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A A THE GAZETTBrNEWS HAS ; THE ASSOCIATED PRIESS SERVICE. IT IS IN EVERT :t RESPECT COMFLETB. :t t WEATHEE FOSECASTi FAIR AND COLDER. ' VOLUME XIX. NO. 287. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JA NUARY 12, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS d rw a u .nr. Anrnn J PRIMARY BILL EXPECTED SODII Page or Daughton Will Prob ably Be Chosen to Head Fi nance Committee Bill to Protect Officers. TAX ON OWNERS OF PISTOLS IS PROPOSED Measure Offered to Increase Property Holding Powers of Wake Forest College, by Senator Ward. (By W. T. Boat). Ralelh. Jan. 12. The state-wide primary bill, forecast for this week has not been offered in either house of the general assembly today, but the rumors fly thick that the mea sure will make a start within the next three or four days. A dull record was the fifth of the days. Local bills were offered gen erously for an hour or less and ad journment came until this morning. Speaker Wooten named a formidable list of committees but the all import ant one, the chairmanship of the fi nance organization, is yet in the speaker's creation. Henry A. Page and R. A. Dough ton are the only members seriously discussed for this position, but there are other members with large Inter ests and varied experience upon whom the Rpeaker might decide. The two find many points of disagreement in their views and in the fight to end the leasing of convicts to railroads for payment In stock. Page and Doughton are everlastingly apart. . This issue looks now to be one of the sharpest before the general as sembly. Doughton-- and Ills ,, western : tolleagnes are united lri their demand that the stat-Tlt up .Jo its existing ! contracts and give to the western part j Jones, Bynumj Kent, Calloway, Tuck p fthe stale the same aid that it hasler, Mayo, Valentine, ftmlth.of Cleve given to other sections. Mr. Doughton declares that his county is reduced to commer.ee almort eololy with Virginia points and that lack of articulation with the middle and eastern port of the states hurts all parts . of the state. ( . Tax ristol Owner. In the house today. Representative J. J. Laughlnghouse of Pitt, offered a bill taxing the owners of pistols the same amount as the poll in their re spective counties and fixing a mini mum fine of 150 or imDrisonment of six months upon all persons guilty of carrying those weapons. He declared after the adjournment of the house that tr' is offered to protect officers in the eastern part of the state who seem to have no ohance . with the : pistol toter. Uy an act of "Representative Battle of Nash, logging roads in the state ; will be authorised to carry passeng ers for compensation if the measure Rocs through. Mr. Battle presented that matter today. More than 70 bills have now been offered in the house, but they have . been almost wholly local. The second week began tamely. Senator Ward offered In the sen- 1 . ate yesterday a bill to Increase the property holding power of Wake For est college from Jl. 000. 000 to $5,000. 000. It Is understood that the col lege now has nearly $1,000,000 en dowment and any bequest or other gift that might come In excess of $1, 000,000 could not be accepted If the extension of limit la not made. It Is pointed out that Davidson college soma years ago lost a considerable amount by a gift exceeding thelwle. Brown, Harrison, Glbbs, Conley, amount the college was authorized to hold. Senator WTUte, of Nash county, rushed ji bill through the senate toiCsrr. Hall. Barro, Brown, Smith, of our a defect In the marrlag of .jh couple. A Justice of the peace hud married them and afterwards found that his commission as a Jus tice had expired before th marriage was performed. Senator White ex plained that the couple was ery much worri'id and anxious to hate the defects adjusted. 1 The House. Speaker Woofer convened the house at noon. The Introduction of bills wns taken up na follows: Clayton Amend 14, local laws of 1911. . Battle fllv lorgtng roads th right to carry passengers and charge a compensatloB herefor, Weatherspoon Provide ' for w. construction and maintenance of th , holding capacity to $, 000,000. , The Ashevllls and Murphy scenic high-; senator explained that the present wy- (holding pom-er Is $1,000,000 and that McBryde -Advanoe certain soldiers the endowment fond amounts to and widows to the pension roll. ,, ,,'nesnly that amount now, , Walden Relating to the killing of. Boll call 6llls passed final readings vesl In Alleghany eounty. as follows: Wltherspoon Repeal a special' sot Authorise the city of Raleigh to a to the sale of real estate In C'hero-i Issue liOO.OOO bonds to tnke care of kee county. (certain notes outstanding In Conner. LsuRhlnKhou ImpoM tax eooal tlon with the condemnation of prop, to poll (sx on revolvers and a mtnl. jsrty In widening streets and other inum pnnlshmenr of $60 fins and six . purnoa. months' imprisonment for csrrvlnsl coneealed wenpnna. .' Wlnhorn ,Mnke a debt due and rylile upon the debtor's disposing of any f.nrt of the seeurlty. Just before adjournment', at I IRK IS DONE - Oil HIDE Large Force of Men at Work on New Railway. Line of Standard Gauge, An drews to Haysville. $150,000 BOND ISSUES SOLD TO" LOCAL FIRM C. N. Malone & Co. Purchases Municipal Bonds for Con struction of Road Will Open Rich Section. The Hiawassee valley railroad, a standard guage road from Andrews, in Cherokee county, to Hayesville, in Clay county, is now under construc tion. This is to be a municipally own ed railroad and will be 26 miles in length. It will be the first railway line to enter Clay county and ' will open up one of the finest sections of virgin timber forests in western North Carolina. A large force of men is be ing worked and it is seated that the line will be completed and traffic opened within a year. It is one of the biggest projects undertaken in . this section for several years, and It seems to Indicate very clearly that there Is little depression in the business of the section now being experienced. It likewise adds a touch of optimism of a roseate hue to the outlook for the future. This railway lin i Is being construct ed by the Clay county and Valley town township of Cherokee county, each having voted bonds In the sum o'clock Speaker Wooten announced .the following committees: House committee. Ed'catlon-TMInta,Cchairoia,nt Bmall Davis, Klttrell, Capeheart, Eether- idge. Fan-cloth, Allred, King,-. Netties, land. Clark, Euro Glbbs,. Hutchinson, Klllinn of Catawba, Stacey. , Counties, cities and towns Eure, chairman; Hutchinson, Mints, Wilson, King,.. Laughlnghouse, Vernon,. Kent, Johnson,- Phillips, Pegram. Broekett, Hampton, Klttrell. Capehart, Falr cloth, Battle, Jones, llanos. Swain, Mlckle, Valentine, Bryan, Bowman. Corporation commission Mason, chairman; Wlnborne. -Hutchinson, Williams of Yadkin; Collins, Cough enhour,' Carr, Cameron, Macon, F. M. McWay, Mints, Somers, Wlnslow, Leonard, Clayton, ' Stacey, Ttherldge,' Camp. , - s . Expenditures of the house Bynum, chairman; Newborne, Bell, Currle, Laughlnghouse, Wall, Hoover, Klt trell, Caraway, Smith of Wake, Mee klns. Grant, Dayton, Dnvln. Courts and Judicial districts Ver non, chalrmnn; Allred, I,ong of Hall fax; Benfrow, Boborts of Rocking- ham, Wltherspoon, Hendrlx, Wlfllams or Cabarrus, Beaver, Doughton. Bowie, Bynum, Page, Bennett, Wln borne, Bailey. Federal relations Wlnborne, chair man; Roberts, of Bunciime; Allen, Bowie, Hutchinson, Cuiighenhour, Clayton, Benton, Cost, Vann. Catling, Williams of Cabarrus, Hellers, Ma- Kay. Election laws drier, chairman; Pegram Wlnborne,' Douglass, Mason; Wltherspoon, Dunning, Bell, Alexand er. Killlan of Clay, Whitford, Hewett, Conley. Battle, Williams of Yadkin, Foster. Coroporatlons Douglass chairman; Brockett, Macon, Hanes, Coughen- ) hour, Newborne, Battle, Vernon, Bo Deaver, Long of Union, Klttrell Health Capeheart, chairman; Tucker, Dula, Kent, Macon, Foster, Watauga, Denton, Brummltt, Noland. The Fcnste, The senate was Convened St noon by the president pro tern. Mr. Oard- ner, prayer- being by Dr, O'Kelly, of the First Baptist church. The oath of office was administered to Senator Frank Thompson, of On slow county, who only arrived to take his feat this morning. New bills were introduced us fol lows Ward Joint resolution to furnish copies of Pell's revlenl to ths mem bers of the general asserribly. Llnebaok Establish a' special court for every county, Ward Amend the charter ofWnk ' .. ..I,.... . . . ,. An Invllnllon tn the meinhera of 'the sens!" who are mem Her, of the'or nature. , ltoml Arennum o attend smnksr 1 Frank Williams was given J0 days . tnnU-M w read. - ln " mads on charges of retailing I The senate took rces lo noonto M. Corb'tt. (Tuelny, Two "drunks" were up, Great Arm For Renewal pf Supreme Efforts Meanwhile Great Britain Is Pouring Thousands of Men Into France Every Week; Germany Having Called Reserves Is Prepared to Direct Campaigns Artillery Fight London, Jan. 12. The Great armies battling in the east by means of artillery exchanges, sapping operations and trench attack seem to be in much the same situation as they were on January 1. Everywhere there seems a disposition to await the spring, when with fresh ar mies pouring into the various fields of battle, events are ex pected to move with more ra pidity. Great Britain is send ing thousands of men into France every week. Accord ing to reports, Berlin, aware of these movements, is making great military preparations for counter moves. All the re of $"6,000 for the purpose of . con structing if." These bonds have been bought by C. N. Malone and com pany of this city and the money has already been turned over to the coun ty and otwnship for UEe In construc tion .work. Both Clay county and Val ley luwn township have employed a largo force ot men, and work is pro gressing rapidly from each end of the line. The fund already raised Is suf ficient, it is stated, to grade and lay tht track for the new line. The Clay county end will be built by contract, this contract having alreody been let to R. L. Herbert, an experienced railroad contractor. Valleytown town ship Is building its own end of the line. . . a . , . 8. E. , Cover of Andrews' is presi dent of the road. The directors and all officers are elected' by the county commissioners of Clay and Cherokee counties, and by this arrangement the road will always remain In direct con trol of the two counties. The new line will parallel the Southern from Andrews to Marb'.e, and will then cross the rough moun tain country into Clay. It is the plan at some future date to continue the road to Hlawassee, Ga where . It would cortnect with the Georgia Southern. It will have connection at this end with the Southern, and when future plans are carried out, a great section . of western N-rth Carolina's richest timber seetion will be opened to the outside world. ALABAMA HOUSES LED ' BY PROHIBITIONISTS Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 12. A. II. Cormlchael, prohibitionist, was elect ed speaker of the house of the Ala bama legislature today by a caucus In which ths vote was 74 to 27. T. L. Bulger, also a prohibitionist was chosen president pro tempore of the sente by acclamation. GERMAN CRUISER IS DAMAGED BY MINE London, Jan. 11. -The . German oruleer Bremen has arrived at Wit- helmshaven In a badly damaged con dition, as a 'result of contact with a mine, according to dispn'ehea to the Evening Btar from PetrograoV DEATH OF GRAND, DUKE DENIED IN PETROGRAD Petrograd, Jan. 11. Reports of the death of Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovltch, brother of the Emnrr- or of Russia, In the fighting In Persia ars officially denied In Petrograd. MS IF THE DAY III THE POLICE COURT Ths following cases were called In Police court today: J. B iiscker was lined 125 and the costs on charges of keeping tubercu lar patients tn violation of the city ordinance, with appeal bond fixed I $100 fur ths present Urm of Huper- lor court. John Balrd, colored, was fined $5 and the costs on on charge of vio lating an automobile law, an dtaxed with the Costa In another ense. Prayer for Judrment wss continued In a tease agslnat Minnie Wsldrnti, In whlth she is charged with retailing lo Frank Williams. . . . , - Fate Henderson. Colored, was fined $1 and ths costs on charge of vio lating an automobile Inw, and taxed . till ths C's Iff another case Of elm s and Sapping Operations Continue. ' serves are being called out, and Germany, it is declared, is pre pared to assume the active di rections of all the campaigns Au5tro:Hufigarian against Ser via and Eussia and Turkish against .Russian and Great Bri tain. This in brief is the plan, British observers believe, will be: followed subject to anv changes which the entry of Roumania and Italv might ne cessitate. ' Germany still claims her troops ire making slow pro gress toward .Warsaw. It has been published in London, how ever, that ; the German opera tions in that region are only masking movements to shield a German retreat to the Siles- Servia Will Not Accept Port of Rome, Jan.- 12. Contrary to the statements In the. newspapers of Lon don, Paris and .Berlin that an under standing had practical! been reached by which Servia was to accept an out let on the Adriatic sea. It Is related in Servian .official (ju'artpra that this con- pnntnll . nrlll nr. nA... a..... U i. ( Trrf-irfV flail a -ri 'Wm.m -m j An mutti .mr uuufury nas nsKeu its iiie and Independence, Servia will not be content to accept' 'a ' port or strip of coast land. , What Kervlai now claims Is that the Servian regions in Austria Hungary no8iia, Herzegovina, and Dalmatia be assigned to her on the principal of nationality. French Report Gain. .Paris, Jan. 12. The statement Is sued by the French war office con cerning the progress of the war shows that at certain places there has been Intermittent cannonading, but the action of the artillery has not had Important results. -In addition there has been some trench fighting which has resulted In gains for the French. Otherwise, Sunday, apparently was not particularly active and little of Importance developed. The text of the communications follow: "From the sea to the Lys yesterday there were Intermittent artillery duels which were not very Intense In character. At Ypres, our artillery re sponded effioaclously to the artillery of the enemy, sending" well placed Not Referring to Second 9 Term, President Asserts Washington, Jan. 12. President Wilson declared today that he was not thinking of announcing his candidacy for the presidency In 191(1, when In his address before the Indiana Democratic club at Indianapolis last week, he snld that the people of the' United States would have a chance to Judge his acts In the future, which certain of his audience and others Interpreted as a hii.t that he would be a candidate for rennminatlon. The president explain Weaver Introduces BUI To Acquire Mt. Mitchell By W. T. Boat). Raleigh, Jan, ll. Senator Weaver today Introduced a bill to create a commission to acquire a portion of ALBANIAN IN3URGENTS TO ATTACK DURAZ20 Athens, Jnn. l.(Hy Way of I.ondon) The Albania Insurg'tiia according lo Information received here, have occupied the heights of RHeiMil and have plsced guns there on to be uid against Dorsum, the Albania port which wrs reeeijlly oc cupied by the Iisllsns, ind where fK;.d Vw-ha, his irnops sml reprsen tnthes of the protlolnnal government of Albania Were stationed. ian frontier. British military observers do not credit this idea, believing that General Von Ilindenburg, the German commander, has further offen sive strength, but at the same time atention is called' to the fact that Russia'evidently must feel very confident about the situation in Poland or she would not continue to pour her troops into Hungary through Bukowina. In the western arena the point of most interest centers about Soissons and on the French right flank in Alsace where the fighting continues. On the remainder of the line there is comparative inactivity.,',"'.- Strip or Coast shots against the trenches of the Germans. "From the Lys to the Oise, In the region of Hoiaelle, our troops gained possession of trenches of the enemy' after violent fighting. "North of Soissons, on 'Spur ,132' It is reported that the Germans were attacked and, following this attack, tt French occupied tw6;l-llns t.ef trenches on a front of 600 yards. This extends the French trenches toward the east to the trenches captured January 3 nnd assures the French the complete possession of 'Spru 132." "On the Alsne and in Champagne, i:o as Khelms, there have been ar tillery exchanges. From Rhelms to the Argonne, the French artillery bombarded first the trenches of the enemy and then the shelters of the reserves. "North of Perthes, after being driv i en back by a counter attack referred to lust night, we again progressed. gaining 200 yards of trenrhes. "North of Beausejour, the enemy made desperate efforts to recapture a little fort which they had previously lost. 'We made energetic counter at tacks. "In each of the enemy's attacks, two battalions were engaged. The second attacked In close formation after the first. Each was repulsed. "In the Argonne, there have been some few small engagements. We have maintained our front. "From the Meuse to the Mosselle, the day passed calmly. "In the Vosues. a heavy snow has fallen. Some has fallen In Old Thann, on 'Hill 425 .'" ed to callers today that what he had In mind when he made the statement was that future generations would have an opportunity to pass on his nets as president of the United States and could Judge "whether he knew what he was talking about or not." President Wilson refused absolutely to discuss the question of his candi dacy for a second term and he also declined to give his views on the onci term plank of the Baltimore platform. Mount Mitchell for a public park. The bill carries an appropriation of 120.000. The assembly met mi nnnn in Joint session to canvass election return ITALIANS ACQUITTED BY CROWN PROSECUTOR Angnna, Italy, Jan. 11. (Delayed) Forty young Italians, arrested as they were about to cross ths border to. Join the Garlbaldlan volunteers who are fighting In France, have been trl d and acquitted, The crown prose cutor. In asking that they be released s'nted thst the mere fur I thst they w r altered to be attemplng to cross the border did not constitute a crime forbidden In th pe'll code MASS MEETING IS ISSUED A ville Citizens Are Called 5 .ogether to Discuss Com mission Form of Govern ment for This City. MEETING TO BE HELD FRIDAY NIGHT, JAN. 15 Four of City's Leading Organi zations Combine Efforts on Behalf of All Citizens and Issue the Call. The preliminary step looking to tho passage of a commission government charter for Asheville at the present , aesaum ni me general asHerauiy uuo been taken. This step Is the call is- j sued late yesterday afternoon by four of the city's leading organizations, the board o" trade, the Merchants' asso ciation. Central Labor union and the University club, for a mass meeting of citizens at the county court house Fri day night, January 15, at 8 o'clock. The action is taken on behalf of all citizens and taxpayers of the city, fol lowing along the line suggested edito rially in The Gazette-News yesterday afternoon, and not for any special or ganization or organizations. The Call for thiB mass meeting, In fact ,1s the opening wedge by which Asheville people may secure a new form of government, a commission to replace the board of aldermen, If they want it. It Is to be their mass meet ing: and It is the desire of those who assumed the good office of calling It that everyone be present who possibly can. The question to be considered is one oi inn mom vnm i"n. " th- people of hu, city, according . to Hhe Views of leading citizens wt have within the nnsrt few! . - jnuBe, comptroller, Chief of police two days, and It is one they believe should Uembera cf the board of works the be finally decided now. J sheriff, and a circuit 1udre tv,,1 Interest in a commission form of j government has been Increasing byj leaps and bounds within the past few weeks, and since the general assembly convened little else has been talked on the streets. Practically everyone who expresses' an opinion at all Is appar ently for commission form: but it is hoped that this feeling of unanimity will not Interfere with the mass meet ing attendance, because the attendance must be large and representative, and the demand for a change wholesome, before the Buncombe legislators will introduce and attempt to pass a new charter. Borne leading citizen will b selected to open the meeting Friday night, and then the gathering will be turned over completely to the citizens of Asheville. who may select officers and perfect the organization that is to decide whether or not Asheville wants com mission government. It promises to be one of the largest and most repre sentative gatherings held here In years. The call for the meeting is signed by the following organizations: Ashe ville board of trade, by Present W. Vance Brown; Asheville Merchants association, by President M. Llpinsky; Central Labor union, by President J. H. IJndsey; and University club, by President James Taylor. Following Is the draft of the call: "A mass meeting of the citizens of Asheville Is called by the undersigned organizations to meet In the court house next Friday evening, January 15, 1915, at 8 o'clock for the purpose of conferring together and tnkln? such action as may be desired In re gard to securing the passing of a bill by the general assembly allowing the citizens of Asheville to vote on the question of commission government for the city of Asheville and to take steps, If desired, towards preparing such amendments or change In the present city charter." Several meetings were held at the hoard of trado rooms yesterday after noon previous to the final Issuing of the call. Tho legislative committee of the board of trade, which has been considering the question of commis sion government for some time, met and submitted the following report for consideration of the directors: "The legislative committee begs t report to the directors of the board of trnde that they have accumulate much data on commission government, have had several meetings with repre sentatives from other organizations ;t the city, and It la the consensus of ' P"I" ot the committee that It would be wise to request ths citizens of Ajiis villa to hold a mass meeting In the court house for the purpose of discuss ing the advisability of commission government for Asheville, and there take such steps to this end as may be deemed wise." After considering this report, which was signed by F. M. Weaver, chairman of, the committee, the directors adopt, ed the following resolution relative to the matter. "Whereas, Numerous request have com to the board of trade asking trot some action be taken looking toward a movement to secure commission government for Ashevll's. .'Therefore. Be It Resolved, That th T FRAUD CHARGED TO 114 Federal Authorities Prosecute Indictment for Conspiracy to Corrupt Election at I Terre Haute, Ind. MAYOR, JNDGE, POLICE AND OTHERS INDICTED Many Prominent Men of the City Named in Indictment Confessions Were Made, It Is Said. Indianapolis, Jan. 12. Nine of the 114 men from Terre Haute who are Ilm1er iniUctmcnt , connc.Uon me aiie-rea election frauds pleaded I frutltv . ! .. , . i is .,.,. it ih ihi i-uurv wucn their oases were called. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 12. Charg ed under federal indictment with con spiracy to corrupt the election of No vember 3, 1914, in Terre Haute, 114 men. including Mayor Donn M. Rob erts, are to be arraigned" today befor Federal Judge Anderson. According to Indianapolis lawyers, the Term Haute investigation marks the first time the federal government has ever attempted Jurisdiction in the election machinery. Frank C, Dailey, United States district attorney, who personally worked up the case before the grand Jury, proceeded on the theory that since a United States senator and congressmen were elected in the elec tion in question, any effort to manipu late the election by illegal means con stituted fraud against the 'United states government. Jnc uded n th 111 4nduct,npnt are , - J officers, amo m, th em the maTor Telly 4- - . -. major, a ciiy aiso 14 njinor city employes facing the charge and others consist of attorneys, saloon men and so-called gamblers, hut for the most part the defendants ar? persons of "occupations unknown." Mr. Dailey declares he has confes sions from several of the men and ex pects a number of the defendants to plead guilty; while others are expected to attempt to get around the Indict ment on demurrer pleas. The Indictments are in four counts. The first count charges violation of section 19 of the criminal code, tho subject of which is conspiracy to In jure persons in the exercise of their civil rights. The second count charges the defendants with conspiracy to de fraud the United States, The third charges violation of the postal laws. In I that the alleged conspiracy was fur thered by the use of the mails, by soliciting for funds for a scheme to commit false registration. . T. J. INGLE IT AGE OF SEVENTY Well Known Swannanoa Wo man Passed Away Last Night Mrs. T. J. Inglo, aged 70, died at midnight last night at her home in Swannanoa, near Azalea, following a lingering illness. The deceased had been In falling health for some tlmo anil her death was not unexuected bv !h.i .nl.Mcn. nn.l f 1 .. .1 .. Lll, . . ... . ,.-v,,io ,,, Dim nnn well known In the county and had hosts of friends who will learn with deep regret of her passing. Surviving are the husband and two sisters. Mrs. F. M. Stevens and Mrs. W. M. Hluder; and one brother, J. M. Brookshlre, a member of the board of county commissioners. The funeral services' will be held lo. morrow at 1 1 o'clock at Cash's Creek Baptist church, of which the deeeawd was a consistent member. Iter. W, W. Marr, the yiuitor, will officiate at the services. Th board of deacons of the church will act as pallbearers, being as fol lows: W. J. Goldsmith, Fred Wllker son, Virgil Sorrels, C. C. Koon. Lu ther Hart and J. R. Bryant. board of trade request other organi zations of th city to Join this orgsnl xatlon In a call for a mas meeting to be held at the court house, at $ 6'clodlt next Friday evening, January 16, 1915, to discuss th matter." Members of the various organisa tions that sinned th call then um bled and, after a discussion thst wus enthuslnstlo and Indlrat'-d a spirit ( thorough co-operation, it ws uimm moiisly decided to Issue tl.e mi meeting call on behalf of th cl!U!i shlp of th city. I
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