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A A THE GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THB ASSOCIATED PRItSS SERVICE. , IT 18 IN EVERT :: RESPECT COMPLETE, t yEATHES FOEECASTi TvL PAIR. COLDER. 12"- VOLUME XIX. NO. 292, ASHEVILLE, N. 0, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 18, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS BUNCOMBE III WITH LEADERS Weaver, Roberts and Nettles Engaged in Pushing Most Important Legislative Measures. ROBERTS WILL URGE SUFFRAGE MEASURE Weaver Has Best Child Labor Bill of Last Several Ses sions Mr. Nettles Stands High. (By V. T. Boat.) .. Raleigh, Jan. 18. When the gen eral assembly convened at noon today on lta twelfth day, more absentees . were observed than at any previous session. The absence is not felt for the body is barely down to work. Buncombe's representatives have not been idle. Senator Weaver has offered what is universally declared to be the best child labor law of the last several sessions and it Is believed that he has the full endorsement of the governor. Representative Roberts has participated in the leading house de bates ,to his speech Saturday after noon, more than any other, is ascribed the defeat of Representative Page's resolution to abolish the state lnstitu tion visiting committees. Mr. Roberts is expected to give great support to Senator Weaver's bill, the primary act and woman suffrage. Buncombe's youthful legislator, Mr. Nettles, stands high among the young mm. The primary art will have less oppo sition than any state measure, it Is said. The republicans' have given it great impetus by their recent meeting here and the, democracy appears to have no desire to see Its old foe' win a partisan victory upon such a manifest ly necessary measure. The democracy seems united on it. The speech of Senator McMlchael, who opposed the bill of Senator Miller giving the women of the state the right to act notaries public, did not please a large element of Raleigh's women who find pleasure in their work and necessity for it. Not many of them heard the sena tor's speech, but a few did and they have passed It down the line. Frag mentary criticism of it has riled a large number of them who can almost And In the Rockingham statesman's remarks cause for personal affront. Perhaps less feeling would be shown had the ladles listened directly. The senator doubted the average woman's capacity for keeping the folth. so the story goes from woman to woman, and he recited an Instance according to their version, in which a tenographer who took testimony In a case was beguiled by a lawyer Into correcting the evidence and inserting in the record testimony that did not come out in the examination. Senator Bachman Miller, bachelor and lover of the ladles, replied that It was trange that nobody had heard what should have happened to a lawyer of such rescallty as that, the man's of fense, thinks Mr. Miller, being much worse than the woman's. But Senator McMlchael la "agin' the movement," and the women here are agin' Mr. Mc Mlchael. The notarial bill Is expected In the house some time this week. Its au thor feels flattered In getting It through his body. He is a freshman has any old heads In It who do nol take readily to new things. Tn tht0 have the rnJ(e advanced for early house are some strong opponents of , nearnK. without such action, it the feminist movement. However. thewoulrt not be reaehed In the regular use of the notarial seal Is not of the feminists femlnnlne. It was begun by the men who have hoofed It far and wide often for a notary and found him ot Kent for Medical Men. Dr. A. A. Kent, representative from Caldwell, Introduced a bill Saturday that will be reported by the commit tee within a day or two. He denominates It an act to facili tate the examination of candidates for medical license. Dr. Kent would al low the men who practice medicine to take the examinations In chemistry, physiology and such other studies as bear upon medicine, as soon as they pass theso In college. The candidate is then Informed, and fresh and able to land a more rigorous examination than he Is after the abandonment of the course with absorption In other undies. . Jt would make unnecessary he rushing quiz course prior to the xamlnatlon and vastly.expedlate the vork of the examining board. The cneral nature of the bill Is not Indi cted In the Introduction but the com ilttee reporting It Is expected to find o fault with It Senator cltae thinks one of the most rrltorious measures of the session lost In debate Saturday when the use refused to adopt his consollda- n scheme for getting Public and ivate bills under a committee. He nks seventy-five per cent of the or would have been saved. lut Representative Bowie thinks Continued on raft 11,), MUCH DISORDER IN no CITY Excitement Following Flight of Gutierrez and Garza's Appointment as Presi dent Is Intense. VILLA EXPECTED TO ( ATTEMPT ADJUSTMENT General Angeles Tells of Exist ing Conditions Will Prob ably Assist His Chief in the Adjustment. El Paso, Jan. 18. General Villa, with the main group of his forces. Was expected to return at once to Mexico City In an effort to adjust the situation of the convention govern- laiio Gutierrez, provisional president j of M'exico, and the appointment to - Roque Gonzales Garza. Mexico City is reported to be In a state of disorder and great excite ment a sa result of the developments, equalled only by the Dlaz-Huerta up rising against the Madero govern ment in 1912. General Angeles, the Villa com mander, who occupied Monterey yes terday, described the desperate con ditions of the populace there. Ange les will probably proceed to Mexico City to assist his chief in the adjust ment of affairs. In the capital, Villa abandoning, temporarily at least, his present campaign against Carranza. Angeles has been prominently men tioned as a probable successor of Gutierrez. Roque Gonzales Garza, It is understood, was only appointed tem porarily as provisional president V TO CUT OUT PUS FOB Pill Gin First Company of Coast Artil lery Leaves Fort Moultrie for Zone February 18. Washington, Jan. 18. The 16th company of coast artillery at Fort Moultrie has been ordered to leave February 18 for New York to em bark for the canal zone, and two months later the 116th company of coast artillery at Fort Screven and the 40th company at Fort Howard are to go to Panama by the' same route. Each company is composed of about 150 men. The movements are in execution of plans for establishing a permanent garrison at the zone. U.S. SOME HUT DOCKETS FRANK OISE Washington, Jan. 18. Leo M. Frank's habeas corpus appeal was itnib1H tndnv In tha Riinrnma uniift , , v ,, mml, course for nearly eighteen months. BUSINESS IS GOOD IN AND AROUND LENOIR Special to The Gazetto-Ncws. Lenoir, Jan. 18. Since the begin ning of the new year all the manu facturing enterprises In and around Lenoir have started to running on full time, and It Is expected that business, especially lumber and furniture, will show a gradual Improvement during the ensuing months. Quite a number of the Industrial enterprises In Le noir paid a nice dlvldent during the past year. Legislation Doubtful. , Washington, Jan. 18. Fears that no general legislation can be passed In the senate before March 4, now are being supplemented by the apprehen sion on the part of administration leaders that tome of the general sup ply bills also will fall unless a plan can be devised to expedite legislative business. General fstocssol Dead. . London, Jan, II.- The death of Lieut. Gen. Anatole Mlkalnrlch fHoes- sel, defender of Port Arthur, Is an nounoed In a Petrograd dtspatoh to Keuter's. Oensral Btoessel had suffer- d from paralysl for several months. Germans Expected To Make A Important Move Near Sohons Military Observers in London Think the Kaiser's Troops, in Celebration of the Anniversary of His Being Proclaimed Emperor, Will Today Attempt to Follow up the Successes Gained at Several Points Last Week. London, Jan. 18. London recalls that today is the anni versary of the proclamation of Wilhelm I. as German emperor, and military observers expect ed that the day might bring new widespread efforts on the part of the Germans to follow up with still more important movements the successes they achieved last week about Sois sons. " London observers believe that the Germans have adopted what is virtually a defensive role west of Warsaw, some British military experts argu- ! ing that the German forces halted . by superior Russian numbers and on defensive syn- chromizes with the movement of thousands of Germans tem porarily from Poland to the west The fighting about Soissons, some British commentators de clare, the y believe to be the precursor to the entry of new German troops on a vigorous offensive and perhaps and at tempt by the Germans to cross the Aisne. At Soissons the French forces were compelled to give up their hold on the north bank of teh river and, for. the Germans to attempt to gain DEATH LIST TO FIVE, IS Mrs. Murray, Only Survivor of Julia, Tells Graphic Story of Explosion. Special to The Gazette-News. New Bern, Jan. 18. It is now practically certain that five persons lost their lives when the gasoline yacht Julia, en route from Norfolk to Beaufort went down off Shoal Point in Shoal river early Friday morning. The first reports said that J. W. Murray, president of the Pied mont Trust company of Burlington, Gustavus Dodson of Norfolk, and Mrs. W. E. Porch of Beaufort, had either been killed by the force of the explosion, or drowned, and it now al most assured that the two men car ried on board the vessel to operate It lost their lives. Mrs. J. W. Murray was picked up by a fisherman who happened to see the explosion, and was carried to En " . . ... - cal treatment. A telephone message received from that place Saturday said that she was resting as well as could be expected under the cir cumstances and would probably be carried over to lielhaven soon and from there taken to her home by C. Brown Cox of that place, who was an associate or Mr, Murray, Mrs. Murray has been unable to rive a comprehensive account of the explosion further than to say that It occurred a short time before 1 o clock Friday morning and that It was ra REPORT caused by the striking of a match,"' Bhi-lby. presiding. There are about which Ignited vaporized gasoline which had leaked from the tank. Mrs. Murray says that she remembers seeing a man strike a match and then a great flash, and the next thing she remembers was being In the water and grasping a floating plank. All during Saturday searching par ties have been endeavoring to re cover the bodies of those lost In the searching party Is a brother of Mr. Dodson and W. E. Porch, whose wife was among those lost Up until late Saturday afternoon no trace of bodies had been found, but the search had not been given up. REPORTED CANNONADING NEAR HAVANA NOT TRUE Havana, Jan, It. Investigation showed today that reports that cannon firing had been heard at sea near this city last night were untrue. Detona tions from blasting along the shore probably caused the noise heard. the south bank of the river is regarded as a possible devel opment. - Violent Storm. Paris, Jan. 18 "From the sea to the Oise, yesterday, there was a violent storm, particularly severe in Belgium. The day was filled with artillery fight ing at certain, points," says the official statement of the French war office this afternoon. The report continues: "Near Antrecht northeast of Vlo- sur-Aisne, two German attacks were repulsed. "In the sectors of Soissons and Rhelms no changes are reported. "In the region of Perthes the effi cient marksmanship of our artillery was directed against the positions of the enemy. "In the Argonne the Germans at tacked "Hill 263" west of Boureiulles. without results. We took possession of several German field works north west of Pont a Mousson, the only point in the forest of Le Peine which thu enemy still held. Here we repulsed a counter attack and maintained our gains. - "In the Vosges there has been a heavy fall of snow. The enemy bom barded Thann but without doing any serious damage." Berlin, Jan. 18. (By Wireless to London) There have been only ar tillery engagements In the neighbor hood of Nieuport, according to tho statement Saturday made by the Ger man army headquarters staff, which continues: , "The enemy attacked our positions to the northeast of Arras and were repulsed. In a counter nttack, we captured two trenches and made prisoners of the occupants. The ham let of La Boiselle, northeast of Al hert, which has been mentioned fre quently of late, was completely de stroyed yesterday and the community eteared of th"- French. "Northeast of Soissons, quiet reign Material Damages Are Estimated at Rome, Jan. 18. The Rome corres - pondent of the Matin, telegraphing details from the scene of the earth quake districts, says that the rescue work Is proceeding with great diffi culty. A man still alive was taken from the ruins In Avczzano Sunday. The railroads have been repaired and supplies are going forward regularly. Prince Sciplone Uorghese, who In an automobile, was the first to reach tho scene with blankets, food . and bandages, has undertaken to cable tho names of the survivors to their relatives In the United States. The frequency, of the shocks hns diminished. Seismographs have regis tered only 1 1 quakes during the past 24 hours. These were registered In Avezzano and Sora; none was felt In Rome. The material damage Is estimated EP.I0R COURT TOR CIVIL CASES CONVENES Present Term Will Continue for Three Weeks Proceed ings This Morning. The first of two terms of Superior court for tho trial of civil cases, each to continue for three weeks, con vened 'here this morning at S:30 j o'clock, with Judge James L. Webb, i.ii namam nn inn m r k k r in n. innn hi this term, and almost as many for the second term. The discs of Henry 3. Russell against the Southern Railway com pany; Eliza Gaines Russell against the Southern: Mary H. Norvell against H, Redwood and others; and R. R. Slaughter, administrator, anginal It. Redwood and others were continued, although It Is thought some of these cases will be tried at this term of court When court recessed for noon, tho ease of Thomas N, Holder sgalnst the Champion Fibre company and others was being heard. The plaintiff Is suing for damages In the sum of 1 10,000 for personal Injuries, alleged to have been received while In the employ of the dvfendant oompany. A large number of witnesses have been summond for this case and It Is be ing hard fought Jones and William are attorneys for the plaintiff, while tha defendant's counsel are Merrick and Barnard, and Martin, Rollins and Wright. i Beveral case that bay attracted ed. The number of cannon captured by us between the twelfth and four teenth Of January have been increas ed to thirty-five. "In the Argonne and Is the forest of Consevoye, north of Verdun, triv ial, and for us successful, engage ments have taken place. An attack of the allies southeast of St. Mlhlel broke down at the start under our fire. "Nothing of Importance has occur red in the Vosges. 'In the eastern theater, the situa tion is the same. The rains and gloomy weather prevent fighting." Paris, Jan. 18. "In Belgium yester day, there was fighting in the region of Nieuport and In the vicinity of Ypres," says the official bulletin of the French war department issued Saturday. The report continues: "From the Lys to the Somme: At Notre Dame de Lorette, near Carency, the enemy re-occupled portions of the trenches lost by them January 14. At Balnry, near Arras, our progress has continued. The enemy delivered ener getic attacks, preceded by violent ar tillery fire, on our positions west of La Boiselle. The attack was repulsed. "Along the entire front, from the Somme to the Meuse, no Infantry ac tivity was reported yesterday. In the sectors of Soissons and that of Theims, our artillery obtained noticeable ad vantage at several points, scattering a regiment about to re-assemble, com pletely exploded a German battery and destroyed their field works. In the Argonne yesterday, there was a rather determined artillery at tack against our trenches at Fllrey and caused the Germans to evacuate the crest of a hill north of Clency, east of Pont A' Mousson. This they were obliged to do by the fire from our ar tillery. "In the sector of the Vosges, there were artillery exchanges all along the front, and also heavy rifle fire, partic ularly at Pote de' Faux. ' "TfTupper Alsace, there has been no change." $30,000,000 to exceed 300,000,000 lire or about 130.000,000. Kstlmatcs Dead at 20,000. Avezzano, Italy, Jan. 18. More than 2,000 soldiers under the direc tion of Lieutenant General Mann) are at work In the ruins of Avezzano which embrace several square miles. Slgnor Ciufelll, minister of public works, estimates the number of dead at Avezzano at 20,000 and the injured at 10,000. So complete was tho destruction of the city that it is difficult for the in habitants to recognize the location of the streets, let nlnno the Individual houses. Avezzano was a manufacturing and trade center of Importance. The sugar works there cost $l,2f0,000. Some of the mnchinery of this factory may still be of value. Other mills of less importance, destroyed, represent a value of about 13. 000,000. considerable attention here are on the docket for trial this week. The case of Mrs. Fannie Schas against the Equitable Life Assurance society Is scheduled to be heard today, and tho case of Mrs. Josephine Hartsell against the city of Asheville is on the docket for Wednesday. EOR SUMMER FOLDER In order to aid In assuring west ern North Carolina tho biggest sum mer business this year In the sec tion's history, the Southern Railway company has already begun the work of compiling Information for Us an nual "Summer Homes" foldor. It Is the plan of the company, according to announcement made today by Di vision Passenger Agent James H. Wood, to make the folder more at tractive and more thoroughly com prehensive of the entire section this year than ever before; but In order to do this the officials will hare to have the co-operation of the people of this section. Considerable trouble has been ex perienced In the past In securing this Information, a fact that has passed the comprehension of the railway of ficials, since the Information publish ed Is of prime Importance to those who give It, and la furthermore, pub lished absolutely without charge by the company. Mr, Wood hopes, how ever, that such difficulties will not be encountered this year, and thnt the proprietors of the various hotels and boarding hnuea will respond quickly to the call for Information nd will send Immediately for the blanks used In arranging this Infor mation. ...... III THE LIMELIGHT First Move Will Be Made To morrow to Return the Mat tewan Fugitive to the State of New York. JEROME AND SHERIFF WILL GO AFTER HIM Action Will Be Taken on Or ders Issued by U. S. Su preme Court in the Ex tradition Proceeding. New York, Jan, 18. -The first move to bring Harry K. Thaw, t!.e Matteawan fugitive, back to New York state from New Hampshire un der the extradition papers, as order ed by the United States Supreme1 court, will be taken tomorrow, wnen AVilliam Travers Jerome will apply to the court for a certified copy of the decision. Immediately after receiving the order, it is announced, Mr. Je rome and Sheriff Horn beck, of Dutchess county, New York, will go to Manchester for the purpose of tak ing Thaw into custody. The time limit of 30 days allowed for the execution of the order of the Supreme court will expdre tomorrow, and unless some legal obstacles are placed in the way by Thaw's attor neys, It Is expected that Mr. Jerome and Sheriff Hornbeck will bring the fugitive back to New York some time this week. IJORAlfKEITHAN DIES AT FAYETTEVILLE Special to The Gazette-News. Fayettevllle, Jan. 18. Major A. A. McKelthan, for the past fifteen years clerk of the Superior court of Cum berland county and one of the most prominent men In this section of the state, died here last night at 11 o'clock following an extendlni? Ill ness over a period if lees than three weeks. Major McKelthan was taken ill January 2 and hod been at High smith hospital where his death oc curred. Major McKelthan was a major In the confederate army and was 68 years of age. The funeral services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon COTTON SEED CRUSHED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1 Washington, Jan. 18. Cotton seed of the crop of 1914, crushed prior to January 1, amounted to 3,335,955 tons, compared with 3,012,685 tons of the 1913 crop crushed prior to Jan uary 1, 1914, and 4,767,802 tons from the entire crop of 1913, the census bureau announced today. The llnters obtained prior to Jan uary 1 amounted to 460,836 bales, compared with 397,974 bales obtained prior to January 1, 1914, and 681,153 bales from tho entire crop of 191J HALF OF FORTUNE FOR CONFEDERATE STATUE Special to The Gnzette-News. Wilmington. Jan. 18. Gabriel J Roney, whose death occurred about two weeks ago, left 120,000 for monument or other memorial to the Confederacy to be erected In Wll mington. It Is said that this repre sents about one-half of his fortune. Mr. Honey fought throughout the war between the states and Vim a brav soldier. In his life he was a living monument to the bravery of the bu who formed the armies of the south and, since he has died, he leaves marble shaft, or other durable mnnu ment to keep fresh' the memory of the old south. He was prominent I local political circles and In business una Irs. , LITERACY TEST CLAUSE WILL HAVE A HEARING Washington, Jan. 18. President Wilson has set aside three hours on Friday for public hearings on the lit eracy test clause of the Immigration bill, which recently passed the house In congress. The president Is known to object to the llreacy test President lis Grandson, Washington, Jan. 18. A son was born at the white house yesterday to Mrs. Francis Howes Sayre, President Wilson's daughter. U. S. FINANCES AT A LOW EBB Administration Leaders Are Perturbed Over Situation, ' Showing Country's Rev enue Is Insufficient. ; ? MUST INCREASE TRADE OR LEVY EXTRA TAXES They Are Fearful, Too, of An Extra Session of Congress Think it Would Spell Democratic Defeat. j Gazette-News Bureau, Wyatt Building, Washington, Jan. 18 Administration leaders are greatly perturbed over two serious problems. ; One Is the continued falling oft of rev-fc enues and the other is the prospect of an extra session of the congress, Thev realize that the fiances of the federal government are at low ebb and that unless our foreign and domestic trade Increases materially that the . demo cratic party will have to take steps to raise more money by levying addition al taxes on Incomes. They also realize, that public sentiment seems to be against an ektra session and that the democratic party may face defeat in 916, when it makes Its bid "for an other four years of power" If the pres ident should call the sixty-fourth con-' greas in extraordinary session. - . ; Despite the new tariff law, the In come tax law and the operation of tho emergency or war stamp tax law, the federal government has been running behind in Its finances for a long tim j nd it is still losing money at a rate that alarms every member of the democratic administration . ho ha taken the trouble to examine the re ceipts and the expenditures of the fed eral government. It. developed today that the postofflce department tho one cog in the governmental machine that was supposed to be turning in more money to the treasury than any other is far from self-sustaining. Members of the congress are wonder ing why Postmaster General Burleson. Insisted, in his recent annual report that the postofflce department was be ing operated economically and effi ciently and that the postofflce was making money "hand, over fist.1 In an interview today with a mem- .1 ber of the ways and means commit- , j tee an official of the postofflce depart- ,. ment said that the failing off In postal1 I receipts is due largely to the general , j decrease of business rtansacted In the' J postofflces In the larger cities through-i j out the country. He pointed out that, ,3 the postmasters of the second, third" I and fourth classes are doing a good! volume of business. The operation of j the parcel post this official of the post-i office department explained. Is largely responsible for the deficit in the postal receipts. 'If we could have foreseen the Eu ropean war, the democratic party J would have been more careful about appropriations during this congress," said a member of the committee on appropriations today. "As It Is, tho government Is running far behind in its finances and the outlook is that unless conditions change for the better very soon the administration will have to go before the people again and dj-, mand more money with which to oper--ate the government." Of course, the war In Europe has had much to d i with the decrease in . imports and exports. Reports on file at the department of commerce show that little merchandise Is being recelv! ed from foreign countries and that although a good deal of American merchandise Is being exported this trade lacks the stimulus that It ought to have. Those who ttre In a position to know Insist that the president be lieves that if the congress enacts tha shipping bill that our export trade will Increase materially. As Secretary, of Commerce'Redlleld expressed It the other day, "we are a good deal like .1 merchant who has a blk stock of goo 3a to sell and has no means of delivering' his wares to eager customers." Tho democratic members of the sen-i ate and house, who are anxious to get buck home and look after their politi cal fences n.r.ny of which seem to be badly In need of repair, would take a more optimistic view of the disap pointing Industrial outlook If they were sure the president would not call na extra session. They claim that tho democratic party has made an unpar alleled record In placing on the statute books during one congress more con structive legislation than any other preceding congress and they think that the congress ought to suspend Its law-l making for a time and give the eoun-( try a chance to catch Its breath. IUot at Hull Home. Chicago, Jan. 18. A meeting of ua employed at Hull house broke up ys. terday In a riot Mounted policemen! charged the crowd and arrested a score of marchers. Numerous shots. were fired and m dosen men and w '1 man were out and, bruised.
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