r K A 4 A THB QAZETTE-NEW3 HAS THE) ' ASSOCIATED PRJISS SERVICE. IT IS IN EVERT :: RESPECT COMPLETE. : J WEATHER FORECAST: -' FAIR. VOLUME XIX. N0A311. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 9, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS! Mi Mltwm K BILL FAVORED Committee Favorably Reports Measure for Protection of Bill. MEASURE IN INTEREST J OF CONVICTS CARRIES Brockett's Bill Fails in House After an Energetic Fight-r-': Measures Pertaining to Western Counties ; (By W. T. Host) - Raleigh, Feb. 9. Senator Snow's bill to eliminate1 the hair-cropping, the prison linlform, etc., went through the higher house easily yesterday and ended the debate about "Wake's-barbarism." ' Everybody down hero favored the senator's bill, albeit a bevy of folk didn't like the publicity which, a score of senators gave the conditions here. Editor Sam Farnnbee of the Timet who championed the bill in the Inter est of removing' all prejudice from a defendant, writes sarcastically In the afternoon paper about the whole thing. If personal privilege Isn't a senatorial resource today It can't be said that one editor was afraid to Epeak out. Brockett Ijosos Bill. ' Representative Brockett made a desperate tight for his age of consent bill, hut the house outvoted him 42 to 47 on a minority report. The blU was designed to raise the age from 14, as at present, to 16 and to prescribe a misdemeanor Instead of a felony In the discretion of the court, The Guilford man fought hard for a majority but was beaten after debate that never grew picturesque as it promised to be when Mr. Benton of t'olumbus spoke. Mr. Brockett called for an ayo and no vote and when he lost, Representa tive Doughton laid his bill forever nwny in' the hous by moving reconsid eration of the minority substitute and tabling it. Mr. Brocket,, tried to speak, but he wasn't In order, parlia mentary shape. He was ready tor re marks, however. The Hotise. There were sent forward a score of additional petitions for the enact ment of the State Anti-Saloon league bill for the prohibition of 'the delivery of liquors. There came from the committee a favorable report for the bill for the conservation of tho forests of the state from the ravages of forest fires and the bill takes Its place on the calendar. New bills were Introduced as fol lows: Foster Abolish capital punish ment. Glbbs Repeal the 1911 Swain county road law. Kllllan Abolish the office of treasurer In Clay county. Williams of .Yadkin Prevent the moving of property at public sales until It Is paid for. Wltherspoon Provide special tax for certain Indebtedness In Cherokee county. i Valentlne-sFIx the salaries of cer tain officers n Henderson' county. Noland Cure certain probate de fects. . Foster Amend the reciprocity clause of the medical act. Stncy by request Amend the re vival as to administrators. Doughton Act to raise, revenue. On motion It was ordered that three hundred copies be printed and that ths bill be taken up as a special or der Wednesday at noon in committee of the whole. dark Hi gulate conveyances by husbands when the wife is Insane. Conley Authorise bonds by the town of Marlon for floating debts. Conley Amend the charter of Marlon. Bills passed final readings as fol lows: Ai.thorlis bonds In Sylva township, Jackson county. Regulate ths buying and selling of qnall In Chatham, Guilford, Randolph Davidson, Anson and Macon coun ties. Amond ths law as to hunting and trapping1 la Henderson county. Regulate hunting In Yancey coun ty. The Sonata. There was an unfavorable report for ths bill by Senator Snow for ths confederate veterans In ths soldiers home. New bills' were Introduced as fol lows! Thompson of Iredell Amend ths charter of ths Davenport college for women. Ward Dlspimss with ths commit tee to InvMtlirats the sals of ths stock of ths Atlantlo and North Car olina railroad. ' Bills passed final reading as fol lows: Authorise a speotal ta for PTlnf , sft ths floating debt of Burks county. FI DESTROYS mm PIM Factory of Carolina Veneer Company Completeyl Con sumed in Spite of Buck v et Brigade's Efforts. INSURANCE PARTIALLY COVERS THE LOSS Flames Beyond Control Before Help Arrived About Seventy-five Men Are Out of Employment. ' The plant of the Carolina Veneer company, located on the Swannanoa river, on the outskirts of Btltmore, was totally destroyed by fire ", last night, with a loss estimated &t $70,000 which was partially covered by Insur ance; The fire, which was of unknown origin, was discovered about 10:30 o'clock by the night watchman, the first blaze being noticed on the sec ond floor. An alarm was at once turned In and the citizens of Blltmore rushed out In large numbers, and furmed a bucket brigade, but the flames had gained such headway that It was impossible to save the plant. The Ashevtile firemen were asked to render aid and arrived on the scene In a very few minutes, but were pow erless to give material aid, owing to the fact that the pipes around the plant were rendered useless by the fire- The bulldlmr was nf frump foundation of brick and etone, and was two stories high. It humeri tnrv rapidly, the flajnes aDreadine to averv part vt me structure in a snort time. Th. Y.,,4Hn. .lie Ji-.- ' uunuiiig nu iiueu wim ury lum ber, used In the work turned out by the plant and after this large amount of lumber started burning, It was realized that all attempts to save the plant would be In vain. The fire could be -seen from all sections of Aehevllle, and dozens of people from the city went out to the scene of the fire, despite the cold weather, many offering their services to help fight the flames. Volunteers weie not lacking, hut the water that could be thrown on the burning structure by buckets did no good. The Carolina Veneer company was organized here about two years ago, with J. E. Kocha of Blltmore as president, treasurer and general man ager; Kingsland Van Winkle vice president, and F. H. McGVone ,of Blltmore secretary. The company bought the plant and outfit of the Blltmore Veneer company, which op erated the ' plant ouout four years. About 75 people were employed by the Carolina Veneer company. The finished product was shipped to all sections of the United States. It could not be learned today whether or not the company would re-bulld the plant, as Mr. Van Winkle Is In New York. It Is expected he will return to Asheville at onee. It was stated today that Mri Van Win kle had planned to return to Ashe ville next Saturday, but It Is believed now that he will arrive here tomor row night.. Upon his arrival It Is ex pected an announcefnnt will ha mo.. as to the future plans of the com pany. The past year had been one of the best since the company was organ ized. It Is stated, and a large num ber of orders were on file, which now of course will have in ha i,a over to another company. The p!ans ui inn-enmpnny, it is understood, in cluded several Improvements In the plsnt In the near fntnra whih ,!. Insure the employment of a larger number of workmen and consequent Increase of production. Authorize special tax In Ruther ford county. Amend the Macon county road law. A bill to provide a board of en gineers for licensing architects cams up and met with considerable opposi tion and went over to another day. In opposing ths bill Seator Muse ar gued that there la no reason for this board of examiners for architects, Public health demanded the licensing of physician dentists and the like but there was no such reason for architects. Ths senate passed the bill to amend ths charter of Davenport Female col lege, and then took up ths Snow bill to prevent ths dressing of prisoners In prison uniform and ths shaving ot their heads when brought to trial. This wss ths bill that was argued so strenuously Saturday and was brought over as unfinished bustnsss. A substitute wss offered by Senator Ward to avoid complications whtn a prisoner has his hair out In prison. Senator ((now did not llko the Ward substitute, saying that It also left out ths penalty on officers for violating ths law. Hs said It took ths heart out of his bill. Ths amendment was voted down. Then ths Snow bill passed with an amendment by Sena tor Muse excepting prlsonsrs brought In from ths roads for trial. Battles Grow In Intensity At Extremities of Eastern Frtt Conflict in Front of Poland -Subsiding Germans Have Apparently Assumed 0' vive from Plock to Lipno Number of German Women Taken Prisoners While Ti Ag in First Line Trenches, Dispatches State. .; ' v v ' , . SOUTHERN ICE MEN E Southern States Well Repre sented at Annual Conven tion in Asheville. ' IMPORTANT PAPERS AND VERY ABLE DISCUSSIONS Business Meetings Varied by Ban quets, Dances and Mountain Climbing Parties. The twenty-sixth annual convention of the Southern Ice exchange began a three days session in Asheville this morning with the registration of dele gates at the convention hall, In the ball room of the Langren hotel. Ice men from all the southern states, many of them accompanied by their families are gathering here, and the program announced promises a very Interesting and Important meeting. j Special papers will be read by men 01 experience m the topics assigned, and discussions following the papers add to the practical Interest ot the meetings. . - Fred ICAnt nf tills nltv a.,1.. ... wiv, " tin n no eleeted-'-prealdon at the last- -convert-' tion win submit his annual report dealing with the work and growth of the exchange, at this afternoon's session. Three papers to be read at today's meeting are: "Together Again,"- by W. J. Rushton of Bir mingham, Ala.; "Boiler Efficiency," by S. A. Fowler, Paducah, Kj; "Spray Nozzles, with nnrf wiTi,,,. Spraying Tower," read by Earl T. Scott of Atlanta. Tonight at 8 o'clock, delegates and their families will nttnnri h,n....i and dance at the Battery Park hotel. r.iaoorate preparations are being made for this social feature nf th. convention. Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, after a busln speakers will deliver addresses. C. S. Campbell of Columbia, S. C, will dis cuss "The Ice Man In Relation to the Public." Ellis BurnMt of Montgom ery, Ala., and Leon I'urton of Helena, Ark., will Rive their vlva nn "trim. Cost of IJvIng not Affected by Prices utnerai discussion will rol low, and imnromntu imrh hv a. egates on "Some Troubles I Have," .i t ociock Wednesday afternoon the deleiratea will tub ... the Blltmore estate. After dinner the delegates will attend tha thn. i . body, j On Thursday, the last day of the! convention, the himineax m .... starts at 11 o'clock. At im. ..., C. I. Day of Jacksonville, Fla., will aiscuss -me laeai Engineer from the Manager's fitandnnlnt " "rnia Storage, Its Advantages and Disad vantages," will he the text of a dis cussion by President Fred Kent Then will follow the election of members, reports nf election of officers for the coming year. In the afternoon the visitors will go out for a short mountain ex cursion. At o'clock thav m.m fl. at Orovs Park Inn, where the fare- wen aance takes place after dinner. 1S.1JJELS1IJ DIES IN ATLANTA Well Known Wife of Former Asheville Pastor Had Many Friends. Information comes to Asheville to day of ths death In Atlanta, Oe, of Mra W. A. Nelson, wlfs of ths lats Dr. W. A. Nelson. Mrs. Nelson was well known and had many friends In Ashs vllle, having lived hers several years while Dr. Nelson was the popular pss tnr of ths First Baptist churoh. Mra Nelson was an aunt of J. D. Nelson, Mra John W. Neely, and Mra B. K. Davis, all of this city. Dr. Nelson disd about six years ago In Atlanta. Mrs. Nelson's friends here vrlll learn with regret of her decease Uvea ths woman who has perfect feet worries all the time for fear no body will M thsm. MEETNG London, Feb. 9. The fierce German attack on Warsaw is again at a,:, standstill, accord ing ; to ; information received from botliirBerlin and Petro grad. On5eacli wing of the eastern battle front, however, the conflict are still fiercely waged. Tie Russians claim progress on.the Hungarian side of the western Carpathians and also success in the direction of Mezolad'qracz, which result ed in driving back the enemy and the capture of a consider able numbet of guns and pris oners. The Austro-German troops arejsaid to have suffer ed reverse on the Galician side of the Uzpk and Boskid pass es. . li'r-- Balancing these successes the Russians Wmit that they have retired in'jBukowina and the Austrians f claim to have en tered the" town of Kimpolnng in the crownland. In East Prussia, the fighting appears to have become more desperate; and this may ac count for the reported lull around "Warsaw, as the Ger man East Prussian troops may have been reinforced by some of General' Von Hindenburg's veterans. . ine ngnting in tlie west is pursuing it's usual monotonous course with sporadic infantry assaults on the trenches, accom panied by artillery activity. The full text of the German roclamation decreeing blockade of British waters has been re ceived in London. It is a theme inw hich the use of the American flag by the Lusitania figures. Most of the London papers defend the course of the Lusitania. Petrograd, Feb. 9. Engage ments at the two extremities of the eastern battle front, in East Prussia and the Carpathians, are growing m intensity, ac cording to information reach ing Petrograd. The same source says that the battle in front of Warsaw is subsiding. The fighting from the province of Plock in Poland to Tilsit in East Prussia is virtually con tinuous. The Germans appear to have assumed the offensive from Gunibinncn to the Mazur ian lakes as far as Lipno, on the right bank of the Vistula. Dispatches from "Warsaw state that a number of German women were taken prisoners by the Russians at the fighting at lie junction of the Bzura and the Vistula rivers. Rome were said to hav had rifles in their hands and to have been filling places in the first line trench es. OF 5' VICTIMS TO BE Tonkers, N. T., Feb. I. Investiga tion of ths story of Frederick Mors that hs killed eight ared Inmates of ths German Odd Fellows horns, where hs wss employed as a nurw, centered In efforts today to obtain sufficient corroboration of the story to warrant exhuming the three bodies of the men Mors said hs poisoned. The other five men were killed with neathetlrs. hs said, Sg that their ex humation would b of no value. The question of Mors" sanity Is being In vestigated at Bsllevus hospital, New York, CfiEW FEABS TO SI Cotton Cargo for Rotterdam Delayed for Lack of Sailors. .Norfolk, Feb. 9. The American steamer Dacia with a cargo of cotton for Rotterdam, failed to sail from this port yesterday because at least 11 members of her crew refused to go with the vessel . ' The Dacia completed coaling and moved out into the ocean early yes- teraay. she was scheduled to sail at noon, but when members of her crew insisted on being paid oft. Captain McDonald decided to look for new men. W. B. Cahmlchael, a fireman, who said he represented other members of the crew, appeared before Collec tor of Customs Hamilton and re quested that he be given his discharge and the wages due him. He said there had been trouble among the fire room crew. He also stated that he and several of his shipmates were afraid to sail with the Dacia for fear she would be captured by British warships. He was paid off. Others appeared before the shipping com missioner, demanded their wages and were paid off. Five men complained of being Blck and were discharged. The work of securing men to take the places of those who left the ship had not been completed last night. THE COTTON 101 F Applications Made for Only $28,000 Will Be Other Wise Cared for. Washington, Feb. 9. Loans under the $135,000,000 cotton fund plan have been closed and the plan vir tually ended its existence last night with an announcement from the cen- trnl committee the federal reserve board acting as Individuals that sub scriptions probably would not be called for. Applications amounted to only J28.00O and this was not obtain ed foni the fund, but elsewhere on notes and collateral offered with the applications. Subscribers, the central committee points out, have not been released from llnblllty for their proportionate share of the $28,000. hut If all the loans are paid, subscriptions will not be needed. The announcement says that sub scriptions aggregated $101,038,100, from 4S7 banks. 185 firms and 17 In dividuals, ranging from $100 to $500, 000 and representing 64 cities In 19 states and the District of Columbia. "The beneficial effects of the fund " snys the announcement, "are not to be measured by the small amounts actually loaned." E OF LOAF Raised From Five to Six Cents in N. C, S. 0, Ga., Ala., Term, and Fla, flpartanbnrg, S. C, Feb. . August (lellfusa president of the Southern Master Takers' association announced here last night that bread would be advanced In price to six cents per loaf at ones over ths six states. North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida, embraced In the organisation. Hs says bread Is now selling for six cenU In Wilming ton, Charlotte, Greensboro, Oresnvllls and Asheville and that prices become effective In all small towns throughout ths section today. The advance In ths piles of flouf Is responsible for the Increase In ths pries of brand. From ths lorsl bakery nlns thousand losves are shipped dally, and acoord'ug ti Mr, fJeliruss, ths raw flour contained In ths output coet Kl.tO mors per ilsy than It eost before war was de clared. ' DEMOCRATS TRYTHINK BRITISH DRASTIC MEANS SLOW TO MOVE Arrest of 16 Senators Oppos ing Ship Purchase Bill Propose to Compel Attendance. SENATOR JONES STAYS ON FLOOR ALL NIGHT Speaks for 13 Hours and 55 Minutes Opposing Fletch er's Motion to Amend the Clarke Motion. Washington, Feb. 9. Drastic meas ures designed to Insure the constant attendance of the senators opposing the administration shin DlirohnjiA hill and to break the opposition to the measure were attempted by the demo crats today, following an all night session of the senate. An order for the arrest of ,1,6 senators was Issued at the Instance of Senator Fletcher, who is leading to fieht fni- fho hill Senator Reed presented an order to compel each senator to remain in the chamber until excused. Those for whom orders for arrest were issued were: Senators Bankhead, Borah, Burton, Camden, Cathron, Goff, Hardwick, O'Gorman, Root, Sutherland, vardaman and Weeks. Senator Jones of Washington was on the floor all night speaking in opposition to the Fletcher motion to amend the Clarke motion to recommit the bill. The amenrimnnt nnnM re quire the committee to return the bill immediately with an amendment on which tho democrats had decided, it Is said, to gain the uurport of Senator .nurris. ' Senator Jones bearan unenVlns yesterday, after, a parliamentary strug- bio nmcn aisriosea the fact that the democrats had control of a majority of the votes. He yielded the finnr n't 8:30 o'clock this morning, after speak ing is nours and 55 minutes. HU only relief was at' times wh pn enlla were made for a quorum. Senator .tones speech has been surpassed in length only twice in thn hlrtnrv nf ... senate: Senator La Follotte spoke i nours and o minutes in opposition to the Aldrlch-Vreeland currency meas ure; and Senator Burton annlc. hours on a rivers and harbors bill. tne republicans Insist that they will be able to keeD uq the flirht mu v.. fourth of March If necessary, but the uemorrais tonay were equally deter mined. They had crenared t r.t.in a majority within call In a neffort to carry the struggle to a definite con elusion. Throughout the night they made few efforts to interrupt Senator Jones. The ante rooms of the senate cham ber had been hastily ntted with cots In order that the senators might snatch a few minues' sleep. SHERIFF ARRESTS 22 lUIENjHOCK FIGHT Raid Made Late Yesterdav Near Skyland Results in Big Capture. When the cajHH niralnat Via I fendants arrested vpmor.iuv in... noon by Sheriff Mitchell and his dep-l uties, weer called before Magtatraie - i-yua at 11 ociock this morn ing, only three answered to their names and the canes were continued until 4 o'clock. The hearlnn thin af ternoon will come up before Magia- trate Lyda In the Follce court room. I waning out tne reserves) Hherlf. E. i M. Mitchell and hl riunmi.,- . c.iri . ,lnv tftarnniin Kut ..r.. . I a ... I ' w.nmii 9 o o ClOCK ' swooped down on a crowd of about 1 100 men gathered about a mile from Skyland, near Hushes mountain, for the purpose of holding a cock fight, and the officers arrested 22 men and captured a large quuntlty of "fight- Insj material." Forty-nlns fighting birds werA b I Mti puniuM t. .. .fc... ..... . - . " j ma u 1 1 1 - cers, which are said to h vun, .. hundreds of dollurs. Rumors of the proposed cockfight r.B nhnil nrHA.te . . . , - v....v..w ui in inw yesier- day and newspaper men who asked them about tha flhl mrara p,.j to hold back any Information they had until after ths raid had been mad. ThS following men. Who ware .k. restsd by ths officers were required to ssch furnish a bond rn tha sum of lift file intMinnM -t . piBiiimiinrr hearings to be held before Muia. trate 11. L. Uyda today: Martin Ma. this, Aiken Mltchsll, Karl Mathls, Cal'ment that claimants for losses durlnif ldbettar. H. C Cnilw BVanb iviu.. i..,i . . . " nnwuiim ;iii war muai prove tneir loyalty R. H. Mull, Silas Dodson, WrU Mar- to the union wss rresented to the, tin. Earl Martin, Berry Flott, Frank I house by Repreeetnsth-a Pou todny. Khode. M (1. Iiui-gin. mia Jnnaa I ta1i. uh..i. 11- w W, M. Tate, J, O. Kalna 11. r rt. M. Msrtln. sjnc McDowell, Oiady! ths bureau of ths census ef manufnrw Lyenv. T. R. Houaton. n. 1 u... I. in. .. sell and T. DaVlS. French People Just a Little Puzzled at England's Slow- 5 ness in Throwing Men f Into Fighting Line. , MILLERAND'S VISIT MAY CLEAR MATTERS) British Papers Begin Campaign of Explanation as to Why : More British Troops ,! Are Not Sent. London, Feb. 9. (Correspondenca of Tho Associated Press) For tha: first time since the outbreak of the war the British press Is admitting that the French people are a little puzzled about the slowness of Great Britain In throwing men into the fighting line. A vigorous campaign of education to promote mutual understanding la what Is needed, according to the Paris correspondent of The Times; and he hints that the recent visit to England : of M. Millerand, the French minister of war, "will be an encouragement" In this direction. "It is hard," says this writer, "to explain to the Frenchman In the street the many difficulties England has had to contend with In the formation of her new armies. A great many Frenchmen are under the Impression that In England we have obligatory servlce. A still greater number be lieve. In the absence of news to the contrary, that we have but the orig inal one hundred thousand men In France. They are all Ignorant and Informed frank and generous In their admiration of oru troops,' but "they": cannot prevent a certain wistful envy ' from arising now and then, when they read of our normal lives at home. "Much useful work Is now being; done by several of the large newspa pers which have for somo days past been explaining the extent of the ef fort we are making. More work of the same nature can be done both in England and France, and M. Miller and's visit will be encouragement to all efforts In this direction." I Naval Raid Vtctlms, ' The complete list of the killed and wounded In the naval bombardment on the east coast may never be tab ulated. At Hartlespool the death roll' to date is 113 and the wounded ap proximately 300. At Whitby threa were killed and only two wounded., At Scarborough the list is not procur able though it is known that 11 at least died and 28 were Injured.' These figures are rather under than over the actual totals. War Cost Already $2,500,000,000. Reckoning each man as a wealth-j producing force equal to a mere' $2,500 In capital the economic waste of human life in the present Euro pean war on the basis of a million dead and permanently Incapacitated has already cost Europe $2,500,000 -000. according to F, W. Hirst, a Weill known financier. Addressing the Rhcsfleld bankers on.' the political economy of wnr, ha a'so snld In the first three months of this war, Ilrltaln had actually spent mors thnn n her entire three years' cam-, palgn in Crimea, or two and a half, years in the Boer war. E IS AFTER . COiST GUARD PUCEi ' uazeue-.Newa nureati. Wvolt Tl,,lli - - - - -'' n , 1r..kl., ... m KnuuiKlon, r eo. 1. aplaln J. E. Woodhouse, of Currl- u'ek county, Is one of the candidate for superintendent of the coast gnart ,n th' seventh light house district, a P'"- 'hlrh will be vacant as soon as ' Morgan, of SliAwboro, who was nominated for the position today. Is confirm,! t.u th. -...., . . f - kumk nr. morgan has held the nlar tnr 1 jbut It was necesssry for him to h' nominated again under the new law mahbaII.. i aw- ... "'". umi in lire saving servic n the reveneu rutter service In order In ha rmllrA m,liv. lr. , ... of retirement age and will step out as soon as hs gets In under tha new lav. I Mr. Mnrim'i itiMm. win v.- nw - , tVnm amnna IK 1 1 ..U , v. i A petition from ths North Carolina legislature to ths North Carolina dele- . .!.. i , . ... ( uuu in ronareas asxing mat tne Tr" Heala hara An .11 . ennmu iir.n it. k. . 1 t... t. ... . '. IbV the North Carallaa aan.lor aV