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) ' ' - . - ' THE GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THB ASSOCIATED FIWISS SERVICE, IT 13 IN EVERT It RESPECT COMPLETE, si A A ;WEATHEB FORECAST, FAIR AND WARMER''' VOLUME XIX. NO. 289. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 14, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS ES TOLL : AMONG FIFTY VICTIMS HOLDS AGAINST THE INK Supreme Court Reverses Cum berland Co. Court in Case Involving Genuineness ,. of Signatures. PLAINTIFF BANKS NOW ' .:. AHEAD IN LITIGATION About $300,000 Involved in the Various Cases Against Al-" leged Endorsers for J. Sprunt Newton. (By W.'T. Dost). - Raleigh, Jan. 14. The Supreme court has reversed the Cumberland county court that answered the Issues in the Fourth National bank? action against J. Sprunt Newton and the McArthurs In favor of the defendants, And the litigation that is one of the suits In which $300,000 is involved, goes back for trial. To date the plaintiff banks In the country, are ahead pf the defendants who have set up please of forged sig natures. The "irst case was tried in Raleigh' with - the Citizen's' bank -of Norfolk plaintiff on a $25,000 note. The jury disagreed. , elevqn, holding. the signatures .f the McArthursn in dorse of . Newton, genuine, vtbe twelfth declaring their upin-lousness. The next Attempt at trial was luck ier for the bank. It won a judgment in the same court. Judge II . G. Con nor presiding. The case In Cumber land court was barely less Interest ing. Two notes of $10,000 each were Involved. The Jury ahswered the Is sues of forgery for the defense. The plaintiff appealed and Judge Walker writes the opinion giving the court's reasons. In the Cumberland case it has been often declared that three of the Ju rors could not ' read - and genuine handwriting was the lraue. The de fense, resisting a verdict, presented expert as the plaintiff did. The de-J fense presented an engraver, O. A. Lester, Raleigh. - who faked the signatures of the defendants and eon founded witnesses for the plaintiff by showing Imitations which they de clared genuine. The plaintiff object ed and the Supreme court sustains the objection. The court gives the re W'trlal for this reason and for the further reason that Judge Rountree asked the plaintiffs why they did not produce Srpunt Newton to prove cer tain facts. A further objection was that the photographed signatures were not competent unless proof of the conditions under. which they were taken was given to go to the Jury. The Supreme court delivered opin ions In eleven appeals yesterday, left even other appeals undecided until the opening of the spring term on the first Monday In February and adjourned for the terr. The canes that go over until the next term are Mor ton vs. light and power company, Pasquotank county; Norris vs. Dur fey. Wake (this case involving the question of the right of the state to collect Inheritance taxes on real es tate Instigated by the corporation (Continued on page $) Severe Winter Weather On Whole Battle Front Paris. Jan. 14. Severs winter weather from one end to the other of the battls line of France Is hindered military operations Tuesday, accord Ins; to the official statement of the French war offioe yesterday. The French artillery showed some activity, no'ably near Solssons and between Rhnlms and the Argonne. There were no decisive results. The fighting to the northeast of Solssons Is severe and continues. Large forces of Infantry havs been engaged at soma pol ri The French hay, retained their gain In soma places but In others hav bstn compelled to rtlr before th Ger man. Th Uxt of th communication follows: "Unfavorable weather prevails alone .almost th entire battle line and hin ders our operations. In Belgium, ther was a sand storm In th dune along th coast. "In th region of Nleuport ' and Tpres. th French artillery directed an mrarlous fir alnst th earthwork of th enemy. "In th Alan region, to th north east of BotMon, th fighting around PRIMflRY BILL IDT OPPOSED At This Time State-Wide Re form Measure Appears to Have Plain Sailing in Legislature. SENATOR WEAVER TO , i PRESENT BILL ALSO Rather Warm Colloquy in the House Over Fisheries Bill for Hyde County Mat ters of Routine. . (ny W. T. Bost.) Raleigh, Jan. 14. 'The state-wide primary act took a start yesterday with Senator McNeely of Union pre senting the bill. Senators Hobgood of Guilford and Weaver of Buncombe are scheduled noxt. At this writing It seems that no tight will be made against this measure. Not .only. Is every party pledged to it, but republicans remaining over here from Tuesday's love-making are look ing on- ami urging their members to press this Isie to a finish. In the peneral assembly . democrats are ex ceedingly anxious that they shall have the vantages. that Attend making a party 'issue. . Ilordly anybody rises to; exruss the party blunder In the con-j vention of 1914 which failed to declare! outright for the primary. . Moreover, throughout the campaign democratic leaders observed the insist ence of republican papers upon the passage of such a hill by the general assembly, such frequency of demand coming to headquarters in Raleish that very soon every opposition to the primary vanished. Every man In the state administration is supposed to be In favor of the bill. The lower house yesterday warmed a little In colloquy. Kepresentative Currle of Cumberland blocked Repre sentative Clayton of Hyde In the bill relating to fisheries in Hyde. Mr. Clayton wanted the bill to go through without delay because he said the fish ermen who could put their nets out from 2000 to 5000 and 10,000 yards farther In the Dare waters than they could In the Hyde, were given an ad vantage and they ought to have a re stricting law now before the fishing season begins. . Mr. Currle replied that from fifty to one hundred thousand dollars Is lost annually on the fisheries by reason of mismanagement and that no bill like this could possibly be called a local bill.' It affected every locality In the state. He Insisted upon its taking the usual course before a committee. The Senate, ' The senate was convened at 11 o'clock by President Doughton. Sena tor Ward reported favorably from the committee on rules the substitute for the McRae joint resolution of private and public local bills and It took It place on the calendar. The resolution provides for such a committee to consolidate bills In the Interest or economy and the saving of time to (Continued on page t) "Spur 122" continued with great se verity, throughout the day of January 12, the Germans bringing considerable forces to the engagement "We maintained our positions on th crest of th hill west of "Spur 132." but to the east we were obliged to give ground. Th fighting her continues. "Between Solssons and Berry-au-Bac, the shell of our cannon exploded at several places In th midst of the batteries of the enemy. "In th Champagn and from Rhelms to th Argonne yesterday, ther were exceedingly violent artil lery battles. "At Soualn, our advanced position covering the block nous north of the Beausejour farm Is still In our hands, and her w set up a trench distant only about 60 yards from th Ger mans, "In th Argonne, ther have been rain and wind storms. No Infantry activity was recorded. "From th Argonn to- th Moselle, ther hav been Intermittent artillery nnsrements. "In th Vneges, ther la fog and a heavy tail of snow." CITY OF AZEZZJ'.IO WHOLLY DESTROYED Official Reports Say Death List There At Least DEBRIS OF HAS BURIED DEAD Pagliazozzo, Celano and Tesciana, Partially Destroyed" All Italy Is Stirred By Upheaval" A not her Shock Today. Rome, Jan. 14. The victims of the earthquake, according to the latest reports available, will number 50,000, including the dead and wounded. ., AZEZZANO LOSES 150,000. Rome, Jan. 14. Official re ports from Azezzano declare that the dead in the city and vicinity as the result of the earthquake in Italy yesterday will number more than 15,000. London, Jan. 14. The Ex press has received dispatches to the effect that it is estimat ed that the number of dead at Azezzano, Ialy, caused by the earthquake is easily 15,000. TOWN COMPLETELY I DESTROYED. London, Jan. 14. Trains ar riving at Rome today brought about 100 people who had been injured at Azazzano and Pagli azozzo in the earthquake, ac cording to a dispatch to the Reuter Telegraph company for its torrespondetn at the Italian capital, who confirms the in formation that Azezzano is completely destroyed. DEBRIS BURIES DEAD. Paris, Jan. 14. Dispatches to the Havas agency from Aq uilla, Italy, say that the latest news confirms the report of the complete destruction of Azez zano; and that the towns of Celano and Tescina, not far from Azezzano, were partially wrecked, a great number of dead being buried beneath the ruins of the towns. ANOTHER SHOCK IN ROME London, Jan. 14. A news agency has received a dispatch from Rome that in Rome was felt another distinct earth quake shock about 3 o'clock this morning. In several quar ters of the city the people fled from their houses to the open air. The correspondent of the Ex press in Rome says that the shock was felt with varying re sults all over the districts of Rome and Naples. In Rome, it had been established that there was no loss of life, although a great many ancient buildings - ' : ... A? Will Total 15,000. CITIES and much other property were damaged. - .-r ' Rome. Jan. 14. The latest reports from the zone which suffered fjroH the effect! of the earthquake in Italy yesterday, while still fragmentary, indi cate a very great loss of life and enormous damage to prop erty. Estimates of the number of lives lost at first were as high as 12,000 with the num ber of injured about 20,000. Now, however, the later infor mation places the number of stricken at 50,000 in killed and wounded, and some fear the death list will be much higher when the final official figures are compiled. The earthquake zone appear ed to have extended about 300 miles from Naples to Ferrara in the north and for practical ly the entire width of this re gion. The country to the east and southeast of Rome suffered most apparently for reports of loss of life have come from all over the district. Azezzano, a town with about 12,000 inhabitants, is about 60 miles east of Rome and seems to have been the center of the disturbance.. This place and a number of nearby towns and villages are reported destroyed. There was great loss of life in Azezzano and vicinity and the number of dead is estimated at over 1000. Among the towns which were entirely destroyed are Bussi, Cappelle, Scurcola, Magliano, Cappadocia, Celano and Pesci ro.. Sora and Arpino are said to have been partilly destroyed. In the latter place the number of killed was 40 and the wound ed 110. Naples felt the shock severe ly but suffered but slightly, while Sulmona and Aquilla in the province of Abruzzi and other towns in the region are reported to have been much damaged, with some lives lost. It appears that no lives were lost in Rome, but there was considerable property damage; and it Is said about 100 people were killed near Rome. It Is stated that King Vic- (Continued oa pag ! 'IS S E. M. Jarrett, Charged With the Murder of W. B. Grant, Is Given His Freedom by Jury of His Peers. DEFENDANT WEEPS AS VERDICT IS ANNOUNCED Case Went to Jury at 10:30 This Morning Verdict Re turned at 11:10 Self Defense Was Plea. E. M. Jarrett, who was placed on trial in Superior court Tuesday after noon on charges of having killed Wil liam B, Grant, was found not guilty by jth.e,. Jry 4hls morning at, J1:l4 o'clock. The jury remained out1 of the court room about half an hour. Jarrett, surrounded by his wife, chil dren, relatives and friends, awaited the verdict of the 12 men who were to decide his case with breathless sus pense, and when the foreman of tin Jury spoke the words, "We, the Jury find the defendant not guilty," making him a free roan again, he broke down and cried. His family and dozens of friends crowded around him, all weep ing, and it was several minutes before the business of the court could be re sumed. In a few minutes, however, Jarrett, his family and friends had departed from the court room and his case became part of the great record of the court's business; the daily grind of trying eases, imposing fines and sentences moved on as before. Immediately upon convening this morning. Judge James L. Webb deliv ered his charge to the Jury, the speeches of the attorneys In the cane having been concluded yesterday af ternoon. Judge Webb's charge was one of the most forceful and masterful heard In a Superior court in this coun ty In some time and he was given the closest attention by the members of the jury and the large number of peo ple, who filled every seat In the large court room. The Jury retired to their room shortly after 10:20 o'clock and returned with the verdict at 11:10. They wero thanked by the court and dismissed. In a row that occurred In the store of the Blue Ridge Mercantile company on Southslde avenue on the morning of December 22, E. M. Jarrett shot and killed William B, Grant, who con ducted a. shoe shop a few feet from the scene of the shooting. Grant was shot twice, one bullet entering the right shoulder and the other entering the heart. Although shot through th heart, Grant lived for about 20 mln utes, although be did not speak after the shooting, A coroner's Jury, on the afternoon of th shooting, found that Grant came to his death at the hands of Jarrett and held the defend ant to rollce court, where, at a pre liminary hearing th next morning, he was held for Superior court without bond. When Superior court convened here oh Mondav, January 4, Solicitor 3. E. Swain stated he would ask for a vr diot of mui-der In th second degre. It was thought until that time that Jarrett would b tried for his life. Th case was hard fought and a brilliant array of counsel was angaged In th rasa. Assisting Solicitor Hwaln wore Mark W. Brown. Judge W. P. Brown and Will Daniel, while J. Scroop Styles, O, K. Bennett and P. C. Smith represented th defense. . Jarrett set up a plea of self-defense and maintained throughout th trial that he only shot because he thought that hi lit was In danger at th Urn Gatlerre RensiMd, Mexico City. Jan. 14. (Via El Paso) It la reported that the nation al convention ha renamed General Bulallo Gutlerres provisional presi dent. General Guttorre will serve cut th unexpired term of General Por flrlo Dlas, which and la November, NOT GUILTY VERDICT CONFLICT FOR HILL STUBBORN CENTRA L S1XTEENPER GENT Good Reports of Last Year's Business Submitted at An nual Meeting of Bank. At th annual meeting of the Cen tral Bank and Trust company, one of this city's youngest banking institu tions, reports were submitted showing that the past year was a very pros perous one. The deposits for the past year were $70,000 more than for the year previous, an increase of 25 per cent, as published In The Gazette News several days ago. The net earn ings for the year were 16 per cent. The accumulated surplus now amounts to $18,000, on a capital stock of $50,000. A dividend on the capital stock of six per cent was declared payable semi-annually. The stockholders of the institution re-elected the following as directors of the bank to Berve during the next twelve months: Charles W. Brown, J. R. Oates, Dr. P. R. Moale, Canle N. Brown, John C. Arbogast, Charles French Toms, Dr. J. A. Sinclair, J. W. Rutherford, Judge Henry B. Stevens, J. D. Earle. Thomas S. Rol lins, Eugene Carland, W. B. Mc- Ewen and Wallace B. Davis. . At a subsequent meeting of the di rector. tha; ofneters of' tho- Institution were re-elected as follows: President, Charles W, Brjwn; vice president, W. B. McEwen; cashier, Wallace B. Davis. " BE New Tork, Jan. 14. Officers and directors of the Interborough Rapid Transit company are facing grand Jury action as the result of the ver dict of the coroner's Jury yesterday accusing them of culpable negligence In connection with the wreck on the 6th avenue elevated line, in wnicn two persons were killed. Counsel for the defendants stated that bonds in the sum of $5000 each would be fur nished by a surety company. There were no arrests. The men thus accused are: Theo dore P. Shonta, president of the com pany; Frank Hedley, general mana ger; August Belmont, Cornelius Van derbllt, Edward J. Berwlnd, W. Leon Pepperman, F. C. Sullivan, Edward D. Bacon. T. DeWltt Cuyler. Edward Marston, Andrew Freeman and Cha. B. Ludlow, directors; and Horace M. Fisher, secretary. PASSENGER TRAFFIC STOPPED IN GERMANY Amsterdam. Jan. 14. By Way of tendon) All ordinary passenger traffic has been stopped on most of the railroad In Germany nce Jan uary 18. as a measure to e&pemte tno movement of troops and munitions of wr Traffic Is affected over almost th whol of Germany. EARNNGS RAILWAY OF CIS CTE Germans Claim Victories In Western Engagements Berlin, Jan, 14 (By Wireless to London) German victories In sev eral engagements In th western are na of th war are recorded In the official statement whlrh th German army headquarters staff gave out In Berlin. It was said that the al lies wer compelled by th German artillery to evacuate trenches near th Belgian coast In th neighborhood of NleuporU attacks wer repulsed at other points; and th Germans cap tured 1,700 French prisoners at one time. In th war In Russian Poland, ther are no development of cons- quenc. Th text Of th statement follows: "In th western arena, flerc ar tillery duels In th neighborhood of Nleuport resulted In ths evacuation of the enemy' trenches at Pslscurd, a aubarb of Nleuport. - Germans Are Giving Lives of Many Men in Attempt to Gain Possession of 1 "Spur 132." VON KLUCK HIMSELF t IN COMMAND HERE Interest in East Still Centered' in Turkish Operations . Against Persia and ( ' Egypt. London, Jan. 14. Like the stubbornly contested battles during the early days of the war, when the Germans occu pied west Flanders the conflict for the possession of the knoll northeast of Soissons, which is known as "Spur 132," remains undecided, according to infor mation which has reached Lon don today. The Germans, by means tif counter attacks, appear to have bettered their positions to' the west of this place, bu in view of the relatively small amount of ground gained, the losses have been very heavy. How ever, the Germans show no signs of giving up the attempt to make themselves masters in this section. It i said that General Von.Kluck , himself Is in command of the Ger- man forces here which seems to lift the battle out of the ordinary class ' of conflicts In the west. Further to ' me east near Jfertnes another snarr , contest Is coninuing, where the situ- j ed materially. . In the eastern arena, In the absence of radical developments in Poland and Gallela, the Turkish operations thrust themselves In the foreground. Interest In the much heralded Rus sian victories Is equalled by the dou bled report of the Turkish advance Into Egypt, which la virtually ready to begin with the Turkish occupation of Tabriz, which is under the Rus sian sphere of influence In Persia, Submarines Destroyed. t it Dover, Eng., Jan. 14. (By H way of London) Two-, German t submarines have been fired upon H and sunk by the coat batteries H off Dover .according to persistent it rumors here. The presence of St hostile ships In the English Pt t channel last night, have been re- (t t ported from various points along at t the coast. These reports have K t not been confirmed, however. K n t K tt K K t K K a It XK Kit '. jj "The enemy attacked our forces at La Hassee and was finally repulsed. "Th French attacks at La Bolsell and on th hill at Touvron were re pulsed. Yesterday, ther was an un successful attack on th hill near Crony, which was followed by a Ger man counter attack and ended in the complete defeat of th French and the clearing of ths hill to th northwest of Bunay and north of Crony. "W bar taken possession of two French position: and captured 1.700 men, four cannon and several ma chine guns. "Attacks by French sappers In the' neighborhood of St. Mlhlel wer si cmfully repul'ied. Our troop possession of th hill to I've and northeast cf Nomeny. "The situation In th Vosy changed, "In th astani arenr tien has not undergone
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