36 miles at Cape Hat teras. Small shipping in the Chesapeake bay has been damaged. Forecasters promise generally fair weather In the South Atlantic states tonight and Tuesday. GUTIERREZ, lit 10 ZAPATA ENTER CAPITAL Formally Occupy Capital Sec tion, According to Agents of General Villa. El Paso, Texas, Dec. 7. Eulallo Gutierrez, provisional president of Mexico, with Generals Villa and Za pata formally occupied the capital section of Mexico City yesterday, ac cording to a report given out offl dally by Villa agents here. No press dispatches have arrived from the south during the Inst few days. Oeorge C. Carothers, representa tive tif the American state depart ment, reported last night from Mexl An rMtv thnt im ontArnif thn r.inllHl Wa1ke Saturday and was the guest of tho Brazilian minister, who hr . been looking after the Interests of the United States. The situation In northern Mexico awaited the movements of General Inez lialazar. who hns begun an In dependent revolutionary movement. SATISflESJHE ALLIES Political Situation Shaping It self Nicely for Them, Is Report From Athens. London, Deo. T Progresa has been made In the political situation In the Balkan states antlsfsctory te the al lies, according to a telegram from an Athens correspondent, who tinder stands that a reappointment between Hervla and Bulgaria, British, French and Kumlan ministers have visited Tou know what It means te have thw rek premier, Aid he stateethat nmehody else do ths work that you la Ureek raper sy that the visit eon feel you are aiperted to de your- I eerned , proposals that Greece should (Continued on pace 11) I assist Bervla, Washington, Dec. 7. The rtxtw third congress assembled today for lis third and concluding session. President Wilson will deliver hii annual address, in person, tomorrow from the rostrum in the hall of the house before a joint session, outlining the administration program. Until that is fully 'disclosed, the work which will be undertake during the com paratively few remaining days In ths life of this congress, which dies al noon March 4, remains undefined, ex cept that the usual appropriation bill" are likely to receive first and chief at tention. Whether the sixty-fourth con gress, chosen at the November elec tions will be called In special sesslor or will not assemble before anothei yenr no one can predict with certainty. After six weeks of respite from leg islative grinding, during which mans participated in the political campaign, members of both houses assembled prepared to go on with the unfinished business left over from the last ses sion. That the general appropriation bills would be difficult to complete be fore March 4 if much other legislation were to Intervene, was the consensus of opinion among leaders of both dom inant parties. What .tflrcumstancrt may arise froni the Europeap war or changed condition lif Mexico may be ; the deciding influence in the meeting time of the next congress with ite new host of republicans in the house, Private Life for Some. With the falling of the gevels in both houses today many legislators, some of them prominent figures for years In the political life of the nation, turn their faces toward private life. for this session of congress is their last unless changing fortunes return them. Senators Root of New Vork, Burton of Ohio, Perkins of California, Bris tow of Kansas, Crawford of South Dakota, Stephenson of Wisconsin al! republicans and Thornton of Louis iana and Whote of Alabama, demo crats, will go out of office at the end of the session. Inlhe house. Representatives Under wood of Alabama, Hardwlck of Geor gia, and Broussard of Louisiana are serving their last terms before their elevation to the senate of the next congress. Those Retiring. ' Among prominent house democrati retiring are: A. Mitchell Palmer ot Pennsylvania, a member of the way and means committee: Stanley I". Bowdle of Ohio, who will return the seat he took from former Representa tive Nicholas Loneworth: Robert J. Hulkley of Ohio; John R. Clancy of New York; Robert T. IDIfenderfer of Pennsylvania: Jeremiah Donovan of Connecticut; Richmond Pearson Hob- son of Alabama' Henry M. Goldfogln of New York; Charles A. Morbly of Indiane; Robert E. Ie of Pennsylva nia; Oeoree A. Neeley of Kansas; Frank T. O'HuIr of Illinois, who will vleld back thf seat he took from former Speaker Joseph O. Cannon; John J. Mitchell of Massachusetts, u member of the ways and means com mittee; Edward W. Townsend of New Jersey, and many others. Of the progressive organlrntlon In the house members who will be retired Include the party lender. Victor Murdoek of Kansas; M. Clyde Kelley, W. J. Hill ings and Henry W. Temple all of Pennsylvania; Jnmes McLaughlin of Mlchlgsn. and William It. Hlne bouah of Illinois. Lrsders on all sides look forward to Interesting developments over tho naval and the army appropriation bills heratise of agitation resulting from the European war. Representa tive Augustus I- Gardner of Massa chusetts hns a resolution dlrertlnt congressional Investigation Into the military preparedness of the United States for war. Klrwt Bnlnee. The first calendar business before the house todsy was the cotton relief legislation urged by Representative Henry of Texas, and ether, who al moet prevented adjournment ot the last eemlon by insisting en It, Th general understanding among mem. bora of both houses was that President Wilson would press the bill for gov. eminent purchase of ocean steam ships; the measure te pave the wr for ultimate independence of the Phil. Ipplnns, and the measures proposing a comprehensive plan f dealing with, waterway Improvement and conserva tion of natural reseureee. A general waterway bill to establish a nation-wide srstem ef broad nor, rub as has been Indorsed by a eota (Continued on Page 11.)
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