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THE GAZETTE-NEWS Baa The Associated Press Berries. It Is la Krery Respect Complete. -Member Audit Bureau Circulation. WEATHER FORECAST. FAIR AND COLDER TONIGHT. VOLUMNE XXJT0.276. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 3, 1916. PRICE 2 CENTS n Tralns etc. PRESIDENT CALLED TO IN FOREIGN RELATIONS PERSIA CARRIED ... 14.7 President Cuts Short Honey moon to Take Charge of Situation Caused By the ; Sinking of the Persia. OFFICIALS CONFESS TO GRAVITY OF SITUATION Declaration of Austrian Charge e Predicting Satisfactory Ex planation Does Not Les sen Tension. Hot Springs,' Va., Jan. 3 President Wilson will cut short his honeymoon and start back to Washington because of the new developments in intr national situation caused by th destruction of th British liner Persia, sunk last week in the Mediterranean sea. Washington, January 1 Secretary Lansing , said .today that Consul" 'Carrel's dispatch from Alexandria concering the sinking of the steamer Persia mentioned that the Persia carried 4.7 inch gun. That fact was deleted in the para phrase of the consul's report as it was given out by the state 'department and no explana tion was made today as to why it was deleted. Dispatches of such nature are given out in paraphrase instead to guard the code of the state depart ment. Washington, Jan. 1 Presi dent wilson will return to the capital tomorrow to take charge of the new crisis in the foreign relations between 'the United States and the Teuton powrs caused by the submarine warfare in the Mediterranean which has resulted in the loss of American lives. After con ferences this morning over the telephone with Secretary Tu- ' multy and Secretary Lansing it was announced at the white house and and also at Hot Springs, Va., that the presi . dent would start back to Wash ington tonight and- would i - rive toraorow. .... Secretary Lansing announced that . he had Instructed Ambassodor Pen field at lVenna to k the Austrian government for . Information which might establish the nationality of the submarine which Is said to have sunk the Persia and which might develop tacts In the case, v . . It was stated authoritatively that ths destruction of the Persia and the - Glengyle has put such a grave aspect on the foreign relations of ths country that the president considered It nec essary to return to the white house at once and confer with Secretary Lan sing and other members of the cabinet to shaps the course of the Unite States. ' : ; The situation as It exists today was described in official quarters as para-lelllna- the crisis which was caused by the slnklnir of the Arabia close on the German assurances in response to representations from the XJnHsd States en the destruction of the Luslta.nl Although American officials -r keeping their minds open until f 11 ths facts in the Persia case sre- received ' and until it Is known whether Ameri cans were endangered In the. sinking of the British steamer Glengyls, ths gravity of ths situation was not mini mised and ths declaration of Baron Zweldlnek, ths Austrian charge, that he was confident that ths final explan ation would be satisfactory, did not lessen tk tension. INCH Congress May Act In Regard To Submarine War (By Parker R. Anderson.) " Gazette-News Bureau, Washington, Dec. 31. . The British steamer Persia was tor pedoed without , warning by an un known submarine and sank in five minutes with an estimated loss of 245 lives, according to an official dispatch to the state department from Ameri can Consul G arrets, at Alexandria, Egypt. Robert N. McNeely, American con sul at Ayden, Arabia, was last seen struggling In the waters and is be lieved to have been drowned. The state department gave out the following paraphrase of the official statement: ' "Persia sank 800 miles northwest of Alexandria at 1.05 on the afternoon of December 30. Steamer sank in five minutes. . No submarine was seen, but an officer of the Persia saw its wake. One hundred and fifty-five out. of 400 passengers and crew were landed at Alexandria, January ,1. Charles II. Grant, of Boston, among survivors, but Robert McNeely, Amer ican consul at Ayden, Arabia, was probably lost, as he was last seen In the water." Receipts of this official news dis sipated the hope officials had that ex enuatlng circumstances might be found for the Persia, disaster. The sinking of the vessel without warning and with such heavy loss of life if considered second only to the Luslta nia tragedy as an example of premedi tated maritime murder. The dispatch was immediately sent to Secretary of State Lansing and a copy was wired to President Wilson German Peace Terms Are Given By IVof Bureau Berlin, Jan. 3.- An article In the Neue Zurlcher Zeitung purporting to give Germany's peace conditions, a summary of which is circulated by the Wolff bureau among the German pa pers, is attracting general public at tention. The terms on which Germany, ac cording to the Ueue Zurlcher Zeitung, la ready to consider peace are as fol lows: , The restoration of Belgium under certain conditions. No annexation ofFrench territory. Another Large British Steamer Sunk; 1 00 Saved London, Jan. 3. The British steam er Glen Tyle has been sunk. There are about 100 survivors. The Glengyle sailed from Shanghai for London on November 25 and was last reported at Singapore December 8. Her route would take her through the Sues canal and the Mediterranean and It may be assumed tliat, she was sunk in the Mediterranean sea. The Glengyle was one of the largest Japan Sends Cruiser Squadron To Suez Canal Tokio, Jan. 8. Announcement was made today by the JIJl Shlmpo that a squadrrn -f Japanese warships would sail for the Sues canal presumably for the' protection of Japanese shipping In the Mediterranean. It is said that ths armored cruisers Kaslga, Toklwa and Chitoie were assigned to th ser vice. The reported decision of th Jap- IMPORTANT COURT TERM FOR HAYWOOD COUNTY Peebles Case and Murder Case Against Tranham Broth ers to Come Up for Trial Wsynssville, Jan. I. Th January term of court (or th trlal.,of crimi nal and- cMl cases. will con vers la WayoMVlll on Monday, January 14. Th criminal dockt la very hsavy Mil at Hot Springs. In view of the fact that the sub marine was not seen by officers or pas sengers of the Persia, and its identity therefore cannot be established, it is considered highly probable that prompt demands will be made to tho German and Austrian governments for Information with respect to the sub marine's nationality. The dispatch from Consul Garrels did not state from what source the in formation contained therein was ob tained. Cabled instructions were Im mediately sent to the consul to obtain affidavits from officers and passengers, particularly from the American sur vivor, Charles M. Grant, with a view to determining all facts in the case so far as they are known. An intimation in unofficial sources today that tho Persia was an armed vessel was taken i as an Indication that this might be; one defense set up by German or Aus tria for the attack. . That the United .States would reject thfs line of defense was definitely in dicated by officials. There is a strong intimation here that drastic action will be taken by congress when it meets Tuesday to stop for all times the submarine war fare which has resulted In" the loss of millions of dollars worth of American property and lives. It is said at least half a dozen congressmen will intro duce resolutions in tho house asking hat an embargo be placed on all arms Jolng to the allies and other European Dowers now at war. It is also In tended to take such action. It is said, as to force both Germany and Austria to stop for once and for all the Inhu man submarine warfare. ' The separation of Poland from Russia as an independent kingdom under the rule of a German prince. The restoration pf all German col onies. ' The payment of an Indemnity which would assume the form of a transfer to Germany of Russia's indebtedness to France, amounting to . 18 billion francs, and the payment for a term of years of an annual contribution by Belgium, equal In amount to that Bel gium has hitherto spent on military organization.- Similar contributions from Russia for Poland this part Is not clear. steamers that has been sunk since the activity of submarines in the Mediter ranean became pronounced. She had a gross tonnage of 9295;' was owned by the Glen line of Glasgow and was the largest steamer of the line. The Glengyle had been in service only a comparatively short time, hav ing been built at Newcastle In 1904. She was 600 feet long; 62 feet beam and 34 feet deep. Her master was Captain Webster. anese government to send a squadron to the Sued canal follows tho sinking of two Japanese steamers in the Med iterranean. The passenger liner Yasa ka Maru was torpedoed off Port Said, December SI and the freighter Ken koku. Maru was sunk by a submarine Docember 29. Those aboard both steamers were rescued. ' ' there are a number of important cases to b heard. On of the most Import ant cases that will probably be heard is that. of John Peebles. This case, It will be remembered, was carrlod on appeal to th Supreme court, and pending th appeal, a petition was presented to Governor Lock Cralg, asking a tardon; but th pardon was refused. Th case on appeal was then prepared and two week ago Mr. Smathera went before th Supreme oourt, where he succeeded In getting a new hearing. , . Another Important cas la that of Wiley and Charles Trantham, charged with killing tho "two Plemmon boys, on Hurricane several - month ago This cas. It will x recalled, was be fore ' th last term of court, but tht solicitor only tried th men In one case and th Jury returned a verdict of not fullty. Ufj SOUTH WING London, Jan. 3. The latest dis patches from the southern extremity of the Russian front indicate that heavy fighting : continues with the Russian front, indicate that heavy fighting continues with the Russian army of General , Ivanoff gaining ground. One correspondent reports that the operations began with an of fensive movement by the Austrians, designed to straighten their line, and that after th eattaek was repulsed the Russians continued on the offensive? It Is evidence that the Russian ad vance has extended as far as the River Stripa. ' In other dispatches it is asserted that two great offensive actions clash ed, the Russians having advanced as a threat against the Teutons in the Balkan operations, while the Austro Germans felt it necessary to Improve their positions before the great attack, which they expected the Russians to make In the early spring. . FIGHT RATES IMPOSSIBLE Governor Craig Will Resist In crease In Outbound Freights From North Carolina. (By W. T. Boat). Raleigh, Jan. 8. Governor Craig's displeasure over the announcement that the railroads have raised their outbound freight rates is not dimin ished by the assurance that the rate settlement of two years ago is not to be disturbed. : The governor's letter to the public indicates that he is not going to al low any such thing as has been done without letting the people know about It. He had read a few paragraphs in the papers about th proposed rais ing of rates In the southeastern terri tory, but ho," did not think that it meant anythi'. In the first fight the people agitated until "they " brought the railroads to a considerable con cession. The turn of things now ap pears to rob the people largely of tho benefits formerly gained. The governor cannot see how the railroads, which contended so strong ly for the principle of giving lower rates to Virginia gate cities on in bound freight, can also defend the practice under the new rate increase of giving Virginia Just as low rates as other cities which may have a haul of 200 miles less than the Virginia cities. In his letter he made it pretty plain that the question will not stop Just where it is now. The corporation commission had previously protested against the in crease and it is given to understand that the question has not been finally settled. The expiration of the premium on tax-paying in the city Saturday found a large number availing themselves of the benefits and the authorities de clare that rarely have the taxes been so well paid up at this time of tha year. They regard It an omen of gen eral prosperity. The county board of education which meets today will probably act upon the question of appointing a new assistant superlntendest of public In struction for Wake. The resignation nnd marriage of Miss Edith Royster last week made the place vacant. The board has not fully deter mined whether it will elect a new as sistant of try to finish the spring work with more clerical help. MIrsi Royster who Is now Mrs Z. V. Judd, Is In the city and will tomorrow re sign as president of the better asso ciation which she organized. HUNGARIAN GOV'T MAY TAKE CHARGE OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION Zurich, Switzerland, Jan. 3. All efforts to prevent the extortionate prices for foodstuffs in Hungary hav ing so far failed, the government has now determined to prohibit entirely th export, even to Austria, of any ar ticle of food which are scarce, and has 1bo fixed maximum prices that are to be imposed throughout Hun gary, according to reliable advice re ceived her. Loral authorities are to be empowered to seize with military force all stocks of grain nnd other provision that ar being kept back for hlnheif prices.' Although Hungary Is essentially an agricultural country, the prices 'of flour and dally products, as well as meat, are much higher than In Indus trial Germany. Th laM-owners and farmers who control the parliament In Budapest, have used their utmost In fluence to prevent the Importation of cheap foods from abroad, prior to U.j war, by Insisting upon the main tenance of th high protective duty. RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR , R KAISKR OPKIt Ti:i OX. Paris, Jan. 3 News dispatches R from Italy and Bwltserland con- K tlnue to affirm that tho Illness of ? th Kaiser is serious. . It Is stated t that he waa operated on Wedne- t day successfully but th natur t of th operation waa not speel- t fled. n ANOTHER IN TO PEACE Members of Ford Expedition Allowed to Go Through Germany to The Hague on Special Train. CONDITIONS OF PERMIT ARE STRICT, HOWEVER Must Not Set Foot on German Soil; Locked In Train Henry Ford Reaches New York; Confident. Copenhagen, Jan. 3. The German government has granted the Ford peace expedition permission to travel through German territory to The Hague by special train. The party will leave Copenhagen for The Hague on Friday. The privilege of passing over Ger man territory was granted despite the refusal of the American state depart ment to extend the passports of ths members of the party to cover bellig erent countries. The conditions under which the Americans may travel through Ger many are strict. The train on which they travel is to be sealed while going tnrougn Germany. Everyone Is to be locked in. None will be permitted to touch German soil during the Journey. The members of the party will not be permitted to carry with them any printed or typewritten matter. Con cealment of papers even of an inno cent character, will result In compli cation's for the whole party. Other things which the members of the party must abandon before reach ing Germany are cameras, postcards, opera glasses and gold coins. Most of the baggage of the expenditton la to be sent back to the United States from Copenhagen. "It is announced that the expedition will disband at The Hague on January 12 and that most of the members wiil return home from Rotterdam. Ford Arrives. ' New York, Jan. 3. Henry Ford who led ths peace expedition which ' college, where he was graduated In left here December 4 on the steamer 1 1S"7 He attended the law school sit Oscar II for Copenhagen In the hope ! Washington and Lee universitv, and of bringing about a conference of! 'as admitted to the bar at A neutral nations that would end the'H" ln 1878. He lived at Aujusti war, arrived here yeste.day on thei,,,,tiI appointed to the Supreme court stearnship Bergensfjord. He confirm ed cable reports that his return had been hastened by Illness, but said it made a difference of only a few days, as he intended when he left to come back this month. . Mr. Ford declared his views regard ing the cause of the war have under gone a marked change. When he left, he said, he was of the opinion that bankers, mumirnrtn and armament were responsible, but!"1 an(1 ablIify as a lawyer fitted he returns with the belief that it Is the people themselves, those now be ing slaughtered, who are responsible. The men doing the fighting have been too content to let those who rule them do their thinking, and they have not taken advantage of their divine right to say for themselves what they shall do and think, the pacifist as serted, "Republics are no better than mon archies ln this respect," he said. "Ev en In the United States we allow thoso whom we have elected to office to be swerved from thlr duty. We do not assert ourselves. Personally. I have been a voter 31 years and In nil thii time I have voted oniy six times, an') men because my wife made ine." Of the eventua! suc Tor he' peace mission. Mr. Ford declared he had no doubt. "The movement is now organ izea and under way," he said. "Peo ple are talking about It, and while some criticise, when people talk th"y think, and when they think, they think right." Mr. Ford's future plans with resnert to the peace expedition were uncer tain, he said. While he had several Ideas in mind, he deemed it too early to speak of them. He left the party in charge of Gaston Plantiff. he said. In accordance with his original nlnn and despite all reports to the con trary, whon the party left the Oscar II, It was as harmonious as could oe desired. The main idea of the mission." continued Mr. Ford, "was to crystallize Into concrete form, If possible, the va rious Ideas and hopes for peace which prevail -all over the world. The nations doing the fighting would be glad to stop It If they could. I believe, "ul l"'Jr it au-aia 10 let go.' - inose wno accompanied me on the Oscar II were as fine a body of peo- pio ror that particular mission as I could ask, nnd the Interested dele - gstes that nvt us at Christlanla were an gooa men. I am simply financing una carrying out as rar as possible ne worn set under way last year t 11.0 niorung si in Hague or th Wo- men internntlonaJ Peace congress. Thl work ultimately will hiing Eu rope to its sense and stop th war. ' "If what I hav done will bring peace only one day nearer. I shall be mor than repaid. Every day the war is shortened will save 30,000 lives, I founder of th Kansas City Jour- growing bond I mires' and th dsmoo snd 30,000 lives will mean much to- t nal nd pioneer Journalist and W racy retort 'Butler and Bond beat ward restoring order and normal con- statesman of th middle west t us six year ago. Lord, what th dem. dltlon. R died at his horn her today at Klocratla wits could set off on Butler' . "ir necessary I will again go to Europe and If It will help matter I (Continued on Pax Three). P I T M R FUNERAL PARTY PllSSAHD r fcd B ' -$f Late Associate Justice x of Supreme Court to Be' Taken to Old Home at Augusta, Ga. OVERWORK PRIMARY CAUSE OF HIS DEATH One of the Few Supreme Court Judges to Be Appointed hy President of Opposite Po litical Faith. Washington, Jan. 8. Arrange ments are being completed today for the funeral of Joseph Rucker Lamar, associate Justice of . the Supreme , tUUI I, WUU U1CU JIUL JUglll. Ul glGtuitu. heart failure at the age of E8 years. Had justice Lamar lived until noon today he would have completed five years of service on the Supreme court bench. Following its custom, the court, af ter meeting today, adjourned in re spect to the memory of the late Jus tice. The burial will be at Augusta, C-a., for many years the home of Jus tice Lamar. The attending physicians declared Justice Lamar's death to be due pri marily to overwork as a member of the Supreme court and as commis sioner for the United States in 1011 cf he mediation conference between the United States and Mexico. It is believed that because of the Important cases pending before ths court. President Wilson will make an appointment to tho vacancy at once. Associate Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar had the distinction of being one of the few members of the court appointed by a president of opposite political faith. President Taft ap pointed him In 1910 with only two precedents for such action, those of Justices Jackson and Lurton. Justice Lamar was born in Ruck ersville, Elbert county, Georgia, Oc tober 14, 1857,. He attended the Uni versity of Georgia and later Bethanv tienen. Coming from distinguished south ern stock, he was one of the few men whose family had previously had a representative on the bench. The Jus tice was a cousin to Associate Jus tice L. Q. C. Lamar of Mississippi, who served on the bench from 1888 to 1893. He was honored by his state by many positions for which his lenrn- hlm. First he was a member of the Georgia house of representatives, and in J 892 was appointed to the Supreme court of Georgia as one of the com missioners to prepare a code of laws lo hv thl i . CdehlWaf " ..fhJE.neL PmWyr ""V YilJJl ,r e, y some well meaning republicans to llJry PP 'ntmPnt ,to, fl 1 a,n ""I "Tike terror among democrats. Noth fhe r associate Justice of , p)ea8eg that h Simmon, HectS ft he Z m WaS: machine and the rest, so much. In the suinJ TVwHnn "Tn P""'tio" at th j first place, there are a dozen repub- in ZTJZ Li i VT 8tumP and tlpr campatgn i , J Pctice of the law, he large- er ,Hn.t to claBsed ,th g , ly represented railroads and other big Thom tener, Sknner. By ftnth?ftthv0no rnrnnr H i day f HoKon. Prltchard Price JaL fnteeritvyJn, .o K awf- Newell. Llnney. Zeb Walser or Her Integrity was so highly regarded that u ,.,n 1j , !th ""ate without delay confirmed "5,?"?"' . .. m rt Ch hrkTl V S?TVrlty a"" abusing him because he on. 0rIh?'mJ ecamo r"1 " is the one man ln the republican Hta oolon, rereP?,nf.rH i memcry Party who can be abued without "glcOPlAppHcaXnsfit T'rZtV, i-.T'"1 ""' MUCH SPECULATION AS TO MAKE-UP OF CHINA'S MONARCHICAL CABINET Peking, Jan. 2. Chinese officials are speculating as to probable com position of the cabinet after the resto ration of the monarchy. It Is gener ally believed that the present pre mier. Hsu Shih-chang, will refuse to contlnue as premier after the change. I This is because he served under th;stroved and the negroes re-admlttd Tstng dynasty, and cannot well ex - i Plain to the Chinese public how It is possible to serve another master. Fur - iinermore, man ttni-Kai was sunoral- nat to him under the Eslngs: the re- viRlon of their position would be al j most unthinkable to the Chinese. It lis rumored that Hsu Hhl-chanr may i consent to become premier some time after th restoration of th monarchy, but aoes not feel that he can assume that position at th very beginning ne prospective aj nasty, KltltltllttKltl(lt t COL. VAV IIORV DEAD. R H Kansas City, Mo.. Jan. - I. t t Col. Robert Thompson Van Horn. the age of 1 years, Rbond' record. I presume he lent , talking about the South Dakota RWtRRHRRRR,RRRRR bonds. .. . J IDO HOT DESIRE BUTLEIVS HELP Raleigh Republicans Are Not Pleased With News' Thaft M. Butler Is to Campaign Against N.C. Democrats. FEAR THE EFFECT OF HIS "COMING BACK" One Party Leader Declares Democrats Are Only Pre tending to Fear Butler's ) Advent Into Politics. 7 (By W. T. Bost). Raleigh, Jan. 3. Raleigh republi cans are hocked as democratic lead ers are happy over the recent Wash ,nfrton stQry that Marlon Butler wlu return to the state to aid in the publican campaif i of this year. The Raleigh republicans have a single hope and that is the inaccuracy of the rumor. When your correspon dent wrote early in September that the democrats had received some sort of a warning that Butler is to come back and that the election laws and books need repairs, Major George Butler and others quieted their rears with interviews and denials. Twice since then additional evi dences have been offered this depart ment but not used. The democrats fear that the news is too good to be true. They know perfectly well that if Ex-Senator Butler does return the republican opposition is utterly wrecked for the Settles, Skinners, Duncans, Owens, Holtons,' Pritchard3, Reynolds and Martins not will again work with him. The party would not be recognizable. "Since Senator Butler does not specify in his charge who are thoso 'certain democratic machine republi cans who have fixed up a personal slate of silence and division.' I do not" think that I should not be forced to!"' offend personally," one of them said Saturday night, "but I think I know what the republicans who have alwiys worked for the party and for tha credit of the state when it was at; stake, no matter who was In powr, think of his obtrusion of himself aqtain into state politics. I have had som-j pretty bitter political enemies with in my own party, but I never heard , one man who did not lament, when he talked at allany sign that n at or Butler contemplated Returning to the state. ' ' "I don't belong to any party fac tions, never did. I am as confident that we had beaten the state demo crats in 1910 as I am that we will beat them in the nation in 1916. I am also confident that we shall beat ha state democratic ticket ln 1918 if we can go to the people with the record of the demoracy weighting down its candidates shouldering it rather than bearing broken backs as we shall havo carrvtnir Marlon Rntler with, iml IlcnHK-ruts Don't Fear Illm. "Butler's conceit in challenging democratic Btump speakers and de- Pouncing with malevolent tongue all opposition to him is supposed bv I j ' .Z" . dragging him out of the political ob- "He Is the only man who would be charged with such things us thrse democrats do charge him without holding his accusers to account. Vet tho democrats can continue their pro gram of abuse and vilification against Butler and each time the majority grows. If there Is the slightest evi dence of Butler activity In the state. "Right now the democrats are plan ning to return themselves on the nig ger cry, that universal refuge of th" democratic political Indigent. I do not believe one. republican In North Car- oltna wants the 1900 amendment de- 'to tho uuttmitn. tint I'll mm-antea that oiir party might openly commit ! itself to such a policy and It would not be hurt half so badly as th slmnle suggestion that Marlon Butler might be re-admitted to state politics and standing ln his party. "For that reason his tirade In the News and Observer against 'th'it small but very active clan of demo- cratlc machine republicans ln our ofista'V who. he says 'have s greed not to attack the democrstlo machine, Is altogether interesting. Let us sup pose that Butler as our leader would attack the machine. Imagine hi ap peal to the state 1 to diiv out th I democrats for relief 'from hlh and I nnnrl v tures. of th Inrr