I ' A A A . THE GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE ASSOCIATED PlilSS SERVICE. IT IS IN EVERT RESPECT COMPLETE, mm .WEATHER FORECAST: CLOUDT AND COOLER. VOLUME XX. NO. 11. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON , FEBRUARY 24, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS' A A I '11 SILENT AS TO NEW PROPOSALS V. S. Negotiations With Eng land and Germany Concern- ing Food Distribution, Submarines Delicate. OFFICIALS ANXIOUS OVER SINKING OF STEAMER Greman Papers Show Great Interest in American Coun ter Proposals to Eng land and Germany. Washington, Feb. 24. Adminis tration officials today continued silent regarding the informal proposals to Germany and Great Britain regarding the question if foodstuffs for the civ ilian populations of : belligerent na tions and submarine war against merchant vessels. The, nature, of the negotiations was not disclosed on (ac count of their delicacy. Diplomats, however, generally believe that the suggestion was made that American cinsular representatives and Ameri can organizations supervise the dis tribution of foodstuffs to the German civilians. The destruction of the American cotton steamer Carib off . the German coast has increased official anxiety for the safety of ships, following as it does so closely on the sinking of the Evelyn, causing the fear that complications might arise over the loss of American lives as a result of submarine attacks. . Gorman Papers Interested. Berlin, Feb. 24. Berlin newspa pers are' displaying great interest in the American note of February 22, embodying formal proposals for the regulation of food products for Ger man civilians and : concerning the question of' submarines.' The propos als are being considered. The Tage blutt says: . "We hear that this American note Is couched In a form which apparent ly shows that on the American side also there Is no desire to have the matter become more acute. . "The fact' that the American gov ernment makes a counter proposal shows that It is not able fully to .dlS' regard the weight of Germany's rea sons. Grain Confiscated. Vienna, (By wireless to Berlin and London), Feb. 24. The government has taken over all stocks of rice, bar ley, maize and flour products. Distri bution of bread is to be undertaken la various districts. SON IS DEFEATED IN CHICAGO Five Times Mayor of Chicago. Loses to Robert M. Sweitzer. Chicago, Feb. 24. Carter II. Harri son, now completing his fifth term as mayor of Chicago, has been defeated fo the democratic nomination by Robert M. Sweitzer clerk of Cook county. Sweitzer, clerk of Cook county. Bwletzer's plurality was esti mated lata tonight at more than 76,- The fight for the republican nomi nation was clone. II chief Justice of the municipal ' court! na wimam Hale Thompson were within 300 of each other, Olson having ihe lead. Police patrols were on the move all 'lay answering riot calls. Agnes Scan- n. eight years old, was shot In the 'oot when a policeman fired Into a .crowd that attacked him. I The women's votes were on a dif ferent kind of ballot from the men's md showed a sturdy plurality for Sweitzer, although Harrison Is a suf fragist. Judge Olson held his lead I'wt night by grace of the Woman vote, 'he republican men giving Thompson Plurality. M1TTEES UIFI1IE ! TO EIGHT PER CENT BILL Rslelgh. Feb. 24. The Joint eom nittees on banking and on finance met "terday afternoon and gave a hear ts to a number ot bankers who urged 'at the bill authorizing eight per cent merest- ehsrgea under plnl written "ntracts and thereafter voted for an "favorable report for the bill. . There were two vole for favorable Port of the bill In the Joint com. ''' and effort will be made to have minority favorable report to get the I on the floor tf the house. E Senate Easily Puts Through Army and Fortification Appropriation Bill Washington,"" Feb. 24. Without a dissenting vote the senate has passed the army appropriation bill' carrying approximately 3103,000,000, while the house passed the $6,000,000 fortifica tions bill. The- only debate on the army bill related to action of the senate com mittee In striking out of the house bill a provision which would prohibit the use of stop watches and other so-called scientific, shop management methods in government plants and deny appro priations for payment of bonuses to employes. Senator Hughes, Martlne and others urged restoration of the provision, while Senator Root mail an appeal for the rewarding of ambition. The committee was sustained. An all day discussion of the national defence preceded the passage of the fortifications bill in the hous?. Repre sentative Sherley, of Kentucky, in charge of the measure, declared there was no danger of American fortifica tions being destroyed by; a hostile fleet; that the fleet of an eiiomy would not seek to reduce fortresses if It nad control of the sea and would not waste ammunition shooting from a range cf 21,000 yards. Mr. Shirley , admitted that there might be danger of bom bardment of some cities but insisted that the cost of fortifying all coast cities would be too tremendous to con sider. .. Representative Mann asked why Great Britain and the allies, hav ing control of the sea, did not bom bard German fortifications. "It Ib a good deal better for them to undertake to bottle up Germany's fleet," replied Mr. Sherley, "and con trol avenues of trade than to risk go ing up against the German fleet and fortifications .nd with almost certain ty that they would be unable to sub due them from the sea. In the Dar danelles It is difficult. They are 'un dertaking to attack those forts to get to a given place, but their success re mains to be seen." Representative Butler, of Pennsyl vania, Insisted that Xmerican trading ships should stay away from the "death zone" and that even the de struction of such vessels should not be permitted to Involve the nation In war. The house appropriations committee completed the general deficiency bill, the last of all these annual supply measures of congress. The estimates covered in the bill aggregated $90,000, 000 from which a considerable cut was made. The bill probably will be reported today. After disposing of the army bill, the senate began con sideration of the postoffice appropria tion of the postoffice appropriation measure carrying $317,946,869. AGAINSTCARTER Supplemental Resolution Has Allegations of Immoral Con duct at Various Places. Capitol Building, Raleigh, Feb". 24. Representative Clark of Bladen, to day offered a supplemental resolutions to charges against Judge Frank Carter In the house today, making specific allegations of Immoral conduct with women In Raleigh, Kluston, Panacea Springs, Wilmington and elsewhere. Clark said he had been accused by Attorneys Manning and Kltcbln, rep resenting Judge Carter of running "a submarine attack. I won't say this la a dreadnaught butlt Is above board,'' said Clark. Representative Kettle of Buncombe offered a resolution for the Aahsvllle Bar expressing absolute confidence In Judge Carter. HOFFMAN HOUSE HAS BEEN ' . SOLD UNO 111 BE RAZED New Tork. Feb. 4. The Hoff man house, one of the oldest of New York's down town hotels and for years headquarters for the democratlo politicians, has been sold to a con struction company and will be rued. Bernhardt Doing WclL Bordeaux, Feb. 34. A bulletin Is sued today says that Madame Rarah Bernhardt, whoso leg was' amputated Monday, Is In a satisfactory condition. MEA 511 PASSED SPECIFIC CHARGES TO OUST CEBA1PE0PLE Russia Would Like to Expel German Population But They Are Necessary to Industrial Scheme. WOULD HAVE TROUBLE IN REPLACING THEM Germans Do Not Exceed Three Percent But Occupy Con spicuous Place in Ad ministrative Activity. Petrograd,' Feb. 24. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press) The proposal to oust the German popula tion from Russia sUU hangs fire. Recommendations made before the imperial council and several commis sions and sub-commissions appointed by the government have included the government purchases of all landed property owned by Russian citizens of 'German nationality and the ex pulsion of these subjects from Rus sia. But owing to the difficulty of replacing the Germans, who occupy an important position in Russia's In dustrial scheme, the German prob lem still lies before the commissions with little Drobabilltv nt ir.imoAiit. solution. - . - The liberallly-incllned members be lieve that while the Germans should not continue to enjoy the special privileges which have favored Ger man industry in Russia in the past, they should not, on the other hand, be thus summarily deprived of their rights In Russia, so long as they are Russian . citizens. The Pan.SinvUta and the extreme members of the na tionalist party favor the Immediate expulsion of Germans at all costs. As "a practical measure, the whole question hinges upon the availability of other candidates to fill, the posi tions now occupied by Germans. This German population does not exceed three per cent of the entire popula tion, but It occupies a conspicuous place in the administrative activity of Russia, both of a private and a governmental nature. The majority of bank and Insurance company direc tors, property owners and managers, are Germans; the same is true of university professors, lawyers, doc tors, chief foresters, exporters. Im porters, civil engineers, printers and foremen In factories. Refore the be ginning of the war, Russia viewed this condition of thinirs with rnmniu. cency, realizing that German motive power was Indispensable In a country not yet trained to develop its own re sources to their hiehent sfdi-Lnn, The problem therefore, which Rus sia has faced since the beginning of the war Is a complicated one, for whlch.no nracticm snintinn h.. been suggested. Works that prepared ammunition ror war. railroads and steamship lines for the transportation of troops and munitions, were di rected by Germans. And most of the land fringing the Russian boundaries In Europe was owned by the Ger mans. , Even if the Russians could Imme diately train themselves for the work hitherto left to the He ther obstacle arises In settling with the German-Russian subjects. The Russian treasury has no cash ready to pay Germans for their nrnn.ri. . for their stocks. Even If the money were iorincoming, it is not clear to any one, Just what would be done with the property when bought. Bus slant themselves would consider that the depredation In land value and the decreased productivity itnri, ,h. period of transfer would be a calam ity. The various tanglea Into whih h question unravels aeema rrtiv.i, t obstruct any positive. action. Mean- wnue some uermana are being sent out of Russia, and are temporarily replaced by competent rmiwm. f other nationality. Some. In Hew of me inaispensabllity of their ervtceav nave reccivea special permission, to remain at their posts. Those who have been expelled are concentrated In camps In filberts and in tt..i districts, awaiting the nuinnm. n war and the fate which shall decMe wnetner they are to be allowed to go io ineir nomes in Russia or the homes of their forefathers In Germany. TO IKE BELIEF SUBSIDY London. Feb. 14 Air Edward Grey, British forelirn aerrotArv. m. directed a letter to Horbrrt C.'IIoo ver, chairman of the American Bel gian . Belief commlnalon, declining to give a direct subsidy to the commis sion for relief In Belgium. It Is ex plained that tbls courae has been taken becauae Germany has refuund to stop cash requisitions in Belgium FEARS BRIEF IS FILED I Att'y. General Warren Grics Defends Georgia's Reputa tion for Proper Admin istration of Justice. DEMONSTRATIONS ARE UNUSUAL IN GEORGIA Declares State Is Second to no , Other in According Trials Free From Hostile Atmosphere. Washington, Feb, 24.--Defendlng ijeorgias reputation ror the proper administration of justice, Attorney General- Warren , Grice of that state has filed in the Supreme court a' brief arguing against Leo M . Frank's petition fo reversal of '' the Georgia federal court's ruling against Frank's release on a writ of habeas corpus. Frank Is under sentence of death for the murder of Mary Phagan, the At lanta factory girl. The brief declares that a writ of habeas corpus cannot be. used to "overturn virtually Frank's conviction In the- state courts without submit ting important, parts of the record on which the conviction was based. The brief points out, that Frank's attorneys asked for the release of Frank solely - on allegations of mob demonstration during the trial and on Frank's absence from the court room When the Jury returned its verdict. "The Supreme court of Georgia is second to no other state in according trials free of hostile demonstrations," declared the brief. The, attorney gen eral defends jh3 jKialtioh e the.Gfiop gia state courts and Insists that Frank should rjave made the point of mob violence and his absence from 1 FRANK the court when he entered his motion I cllppe1' DouBhtn t Alleghany again for a new trial, Instead of waiting to!saved tne day for cl"nel Cameron by i incorporate it in a petition to set asi8e the verdict. oillaIFgo back to (j. s. Taft's Withdrawal of Land Up held by Supreme Courts Thousands of Claims Thereby Annulled. Washington. Feb. . 24. President Taft's withdrawal of oil lands In Cali fornia and Wyoming in 1909, without empowering legislation, was held up by the Supreme court yesterday and entire claims of Individual and corpor ate Interests, valued at hundreds of millions of dollars was annulled there by. The Hepburn rate law has been In terpreted by the Supreme court as au thorizing the Interstate commerce commission to award damages to ship pers for unlawful rates or discrimina tion no matter what may have been the date the claims were filed before August 28, 190T, which the court held was the date In which the law went Into effect The court held that Henry E. Meek er, a New ork coal dealer, was en- designed to meet the need of truck titled to $116,000 damages from thejshlppers In the east, a great straw Lehigh Valley company on claims dat (lng back to 1900. There are thousands of other claims which were filed dur ing the first year. In the Meeker case, the railroad sought to limit the claims to those which were filed two years before the passage of the law. The California eight-hour law for women employed In manufacturing and mercantile establishments, ex eept In harvesting, canning fruits, boarding houses and graduate nurses In hokpitals, was upheld aa constitu tional by the United Statas Supremo court today. CABINET AWAITS BEP0BT E Washington, Feb. 24. The thai gel of Germany and Austria, that sub - marines are being manufactured In th United States for 'Oreat Britain, was discussed at the cabinet meet ing yesterday -without- action because Secretary Daniels hd not finished his Investigation. Recently the stats department discouraged American manufacturers from taking contracts of , similar nature. BIGUJ ON If SAT BILL . .. jp , , . Measun With $10,000 Appro- priation Would HaveLost But for the Vote of Speaker Bourie. COLLOSAL SCHEME TO CARE FOR THE POOR Laughinghouse Urges Plan for Big Almshouse Evidence Being Gathered in Car- ter-Abernethy Case. (By W. T. Host.) The state highway commission bill which hammered itself through the house yesterday after two days of the fiercest fighting against it, is ready for the senatorial O. K. on its provisions, which aren t many. The measure began with $30,000 appropriation but was trimmed to $10,000, Small favors were thankfully received. But for Bowie it had been irremediable loss. For the first time during the session the speaker's vote to break a tie was invoked and Mr. Bowie saved the day for the Durham county road builder. The amendments were so many that the house was literally lost. Vann of Union presented a measure which looked likely. He wanted no appro priation unless the federal government was ready to turn over its $650,000. "I consider 3650,000 a good dividend on $30,000," Mr. Vann said, but he wasn't willing to enter a less radical business bargain He impressed the house and when the vote was taken 50 were with him and 60 against him. Speaker Bowie Immediately broke the tie and gave to the house the opportunity to apeak on the original bill with the appro priation bill with the appropriation inning un wie iw.uvti amenamem. after it had been withdrawn. Minority Leader Williams made a powerful effective speech against any such appropriation now and declared that the most rigorous economy now demands retrenchment, whereas the highway commission bill proposes not to only appropriations but bears the marks of a commission that is design ed to create new offices. Whether Colonel Cameron thought a pacifier necessary or not, he entertained an amendment putting republicans on the commission. . lintiKhlnghousc's Rig Scheme. Representative Laughinghouse pre sented a colossal scheme for the care of the poor In the First Congressional district, the plan being the construc tion of an alms house to take In al! the fourteen counties of that district The Pitt county man did not go into his bill yesterday. But It has advan tancs of economy he declares and Is infinitely more Inviting to the inmates. He has a table showing what each county does now toward Its poor and what will be possible for the collective district to do. He counts the cost of construction at $75,000 and says that with each county maintaining Its poor in the district home, It will cost great ly less and be a place which will not be spurned by the- worthy poor. Irevent Women's Work After 7 p, m. Representative Oarr of Duplin of fered a bill to prevent working women under IS years of age In the factories, mill or any other manufacturing es tablishment between the hours of 7 in the evening and 6 In the morning. The bill contains less than 100 words and leaves no doubt of Its Intent. Dr. Carr also Introduced a measure making rnllroads supply refrigerator enra on 24 hours notice. This act Is berry crops having perished In that country for want of cars. The meas ure will be made to reach the crop this year If It passes. A third bill by Dr. Carr protects the babies of North Carolina by making the use of nitrate of silver necessary Immediately after birth and making the report of Inflammation of Infants' eyes to the superintendent of health, obligatory' within six hours after tho discovery of such Illness. This act provides fines of $5 and $10 respect ively, v (idling Carter-AberneXhy FUdcnc. The Carter-Abernethy controversy now before the general assembly had no public features, but the gathering of evidence goes on. This correspondence carried the story a week ago that the first draft contained charges of Immoral conduct by Judge Carter, but the words were i erased. Yesterday venlng In exeeu Itlve session the judiciary committee No. 1 dlcuned these at some length, , Judge Manning and Governor Kltchin protected that such grave charges, all 'of which they declared that Judge Carter Is ready to answer, should be sppclflc. That's what the anti-Carter people are trying to do now, to be explicit It la said that Thursday when the bill of particulars is railed for the lnvestlgat- lng committee will have them. The GERMANS HAD HEAVY LOSSES E Berlin Dispatch Telling of Sinking of Transport Prob ably Refers to Collier. Berlin, Feb. 24. (By Wireless to London) An official announcement made last night says that the British transport "192" was sunk by a Ger man submarine off Beachy Head at 4:40 o clock yesterday afternoon. Dispatches last night from New Haven, England, said that 18 mem bers of the crew of the Cardiff steam- - , a,u,u lauueu UJC1C tUlll, I1HU H.I1 - nounced the sinking of their vessel, either by mine or submarine, 20 miles southeast of Beachy Head yesterday afternoon. Theirs is probably the ves sel to which the Berlin dispatch re fers. former governor' and former Supreme court justice objected to the fine tooth methods but will welcome any alleged offense fixed by the calendar and geo graphically defined. It was rumored last night that Rep resentative Clark will have a second resolution. It is understood that It will not be offered until the judiciary committee No. 1 passes on the present memorial offered by Davis of Carteret and Clark of Bladen. School Bills Sleep. The school bills sleep sweetly. Re publicans who had brought up their measures last week giving their coun s the right of vote on schoolboards, lost their cases. They would have won had Seawell. been in the house. The bills were , many and not more interest was pliown lir the proposal of cnange by republicans than by demo crats. Thij only hope, of course, was in the justice of the democracy. It Is said by republicans and democrats that the minority party stands In envi able light. It came and asked for an election on the school boards. A large sentiment In the democracy was ready to grant It The republicans trusted to the caucus and left it in the hands of the majority. They lose and the issue is clear-cut However, it Is mighty certain that the next democratic state convention will have something to say. Changes in the system seem to be irrepressibly before the state. In the senate the majority is largelygainst any change. The houBe Is a stand-off. Alexander Not Running. Dr. H. Q. Alexander, president of the North Carolina Farmers Union yesterday declared that he is net run ning for state treasurer and has no notion of running. Dr. Alexander declared this his final determination and said that while he had been Importuned often to oppose Treasurer I.acy, he had never really intended to do so and had now defin itely made up his mind not to offer his candidacy. He did not commit himself further but It is believed by some of the mem bers of the farmers union that the union- thinks its measure before the general assembly may be hurt by con stant suggestion that the prominent officials from Dr. Clarence Poe and Mr. Alexander down through various ly scattered officers over the state may enter politics and the union is deter mined that politics shall not hurt the prospects of their measures. The ru in ore have not been able to show that Messrs. Poe and Alexander have any schemes except their remedial meas ures. Tim House. New bills were Introduced as fol lows: Brummltt Establish and provide for the county of Jarvls. Wlnborne rrotect owners of build ings. WInbo me Establish the Identity of deceased partners. Mason Amend the 1911 act to pre vent Infant blindness. Ebbs Amend the 113 local law relative to Madison county roads. Amend the 1913, 1905, and 190T build ing laws as to Madison county. Deaver Allow road Improvement In Brevard township. Mint Belatlve to the disposal of dead animals. Valentine Amend the Henderson county road law. POLICE COURT. The following cases were called In Police court this morning: The cases of the men charged with turning In a false fire alnrm were con tinued until February 27. Tiie cases of the men and women who were arrested In the raid on th Carrier building Inst Hunday, were continued until March 46. 8. L. Forbes, arrested In connection with the cane, on charges of leasing a building for disorderly purposes, was not prossed. Alfred leom, colored, charged with larceny, drew a sentence of I months on the county roads. Three drunks were up. SUBMARIfJ SINKS ENGLISH COLLIER War Correspondent, Who Saw Operations, Says Germans Lost 50,000 Men in At tacks of Russians. , ' , CARPATHIAN BATTLES GROWING MORE BITTER! Serbian Forces Penetrate Aus-i trian Territory Roumania Promises to Enter the w Field in April Berlin, Feb. 24. (By Wireless to London) The report Is heard In in- will prevent the invasion of Kussia. Paris, Feb. 24. At least 60,000 men.1 were lost by the Germans In their at-'. ' tacks on the Russian positions on the. . Rawka and in the regions of Borji-' mow, and Gumbinnen, according to Ludovio Naudeau, the Journal's cor-1 respondent, who witnessed the oper--atlons. He considers the general sit-' uatlon as highly favorable to the Rus-' sians. t "The Germans are gradually but implacably being worked down," says the correspondent. "Whether they at-' tack or merely defend they melt away day by day. Their feverish activity and reckless sacrifice of men shows that they are fighting against time." Invade Austria. Geneva, Feb. 24. The Serbian troops Invaded Austrian territory on the night of February 20-21 at Bjlena and Mitrovltza, and penetrated from one to four miles across the frontier, according to dispatches received here. ' The Serbian offensive, it is believed, is calculated to force the Austrlans to se-nd back to the west part of the ) troops which had been- operating against the Russians; - More Bitter. " Berlin, Feb. 24. Vienna dispatches quote tho war correspondent of the '-, Vienna Fremdenbiatt as saying that - the fighting in the Carpathians has become even more bitter and stub born. The Russians are showing desperate courage. It Is now more quiet in Dulka pass, where both sides havo entrenched themselves. An important engagement is rag ing south of Stanislau, in Gallcia, the dispatch states. Promises to Fight. Paris, Feb. 24. The Matin's Buch arest correspondent says that Nich olas Misu, the Roumanian minister to ' London, will soon return to England, and has sent a note assuring the Brit- ' lsh government that the Roumanian army will take the field in April. THE MAGISTRATE'S COURT; At an early morning session of Mag-, istrate B. L. Lyda's court, Clarenco Wallace, Mill Mays and Talmage Johnson, all colored, were each given 30 days on the county roads for tres passing on the property of the South ern railway. The negroes were- re cently captured by members of the detective department of the Southern when they were attempting to steal a ride on a freight train from Columbia, S. C, to this city. The negroes put up a very hard struggle to prevent their capture but finally overcome by the detectives and brought to this city and placed In Jail to await their trial which took place this morning. SEVERE STORM IS RAB IN FIVE WESTERN STATES Chicago, Feb. 24. A wind, snow and sleet storm has damaged tele phone and telegraph lines in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Several towns have been cut off from wire communica tion. In South Dakota drifts of snow have stopped some train and all have been delayed . PERJURY CHARGE CASH TRIAL THIS AFTERNOON The case of Hugh McQueen, chanr ed with penury, will be heard In the court of Magistrate B. L. Lyda this afternoon. The charge of oerlurv de- vetoped several days ro during the trial of Ben Carter In the city Police court. Carter ws charred with drunkenness and an assault on Mc Queen, and the testimony of McQueen was or such a chraaoter as to cause his detention.. Clyde R. Hoey. assistant TTnltel 8tate district attorney with head quarters at Phelhy, N. C, Is a visitor In' the city. Mr. Hoey Is Investigating a case in regard to some Indian lands,