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A A THE GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE ASSOCIATED FRJtBS SERVICE. IT IS IN EVERT it RESPECT COMPLETE. :: VOLUME XIX. NO. 302. ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 29, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENT3 ft WEATHER FORECAST! . ... -' '; FAIR. DEFER II H M White House Conference De cides There Is no Immedi- . v. ' .- ate Need for Government Finances Legislation, CAN BETTER ACT AT ' V END OF FISCAL YEAR McAdoo Still Estimates- There , Will Be Deficit of $10, 000,000 at End of the Fiscal Year. Washington, Jan. 29. Admlnlstra tlon leaders whoh have been consid ering plans for meeting the deficit In government revenues, .have deter mined that there is no pressing need for legislation to Increase the reve nues and have agreed to await the end of the fiscal year, when the war's effect can he better guaged, before they decide on a course. ' Secretary McAdoo stood by his es timate of (10,000,000 deficit for the your, at the conference yesterday, and pointed out that the 'deferred corpor ation and personal Income tax pay ments might counter-balance this ap parent loss. . Treasury officials say they look for a revival of business and that there may be marked customs Increase dur ing the next five months. They ex pect large sugar importations. : j The treasury officials are planning TnnrA afruiHi - ... V. .1 M 1 . . vncv Live IIICL1IUUD lUr the Income taxes. i 11 is unuerstooa mat . suggestions for ertehslqn . of the war revenue act TUP HIV mrmtha nnri u)lnrnnmn,.f the 184,000,000 river and harbor bill, struck no resDonslva chord at the conference. The cabinet officers were said to have made It plain that they had cut their estimates until they could not make further reduc tions without risking the efficiency of their departments. - The estimates sen" to congress In December aggregated 1710,00,000 to which (28,000,000 was to be added for Panama canal disbursements. Some additional estimates have been sent in since, however, and substantial additions have been made by house committees in drafting the supply bills. Secretary McAdoo's estimate of rev enues exclusive of the postofflce de partment, was $728,000,000. This in cluded (220,000,000 from customs, (305,000,000 from ordinary Internal revenue; llM.uuu.uuo from the war tax, and (80,000,000 from the Income and corporatien tax. In a statement on the White House conference, which 'Majority Leader Underwood and Chairman Fitzgerald of the house appropriations commit tee attended, Mr. McAdoo said that in June, 19 IS, almost the entire amount of the corporation and per sonal income tax will be paid, just as in 1914, "what appears to be a loss in revenue in the meantime, will be overcome." In support of Secretary McAdoo's Statement, officials pointed out that there still was every reason to believe the war tax would produce at least as much as originally i expected from It. Available figures up to De cember show that 600,000,000 revenue stamps have been sold throughout the . country. Becretary McAdoo's estimate for customs receipts for the coming year (220,000,000, Is about (72.000.000 under the receipt for the fiscal year 1114. Receipts from that source so far this fiscal year are about 1122,- 000,000. Treasury officials believe that with a revival of business there may uo a marKea increase uunng the next five months. . ! No accurate date Is yet available on which officials can estimate wnat may be expected this fiscal year rrom the Income tax. Lost year It produced about (0,70,0H from corporations and Individuals, ' Officials are determined to make an active search for tax dodgers and have discovered ways In which they hope to bring out several millions of dollars. BELIEVE LIB WILL AM Ml MIGHT Petrograd, Jan. 29. (Ry Way of London) Colonel Shumnky, the mil itary crltlo of the Bourne Jnxmto, who declared that the Austnans inemit to deliver an attach on Jheir extreme right wing In Bukowma, thi y hoped' to hnlt th' Itou inaniuns, Hilnks hi view U supported t'V the conrrniratlnn In Southeast )i unt'iiry of Arti.uk J"fph'a fourth iiiiny, lih four corps of Geruisii. BUM BEFORE DRY" MEASURE Some Prohibitionists Against Bill to Prohibit Receipt and Delivery of Whiskey in North Carolina. ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE EXHIBITS COURAGE Roberts Has Mt. Mitchell Park Bill Transferred to Appro priations Committee Which He Heads. ' . - (By W. T. Boat). Raleigh, Jan. 29. The Anti-Saloon league had the sublime courage of Its convictions, by presenting' its bill to prohibit the receipt and delivery of Intoxicating liquors and the manu facture and sale of such malt as is used in malt liquors. Thus the bog organizatioA Is tendy to give prohibition that will prohibit the prohibitionists, the ultima thule oi dry legislation. In tnis correspond ence some weeks ago suggestion of efforts at modification were bona .fide but the league is determined to put through that slightly amended act submitted tentatively some time ago and the commitee on regulation of the liquor traffic now has It. It may go through, sentiment here suggests, but it will have a battle. Some of the best prohibitionists in the state are against it. One of the western members Is constitutionally averse to It, but he says he will vote for It he thinks, to make the preach ers who misrepresented him In his campaign do "down on their knees and ask forgiveness." But the bill goes.- much : farther than any previous one and the fear of those who oppose? as well- as those who favor 1st that it will stir things up mightily. No former legislature has come so near to touching the tastes of men and no election on that question has been held. It is the big bill of the session thus far, the one upon which all the fireworks can be turned. It is powerfully backed up by petitioners. ' ; Great numbers of petitions were presented in the house yesterday from nearly every section of the state ap pealing for the enactment of a law to stop shipments of liquors for beverage purposes. It required 15 minutes to receive and read these petitions by tl ties. They preceeded the introduc tion of Representative Grler, of Ire dell, of the official Anti-Saloon league bill for the prohibition of delivery of liquors for beverage purposes and to regulate the sale of malt so as to as sure record of dealers and persons buying malt, which it is insisted is bought mostly for illicit distilling pur poses. The Mount Mitchell Park bill offered by Representative Roberts of ' Bun combe, was withdrawn from the com mittee on propositions and grievances and referred to the committee on ap propriatlona of which Mr. Roberts L the chairman. It Involves a state ap propriation of (20,000. Among the favorably reported bills were a bunch of seven abolishing the office of county treasurer. It is said that fully half thf counties In the state have abolished the office of county treasurer. The house passed wKhout debate the senate resolution for the assembly In joint session to hear Secretary Dry an Saturday at noon In Representative hall. He speaks at 10 o'clock before the Social Service association In the Irst Baptist church. There came from committee an un favorable report for the bill to divide the state Into three judicial circuits, New bills were introduced as fol lows: Currle Amend the food laws rela Uve to mu,branding articles. Douglass Probate certain conveyances. and validate Laughlnghouse Put tax on all ven dsrs of soft drinks at drink stands. Orler of Iredell by request of the State Antl-BAloon league, prohibit the manufacture and' sale of malt such as Is used In the making of malt liquors. Urummltt Amend the law as to the practice of pharmacy, Huberts of lluncoinbe Amend th law as to bunting In Buncombe county. Pegram Simplify forms of deeds and mortgages. Alexander Allow special tax for bridges In Kutherford county, " McBryde Hepeal the act relative to advances made to the state treasurer relative to drainage work. Brown Authorise the commissioner of agriculture to encourage immigra tion. Inecoe Amend the law relative to newspaper fees for advertising. Hills passed final reading as follows: Incorporate Davenport college. ' Amend the charter of Salisbury, Repeal the act relating to the board nf agriculture and requiring that a practical farmer lhall b comrnlnHlone of agriculture. Allow any slxed pnekages of men! provided they . enow weight and whethor hnltfd or unbolted, I (Continued on pags ) ' Critica St Soon In Struggles in East Recently Have Cost Heavily A New Offensive Movement Against Strategic Points by f aans Ex- pected to Develop Shortly London, Jan. 29. With the renewal of the offensive oper ations by the Turks in the Cau casus, apparently timed to en deavor to force the Eussians to send more 'troops into the re gion, the Austro-German ac tivity in Galicia and the Car pathians continues to dominate the military situation today. Forces of the Teutons are pushing southward and there are strong forces near the Rou manian border in readiness to meet any sudden movement through the passes from that country. Recent fighting in the Carathians has furnished no decisive engagements, both the Russians and Austnans claiming some local successes It is believed in London, how ever, that the struggles may soon be expected to enter into COLORED BOY IS ACCIDENTALLY-SHOT Negro Boy Killed This Morn ing by Discharge of Gun 1 ; at Y. M. I. StofeT : " Frank "Matthewson. a negro boot black, was shot and instantly killed at 8:20 o'clock this morning by H. E. Jones, colored, proprietor of the Y, M. I. drug store, ' the shooting taking place In hte front part of the store. A coroner's Jury, composed of F. Aus tin, Q. P. Jones, M. A. Creasman, J. C. Fitzgerald, J. M. Ingle and H. P. Coffey, at 11:30 o'clock returned a verdict finding that the deceased came to hi death by a bullet accidentally fired from a pistol in the hands of Jones. Only three witnesses were examined at the inquest, Tom Moore and Em manuel Butler, colored, clerks at the Y. M. I. drug store, and Mose Harris, colored, a driver of an Ice wagon, aH of whom were eye-witnesses to the shooting. According to the testimony of the witnesses, all of which was about the same. Jones was standing behind a front counter in the store examining a .82 calibre automatic Colt pistol, hold ing the gun on top of a showcase, when Matthewson walked in. The deceased was standing about 10 feet from Jones when the pistol fired and Jones said: "Did It hit you?" the de ceased replying: "Yes, it hit me in the heart." He turned and walked about about eight feet, sinking to the floor there dead. One of the witnesses testified that Jones told him to call a doctor and an officer as the boy was dead. Dr. John W. Walker, colored, was called but the boy was dead berore he arrive; Chief of Po lice C. N. Lomlnac was reached and came to the store, placing Jones under arrest. He was brought to'the police station and locked up. It was brought out in the testlmoay that a negro man brought the auto matic nlstol to the drug store last night and asked Jones to take care of It, as he wanted to show It to a man. Soon after the store was opened this morning, Jones took the pistol out of the drawer where It was placed last night and started to examine It. When Moss Harris, the Ice man, came in, Jones, upon being requested, explain ed to Harris how the gun worked, and was still examining It when Harris passed on through the store to the rear. As he came back towards the front It fired nd Matthewson was killed. Matthewson was about 18 years of age and came here three weeks ago from Kutherfordton, where he had lived for many years. He was era- ployed as a boothlack by a stand lo- j rated on Engle street and had been In the habit of coming to the drug store frequently during the day, it Is stated, The Inquest was held at the Peo ples' Undertaking company's place at No. It Eagle street. Bheiiff E. M. Mitchell nnA Deputy Sheriff L. K. ltevls took clierg-i of the body of the deceased intll the arrival of f'nroner R. R. Morris, who, after msklng an exnmtnatlon of the body, ellod the Inquest. . Mrs. O. I). Gardner nnd children, Iils snd Graham, who have been In IHrmlnitliam for several wei'ka, will go soon to Tomp.i, wh-r she expects to spend the r'mninO'T ot fn winter Mrs. tiarnner Is said to be rapidly lm provilg In health. , Both Theaters of War BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBse' aaaaBBsaBBi BBBBBaaBBBl BBBBflBiJaBBI MHMHI.. , Been Indecisive, While Tactics Ottoman Troops Apparently critical stages both in the east and in the west. British military observers think that the Germans are keeping the preponderance of their forces in the west, where the allies are said to be expect ing the Germans to start an other great offensive move ment. . Recent German tactics at various points in the west seem to have cost them heavily and to have resulted m small gain, if one is to' judge from the Paris reports. It is thought that the next development will be a concentrated blow at some strategic point. Since the concentration' of the Turks for the supposed ad vance into Egypt, the Ottoman troops appear to be marooned somewhere in the desert. No word of their whereabouts has Germans Claim Heavy Losses To The Enemy Berlin, .Jan.. 29. "In the western theater of war, the villages of Mlddel- kerke and Klype, on the , coast ,. of f landers,v haye .bten bombdrCM by the enemy," says the official report of the German war department on the progress of the war. "On the heights of Craonne, an other 500 meters of trenches adjoin ing those on the east of the positions, which we captured day before yester day, have been taken. French at tacks were repulsed without difficul ty. "The enemy suffered heavy losses in the battle on January 25 to 27. Over 1,500 Frenchmen were left dead on the field. Including the. prisoners reported January 27, there are now 1,100 Frenchmen In our hands. "In the Vosges, there have been several French attacks In the neigh borhood of Senonges and Ben-de-Sapt which were repulsed . with consider Losses To Germans In Three Days Paris, Jan. 29. German attacks yesterday, wherever made, were re pulsed, according to the statement of the French war office issued yes terday. Everywhere the French at tacks progressed. In the sectors of Arras, Albert, Koje,, Noyon aqd Sols sons, the German positions were suc cessfully shelled. In the region of Craonne, the state ment declares that the German losses between January 2 and 28, inclusive, must' have equalled shout one regi ment (about 6,000 men). German prisoners have the Impression that the Germans are strongly checked. The. French admit the loss of about Guadalajara Is Captured By the Carranza Forces El Paso, Tex.', Jan. 29. Ouadala-1 Jura, the second largost city In Mexi co, has been retaken by the Carranza troops, with great losses to the Villa forces, according to advices received yesterday, by the . Carranza agency. Added to the complications In the Interior between Villa, Zapata and Carranza, it Is learned that -General Confiscation of Grain ' Is Demanded In Austria Venice. Jan. 29. (By Way of Tn - don) Dispatches from VUnna state .v.. i. ,.,. n .,! .k- -. ' " . ' are demanding tnat the Austrian government -confiscate .all the stocks of grain, flour snd meats. The press, the dispatch states, dec-lure that a I catastrophe threatens unless confla- of Germans in W Have Marooned. been received since their pres ence was announced three days ago east of Kantara, and there have been no further clashes with the British outposts re ported. 1 News from Vienna indicates that there is a growing popu lar demand that Austria follow the action of Germany in tak ing over the control of all grain and flour. From Petrograd comes the news that Emperor Nicholas has approved an appropriation of $8,750,000 for the immediate construction of a government railway from Petrozavodsk, 185 miles northeast of Petro grad, to the White sea. That would make two lines of com munications with the outside world through this region, the other being in Archangel.' able toss to the enemy. One officer and 50 men were taken prisoners. Our losses were small. , ; "In upper Ataace, on the front of a line between lower Aspach, Held- weiler and wurzbacher forests, the French attacked our positions at As pach, Heldweller, Ammerzwelller and Wurzwelller forests. The attacks were repulsed with heavy loss. The losses of the French were especially heavy south of Heldwelller and Ammerzwell ler, where the French retreated In disorder, leaving behind five machine guns. "In the eastern theater: In Poland unimportant attempts of the Russians to attack our forces northeast of Gumblnnen, were repelled. "Near Blezum, northeast of Sler. pec, (near the west Prussian border In Poland) the Russians were driven back and attacks repulsed. "On the other fronts In the east there has been no change." Over 20,000 800 men In killed, wounded and pris oners during the same period, but say the losses were partly due to land.slldn in an old quarry In which some French troops had taken refuge from the shells. The French progressed 400 yards nt Sit. Henry, and about the same distance southwest of Sonones and In the vicinity of Ban-ile-8apt. The French progressed In Alsace. The statement concludes that, judging from the number of dead, from January 20 to 27 east of Ypres, at 1a Unsxee, at Craonne, In the Ar gonne and In the Vosges, the losses of the enemy appear to have greatly ex ceeded 20,000. Yney Pnlnxnr's troops on Sunday oc cupied Casa Grandcs, an Important railroad and supply center . in the state of Chihuahua. Btilazar formerly represented the federal cienttflcoa j element and was a supporter of theltton with his usual cordiality. He Diaz and Huerta administrations. Large quantities of arms and ammu nitions are said to b en route to Halazar. " ; I cation Is adopted, and denounces the ! selfish attitude of certain Hungarian agriculturists, wno are marred with having hidden thousands of tons of grain ana nour. ielnnuing 10 tne appeals or land owners, the Auatrtnh government has consented to the employment of prn - oners ot war in ins iieiua. T Troops of Former Provisional President Enter Mexico City Zapata Fol lowers Flee. CARRANZA EXPECTS TO GO TO CAPITAL SOON Considered Capture of City as Matter of Course Obregon Entered City Without Serious Fighting. Mexico City, Jan. 29. The capital today is again in the possession of the forces of General Carranza, who while acting as provisional president of Mexico, was forced to leave the city in November, being threatened by the forces of Villa and Zapaia. The new authorities have re-established order and there Is general confi dence 'prevailing. It has been determined that the shooting which occurred before the I national palace when General Alva- Obregon reached the city yester day was done by snipers, who were hidden on the cathedral roof. General Abregon states that the shots were undoubtedly directed at him. The per petrators have not been captured. Three men were killed and a number were wounded. All the saloons have been closed and commercial houses and banks are to resume business at once. Late yesterday, after 20,000 addi tional Carranza troops had entered the capital, the forces of Zenata re treated southward. , Counted on Capture. Vera Cruz, Jan. 29. The occupa tion of Mexico City by General Obre gon, at the head of Carranza troops, created no surprise here. It is said that Carranza will probably go to the capital next Friday. So sure was Car ranza of re-taklng the capital that his postmaster general and a sufficient number of employes to handle the work of the postofflce department were already on the way. The occupation was accomplished without any serious fighting. VISIT'S PROPRIETY Does Not Think He Will Be , Able to Come to Greens boro July 4, Anyway, s Gazette-News Bureau Wyatt Building Washington, Jan. 29. President Wilson told a delegation of prominent North Carolinians, among them Dr. E. K. Graham, president of the state university, that owing to his expected absence from Washington at that time he could not promise to speak at Guilford battle field July 4 . The president stated that he expected to visit the canal zone about that time. Among those In the! party were? Dr. E. K. Graham and Dr. George Howe, Chapel Hill; L. J.I Brandt, Rev. Melvln Clark, 'J. E. I Ijitham, R . G. Vaughn, A. M. I Scales and wife; C. G. Wright, Paul! Sohonck and W. M. Rldenhour of Greensboro, and ' Senators Overman and Simmons and Representatives Webb, Doughton, and Ktedman. Gudger. jjltchin It Is Inferred from the president's tfillr tvltt. tha Vrtrth r'ornllttfnna fhftt he has about maile up his mind that there will be an extra session of con gress and In consequence the open ing of the. Panama canal will be postponed until the first week In July. It Is rumored, too, that the postponement of the opening of the big ditch Is because of slide disturb ances In the canal. The president received the delegn would like to viwlt the battlefield and Oreensboro, but he does not believe he ran do no at the time suggested. He Intimated,, ton, that it would not be proper for' him to visit ifils hat tlefleld on July 4, while the Euro- pean war Is on. He might be charged with disregarding' the spirit of his neutrality proclamaton, he thought. MOREHEAD CITY VOTES BONDS FOR SANITATION Special to The Gazette-News. Raleigh, Jan. !. Morehead City Is to be a clean city. Nothing else will wifjlce. Hecently she voted unanl i piously 20,0oo bonde for the pur pose of Installing a sanitary Sewer system. The work Is to begin at once ;and will be In the hands of sanitary PRESIDENT DOUBTS (engineers. CHILDREN'S AID TO BEEBLISTEI Movement Started to Enroll' 20,000,000 in Army for Re lief of the Suffering Here and Abroad. PROMINENT EDUCATORS U INITIATE MOVEMENT I Believed Children Can Raiser $1,000,000 With Ease and Make Clothing and ( Other Things. ' - -,. Kew York. Jan. 29. The enlistment I of the 20,000,000 children of the Unit-1 ed States in an army of helpfulness to relieve suffering both in this coun try and Europe Is the purpose of a movement which Is announced here by a committee of educators of nation- ' wide reputation. It includes Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Har- i vard university, David Starr Jordan, i president of the National Educational association, and Richard McLaurin, j president of the Massachusetts Instl- ( tute of Technology. . ' It is the belief of those ltnerested In the plan that evil Influences in the schools of the United States are arising; from the war. "Influences of lying, ' hatred and murder are moulding the ' lives of America's 20,000,000 children," says an announcement of the com-; mittee's plans, "which tend to crush out truth, Justice and love. As a na tion we are evading our responsibili ties in not seriously attempting to counteract these evil Influences. . In many of our schools we even forbid all discussion of the war. We cannot, however, hide this war from ' our children nor keep Us destruttivO-M influences from their lives. "With a nation-wide relief move-' ment of our children we can turn their minds from destructive murder to helpful life-giving and build on tho terrible need the strongest, most help ful race of men and women the world " has ever known. "The school children are organized, and can begin immediately on relief work. They can raise at least $1,000, 000 without burden on any one as the funds will be raised in small sums- ' the people's gift through their chil dren. They can make millions of needed articles of clothing and other things. Working shoulder to shoulder to offset the influences of organized murderous warfare they will feel the , quickening helpful Impulse of their1 great life-giving organization a mlgh- i ty Impulse In their lives and a great example to the world. They will do : J more to establish international peac ' and good will based on kindly acts than years of diplomacy and peace : conferences." The plan announced is that each , child earn or make what he gives, or" I give from what he has, that he may feel he has worked or sacrificed to j help. The fund Is to be known as tho j "Children of America's Fund," which ' boards of education, superintendents, teachers and others are urged to ad - dress at Oak Hill, Newton Center, i Mass., for working details. One-half the fund is to be used to i relieve local suffering and will be dls- ! trlhtited through home charities as far i as possible. The other half will be 1 distributed to the sufferers In Europe by the national committee. Arrange- , ments have been made for the free i transportation to Belgium of all gifts of non-perishable food or new clothlnit 1 In packages weighing 20 pounds or , more. It Is announced that the plans for currying out the movement have been , based on suggestions received from 1 5.000 Piactlcal educators. They call I for free use of the public school build ings for entertalnments'to raise funds- the ro-operatlon of teachers In getting' . tn" ,"-n to earn small sums out f school hours; the manufacture of use ful gifts by hoys' lh' manual training daises; and one day a week devoted 1 by all girls In sewing as a part of their i school work. W. H. TAPT'S OPINION ABOUT PARCELS POST Marinette, Wis., Jan. 21. "There la one thing connected with the parcel post that ought not to meet the ap proval of anybody, and that Is that wo have not given to the railroads appro piiate compensation for the additional burden that they have to carry by rea son of the parcels post, but after a time congress will see Its duty and make 'reparation lrj this regard, I hape," declares fotitisr President Wll-i llam H. Taft In a let"-r to Frank K. Noyes, of this olty, ,-iul lisher of tbe "Parcel Post Newa," Daniels Not Ornnln. ' Washington, Jan. 29. Becane rf official business. Secretary Denials I he unable to accompany Ewiretiuy Bryan tn Raleigh tomorrow to anMrr. the North Carolina general aiwsiuL '. 1
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