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THE GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE) ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE. IT 13 IN EVERT :: RESPECT COMPLETE, i: 'ft Af V WEATHEB FOBECASTi f , jv-jj FAIR. '! 'IT'. II V 7 0 v jj Cf-yty, 7 V0LUIT3 XIX. NO. 285. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 9, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS ! - .r i JV r A. FECI UED STILLHf ID Short Lines May Simply Ask for Relief for Roads Less Than Seventy-five" i. . -i. r t " .. ; Miles Long. THOUGHT SUCH REQUEST WOULD BE ADOPTED Senator Weaver Plans to In troduce Child Labor Laws Bill Makers Shy of Offering Measures. (By W. T. Bost.) Raleigh, Jan. 9. Speaker Wooten appointment of standing committees following those of Lieutenant Gov ernor Daughtrldge Thursday left the two big .speculations of the present general assembly in the " air, the chairmanship of Uw house committee on finance. And a week or more will pass before Mr. Wooten will , name the big men, the holder of the money bags. Rumor had It that Governor Daughtrldge had picked nis financier and that Senator Hush Chatham was the gentleman. Whether this was true or not, there was nobody to protest against the probability of Its truth. ' In the house - Boughton's 'name looms as the most likely. Bowie of Ashe Is an ardent champion of his friend Doughton who sits near hire in he front rowa Henry Page is al so prominently mentioned for "thj place.' Mr. Doughton was a strong Ilowle wan for speaker and the two are among the most conservative mem bers of either party In the house. Mr. Doughton's years and his responsi bility as a man of affairs are used by Mr. Ppwio. Jii the .boosting. , Speaker 'Wooton was, asked to look over the roster of the house to find how many uaimrra ur .i.e.. u. o .m..u.- liig money belong to this division. These contests are expected to end next week. Former speakers of the bouse have been rather deliberate in appointing chairmen of the finance committee and Mr. Wooten does not expect to hurry. He has a wildernes of names to wade through before that time and will doubtless complete his standing committees by Installments. The two houses worked on short hours yesterday. The bill makers have been shy in offering material. They have confined themselves " to local measures save the state highway com mission which was presented by Rep resentative Pegram of Durham; and Natt Allen of Goldsboro, who offers a contempt bill to provide for reference trials of contempt cases. The introduction of a bill repealing an act applying to Rowan county relat. ing to the slaughter of calves, by Rep resentative Brown, Is understood to move toward a state-wide law against the killing of veals. Mr. Brown announced that he did not Interfere with any other county and several are touched by a similar act to that of Rowan. By having a luw that operates agalnst'hls own county but allows a dealer from the outside to Interfere with the home trade, Mr. Brown declares that the bill worked a hardship. IU-ul Work Next Week. Real work is expected next week. Senator Weaver, of Buncombe, Is to present a child labor bill, but the in troducer of the state-wide primary act 1 yet un-nanied. looking over the body as they have surveyed others for many years, liclhlutlve prophets are disposed to think the chances for a primary act are better than ever. All parties appear to be committed to It tho chief opposition to It coming from mountain counties which are pretty nearly republican now. The demo ciatir nicmhcrs tie. lure that they fear a pihnury In those counties. In l.oih, houses ycHtorday the print ing i f t lie trovernor's message caused ilivii ii. The houn entertained the proposition to h. mum ..li.. ,.f ih paper, but vued for 600 only. The senate po.-N. i1 the 2 ) P 0 copies act. This was cue of Urn lust resolutions to get through, both lioiifej Uh different I i o unions. 1 he Seoat' The senate, us opleir to order-at liy Lleuteiui nt i '-, Tho c.nili if 1 I'll tO i rnor Iniuttn- j .' is ua al- ( 1 .''in li . I Ilia aenaior r. log J'l't ar- ' iMiiii'ti.n rn J 1 the I. i.f Ki'i n. t (liilrli t, I . T the ;..!!.. r ( r Hi- T. S. OEM TD EE President Appoints Greensboro Man as Assistant District 1 Attorney for. Western . N. C. District. , . , LAKE DRAINAGE TO BE COMPLETED JANUARY 1 Charles A. Webb Talks About Work of Reclaiming 50,000 Acres of Land at Lake ' Mattamuskeet. - Washington, - Jan. 9. Thomas S. Beall of Greensboro has been appoint ed assistant district attorney for west ern North Carolina to assist District Attorney W. C. Hammer. It is a new position and makes two assistants for that part of the state, Clyde Hoey of Cleveland county, having been named early in the i Wilson - administration, He has been a strong supporter of the Wilson administration and. a great admirer of Senator Overman. The junior senator secured his appoint ment. United States Marshal Charles A. Webb of Asheville, who is spending the day' In Washington, says that tho Lake Mattamuskeet drainage proposi tion will be completed by January 1 next. Mr. .Webb has Just" returned from Hyde county, where he Inspected the work. When the drainage work is finished 60.000 acres of the richest land in the world will be ready for cultivation. In addition to the 50,000 acres contained- in the lake proper there are 60,000 acres additional which will bp-made available,. Mr. Webb Is one bf the backers of this drainage work', i He says that the promoters hare securJ from the val ley of -the" Nil a cubic yard of soli whlch'ii how being tested by the com missioner of agriculture in Raleigh. ft ,g belleve1 thftt tne tet will show ,w IjlU . Mttm..k.t i . rinh.r boII than that on the Nile. . The work when completed will have cost $625,- 000. ' : a - -Senator Simmons left for the state today. Some say the senior- senator is not feeling very well and that he has gone home to rest. Others contend that he will look into" the-Raleigh postofflce situation while he Is In the state. The "dark horse" candidate for the Raleigh Job Is exceedingly busy these days. His name has not yet been men tioned In the newspapers, but It Is said that he will have the hacking of the all-powerful Jones machine in Wake county. For reasons considered to the Interest of this randidate his friends have refused to allow his name to be mentioned. At the request of the president Sen ator Overman introduced a Joint reso lution today asking for an appropria tion of 1250,000 to be used to defray ! the expenses Incldont to the opening of the Panama canal. Mr? Overman was selected to handle this appropriation at a conference at the White Houso last night. It Is understood that the Juror senator will be one of those se lected to tttte.nd the opening of the big ditch. GINNING REPORT IS ISSUED B EM Shows 14,447,023 Bales Ginned Prior to. Jan. 1; 815,116 in North Carolina. Washington, Jan. 9. The eighth cotton ginning report, complied from the reports of correnpnndents and 1 scents of the census bureau, was i- snen mis moruiriK i o i-imn. u shows that 1 4,447,02.1 hales of cotton counting round s half bales, of the growth i.f 1S14 hnd been ginned prl to Jiinuary 1, roinpnred with 13,347,- 721 t nle. or 5.t per cent of the en tire crop, ninned prior to January 1 limt year; 12,607.405. or ;.7 per cent, In 1912; and 14.317,00! bales, or 2.1 per rent, In 1 9 1 1. The, nvernire qunntlty glpned prior to Jnnnnry 1 for four yenrs Is 1 2.91 4. ISO riil'-i, or 94 7 per cent of the rrnn. Jin lulled In the (cintilnjis sr 44, Kit r'lunil hit'-', rnirHmred with 94.25 I., t y. nr. 77.9S9 fur 1912 and 96,227 f..r 1 !M 1. Thn tiimilrr of rtiles of Pi-a TH'nnd ;,n ',; v t; . i-nmpHreil Hh 74 .320 liit . :.r, 67,2:.7 In 1912, am! 105, 9 HI In tv F' r-s prior to Jim- 914.. ,i.t 7.. BET Germans Have Renewed Violent Offensive To West Of Warsaw ' : " . ' Making Little Headway Against Russian Bayonets, However With the Vrf g" js Sweeping Over Hungarian London, Jan. 9. Coincident with news of movements from the north the Germans have re sumed a violent offensive to the west of Warsaw, ,liacing their way forward at some points only to be driven hack by Rus sian bayonet attacks, leaving the situation as a whole about what it was two weeks ago. In the meanwhile the Russians' sweep over the Austrian crown lands of Bukowina, continues unchecked, according to news dispatches reaching London, and the army is expected by British observers of the war soon to be well over the moun tain bundaries of Hungary. The .Servians with an army more or less rehabilitated are described in London as attack ing -the dual monarchy from the south with renewed vigor. The Austrian reports declare that the latest attempt of the Servians has been repulsed. Roumania To Mobilize Last Week In January zation . of troops ''will begin the last week in January, aocording1 to the Petit Parisian, by the calling out of three classes totalling 125,000 men; and the mobilization will continue un- III P. OJECEIPTS Receipts at Local Office Last Year Were in jfixcess .' . r . of $110,000. BUSINESS BAROMETER READS 'FAIR WEATHER Itljr Increase Shown lu Business of Liocal Telephone Company Also Denotes Good Year. That business In Asheville was good during the past year, despite the Eu ropean war. Is further strongly Indi cated In the annual report of the lo cal postofflce. Total receipts for the year amounted to $110,808.60. an In crease over the previous year of $8, 149.24. PostofTlce receipts may al ways be accepted as a business ba rometer for anv community, and the rending of the A-hvllle barometer in dlcstes thut the city experienced ' clear weather" during the past year. Thu receipts for the year, accord ing to the quarterly reports were di vided as follows: Klrat quart.-r, 125,324.61 J second quarter. J26.639.18; third quarter, $29,4S7.6C; fourth quart el-, $29,405, 18. The business dune during 191S, 'which hrnke all former records, was $ 101,707.36, the statement by quar ters fur that year being hs follows: First qunrter, $23.2X7.08; second quar ter, $23,294.72; third qunrter, $28, 097 53, fourth quarter, $27,081.03. One of the blKKeHl gulns for a sin Klc month luRt year was experienced In iH-cetnher, when the t'.tnl receipts amounted to $11,697.07. The receipts for 1 (ember, 1913, amounted to $10. 79S.R1, ehnviing n Increase for ths month nt $1H 49. The ri In tm - " depart m l he f'i duller t -J-.. t, .t port shows tlint this lncrenn, i lirn been shown In every nt of the nlici. ire tl 'ic rlon- I iilO.000 ID Mountains and Serbs Attacking Hungary Is in Very Critical Position. Nevertheless credence is given rn England to the report that the .Germans are planning to throw some of their troops to the assistance -. of' Germany's ally and that a tlird attempt is to be made to crush the army of the Serbs. , One hundred thousand Prussians and 300, 000 Austrians, it is said, are to be employed in the campaign against the Serbs, the Teutonic allies deeming 'most impera tive in view of the threaten ing situation in -the Balkans. The present position of Austria-Hungary, according to ob servers giving ; their opinions today, .is most critical. Threat ened from the east and south and with Eoumania preparing to cast her lot with; the allies, the war is being brought to her .very front door, in sharp contrast with the comparative isolation which the Germans continue to enjoy, with only small strips of territory in East Prussia and Alsace in the tnO.Jb'S-'oaieeWMhe Meld. ' '-: , . It is expected that Switzerland will be asked to take charge of Roumanian Interests In Germany and Austria, the Petit Parisian says, but adds that the Roumanian cabinet has made no defi nite arrangements as yet. It didn't At the end of December, the total had reached 3,661. This is the greatest Increase for a single year ever experienced by this company, with one exception. The single ex ception was the year of 1912. UNI If UflG TO Great French Sculptor Says He Will Execute Statue of Sen ator Zebulon B. Vance. Mrs. Zebulon Balrd Vance this morning received a cablegram from the great French sculptor, M. Rodto, In which he donates his willingness to accept the commission to execute the statute of Senator Vance which la to be placed In Statuary hall, Washing ton, at the expense of the state of North Carolina. It Is hoped that this notice of acceptance from M. Rodin has not come too late. The committee appointed by Governor Craig to ar range for the statue to Senator Vance is now In session In Mew York, and there Is a possibility that an artist has already been engaged by the com mlttee for this work. The general assembly of North Car olina has arranged for the memorial to Senator Vance, an net having been passed at the last sesHlon providing an unlimited sum for this purpose. The matter of cost and the selection of an artist were left entirely In the hands of ths committee named by Governor Craig. Negotiations with M. Itodln were carried on through Am huiutadnr Jesserand. but until today there had been no Intimation that he would accept the cominii-.ilon tendered him. t Will. AT M OI H. H Q O.lcniro, Jan. ped an If strip k the wheal ma 1 h market -m a r 'y two i . i . Me prl--. i. ' ;x ( "HI pur. 1 v ' . ' , n(. 1 ! , ' i" 1 i'll llf l''l 9 . Wheat drop hv a hammer on t this morning. - 1 In tome cane - t- p , w laat v 1 c i i? at $139 i 11 4 'i , ymter ! i ( f I hn effect i , (.a hrea.l- -i i aiiil mn- : !- 4 I , ! ! ( li !! st R TIE LIS from South v iria- ' hands of her antagonists. Now more than ever before the fol lowers of the war look to the east for important develop ments. V -. -: '.'': In Belgium and France the allies are still making their hard- earned gains, and Ger many also has made progress here and there. So nearly' are the contending armies matched in numbers and in the positions of their trenches that sapping and bomb throwing must be mainly relied on for the chief gaisn, and barring some lucky victory, the sporadic artlilery duels will doubtless persist un til improvement in the weath er conditions makes the more extensive infantry operations possible. , 4 Several days have passed since the first reports of Rus sian victory over the Turks in the Caucasus, but the Turks have not yet conceded the over whelming success of the Rus sians.' ',:. W. H. SWIFT REPLIES TOBULLtTlUtQlTOR ' J. f . , . - f He Has Seen Children in North Carolina Mills as Small as Hines Showed. Gazette-News Bureau, Wyatt Building, " Washington, Jan. 9. W. II. Swift of Greensboro, state representative of the national child labor committee, In replying to the statement made by David Clark of the Textile Bulletin of Charlotte, who questioned the report of Lewis Hlnes, as to child labor conditions in North Carolina, said: "I am the representative of the na tional child labor committee in the stats of North Carolina. For three years I have been at this business and have been in the habit of making statements of conditions in North Car olina In churches, schoolhouses and in the newspapers of the state over my own name. So far no statement made' by me has ever been called North Carolina has what appears to be a 13 year age limit with an appren ticeshlp exception put there, as I be hi'Tf :, by some man who knew his bus iness and as a result It has been the hlblt throughout the state to employ children at the age of 12. Only lately a few mills have announced that they are working pn&ll year age basis. "I have seen scores of children un der 12 at work. I walked through one mill along with the superintendent and found eight He asked me what I was going to do about It and I told him I was going to publish It. Ite begged me not to do It and said that he would take them out and I took his word. "The commission of labor In. North Carollan has authority to Inspect mines. He did Inspect last year a mine where' a man was killed but If a child gets his head pinched off In a eotton mill he has no authority whatever to look Into the case. We are protecting men workers but we are neglecting child workers. "I have no very great reason for believing that North Carolina will go very far this In giving the same protection to her children as Is given by moil of the other slates. "I have seen the pictures shown on the screen. In one or two of them the children were very small. I have seen children In the mills just about a small. Of course these were unusual esses. I havs no doubt that with camera I could And many such In one day's work. I want to sny, however, that there are mills In which such pictures could not pnKxIbly h taken. PLAN CELEEItATION OF , OPHNINO OF PANAMA Washington, Jan. 9. Admlnlstra tlnn officials are proceeding to pta for the eel. hratlon ot tho formal open lug of tho I'anania canal in March under the virtual certainty that the f iimls would IdtlV.' riece'Riirv for tha rel.-hi at ton he p. in I. led v wh'. h I oilll ed t e... 1 tl. I '1 f BRITISH REPLY HOT PIUSI Certain Points Concerning De tention and Examination - of Ships Remain ,, Undetermined. THE TEXT WILL BE PUBLISHED TOMORROW Answer to Protest Points Out That Remedies for Many Difficulties Are Being Worked Out. Washington, Jan. 9. Secretary Bryan late yesterday announced the t a ' American note respecting interrup-l tion of American commerce. The note will be made public Sunday after noon by agreement between the state department and the British foreign office. State department officials read the British note carefully, . but would make no comment in advance of publication. That it is inconclusive in many respects, however,, and will lead to a further diplomatic exchange was learned from authoritative quarters. Some points, such as the question of proof at the time of detention of ships and lengths of time required for examination, remain undeter mined, i The communication points out the peculiar necessities of belligerents, but is phrased In a spirit of frank ness and friendliness. Much emphasis is placed oh the necessity for careful search of all cargoes which appear suspicious. fj '" Great Britain appreciated that tne United States doe not deny a bellig erent's - right to search on the hixn seas, but it ls.understoo ta.have ex plained that since this rule of inter national law was set u . - vessels has changed and examina tions at sea cannot be conducted with as much facility as before. It is also pointed out that It. Is difficult to search the merchant lines of ehe present day at sea. Specifically Great Britain claims that it has paid for all copper seized and that arrangements now have been made with Italy, Holland and the Scandinavian countries whereby legi timate cargoes of even contraband will not be unduly delayed. As to foodstuffs and conditional contraband, Great Brltuln has no In tention of repudiating Lord Salis bury's doctrine that such products mu st be shown to be destined to an enemy or force, but will Insist on careful examination to make sure supplies are not so destined. . Remedies for many difficulties which have arisen are dally being de vised. Great Britain has pointed out, and steps taken by the United States to verify manifests will assist in re moving causes for delay. As to articles put on the contra band list, such as rosin, and turpen tine, the British government has ap plied the doctrine of President Lin coln that absolute contraband con sists of all materials susceptible of use In making munitions of war. The British have discovered that there products are essential to the manu facture of some forms of ammunition and will insist that under internation al law they must be regarded as ab solute contraband. A partial remedy for the situation, however, Is being sought In arrange ments for roi.slgnments of naval stores from the United Ktai.s to neu tral countries so that American ships can take their naval stores aa ballast for cotton cargoes, sell the contra band to neutral countries and send their cotton to belligerent countries without further molestation, DISCARDED RIFLES IN . EMM ARSENALS Officials Do Not Believe Dis card Guns Have Been Sold to the Belligerents. Washington, Jan. . Ths war de partment officials believe that an In venlory by Secretary Garrison will show that none of the government's discarded Craig-Jorgesen army rifles have been removed from the arserisls since the beginning of the war and that It wilt be shown that there was not ground n'nr the rumor that th weapons Vre being sent to Kuropt for the use of belligerents. h'eeretsry flarrtaon declares that th trovernment has no Intention of chatiff- .ri,tfrci Ten-j li'f tha order prnhihli Ins tt.a aula .,f S h ut IPsnn ! tin t ,f',essiii1 that Uu-r In no foaipla end p pnPh-i t,on for the tumor that an order hi-d h ' 'iiiP.o lr,- heel! HlveO tO Stop the ri ,!e (f H;e f,l -, I f 1, Pol, : ; : .,'1.- i I o P !' e .!!!( that p (,, . f 1 5 1 1 n 1 any i. f the !'. : i ilSLIil IIIIITS IT 2ND TERM Remarks at Indianapolis Inter preted as Indication That He May Be Candidate , . Again in 1916. a . v MAY BE TIME WHEN "PEOPLE MUST JUDGE" V President Attacks Republican Party and Defends Admin , istration's Record in Mexican Policy. , Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 9. Presi dent Wilson in a Jackson day speech 6, voiced what his hearers Inter- Prted as o hint that he might be a candidate for the presidency again tn 1916. The audience of more than 4,000 people rose to their feet and cheered until the president called for quiet. ' The president had been discussing the Mexican situation. Referring to his belief that he knew the tempera ment and principles, of the American people he added that he would not be lit to stay where he was if he did not understand them, "There may come a time," he de clared, "when the American people will have to Judge whether I know what 1 a mtalking about or not." There was a slight pause and then the crowd began cheering. Realizing the construction which had been put on his words, the ' president held up his hand for silence and .(said: Thftt was mi-rely pieparatory t ing that tor ae team two no lam fi-B -to tWJfc J ""' eh" itnple."" rsr-viousiy the prwui t.t tu.i laakial. the -rcpabltcan- party, defend ed tne record of his administration on the ' Mexican policy, the tariff, and currency, and declared that a careful examination of the returns from tno elections last .November showed that If it had bletV f prewMcntial year, a democrat would have had a majority of about eighty in the electoral col lege. . . The president criticised republican senators opposing the government ship purchase bill, whom he charac terized "self styled friends of busi ness." He said the republican party has not had a new Idea in thirty years, and that "the republicans do not know how to do anything, but sit on the Ud." He added that the coun try want sthe ship purchase bill en acted into law and "will have It" ."' Mr. Wilson gravely spoke warning to democrats not to break up me solidarity of the party. He declared , those who did would gain an unviable position for themselves. "If a man won t play on & team he must get off the team," he said, and later spoke of himself as the "cap tain of the democratic team' for the present." , The president spoke briefly of Mexico. He said the people there are entitled to liberty, "no matter how ' long they take In determining it." Speaking slowly and carefully, he de clared that "so far as my influence goes; while I am president, nobody shall interfere with them." "Have not European nations taken as long aa they wanted, and spilled as much blood as they pleased to settle their own affairs?" he contin ued, "and shall we deny the samo right to Mexico? No. I say." Much of Mr, Wilson's address was devoted to the Independent and pro gressive voters. He said about one third of the republican party Is pro gressive and about two-thirds of the democratic party Is progressive. 'Therefore," he added, "the demo cratic party Is more progressive than the republican." He declared that most of the voters of the country are Independent, but that It was his am bition to have them vote with the democrats. He spoke of himself as an "animated conservptlve." The president said the people, of the United States should not pay too much attention to the European war. but should keep their own affairs In good order. He closed his aildr. with a fervent expression of ehe hope that the time might come when tn-i United States roultl be Innrunn -n: 1 In resorlng peace. ' lliislnraa Condition''. Business conditions were taken pp briefly. He characterised talk of 1 -Iness depreaalon as a "state of n ' " He said the democratic party h i ready done much to frce Iiuhm,, that Its program was not y, t i plele. Whenever the ronn'iy i wants something beside la'ii, ! d. it turns to the demninp The president advoini. I , tnent of a great federal i -htireau, e',,i some rue a - , found for Oul'-lenlnK ari l . the proeesees I.f the run-" 1 of Ihe tierc- 'l v of C' i the sdiiihd- i i al'on cc
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