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Off THH GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE ASSOCIATED PRJtSS SERVICE. IT IS IN j EVERT RESPECT COMPLETE). II WEATHEB FORECAST. RAIN TONIGHT; TUESDAT FAIR VOLUME XIX. NO. 298. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 25, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS ROUGH WAY FOR PRIMARY BILL Prospects for Passing State Wide Primary Measure Do Not Look So Promis ing at the Present. 30L. A. D. WATTS. IN RALEIGH YESTERDAY Looked Promising for Bill Un til Last of Week Propon ents Trying to Work Out Acceptable Bill. (By W. T. Boat). . 1 Raleigh, Jan. 25. Heads went .to ether the closing days of last week 0 work out a primary bill that may presented this week with some how of success.' This is the critical eneral assembly stage. Until today it looked promising fdT rlmary advocates who want a bill tat blankets every office ' from dog atcher to president. It does not look a now. The visit of Collector A. D. Vatts, who has been here four flays i purely incidental to- the uncertain y of the primary Issue.' Mr.- Watts ame here to talk for the Statesvllle lr Line and the other mountain rail ay projects that were endangered y the powerful plan of Henry Page. t was quite ' coincidental that the Hector turned up as a bill 19 almost Whe presentation. . , - The trouble is In the west. Those mntles which vote uncertainly ap 'af not to desire a primary which ey believe solidifies parties so cer !"lnly that democratio legislators ay come to the capital by virtue of lelr personal popularity. For In ancc, Ebbs of Madison, believes that 9 would have received 200 votoa lore if there had been no republican rlmary than he did. The friends of ho democratic representative were, ound by party understanding. It is with' Bowie and . many ' others, hese gentlemen do not admit that icy oppose a state primary limited state candltates. But they will not iulesee in a law that concenters le voting In a day. , For that reason, the primary bill, hlchever one Is adopted, will have fight for Its life. There are four or ve before the body now. Weeding ut will take place this week and by is close, it is believed a plan will ave been agreed upon. The consoll atlon will eliminate all the objee onable features and the Inclusion of II the good ones. The date of spring ig the new bill has not oeen en ounced. All that have gone Into the ammlttee room are still there for le final harmonizing. Employers Liability Act. The Introduction of the employers' .ability act by Representative Nettles vas expected last week. It Is due hi. The Buncombe county'tnan, hand-! Mime young fellow who Isn't a lawyer nas been worried as to prvedure. He believes Intensely in his act, but a business man and untrained to collo quy. Representative Ebbs, his moun iln friend, has been coaching him. Mr. Ebbs tells him to tell the com mittee and the house that being a lalryman and hard worker. It is not xpected of one such that he be jlned In chicanery and quick speech mough to meet sixty lawyers in de bate. Then the will will go through," :bh says. And the colleagues of Mr. Ebbs iy that will win. While lawyers uzzle over wise saws nnd modern (stances, Mr, Nettles watches his illkmen cull the fluid from the ma rnal font and argues points of thlcs with a contumacious cow. In-nrance- Commissioner James R. Voung has recommended such a law is Mr, Nettles suggests. Insurance .Men, Too. And the Insurance men are due icre this week. Representative Sea well has presented the bills that are ilmcd t reform. Henry Page' has -n collecting Insurance policies to If the recently reduced Insurance ates were not In the finality a reduc lon of ths insured's opportunity1 to make the proverbial ends meet. He has learned enough to know that the reduction was on the whole a sub Htantlal advance. Men who paid $20 for a three year "ntract three years ago are psylng '32.60 now. Policy owners whowiald a thousand for a rear three years go are paying that now. The rates re said to be a slight reduction In lint respect from the rates a year or wo years ago. The long term policy iolder catches It, (hough he can af rd to pay ths rats still. Ths Insurance men already have Itilte an Imposing lot of Interested nen here. The recent Issue of the In turanoe Investigator, which carried a ores editorial on "Hell Raisers" the past week, has been circulated wide ly here. That It will do harm to the itentlsnen who do not want "hell raising," Is not doubted. The smart llow who wrote the editorial had '"! without understanding. Jnmeg A . Hartnem, who cams here 'o help the western counties In their 1ght for convict aid to railroads, left this afternoon for his home In States vllle. Colleitor Watts also returned. Mr. Hartness has been the center of many a political group who are Interested In his determination to op pose Col. Bryan Grimes' for secretary of state. Talking to members of the I general assembly he received more '.encouragement than 8 -appeared - even to hope for. The race now seems to be solely Hartness-Grimea, It Is far away, but It la on. . And farmers union men here are quite certain that recent events In state circles, that Teport of the board of Internal Improvements will not tend to give Treasurer Lacy any mo nopoly on the treasurer's race next year. That Dr. H. Q. Alexander will contest it with Mr. Lacy is taken as a matter' of course, albeit the Meck lenburg man has not announced. "We are going to clean oot the state de partment," one of the western mem bers said last night. "We are not meaning that there Is anything dirty in the administration. We Just want a change. This is no monarchy and we want to give the state a taste of republican government and I mean the republican to be spelled with a little r." Others say Its orthography will be with a big one If something Is not done. British Warship Also Sunk In NavaiBMe.SaysGennans Official Announcement States British Battle Cruiser as Well as German Armored Cruiser Went Down in North Sea Conflict Claims all Other German Vessels Returned to Their Base, and That British Discontinued Fight. LARGE NUMBER WERE FINED IN POLICE COURT The Docket Was Very Large . With the Usual Monday Variety of Cases. The following 'cases were called In Police court today: John Fullerton was fined $30 and the costs on charges of carrying a concealed weapon. Maggie Erwln, Ella Hunnlsuckle, Minnie Austin and Pat McLean, col ored, were each found not guilty of disorderly conduct. McLean was tax. ed with the costB on charges of as sault and Austin was found not ftutHy of assault.- '.,'- v Mose Blanchard was fined $3 and the costs on charges of assault. Frank Spoon was taxed ' with the costs on charges of carrying a con cealed weapon. Charles Brown was found not guil ty on charges of cruelty to animals. Cliff Fowler, colored, was taxed with the costs In two cases charging him with assault. W. B. Brown and Frank Llndsey were each fined $15 and the costs on charges of carrying concealed weap ons. Will Dougherty, colored, was found not guilty of assault. John Ramsey was given 20 days in Jail on charges of carrying a con cealed weapon. Frank Dlverbllss and C Dovin were each fined $2 and the costs on charges of gambling and T. D. Cor natza was found not guilty of a sim ilar charge. Oscar Hemphill, colored, was found not guilty of disorderly conduct. The cases of Rena Avery and Will Weasley, n which they were charged with disorderly conduct were nol prossed with, leave. F.rnest Webb was fined $2 and the costs on charges of disorderly con duct, j A not prosse with leave was taken In the case sua I nut .'lm Yung charged with disorderly conduct.. . ;j j Six "drunks" were up. Berlin, (By "Way of London) Jan. 25. The following offi cial announcement on the British-German naval engagement in the North sea yesterday was given out in Berlin today: "During the advance of our armored cruisers, Seydlitz, Moltke and Bluecher, which were accompanied by , four smaller cruisers and two flo tillas of torpedo boats, while steaming in the North sea, they were engaged by a British detachment composed of five battle cruisers, several smaller cruisers and 26 torpedo boat destroyers. The enemy discon tinued the fight after about three hours, at a point about 70 miles northwest of Helgoland, and retreated. "According to the informa tion available one British bat tle cruiser and one of our ar mored cruisers, the Bluecher, were sunk. The other German vessels returned to their base." another reverse near Kohras- j an; in Turkish territory. j Berlin, Jan. 25. (By wireless to London) The German war office Saturday gave out the following official statement in regard to the war situa tion: . . J "The ' enemy 9 airmen dropped bombs at Ghenf'and Zeeburg in Bel gium but with no Berlous injuries or success. "The enemy, delivered a fierce at tack yesterday at Sonain-Derthes north of Chalons but the attack broke down under our fire. "West of La-Nitte we captured the positions of the enemy and three of ficers and 345 men, as well as four machine guns. Northeast of Pont-a-Mousson wo French attacks were beaten off with heavy losses to the enemy. In the fight for trenches since January 21 we captured seven cannon and five machine guns. "There have been several fierce at tacks by the enemy on Hartman-Weil-crkopf, but they failed to achieve suc cess. ' -"s: . "In the eastern theater of war there Is nothing to report from east Prussia. In northorn Poland near Przasnysz an attack by the Russians was repulsed. The Russians hRVe been driven out of Blino and Donjek and the advance Russian forces retreated from Garny, "Our attacks on Soucha are prog ressing. In the vicinity of Rawka west of Szeiwhy a lively fight continues. Paris, Jan. 25. The following statement was Issued Saturday by th t rench war omce: CONTEST "There was activity yesterday by our Infantry along almost the entire front, devoted to repairing the dam age to our earthworks caused by the rams and bd weather of the last few days. 'In the region of Lombaertzyde we have progressed for a distance of 100 yards. "In the sectors of . Ypres, Arras, Albert, Roye and Solssons yesterday there were artillery duels, in the course of which, at several points, we have gained tho advantage. Berry. au-Bac has been violently bombarded by the Germans. "Northwest of Beasejour the enemy delivered an attack which was re pulsed. "In the Argonne we have adminis tered a complete check to the enemy at Montaine Madam, as set forth in last night's reports. An attack by the enemy at a point near St. Huberts resulted in an infantry engagement which has not yet ended. According to the latest reports we are holding all uor positions. "On the Meuse the fire of our ar tillery has compelled the enemy to evacuate an ammunition depot and we inflicted serious damage on'a foot bridge at St. Mlhiel. "In Alsace there has been infantry fighting in the region of Hartmann Weilerkopf which continues. Here we are in close contact with the en emy. The fighting has been inter rupted near Cernay Mill 425 has been attacked by the enemy without suc cess. Further to the south we have progressed In the direction of Petit Kahlbert, to the north and near the Aspach bridge." BEFDRESEMTE Party Lines Drawn in Senate Over Administration Ship Purchase Bill Is Made Party Measure. DEMOCRATS HOPE FOR PROGRESSIVES' SUPPORT WATER FREIGHT RATES INCREASE Trans-Atlantic Rates Advanc-I ed 900 to 1150 Per Cent in Some Cases Since 'the War Began. i FURTHER INCREASING ACCORDING TO REPORT Are Determined to Keep Meas ure Before Senate Regard less of Fate of Big Supply Measures. IS HELD FOR BREAKING .INTO EXPRESS OFFICE John Ramsey Charged With Entering and Taking Pack . ages Containing Liquor. John Ramsey was given a prelimi nary hearing In Police court today on charges of breaking and entering th office of the Southern Express com pany on Tatton avenue last Friday night. Probable cause was found in his esse, and hs was held for Superior court under a bond of $2,600. Ths Southern Express company's uptown office, located on Patton ave nue, was broken Into last Friday night and In entering the robber broke ono of ths large plate glass windows facing Patton avenue and secured several packages containing liquor. Ths cash drawer was rifled, although only a small turn of money had been left in It. - JAS. DILLY TO BE GIVEN PRELIMINARY HEARING James Dllly, alias James Barnwell, Colored, who was arrested several days ago by members of the sheriffs of fice on charges of attempted criminal assault, will be given a preliminary hearing this afternoon before Magis trate T. F. Hunter. Dllly or Barnwell has been held in ths coishty Jail r - i- ' London, Jan) 25. News of the first brittle between dread- naughts, yesterday's conflict between the British and Ger man vessels in the North sea, has aroused much more enthu siasm in j the British"' public than did either the fight off Helgoland or that off the Falkland islands although both perhaps loomed larger in ac tual results. To the British public it seems that the combat js a tri umph for their long time confi dence in the big gun fleet. It calms the fear that the east coast was to have frequent rep etition of the Hartlepool and Scarboro raids. Sir David Beatty, the young est admiral in the British navy, is the most popular sea fighter in England at present, he be ing in command of the British squadron which was engaged with the Germans. A German official report of Sunday admits that the British vessels sunk the German crui ser Bluecher but offsets this disaster by asserting that "ac; j coming to trie best intormation available one British warship was sunk." This statement is definitely denied by the British admiralty, which says clearly that no British vessels were lost The engagements keep up the reputation of the war as to Sunday fighting being frequent both on land and sea, Sunday becoming a day for increasing vigilence instead of a day for rest and relaxation. No important land fighting on either front has been re ported' in London, but the im proved weather conditions are expected to result in consider able activity, if nothing note worthy results. , The contesting forces in Bukowina are forming for n new battle. The Austfians claim the advantage in the pre liminary BtirmMies. They al so claim that tho Russians have been driven out of some of the Carpathian passes. ' Thd Turks, according to re- I porta in London have suffered Thaw's Long Contest For Freedom Again Resumed Raised Arbitrarily Without Regard to American Trade's j Interest Say Redfleld and McAdoo. Washington, Jan. 25. Party lines were drawn In the senate today when the fight was resumed over the ad ministration ship purchase bllll As finally perfected by the caucus ot democrats, the bill is before the sen ate as unfinished! business. It was made a party measure by over two thirds majority vote to give the measure support of the party. The action of the democrats indicates that the senate will be the scene of one of the hardest fought battles at the capital for some time. The republicans were Just as deter mined as ever to continue the fight. while the democrats were equally de termined to keep the measure before the senate regardless of the fate of the big supply measures and the pos sibility of an extra session after March 4. The democrats were roped to get the support of some of the progres sive republicans. Cenator Rott was ready to speak on the measure when the senate met. Senator Smoot also gave notice of his Intention of speaking. . i"-' .. .... i : A New York. -Tnn. f fl wTh Innp- Isnrn.l fight of Harry K. Thaw for freedom, beginning in January, 1907, with- his first trial for the murder of Stanford H. White, was to be resumed today with his arraignment before Justice Davis, of the criminal branch of the Supreme court to answer to the indict ment charging him with conspiracy, with Richmond Butler, Eugene Duffv, and Roger Thompson and others, to escape from the Matteawan asylum In August. 1913. Thaw reached New York yesterday from New Hampshire. Thrre was no member of his family present to meet him, and his mother, Mrs. Mary Thaw, was not permitted to see him in prison. Abel I. Smith, Jr., counsel for Thaw, called to see Thaw but was not allow ed to see his client until today. John B. Stanchfleld, head of Thaw's legal defense, speaking of the plans for trial today said that Justice A. Davis would fix the time of trial. He stated he did not anticipate that the trial would take place for a month or six weeks. 'STILL NEAR WAYNESVILLE Tong War Breaks Out In Several California Cities San Francisco, Jan. 25. Three Chi namen were shot and killed and a number were wounded In a tong war which broke out in several California cities last night. Quong Qunt Wnh, president ot the Sen Cuey Tings, and one of his fellow members were killed In the fighting hpre, while another waa killed at Stockton. Mure than 200 arreHts had been marie early today, nt various points of conflict and the police of all the cities along th coast were taking measures to prevent the spread of the war. IRE JOHXTBIKIINI While Others Enlarge on AU3-. trian Successes Over Rus sians in Bukowina. London, Jan. 25. Although Vien na reports through Amsterdam en large on the Austrian successes over the Russians In Bukowina, claiming that tliw Russians were defeated with heavy losses In munitions of war and (prisoners, a wireless' message from Vienna, containing an official com munication ipsued there, . has only this to say regarding the battles: "In Huknr Ina quieet reigns spier the last successful battles against the ltimMMii." The communication also deals with the fighting In the Carpathians as follows: "In ths Carpathians the Russians have been driven out of several trenches which they had pushed for ward soujh of the passes. istittiiti(ttsieititsiii!s St st CmHlNY PROTESTS. St , , St Washington, Jan. 35. flcr- st many has protested to the state si department, through her amhas- t sartor, Count Von KernstorlT, t against the shlppln of Amerlran K st hydroplanes to ths enemies of st st Germany on the ground that st st Such machines are War vessels. Has Played College Ball in New York Recommend ed by "Doc" Ferris. 2000 Gallons of Beer and Wine Poured Out Plant Was Recently Sold. Deputy Collector Cabe, Special Em ploye Ireland and Deputy Sheriff A. J. Carver of Waynesvllle yesterday con ducted a raid on an Illicit still in the Jonathan's Creek section about 15 miles from Waynesvllle. They de- strayed a 80 gallon copper still and complete outfit with about 2000 gal , Washington, Jan. 25. Evidence ot extraordinary advances in trans-At lantic freight rates since the outbreak of the European war, amounting; In some instances to 900 and even 11150 per cent, was presented to the senata today in a Joint report from Secreta ries McAdoo and Redfleld. . "While this report is being written," the statement says, "information Is received that rates are higher than those given In some of the tables pre sented, and that even at these extra ordinary flgures, it Is difficult to obtain cargo space for earlier sailings than March and April." The report contains numerous tables of rates on various commodities from. American to European ports and sum marizes the principle advocates since August 1 last as follows: New York to Rotterdam on grain 900 per cent; on flour 600 per cent; on cotton 700 per cent. New York to Liverpool on the same commodities, from 300 to 600 per cent. Baltimore to European ports (ex cepting Germany) on grain 900 per cent; on flour 364 per cent; on cotton 614 per cent. Norfolk to Liverpool on grain 157 to 200 per cent; on otton 186 per cent Norfolk to Rotterdam on cotton 471 per cent; to Bremen 1100 per cent, namely from $1.25 to $16,000 per bale. Savannah to Liverpool on cotton 250 per cent; to Bremen 900 per cent Galveston to Liverpool on grain 17 4 per cent; on cotton 361 per cent; to Bremen on cotton 1061 to 1160 pen cent, a rne report aeciares tnat in one year. If American exports maintain the De cember, 1914 level, the Increased rates will make a charge of 1216,224,400 on American shippers and that the Im ports be Included on the same basis of calculation, the amount would reach the sum of $311,664,400 or 141.6 per cent over the usual cost. If normal rates are taken In conjunction with the abnormal on the December" basis the freight charge on both ex ports and imports In a year would make the grand total of $632,110,000. The Charges. The report contains several score letters from business men over the Inn. " t nan. an ti limit 1A mllnna nt i rrk ,. .v " j ,k., country declaring their Inability to get low wines. The plant showed that It , ... ,,ht had only recently been in operation Manager today that ArnnM an tarty. N. Y. Jack Corbett announced he rad Just signed John outfielder from Bchenec Arnold was signed on the recommendation of "Doe" Ferris who has seen him work and who states that the outfielder Is a good player. Arnold Is a college player and during the past two seasons has been playing independent ball around New York ntatp. It will be of Interest to fans In this league to know that Walter Smith, wlin during the seasons of 1110-11 caught for Winston, has been signed by the San Francisco team of the Coast league, with the promise that he will be sent to ths big league next season. Smith has been going good since leav ing North Carolina and during the past winter has been flirting with the Federal league, although his contract with the 'Frisco team will of course end these negotiations. NEW NAVAL OVS. st K KKfcltltKsttstftltitftlt st st K st Amsterdam, Jan. It. A Oer st man military newspaper an l nnunces that a new naval gun, fit st Inches calibre and with a range st of 2S miles, has Just been created In Germany. , the boiler being hot from fire when the officers arrived. Owing to the heavy rains In that section during the past few days and the almost Impassable mud no evi dence as to the owners could be found. The destroyed plant was an old one and It Is believed that It had been In operation for many years, the evidence of the working that has been going on there showing that thousands of gal lons of whiskey had been made and the entire mountain side for yards around the plant had been striped of all firewood. COMMISSI BILL TO GO TOMLDGH SOOH After It Is Referred to Com mittee Asheville Delegation Will Go to Urge Passage. The charter for a commission plan of government for Asheville, which waa adopted here at a mass meeting of the citizens at the court house last Friday night, will be sent to the Run combe county representatives at Ral eigh within ths next week or ten days. After It has been referred to the proper committee of the legisla te, a committee from this city will go to Raleigh to argue for Its pa mage by ths general aiwembly. Immediately after this. If the pres ent nliinn nf the committee carrv. the ! plans for the campaign to be waged ln this city before the primary, which It Is thought will be called some time st : during March. Will be made. It Is planned to wage an active campaign In this city snd- to bring out the en tire voting strength for the orlmsrr tithst will be held to select the candl jilatee who will ru't In the second and 1 , final ramnalgn for election as com. l.slstll ftftslH (or tha cl(y. bottoms for their freight, and charg ing discrimination by such carriers as are in business against freight that pays a low rate and the breaking ot contracts by at least one of the big trans-Atlantic steamship companies.' The charges are summarized as fol lows: "Ocean freight rates have been ar bitrarily Increased to an unparalleled heighth without regard to the Interests of American! trade. "High rates are not only restricting the general volume of our expoit trade, but are actually stopping ex portatlons In some lines. Borne busi ness plants have been shut down as a result of the exorbitant rates. "Ship owners In some Instances ar taking only those goods or commodi ties which will pay the highest rstea of freight and are easily unloaded, nnd are declining to accept shipments r-f ; other commodities (such, for Instance, as lumber because ths character of the shipments and the rates obtainable, thereon make It more to ths Interest! nf the steamship owner to accept one' class of goods than another. If com-! mon carriers on land were to praetlrs; such discriminations against shippers, and adopt such arbitrary methods, they would be subject to criminal prosecution. "Despite claims that there Is ample tonnage for the South American trade. there are letters to show that rates South America have been greatly In creased and there Is a shortage of Ion. nags both to snd from South America. 'The direct charge Is made that the Holland-American line has repudiated written contracts with American shln pers and has Increased freight charges wifhout fegard to their rights. The report contains also a letter from the Panama Railroad company which says: "Our stock (of coal has been re duced) from 10,000 to 40,000 tons, and both the Earn llns snd our company. Is scourfhg ths charter market In the effort to secure sufficient tonnage to' carry to the Isthmus ths amount e.fj coal It Is Imperative ws should km i there." "It will he observed," says the r-, pt.rt, "that the greatest Inrresws lit rates and the heaviest tax has brm . . (Continued OB Tags 1L)
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