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IMPORTANT EVENTS ON
VARIOUS BATTLEFIELDS
RUSSIANS BEGIN
NEW ACTIVITIES OHLY ESTIMATED
After Virtual Deadlock of Sev
eral Weeks, Several Fresh
Movements Come Rath
er Unexpectedly.
RUSSIANS ADVANCE
ON GERMAN FRONTIER
Renewed Attempt Against Ser
via by Austro-German For
cesGerman Victory at
Soissons Conceded.
VICTIMS STILL
From What Is Known of Ex
tent of Earthquake Disas
ter, 20,000 Are Dead and
V
40,000 Are Injured.
RESCUERS PROCEED
IN FEVERISH HASTE
Needs of Victims Who Escaped
Death Are Urgent Tem
porary Homes Are Be
, ing Erected. '
London, Jan. 16. Out of the
virtual deadlock which has oh
tained on the various fields of
battle during the past several
weeks, has sprung during the
last few days military events of
more importance than followers
of the war had expected at this
time: The Russian offensive at
several new points on the fron
tiers of ast Prussian and Po
sen ; the fighting near Soissons ;
the expected invasion of Egypt
by the Turks; and the plan for
renewed attack on Servia. by
the combined Austro-German
forces. West of Warsaw large
German forces are concentrat
ing, but it appears, however,
tliat they are gaining little,
ground, and it is thought like
ly that the fighting which is
now developing from the new
Russian movement will over
shadow the previous battles for
the possession of the Polish
capital. It is even suggested
that General Von Hindenburg,
held in check on the banks of
the Uzura and Rawka rivers, is
awaiting the initiation .of a
movement by the German
troops, either from Thorn or
East Prussia, but the Russian
advance toward the German
frontieri s expected to forestall
the attempts. . ...
The llritish observers con
cede the German victories in
the recent fighting near' Sois-
tons, remarking that is refresh-
?ng, after bo many conflicting
claims, to find that the combat-J
ants can agree on results.
SIMMONS
FAVORS
SESSION
AT
NIGHT
Senior North Carolina Senator
Believes Ship Purchase Bill
Can Be Passed.
Rome, Jan. 16. The rescue and
relief work-Is progressing with fever
ish haste In the earthquake stricken
districts of Italy. Thousands of sol
diers are at work, digging the dead
bodies and injured persons out of the
ruins and burying the victims, as well
as caring for the survivors. The needs
of those who escaped death are press
ing as almost all of them are home
less and penniless; and the people
from the king down are doing all they
possibly can to alleviate their condi
tion. The cold weather, which con
tinues, adds to the sufferings of the
victims, and temporary buildings of
wood are being erected as fast as pos
sible to house them.
The list of dead and Injured can still
only be estimated but. from what Is
known it Is believed that ihe'number
of killed with reach 20,000, with twice
as many injured at Avezzano-r- prob
ably 10,000 killed, at Sora about 4,000,
with the remainder of the victims scat
tered among three score or more of
triwns and villages. Just how severe
tee disaster was in the Merslca dis
trict. In Whlnh Ti37ann in
and how great the suffering is, can best Passed ' ln the Iower branch of con
be told ln a telegram sent to Podo
ITiOML
IS STILL INVIOLATE
Entire State Is Back in Demo
cratic Column, With Gov
ernor and Assembly.
Gazette-News Bureau,'
Wyatt Building,
Washington, Jan. 16.
A caucus of senate democrats has
been called for tomorrow afternoon to
discuss ways and means for putting
President Wilson's ship purchase bill
through the senate before March 4. It
Is very probable that the caucus will
decide to have day and night sessions
until the bill Is brought to a vote,
At least Senator Simmons would
have this rather drastic action taken.
He stated to The Gazette-News repre
sentative yesterday that he is in favor
of making the shipping bill the un
finished business of the senate and
then hold day and night sessions until
a vote Is reached. The senior senator
would have this legislation given the
right of way over everything, Including
appropriation bills.
Republican senators have been con
ducting a filibuster on the president'!
ne"ire for the past week. Those
democrats who are assisting Mr. Wll-
son"have decided that the onlyway to
DreaK up mis practice is to wear men
republican brethren out by keeping
them at work constantly.
While the vote in the senate will be
close, Senator .Simmons thinks he has
counted enough to put it over. The
senior Tar Heel senator Is generally
right when he says he has the votes.
So it is believed he knows what he is
talking about now.
.It Is learned from high authority
that Representative Henry, chairman
of the house rules committee, has a
bill ln his pocket asking for a special
rule, limiting debate upon the shipping
measure. The rule will not be brought
In until the day the bill passes the
senate. Immediately upon action by
the Benate the house will begin con
sideration under , what Is termed the
"gag rule."
Few democrats who have studied
the situation believe the bill can be
J. M. CHILES OF
THIS GITYDEAD
One of Asheville's Most Prom
inent Business Men Suc
cumbs After a Long
Continued Illness.
BODY TO ARRIVE HERE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON
The Deceased Was in Augusta
Seeking to Improve His
Health When the
End Came.
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NOTARIES PILL
Little Opposition trN oman
Holding Such P Vjs But
Some Doub ,.nstitu
tionality Proposal.
TWO HOUSES ENGROSSED
WITH LOCAL MATTERS
Senator Weaver of Buncombe
Introduces Child Labor Bill
Question of Visiting
Committees Deferred.
Home, Jan. 16. Since news was an
nounced that Pope Benedict had vtS'
Ited the Injured at the Santa, Maria
hospital, leaving the Vatican and thus
Interrupting the traditional Imprison
ment of the pope always adhered to
by Plus IX., Leo and Plus X. after the
fall of the papal temporal power, as a
protest against Italian occupation, It
haa been pointed out that the pope
did not really leave the Vatican, but,
paaatnr through the Apostollo palace
Inside of St. ePter's, reached the hos
pital without touching Italian soil. Ilia
predecessor did the lam when he vis
( Ited the hospital after the Messina, dis
aster. Her. Daniel Atkins will preach on
"The Great Conflict" at the morning
service at the North Ashevllls M. K.
church tomorrow. Ths male quartet
will sine both mornlnf and svenlnc.
Benedict by Monslgnor Bagnoll, , the
bishop of the region. ' The message
says: "The Marsica diocese la trans
formed Into a great cemetery. Avez
zano, Chappelle and Palermo are razed
and almost all the Inhabitants are
dead. The ecclesiastics are some dead
and some wounded. Few of the vil
lages were Immune. General deso
lation Is reigning. The immensity of
the disaster grows as more and more
is 'learned of its extent"
More wounded persons were brought
to the Santa Marta hospital today, and
Pope Benedict again visited the hos
pital to comfort the sufferers. To each
one he gave a medal. King Victor
Emmanuel and the Queen Mothei
Murgarita called at various hospitals
In Rome to visit the Injured.
American Ambassador Pago Will
visit the Injured, ft
Ameiican Ambassador Page will
visit afflicted regions today or tomor
row. Several of the taft of the Amer
ican embassy visited the scenes of the
dlsustor yesterday. They state there
were no Americans among the victims,
although there were some who claim
ed American citizenship.
Col. George M. Dunn, American mil
itary attache, motored to Avezzano
yesterday and returned to Rome last
night. "Never had I dreamed of such
a horrible situation," said Col. Dunn,
"th ewhole town Is a ruin; every house
is down. Only three stables were In
tact. Churches, palaces and dwellings
had crumbled, and the streets are full
of debris, in some places six or seven
feet deep. In a short time the rescue
work will be useless as all of the bur
led victims who are alive will soon be
dead. The entire population la extinct,
the people being either dead or wound
ed In hospitals. The dead In the ruins
compose the greater percentage of tho
Inhabitants."
Col. Dunn declared that Avezzano Is
now provided with all the necessan
supplies, and that the attention of the
rescuers will now be directed to the
smaller towns and village.
Trains are now running regularly
to the earthquake district and on their
return are tilled with Injured. A cum-
gress. The president s friends are
busy, however, and he may be able to
corral - enough to put It over. But
since 'election the president's influence
has been on the wane with house
members. Nigh unto 100 democrats
have been retired from congress by
tl)elr constituents. Hence they are
voting according to their own convic
tions rather than what they know
would please the president.
Representative Gudger made these
recommendations for postofftce ap
pointments: Charles R. McNeely,
Toxaway: William Fowler, Glenville,
and A. W. Ageer, Proctor.
A message was received here this
morning telling of the death in Au
gusta of J, M. Chiles of this city, of
the firm of Moale & Chiles, which oc
curred at an early hour today. The
message stated that the body would
arrive in Asheville tomorrow night at
8:10 o'clock.
In the death of Mr. Chiles, Astie
ville haS'lost one of the most prom
lnent and Influential business men of
the city, a man who stood high In the
estimation of all who knew him and
was beloved by a host of friends made
during the years he had lived ln this
city.
The deceased left here last fall for
Philadephla, where he entered a hos
pital upon the advice of his physi
cian, being a sufferer from Brlght's
disease. About the first part of this
month, he left Philadelphia for Augus
ta, and It Is thought that in his weak
ened condition the trip was too much
for him, for he steadily grew worse
until death came at an-early hour to
day. .
With him at his death were his wife,
Dr. P. R. Moale, a business associate
who left heie yesterday, nnd a trained
nurse from .Asheville. . ..j ....
Mr. Cniles was a native of Missis
sippi, and was 51 years ef age. He
was for many years a train dispatcher
In that state, being located for some
time at McCombe City. He left there
for Clifton Forge, Va., where he held
a similar position with the C. & A.
Railroad company and first came to
Asheville In 1898, being a dispatcher
In the employ of the Southern Rail
road company until 1905, when he
NEW CHARTER
WANTEDHERE
Jones Repeal a local law as to a
briBee In Jackson county.
Dean Repenl a law relating to the
school laws in Macon county.
Brockett -Raise the tge of consent
from fourteen to sixteen years.
Hutchison Amend the law for the
conservation of the lives of goats and
calves.
Carr Increase fourth class pen
sions from $32 to $38. '
The following bills passed third
reading:
The act extending tha corporate
limits of Bushnell.
Consolidate Bills.
Representative Vann asked to in
troduce 1 1 resolution out of order in
the hope of expediting bills bearing
on the same subject, as for instance,
the state-wide primary bill and con
stitutional amendments. He set the
limit for two weeks when all bills
bearing on the same measure shall be
worked' out by a committee. It pass
ed immediately.
Asheville Citizens Voted Unan
imously Last Night to Ask
A Assembly for ,a Com
mission Charter.
REPRESENT AIVE MEN
PACKED COURT HOUSE
Central Committee Named to
Draft Charter-Adjourned
Meeting to Pass Upon
It Friday Night.
THREE LOSE LIVES
ON m "JULIA"
Tragedy Occurrs Near Long
Shore When Gasoline
Tank Explodes. .
' (By TV. T. Host.)
Raleigh, Jan. 16.- The two houses
of the general assembly were en
grossed in a mass of local matter yes
terday, neither taking up the ques
tion of sending visiting committees to
the state Institutions as they had ex
pected to do Thursday.
The minority report of the commit
tee which had before It the unfavor
able report on the proposition to dis
continue this more or less delightful
social custom, came in, and it will
come up for hearing either today or
Monday. A strong protest from the
minority has been indicated. This was
a resolution of Henry A. Page, and
with him are Stacy and Faircloth,
democrat and republican.
Feminism in very mild form appear
ed. The bill to make women notar
ies public found little opposition from
considerations of sex, but from con
stitutionality. Chief Justice Clark has
held that women are entitled to hold
such positions, If they are positions,
but the judge hasn't always been with
the majority of his court.
. The Intellectual feature was the
speech of Dr. Edwin A. Alderman
who Is here ad the guest of Governor
and Mrs. Craig. :
Bills passed final reading as follows:
Amend the joint resolution provid
ing for the placing of the statue of
Governor Vance in Statuary Hall,
Washington. This Is the resolution by
Senator Weaver that provides that the
committee authorized to select and set
up the statue shall have the power to
set up either a marble or a branze
statue instead of limiting it to a marble
C. RYE IS
AT HELM IN TENNESSEE
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 15. With tho
inauguration of , Thomas C, Rye of
Paris as governor, Tennessee returned
to democratic rule. At noon the governor-elect
took the oath of office
succeeding Ken. W. Hooper, republi
can, who has held the office, since.
January 25, 1911. The legislature is
overwhelmingly democratic.
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MEIfl OIL EMBARGO
Washington, Jan. 16. The British
ambassador has made urgent repre
sentations to the state department
against the Carranza embargo on oil
exports fronv Mexico at Tampico. The
British nary .draw on this eitpply tor-
fuel. -
was made chief dispatcher for the. stntue ns the original act does.
Queen & Crescent Railroad company
with headquarters at Somerset, Ky.
He resigned that position to return to
Asheville, coming here the second time
ln 1900, and became a partner ln the
real estate firm of LaBarbe, Moale &
Chiles. This firm was later changed
to Moale Chiles and was one of the
city's oldest and strongest real estate
firms.
He was very active in the business
and social life of the city and for many
years was a director In the board of
tradge and the Y. M. C. A., until his
duties became such that he felt he
could not devote the proper amount
of time to these organizations.
Ho was a member of Mt. Hernion
lodge. Masonic Order, of this city and
the Scottish Rite bodies, having ob
tained the position of Knight Com
mander of the Court of Honor.
He was a consistent member of
Trinity Episcopal church and always
took an active port In the church
work.
In 1909. Mr. Chiles married Miss
Jane McCurdy of Kvansvllle, Ind., who
survives him.
UNITED STATES COMMISSIOXF.lt
ANTHONY CAM1XETTI.
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Special to The Gazette-News.
New Bern, Jtn. Id. J. W. Murray,
president of the Uledmont Trust com
pany of Burlington: Mrs. W. E.
Porch, wife of the manager of "Ye
Old Colony Inn" of Beaufort; and
G. P. Dodson, of Norfolk, Va.. are'
known to have been killed or drown
ed when the gasoline tanks of the
yacht Julia exploded early yesterday
morning near Logg' Shore river, at a
point about twenty miles from Engle
hard. Hyde county, tnd the vessel
fcnk tiefor any asKtstance .eould
reach he or her occupants.
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noxDs Fon ships. .
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Washington, Jan. 15. The re- ft
lease on bond of ships retained In ft
the British prize courts will be ft
permitted by the British govern- fti
ment If the judge of the court Is ft
willing, u'.rording to a statement ft
Issued by the British embassy,
board the veaeel with her husband,
succeeded In swimming to shore, two
miles distant , '
The fate of the crew Is problematic
PA 1 as it la almfiai ImnnulhlA u -
n.illee of American women haa beencuri! ,,ny dt,rint(, information In re
formed to assist In the relief work. JtUtrd to the rati.irnnh.
is enauea oy Airs. rARe, wue oi me
tcrday morning, when the explosion
of the gasoline tanks occurred.-
Mrs. Murray, the only survivor,
was blown out of the boat by the
force of the explosion, but was nut
Mrs. J. W. Murray, who was on i Injured enough to prevent her swlm-
Atnrrlcan Ambassador, and Includes
the other women of the embassy, Mrs.
Page has contributed $500 to the relief
fund.
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ft re-opening of the tap line eases ft
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ft haa been ordered by the IlJt-- ft
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This catastrophe Is one of the most
mlng and she succeeded ln reaching
shore and told of the tragedy.
Knglchard Is located at such a
point that to get In communlcUlon
with It is a hard matter, and for that
reusun the exact particulars could not
be learned.
The first message telling of the
appalling to occur ln the waters of j tragedy was received here from Bel
eastern North Csrollna In years. Mr,
Murray, who was one of the owners
of "Ye Old Colony Inn" at Beaufort,
had gone to Norfolk early In the
week, accompanied by his wife snd
Mrs. Joseph Porch,- wife of the tnan
tger of the Inn, to purchase the ysoht
J una irom u. p. Dodson of
city,
haven by Solicitor Charles L. Abrr
nathy, the former owner of the Inn,
tn dhe at once got In communication
with, Mr. Porch and Informed him of
the affair.
The yacht Julia was 41 feet In
length and wf handsomely fitted In
that quartered oak. It had sleeping accom
modations for eight persons and a
The purchase was made and the 'carrying capacity of 16 persons. Bin
party, accompanied by Mr. Dodson
milling In transit rates on logs ft; and It Is supposed one or more mem
bers or the crew, started back to
Beaufort on board the vessel. The
start wss made. It Is mid, on Wednes
day tftemoon. So far as la known the
ill equipped with gasoline engines,
and the tanks supplying these held
10 to 40 gallons of fuel.
Mrs. Murray Is being cared for at
Englshsrd, and a search la being
mails to recover If possible the bodies
trip was uneventful until early yes-1 of those who lost their Uvea,
Relating to agricultural societies
This is a bill making an appropriation
of $30 to each count yto s'.d In thi
holding of county fairs:
Adjournment of the senate was to
11 o'clock Saturday.
The Scnntft
Lieutenant Governor Daughtrldgo
convened the senate at 11 o'clock.
New bills were Introduced as fol
lows: McMiehael Prevent public sei-vlpe
corporations from giving franka or
free service of any kind.
Ward mend the law as to the sala
ries of clerks nnd stenographers.
Weaver Restrict the employment
of children.
Thompson, of Iredell Exempt
churches and other Institutions of slm
liar character from the operation of
the Inheritance tax.
Thompson of Iredell Make it un
lawful to give Intoxicating drinks to
minors.
The bill to authorize women to hold
the office of notary public on an equal
itv with men was read and Senator
Ward, who said he would like to see
nil the women hold such an office, ob
jected to the bill on the ground that II
Is clearly unconstitutional nnd to para
It would be to do a VBln thing. Sena
tor McRne said the matter could be
put up u the supreme court so that
court could decide It once for all. He
mentioned the art to allow women to
serve on school boards ns In line with
this. Senator Ward said he would be
willing to support the bill if the Gov
ernor would agree not to appoint
women notaries generally until the
Supreme court has passed on the con
stitutionality of the act, as only In this
way could a mass of Invalid legal In
struments throughout the state be
averted In the event women were ap
pointed generally and then In procens
of the test case It were found that the
women could nut serve In such an
otllce under the constitution. The bill
wss finally made a special order for
Saturday. In the meantime the author
of the bill, Senator Miller, will confer
with Governor Craig as to the possi
bility of merely appointing one woman
notary under the cast for a test rase
and then waning until the courts pass
on the constitutionality f the act,
Tho IlouV.
Speaker Wooten convened the bouse
tt 1 1 o'clock. He Immediately laid
before the house the matter of the
embarnsraed condition of the Wllke-lioro-Jefferson
turnpike which Is ad
vertised to be sold under Judgment
for 17.000 borrowed money January
Is, explaining that the siste holds
MM10 stock In the rosd for convict
labor.
New bills were Introduced as follows:
Benton Amend chapler 17S laws
of 1911 as to compulsory school at
tendance. Macon Amend the publlo hetlth
laws of the state.
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Washington, Jan. 16. A national
employment bureau, reaching Into
every part of the United States will be
put Into operation by the department I gpf-uon w
of labor, according to tne i ommission
er, Anthony t'nmlnettl, who has com
puted all the arrangements. The Idea
wss suggested by President Wilson.
Mr. Camlnettl Is commissioner of Im
migration and his department is
largely Interested In the plan to find
jobs for unemployed men.
Notices will be posted In all postof
fices announcing that applications for
work Will be received by the postmas
ter.' These applications wilt be for
warded to the labor department agent'
in the tone In which the postofflre Is
located. The department of agricul
ture will send In the list of places
where help Is needed and the appll
cations will be forwarded to these
places. ,
Mr. Camlnettl submitted his report
on Immigration yesterday.
Funeral services owr the body of
Miss Willow Smith, aged 17. who died
at her home In this city last Thurs
day, were held this morning from
Falrvlcw church snd Interment fol
lowed at Illvervlew cemetery,
The court room of the Buncombe
county court house was packed last
night, and the corridors outside were
Jammed, with Asheville people who
responded to the call issued several
days tgo for a mass meeting to con
sider the oucstion of whether a
change in the form of municipal gov
ernment is desired here. It was a
gathering that was entirely represen- .
tative of the citipenship here; and It
was a gathering, likewise, that waa
unanimous in its endorsement of a
commission form of government ror
Asheville. There was not t single dis
senting vote on the resolution pre
sented by Julius C. Martin, in which
it was set forth that the people here
desire the Buncombe county legis:a
tors to enact a commission ftfrm
charter, to be submitted to a popular
vote at an election to be held not
later than March 15.
Immediately following the adoption
of this resolut n, the question arose
as to whtt plan should be formulated s
to draft a charter and present the
matter to the general assembly now
in session. The following resolution,
introduced by L. B. Rogers, was
adopted on this point following some
discussion, the resolution providing
for the presidents of the four organ- -'
liiatlons which called the mass meet- ',
Ing, the Asheville board - of trade.
Merchants' association, Centrtl. Labor ,
union and University club, to name a ;
central committee of 20 to draft, or '
have drafted, a suitable charter, the
same to be considered at an ad
journed meeting next Friday night:
"Resolved, That the following com
mittee be ntmed, consisting of the
presidents of tho following organiza
tions: Board of trade, merchants' as
sociation, central labor union, and
the University club, to retire at this
time and report back ln the next few
minutes, naming a central committee
of twenty citizens to take the matter
in charge tnd dTaft a bill for commis
sion government for Asheville, same
to be submitted back to a ruture
mass meeting of citizens for ratifica
tion." Upon the adoption of this resolu
tion over a substitute providing for
the chairman to name a committee
that would subsequently select a cen
tral committee, the organization
presidents retired from the hall tnd
selected the following to represent all
citizens of Asheville in the matter of
drafting a charter:
From the board of trade, F. M.
Weaver, E. C. Chambers, T. S. Mor
rison, George S. Powell. W. B.
Northup. From the Central Labor
union, J. II. Ltndsey, O. R. Jarrett,
Curtis Bynum, Thomas A. Jones, Zeb,
C. Fisher. From the Merchants as
sociation. L. li. Rogers, Arch Nich
ols, William Fair, G. F. Strtdley,
C Sawyer. From the University club,
Dr. M. II. Fletcher, Mark TV.
Brown, D. Hlden Ramsey, James
Woodward, A. I.. Diggs, Judge II.
H. Stevens, hairman.
At the conclusion of the meeting,
there was a meeting of the commit
tee, when the following were named
as a suh-commlttee to have active
charge of formulating the provisions
of the new city harter:
U. H. Rogers, chairman; Judge T.
A, Jones, Curtis Bynum, F . M. Wea
ver, D. Hlden Ramsey, Chairman II.
B. Stevens.
The mass meeting last night wax
opened by President W. Vance BrAwu
of the Asheville board of trade, who
.Immediately ciillod Judge Henry H.
Stevens to the chair and moved hl
election as permanent chairman. His
as unanimous, and tha
manner ln which he conducted tho
affairs of tha meeting proved the
wisdom of his selection. He accepted
In a short but very appropriate ad
dress, ln which he reviewed briefly
the conditions existing hero relative
to a desired change In the system of
city government; and also told of the
success of commission government In
the :r0 cities and towns of the Uni
ted States In which le has been tried
out
Upon the conclusion1 of his address.
Judge Stevens threw the meeting
open for discussion of the question
and. upon the motion of A. L. Diggs.
D. Hlden Ramsey was asked to come
forward and explain In detail the
working of the commission system.
He responded In an eloquent manner,
telling those present Just how this
form of government redeemed Gal
veston after It had been devastate
by fire and. rood; and subsequently
has brought many cities and towns
from the depths of debt to tho heights)
prosperity He condemned Lb
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