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VOLUME XIX. NO. 297.
ASHEVILLE, N. 0, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 23, 1915.
PRICE TIVE CENTS
CITY CITIZENS
ADOPT CHARTER
Large and Enthusiastic Mass
Meeting Accepts Proposed
Commission Bill Almost
Unanimously.
INTERESTING DEBATES
ON CERTAIN DETAILS
Some Opposition to Recall of
Judge and Few Other Prr
- visions Committee to
Send Bill to Raleigh.
The feature of the large mass
meeting of the citizens of Asheville
held at the county court house last
night for the purpose of hearing the
report of the committee of 21 ap
pointed at last week's meeting to
draw up a charter for the commis
sion form of government for this
city, was the willingness on the part
of the large number of people pres
ent to allow any objections they had
as to minor details of the charter to
go by, for the good of the whole.
The meeting last night was repre
sentative and as large as the first
mass meeting which appointed the
committee to draw up the charter. All
the seats in the ' large court room
were filled and many people stood
throughout the proceedings. The char.
ter as presented to the meeting was
overwhelmingly endorsed with only a
fa, wvotes against it and these not
enough to call for a count of their
number. Only one word was ordered
changed, providing that the city
"shall" have a health department In
stead of "may." . t.
" Applause was frequent throughout
the talks made by all the men who
addressed the meeting and enthusiasm
was very high. The meeting Instruct
ed the original committee of 21 to
appoint a sub-committee to present,
the" liflT"to the legislature for enact
ment into a -law to be submitted to a
vote of the citizens , of Asheville,
some time about the middle ot
March.
j- The main opposition that was man-
ifested at last night's meeting showed
Itself against the part of the bill
dealing with the recall of the police
iudee. while a little opposition was
shown to including the schools.
: Congressman-elect James J. Brltt
nnd United States Marshal C. A
Webb urged that no more than two
members of the commission be mem
bers of the same political party.
The first matter brought before
the meeting, after having been call
lea to oraer Dy cnairman juage n..
B . Stevens, was the report of the
committee of 21, which was given by
George S. Powell who presented the
following statement:
"I have been requested, by the
committee to submit the proposed
; charter to this meeting, with a short
statement, and In doing sor It Is my
pleasure to say that, while we have
had differing opinions as to some of
the provisions embodied, these dif
ferences have not affected the one
vital principle the committee has
kept In view, viz: to recommend a
charter that . shall be a decided Im
provement on the one now in force.
The committee believes It has ac
complished this, and unanimously
(Continued on page 6)
URGES RILL TO PROHIBIT
mmm of .hit
Washington, Jan. 21. A Joint res
olution authorizing the president "to
prohibit the export of wheat and all
products thereof on every territory or
any seaport of the United States un-
, til otherwise ordered by congress,"
has been Introduced by Representa
tive Porter, of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Porter declared the "wheat sit
uation In this country" was "rapidly
reaching a crisis," lie contended that
while this country should aid unfor-
' tunatee of Europe, "this government
should not permit anything to . be
. done which would place bread byont!
the pocketbook of our humblest citi
zen." "Notwithstanding we had an ex
ceptional crop lust year, which gave
us approximately a surplus of three
hundred million bushels for export,1
wild Mr. Porter, "only about 76,000,
(100 bushels of this surplus remains
and at the rate shlprynta have been
made, that will be exhausted the
middle of March. The winter crop
win not be available before July.
DR. VANN SECRETARY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Durham, Jan. 23. T. R. Cann pre
Ident of Meredith college, has been
elected secretary of the Baptist state
oard of education at a meeting here.
He will enter upon his duties at the
end of the coJIeRe year. W. R. Cullom
tit Wake Forest, will act as secretary
until Dr. Vana tun begin the work.
Y PEOPLE ATTEND
LITERACY TEST HEARING
Social Workers, Labor Lead
ers, and Publicists Appear
Before the President.
Washington, Jan. 2 3. Five hundred
men and women social workers, la
bor leaders and publicists, crowded
the 'historic east room of the white
house yesterday for a hearing before
President Wilson on the immigration
bill which has been passed by con
gress. There was to be three hours of ar
gument apportioned equally between
the opponents and advocates of the
measure. President Wilson took his
place promptly at 10 o'clock to lis
ten to arguments on the literacy test,
around which the fight on the bill
has been waged.
SINKS GERMAN VESSEL
London, Jan. 23. Router's has re
ceived a dispatch from Melbourne
stating that an Australian cruiser re
cently sank a ship which was acting
as an auxiliary for German cruisers.
The officers and men of the ship were
made prisoners. .
NORWEGIAN WIRELESS v
IS NOT YET WORKING
Stravagher, Norway, Jan. 23. (Cor
respondent of The Associated Press)
The trans-Atlantlo wireless station
which Norway began', building .here
soon after' direct communication with
the United States was out at the out
break of the war, Is still waiting for
its machinery from London, and ac
cording to Norwegian papers it Is
doubtful If it will ever get It
The masts and antennae have been
In position Blnce August. A firm in
London agreed that the dynamoes and
other machinery would soon be ship
ped to Norway. A few days later the
British admiralty announced It had
commandeered this apparatus and
shipped It to Egypt. A second Bet
was made, only to be taken again, by
the British authorities, according to
latest reports here, to be shipped to
Australia. . -
NOT SUNK BY SUBMARINE
IS BELIEF OF SURVIVORS
London, Jan. 23. Two survivors of
the crew of 20 of the Wilson liner
Hydro, which sank off Donegal coast
near the Giant's causeway yesterday,
are not Inclined to believe the re
port that the boat was sunk by a sub
marine. They stated that the shifting
cargo was probably responsible.
Dispatches from Storneway, Scot
land, state thnt the Norwegian steam
er Horda has been lost with a crew
of ten off Lewis Island;
HEAVY SHELL KILLS
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS
Berlin, (by Wireless , to London)
Jan. 23. It is off Ida. announced
that the Russian railroad station near
Chenclny (about 10 miles northwest
of Klelce In southern Poland), which
the Austrlans destroyed with a single
heavy shell, . was filled with Russian
troops at the time tnd that all were
killed.
MAN OVERWHELMED BY
AVALANCHE IN ALASKA
Juneau, Alaska, Jan. 22. Ivar
Holmqulst, who with Wllflam Bloni
qulst was hunting In the mountains
yesterday, was overwhelmed by an av
alanche and killed. The men heard
the avalanche roaring down the moun
tain and ran. Blnmquest reached
safety nut Holmqulst was overtaken.
His body has been recovered. j
La Bassee In
Of Allied
Paris, Jan. 23. It Is reported that
La Bassee, 13 miles southwest of Lille,
has been ocsupled by the troops of
the allies, says the Matin's St. Omar
correspondent today:
"After concentrating strong forces
nHr Festubert, northwest of La Bas
see, the Germans Thursday tried to
fore the British line. They made the
attempt with massed companies but
wer repulsed by the withering fire of
the British, who resisted with courage-
Striking Renewal of Airship
Activities on the Continent
Both German and British Airmen Engage in Bomb-Dropping Other Air Raids by British
Expected Give and Take Battle in West; Both Sides Reinforcing Serious Mutiny
Suppressed in Turkish Army; Many Prominent Officers Executed.
London, Jan. 23. Although
reorts of Zeppelin raids on
England last night appear to
have been false, there has been
a striking renewal of aerial ac
tivities on the continent. The
Germans have made a raid on
Dunkirk and the British air
men have dropped bombs in
Bruges, he Dunkirk raid re
sulted in considerable loss of
life and damaeg to property.
It is said that some 10 aero
planes took part in the attack.
The British airmen assisting in
the defense of the place,
REVENUE OFFICERS HAVE
Report Finding Copper Still in
Madison County Opera
tors Had Gone.
Deputy Colleptor Cabe, Special Em
ployes Ireland and Galloway returned
yesterday from Madison county, where
on Thursday they conducted a raid
with the assistance of Deputy Sheriff
W. C. Rector of Marshall on the head
waters of Big Pine in the vicinity of
Robinson's laurel, where a distilling
outfit wall destroyed. ""The officers state
that a copper still had been removed
from the furnace and all beer dis
tilled. It was impossible to discover
evidence sufficient to warrant proseou
tion because of the fact that the
ground, which was covered, with six
inches of snow, bore no tracks which
would have enabled the officers to se
cure incriminating evidence. The offi
cers report the trip to be one of unu
sual hardships due to the heavy snow
and strong winds blowing near the
tops of those mountains.
ATTEMPT IT
IS
Jim Dilly, Alias Jim Barrett,
Colored, Is Held in Bun-
. combe County Jail.
A warrant was Issued upon request
of Sheriff M. Mitchell yesterday by
Magistrate T. F. Hunter for Jim Dilly,
alias Jim Barrett, colored, who is
charged with attempt at criminal as
sault upon Miss Arrington near Wea
vervllle on day esrly In this week. The
defendant is held In the county 'all,
until a hearing can be arranged before
Magistrate Hunter, which will proba
bly be early In the coming week.
Information has been received thnt
Miss Arrington, while driving along
the road some distance from Weav T
vllle, had her horse stopped by the
negro, who became alarmed at ap
proach of some one and fled thrvigh
the woods around which the road
curved. Coming Into the road again
he made a second effort to stop the
animal, but was frightened this time
by the 'screams made by the young
lady.
SWISS REINFORCING
TROOPS ALONG FRONT
Paris, Jan. 23. The Swiss troops
have been reinforced In certain sec
tions along the frontier, account of
the uncertain situation, according to
information from Geneva.
Possession
Army, Report
Several attacks were mad without
success, the Germans being repulsed
with heavy losses In spit of their nu-
meral superiority.
of Festubert hav been reinforced In
anticipation of fresh attacks.
"On Wednesday there vres furious
fighting between La Basse and Festu
bert which resulted In sensible ad
vance for the allied forces, and the
former town Is now reported to b In
the hands of the allies."
brought down one airship. This
mthod of defense is regarded
as much more likely to be ef
fective ' than the anti-airship
guns with which Dunkirk bris
tles. ; "
It is believed that the Brit
ish raid will be followed by
others as the Bruges docks are
at the head of. the Zeebrugge
ship canal system by which the
Germans are transporting
great bodies of men, ammuni
tion and supplies.
The Germans are mtssing
troops near La Bassee evident
yl in preparation for a new
stroke v between Ypres and
Turkish Troops Defeat
Russian,
Constantinople, Jan. 23. (By Way
of Amsterdam and London) An of
ficial communication .-; regarding the
fighting In the Caucasus issued by the
Turkish war department is as fol
lows:' '...'''
"The Russian " main forces have
failed in their attempt to encircle our
Weft wing, being forced to retreat
Our troops are now' pursuing the en
emy."' : : - '. , ' '.
(Previous Russian end Turkish of
ficial communication.". Indicated that
No tew or thy Advance o f
Russians
London, Jan. 23. "In the Ploc'- re
gion of Northern Poland the Russians
continue their noteworthy advance at
Shempo, towards Llpno," says the Pe
trograd dispatch to Reuter's.
"In the Caucasus the military move
ments have been temporarily halted to
bury the Turkish dead, which is
French Infantry Attack
Near Iser Is Successful
Paris, Jan. 23. The French official
war statement issued yesterday Is as
follows:
"In Belgium yesterday the enemy
bombarded Nleuport with a fair de
gree of violence.
"Our Infantry made an attack be
tween the Tser and La Bassee that
was successful. A successful attack
of our troops against the field works
of the enemy was made yesterday.
"From the Yser to Argonne the sit
Battle Raging
Nieuport and Ostend
Amsterdam, Jan. 23. (Via Lon
don) Between Nieuport and Ostend
a hard battle has been raging for
three days, despite the heavy rains,
muddy trenches and almost Impassa
ble roads, says a Sluls correspondent
to the Telegraph. The correspondent
reports a large number of German
wounded passing through Sluls. The
report states that the battle la one
of the hardest that has been fought
In this region and that there Is no
end to It in sight yet.
Germans Repulse French
Attack North of Verdun
Berlin, (By wireless to London),
Jan. 22. The German war office today
gav out the following official state
ment of the operations:'
"On January 21 In the western the
ater of war a continued rain rendered
Impossible fighting between the canal
and IBuBse. . Artillery duels took
place farther along the lines.
"On trench we took day before yes
terday at Berry-au-Hac wag abandon
ed by our troops and blows up. A
Courtrai, and the allies are
further strengthening their for
ces in northern France and
Flanders. During the past 24
hours it has been a give and
take battle, with minor revers
es admitted and minor success
es claimed by both sides.
The tenseness of the situa
tion between Greece and Tur
key has been somewhat reliev
ed by the release of Greek of
ficers in Constantinople, Rus
sian sources send reports of the
suppression of a serious muti
ny in the Turkish army, in
which 77 prominent Turkish
officers were executed.
British Forces
the latest fighting was around Kara
ITrgan in Transylvania over the
Turkish border) .
Speaking of the fighting In Arabia
in the region of the Persian gulf, the
communication continues:
"On Thursday the British land
forces, assisted by gunboats, attacked
our troops near Kurna (at the Junc
tion of the Euphrates and Tigris
rivers but were completely defeated
and . forced to retreat. They suffered
severe losses while our losses were
comparatively slight."
Is Continued
strewn among the mountains and val
leys near Sara-Kamysh to such a de
gree that an epidemic Is feared.
"The Russian authorities have
launched a scheme to occupy the time
of the wounded in hospitals by teach
ing them trades, while the Illiterate
are being taught to read and write."
uation remains unchanged, as it does
around Soissons.
"Between the Metise and Moselle,
to the southeast of St. Mlhlel an ex
ceedingly violent bombardment ot
our positions, but we retained the
German trenches occupied by us yes
terday, for about 125 yards.
"At a point between Mount Bon
homme and Mount Schluchet there
has been an artillery engagement
with the German batteries In which
our guns silenced the guns of the ene
my." Between
ITeavy Firing Near Cernay.
Berne, Switzerland, Jan. 23. (Via
Paris) Exceptionally heavy firing is
proceeding in the region of Cernay
near Thann in Alsace, according to a
report here.
The German wounded state, the re
port says, that the frozen ground
makes the shell fire from the guns
much more deadly as when a shell
explodes It usually breaks up the
earth and scatters large clods which
make ugly wounds.
heavy French attack north of Verdun
was easily repulsed by our troops.
"The battle of Crolx-des-Larnes,
northeast of Pont-a-Mouaaon contin
ues. A strong French attack was re
pulsed with heavy losses to the enemy.
W took two officers and 115 men pris
oners. "In the eastern theater of war the
situation remains unchanged. Our at
tack on a branch of the Bxucha made
alow progress,"
fishery us
ARE DISCUSSED
Immorial Fi3h Question Pro
longs House Session Lo
cal Bills With State
Wide Significance.
CONSERVATION AND
CONVERSATION MARKED
Bills That Looked Guileless
Debated to Finish Salis
bury's Charter Will
Be Considered.
By W. T. Bost.
t nn n i
xiaieigu, jan. za. conservation ami
conversation marKed both nouses otkirk throwing 80 bombs. There wer.
the general assembly yesterday, the
forests getting the promise of protec
tion, and multitudinous bills receiving
the talk.
In the four hours of house delibera
tions and the three of the senate, the
work was largely state-wide. Local
bills that locked guileless were de
bated to a finish, but these in the final
ity had significance the whole state
over. The senate discussed arbitration
of actions on big scale and closed Its
day's work on a state-wide bill amend
ed to meet the alleged needs of two
counties. -
Salisbury's charter which took a
start Thursday In the hope of landing
that municipality In the class of bigger
towns, did not reach the house yester
day. When it does come, It will bring
antis and pros from the Rowan capital
In droves. The present representatives
were elected on a charter-change plat
form. But that will not prevent the
fight. Major Pete Murphy is making
the war. ; :, ,
The Immemorial fish question pro
longed the house (session from 10
o'clock In the afternoon and the net
result was the postponement of the
vote.
The house was forced to stop short
Its work by he length of debate.
The fish question was up In acute
form. Counties in the east had meas
ures which were reputed to be local.
The advocates of those bills had a
comfortable majority but the house
lacked the full vote. The avowed ef
fort to take Tyrrell from the control
of the fish commissioner created the
greatest talk.
The word "fish" was In 40 mouths.
Representatives Currle, Hampton,
Meekins, Mayo, Laughinghouse, Win-
borne, Whltford, Brummitt, and Davis
had taken their turn. And finally in
sheer hunger partly superinduced by
that word, the house stopped in the
midst of the work, Grler of Iredell
uttering the magic motion that "we
now adjourn."
The Senate.
The senate was convened at 11
o'clock by President Daughtrldge.
The bill to authorize logging railroads
to carry passengers was recalled after
passage on a previous day and re
passed in order to correct a typo
graphical error in the measure.
New bills were introduced as fol
lows: Miller Amend the machinery act
of 1918 and provide for the equitable
taxation of real estate under mort
gage. Johnson of Duplin Require sheriffs
to keep process books for original
processes.
Herbert Provide for BO state con
victs to be assigned to work on the
Hiawassee Valley railroad, Cherokee
county. In exchange for stock, the
state to hnve representation of the
board of directors that the road to
not be mortgaged without the consent
of the state.
The senate discussed at much length
the bill to establish nrhltal courts In
each county where the litigants de
sire them and not to apply to torts
and real estate, the head of the court
to be the clerk of the Superior court.
Ward offered to amend by excepting
Issues of divorce and alimony. Sen
ator Nash explained that the nrbltal
courts would be optional with the lit
igants and would not entail any cost
on the counties. Senator White of
fered an amendment permitting the
clerk of the court to appoint some
one to act In his stead.
Senators Haymore and Bumgarner
secured the exreptlon of their coun
ties of Wilkes, Yadkin and Davie, Sur
ry and Stokes. The bill passed second
reading and then by agreement of Ha
Introducer, Senator Nash, It went over
for final reading to another day.
The senate adjourned at-1:45 to 10
o'clock Saturday morning.
Tliei Ilonsn.
The house was convened at 10
o'clock.
Numbers of pettlnns were presented
from various counties the enactment
of those measures being advocated by
the Farmers" union.
There came from committee wi'h
favorable report the Allen hill for the
repeal of the acts of lfA3 and 139
authorising the consolidation cf the
Wilmington Weldon railroad com
pany under the name of the Atlftptio
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GERMAN All
Number of Airships Pass Ovel
City, Dropping 80 Bombs,
Wounding 20, Six of 3
Whom Died.
ONE GERMAN AIRSHIP
BROUGHT TO GROUND
British Aeronauts Drop Bombs
on Bruges Dock Zeppelins
Are Reported Over Os-
tend and Cromer.
Paris, Jan. 2 J. Semi-official notlc
reacnea here tonleht that a numhn
,
'of German aviators attacked Dun-
20 victims, six of whom are dead. A
large warehouse was set on fire by
one of the bombs.
The French and British aviators,
who gave chase to the hostile air.
craft brought down one at Bray-Dun
on the Belgian frontier and the twd
German occupants were made prison
ers. -
British Airmen Busy.
Amsterdam, Jan. 23. British air
men today dropped bombs on the im
portant Bruges-Belgian docks, au
cording to news received here. The
results of the attack are not known.
The airmen were attacked by th
Germans but escaped uninjured.
Zeppelin Seen.
Dover, Jan. 23. (Bv Wav of Lon.
don) Reports reached here tonlghl
that a Zeppelin was seen over Ostend
today.
Dispatches from Cromer Friday
contained reports that airmen had
passed over that place and prcpara-'
tlons were -made to resist an attack j
The " surrounding towns also ; made .
ready to meet air attacks, but as Bo
raids have developed, the reports
seem to have been baseless.
London, Jan. 23. The Dally Mall
correspondent at Havre says:
Several German airmen dropped
bombs on Dunkirk Friday afternoon.
One of the hostile airships was
brought down at Great Dune between '
Dunkirk and Furnes and two German
airmen were killed, Unexploded
bombs were found attached to the
airship.
ROUMANIAN FORCES
NOT YET MOBILIZED
Berlin, (By way of The Hague and
London), Jan. 23. The Roumanian
legation has not received official :o.i
firmatlon of the Swiss and Italian re
ports regarding the mobilization ofi ha
Roumanian army. It is said that the
necessary royal decree calling out thi
army has not been issued.
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In the house a three hours de
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reading overwhelmingly.
Representative Wlnborn pre
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