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GAZETTE-NEWS .AtedPres.Serrlce.; . r- Every Respect Complete. And" BMean ClrCUldn- XX. NO. 257. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 9, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS n Trln 5 4 i Mi EE D E F BORDER 1 ilieved Greeoe Cannot Much Longer Postpone Decision as to Requests aMde by Entente Powers. ' SRMANY INTERESTED V CONSTANTINE'S TALK old That Greece King Has Wen Good Reasons , for Attitude of His Country Toward Allied Nations. , SEEN BY ffl Mr. Wilson Tells Members of National Committee Demo cratic Party Is Sure to Win Next FalL REPUBLICANS HAVE BUT ONE ISSUE, HE SAYS Declares Democrats' Construe tive Work Has Started With Irresistible Movement, Can't Be Stopped. Washington, Deo. 9. President Wilson told members of the demo cratio national committee at a lunch eon in the state dining room of the DOING SEC. ELECTED Walter N. Johnso' of Wade Forest, Succe' Livingston Johnson- Baptist Con vention Election. THREE BALLOTS WERE NECESSARY TO ELECT 510111 of ra REVERSES TOLD Detailed Account of Defeat in Sonora Campaign Given by Officer Formerly in Vil la's Command. TELLS HOW SEVERELY VILLA ARMY SUFFERED LIFE INSURANCE FOR DEFENSE IF HEADS CONVENE NOT PARTY PLAN Ninth Annual Celebration of Association of Life Insur ance Presidents Is Now In Session. Judson Centennial Movement Report Heard With Interest $87,000 of North Caro lina's $90,00 Is Raised. Rebel Leader Persisted in At- -T - tacking Agua Prieta in Spite of Advice of Generals to the Contrary. DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT OF CITY COMMUNITIES Senator Gallinger Tells Presi dent on What Grounds He Will Support National Defense Program. '4 Charlotte, Dec. 9. The election of a dark horse, Rev. Walter N. John-1 EI Paso, Dec. 9. -A detailed account of the campaign In Sonora of the Villa son, as corresponding secretary of the 'yeraea g,ven today by an offloer white house that the republicans had Baptist state convention, -was tne wnose name j8 withheld. The officer no issue for the next campaign except ! overshadowing event of day of big aeciarea that villa lost 200 men killed Part Life Insurance Funds Play in General Development of the Country is Also Considered. MUST NOT BE FRAMED BY DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS SPECULATE AS TO EFFECT OF LAST MESSAGE Some of Opinion That Presi dent's Reference to Hy phenated Citizens May Be Bad Blunder. the tariff and that democracy was certain to win. ' "Our constructive work has started an irresistible movement which can not be stopped," he declared., "Any-! one who tells you otherwise is talking through his hat." Mr. Wilson said nothing to indicate whether he would again be a candi date for the presidency. Throughout his entire talk, which dealt with subjects ranging from democratic chances of victory to fea tures of the "Isolated" life of a chief executive the president was informal. Taking his place at the head of the table he thrust his hands into his trouser pockets, cast aside what he termed his "dress parade" language, and talked freely and confidentially. Democrats of all factions greeted his remarks enthusiastically. They left the white house In buoyant spirits declaring that his optimism had in London, Dec. 9. German oops are reported to have ar ret! at the Greek border. ith the Anglo-French' forces forming almost within Greek rntory it is believed ( here at Greece cannot much long postpone a more definite rev ition of the stand she expects take should the arena of hos- Dities be transferred to her Colonial Phallis'of the Greek hny is now conferring with le commanders 01 the entente rmv, but Paris papers express I A .1 J 1 1 J. 1 . he lear Hull ne nas noi Deenjepired them with new confidence. It lulimniorl tr' ttiVn full cona ! was the first time, committeemen f""""V " "V" said, that their body had been re- k'CSSarv to saiOgTiard the Hl-ceived as a whole In the white house. Uahheentento troops.; ; & l ilie liaei'View Wllietl -. lvinff given out. as they regarded it s uimuiiime vi ujre, gv w At tneollteet th, president said he lie Associated PreSS IS attract- wanted the members to feel that they g a great deal of attention in i rmauy, where the opinion is neral that he has given good asons for the justification of le attitude of his country. The plans of the French and ritish forces in the Balkans is ill a mvsterv. The continued pnding of reinforcements at iiilouiki lends color to the the- vv mat an acreressive cam- aign is contemplated. . The teamer withdrawal of troops torn advanced positions leads b the belief that for the pres- it the occupation of Saloniki a base of operations at a ter time forms the extent of pietr detennination. - The opening of the Hungarian Jar- iment vovldcd an opportunity for i diucimslon of peace which was en rely nesatlve. Premier Tisza spoke Roumanlu's attitude with regret hlle exprenHlng sympathy for the po. Hon In which Greece la placed. With only thre edays left to oom- iet the test of Lord Derby's plan of "milting, enllrtment officers are be- ( overwhelmed with men who wish Tolunteer under the group system. night many recruiting officers rKM until after midnight. Nothing of excentional interest has , . . ' iTurrrd on the main fronts except in !l taut, where it Is reported unna lly that RuMlan troops in BeMM : ' arn showing great activity. 1 Frown . Trent-lira Taken. ! Berlin, Deo. I. (Via London). 'pture of a French position more "n 500 yardsjh length on Hill No. north of Boualn in the Chtmuum lMt'ft is announced by German army uqnarters. I . Vessels Bunk. I "naon, Dec . n:he Austrian an nouncement Tuesday that tha French mbtnarlne Fresnel had been destroyed I continued on page I) declares It Is For The Allies To Propose Peace were a part -of a big family of which he was a- member. He asked whether anyone present could suggest any campaign argument othr than the tariff which the democratic opposition oould advance, and they shook their heads. Nobody knows at this time,, he added, what sort of a tariff meas ure must be framed to meet changing conditions" resulting from the war. Discussing parties and policies gen erally, the president Insisted that tne democratic view waa that the ma jority should rule, while that of their opponents was that a "board of trus tees" should act for the people. Touching upon the Mexican prob- lem he said this same majority rule should apply in Mexico as well as this country, without regard to the wishes of persons residing in other countries who hold Mexican property. He ex pressed the belief that In due time peace would come In Mexico when the people were thoroughly tired of raising disturbances. ' ' . The president faced a united com mittee, leaders declared, rumors of threatened breaks between friends of Fred 13. Lynch, the Minnesota com mitteeman, and Chairman William K. MoCombs, having been promptly dis posed of. J , Mr. McCombs and most of the ei er committeemen left for their homes last night. The chairman will nam the convention committee on arrange ments this week and within a month it will bold its first meeting in St. Louis. things for that boay yesieruu. ; the flrst day of the battle of Agua When the messengers began to aPrieta and that In the battle of, Cam semble Monday the talk was all Dur- pana mountalni nBar Hermosillo he ham and Maaury, with scattering suP-jlost three battanonB port xor tsraasnaw. uuu, "When we started from Juarez to- pecting the red-headed chujrch buna- ward Sonora Bali the offlcer the er to make the speech he made lues- column wa compoSed of 11,000 men day, alieruoon in me pniu o ; lerence. But after the wane Korean n.'tn set the preachers afire there was more to it. He won on the third bal In the same city where ,.T. w. tsic kett, talked himseif into the attorney generalship and perhaps into the ex; ecutive mansion, Kev. W. N. Johnson, of Wake Forest, talked himself into the most conspicuous office, witnin the gift of the Baptists of the state the corresponding secretaryship, per haps if Mr. Johnson had had the faintest idea of what he was doing he might have conducted himself otner wlse; but when he eat down aftr making" an address on "Church Fi nance" to the pastor's conference Monday night he had involuntarily started a movement that culminated in his election on the , third . ballot vesterday afternoon. Balloting besan. at 1:20 p. m. The flrst "cdunt.-'waaw reported as toUesws W. N. Johnson, 153; C. E. Madary 92: C. H. Durham 76; C. L. Greaves 25; R. A. McFarland 16; W. C. Bar rett 9; W. R. Bradshaw 66; Ji A. Durham 1; A. E. Brown 1; Braxton Craig 1. On the second ballot John son's vote rose to 193, while the total number cast fell to 387 leaving him one short of a clear majority; ana the third ballot became merely a for mality. 1 ' Mr. Johnson is a native of North Carolina, although he has spent part New York, Dec. 9. The ninth an- Does Not Favor President's Scheme for Internal Taxa tionLikes Income Tax Proposal. Washington, Dec. . 9. Senate re- with 40 heavy guns and several ma , chine guns. : ; i- - General Villa announced his In ten tlon of attacking Agua. Frleta. Gen eral Alberto Carranza advised" Villa to pass Agua Prieta, detaching a small cavalry force to draw General Calles Into the open and to proceed in the vicinity of Hermosillo, which town was defended only by 3000 men un der General Dieguez. - ing taught by everybody and ordered the attack on Agua Prieta. The first day of the' attack the Villa infantry was repulsed with 200 killed, and 7000 grenades were exploded without great damage to the Carranza forces. "Villa with 3000 men- went to No gales, from Nogales to Hermosillo, and was joined by General Urbalejo with 500 Yaqui Indians.!. .,. : ' :, "General Dieguc.. Jhe (Carauza corrminnder --fc r HercioStna, -y. was- entrenched dri t ho" heights sur rounding the village of Seris in the southern , part ..' of Hermosillo, Just across the Sonora river and on the Campana mountain commanding the Hermosillo valley. "Villa approached from the north and distributed his army about unde fended places opposite the positions dominated by the Campana mountain, on Urbalejo's advance. "The battle began at dawn. Villa ordered General Jose Heron Gonzales, nual convention of the Association of publicans will make no partisan- fight Life Insurance Presidents met in New on the administration national defense York today for three days' discussion; program if the measure is not framed of such subjects as the development by the democrats In caucus. Senator of city communities, farming actlvl- Gallinger, republican senate leader, ties, and of railroad faciilities, and told President Wilson yesterday he the part which life insurance invest- wanted the army and navy strength- ment funds play In all three. "Policy nea and will co-operate with the t - t i T,ii democrats. Later Senator Gallinger Reserve Investments In Relation to M .u . . , t ., t iv.coiucih uau iuiu .11111 uiu.1 Economic Progress," was tne Droaaine wouid not approve of the demo WILL COST THE PARTY SOME VOTES IN WEST New York Sun Refers to Pres ident's Change of Posi tion on Question of Preparedness. general topic, and and transportation and experts were Invited to join with the life insurance men in discussing ways and means to still further advance this progress. ' . ' The chairman of the convention, William D. Wyman, president of the Berkshire Life Insurance company, of federal officials cratic caucus making the defense pro- ittsfield, Mass., reported that the as sets ; of life insurance companies or the country had practically doubled in the last ten years, and said this was characteristic of the ability of the American people to amass large funds rapidly and without much ado. issue and opposes President Wilson's The assets now amount to nearly five program of Internal taxation. He par- billion dollars, said Mr. Wyman, and by investment in city and farm real estate, and in the bonds of railroads, ! (itata, jjomiti.8-' and, municipalities ana scnooi ausincis. xney were uu- of his active life In the ministry. He.. chlef of tne vllla Infantry, to charge was Dorn in oampsun cuumy, uuv . ,the Campana mountain and take MEXICAN AMBASSADOR TO U. S. APPOINTED Washington, Dec. 9. The first step toward the resumption of full diplo matic relations between the United States and Mexico waa taken today In the appointment of Ellseo Arredondo, General Carranza's confidential repre sentative in Washington, as Mexican ambassador to the United State. The appointment of an American ambassa dor to tha United States. The appoint ment of an American ambassador to Mexico in all probability Henry P. Fletcher, at present ambassador to Chile will be announced toon. . Brlin, ty Wireless, Deo. . .4-"If u' nmles make peaoe proposals "Ptl!)le with the dWnlty and safety r y' tLn w "u waya be en 1 iK" Pace," said Clian , r Dr- von Bethmann-Holweg of ; rmny in hli address to the Reich- 1 today, , , J'1" chancellor made It clear that In opinion It would be folly for tier. ' he declared, "cannot be , . 'mntrl of our enemlM the erullt , jounce of vtatenmen le en wllh th co"fu:o of public "Conscloua of military eucess," the chanoellor declared, "Germany must decline responsibility for the further contlnuatloa of the. wa" "Ger manv.' 'he declared, "cannot , be charged with a' purpose to fight Qn to make further conquest.- ."The wut 'can he terminated only by peace which gives a certitude that war will not rtturn,"' he oontlnued. "Of that we are all agreed.". - The chancellor aiuwrted thet Oer mi fiy's fnl wipilM are eufflclent and tn.it her liumi riMe stores of copper are lule'juuta I r ti nny ;J. , prominence in the eyes of the Baptist of his native state has, been gained since his return from Louisiana some four or five years ago. H3 came back to the state to accept pet imps the most difficult pastorate m tne con ventionthat of Wake Forest churcn. Mr Johnson has made a conspicuous success of his task. He has left a monument of a noble kind at the col lege in the shape of the most magni ficent Baptist meeting house in the state. . Another notable event was the de lightful address of Rev. Dr. B. D. Gray, of Atlanta, on' home missions; and so was that of Rev. Dr. I. M. Mercer, of Thomasvllle, on woman's work. As for the predicted fight over the method of electing the secretary, it proved a "gentle and joyous passage at arms" Instead of the duel to the death that some had looked for. The brethren roared at each other, but gently as any sucking dove.,. The women divided time with for eign, missions. Woman's right in the church formed the basis of the Thom asvllle pastor's appeal. He called for recognition of the wonderful work already- accomplished, coupled with the sympathetic co-operation which in only their Just due. The Judson centennial movement report' was heard immediately after the woman's work. It showed $37,000 of North Carolina's $90,000 raised. with five months to complete the work. , , . . The discussion on foreign missions ended the day's business. Rev. Dr. J F. Love, corresponding secretary of the foreign, mission board of tha southern Baptist. convention, was the official speaker. He Is always heard with Interest, not on account of the cause he represent only, . but also because he la a- native North Carolin ian. The report was also- discussed by Rev. Q. C. Davis, pastor of the East Durham Raptlet church. Thi presiding officer yielded for the or flT to Rer. J, Clyde Turner, of Greensboro, North Carolina member of the foreign mission board. Rev. Baylus Cade, representative of the old school of representative gov ernment, collided with the spirit of pure democracy In the Baptist state convention yesterday and came out de cidedly worsted. The . question waa whether to entrust the nomination of a committee, or t proceed witn the election on the floor of the conven tion. The committee plan le the his toric one, but It le a thins; of the past now ; for the convention preferred the direct vote of the people, - i The principal champion of direct government waa Rev. R. O. Kendrlck, pastor of Forest Avenue Baptist church, of Greensboro, but he had Continued on Pag Two). ." ' ' It before sunset. Gonzalez said his men were tired and hungry and wanted to wait until night. Villa repeated his order angrily, JUDGE LINDEEY SPEAKS TO PEACE ADVOCATES Compares Militaristic Element to "Third Degree Policeman" in Speech on Ship. . New York, Dec. 9 A wireless state, ment from the liner Oscar II., signed and prepaid by Henry Ford, was re ceived here today. . It gave the sum mary, in which he declared he spirit of love would be more effective in In ternational politics than military force. Judge Llndsey told of his expert ences during 16 years on. the bench drawing tho conclusion that criminals are more responsive to trust than to shackles and force. He argued against preparedness, basing the point of his contention on the assertion that fire arms are unknown in the reform pris on camp in Colorado,' . except when needed to protect the convicts from persons living near the camps. Judge Limisey compared the mili taristic element with the "third degree policeman," depreciating the use of force In either case. agricultural Bram a party measure. "we win not agree to have the dem ocrats frame the, plan in caucus and men ask us to approve it," said Sena tor Gallinger. The republican leader disagreed with President Wilson on his plans for a merchant marine and on forcing the money necessary for preparation. When the administration ship bill la introduced, Senator Gallinger said he wouia oner a substitute. The re publicans, however, he added, favored the use of the merchant marine as a naval auxiliary. Senator Gallinger advocates a bond tlcularly objects to the tax on auto mobiles and gasoline. He said, how ever; that he favored the lowering, of ttre,lhtwitax7nri)lmtlrn and believed a tax on bank checks -would not prove AUSTRIA IS ASKED vanclng the economic progress of tho j harmful. He opposed tax on iron and country. He stated that tne lire in-! steel, surance companies, as g,,.- class, are now the largest holders of farm mort gages in the United States, having outdistanced banks. The farm mort gage loans made by the life insurance companieis are largely in the west and south. As against a total of less than one million dollars in all the eastern and middle Atlantic states, those in the northwestern states alone amounted to $284,000,000. 'While the assets of American lire tn..ran.A m nnnlp. hflVA doubled in the last ten years, the amount loan-note IS BenX 10 Vienna De ed by them on real estate mortgages has Increased more than two and a half times," satfl Mr. Wyman. 'Of the assets held by life insurance com panies at the end of last year, over il. 700, 000, 000 were lnvestea in rem estate mortgages. StatlBtics which have Just been collected by the asso ciation show a separation of these In- TO DISAVOW ACT manding Satisfaction in j Case of Ancona. Washington, Dec. 9. The United States has sent to Austria-Hungary a vestments between iarm iumm , note asking for a disavowal of the r.ther kinds of real estate securities. gubmarlno attttck upon the Itallan for 148 out of the 2,5 'nBUIa,nc liner Ancona, assurances that such an J"""""" ' , V obu r nont i.t act wl" not be repeated, some degree yesterday told what the president 148 companies had a i i per ceni ul punlshment for the commander of stood for Tuesday In his message, and all real estate mortgages neia D ,hH ,.llhmiir,nB nd r(M)nrti,,n f,,r th n,ht k. .i r -an ikm American lives lost. i December te president pointed out ,. Friendly but firm terms, It Is unit!, I the "road to ungrudged. unclouded characterize the document, whlcu is uccess;" every honorable man miKht walk that, road with perfect American life insurance companies. "These reports show that ibiB,uuu, 000, or 39.03 per cent were at the . . n mii lnaaf.H hv TMPHPH IIS companies in farm loans: i3.4u,- - - v 000 or 69.24 per cent were Invested of prompt assurances for the future In other real estate securities In the ' American lives. Austria- United States; while the balande of, Hungary has never Informed the $28 971 000 or 1.78 per cent were In- United States whether the commanders vested In real estate securities of oth- of its submarines had been given in er countries, chiefly In Canada. As the ' structlons similar to those which the value of farm lands and improve-: urnmn guvi-Miun-m savo iu m iw confidence, because the chapter ot legislative experiment In the matter of the regulation of private business had come "to a successful termination. . Tuesday the president thought It 1 night be wise to appoint a commis sion of inquiry to ascertain by a thor ough canvass of the whole question nf th mandera after the Lusitania trns-edv. : ougn canvass i United State, census bureau, is only a It is understood that the note referred ! whether our law. as at present from, mt le ove? 30 per cent of the total particularly to the charge that shells ) and administered are as service- va ue of aU Treat property In this from the submarine killed or wounded ble, heV mint b " the on vaiue 01 an rem ' 7 ' , ..- ., (V, . of the problem of transportation. Bulgers Driven Back, Paris, Deo, s.t-Tne French war office report concerning hostilities in the Orient (Serbia) recites the driving back of the Bulgarians, who attacked at Demtrkapou on the Vardar river on December I. country. It appears that life insurance some passengers on the Ancona after companies have snown a marneu sne. naa iiRiieu, nnu aiKeu ior an ex preference for farm loans as compar-! pianatinn on the point, ed with city and village loans. In dispatching the note. Secretary "We are hearing much today of the Lansing acted with the approval of rural credit problem and are being and after consulting with President told that farmers In some ctlons of Wllson. It is stated I authoritatively : nt leart for the ralroad, tnd lnfer. the country arc oueii uuiupauou w mat ino Document, wmrn is aem-rinea pay exorbitant Interest rates, he con- M bolng comparatively brief and de tinued. "If this be true, we must look Cdedly vigorous In tone, waa so draft for Its cause outside of the ratee ed ag t0 attempt a settlement of the which life Insurance companlee are controversy at once, without bringing Whereupon the Sun points out, not by way of expressing appreciation of what the president Is trying to do for the business world, but by way of coring a point' that the road to suc cessful business is not clear and Mrm receiving upon their farm mortgage series of communications such : reports of attacks upon American oil ; carrying vessels In the Mediterranean, j presumably by Austrian submarlnt s. ; THE LARGEST " Avertlsement appearing In The Qasette-N today la' that of ' L. BLOMBERG OX, TAG E I-tlGHT CALLING ATTENTION TO CUT PRICES ON TOYS AND DOLLB. Investments, because we rino tne av- B fnowed the sinking ot the Lusita. erage rate on all our farm loans to n(Q be but b.8 Pr cent. This Is Indeed nigh officials are said to be of the surprising when we learn that farm oplnlon that tn, .ituatlon is one which loans average with companies chief- fof grave cons)deratoni tn, ,tato ly engaged In making such loans, but o h8vnf become m0Tt cmpU. I2.J00 each, while the city and v" , ,,,,1 .nce the note waa dispatched by lege loans ox cuniinnmi iiuciijr en gaged In making such loans, aver age $75,000 each, and yield an aver age Interest return of 6. is per cent. "Lenders of money are beginning to renllze that they should give con sideration to how capital supplied by them Is going to be used, whether to nrovide luxuries and encourage ex travagance, or to Improve values and Increase Income from the properties taken as security. Tho rule uppllea, alike to city, village and farm prop-i ertfea, and I believe the time will soon come If It has not already ar-( t...A M.kAM fll.r. will h. A tttt understanding and closer co-operation ' unin.,.M1w .... between borrowers and lenders, to e"1 ot Tripoli by a ubma the end that borrowere may be bet- rin. aalled from Alexnflarla, Egypt ter enabled to meet their obllgatlone for New York on December . accord I at maturity, and lenders msy be made ! to an announcement by Lloyd's. I to feel more secure In the Investment r ' they are making.' r The first report that tha Communt- entlally for other forms of corporate , enterprise about which the president will speak a little later." ' Republicans generally talk about as the Sun ha written. All this is In connection with the statement, which one frequently hears now, that the president is not as. strong as he waa Inst summer, when his foreign poli cies were generally applauded. The theory Is that Mr. Wilson has lost ground with the women, the negro and the Germans and the Catholics, and that he has not gained in any quarter to offset this Interesting dis affection, at Washington, Dec. 9. After sleep-. Ing on the matter, and scrutinizing the newspapers ' Washington spent a' good part of yesterday talking about the president's message. What every man wanted to know of his neighbor what effect the message would be likely to have on the country, In, a political way, and then what effect it would have on legislation in con gress. , Some of the president's political advisers knew what, he was going to say about hyphenated citizens. They, and the president, hava no doubt counted the cost in votes. What they probably did not foresee 1b, that this part of the message has evoked some resentment both in and out of con gress among persons not of German extraction. Some members from the northwest, where there nre many set tlers from the Scandinavian coun tries, have some misgivings over the probable effect of the message upon people born under other flags, but now voters under the stars and stripes. Some democrats fear the president errtd in speaking of men, who. 4fdbase- oueyUtloei,rwhea 4wX nuhotatioif should perhaps have been r., confined to those who nave engaged in plots to interfere with the munlr lions plants and commerce. Furthermore while the politics., now favored by the president may be a good, if not necessary thing for the country, it is believed by no means certain that these chaorv; will be ot much service U2 him and his party, if he and his advisers have been In fluenced to any eqtent by political considerations. The republicans whlltt In general terms approving the pres ent attitude of the president on na tional defense, are declaring that the, change of front must be attributed to the exigencies of democratic poli tics. The republicans take the same view of the matter and the consider ate words which the president put In for the railroads. The belief has been obtained that the president will ha the support of a number of big east ern newspapers which have manifest- ' ed a feverish interest in the prepar ed r.esa program, once the presidential campaign is under way. , This looke doubtful. In terms of thinly veiled Irony the New York Run Steamer Reported Sunk Now on Way to New York London, Dec. t. The American oil paw had been sunk was received De cember 7. t appears therefore thai the tanker was confused with some other vessel that was sunk Prior to this there were conflicting reports concerning the identity ot the steam er sunk. r i
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