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A A THE GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE ASSOCIATED PR5S3 SERVICE. IT IS IN EVERT :: RESPECT COMPLETE. II WEATHER FOBECASTi FAIR; WARMER. i ....... 21 VOLUME XIX. NO. 281. ASHEVILLE, N.G., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 5, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS TIMBER COM 7 MDROANTQH SCENE iq nRCAiyi7Fn OF FATAL ACCIDENT 8 HUNGARIAN TOWNS, ' CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS Clf DIRECTORS DECLARE DIVIDEND IU UI1UHI1ILLU i BHD 4 European and Michigan Capi tal and Genius Working Together to Boom W.N. . C. Timber Industry. HOLDINGS SECURED BY -PURCHASE AND OPTION Plans in Making to Establish Greatest Lumbering Plant in Western Counties to Be Found in State. The recent Bales of timber land and options secured .lilflnMn I' boundaries of high class timuer lanos In western North Carolina by Euro pean capital, augmented' by Michigan money and genius, involving several millions of dollars, la promising to give the lumbering Industry in this section a boom. Information has Just been given out of a great number of improvements, together with now developments, in the timber sections in such western counties as Qrahaf, ' Clay, s Cherokee and Macon which have been under way for several months. The acreage ; of timbered lands involved in this ! company's proposed acquisition 'amounts to something near - 160,000 acres. This, together with the taking over of several . other Industries al- ready developed to the extent of sev- eral mil. ions of dollars, go to make this the largest and most Important ' sale of timber lands ever proposed or ; consummated in North Carolina. The holdings of the Whiting Lum ( ber company in Graham county, 1 which ' comprised about 90,060 acres ' of lands, sold a few years back by M. E. Cosad of this city to that I company, ha vft jet trnnsferwof : to the new company, - which is reure- sented by Mr. ltut-11, and the opera i tlon of the plant constructed by the 'Whiting company at Judson has been i resumed. The M. E. Cozad lands In t Clay county, comprising about, s.000 I acres, have been sold to this com- ) psny. U Is reported that options have i been taken on the lands of the Mm t rod avelopment company, Htawasseol :' Lumuer company, and the Cover 'lands, which total about 22,000 I acres. In Macon and Cherokee coun- ties, options have been taken on I something like 40,000 ' additional. i acres. The options taken in Macon I include the developments undertaken rome few years ago by the Andrews Lumber company,, with bass-of oper. , otlons. at Andrews, with a standard Milage railroad leading into Macon i-ounty a distance of some nlne.mlles. This acquisition includes a band mill at Andrews with a capacity of about 75,000 feet of lumber per day, and extensive and expensive ( improve ment. Together with all these proposed Improvements, this company has been negotiating with tho Hlawasseo Val loy railroad, which Is now under con struction, for a lease on Its road af ter the completion of the roadbed and lavlns of tlesi It is proposed 4o complete the road, which has asiij terminus Andrews on the Murphy branch of the Southern railroad and Hayesvllle, a distance of 24 miles, with a proposed extension from Hayesvllle Into Town's county, Georgia, a dlstanca of some fifteen or twenty miles. The Hlawassea Valley railroad was incorporated, by - the stats of North Carolina during the year of 1818. On Saturday of last week, a meeting of ths board of di rectors was held in Andrews, when O. L. Anderson of Hayesvllle was elected president Ths completion of this road, which 4s though to be pos sible sometime during the coming month of August, will open up to de velopments some very productive nnd Valuable lands. , Bonds voted by the county of Clay and the township of Andrews amount ing to $150,000 have been sold and the money Is now available. A stretch of ten miles on, the Clay .di vision has been let on contract and the remaining distance of fourteen mile on the Andrews division Is open for bids. The town of Andrews- enjoys- 1he d'stlnctlon of being the most suitable rvdaptrd section of western .North Carolina for promotion u( Industries requiring unllflted level , land ,, for plants. A proposed railroad Is being sur veyed by ths company which' Mr. Duel represents, having Andrews as Its terminus and Robblnsvllla and othsr suctions of Oraham county as Its ob - Jnotlve extension. It Is said that rhould a touts from Andrews to Rob- tlnnvills by way of Topton, bs found fonslbla, the present plant located at Judson will be moved to Andrews and thereby make that town a base of op erations for all their holdings which thny have and ar proposing to so qulre. Such sn action, will place this town a lumbering plant of a capacity greater than any now being operated in the .t. A corporation known as the Cher. .)mr, Chunlcal company has beon fom.Sil nd stock subscribed to the STiount of f&O.OOO tor ths purpose Asheville Man Badly Injured When Derrick and Oil Car Topple Over. Special to The Gazette-News. Morganton, Jan. 5. The local yard of the Southern were the scene early yesterday morning of a ratal accident when a derrick, sent here late Sunday night to clear away a minor wreck In the east yards, top pled over burying the crew beneath IU The body of Brakeman Ernest Lewis was recovered about noon yes terday, while Conductor Thomas Ma Neely of Asheville of the wrecking car was taken out with .both legs broken and badly bruised from the waist down. Signalman Bailey and an unknown negro are reported to still Be under the wreck. The accident on the east end of the yard Sunday afternoon derailed nine cars. This delayed traffic for some time and passenger trains Nos. 13 and serious damage 1 Qo ilnn. A-vnnnt tViia Aclflv and nil further attention was given the mat eer. However, when the wrecking crew arlrved the derrick was attach ed to an oil car and an effort was made to get it back on the track.- A large crowd was present to wit-1 ness the feat but they beheld some thing more awful for the oil car was too much for tho derrick and the whole outfit was pulled from the track and precipitated down the em bankment, The wrecking car caught Conductor McNeely and he was badly crushed from the . waist down, both legs being broken. He was taken to a local hospital and given surgical aid and is Testing as well as could be expected,, though grave doubts are entertained as to his reoovery. About noon the body of Brakeman Ernest Lewis was taken out He was badly crushed and must have been killed instantly when the car was pulled from the track by tho oil car. Two derricks, called out from Ashe ville have been unable to life the first derrick nid digging has become so dangerous that It has been aban- aonea Pen.ng amy.. ZV wrecking crew" irom Knoxvme, xenn. It will be sometime today before the other bodies can be recovered. TWO MEN ARE KILLED IS REVOLVER BATTLES Policeman and Burglar Dead as Result of Attempted Hold-up in Chicago. Chicago, Jan; B. A policeman and burglar were killed and an alleged highwayman was mortally wounded in revolver battles the police had with four robbers who were caught at tempting a hold-up and. a burglary early today, ine acaa are: John Hausman, policeman. George Hennessey, burglar. Tho wounded roan is Jack Dutton, a police character. , - Dutton and an unidentified negro were discovered by the police attempt ing the hold-up and Dutton was shot when they attempted to sscap. Hous man attempted to arrest one of the men who were engaged In the hold-up. He was shot four times and the men were trapped several blocks away. Hennessey was shot by Policeman Ax well Jensen, when ht was found try ing to pry open the window of a store. SMS ARE LANDED German Steamer Takes 100 Captured Seamen to the . ' Canary Islands. , ' Las Galrriaa, Canary Islands, Jan. B. (Via Parts) One hundred sailors from- the four French ' and British ships captured by the German aux iliary cruiser Kron Prlns Wllhelf have been landed her by the Oer man steamer Otazl. , The craft which fell Into the hands of ths Germans wer the French steamer Montsgel. the Brit in steamer Bellevue, sunk December 4c the French sailing vessel Ann Marie, sunk December 19; and the French ship Union, sunk November 21. . . of manufacturing from roots and herbs Insectlde, fungicide and other chemloals. It Is said that the moun tain sections of North Carolina pro duos great quantities of herbs and rcots which are very essential for the compounding of these chemicals. A mnrllng of the stft kholders will be held within a few days, when a per. manent organization will be effected. In Western Theater French Are Less Th 30 Miles From The RhineAustrians Surrounded In Carpathians" Little Change In Poland. London, Jan. 5. Informa tion has reached Paris that the Russians" are pushing their in vasion of Hungary, having tak en eight Hungarian towns, and that the Russian forces have also surrounded several divis ions of Austrians in the Car pathians. In the western theater the French are less than 30 miles from the Rhine river and are holding the Alsatian village of Steinhach, where desperate house to house fighting contin ued for several days. They also are in possession of the heights to the southeast of the village. These positions were Passports Plot Cause Of Delicate Situation -, 'v. v: ;y Federal Officials Not Certain Where Trail May Lead in Effort to Break up Alleged Conspiracy to Furnish Ger mans Passports Complications Feared. New Torkv Jan., 6. So colossal Is the alleged plot among Cermatl.Amor- .Ttni. .hn; " ' . passports to enable reservists to re Join the German army, and so deli cate is the diplomatic situation which has arisen as a result of it, that the president of the United States is di recting the matter personally. Secrecy attended every movement made by se cret, service operatives and federal officials. Maurice Delches, a New York law yer, arrested in Philadelphia Saturday night was arraigned here yesterday on a charge of conspiring to defraud the government in connection with the Issuance of fraudulent passports. He was released on $5,000 ball for a hir ing on January 11. When the veil of mystery Js lifted at least 30 German reservists and Gr-man-American citizens will be wilh'n the clutches of federal officers. One official high In the councils of the German government who Is now in this country will have to explain hie connection with the alleged conspir acy, according to the most rellablo In formation obtainable. As a matter of fact, the federal offi cials as yet are not certain Just whore their trial will lead them. It was learn ed. They do not want to take any dsfl nlte steps until they have in their pos session every detail of the alleged con spiracy, which seems to embrace high and low alike. . Whether the full ex tent of the-plot will oome .to light until the European conflict ends seems doubtful. Villa Hastens 8000 Men To Naco and Agua Prieta Declares He Can Win Both Places in Eight Hours General Scott Will Attempt to Stop the Assault Arran 1 ges Conference With Villa, Naco, Aril., " Jan, ,. Eight thou sand mounted men , with artillery, are feeing hastened from Casaa Grande to Naco and Agua Prieta by General Villa, who has deolared that he only requires eight hours to win both plaoes from the CarrandMaa. Brigadier General . Hugh L. Soott. chief of staff of the ' Unite ' States army, however, is dstarmlned to pre vent fighting at Naco and Agua Pris ts If possible. Felix Bummerfeld,- sne of General Villa's representatives, went to El Paso to get Into telegraphic communication with his chief In or der to try and halt the advance on the two towns on the American bor der and try to prevent International complications. Later General Scott arranged for a conference with Villa to see if some understanding - could not bs reached. The Villa forces were sent by sp olal trains Into Cases Grande, Saturday- from the south. Reports received here stated that thsy at once began ths overland march and should ar rive opposite Agua Prlttn and Naco lats Tuesday aftsmoon or early to morrow mornlny. If they begin an sttack on Naco and Aua Trleta, it is believed that taken after one of the most stubborn local conflicts of the war. ; At no other points in the west is there evidence of note worthy change. In Poland there has been lit tle shift in the relative posi tions of the contending forces. The Germans continue in their attempt against the Russian Bzura-Rawka line. In the ' south the Russians have .swept; to Suscawa, near the Roumanian border. In the Caueacus the Turks and Russians appear to be still fighting in ' the battle around Sari-Kamysh, both sides claim ing victory. President WllFon Is said to fear that a whole8ale.-WurE.,regar4inB forged t"okw ' , ' 4mvian' 'paBstiortf wr iiw W'eTrftMyliife 'doing sonie hard fight feet of discrediting practically every American passport in European coun tries, officials there reasoning that If Germans here have obtained scores of such documents under false pretenses most American passports are not gen uine. Consequently officials here are proceeding with tho utmost delicacy, fearing that sensational developments might result In the apprehension and Imprisonment of thousands of Ameri cans abroad. It was admitted that while the ap prehension of the eleven men held on Saturday night Is Important the real ring leaders in the plot have not been caught as yet. The extent to which the German organization here has been working in the' purchase of American passports has not been re alized, an official said. The "bund's" agents have been plen tifully supplied with money and urged on by promises of reward, according to the story of a detective working on the case. He said that Carl Ruroede, of No. 1621 Forty-sixth street, Brook lyn, who with eight others was taken to tho Tombs on Saturday night; told him he had been promised the Iron Cross for his work in connection with tho passport scandal. If further developments should prove this statement Is true and the promises was made by a legally au thorized representative of the German government, it Is feared In some quar ters that serious complications may result they win try to take ths towns by assault and ths fighting Is almost oertaln to bs .the. bitterest that has occurred along ths Mexican-American frontier. Military men hers say that it would bs Impossible to stop ths bullets from crossing ths boundary line. Brigadier General Scott It Is r ported. Is anxious to avoid any eom plications that might lead to drastic action to stop the firing across the border. He is, however, reported "to bs determined that there shall be no further loss of American lives rrom stray Mexican bullets. - Ths Villa forces are under ths command of Colonel Juan Cabral, wno Is known as a determined fight er of the Villa type. Colonel Csbral's command will reinforce the Yaqul Indians under Governor MaytoVsna. who' has besieged Naco for more than two months. ' 'As soon si 'General' Villa notified Brigadier General Scott of the troop movement toward Naco and Agua Prieta, Mr. Sommerfleld (rss In com munication with ths American chief of stan. Soon afterward Mr. Hommer. field starti for El Psso to get into communication with General Villa, The French progress in Al sace is probably the most sig nificant event of the week in the west, and by some observ ers it is thought to indicate a future attempt of the allies to break through the German line at this place, with Belfort as their main base. For the mo ment the swampy grounr in West Flander sseems to pre clude the possibility of a gen eral advance in that locality. Further than this, General Jof- fre's feeling tactics at other points have resulted in no great gains. It was down the Vosges hills il-.i'-il.. tn U 1: T,A tuut iub i icucu iiipiuc ciiao- seurs, backed by the iamous ro milimeter guns, swept to vic tory in the village of Steinbach. Positions only a little further to the southeast, observers point out, would give the allies possession of the town of Cer- nay, of Sennheim, They now hold heights to the west of the town, and its fall would open the way to Meulhausen. Whether the Turks are, or are not, exaggerating their sue- ing m the Caucasus, judging from dispatches reaching Lon don. Even Petrograd admits that the situation there is of the first importance, but there is no sign that he Russians are moving any troops from the west to the south. British Raid. Nairobi, British East Africa, via Lon don, Jan. 5. The British battleship Goliath and light cruiser Fox have carried out successful operations aiminst Dar-Es-Salaam. capital of Gorman East Africa. The warships bombarded the town, Inflicting consid erable damage. All German vessels In the harbor were disabled. lourteen Europeans and twenty natives were tuken prisoners. The BrltlKh loss was one killed and twelve wounded. Dar-Es-Salanni, the best built town on the coast of German East Afrlcn, Is a military station with an excellent harbor, forty miles south of Zanzibar. It Is the terminus of an Important car avan route, the residence of a gov ernor and has large commercial Inter ests. The white population in 1809 was estimated at 1,000; the total .pop ulation at more than 20.000, Russians Occupy Eight Towns. Paris, Jan. 6. Petrograd dispatches published In L' Information report that the Russian forces have occu pied eight towns In Hungary and that several divisions of the Austrian army have been surrounded by the Russians In th Carpathian mount ains. Artillery Fire Intermittent; Paris, Jan. 5. The official statement concerning ths progress of ths war, mads public yesterday In Paris, shows that artillery fighting along the whole front Is proceeding Intermit tently, at some points with particular violence. It seems that few Infantry attacks ore being made. The French admit having failed In efforts to oc cupy certain German positions In the Meusa region. Further progress has been made in the fighting for the pos session of Btelnback. Ths text of the statements Is as follows; "From the sea to the Olse, the day pawed In almost entire calmness. The weather was rainy. There were artil lery engagements at some points on the front. In front of Noulette, our heavy artillery rsduoed to silence the artillery of the snemy. "In the Alsns region and In Cham- pagns, ths cannonading was partlc ularty violent Our batteries showed their superiority over those of ths enemy and brought under their firs the reserve forces of ths enemy. Ws became possessed of several points of support held by the Germans In Perthes and Mesnll-les-Hurlus. "Between ths Argonns and ths Meuse, as well as on ths heights of ths Meuse, there has been Intermittent artillery fighting. An effort yesterday on ths part it our troops to occupy Boureullles not successful. Our advance In the effort to take La Petrle (Continued on page T) Seven Per Cent Annual Divi dend This Year on $4,000, 000 Capital Stock. Special to The Gazette-News. Charlotte, Jan. 6. The directors of the North Carolina Railroad company met at the Stonewall hotel yesterday. Attending the meeting were Benehan Cameron,- Alexander Webb, W. H. Wood, J. Q. efilkey, J. M. Allen, J. P. Yount, C. 8. Tomlln, J. E. Carraway, W. T. Brown and J. P. Cook, the lat ter secretary and treasurer. The directors instructed the secre tary to write Colonel Pearsall, one of the directors, of New Bern, a letter of felicitation" on his approaching mar riage. The only business of interest was the declaring a 7 per cent dividend on the capital stock of $4,000,000, 3 per cent payable February 1, and 8 per Cent payable August 2. The largest part of the stock, about $3,000,000, Is owned by the state of North Carolina. The majority of the other stockhold ers 'are women. The local political world was inter eBLea yesteraay ested yesterday in the announcement by E. L. Mason to the effect that he will nottbe a candidate for mayor in May. Mr. Mason assigns two reasons for withdrawing and from the race, one his business; the other his health. He has secured the promise of Capt. William Anderson to make the race one his business; the other his health. He has secured the promise of Caut William Anderson to make the race against Col. T. L. Irkpatrlck, who was In the field against Mr. Mason. Some there are who think that Mayor Bland may stand for re-election. If so the "triangular duel " will be Interesting. Charles E. Trull, white, who was convicted in June of killing Sidney Swain, white, and who was sentenced to be electrocuted August last, the execution being stayed by an appeal, has received a respite until April. The attorneys for Trull failed to file notice of appeal In time for the recent ses sion of the Supreme court, so the at torney general agreed to allow 'he appeal to be argued next spring, when the other cases from Mecklenburg are heard. Trull has been In Jail since his apprehension last June. On two oc casions when there were attempts to break Jail he refused to Join in the attempt OFFICERS REMOVED FOR BU OF NEUWIY Rio Janlero, Jan. 6. The German steamer Holder, having secretly left Pernambuco presumably with sup plies for German warships In South American waters, the federal govern ment has removed officials who au thorized her doparture and whose du'v It should have been to guard against such a breach of neutrality. They have been ordered to appear before a board of inquiry. National Conference On Child Labor Washington, Jan. 5. Reports of efficient work were made this morning at the opening of ths eleventh annual convention of the National Child La bor committee. Reports generally showed marked improvement in con ditions under which children ars em ployed, as compared with conditions of five years ago. Nevertheless, sev eral speeches were made In which It was admitted that much yet remains to be done In this work.' Discussing conditions in ths south, Lewis W. Hlnes, staff photographer of the committee, said that public opinion had done much to reduce ths employ ment of underaged children. Hs stated that hs had found marked Improvement generally In the situa tion during the past five years but that very young children now being work ed In the North Carolina mills. He told of two sisters, aged six and seven years, who were found spinning, and of two boys, under 12 years of ags, whoss hands, had been mutilated in the mill machinery. Washington, Jan. (.The eleventh annual Conference on Child Labor, un Drop Bombs On British . Storehouse; Many Dead Berlin, Jan. 6. Germsn airmen, It is announced, havs dropped bombs on ths British ammunition stores on lbs outskirts of Rosendael and Boudsker q'l. near Dunkirk, Francs. Ths ex plosion killed and wounded about 100 . C. Forester, Rate Expert oV Grensboro, Says Big Lines Are in Conspiracy to Repeal Justice Act. SHORT LINES USED AS , CAT'S PAW, IS CHARGE I Savs Petition Is Circulated to-t Have Section Repealed Endeavored to Make Act Unpopular. Special to The Gazette-News. Greensboro, Jan. 6. A conspiracy In which big railroad companies doing: business In North Carolina are charged with using smaller railroad companies of the state as a cat's paw Is alleged by Secretary J. C. Forester of th Greensboro chamber of commerce, rel ative to a petition that has been cir culated throughout the state recently. This petition is to the legislature and, asks that section 9 of the long and short haul clause in tho Justice act be repealed. ,." Mr. Forester has prepared an argu ment In reply to the petition, this ar gument to be presented to F. P. Hob- good,' senator from Guilford, for his consideration when the petition comes - before the legislature. Instances are set forth in support of the reply of certain plans of shipment that are said . to be followed to make the Justice act i unpopular. . The petition to the legislature, i which Mr. Forester said Is circulated : ostensibly by the smaller companies. ciaims tne section referred to wnict Is to the effeot that the railways shall not charge more for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same Una , In the same direction, will put them out of business by killing competition." The long railroads are affected more by this than the shorter ones, and hence they are using the shorter ones as a cat's paw,' says Mr. Forester. An instance cited is of shipments for Severn, in the eastern part of this slate, to Durham. Severn is on the ; Seaboard Air Line, and is but a short i distance from Boy kins, Va. The Sea- hoard Air Line has a road from Boy- kins to Durham by this route is 12 , miles. Instead of shipping this way the Seaboard ships over Its line to Kel- ford. The shipment there change to , the Atlantic Coast Line and sent by j Tarboro and Rocky Mount to Wilson. It is turned over to the Norfolk and Southern to be carried to Raleigh, where the Southern gets It and carries I it to Durham. The distance by this j circuitous route is 159 miles. To take the shipment Into Boykins and thence carry it to Durham would make Inter. state commerce. The course followed is claimed to be the shortest route in view of the sec tion In the Justice act, the railroads (Continued on page 7.). Open Today der auspices of the National Child La- j bor committee, meets here today fop discussion of th eproblem. Dr. Ffllx Adler of New Tork will preside, and 1 the program calls for reports from several states on tho progress of Child Labor legislation. Jane Addams, Mrs. Florence Keller. Julia C. Lathrop, John Mitchell, and many other men and women Inter ested in child labor problems havs been Invited to address the confei-encs. which sits both Tuesday and Wednes day. According to the committee's statis tics there are half a million children whom they hope to release from "sx actlng and injurious work." Arrangements havs been made for observance of child labor day in th churches of the country on January 24, and In the schools on January 26. In addition to the sndeavor to ob tain a federal law on child labor, the committee announces that its repre sentatives during ths year will appear before 16 stats legislatures In connec tion with child labor and compulsory school attendance bills. ... I psopls and set firs to a portion of the village. Nsws from Durraxzo, Albania, states that In ths first fighting near that placs a number of the followers of Essad Pasha, provisional president ) of Albania, Who hung buck front j battls, havs been hanged, .
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