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THS gazette-news has jjjB ASSOCIATED PRJISS SERVICE. IT IS IN EVERT .. RESPECT COMPLET21. :i ji"":' lfi fa-W'Jfi " F fWilf .7EATEEI5 FOUECABTa PARTLY CLOCDY. 3LUMEXIX. NO. 277. ASHEVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 31, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTSi ALLIES ENCOURAGED BY IKS CAUSE DF IDISOIIISTQ COMMENTS ON NOTE FRIENDLY DEFEAT OF AUSTRIANS ' ' ' 1 ' " ' IN ' ' I G Ml EFFECT l-BHCIG 'ome Observers Think Rus sian Success Marks Turn-J ing Point in Campaign in 'the East. DEFEAT OF TURKS IN CAUCASUS REPORTED I) nninnn OH bbD IS A Mil 01 Congressman Pou Says to Re move Raleigh Postmaster Would Be to Commit an Outrage. Allies Still Paying Heavy Price fop" Small Gains The Servians' Invasion -Plans Outlined. ' REPORT OF INSPECTOR IN NO WAY JUSTIFIED minus ' GOULD ASSIST Woman Who Earns But $6 a 'Week Cannot Live Without Outside Help, Says Mrs.' i Glendower Evans. Men Sentenced in $ jn Co. N. C. Manufacturers Could Use ' Local Crop if They Want- ! ed to, Says' Commis sioner, Graham. RELATES. INTERVIEWS WITH GIRL WORKERS USED MORE THAN N.C. PRODUCED IN YEAR 1913 Some Employes in Office, It Seems, Were Responsible for All the Trouble Being Started. . ' The allies are greatly encour- tod bv the recent deteat ot ro " v t t y the Russians and some mil itary observers express the opinion that Russian success, the Germans across the Bzura, is the turning point in the cam- mign favorable to the Czar's forces. There have been no im portant developments on eith er front since Austrians ' met (heir defeat in Galicia, That lef eat is not considered t irre parable, but tho Russians feel very-much more sanguine' over the situation than before.' The principal fighting in the west- crn theater now is on tiie rin cia river, where rthe Gonnan forces are on. the offensive and are bringing- up big guns. There is , speculation as to the probable effect of the Austrian defeat on the situation in the west. ' " " Tn the eastern theater, the al lies still claim to be making slow gains by steady hammer ins: at the German lines in Flanders. The gains are meas ured in yards in most instan ces. The only report of activity on the seas comes from Lon don, this being to the effect that the Austrian dreadnought Viribus Unitis has been torpe doed at Pol a by a French sub marine. The hull of the battle ship was pierced, although the vessel was able to make her port. The ship is one of the biest of the Austrian navy, Ix'ing of 20,000 tons displace ment and carrying 1000 men. ItiiXHlan Defeat Turk". Petrograd. Dec. 10. ( Delayed) Tn following statement hits been 1 j"-d by the general Bluff of the Rue Ian army of the Caucasus: "The battle at Barlkamyah (In IranM'uunaala, 10 inllea southwest of Karn) against large Turkish forces ntlnue. Our artillery fire dispersed furinldnl.la Turkish force and more "in half of It continues In fight, 'm nf (h Turkish forces conien lr''il In the region of Yallnlx-Chame !"" and marched from Arduhan ta 'ortlfleel town In trans-Caucusta, 40 "'j northwem of Kara) to the Ya-J-'iii-Chume piim (southwest of Arda- lun). Gazette-News Bureau, Wyatt Building, - . Washington, Dec. 31. The evidence in the case did not Jus tify Postoftice inspector . Raymond Gray, who made an investigation of the Raleigh postoftice In recommend ing the dismissal of Postmaster .Willis G. Biggs. i This was the conclusion reached by Representative Edward W. Pou after spending over two hours at tho post ollice department today reading the entire 45 page report and recommen dation of Inspector Gray. The most drastic action that could possibly be taken on the evidence collected by Gray," according to Mr. Pou, would have been a recommendation that tho attention of Briggs be called to the seeming carelesness of some of his subordinates. There is nothing In the evidence to show that Mr. Brigg neg- Cites Case of Manufacturer Buying Cotton at 6 In . tending to Sell on a Basis of 13 Cents. in Future Will Construction terHigl ays iSt in Bet- T III SIRRED THE CHANGE BECOMES - EFFECTIVE AT ONCE Marley, a Democratic Poll holder at Thomasville, Is Served With Warrant. London Papers Think Mutual Good Feeling Will Bridge Difficulty Between Eng land and the U. S. Tells of the Various Ways in I For Many Years These Con Which They Eke Out Their. . Existence on Pitifully Low Wages Paid. victs Have Done Road Work in Buncombe County Three Returned. CABINET TAKES UP AMERICAN PROTEST . (By W. T. Bost.) Raleigh, Dec. 31. Major W. A. Graham, commissioner of agriculture, finds that North Carolina mills manu factured last year 100,000 more bales of cotton than the state raised and that the spinners might now take care ot the local crop if they felt disposed. The 1813 crop yielded 790,000 bales, according to the governmental reports issued recently, but the spinners ab sorbed 906,177. The major quotes an interesting story from Commissioner Price of one of the southern states who told Major Graham a few days ago that he knows a Georgia manu tuicturer who planned th esale of his product on the basis of 18-cent cotton which he had bought at 6 and 6. In ' thhj correspondence several weeks, afro the report of M. L. Ship man, commissioner of labor and print lected his duties in any way, in the 'nif. was shown -to support the com- piutnt or iNorn uaronan ootron iarm erg' that the presence of mill men in the cotton conferences was a draw- oplnidn of the f oUltlf district congress man. "To remove Briggs from office upon what is shown in Gray's report" said Mr. Pou, "would be a monstrous qut- rage. I not only win reiuse 10 as that he be removed but I will rests", any movement of that kind with every ounce of power and Influence at my command." One of. the charges against Briggs. as already stated In these dispatches, was that of the News and Observer with reference to the weighing of th mail. W. II. Bagley of the Ualeigh DUbllcatlon. according to the report. appeared before Inspector Gray, and told of Ms grievance. The other charges were of a general nature and according to Mr. Pou seems to have originated because of some factional differences between the employes of the Raleigh office. Mr. Briggs tried to correct the New3 and Observer grievance. He instruct- ed his men to weigh the mails cor-1 rectly, but apparently, they did not do so. The pohtofflce department officials told Mr. Pou that Briggs had made a fine record as postmaster at Raleigh. Not a scratch agalntt his record dur ing the eight years he has presided over the Raleigh office has been put against hlrh until the present contro versy arosei . Briggs has handled sev eral millions of dollars for the govern ment and his accounts have t?en among the most correct of any coming to Washington. ' The charge against tor'-ZZ- "er.i to have originated because of factional differences among the employes In the Raleigh office. At least they started that way. There Is no doubting the fact, however, that these emplovei had able assistance from the outside. Just who wrote the first letter to Washington aklng for an investiga tion of Brigg'i admlnl-tratlon will n,,,i lniri'tlne rending when the postoftice department becomes suffi ciently calm to make the report pub lie In full. It Is not saying too much, perhaps. to say that there may u a s-iirnu shake-up of the clerks now drawlnj rnvernment money at the . ' Ralclkh office. Just when this will be done cannot be said at this time, but It is sure to come. ply provided with ammunition and supplies." Princeton, N. J ; Dec. 81. A girl who - earns only i 6 a week must go hungry unless 8he recelves some out side help, Mrs. Glendower Evans, of Boston, "'declared today' .'' before 'the American Economic association. Mrs. Evans has been ' connected with the work incident to the establishment of a minimum waga scale in Massachu setts and has made an. extensive sur vey of . conditions there.- . . "The vast majority of wage earn ing women work because they must" she said, "and the vast majority earn wages far below the requirements of I a decent living. - . "How then do they live? 1 answer, for the most part by enduring every form' of privation. The majority of them, I believe, are terribly underfed. Every study of budgets and living conditions that I know of shows tsis. Sometimes women confess it plainly. 'I don't know how I ever lived,' or, 'I almost starved,' they will say in ex- ! plaining their circumstances. Others are too proud to confess their priva- iionn 'You' see I am dieting, was the explanation of a girl for her two cent lunch at a cafeteria.", Mrs. Evans .'then told the story of a elrl that mftde .si, dollars a week sion of ; MansachUBetts imiervwweu. The Klrl admitted that she received money from Illicit resources. Kne ce- Speclal to The GRzette-News. Thomasville, Dec. 31. A sensation was sprung upon this town Tuesday night when a warrant charging fraud in the recent election was served up on J. R. Marley, democratic poll holder in the south Thomasville pre cinct. The warrant was issued by the iclerk of the recorder's court, and w For the first time In its history, ! when the case came up. yesterday af Madison county will establish . a i ternoon a, nol prosso wa3 taken be chaingang to work the prisoners of I cau8e the warrant waa not issued on Westminster Gazette Suggests Certain Practices Which . Might Less Restrict U. S. Commerce. tho county on the public highways. This action has just been taken by the highway commission of the county and will go into effect at once, the plan being to start the first work during the next few days. This means that Buncombe county a sworn complaint. But a seconhd was immediately sworn out by a man named Hines and served in the court room. Recorder McRae, however, continued the new case until Tues day. - This action is the result of alleged frauds perpetrated at the box tnat was afterward thrown out for lrre- convict camps will not use any more : gulariUes, The cnarge ia that Maney back to the deliberations. In many of ! clared was forced to go hungry these the cbtton growers protested ! whPn sh tried to live on $6 a week. that the mill men wanted the very prisoners from Madison. The custom for a great many years has been to send the Madison county short term prisoners to this county to be worked on the publio highways ot Buncombe. The Madison county authorities have called on the board of county com missioners of Buncombe county to return three prisoners, the last ones sent here from Madison, and the re quest has been granted. This request was mode In order that the chalngang in Madison would have enough pris oners to justify the county in be ginning work ae once. . For the Madison county prisoners sent to this county in the past, Bon combe has been paying all the court costs of the cases, the transportation, and board and clothing while they werk bolng worked here. It Is estl-Tma3- Ttmt about' 30 prisoners -ft' year weresent here from Madison and facts and figures show that Bun combe broke about even on the amount of money paid out for the prisoners and the amount of work put republican ballots into his coat pocket instead of into the box. It is staeed that he admits ' putting one ballot into his pocket, but says that it was one that he picked up trorn the table for ' examinu on, and not one handed in by a voter. As he was looking at it, according to his story, some one approached the box and he inadvertently thrust the paper he had in his hand into his pocket. He surrendered it when the republican potlholder, J. P. Gilbert, protested; but.' ever since rumors have Deen flyilig thick and fast. Peculiar interest attaches to this particular box, because in it T. E. Jennings, republican candidate ror ' London, 'Dec. 31. Protests by the United States against the restriction of American commerce by the British, fleets in the detention ot vessels to search for contraband have been tak en up by the British , cabinet., Tht American note containing the protest Is likely to Oocupy the attention of the ministers, for some time, : ana In the .meantime American Ambassador Page is invited to go over the entire question with Foreign Secretary Grey. , The Washington note occupied first place both in the news and editorial columns of the London papers wnere war was discussed; and it . was con tended everywhere that the mutual good feeling of the two countries" would be sufficient to bridge, the dif- . ficulty and obviate further irritation. - England . has no -right to feel ag-- gressive because, the United States us. endeavoring, to mitigate .the lass the . war has inflicted on the American merchants' and 'manufacturers, , ac cording to the Westminster Gazette, which more than any other newspa per reflects the views of the govern ment. This paper contends that It is i to the interest of neutrals as well a belligerents that the war be shorten ed and thinks that neutral countries clerk of the court, got a majority of ehouId be willing to submit to any cheapest cotton possible and could have nothing In kinship ' with the growers who wanted a living wage. . At the last conference in Raleigh, mill men were present and assured tho growers that they wish better price3. "But it seems," Major Graham said today, "that although Mr. Price's man had plannew to manufacture yarns on 13 cent cotton and at a profit, he finds it impossible to pay more than 7 cents and get out." The slight Jump Tuesday, bringing cotton above seven cents, is taken to mean somewhat better conditions, but to date no mill men who have bar gained for 12 or 13 cent cotton have been represented as favoring 10-cent compromise. Suffraglsbi Here Xe Week. The Equal Suffrage league of North Carolina will pitch tents here Monday January 4, to be ready for the gener al assembly when It meets on the sixth. The nature of the campaign to be rirried on has noe been made nubile. but a bin win be introduced a njsixteen Full Pardons, Twenty as it can oe put oeiore me ouuy. win- I do not tell you this story tnHt;they per(ormed while je. The aver- an inrerence may oe uiawu m age cost of each case tried in Mad- i tonn la T 1 . i .1 ot t J O tn low wanes which I do not draw, Mrs. Evans said. l ten it to inu- Owing to the mountainous topo- trate the point I have made, tnat aBraphy of Madison and ehe steep girl who earns $6 a week, unless sheigra(iea ef an the roads in the county Is helped out somehow, must go hun-j ,t hag Jieen thg m08t backwar(j n tne gry." I state In the matter of good roads, The Massachusetts commission re-tne roads of the county being noth cently agreed upon J8.71 as a living, lng more than dirt Toads, except In a watrn for women, but as yet mis f , intll.M whir different amount Is not being paid as a mini mum in that state. A fifteen and one half cent an hour rate went into ef fect on August IB. 1914. In the brush making Industry and It Is expected later to establish minimum pay In other industries. town- Bhlps voted special taxes to build sand-clay roads. The last general as sembly authorized the county com missioners to issue 8300.000 in road bonds and appointed a highway com- 29. His majority in the whole, coun i,y ;as only 26, so. whea -this box wm: thrown out, 'his democratic opponent C. E. Godwin, was declared elected by three votes. Jennings has taken the matter into the courts. Feeling is running high in the county over the charges and counter charges. An interesting circumstance con nected with the case is the fact that the prosecution of Marley Is being conducted by two democratic attor neys, B. W. Parham and P. S. Vann while he is being defended by Z. I. Walser, one of the most prominent republican lawyers in the county, who Is associated with E. E. Raper, democrat, in the case. CLEMENCY TO 55 IRE HITS BY BLEftSE ator V. P. Hobgood, Jr., of Guilford will offer the measure to the senate, and representative W. C. Coughen- hour of Rowan will present It to the house. From then until the close this mean ure will pressed as earnestly as the women and their friends, the men. Can place it before the hearts of tho members. The Equal Suffrage league has held an enthusiastic convention In Charlotte, but It realizes that North Carolina will be one of the hardest slates to persuade. The men who have openly eacoupsed the cause of the women are very few. The las; general assembly was Very strongly against It The league will doubtless have rep resentatives here throughout the ses sion, certainly during January and February. It la much the must Inter esting Subject that will be presented four Paroles and Fifteen Commutations. rilteS Ol . mlw.!,,,. nnmnnaitri' nf five men. With the work that has already Deen none since this bond lpsue was sold and that which is now proposed, It is thought that Medison will soon rank with any North Carolina county In the matter of roads. The administration of Governor Locke Craig has been very favorable to Madison. Almost throughout the present term. Governor Craig has kept about 60 state convists at work In that county. Now that the convicts of the couney will be worked on the roads the outlook for better roads there seems still brighter. At the recent meeting of good roads enthusiasts held In Newport, Tenn., a delegation from Madison was present and stated that Madison would do Its part toward constructing the section of the Ashevllle-Knoxvllle highway that traverses the county, jthe preparations for which work ELECTION RECORDS WILL BE PRESERVED Columbia, 8. C. Pec. 81. Governor Blease yesterday granted clemency to fifty-five state prisoners. Twenty-eight were serving terms for homicide, this section of the highway will add enteen having been sentenced origin-(greatly to the road Improvements ... , , Ri0.n full 1 Pl"nn"' by Madison and will go a ally to life Imprisonment. Ind fl way toward, keeping aroused psrdons. "'"l-' good road, spirit in the county, teen commutations are Included. . , Th. release of the men pardoned or . paroled yesterday reduces the number! f prisoners In the state penitentiary! here, at the stale farms and In the county convict camps to 149. Gov .rnor llleaso now has exurotm-d clem .tK v in 1.S4 4 cases during his term of office, which will have been four years In Janury. . Two hundred and elht prisoners have recHved clemency since Thanks living eve. The governor acted upon 101 rai at thai time and on eight SELF-SACRIFICE OF six mum Bravery of Handful of French men Effected Capture of St. Georges. reasonable restriction which , would be likely to act to. ibis end. - - While claiir-l.ig that the right to search vessels is conceded in . the American note, the Westminster Ga zette admits that the right ought to be executed with all regard possible for the convenience of neutrals and suggests that it would be well ror the British government to send dally to the American ambassador lists on the vessels stopped and reasons therefor, so that the question might be adjusted at once. It suggests that similar information might be given to the correspondents . of American newspapers In London and says that instructions should be given to avoid the detention of vessels merely sus pected of carrylg contraband and that If such search as can be made at sea does not result In revealing good grounds for forcible detention such detention be not resorted to. To orevent Great Britain from checking the shipments of copper to Germany, the Westminster Gazette continues, would in effect be Amerl- ' can Intervention on the fide of Ger many, for which IntentWi Washing ton Is absolved; and It points out that If the differences are considered In a spirit of fairness the two gov ernments can reach a friendly agree ment which will greatly ease the sit uation for each other. Paris, Dec. 31. How the self-sac rltlce of six French bluejackets re suited in the capture of the village of St. Georges, about two miles from Nleuport, by the French troops Is de scribed by the Matin's correspondent r ! In Flanders. Concerning the occur- APPLE GR3P BIGGEST . S. EVER PRODUCED Berlin. Dec. 31. (By wireless to, London) The official statement made yesterday by the Starr neauqimr- Plaroi of IiivumIojv, Parti, Deo. 1 "The Bervlanwlll march on flryee," said Dr. M. '' &mltrh, Hi-rvlnn minister to ffsnre. in a statement lnued today. in. Hirvlan army will . penetrate ."' (0 Kyrmls, on the "' Kliivonla. Iliiiitnrv ,v ov nf Kim ,',n ... .... ' altMk Iters of the ocrman im; I lows:. . In the western tneaier ot war, fighting continues tor ine pun-..... Lf the hamlet Of Ht. Oeorge's to the east c,.s.ti'''th ' NKuport. were east cumii" ... . , ..,, m uir. obllgea to evBcusm """ .-.i, ii. rw.. it nivni ..ihore Christmas eve. l lemenry was .i ,.t ih. ..fii.1,.1 rnr.l. of inr-lwd In 44 cawslast Moiiuny. the November 3, election and the Muy I f.rlniary In this county, Alvah now wen unuer way. in Duiiuinn mi h gnys: "Attackers drove back the Ger mans In the advance trenches but thev took refuge In houses In the vil lage where the Germans had pianneu their defensive positions. "The situation of a force of Bel gians, Isolated on a strip of land sur rouhnded by a flood, was critical and the artillery fire alone was not able to effect anything against the ene my. The British battery at Bams Ca- pelle tried ts reach the German po sitions, but their shells burst over the Kronrh Dosltlons. "Six bluejackets hoisted" a three inrh eun lit a large punt and poled tremendously Increased the volume of tne cftna behind the vllluge, run food exports; but the level of prices I nmg the gauntlet of rifle fire from BUT AT LOWER PRICES Washington, Ic. 31. War has Total Yield This Year 259,000,- 000 Bushels N.C. Produc ed Nine Millions. 10 imnat, n the rrion or v" rt.marin the '"'"I Hun,, ly wy f Punososa. 'fl' " d y,.'n6.r. The Invasion of J'.o.nla and Her,.- rKlon. rf both armies In H.nd.r. '"',"' l-h r. iH.rulnted by Hiavt and northern . M-h sr. d'- n.d to become "On the wert front Ypru "f K.rvLn t-rrl-ory would leave thing passed qlntly. " lnv.ll(n , Hungary, about four mile. , from th. Ru-lan 'f mad. t lh north of th. frontier, h.s been driver. ,., . k.. "In I'n and on the right ! 01 on 1 (1 mii,a B-rrtit nfinrrhen- 'l ttltit rmiitiy. ' 1 K.r, I. in tr.. : ntt now am- the VIMula the situation is un.n..-eL 1 . llucker. who Will beome prow- cutlng attorney Friday, hns obtained a temporary Injunction against crim inal Judge J. T. Markey. Frank P. Baker, preent vrosecutor, and other officials. Federal lUstrltt Attorney Iialler said ho expected to bring the lndla,nap"r.s election to the attention of the federal grand Jury which re lumed Indictments In the Terre Haute case, when It reconvenes Mon- dMr. nurker , In asking for tho Injunction. tht He had lrned the records were to be destroyed. I'rof. Drland'i rinwmn of Crllf', Ky Is vlstU" his eoiKln, Mrs. W. H. Ilyams, nd friends hr. of meat animals has declined In the I the Germans. As fast " t ..n..M Ka atrurk bv bullets . 1 1 )-..-.. A V, - .1, 'ine " - One murderer was .m...i.i j".. . -, nmrU ... . ... wouia take the pole until he d.y and eeven pnroled. iMne omer. , ua.ion iai year, mccoru.ng 10 "'-, The were mor1ally wounded. rvlng lit- term. r-c-M,0 '" - V .k! but the last push tis, mailing .n-.r , "l,ZA. Ing hou. cattle, sheep and chickens, wm IS. 10 per hundred pound.n, a de hcresse of 14 cents a hundred ponnds ss compared with November Ik, 1118. five or ten years. VI f leren men vlrted of manslsughter, one was par doned. ! were wled n4 four re ceived commutations. rVrd Grnrr rallprwm TxA. ftpvrUI to The 0ett-Ne t hi-l Hill. I. 81. Fr.d Orwr I'.tt.mon. ad l. died here on the night of IwemHer f 4. Hui death w rsuwd by dilnuttun of the heart. The INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION TO RESUME HEARINGS New York. ree. 81. The federal enmmlwlon on Indhustrlal releilon. bodv ws Interred In the Cham I Hill will resume Its hearings here on rem.trry on, th. afternoon of Decern- To-day. Over 80 wltnea, Including . . n A..a aw,n mrv v J. I'. Aiorinn .. .,... u . . him. ot the pole sent .v.. ...mi tr. tha bailK wnere ino Krenrh advance guard was waiting. The gun was quickly landed and ah few shots at a distance of about 300 yards brought diwn the houses on top of the Germane . occupying them. The Germans beat a retreat end a battery of Helglans later eom t,it1 lh rout. Ma.nwhlle the Freneh columns triumphantly took possession ot a henp of ruins which was formerly Ft. n.,,.. tifr.r nlhl the French '..intera had established a bridge k.. mhlrh enab led the artillery or Washington, Dec, 81. The apple crop for the present year la the larg est ever produced In the United an,AM ITot. mo t..a r.Mtit.rrl hv th rial . . I Vl ' r, ............ n , . j . purtment of agriculture show that the yield will be about 259,000,000 bush- . els, which Is about 114,000,000 bush-, els more than the total yield ot last ' year. These figures represent 'the ac tual agricultural yield, the flepart ment explains, and must not be con fused with the commercial yield the fruit pluced on the market. . Figures of the department for 1813 estimated the commercial yield to be 40 per cent of the total yield, and on the same proportion the present crop would produce 103.000,000 bushel Among the estimates for the vari ous state are the following: Virginia 18,300.000: Kentucky 14,700,000; Went Virginia 18.400,000; North Carolln 8,000,000; Tennessee 8,800,000. PRESIDENT WILSON TO GO TO INDIANAPOLIS lor, have been ubporned. Washington. , Tee. 81. Pre.M. 1 1 Wilson decided definitely todhsy t i go to Indianapolis on January 8 to speak at the Jarkson diy rolcbr.'! ..m. the ino the allies to debouch on tne rigni unoer tne u. (- bank of the Veer." Democratic club.
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