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'IlitMiMUeAa: jHE GAZETTE-NEWS e0 The Associated Press Service, j, I la Every Respect Complete imt WEATHER FORECAST. RAIN TONIGHT. Audit Bureau Circulation, XX. N0.272. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEv; 28, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS n Traln 5 c - : - i , 21 1 ; f.PTUHE WITH I,S, EXPECTED 11ST1I1S UaKmflrmed Advices Say Vi jnna Government Circles Look for Break in Diplo-" matio Relations. 10Q CONFERENCES ON REPLY TO U, S. NOTE Definite Decision As to,. Char acter of Answer Not Reached However Dr. Dumba Is Consulted. Washington, Dec. 28 Aus tria, according to unofficial in formation received in authori tative quarters today, will not meet the demands of the Unit ed States in the reply to the second Ancona note of the United States; and Teuton di plomatic circles are represent ed as being prepared for the severance' of diplomatic rela tions. , : ',: .. Ill CHANCE FOR BUDGET SYSTEM Attempt Not to Be Made at Present Session to Improve Method of Making Con gress Appropriations. PAROLE SCHEME WORKED WELL But Few Convicts Allowed Christmas Freedom by Gov ernor's Plan Let It Run to Their Heads. TOO MUCH WORE TO BE DONE IN OTHER LINES Present System Is Admittedly Bad, But Committee Decides Against Making Change at This Time. TWO EXCEPTIONS IN BUNCOMBE REPORTS ULTIMATUM M. MR: LITYD-GEORGE Will Resign Unless Conscrip tion Pledges to Married Men Are Kept. Peopleof Sampson Sent Christ mas Box to Collier's Men Who Are to "Write Up" the Old North State. , Paris, Dec. 28 Unconfirmed advices from Vienna as publish fd in the, Pe tit 1 Journal -sirys the impression prevails m Ann tro-ITungnrian government cir cles that the forthcoming Aus trian reply to the second Amer ican note regarding the sink ing 'of the' Italian steamer An emia ly an Austrian submarine will bring about a rupture of diplomatic relations between the United States and Austria. A dispatch forwarded from Geneva says: "Aecordingto advices from Vienna the Austro-IIungarian am v, -. r to the second American note concerning the singing of the Ancona was the Bubject of a long discussion on Sunday night between the Premier Tisza of Hungary and the J A u st r 0 - Hnugarian foreign minister, Baron Von Bur ian. The f o r e i g n minister also conferred with Dr. Dumba, former Austro-IIungarian am bassodar to the United States, "Although no diflnito decis ion has yet been reached the impression prevails in govern' merit circles that the reply will brine about the rupture of dip- pomatio relations between the two countries." (By Parker R. Anderson). ; Gazette-News Bureau The Rlggs Building Washington, Xtec. 28 There will be no attempt at this session of congress to establish 'budget system" of appropriations. although the leaders of both parties regard the present method of hand ling the annual supply bills as un systematic and haphazard. Flans for the creation of a budget system, how ever, have been practically abandoned and the special committee named by the democratic caucus to devise a sys tem regards It as impossible to make the change at this time. The special committee named to re port on a budget system comprises Speaker Clark, Majority Leader Kitch in and Congressmen Hay, Fitagerald, Garner, Stout and Sherley. The com mittee, after an investigation, has de cided that there is so . much work ahead of the present congress that the appropriation bills must be hand led 'ltl the old way. Under the present system, appro priation bills in the house are handled , by more than a half dozen commit tees The economies of one committee ma.v be ecset by. the extravagance of anctlr -. ird there is no centralized au'-V ' or keeping down the ap. pro-i '.utals. hr . an Fitzgerald and Congress man Sherley, the two ranking demo crats on the appropriations commit tee, are strong advocates of a change. They are convinced that the annual appropriation bills of congress are handled in a way that would not be countenanced by any great Industrial establishment where system and cen tralized authority Is essential. The neclal committee, however, has been forced to the conclusion that It would be Impossible to put through a law for the creation of a "budget com, snittee" at this session and the sever. al appropriations committees are go. ing ahead with the mailing up of the annual supply measures. Tho tentative program considered by the caucus Investigating commit tee was the creation of a big commit tee of forty or more members to take yearly account of the probable ex penses, and the revenues of the gov ernment This committee would adopt a resolution limiting the appro priations for each branch of the gov ernment service legislative, execu tive. Judicial, sundry, civil, military, naval and public Improvements, ins aoroprlattng committee then would be required to keep within the limit of aDDronrlatlons set. and no com mtttee would be authorized to exceei Its particular allowance. (By W. T. Boat). Raleigh, Dec. 2 8. Meagre reports from the county convict camps show that the first sips of liberty granted to them In Governor Craig's Christmas parole and holiday did not run to their heads. London, Dec. 28. That "the pro ceedmgs of the British cabinet have not been going smoothly is seen in the fact that after a two hours sit ting yesterday (Monday) the council was obliged o adjourn until today, no decision having been reached as to the voluntary recruiting or conpulsion and the discussion having revealed grave differences of opinion, The Times parliamentary corres. pondent asserts that the position is undeniably delicate and may become critical today unless handled with firmness and decision, The Daily Mall asserts that Andrew Bonar Law, secretary for the colonies and Lord Kitchener, the war minis ter, have not yet made their positions clear, while A. J. Balfour, first lord of. the admiralty, resolutely opposes compulsion. In which he is supported by a majority of the ministers, But David Lloyd-George, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Curzon, Sir Freder ick Smith. J. Austen Chamberlain, Walter Hume Long and the Earl of Selborne advocate immediate com pulsion. ' Mr. Llgyd-George, the Mall adds, BRITISH SEIZE HEM. ill Take Packages From Dutch and Norwegian Steamers Bound for . Rotterdam, Dispatch Declares. U. S. BUSINESS WHOLE VOSGES IS OPTIMISTIC Commercial Interests Facing Future With Greater Conn dence Than at Any Time During Last Decade. PROTEST AGAINST SUCH ACTION ALREADY MADE Steamer United States Reports Being Held Five Days While Packages of Mail Were Removed. FRONT ACTIVE Great Artillery Engagements Prevail in the Mountain District According to Paris Report. DEMAND FOR AMERICAN PRODUCTS INCREASING Heavy Domestic Production and Consumption Espec ial Activity in Building Materials Production. Cant. Torn Sale at the state prison J before the sitting of the council made "PEACE-TIME" LABORS IN HISTORIC VILLAGE IN NORTHERN FRANCE Bazelll, France, Dec. 18. -In this little village which. !n 1171, furnished inspiration for the famous painting, "The Last Cartridge." the Qermani r taken un "peace-time" labors, They found, greatly to their ur ww, that the bones of thn dear Gar Ma and French soldiers of 4S years Ho still lay. unbuiied. In vault In " local cemetery, which was in con tinence a veritable catacombs. The the French had done was to sep, ate the French from the German "iMons. The Germans began overhauling the r"ttry at once, striving first oi sill weed out from the confusion of n such as were not human. The ltons of former soldiers were then Jc4 Into groups, and burled on the . "ft band side of the central remetf ry 'Hiding. Fitting, and Imposing, mon. 'puts than were erecfd above the "Mf graves, wblrh today only serve hlhtn the contrast between the ""niual fate of the German mid the rrenrh soldier of 1170 and 1IT1, The r"ich sklotoas lie In confusion ex clty Oppoalt the Oermin tombstones, lut fifty f thnm have boon thrown ufHhr In tn h dlvlnlon i.i comr'irt ""it ef the ta oml.a, anil mUnl In l'h thni are plainly dlwnrnllile i-oiiks of anlmi.ifr the rnot tr .'"" ho r-r.-!-,.l a did their rl-l- INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW ARE TOLD Tiarlln. Dec 18. The revival of the University of Warsaw as polish In stitution gives a contributor to the Frankfurter Zeltung occasion to ten some facts about the institution un der the Russian regime and about general educational developments In Indian Poland. He says ma wnvn the Russians took full possession or the country a century ago only is per cent of the population were tin .hi. tft Mt and write, but through systematic neglect of tne scnoois oy the government thle percentage has now risen to 70. . . . The University of Warsaw, founded In 1811. existed till HlO as a Poilh i-.ii,iiinn it was then abolished but was re-opened In 180)1. Only eight t.i.p howaver. It was trans- rm.A into a Russian Institution. nuaaian nrofessors were gradually ao pointed In the place of Polish ones, and alt the lectures were finally given i nuaslan. By the end of One nine teenth century all the professors were n.,i.n Pntlah vouth avoldsd the un i mAfi and more, till finally .h.. T n.r rant Of the students earns from Russia Itself, especlslly from the eastern sections. Ten years ago, during the so-called Russian rev olution, tho Pole made onergetlo d0 m.nds for the restoration of the vnl .r.itv aa a Polish institution, aal the Russian authorities showed at first an Inclination ta eompiy. u. nothing came of their promises after it was seen that the revolutionary movement was losing Its force, - HEW YORK COTTON. New- Vork. Dec. 18. Cotton futures ,. -,,.dv! January ll.Ui March 11 .37; Msy it.Ui July .; Ortuber said that he has not heard from tho form. Onlv one man in the peniten tiary building at Raleigh was eligible for the larger freedom which went to truBtles. This prisoner did not have the means to sro home and remained with tlu more luckless crowd to enjoy the big Christmas dinner and the box of confections which the progressive warden annually bestows. Governor Craig's office has many letters commanding him for his kind ness to the Ill-favored. Many north ern newspapers took it up and passed the suggestion along as worthy of fu ture contemplation. Hardly Any dis cord has come from any source. The a-nvernnr haa had few reports yet he does not expect anything final until the New Year. But nearly all that ne nas heard has justified him In his breach of tradition discipline. . Asheville reported two incidents noi 'entirely to his liking.. Two of the pa roled celebrated in truly rreeman s style, the Christmas drunk. They were almost as ugly as those who have done nothing worthy of death or oi bonds. These fellows ot with the wrong crowd and drank to drunken ness. They were indiscreet in the Home town of the philanthropist gov ernor who was trying to do something to help them. In Wake fifteen of an avallaDie m took their freedom all right and ap pear to have returned satisfied. En gineer Miller thinks tnat even more good might have been done naa tney known earlier that the governor con temnlated kindness upon such a grand scale. At the state penitentiary Satur day a fellow well tanned up drove up to the warden and asked to get one of his friends out. The friend was not. eligible. Warden Sale got the sermon all rltrht. ITe saw how the freed man becomes chained when he steps out and encounters temptation which has teen denied him in his period of service. Victor Bryant of Durham was here Sunday. He had not tnougn very much of Governor Craig's tender course, Just doubted It. But Mr. Bry ant heard a strange voice on ine streets. It was ths tuneful talk of an old client whom he knew to be serving a term. Bryant followed the train of the voice and lost It. nut ne anew where the voice should be and found It. It was Dan Andrews, Person coun ty man of money serving six months for violation of the promotion iw. Mr. Bryant had made a manful fight to save hlro from punishment and fail ed. Tho second battle for pardon of Andrews again failed General Bryant. But the governor's order let Andrews out and he visited his family and old friends. Then Bryant was converted. Men like Dan Andrews could go home and cheer up. Locke Craig, Junior, who haa been- so critically HI since the evening neiorc Christmas, Is greatly improvea anu governor and Mrs. Oralg are much re. lleved In rolnd with tho promise of re covery, ' The little fellow, who Is but thirteen and a half months old, la a remarkably fine child, able how to walk anywhere and talking attrctlvely. His sudden sickness destroyed Christmas for the parents and the older brothers who came home for tho holidays. Gov ernor Craig thinks that mmedla,te danger has been passed. Little Alston Grimes, son of the sec retary of state and Mrs. Grimes, Is also greatly Improved after a serious Ill ness. The snxlety of these families In tho stats department has moved their friends during the suspense that attended the affliction of, the little boys. m lor neon I Peterson of Samp- aon county, was here yesterday with Adjutant General Young and brought the story of Sampson's "layout" to Julian street and Wallace Morgan who were here a few weeks ago writing up K'ortn. Carolina for Colliers. The Vempsonlans took the writer and tha artist out to an old urns eom shucking, led them on a 'possum hunt and gave them some imoaieoerry cor. dial to which Senator Peterson gae Immortality In the newspapers ibsi ...r when hs off red It to Col. William J. Hryan to stiffen tha backbone of that omrlkl In the Mexican brawl Benator Peterson's shot. Ilk that of k mt!tlai farmers, was neajra round the world. The New York pa oar. touk It ud and It went tIarl. his position clear to Premier Asquith in a message Intimating that unless Mr. Asqulth's pledge to married men be kept In the strictest sense he qouUI not continue as a member of the gov ernment. ' The Morning Post equally with The Times and The Dally Mall all eon scriptionlst papers sees the possibil ity of several cabinet resignations or the other alternative, a general eleo tion. The Morning Telegraph and The Chronicle, anti-compulsion organs, al so are apprehensive of a crisis or a genera) election. . The Chronicle editorially protests against "intrigues and wire pullers Washington, Deo. 28. The allies, It is explained here, intend to seize and examine all mall passing between the United States and European neutral nations which there is reason to be lieve is intended for Germany. Hith erto, liability to seizure has been confined to parcel post matter, out now It is said the allies are going 10 extend their search to first class mat ter. ' In Justification of the action it is said the allies first will plead mili tary necessity and second that there is no inviolability of mall destined to the Teutonic nations because Turkey did not. subscribe to the convention which covers it. Furthermore that the action is based on an article In. The Hague convention which provides that Immunity from seizure of mall does not apply to correspondence destined to or proceeding from a blockaded port. HBPim Dec. 28. The seizure by the -RrUloh arovemment of American mall who contemplate the desperate and f-of two steamers on Its way to Honana mod expedient of a general election a gambler's plunge which might en tail jjisastrous consequences. Concerning 'comparlsona'TTwItn America during the civil war, The Chronicle argues that Lincoln's action was not a precedent because Lincoln wan distracted by ; wholesale deser tions, while recruiting was stimulat ed by extravagant bounties. la rpnorted In a Rotterdam dispatch given out here by the overseas news agency. According to the dispatch, the vessels from which the malV was taken were the Jutch steamer NieuW Amsterdam from New York December 1 4, for Rotterdam, and the Norwegian steamer Christian Mlcneisen, irom New York, December 8, for Rotterdam. NATIONALITY OF LEIGH TO DECIDE U. 5. E Not Yet Determined That Ya- saka Main Survivor Is An American Citizen. Washington,. Deo. 28.?r-The sinking of the Japanese steamship Yasaka KMuru will be made the subject of dip Jomatlc negotiations by the United States only if It Is established that an American citizen was on board when as described in official advices re ceived, a submarine of unknown na tlonality torpedoed the vessel without warning. This became known after the state department had officially announced that It had no record of an American passport having been grant ed to W. J. Leigh, a survivor of the disaster named In consular and press dispatches aa an American citizen. Should It develop that Leigh actual ly is an American cltlsen the staU de partment will feel justified in ad dressing Inquiries to Germany, Aus tria-Hungary, and Turkey in an ef fort to establish the nationality of ths submarine. It la considered prac tically certain, however, that the craft was Austrian, as It Is said In Teu tonic quarters here that there were no German or Turkish submarines operating In the Mediterranean near where tb Ysaka Maru was attacked Mate department officials are awaiting Information In regard to Leigh with considerable anxiety. If he Is entitled to the protection of the United States, the fact that he was aboard the liner undoubtedly will complicate the negotiations with Aus tria over ths sinking of the Italian steamship Ancona, The state department has Instruct ed Edward Lyell Brlstow, consular agent at Port Said, to Interview Leigh and attempt to determine whether he Is an American cltlsen. Press dls patches have Indicated that he was born In China of r American parents and was on his way from England to China aboard tho Ysaka Maru. If these report prove true, state de- THE KING OF ITALY WOUNDED BY GRENADE German Papers Characterize Last French War Loan, as Failure Compared with German Loan. The foregoing does not make it clear whether the mail seized included anv first class matter, or as Is more probable, consisted of parcel post mat ter. On December 20. the United States sent a protest to Great Britain on the subject of British Interference with Scandinavian-American mall., l ne British government took the stand that parcel post matter must be re garded as freight and Is exempt from the nrntectlon which Is given first class matter under the International postal convention. Washington, It Is understood, concurred In this view. New York, Dec. 28. The steamer United States, which arrived today from Scandinavian ports, reported that on December 18 she was stopped east of the Shetland islands by a Brit ish cruiser and taken to Grenock for examination. There the British au thorities removed 1961 small parcels and 931 parcels post packages. The steamer was released on De cember 18. Because the vessel was held five days at Greenock, the 200 American citizens aboard the United States drew up a vigorous protest at the action and forwarded It to Secre tary Lansing. The protest pointed out that In being taken to Greenock the ship was exposed to tho dangers of mine fields. Captain Gotscha of th United States protested when tho parcels of mall were removed but without effect. During the ship's detention, an arm ed guard was placed on board by the British authorities, but the passengers were not molested. MOTION TO DISMISS N. H. UlBEGTOHniSE DENIED Judge Hunt Also Denies Mo tion to Exclude Testimony About S. S. Co. Deals New York, Deo. 18. Judge Hunt today denied the motion of tho fense to dismiss the ease against William Rockefeller and ten other fn,miv Alrantora of tha New York. partment official said, and Leigh hajNw Haven and Hartford railroad, on raiiea 10 anno. mc. nis cmwn.nip, n trlal charged with conspiracy to mo Gazette-News Bureau, The Rlggs Building, Washington, 'Dec. 28 Having passed through a pre-holi day season of trade which, if it has not exceeded all previous records, at least has outstripped the high marks of the last six years, American busi ness generally is facing the new year With a greater degree of confidence than has prevailed for nearly a de cade. Large figures of domestic produc tion, consumption, and export, coupled with an Increasing demand for build ing materials, and a rise in the prlc of such commodities, form the basis for this feeling. While the securities markets are not reflecting this most satisfactory condi tions, their failure is attributable to technical reasons which are of a tem porary nature. In Wall street, the greatest American market for securi ties, there Is an almost unparalleled feeling of confidence. In a brief review of business at the close of the year and a. forecast for the future, the New York Times of Saturday says: 'In all save retail lines, the holiday period at the end of the year is usu ally given over to inventories and the cleaning up of odds and ends. Just at present, while such matters are receiving their due share of attention there is somewhat more activity be cause of the unusual conditions botli at home and abroad. Among recent circumstances which are significant may be mentioned the greater de. mana tor brick, cement and otner building materials, accompanied by increases in the prices of these arti cles. The value of this fact lie in the indication thereby afforded after about two and one-half years of dull ness. In retail business the bulk of what has been done within the past fortnight comes under the head of holiday trade. It has been brisker, ana on broader lines than for half a dozen jears before. The mon ey taken in will be a stimulus to buying In the primary and jobbing! markets, as It is already apparent. The growth in conlldence, which was so severely shaken in the early por tion of the war, Is perhaps the most hopetul sign because it leads to en terprise. Large figures of domestic prouuclion, consumption and export which continue to be shown are amoug the substantial basis for the feeling which exists. There is abun dant reason for the cheerlulness which tho holiday season has shown." House leaders hope to work out a plan for abolishing the present sys tem, but It is admitted that the change cannot be made at this e- slon. There hs been much speculation on the purt of the general public as to huw long the excessive demand for steol, which has been increasing so steadily for months, would continue. Tha New York Press finds that ull present signs point to still further heavy bookings of orders by the stuel companies. It says: 'Interest Identified with the Iron and steel trade, said that never be fore In their experience had they known a busier .holiday season In their business. The demand for man ufactured steel products shows no falling off; Indeed it Is Increasing with big sale, Into the third quarer of 1911. ''Btee! companies have Just closed contracts aggregating 100,000 ton of shell steel. The buying Is more active, while the demand from the railway equipment companies Is growing heavier because or the Increasing de mand from transportation companies for rolling stock." Paris, Dec. 28 Artillery engage ments of great activity over the whole front in the Vosges are reported in the communication given out this aN ternoon by the French war office. Berlin, Dec. 28 The report that King Victor Emanuel was wounded by an Austrian grenade and Is now in a hospital is given out by the Over seas News Agency, which describes the report as sensational rumor. Berlin, Dec. 28 Characterizing tha . French war loon as a failure Berlin newspapers say Its probable result will be that the French republic in the future will not subscribe to treasury bonds and that therefore the govern ment will be obliged either to Issue a new wor loan, notwithstanding un favorable conditions, or to borow from the Bank of France. . . ' The Nord Deutsch Allgemelne Zel tung says the amount actually sub scribed to the loan considering the issue price was esuivalent to 10,600,- 000,000 marks, as compared with 25,- 600,000,000 marks subtfcrfbedrto'tHe German war loon: that the amount paid In cash to less than one sixth of the cash paid on the German war loan. . , haa lost his right to claim protection from the United Btatea government. JHvX KELLZY MANAGER OF GREENSBORO TEAM Greensboro, N. C. Dec It be eame known today that James Kelly, of Wllkeebarre, Pa., old Carolina as sociation player and manager during the pat several seasons for the Dur lam club of the North Carolina Iragua, h-1 been signed by the Oreenaboro club of this leagiie as manager during the 1910 season. nnnollxe transportation fscilltle In New England. Judge Hunt also d. nled the motion to strike out the tes timony given at the trial relative to the Metropolitan Steamship company's deals which Involved Edward. D, Rob. bin. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK. Chicago. Dec. 28. Hogs, strong; re celpts 10,000; bulk of sal'-s 0.10 8.0ft: pigs 4.7SOI. Cattle, steady; receipts 1,000; native beef cattle 0O9.7I; calve (.80 0 9.10, Hheep, strong; receipts 11,000; sheep l.0f7; lamb 7.2S99,?i. The British Indian army corps has been withdrawn from the front In France "for another field of action." King George, in a message delivered to the departing soldiers by the prince of Wales, highly praises them for their courage and endurance and "deeds no bly done in the days of the ever-mem. orable conflict. Again there has been considerable fighting between the British and Arabs In western Egypt near the Tripoli ' border but the result Is somewhat beclouded owing to the divergent re ports of London and Constantinople, London claiming success for the Brit ish, and Constantinople for the Arabs. The British have put down an at tack of the Turks against Kut El Amur a, In Mesopotamia where tha Turks had succeeded in breaching the fortified positions and entering the bastion of one of the forts. The Turk ish losses in the several engagements were estimated at seven hundred the British killed and wounded numbered 190. Little fighting of consequence is go. Ing one elsewhere except by means of artillery and sapping operations. Both Paris and London report the In flicting of damage to German trenches at several points on the western line. On the Austro-Itallan front the Ital ian bombardment of the Tyrolean sec tor haa grown In Intensity and on the Iaonzo front the big guns of botb sides are exchanging shells. On the Russian front and In Gallcia there Is no change In the situation, while In the Balkan theater the fight ing seemingly has ended, except for Isolated battles In Montenegro, Greece, according to Berlin advices, ha requested Bulgaria to withdraw her troops from Albanian territory and the reply of Bulgaria Is expected to. be satisfactory. MRS. SHOPE DIES AT AGED LADY DIES AT SMAND HOME Mrs. Pollle Franks, aged (7, died yesterday afternoon at her home at ftkytand following a short Illness. 8he was widely known and had many friends throughout the section where she lived. The funeral services will be held to morrow at 1 1 o'clock at the new Balem i church. Surviving are aeveral chll drn, who live In thl county. Funeral services over the body of Mrs. Cora, Fr.ope, aged 27, who died Monday at her home at Bwannanoa will Be held today. The deceased Is survived by the huabnd and several children. The deceased was a native of Ruth, erford county, but had lived In Bun comb county for aeveral year and was well known by a host of friend In tb where she resided. PUBLISHER'S WIFE DIES AT NASHVILLE Nashvlle. Deo. 17 Mr. JE. B. Btahl- man, wife of the owner and publisher f the Benner died Sunday afternoon. Death came after a period of o years of acute suffering. Mrs. Btahlman was the daughter of John Taniui1 Claiborne, In his day a prominent Virginia educator. waa marrtwd to Major Ptahlman to October 4, llll, The husband and a oa survive.
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