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THB GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THH - ASSOCIATED PIUIS3 SERVICE. ., IT IS IN EVERT RESPECT COMPLETH. t; "WEATHER FORECAST i FAIR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. VOLUM$XIX. NO. 306. ASHEVILLE, N. 0., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 3, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS U MP. AM I RUSSIAN SUCCESS IN TWO ARENAS CLAIMED Official Report Notes Favorable Actions in Warsaw Re gion and in Carpa thian Mountains. TURKS STILL FIGHTING BRITISH ABOUT KURMA Berlin Report Says Attacks by French Were Repulsed Onslaughts by Russians . Were Ineffective. MOSLEMS umpci Terrible Encounters in Arabian Desert in Places Where Camels Cannot Al ways Travel 1ITI0II FDR LOCAL PUHT SOLDIER DESCRIBES BATTLES IN LETTER Petrograd, Feb. 3. The sue cess of the Russian" arms in the region of Warsaw and in the Carpathians is recounted in an official Russian statecent issued here today. Confirmation is given also to the report that ' German forces have been sent to the Carpathian region for the purpose of assisting the " Austrians. ! ' The Russians claim success es in the region of Mlawa and north of Borjimow,' in the re gion of Warsaw. Violent fighting continues to the' south of Goumine. South of the Pili ca river the attempt of the Germans to advance has been frustrated. :, JiLthe Carpaitliiana. tlie Rus sians claim td have advanced on January 31 and Februry 1 at the Dulka pass. Autro-Ger-man attacks to th esoutheast . of Uszok pass have been repulsed. A German battery was de stroyed at Besked pass on Feb ruary 2. English-Turkish Combats. Berlin, Feb. J. Fighting between the English and Turkish troops con tinues In the vicinity of Kurna. Dis patches from Bagdad describe a night attack made by 200 Turks. Two Eng lish battalions holding places on op posite sides of the town became con fused and fired on 'each other. Two English gunboats were driven back by the Turkish troops. It was announced In December that the Turkish forces at Kurna had surrendered. Soldiers Face Glaring Sun and Murderous Arab Bullets- Tribesmen Show Quarter to Wounded no French Broad Manufacturing Company Will Enlarge Its Plant Near Here at Cost of $150,000. PIS. 1IS0N 1 VISITOR HERE Head of Southern Railway Sys tem Stops Here for Few Hours on Tour of . All Lines. DEFINITE PLANS HAVE . NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED General Plans Made Known Yesterday Afternoon Be fore Board of County Commissioners. HOLDS A CONFERENCE WITH BOARD OF TRADE Promises to Put on Addition al Service From Florida ' Here if Conditions Warrant It. DREES Mg HELPfiiUDE Samuel McRoberts Would Have Co-operation of Gov , eminent in Opening up New Markets. ADDRESSES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, U. Declares Uncertainty of Pro tection of American Inter ests Hinders Expan sion of Trade. London, Feb- 3. (Correspondence of the Associated Press) Fighting the Turks and Arabs in the desert of Mesopotamia, where In places even came.s. cannot go: where after the Euphrates is lelt behind water Is more precious than powder and the tribesmen show no quarter to the wounded, is described by Sergeant A. Kingdom, of the Second Battalion i vnsrnrrlnv nftprnonn hp. Norfolk regiment in a letter to ms made yesterday aiternoon do- The French Broad Manufac turing company, manufactur ers of white bedspreads, is to enlarge its plant on the French Rrnnrl river at an carlv date. v i .,v, las head of thev Southern. On the oc- aecording to an announcement rMlnn of h,H rlr9t tnn here. Mr. Harrison attended a reception ten dered him in " the afternoon at the Ashevitle club; and in the evening President Fairfax Harrison of the Southern Railway company, arrived In Ashevllle this morning at 11:30 o'clock In his private car attached to train No. 41. At 12 o'clock. President Harrison left his car, accompanied bv DiviBion Passenger Agent J.- H. Wood, and drove In an automobile to tho reception rooms of the board of trado. Here, a' committee from the board of trade greeted the president. After a conference with the commit tee, Mr. Harrison paid some personal calls on friends in the city. The presi dent will be here only a short time, as he is on a tour of inspection over the Southern system. ' This Ms the second visit President Harrison has paid Asheville since he succeeded the late President Flnley This ! delivered the principal address at a Washington, Feb. S In an address before the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, In convention here today, on the subject of "Our National Policy as to Investments "Abroad" Sam uel McRoberts, vice-president of the National City bank, declared the Unit ed States could take profit by tho commercial opportunities of the Euro pean war only by co-operation of the government in opening new markets and diplomatic Intervention for pro tection of trade and investmet. "The security of the right of prop erty and the enforcement of equal justice Is essential to any commerce," said he. "Ought there to be any ques tion that a citizen investing In the instrumentalities of trade in foreign lands should not be promptly protect ed in his rights In case they should be threatened through failure of gov ernment, Injustice, oppression or con fiscation? These questions do not con cern us so much as to our trade in Europe and the more advanced coun try can be induced to follow them. and we must recognize that limitation. 'You need not talk to more than a half dozen men on this subject be fore being confronted with such dus- tlons as Are we going to send good Americans into foreign countries to be shot Just to protect somebody's in vestment' ? 'Are we going to incur the risk of iv war for the sake of a little trade?' 'Are we going to turn our nevy Into a collection agency?' 'These questions may express a narrow point of view, but they are to frequent and too significant of the general trend of thought not to make any secretary of state consider how for he can go and still preserve his usef ullness. From the first all efforts to Improve the consular service and make more ef fective all governmental agencies for disseminating information as to for eign markets and trade customs have met with a hearty approval from the general public, and the development of these governmental aids has conse quently been continuous and more or less constant. But when any action looking toward the aid of commerce through a plan of state that might Involve this country politically with any foreign yower has been proposed or Instituted, the American public has balked and the plan has failed. . "For a score of years. In respect to business, this country has stood as a house divided against itself. We have sought to enforce economic theories by criminal statues. The politician has branded the business man as a malefactor; the business man has called the politician , a demagogue. Sometimes they were both right, but almost always both wrong. The na-1 tlon is suffering from too much In trospection. It needs to have its at tention diverted from Itself and its old-time spirit of enterprise aroused by an idea that we can all agree upon and a purpose we can all get behind. War would do it, but we do not want war. What would be more timely and effective than commercial, conquest, conducted In accordance , with the principles of peace?" JUDGES' ROUGH ENDED Senate Passes Measure Divid ing State Into Two Judic ial District Causes y Lively Debate. WILDERNESS OF LOCAL . BILLS IN LEGISLATURE ( mother at Thetford. I fnrp the mmcc-mbe county "We came by ship (from India) up , ftf romm:aB!oners. rriA riv-i Ktinhra ca " n writes, "ft i, . . , :, , dlsembatkedon a lovely Unding up enlargement will be in' the na- lWei"en. of TsheerePand J 1" worlfwhe to tho waist in mud and water. Not ,:. fUH;ol lvnilr,. IWeater,, North Carolina at Grove Vr "?". T 'J1 6 WOr - ere n iron tn cltrht tvr n hlnrln M era.au. except orT the river banks;-wmtthW covered with date palms. We march- ,. (fcisrtnnn Tncf ed all the next day through mud. approximate $1d0,0Q0. JUfet Anything with wheels cunnot be tak- when building operations are to en, and packs of mules and camels:. r. t j. i are no good, because their big feet begin has not yet been an pick up too much sand. iiounced, nor have specific "We lay In the wet mud on the? , , . , T, desert all night and moved away ' plans been given Out. It IS ex- early in the morning, to find the ene- pectod that all pliinS of tllO tVivi. rf nn additional buildmSr. Western -North. Carolina at Qrpve It Is understood that the conference BARTLETT RESIDENCE BURNED LIST NOT Home of Will Bartlett on Fair view Road Complete Loss Origin Is Unknown. Turks and Arabs, about 1,400 yards ' company relative to tins en- to our front, home "under The residence of Will Bartlett on the Falrvlew road was totally de stroyed by fire last evening about T o'clock. The members of the family were only able to save one trunk and a sewing machine from the house, the fire having gained auch headway before It wa discovered that It wu Impossible for the members of the family to go back Into the burning building, once they were out. The fire was of unknown origin1 and was burning fiercely when first discovered. Several neighbors came to the scene of the fire and did what they could to help the family of Mr. Bartlett. but it was Impossible to save the building or the contents. The house was owned by Mr. Bart lett and it could not be learned whether or not he had any Insurance on It. lie has a wife and three small children. Members of the Ashevllle Are de partment saw the reflection from the fire last night but, upon learning where It was, found that aid from Ashevllle could not be given. The re flection from the fire was visible In Ashevllle for some time and a great many people on Pack square wit nessed the fire as reflected in the heavens. The attack was pushed cover of our mountain batteries; the field artiery came up later. The artillery horses were so completely knocked out that they could not walk away from the guns when unhooked. The troops also were knocked out; and In the meantime the enemy's artillery was having tt all their own way. "Our rifles were absolutely choked Inside with mud, and the bolt action and sights l)ad to be made to work before an accurate fire could be ef fected. Some of the men, rather than drink the muddy slush from their water bottles, stood and emptied In it In their bolt action, although water Is so scarce, and slush worth a gold piece an ounce. "I was more fortunte; my socks had shrunk so small that I was better able to march without one, so I cut off ' the toe and put it over by bolt action. So my rifle was fairly clean. We were caked with clay from head to foot. When the sun did come out for a time and we saw a chance of cracking It off, a thunderstorm eame over and softened It Into a sticky paste. "Our only transport Is mules with ammunition, and they frequently fall down and have to be picked up. Any. how, the enemy were In their trenches with a decided advantage and were delivering a murderous fire. But by a supreme effort after we got the en emy's range we kept our fire coolly delivered, and within half an hour the Turks were retiring,' leaving the Arabs to cover their retreat. They remained another quarter of an hour, and meanwhile we had fixed our bay- onets for the grand finale bui evt dently they did not wish to prolong their, stay. "Everyone, especially the Indians, was anxious for. a charge, but the birds flew before we reached their trenches'. It Is a'lrlght fighting the Turks, hut the Arabs use big muxx'e rifles with an enormous lead .bullet which will smash anything, and not make a pretty little hole like the Turks' pointed fcullet which will heal In no time. The black powder from the Arabs' rifles a'so causes so much smoke that It Is Impossible to see the actual flrer. They are a blood-thirsty lot, these Arabs, and when the men lay wounded they will shoot you at a yard's distance. A subadar of the na tives was shot In this way. On the day after the battle we found the Jackals had been at work." largement will be announced within a short time, however. here today will consider the question of train service for Asheville during the coming season. The committee appointed for the conference with President Harrison was composed of W. -Vance Brown, Frank Weaver, It. S. Jones, George S. Powell, N. Buckner, and C. E. Railing and P. H. Branch represent ing the hotel men. The chief question taken up In conference was the restO' ration of adequate train service from Jacksonville to Asheville. The com- u. i -.nAa knnwn 1 nun exjiauiu i" ' narriauii wiui yesterday when an official appeared I w -thought here that many Jour- before the- county commissioners to ask a permit for the construction of a steel frame bridge which will con nect the present plant and the new building. This will be an overhead bridge, across the county highway. and will be constructed at a height of 28 feet In order that It may not Interfere with traffic. A permit was granted for Its construction. The plant of this company has been established here for a number or years, and it Is one of the six largest of Its kind In the country. Between 125 and 150 employes are on the pay rool during the entire year; and last year the plant turned out over a half million spreads. The business head- uarters and sales offices are main tained in New York. . There have been many Indications lately that business conditions in Ashevllle are exceptionally good, de spite rumors of depression In other parts of the country. This announce ment, however. Is one of the strong est proofs yet produced that condi tions In the business world here are all that could be asked. This Is one of the city's leading industrial plants, and the fact that It Is to be so great ly enlarged will be received with a vast amount of Interest throughout the section. If convenient train service could be furnished. Replying to the commit tee's questions, President Harrison referred to the, economic pressure that had made it necessary for the South ern to curtail service; and, while no definite promise was made, the pres ident assured the committee that he would Investigate the matter to find out the probable number of visitors that could be brought to Ashevllje by means of additional trains from Jacksonville, and promising that If conditions warrant three trains a week, or even one every day, these additions to the passenger service would be made within the next ten days or two weeks. Bulgarians on Defense. Athens, Feb. 2. One hundred and fifty Bulgnrlr.ns have arrived at Dedgagatch, Bulgaria, on the .Agenn sen. to organize a movement for the defense of that locality,' LONDON DEATH RATE IS MUCH DECREASED ktKKXXKXItltXftXXXttltitltK to rxsracT stattox. St St X n Berlin, Feb. I. (By Way t Ixmdon) Emperor William X leaving for Wllhelmshaven X Inspect the warship X there. X X X of X Is X to X station X - X X X XXXXXXftXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXKX X .... 9. X NIXK KILLED. X X X X Kane, Pa,, Feb. I. Klne men X were killed and six were burned X X after an explosion which de- X X stroyed a boarding house at X X Mnyborongh, Forest county, X X early to-.!". The Injured are be- X X Ins brourht to a hosnltal here. X X X XKXXXXXXXXXXXXXKKXR they are vitally" significant.' "In the Orient, in the Carribbean in the northern part of South America In Mexico, we have the opportunity to do great constructive work, and by so doing win a place of our own in the future commerce of those lands, just as England did In India or the Argentine, under even more difficult conditions. The uncertainty of pro tection stands squarely in the way. If you want to do anything in these countries, the standing advice is to get under the English French or Ger man flag.' As long as a question can be raised as to the property rights of Americans In respect to investments made outside of the territory of the United States, our foreign commerce will languish. No broad and compre hensive campaign will be possible by without the same certainty of support and protection that Is afforded by the foreign offices of every world power but our own. "This defect In our foreign policy can only be remedied by a wider and clearer understanding of the whole question and the resultant action of qublic opinion. What we need is a settled and dependable policy, and un der our form of government no policy can be constant unless based upon a compelling "pulic opinion. That we have wise and courageous men at th head of our government does not suf fice. Four years is as a day in the life af a nation, and effort is wasted as long as it Is possible to have one fureigu policy fin March 3rd and an other on March 4th. Furthermore, our public men are necessarily limited in their activities by how for the coun- A DEEP SECRET Administration Leaders Cau cused Last Night to Break Down Opposition to the Ship Purchase Bill. MAY BE SENT BACK TO COMMERCE COMMITTEE No Member of Caucus Will Talk, Fearing That Oppo sition Might Frustrate the Present Plans. Amsterdam, February 3. (Corres-of-The Associated Press) The Ham burger Nacflrlchten cdmplalns that Americans In Germany are acting its the representatives of London news papers, this being viewed by the Nachrlchten as hardly In accord with strict Ideas of neutrality. The Nach rlchten says: "Every war between civilized na tions Is Initiated by the rupture 'f diplomatic relations. Newspaper rep resentatives In many respects resem ble diplomatists, for their task Is to obtain Information and to give their own country a true Insight Into 'ho existing state of affairs. "Can we take It as tn the slightest degree possible that those, London jounrnals which are showing the gr-at est hatred toward Germany con still be maintaining their correspondent lying low In BerllnT "Of course not. They are Ameri cans! Thus they enjoy the protection of their embassy; and even If '.hoy place their telegraphlo reports before the German censor, naturally what ever they send their editors through the American post-bag goes through unexamined. ; England Considers All Foodstuffs Contrabrand Washington, Feb. I. Great Brit-! go she carries will be bought and ap aln has notified the United States, ! proprlated by the British government although not officially, that food- and the ship will be allowed to go stuffs of any kind shipped from the free; but hereafter food ships sailing United States for Germany.. Austria, direct for Germany or for neutral Washington, Feb. 8. A plan guarded with the utmost secrecy was adopted by administration democrats of the senate In caucus last night to break down opposition to the govern ment ship purchase bill. The program includes parliamentary maneuvers, which will bo actuated this afternoon in the senate and, according to lead ers of the party, is calculated to bring support for the measure to off set Monday's democratic revolt. After reaching an agreement the caucus adopted a resolution pledging every member to secrecy. Senator Kern, chairman of the caucus, an nounced that secrecy was necessary for the obvious reason that to make the plans public might mean their frustration. It was reported later that House Went Above 600 Mark in Bills Introduced Var ious and Sundry Lob byists Present. (By W. T. Bost). Raleigh, Feb. 3. The rough-riding ' of North Carolina judges of the Su perior court has ended and yesterday the act dividing the state Into an eastern and a western circuit passed the senate. Fourteen of the judges favored the change. Judge Frank Carter opposing it with vigor. It required less fighting than such a proposal has ever done. It had rivals In the form of calendar circuits, courts of four months each and other substitutes, but none re ceived consideration but the present plan and the new scheme. The debate In the senate was en livened by a speech of Senator Mo- Michael who asked the members to rmember their oath to support the constitution. Senator Gilliam called the big man of Madison down. But the large senator went farther. He told the senators thai they would be stultifying themselves if they enacted this proposition Into law and that the Supreme court would do the same thing i fit declared the law consti tutional. The Rockingham senator was in a critical humor. The vote waa 3i to 6 In favor--of the change.'-- -'- "' t Both houses found themselves In a wilderness of local bills. Some of these were important, Ashevllle mak ing the first attempt to get In the commission class. In the house all state-wide measures of Importance went over when they reached third roll call. The house went well above the 600 mark In the introduction of bills. Llsuor petitions flooded the lower body. These all ask for Immediate action upon the shipment of whiskey for .beverage purposes and from them comes no suggestion that the Issue be submitted to a referendum. The sentiment for such a course grows, but this distance from the date set for hearing opponents and advo cates of the bill, it appears that the . majority favoring restriction of whls- i key In the state by denying its right to use as a .beverage, will be great , enough to overcome such a desire to submit the question to plebiscite. Likewise a sentiment for submit ting a state-wide primary to popular vote. Is found. Several times refer ence to this sentiment has been made in this correspondence, but It does not seem to grow. The feeling Is pret ty general that no bill of any drastic features will stand a chance to pass, Suflrage advocates, charter lobby ists, Insurance lawyers and laymen, and a horde of visitors Interested In one or another kind of legislation swarmed upon the capital. Some of the big hearings immediately ahead brought them here. The sugraglsts led In numbers. The House. The arbitul court bill from the house started quite a discussion and effort to exempt counties and the bill was passed over to another day rath- a long discussion at or Turkey wou'd be regarded as con traband of war. The action Is based on the recent German decree, where by the Oerman government takes control of all stocks of grain In the empire. Because the food laden Wilhel mlna sailed from New Tork for Bre men before this decision was made known, t is understood that tho car- In an organ In Lowell, which prnflac ed a tone an octave lower than has been known bXor- European harbors, when tne British authorities have good reason to be 1lnvfc that they will ultimately reach Germany, will be subject to seizure; and both ship and cargo will be re gnrded as prises. The state department Is consider ing the British announcement, but so far has not committed itself to Its approval. inciuaea in tne plan was an agree- er than have ment to amend the bill to conform this time. with suggestions from various sources The bill to amend the law as to tho made within the last few strenuous j praclce of optometry passed final da';"v , , t reading. The bill to simplify the We will get Into the bill In the forms of mortgages and deeds Intro senate again tomorrow," said Senator : duced by Representative Pegram Kern. "That positively is all that can passed second reading and went over he said. The opposition did not con- to another dav for final mn.M.r.. fide to us what they Intended to do j tlon pending consideration of a num. last Monday. For the same reason we'ber of amendments, cannot divulge our plans." The house ordered five hlundred . Does the plan contemplate win-copies of the State Anti-Saloon league nlng votes for the bill?" jblll printed. "Wo expect to hold all the votes A hill was Introduced to Incnrnne- that we had for the bill." said Sen-late Mllwa in tn fnnt Senator weaver in- French Report Distorted Is German Staff Charge Berlin, Feb. I. (By Wireless to Sayvllle) The headquarters stall of the Oerman army has given, out the following report: "In the western theater of the war, there have been artillery exchanges at several points, with the exception of which there has been little of Im portance. There are no important de velopments on the east . Prussian front "In Poland, north of ths Vistula, Jnear Lipno, we have had encounters with the Russian cavalry d"ta hments. South of the Vistula, our attacks are progressing." Continuing, the report says that the French War reports contain grotesque distortions of the truth to the disad vantage of the Germans, as well as what Is characterised as "free Inven tions." The st off de-'lines tn go Into dutalls regarding the French state ments, and simply says that their value can be made apparent by exam ination of the Oerman war reports. . ator Kern "Do you mean the forty-two votes which stood fast Monday afternoon?" "That wouldn't be enough," Sena tor hern replied. Is there hope for the bill?" the senator was asked. "Hope, defined." the senator re plied, "Is a combination of expect ancy and desire." One plan suggested following the troduced out of order a bill to amend the charter of Ashevllle and provide for a vote on commission form of, government. MEN WILL BE TRIED IN SQUADS OF FIFT Plkevllle, Ky., Feb. 8. Circuit Jlldire Ttnhln.nn Kn ! . . v. . conference waa that an effort might leasts of the 1.100 men charged with be made to amend Senator Clark's violation of the state election laws, motion to recommit the bill by add- has arranged to dispose of 60 cases lng Instructions to the commerce Rt a time. Plkevllle is crowded with ..... i ri, ,i . ms wnme men who are under indictment iiiiiiiriiiriy wiia anienumenis. I nese amendments are said to be on lines to safeguard neutrality with regard to purchase of belligerent ships and the length of time In which the gov ernment would encage In transportation bualnesa Extraordinary efforts were exerted yesterday and last night by adminis tration senate leaders to save the government ship purchase bill from threatened defeat or consignment to a pigeon hole for this session of con gress. I Up to 1st last night the demo cratic majority struggling over the dilemma had disclosed nothing but ocean I tentative plans of procedure. These Included preparations for revision of the bill to draw support from pro gressive republicans and proposals designed to win back at lenst six nf the seven democrats who Joined Die republicans Monday In an effort to send the. measure back to the com-mltlee.