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THE GAZETTE-NEWS Baa Tha Associated Freaa Service. It la In Every Respect Complete. , Member Andlt Bureau Circulation. A 4 mm ww, WEATHER FORECAST ;i yp" cloudy. 5iKii'ir' VOLLME XX. NO. 296. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 26, 1916. PRICE 2' CENTS-n Tnsm s etc 10 IMPORTANT PRESIDENT IB- QUESTIONS NEAR DECISION British Labor Organizations Are Meeting to Define Atti tude Toward Compul sory Military Service. HOUSE IS DISCUSSING BLOCKADE QUESTION , Intimated Unofficially That British Government Has De cided Against Formal Blockade of Germany TARIFF II Mr. Kitchin Is Informed That President Will Seek to Have Congress Create Tar ; iff Commission. FAVORS CREATION OF ENTIRELY NEW BODY Kitchin Would Have Power Invested in Federal Trade Commission Supports ; Anti-Dumping Bill. The position of the British gov ernment on two matters of prime Im portance In the conduct of the war Is to be determined as the result of pro ceedings under way today. The atti tude of the labor organizations to ward compulsory military service Is to be decided at a great conference of labor men which meets in Bristol today; and the debate on the question of a formal blockade of the German ports before the house of commons. The Bristol conference is the most important of its kind ever held in Rngland, representing as it does more than 2,000,000 members of trpde unions, the compulsory military ser vice bill, having passed the house of commons and encountering little on position in the house of lords. The outcome cf the great campaign de pends largely on the attitude of or ganized labor. Although there was great opposition to the measure at the London labor conference, it Is now believed-that the feeling has died down to a considerable extent.stnce that time. There are Intimations, unofficial In nature, that the British government has decided against a formal block ode of Germany.' . Because of the renewal of heavy fighting on the west front the belief expressed that there was a serious German attempt to break through the French lines close to the Flanders front on Monrtny and neWRpnpers pre dict that German activity In the west will probably reach its highest effort on Thursday, when the Herman em peror celebrates his fifty-seventh birthday. The following official statement on the Mesopotamia campaign was given out today, under Monday's date: 3lr Jercey Lake, the new comman der In Mesopotamia, reports that Gen- luie!, LAST DAYS OF TRADE WEEK PROMISE TO BE BUSY ONES Only Three More Days Remain of Great Co-operative Refunding Sale Response of Ashe ville and Out-of-Town Shoppers so Far Indicate Great Business For Merchants Be tween Now and Saturday Night When Sale Closes. ' SURPRISED AT JAPAN RENEWS CLARK DENIAL SEVEN DEMANDS Washington, Jan. 26. President Wilson told House Leader Kitchin of the ways and means committee yes terday he favored creation of a tariff commssion and that he would '. at tempt to put through a bill for it dur ing the present session of congress. The president is expected to discuss the question in a special message to congress in the near future. Mr. Kitchin favors putting the powers of a tariff commission wun the federal trade commission, In stead of creating a new body, but the president believes a separate . com mission should be created. Mr. Kitchin said after his confer ence with the president that he did no know' whether or not he would oppose the plan; he added that he thought the majority of the ways and means committee was in favor of it. The president's plan is said to be for a non-partisan commission to be created for the purpose of collecting facts for congress. , The president made It plain he did not think the proposed commission should be established with the view of upholding or criticising any par ticular tariff policy, tout should be en tirely non-partisan, and capable of gathering facts without any political bias. - As proposed by the president, such a commission would have specific powers to: Investigate the administrative an fiscal effects of customs laws now in force or which may be passed in tho future. . . Determine the relations between rates of duties on raw materials ind those on finished or partially finish ed products. Investigate the effects of ad valorem and specific duties and of those which are a compound of ad valorem and specific. Examine the arrangement of sched ules of .duties and the classification of the articles on the several scnea- Just three days of the big co-oper-1 atlve sale instituted, by The Gazette News through the merchants of this city remain, Saturday being the last day and those last days give every indication of being history makers for the mercantile annals of Asheville. Yesterday was another good day. a great many shoppers rrom out of town .made their presence felt in Asheville stores, where they made substantial purchases. The business man 1b anxious to extend his trade; he wants new customers, for that means new life to his business, and naturally everything was done to es tablish friendly relations with the men and women from out of: town who responded to the 'offerings of the sale and had come to Asheville to see what the stores here really con tained. Without exception the, mer chants reported that the shoppers were greatly pleased with their ex perience and promised to come again." They were shown that Asheville Is the logical place for them to. trade in; that the stores In this city cannot be excelled by any In the state, and that there is a variety of goods, an up-to-dateness in style and Is a gen uineness in the values that is unmis takable and also that . Asheville stoves are served by trained clerks who are well qualified to give advice as to purchases, advice which many a shopper has felt the need of and has been grateful for receiving. i Co-operation ' all around has proved Its ' valuef the customer and the merchant have been satisfied and the city Is bound to benefit by the Visit of so many strangers. A great many shoppers have visited personal friends in the city, making an overnight visit, for Instance, and have accom plished this - without the expense which 'would follow a call made to the city fOB.;that purpose alone, for under the' terms of the sale fares are refunded of course, a reasonable limit being placed as to the amount spent in the; stores. It is a sensible proposition which has worked out well. Everybody says so and it must be so. The out of. town shoppers are not the only one who are taking ad van tage of the generous price reductions in effect in ' most of the stores that are participating in Asheville trade week for Asheville people to a great extent are availing' themselves of the various bargain offerings being mads by the local merchants and trade is "brisk" in spite of inclement weath er for the past several days. Where to Get Bargains. Here is a- list of stores where bar gains will be found and where faris will be refunded: Bn MaroJie. MoGraw Iry Goods Co. M. V. Moore and Co. Ixmenbefa-Rutenberg, RE1MB II QROZGO E VILLA'SRALLY CRY Using Dead Leader's Name to Stir Up Mexicans and Gain Recruits. REFORM BEGUN " Chas. E. Henderson. The Racket Store. Nichols Shoe Co, . Green Bros Ottis Green Hardware Co. Brown Book Co. Pack Square Book Co. Asheville Power and light Co. Coopers, "On the Square." Globe Sample Co. Hills Market. J. L. Smathers and Sons. : I. X. Ii. Dept. Store. Asheville Paint and Glass Co. Dunham's Musto House. Teague and Oates. H. Ii. Flnkelsteln Loan Office. Williams-Huffman Music Co. Smith-Bruns Clothing Co. Brown Hardware Co. Gem Clothing Co. Susquehanna Furniture Co. - Asheville Furniture Co. Fnlk's Music House. Allison Drug Store. Star Market, The Call Co. Asheville Package Co. Carolina Paint & Varnish Co. J. M. Hearn & Co. T. M. McCanlcss. Tho Fair. Carolina Paint and Varnish Co. Piedmont Electric Co. J. H. Law. Smith's Drug Store. Hood's Millinery. , Crystal Cafe System. STILL CONFERRING Members of Ho'' v:abor Com- mittee Si'' ;sd at Editor's S vv---5nt as to Report of Testimony. Investigate the provisions of law eral Aylmei attacked the Turkish po sillon at F.ssin on Friday. Fierco reIatln(f t0 ths tarlff and the regula iiKnung runumieu inruiiKn inv uny with varying success. The weather throughout was atrocious, a pounding rain rendering movements of troops extremely difficult. "Owing to the floods It was Impos sible to renew the attack on Saturday and General Alymer took up a posi tion 1.800 yards from the enemy's trenches. "The weather continues very bad, with Incessant rain. No details re garding the casualties have been re ceived, but they are reported to have been verv heavy on both sides." The British advancing from Mun toflk, on the Rhatt-El-Hal river south of Kut El Amara. toward Knrnn, also were compelled to retreat before a Turkish attack, says the report, leav ing on hundred men dead. The Brit ish revert at the hands of the Turks, however, is somewhat offset by the Turkish losses in battles with the Rus sians In the neighborhood of Erie-rum. Hons of the treasury department ap plying to invoices, and other ques tions with application to the collec tion of customs duties: and Determine generally the working of the customs and tariff laws In their economic effect and administrative method. In addition tha president believes a tariff commission would be able to collect as much data throwing light on the tariff relations between the United States and foreign countries, the rates of duty imposed on Ameri can products by foreign countries, the existence and effects of discrim inating duties, the effects of com mercial treaties and preferential agreements, the results of export bounties, and the effects of any spe-1 clal or discriminating duties Imposed by the United States. A new use of a tariff commission proposed by the president would be to discover the possibility of establish ing new Industries or developing old ones, such as the production of dye stuffs, by the use of scientific and practicable methods. El Paso, Jan. 26. General Villa, now in western Chihuahua, defying the forces of the Carranza govern- jlment, Is using for his cry, "Remem ber orozco ' to stir up nairea againui Americans and to gain recruits for himself, according to foreigners who reached the border today. Orozco was Villa's most formidable follower until he was driven across the border into the United States nearly two years ago. Orozco was irhot and killed last September In the mountains on this side of the bound ary line, sometime after he had tor- felted the bond under which he was being held for vloflation of the Unit ed States neutrality laws. Villa has taken advantage of the circumstances surrounding the death of Orozco, it is declared, using his name as a rallying cry for recruits. Western Chihuahua was the home of Orozco as well as that of Villa Hid the dead leader had a large following which Is said to have been Inflamed recently when Villa Informed them that Orozco was murdered in Texas ny Americans. Several persons arriving from Chi huahua City declare that 36 Ameri cans were thrown into prison Just before Villa evacuated the city; that a number of Chinese were shot and stores belonging to Chinese and Jap anese were looted and burned. Villa announced, it was said, that he would hold the Americans .for a $30,000 ransom, but they were finally released. Carranza Government Is Mak ing Efforts to Carry Out Promised Made by Con stitutionalists, i COMISSION NAMED ' TO DEVELOP PLANS AT Result of Exchange Described as Favorable to French - Other Fighting. Paris, Jan. it. The office statement on tha French war progress or IT Salisbury, Jan. 25, The fourth an nual meeting of the North Carolina Livestock association began today with members from all parts of tha state In attendance. The meeting will adjourn Friday. , W. B. Crumpton, demonstration agent ef Rowan county, welcomed the Division of Large Estates Con templated Carranza Sol diers Would Share First in Distribution. EXPORTS IN 1915 71 P. C. INCREASED Reached Total of $3,555,000, 000 Breaking All Previous Export Records. hostilities yesterday says that last visitors to the city and the response was emooaiea in me suaresa 01 u. . Holderneae of Tarboro. " Today's program, which was featur ed by a stork parade, was devoted to the consideration ef the breeding of hogs and the discussion took In all phasee of the industry, following an addrtsa by Edgar B. Moore of Char lotte on 'The Work of the Hwlne breeders Association and What It Can Do." J. B. Jones of Montgomery, Ala., field agent of the department of agri culture of the United Slates, also ad dressed the delegates. The members nf the North Carolina Poultry association will lead In the discussion of the poultry industry at UiBiJLht'a session. night there was continued artillery fighting In the vlolnlty of Nlauport, llelgiiim. The result of tha exchange is described as favorable to the French. ' The German forces at one point penetrated the first line of French trenches but were at once driven out lb the Artola district yesterday even ing the Germans attacked tha French Una over distance ot 1(00 yards. The preparatory work constated to the explosion ot a number of mines which was followed by a very violent bom bardment. The Germans Were said to hava been driven back by the French artillery. They aucraaded In oooupy , Ing some craters, however, but from i . ef them ware later expelled. Washington, Jan. 28. -American exports Increased 70 per cent in 1915 and reached a total of $3,(66,000,000 breaking all previous records. Figures given out by the department of com merre show that the heavier exports find the decline in Imports together act a new trade balance record of II, 772.000,000. The Imports were the smallest since 112. The total for eign trade exports and Imports pass ed the IS.OOO.ooo.ono mark dni-in the year, eauh month showing heav ier exports until December reached $351,000,000. . e1. ' BRITISH TO PROBE SINKING OF PERSIA EI Paso, Jan. 26. Efforts are be ing made by the Carranza govern ment, according to information made public today, to establish the land re forms promised by the constitution alist party. The Mexican consul here said today that a commission already had been appointed to develop, plans for putting into operation Carranza s land distribution scheme, under a de cree Issued December 21, 1914. The scheme contemplates the return to government control of the municipal lands which were taken by private parties during and after the Diaz regime, which according to reports the Carrnnza government will proceed to divide the vast areas nf uncultl vated lands which comprise some of the largeat estates. The soldiers who have fought for Carranza will share first in the dis tribution of small farms, it Is an nounced. .Advices from the interior of Chi huahua state report continued tran quility without the districts in which the forces of Villa and other rebel leaders are operating. Reports from Torreon state that the Carranza troops comprising a part of the 10, 000 men which are being concentrat ed for a campaign to exterminate the bandits, have already taken the field in the Laguna district against the out law bands. . Latest advices concerning Villa say that he Is In the vicinity of Ouer- rero, where, according to a state ment by his supporters, he Is safo from the pursuing Carranza forces pending the completion of his plans for the reorganization of his armv to take the field against the de facto government, ; LUST Presents Note to Chinese Min ister Demanding Conces sions Included in Pro gram of Last Spring! COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN TO ISSUE STATEMENT 21 ARTICLES CONTAINED IN ORIGINAL DEMANDS According to Record Clark Used Words Attributed to Him Concerning West ern N. C. People. Group Five Left For Uterior Argument After Two Gov ernments Had Agreed on Other 21 Demands. Bernstorff Will Make Another Effort to Satisfy U. S. Government. Washington, Jan. 26Secretary Lansing has an engagement to confer again with Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, over the contro versy growing out of the sinking of the British steamer Lusltania. Ger many's last proposal in the negotia tions over the incident having failed to satisfy President Wilson and Secre tary Lansing, the ambassador. It is said, will submit another tentative proposal for settlement of the case, embodying the requirements of the United States. The new proposal af ter being considered by the president and secretary of state, is expected to be forwarded Immediately to the Ber lin foreign office for approval or dis approval of the German government, The United States, it Is authorita tively stated will Insist on holding Ger many to "strict accountability" for the loss of American lives and desires that the Berlin government admit In effect that It is liable, according to law, for the lives of neutrals lost in the com mission ot the act against the vessel of an enemy. Teutonic diplomatic circles are still optimistic regarding the outcome of the dispute, despite the refusal of the United States to accept Germany's last proposal. TO WED HEULIHT Miss Rebeoca Buxton Will Marry Moses Edson Banks of Fairfield, Conn. 'Gazette-News Bureau, Rlggs Building, Washington, Jan. 26. Considerable Burprlse was express ed today by members of the house labor committee when they read the statement of David Clark, of Char lotte, denying that he had made cer tain statements wtlh reference to the mountain people of North Carolina. Chairman Lewis is out the city, but his chief clerk said that Mr. Lewis would have a statement to make when he returned. Insofar as Mr. Clark was quoted in the Washington correspondence of The Gazette-News, the writer states now that Mr. Clark was not misquoted, even to the leaving out of a comma, according to the official record. According to the official report, now a public document, and the stenog rapher's notes and alBO the statements of gentlemen who heard Mr. Clark make this charge against our moun tain people, he stated that they did not believe In education. Mr. Clark read over the stenographer's notes before they were printed in the official documnt, and made such corrections as he thought necessary, according to the clerks of the house labor commit tee. Here la what he is quoted as say ing about the mountain people in answer to a question by Representa tive Summers: Mr. Summers "If you leave the question of education to the Judg ment of the parents after they are 14 years of age why not leave it to them all the time, and if you do not leave It to them all the time ,why leave it to thorn any time?" Mr. Clark "When these people come from the mountains they don't believe in education. That is the reason we don't have compulsory edu cation In North Carolina, because the isolated mountain districts would go Republican If we forced compulsory education on them. That is the paragraph which was sent out by the writer and which Mr. Clark yesterday denied having made, I did not hear tho statement, but the official stenographer did; clerks to the committee say he did and mem bers of the committee say so. The government printing office has Issued a public document containing that statement and the above quotation is from that official paper. Democratlo leaders in the house have decided that whatever money is needed for national defense will be raised by increasing the Income tax a tax on all munitions ot war and by retaining the present duty on sugar, It Is understood that Majority Leader Claude Kitchin of North Carolina will make a speech in the house within the next few days, when he will advocate this plan of action Mr. Kitchin returned to Washing ton Sunday from Raleigh, where he has been with his daughter, who Is seriously 111 at a hospital in the cap! tal city. liondon, Jan. 26. The Japanes government has delivered to the Chinese minister at Tokio for pre sentation to his government a note in which is embodied seven - demands which were included In the program of demands which Japan made on China last spring, according to a dis patch from the far east. DIVIDENDS RESTORED ON STEEL COMMON Ixndon, Jan. !. Tha British oc epDinrnt has ordered a formal Invest -gallon of the cii-cumstances attending the sinking of the Hrltlah steamer Persia In the Mediterranean last month. New Tork, Jan. 2. United States Steel common shares were restored to their regular dividend status of fife per cent when the directors yester day unanimously declared quarter ly dlburs-mrnt of IM per cent out of the earnings for the last quarter of 116, Total earnings nf 851.232, 78. for three months were the larg est for any simitar period In the his tory of the corporation exceeding the previous record, made In the second quarter of 107, by 5,7t,081 The statement of earnings, no less than the action of the dividend, vas In line with popular expectations, forecasts having ranged from $18.- (loo.ooo to 166.000,000, although the latter figure was regarded as rather axtravasant. , : Special to The Gazette-News. New Tork, Jan, 26. Moses Edson Banks, aged SO, a wealthy citizen and resident of Fairfield, Conn., In company with Miss Rebecca Buxton aged 46, ot Asheville, N. C. where she was born and brought up, but who at present Is residing at 20 West Seventy-fifth street this city. appeared before City Clerk Peter J. Scully, In the marriage license bureau vesterday, and obtained a marriage license. The ceremony will take place In February at the bride's pres ent residence here. It will be Mr. Banks second matrimonial venture. STRONG OPPOSITION IN SENATE TO M Bill Washington, Jan. 2.r-The Shackle ford good roads bill, following Its pas sage In the house by a vote of 281 to 81 went to the aanate today where It la experted to meet with atrong oppo sition. The measure calls for the ap propriation of I2V0O0.000 to aid the states In tha Improvement of their poat ruade . IL IT IUP0RT BELGIUM, IS DESTRCYE Berlin, Jan. 25. The Cathedral at Nleuport, says the German official statement Issued this afternoon, has been destroyed by German artillery fire as It offered an excellent obser vation post. MISTAKE IN STATEMENT AS TO BREWERS' TRIA1 On January 28, 1915, the Japanese government presented to the Chinese government 2 1- demands which were arranged In five groups. : The first " group related to the province cf Shantung and to concessions to Japan of the rights and privileges which were previously enjoyed in that pro vince by Germany, as well as new prerogatives. The United States government ad dressed a note to Japan with regard' to the demands on China, querying in particular with respect to three points: The selection of foreign ad visers by China; the purchase of war munitions; and the question of for eign loans. The Japanese government replied to the note on March 22 and on May -it) two treaties between Japan and China together with 13 notes were signed by the Chinese foreign office, covering it was announced, the prac tical conclusions reached on the Ja panese demands of which, however, five articles were left for ulterior ar gument. It was understood at that time that the articles left for fur ther consideration were those ' of group five. The articles of grout) five orielnal- ly numbered seven but later It was stated that article three had been eliminated and that article six had been displaced by pledges that China. would undertake no military or naval preparations nor authorize foreigners ' to undertake such preparations on the Fukien coast in the future. It is possible that the seven de mands alluded to In the dispatch are the original seven articles of grouo five. PLANS BIG GUNS FDR U. S. TO GERMANY'S Coast Defense Artillery Like 42-Centimeter Howitzers Being Considered. Sulphur Springs, Tex., Jan. 25. Thiough a mistake the Associated Press In the story yesterday of the brewers' hearing before Judge Pier son of the eighth Judicial district er roneously raid that among other charges against the defendant was an allegation that they had collected by assessment and donation funds at tha rat of 81,200,000 a year for tho past five years in ordr to promote antl-prohlbltlon legislation and to combat It In county and other local option election. The allegation as contained in the state's petition Is . that the defend ants are members ot the United Hrewry aaaoclatlon, which la alleged to have collected aaaeaamenta and do nations at the rat nf 81,200,000 a year to promote anli-prohlbltlon measure. Washington, Jan. 28. Plans for coast defense guns, similar to the great 42-centimeter howitzers, with which the Germans battered their way through Belgium and the French frontier, are being prepared by the war department here, accord ing to testimony given by Colonel Charles O. Treat, of the army war college, before the senate military committee. The officer said that the war de partment has definite information re garding the powerful guns and that they can be fired without mounting them on concrete emplacements, and can be made ready for use In less than an hour and a half after they reach a given point. Primarily they will he used in coast defense work, although toiotor tractor plans for their use in field operations also are be ing worked out. Both Colonel, Treat and Brigadier General Crosier, chief of ordnance, who testified before the house mili tary committee, spoke of what. Ameri can army officers are learning on the battlefields of 'Europe. Much ot what Colonel Treat said was treated as confidential, hut It la known that he told the committee there was an American observer with the armies of each bclllgernt nation, and that their reports to the war college had been of great value In the prepara tion of new army plan. CABINET DECIDES ON FRANK DISCUSSION OF PREPAREDNESS PLAN Washington, Jan. 26. The cabinet has discussed the prepared net speeches the president Is to make on his coming trip and it waa agreed that h should treat the question with the greatest frankiwa and tell the country that the United States need a larger army and navy because of the preaant troubled conditions of tha world.
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