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VOLUME XIX. NO. 296.
ASHEVILLE, N. ft, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JAN UARY 22, 1915.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
EXPLOSION On REAL WORK BY
0.5. WARSHIP THE ilVHS
Four Men Killed and Nine In
; jured When Boiler Tube
Bursts on Cruiser
San Diego.
SHIP HAD COMPLTED
TRIAL IN STEAMING
Accident Was Result of Low
Water in Boiler Investi
gation Ordered Vessel
Goes to Guaymas.
i
On - Board United States Ship San
Diego, at La Pas, Mexico, Jan. 21, by
wireless to San Diego, Cal., Jan. 22.
Four men were killed and nine were
seriously Injured today on board the
American cruiser Can Diego, when a
boiler tube burst after a steaming trial
of four hours had been completed. -The
dead ares
OSCAR J. WTATT, of El Centro,
Cal. ' 'v -
AMBITS J. HARDEE, of Joplln, Mo.
( WILLIAM F. ELLIOTT, of Brook
lyn. N. Y. tf . .
CLIFFORD A. WESTERN, of Dav
enport, Cal. . - ;
The following are the Injured:
Benjamin F. Tucker, R. B. Blidden,
s Darrell L. Varnad, William Miller, Er
' nest A. Ledworth, Charles W. Peter
son, firemen; George Ohm, water ten
der; Emmanuel A. Shlppy, seaman;
Patrick A. Merrlmon, coal passer.
' Immediately after the accident the
. cruiser left for Guaymas.
. The San Diego was the flagship nf
the Pacific fleet and is in command of
Captain Ashley H. Robertson.
Ofhclal Report. '
. Washington,. Jan, 32. Brief official
reports. to the navy, department
plaining about .the accident' on the
American cruiser San Diego added no
details to the news dispatches. Rear
Admiral Howard wired as follows:
. "The San Diego, had Just completed
a four hours full power, trial, making
31.45 knots. Just at the completion of
the trial a boiler tube in No. 4 boiler
room ruptured as a result of low
water. No endurance trials were at
tempted. A full Investigation has been
ordered. The ship has proceeded to
Guaymas. " . 1
H-MEI
BEIIDJSSiS
Small Force in Rear and An
other Between Lines and v
Polish Capital
Petrograd. Jan. 22. German forces
have appeared to the rear of the Rus
sian forces advancing toward the east
Prussian frontier along the road from
Plonak, 40 miles northwest of Warsaw
to Goslltza. and between the. advanc
ing Russian army and the Polish cap
ital. So far as can be ascertained,
they are only comparatively small
bodies of Germans on reconnolterlng
expeditions In this locality.
The Bourse Gasette says the Russian
military authorities have learned that
Rusan-German In this vicinity have
been giving Information of the RAslan
movements to the German and fur
nishing other assistance to the Invad
ers. On this account. Grand Duke Nich
olas has ordered all Russo-Germans
residing In the district between War
saw and the Russian frontier to dis
pose of their property within six days
In preparation to be removed to the
Interior.
NIGHT RIDERS GIVEN
SENTENCES FOR LIFE
New Albany, M Ins., Jan. 22. Plead
ing guilty to the charge of whipping
to drsth Jeue Pnlder, a farmer, sev
ers I months sen, Clarence Ooley, Iw
renre Rakestraw, and Dllland Elder
. 1 1' sentenced to life Imprisonment
tn the state penitentiary by Judge J.
I Bates today. No cause for the ac
tion against Snider by the night riders
hs ever been given.
KtMStRltmtltllM
m m
h so Mrtxroxs ron iu.xief t
K .
1 Wri w, Kuaalan Poland, (via. t
K !.ondon) Jan. 22. Prince Yenga- It
t lyrhrff, the new governor-gener- H
I ul, hm announced that the gov- it
t eminent hii appropriate ISO.- t
St O'io.oiio for the flW of the pop- t
K iilntlon In this region. t
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1
Lower House Passes Score of
Bills, Many Important,
Two Score . Are '
, Introduced.
STATE MEASURES ARE
DISCUSSED AT LENGTH
Many Petitions Are Received
Bill Introduced Asking
Dissolution of Wilming
ton & Weldon R .R.
(By W. T. Bost.)
Halelglv Jan. 22. Yesterday's ses
sions of the general assembly were
mared by real work. The lower house
passed a score of bills and received
two score by Introduction. -
The most Important introduced were
Representative Roberts' two state
wide bills, one providing for holding
elections with the Australian ballot
feature, the other for the reclamation
of youths In North Carolina..
Several state measures were discuss
ed at length and sent over for Informa
tion which the assembly did not ap
pear to have.
The report of the board of Internal
Improvements was the news break of
the day, but that was not read tc the
house and came at the close of the
day. Poth houses worked , In llnale
session form.
- ' The Scnnt
There came from the committee on
Judiciary an unfavorable report of the
bill to give each party the right to
remove an action from a JuRtlce of 'he
pence. ' r ,
There was presented a petition from
citlsenB of Gaston comity for a house
of refuse' Tuft "fallen 'women.1' There
was also a petition from pastors ami
citizens of Mount Airy to the same
effect. ,'
There was sent forward a petition
from members of the Farmers' union
of Stokes county for statewide primary
and for segregation, tightening prohi
bition regulations and for the repeal of
the crop Hen law.
A message came from Govern -ir
Craig transmitting the report, of 'he
state board of Internal Improvements
which sharply criticised the financial
system of the state and recommends
that the governor be empowered to
appoint a commission of business men
to establish business like management
of the affairs of the state.
Ward Provide for the reclamation
of Juvenile delinquents.
Miller Amend the revenue net of
1913 and give the road fund 25 per
cent of the Inheritance tax.
Miller- Amend the Revisul relntlng
to the board of medical examiners and
practice the prosecution of violators
of the law.
Thompson of Iredell ApproprK e
certain funds for the maintenance of
the state school for deaf and dumb. .
Gills Provide for the certification
of teachers.
Gilliam Repeal chapter 284 private
laws of 1X93 and chapter 105 prlvite
laws of 1899 for the consolldatl-in rf
the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
company with any other railroad com
pany and authorizing such consolida
tions and mergers and change of name
to Atlantic Coast Line on stipulation
that It remain a corporation of th's
state and subject to the Juried ctlon nf
its courts; and to direct the attorney
general to bring suit In the name of
the state for the dissolution of the rail
road and have receiver appointed to
sell Its properties In this state be
cause of. as the bill alleges, flagrant
disregard of the terms of the acts to
be repealed through merger Into the
Atlantic. Coast Line of Virginia and
contention that the company Is a ion.
resident, corporation.
The bill of Representative Allen
from (he house to make rules of con
tempt returnable before a Judge other
than the one Issuing the rule was re
ported from senate committee with a
substitute recommended to be passed.
Bills panned final reading as follow.!:
Amend the revlsal relative to pun
ishment for vagrancy.
Amend the revlsal as to the resigna
tion of ancient deeds.
Amend the revlsal of 1905 validating
certain oaths.
Authorize the transportation of pas
sengers as well as freight by logging
and lumber roads not regularly public
carriers.
Regulate the number and provide
for the pay of pages In the general
a Mem lily at 12.(0 for chief page and
11.50 for ambient, the number to be
limited to six la the senate and nine
In the house.
The senate pawed the bill to make It
unlawful to give Intoxicants to minors
ndor fourteen years old. I
The Allen bill from the house to re
qolre that rules of contempt Issued by
uperlor court Judges shall be return
able before some Justloe other than
the one Ifrtilng the rule In certain
mare cams up and elicited lively die
"uanlon. It was opposed by Senator
Mr.Mlchsei who declared that he la
aaalnat the spirit that animated the
bill, thai it was Inopportune and an
Russian Troops Drawing Still
Nearer East Prussian Frontier
Germans Have Evacuated Shempo, 25 Miles From German Border Russian Front Presents
. Almost Unbroken Line
"'"". J J .
roiana ana uarpairuans
London, Jan. 22. News dis
patches referring to the situa
tion in Poland, north of the
Vistula about , Lipno indicate
that the Russian advance
guard is only about 20 miles
from the German frontier in
the northeast. The Germans
are reported to have evacuated
Shempp, about 25 miles from
the Prussian border, due south
east of Thorn: If the Russians
follow up their success at
Shejnpo and continue their
line wfll present an unbroken
j front, British observers be
neve, and dangerously near
the German territory. Dis
patches from Petrograd assert
that the Russians are in high
hope as a result of their offen
onslaught upon a member of the supe
rior court bench (meaning Judge Pee
bles). That if the Judge Is guilty of
the thing charged than he should be
Impeached. That when a Superior
court Judge laid his hands on a news
paper man then there went up a howl.
Ha asked: "Are you going to throw
down the bars so that any little two by
four newsnnper man can attack a
Judge?" Te Insisted that the Judiciary
of North Carolina has maintained toll
high a position to warrant the passing
of a law like this. lie said it was In
very poor taste for an Interested at
torney to have Introduced the bill at
Issue.'' ' ' ' .
' Senator' Thompson of Onslow Insist
ed that the bill Is no reflection on anv
Judge. He Insisted that a Judge should
not want to try rules of tho kind in
volved In the bill.. Senator , Speight
Joined In tho advocacy of the bill.
Senator Johnson of Duplin resented
the reflection by Senator McMichae.l on
Representative Allen as having Intro
duced the bill when he was one of the
attorneys Interested In the Peebles
rase. He said that Mr. Allon merely
found a grave defect In the law and
was seeking through this bill to rem
edy the defect. The bill then passed
Its. readings and was ordered enrolled
for ratification.
The senate adjourned to 11 o'clock
Friday. .
The House.
There were presented a number of
petitions for the elate to provide for
tho care of wayward girls and. de
linquent girls. They come from
Rocky Mount, Scotland county and
Henderson.
When the bill for the division of
the state into two Judicial circuits
! came up Representative Currle made
noulrv aji to what advantage might
come from the passage of such a bill war department
and If it was the entering wedge fori ' "In the western theater of war,
the creation of two states tn the 'there were only artillery duels yester
place of the present one. He said If, day from the seacoast to the Lys.
there was any merit In the bill he
wanted to support It, but that he was
Inclined to oppose It at this time.
- The bill passed second reading but
objection being lodged to the final
reading it waa forced over to another
day.
'The vital statistics bill by Dr. Cape
hart came up requiring that deaths
be reported before burial Is permit
ted and penalising failure to do ao,
met with strong opposition. Repre
sentative Pegram and Williams es
pecially opposed the bill in vigorous
speeches. The bill went over for final
action. -
The house defested the Douglass
bill as to the use of "third degree
confessions" against defendant and
resolution for the printing of semi
annual reports by state Institutions
and as to the printing and distribu
tion of the governor' message.
New bill were Introduced as fol
lows): Mickle Repeal the act relating U
the eompensation of wltnesae when
one party la dead.
MlntfProvlde a board of manag
ers to handle the finances of the
state Institutions except the peniten
tiary." Thl provides fon three men on
salaries of $3,000 each to take the
place of the present directorates.
Hall T amend the vital autistic
law.
Valentine Amend the Henderson
county road law chapter t law of
1113.
Valentine To Induce the prompt
payment of taxes In Henderson coun
ty. Renton Tnwrnorat New Benton,
Co'umhu county.
Benton-An-nd the alplng tlck.tn .boar1 Alr Unl, h(,v b,.n
J'!., .. .1' . .. . arreaed on auaplcion by officer that
Roberta of 'unco'be PwMf for
the rec'almatlon and training of
youth In North ramllna.
Robert of "u'noombe "ro'Me the
Auatrallan ballot ay atom for state and
county election In North Carol'na.
fimlth of Cleveland Amend the
law governing operation of the ten
hour larW In factor).
(Continual on Page 11.)
Austrians Seem to Be Recuperating Destitution in Palestir J
a esse " " ' - '
is xerriDie. ; . -
sive thrust "near the German
line. Elsewhere they are mere
ly planning to hold their own,
barring an advance into Tran
sylvania.' . , '' .
. The Austrians appear not to
have been crushed by their re
verses in Bukowina, for the
Russians themselves refer to
the attempt of the Austrians to
make an' offensive movement.
Other news tells of movements?
of Austrians, having been rein
forced, to attempt to check the
forward march of the Rus
sians. - v:,;:
: The battle at Soissons still
ranks aa the only great conflict
during the past few weeks in
the west, : although there is
fighting at many points in the
trenches here and there.
Severe Cri ticism For
. Departments of State
Toard of Internal Improvements Reports to Assembly That
1 State Loses $45,000 Annually in Treasurer's Office Alone
Representative Roberts Adds Australian Ballot Fea
ture to Election Bill.
., v (By.T.:Bost.)i --
I Raleigh, "" Jan t i. Representative
RobertR of Buncombe - presented an
Australian ballot feature In his elec
tion act yesterday and Introduced a
bill providing for the training of way
ward and derelict youths.
The house and senate worked their
three hardest hours. The senate
passed the Allen contempt bill after
a long debate, and the house passed
Seawell's act allowing Insurance com
panies to Joan money without subject
ing them to the charg eof usuary as
decided by the Supreme court where
the borrower Is made to take out an
extra pollcyt
Berlin Reports Little
From Seacoast to Lys
Rerlln, Jan. 22. (By Wireless to
London) The following statement
was Issued yesterday by the German
(The . French attacked our forces at
Notre Dame' de Lorette tn the posi
tion which we occupied day before
yesterday-and which we lost again to
day. . ,
"Northeast of Arras, the French
attacked on both aide of the road
between Arm and Lille but were re
pulsed. Southeast of Rerry-au-Bac,
we took . tw0 French trenchc and
British Vessel Durward
Torpedoed By Submarine
London, Jan. SI2. The
British
steamer Durward, say a Rotterdam
dlfpatch to Iteuter' Telegraph com
pany, hae been torpedoed by a -German
submarine. The crew wa saved.
The Durward was proceeding from
Lelth to Rotterdam when she wa
struck by . the torpedo,' according to
the correspondent, about 21
mile
OFFICERS ARREST
TWO ON SUSPICION
Raleigh, Jan. 22. Will Grant, a
negro, and M. R, Kelly, a Id to have
they were Involved In the wrack of
the Fraboard train No. I near Os
good Tueaday, In which Rnglnrer T.
8. Htone wa killed and a negro fire
man wa seriously Injured. (Irani waa
erreated her, while Kelly was ar
realed at Hamlet.
Urant I said to have been dts
ohargd by the road authorities fol
lowing trouble with Eionn, and Kelly
The Turks claim to have
checked the Russians, but no
details are contained in the in
formation. The suffering of Belgium
takes a place in background as
compared with the destitution
of non-combatants in Palestine,
Poland and the Carpathians.
In Palestine the Jewish colo
nists are still fleeing into
Egypt, being conveyed by the
American battleship Tennes
see. The destitution in Poland
is said to be terrible far
worse than in Belgium, it is re
ported. The fleeting people of
Bukowina are living like ani
mals in caves and fighting the
wolves for such sustenance as
the snow covered country af
fords. .'
The feature of the day' session was
the transmission of the report of the
board of Internal Improvements se
verely criticising the conduct of the'
state departments, particularly that
of the state treasurer.
The board declares that the state
loses $45,000 annually by Its failure
to get interest on dally balances; and
furthermore says if,an Individual car
ried on his business as the stato
does, he would go bankrupt. It rec
ommends a commission to work out
the state tangle. Alexander Webb,
brother of Marshal Charles A. Webb,
Is chairman of the board.
kept them, notwithstanding a fierce
counter attack.
"The Kren-h attacked our positions
south of St. Mthiel and were repulsed.
"Northwest of I'ont-a-Mousaon, we
succeeded in recapturing our posi
tions wnich we lost three days ago.
In this vicinity, we captured four
cannon and several prisoners. The
fighting continues for the remainder
of the ground we lost.
"In the Vosges. northwest nf tienn
helm. the battle is still proceeding.
"The situation in Fast Prussia, re
mains the same. There have been un
important engagement euat of Llpno
which ended In our favor. About 100
prisoner were left in our hands."
"from Maa lightship. The crew took
to boats which wero met by pilot boat
from the lightship, and were carried
to Rotterdam.
The Durward was a vessel of 1,100
tons n was built at Glasgow
ln
1895. Hhe was owned by the CXbson
I i'onpany of Lelth, Scotland.
1 being held pending an Investiga
tion of hi whereabouts at the time
of the wreck.
Kelly I being held on the technical
charge of forgery. It being alleged
that he attempted to cash the pay
check of a conductor. Officer declare
Kelly was seen near the scene of the
wreck ahortly before It occurred.
SttltltlttltSll(ltBltltStt(Jtlttt
St
t . ErppcJIn Made Raid. t
K it
t Copenhagen, Jan. it, Me- t
! sage from Berlin state that the t
I German airship which mad st
t the raid on the Kngliah tonna at
H January 19 were Zeeppelln of H
t lh latest type. They went from t
l secret ba- on the German H
t frontier and carried a full com- t
1 plement of men, arm and am
t munition. st
st
tlt!tttBt(t(tttiitltiisi
HILL OPPOSES
.-iff SUBSIDY
prominent Railroad Man De-
clares to Buy Service With
Big Subsidies Would
Be Losing Game.
RECOGNIZES NEED OF
MERCHANT VESSELS
Says America's Want of Ships
Is Almost as Great as the
Belligerents' for Muni
tions of War.
St. Louis, Jan. 22. James J. Hill in
a paper on "Freedom for Our Foreign
Trade" submitted to the second Na
tional Foreign Trade convention here
today, .said the "indispensable" condi
tion for such freedom was adequate
ocean carriage in American ships. To
buy service by big subsidies was, he
declared, a losing game. The need of
merchant ships in American was al
most as great as that of other nations
for munitions of war.
"In the month of November," he
said, "the exports from the port of
New Tork were 312,000,000 more than
tho year before. There was an In
crease of about 300 per cent In the ex
ports of food products. The foreign
demand must -Increase In direct ratio
with the exhaustion of supplies in
warring nations. How are these goods,
which we desire to sell and others are
anxious to buy, to be carried to the
oversea markets?
"Such a Blight relief as was afforded
by the wise removal of the prohibition
of registry for foreign-built vessels has
been given. It is hardly a drop In the
bucket. "Cp to the week" ending De
cember 26, 1914, American registry has
been granted to 105 vessels theretofore
operated under foreign control, aggre
gating 373,840 gross tons. This is not
enough to prevent present congestion
and holds out little hope for the sup
ply of further needs.
"American cost of ship-construction
is from 50 to 100 per cent higher than
that aboard, and according to a re
ported statement of Captain Robert
Dollar, who operated ships in both do
mestic and foreign trade, it coats about
$17,236 more a year to operate a ship
of 3,000 tons under the American than
under the British flag. These are the!
disadvantages under which our f oreinn
trade labors.
"There are but two resources; one a
merchant marine owned and operated
by the governnunt; the other a mer
chant marine provided by and for the
people.
"The former Just now urgently ad
vocated, is an unwise and would be
certainly- a disastrous experiment.
Aside from the complications, almost
certain to drag us sooner or later Into
tho European conflict, owing to the
uncertain and conflicting claims of na
tional neutrality, this policy would be
followed by tho total destruction of the
prlvute shipping interest. Private en
terprise cannot possibly compete with
a government which pays no Interest
on the cost of Its ships and throws
aside consideration of profit and loss.
"What Is the prospect, in the case,
of economical management, and of
those lower rates which the advocates
of the plan hold out aa a bait for Its
aiioptlisi. We have an exact measure
of the fact In some comparative rail
road statistics. The Panama Railway
is entirely owned and operated by the
United States. Like most affairs on
the Isthmus It has been handled by
honest and competent .ment In their
several lints. We have Its official re
port for the year ended June 30. 19-13.
to be compared with the statistics of
all the railways of the United Slatek
for the same period. The rate on the
Panama line was 8.48 cent per ton
per mile, as against .7269 of a cent for
all the railway of the United States.
That is, the government rate waa al
most five times the rate made by pri
vate enterprise over the entire coun-
, try.
"At the International Trade Confer
ence of the MlKshslppI Valley and Cen
tral West, which met at Memphis last
November, the following resolution
was reported:
" "Resolved, that congress be urged
to enact mnrl"me lnrtslatlon looking
toward placing the American shippers
and ahlp-owners upon a bust moro
nesrl equal With these of competing
notion, thereby enabling American
exporter and ship-owner to meet the
competition of other nation In the
ocean carrying trade.'
"Not 'more nearly equal' but 'aho
lutely equal' should be the require
ment of American ability and Ameri
can pride: an equality secured neither
by such protection a I accorded to
the weak or by gift money In the form
of a subsidy, but a privilege offered to
the wrong that h may conquer what
I hi by right. That I the key to an
ample provision of American ship.
There I the necessary condition of
that expansion In our foreign com
merce which w all know to be possi
ble and "which will be lost or won ao
cording to our wisdom or our folly."
L
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POLICE URGED
Arbitration Committee of N. Y..
Bar Association Makes
Recommendations
.. for Peace.
LIMIT TO NUMBER OF
ARMED MEN SUGGESTED
Calls Attention to American
British Agreement With'
Reference to Armed
Power on Lakes. ' ,
Buffalo, N. T., Jan. 12 Resolth
tion urging President Wilson to con '
aider and submit to the next Interna
tlonal Congress the proposition ol
limitation, of armaments, both on
land and sea, and the establishment ,
of an International police force, were
submitted to the New Tork State Bar
association today by tho committee
on International arbitration, disarm
ament and International police.
After review of tho Hague ' eon-"
ventlons, the ' committee's " report
reads: '
"It thus appears that, so far as mu
tual agreements embodied in treaties
are concerned, the principal nation
of the world have agreed to settle
their differences by peaceful means;
yet, duriijg the year 1914 in spite of
all these reaties, and others to which
we need not now particularly refer,
we find many of these same nations
involved in the most bloody and de
structive war that has happened since
the beginning of the world. It is not
to be supposed that these nations
were not sincere In their mutual dec
larations. On the contrary.' we arte"
bound to assume that they were,' but
that they were carried away bythe.
heat of passion when questions arose
which might have been submitted to
.ui iiuiJuiLiai iriounaj ior its decision.
This danger was greatly increased by
tho fact that it had become the policy
of some of the nations to make every
auic-nuuicu uiiiz?u a soiuier, ana arm
and equip him in such fashion that
he could be called into the field,- or
as the phrase is 'mobilize' at a mo
ment's notice. Hence, we have a war
in which literally millions of men are
engaged on each side, in which all
the resources of science and all of
the ingenuity of mechanism are em-
Ployed for mutual destruction.
"For the enforcement of agreements
and of statutes, which bear- the
same relation to civil law that treaties
do to international law, each nation
has provided an Internal police, which
may. In case of need, be supported
by the national army. Since the na
tions have been able to agree upon
tho formation of an International
court of arbitration, should they not
be willing to follow the analogy of
this institution existing In each and
provide an international police? In
such case, the independent army of
each nation should be strictly1- llm-.
ited. As a result each nation would
bo without the power to begin war
on a great scale. An International
police could check any turbulence
and Invasion of one nation by an
other, Just' as the police of a parti
cular nation, seconded, if need be, by
the army of that nation, puts down a
mob or suupresxes an Insurrection.
"In the year 1817 a treaty was
made between the United State and
Great Britain limiting the naval force
to be maintained upon the American
lake by Great Britain and the gov
ernment of the United States to one
vessel each on Lake Ontario and
Lake Champlaln and two vessels on
each of the upper lakes. It was fur
ther agreed 'that all other armed
vessels on these lakes shall be forth
with dismantled and that no other
vessels of war shall be there built or
armed.' This treaty haa remained In
force and been observed ever since,
and with one or two trifling modifi
cutlona occasioned by special circum
stances which were approved by both
pnrtle. It 1 probably due to this
treaty njore than an single caua
that thera haa been no war between
this country and Great Britain for
over 100 years."
THREE fill CUT IN
IP OPBI
Washington, Jan. 22. The. house
met yesterday with a view to ex
pedltlng the army appropriation bill.
There was to be eight hours of gen
eral debate followed by five minute,
speeches. The bill carries appropria
tion of 1101, 14, 68x, a reduction of
aDDrox'matelv II Ooft nno ernm th
war department's e.llmatea Included
In the appropriation 1 1 0 0,000 fur
the manufacture and purchase Of ar
mored motor cars: there Is also Mix r
al provlalon for aerial craft.
This wa to be the opening wefl,-e
In the general debate on national d
feiw. ,
INTERN