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wit MrW THE GAZETTE-NEWS Has The Associated Press Service. It Is In Every Respect Complete. , Member Audit Bureau Circulation. WEATHER FORECAST FAIR TONIGHT AND, FRIDAY. VOLUME XX. NO. 303. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON FEBRUARY 3, 1916. PRICE 2 CENTS00 T"kXai 5 mm ME G O P. 1110 UNITED Republicans Made Bid For a "Get-Together" and Pro gressives Passed Resolu , tion for Unity. COLLECTIONS IN BAILEY OFFICE SHOW GAINS Great Gathering of Educators for Inauguration of Dr. Brewer as President of - Meredith College. (By W. T. Bost) Raleigh, Feb. S.Wako county repub licans and progressives went together In the court house yesterday and the parries are again united. The divorce of the 'progressives on "the ground of incompatibility and non support four year sago was luckily n ot absolute. The republicans made the bid for their return and the get together was one of the simplest things ever undertaken. Some rare political literature recently furnished by the democrats made a holdout foolish. The republicans first met January 0. At that time a progressive secre tary served and harmony and a heap of It ruled the conference. The prog ressives held their executive commit tee meeting yesterday. They passed this resolution which Is unity in quin . tcasenco: "At n meeting called by 2Chalrman A. D. Upchurch and Secretary D. E. McClemmy of -the Wake county prog ressive executive committee held in the oouit house February 2, it was unanimously agreed that we indorse the meeting and call of the republican committee which was made January 20 and signed by W. J. Andrews, chair man, and F. Eugene Hester, secretary, mid we urge all former progressives tu itttend the primaries called by that meeting and send good men as dele gates to the county convention. The sentiment of this meeting is a thor ough get-together spirit. Let every delegate have the good of the party at heart." Mr. Andrews is the chairman of the republican committee and the tight for the chairmanship four years ago re ally split the party in Wake. The con text between the republican leader and Lester F. Butler, who was then county chairman, developed one of the -in-eatest party fights, in Wake's whole career. The republicans seated Andrews and the district convention crowned Butler only to be destroyed by tho . state convention. Mr. Up' church then led the party. Collector J. W. Bailey's office found itself In pocket 3554,210.61 today for January's contribution to the govern ment, a gain of $77,784.(17 over JanU' nry of 115. The Bailey collections have without exception shown steady pains and the half million mark is no longer high water. The emerbency meamire tax went above 125.000. Judge deorge W. Connor is hearini; for the second time in the Superior court the case of Capt. W. B. THgh man, formeraHeaboafd conductor, who is suing the company for $50,000 for In Juries In the wreck of November 1, 1912, which killed eight people. Cuptaln Tllghman was en train No. M which collided head-on at full fpeed of both trains with No, $1' a tew miles above Norllna. Fatson ssw their plight. Both trains had gone down a sharp grade and struck the level of the valley. The engines stripped every semblance of mechanism from each other and one was blown over the top of high trees. .Both engineers were kilUd and no two stood higher In' the teivlc. The railroad men held the train un der Captain Tllghman's control re sponsible tor the accident, declaring that he and the engineer oead their orderl- wrong. The northbound with Tllgh man ann Beckham was running to meet the aouthboun at Urandy. Vs., and the southbound was making tlrsnlte, N. C, near which station the accident occurred. The Seaboard de clared that the Tllghman train should have stopped at Granite. The "conductor won a $7000 verdict in the loer court and In the state Huprem court, but the United States Supreme court reversed the North Cnrollna tribunal. Yesterday the chief witness for Conductor Tllghman was Haifgagemuster Bryant woh declared that the Heaboard's lights at Oranlte had signaled Engineer Beckham ahead and that Tllghman and Bryant read the orders to pans the southbound In Grsndy, thirty miles away. The lawyers developed the fact that Mr. Bryant tame to Raleigh on th first hearing as a railroad witness, transportation given and a promise of a Job with the company. Th witness says he has not received the work and the laytr will be ready with the whynes hen argument la reached. Meredith's lUg- Kvt-ot. The . Inaugiiratlsn today of Dr. Charles Edward Brewer, president of Meredith college, brought many frlenls nt th constitution to Raleigh ycaterday. . , 4The I nnu sural aridrei by Praidnt iConUnusd en paa two;. TEUTON OFFENSIVE IN WEST EXPECTED London Papers Express Conviction That Germans Are Plan ning Attack on Allies' Left Wing on Vast Scale, to Cut Through to Calais and Dunkirk The Turkish Crown Prince a Suicide. London, Feb. 3. London papers express the conviction that the Ger mans are planning for a new offen sive on a large scale against the left wing of the allies in the west. It Is expected that an attempt will be made to cut a way to Calais and Dunkirk by the use of strong bodies of in fantry, supported by enormous masses of artillery. The suicide of Yussof Izzedin, heir apparent to the Turkish throne, is reported in a dispatch received by Reuter's from Constantinople by way of Berlin. The message says the crown prince ended his life by cutting arteries, in his palace at 7 o'clock Tuesday morn ing. Ill health is given as the reason. There is scarcely any fighting on any of the battle fronts, except ar tillery engagements and noteworthy achievements have .. been recorded. Heavy bombardments . have taken place in the Champagne region of France and near St. Die in Ithe Vos- ges mountains with the French the aggressors. The French guns also have shelled the townjlf Lens. On the Russian front Berlin claims the defeat of a strong Russian forceiwith the French troops ot Anibam. Flood Refugees Gather In Camps; Search Continues Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 3. Refu gees driven from their homes in the lowlands of southeastern Arkansas by the flood waters . which poured through the breaks in the levees of the White and Arkansas river am today flocking into camps which have been ..established ..: outside the flood zones, which relief expeditions continue their search for the many marooned )n isolated places. Already a number of people have been re covered from the roofs of -houses and Pacific Northwest Again In Grip Of Great Storm Seattle, Feb. 3. The Pacific north west today again faced the task of battling with the almost unprecedent ed snow storm which paralyzed rail way traffic, disorganized i city life and held the residents of outlying sec tions storm bound, causing many thousands of dollars worth of dam age to buildings which were not stron genough to withstand the weight of more than two and a half feet of snow cn their roofs. With con- tlnued cold weather and more snow Colombian Treaty With $1 5,000,000 Washington, Feb. 1. Reducing; the proposed payment to Colombia from $25,000,000 to $15,000,000 and alter ing of the proposed apology of the United States for the partition of Pan ama to mak It the mutual expression of regret on th part of the United State and Colombia, th senate for eign relations committee has ordered th favorabl report of th long-pnd-ina- treaty between the two countries. The commute also favorably reported a treaty to pay Nicaragua $3,000,000 for a canal rout and naval base on th Bay of Fonseea, Th action of th committee means BRUT Ai WEBB SPEAK JG15TMB BILL Congressman From Tenth De clares It "Outrageous In vasion of States Rights." Washington, Fb. $. "Bom of th idle-rich sentimental women who ar urging th bill which strike against thre or four stat In th south," will probably next Sunday wear to church hat decorated with flower mad by Chinee children In Nw York who never as th sunshine, Reprcaantas tlv Webb of North Carolina declared today, speaking In opposition to th Keating child labor bill. Representative llrttt, republican, of North Carolina, declared th bill to be "an outrageous Invasion of states' rUUUi i ' between Stochod and Styr rivers, while Vienna reports the forced with drawal of the Russians from their ad vanced trenches near Uscleczko in east Gallcla, during mining opera tions.. In hand-to-hand fightinig on the Col Di Lana slope the Austrlans report the capture and destruction of the Italian saps and also the repulse of Itallaln Infantry attacks in the 3u gana valley; ROine, however, credits the Italians with the victory in the latter region. Concentration of large numbers of Germans, Bulgarians and Turks along the Greek frontier is taken in Athens to mean that an attack by the Teu tons and their allies is soon to bo made on Paloniki. In Albania the Austro-Hungarlaps are reDorted to be continuine - their progress unopposed. A dispatch from, Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 3. Presi Athens says the Montenegrins have j dent Wilson in his address demanded effected a Junction with the Serbians objective of th Austro-Hu'ngarlans. j cnt m0n'h to back hlm uP l1' defend The British In east and west Africa ! lng American lives and commerce are keeping up their gains against, the Germans In th ecapture of towns; and milltnrv poqittnTT". ornnrrMp-- tr.' official reports In west Africa, a Rrlt- ish column has formed a Junction from trees and It is feared that oth ers are in similar plight. Grave apprehension is expressed for the safety of the people maroon ed In the village of Gould, 20 miles south of Pine Bluff. A relief train which left Pine Bluff to rescue them reached the water's edge last night several miles from the " settlement. Power boats were launched at this point and started for Gould at day break.. So far no loss of life has been re ported. in prospact the outlook was not promising for ' the early resumption of normal conditions. All the northern trans-continental trains were tied up by the snow In the mountain passes and railway of ficials have abandoned hope of rais ing the blockade until the, storm ends. In Seattle and other cities In this section of the country the street ear lines are completely blocked by the snow, schools are closed and business Is practically suspended. Is Reported that the treaty will he brought into the senate for ratification with the full force of the administration behind It, as a part of the plan to further the friendly relations of the United States with all Pan-American countries In consonance with the broad general policy of Pan-Americanism outlined by President Wilson and Secretary Lansing at the recent Pan-American congress. Th senate relected today an amendment to the Philippines bill which would give the people of the Islands Independence only after they had voted In favor of being freed from United States control. Y KILLED IN IN EXPLOSION ON TOW-BOAT Six Survivors of Crew of 30 Reaoh Shore Others Be lieved to Be Lost. Huntington, W. Pa., Feb. J. Th majority of th crew of 10 man on th tow-boat Sam Brown are bdleved to hav been killed when th boiler of th boat exploded In th Ohio riv er today.' Six survivor of th disas ter reached th shore on th Ohio Id of th river, but no trace has been found of th other msmber of Lb rw. Th boat &. InimadUUht, WILSON ASKS WHIG President Demands That Steps Be Taken During Present Month to Help Him De fend American Lives. IS HEARD BY 16,000 KANSAS CITY PEOPLE Great Enthusiasm Encourages President to Declare Faith That People Would Re spond to Volunteer Call. tmU gt be begun during the pres abroad. His demand met with Bhouts aniJ appauS8 from an audience of , , . 16'000 Pe0"8 wh waved -American nags, leupeu 10 uieir seius anu cneei- ed. When the president ceased speak ing he leaned forward and asked the great throng to Join him in singing "America." The band played softly, the audience stood and the words of the patriotic anthem came In a glori ous burst of song. The crowd was for the president from the start. It waited patiently d:i hour to see him anad cheered lt3clf hoarse in a three minute demonstra tion when he appeared. Sixteen thousand heard him: twenty thou sand were turned away and ten thou sand mora tried to glimpse him as he left his ,hote,t or .the.' hall. "Why, some men In Washington are questioning if we could get the 600,000 men for which the govern ment Is asking," he said at one point of his address. "Would they volunteer?" A man in the far end of the hall shouted "yes" and others 'echoed xho word until the hall was In a tur moil. "Why, I believe," the president said as the tumult died, 'you could raise the 500,000 men in almost any state. I believe you could get 5,000 men right here in this audience. I have been thrilled by the experiences of these lust few days, and I will gi home to Washington and smile at tho gentlemen who say the United States is not awake. "Those gallant men who sit on the hill in Washington and make our laws are going to deliver the goods" the crowd cheered '"don't misun derstand me, they are going to deliv er the goods because you want the' goods delivered. "I have come to ask you what Is back of me In this task of preserving at once peace and your honor," the president said. "The Judge on the bench has the law back of him with its bailiffs, sheriffs, national guards men and the United States army, but if you Ignore In some foreign capital what the president urges as the rights of the people and government of the United States, what Is there back of it? "It Is necessary that I tihould come and ask you this question because T don't know how long th mere word and Insistence of your government will prevail to maintain your honr and the dignity and power of the na tion. "There may come a time I pray God It may never come but It may In spite of everything wo can do upon us when I shall hav to ask, 'I have said my say; who stands back of It?' where Is that fore by which the right and majesty cf the United States are to b vindicated and as serted." The president declared the need was immediate and that action should be begun w In the present month. "I assure you there Is not a day to be lost," ho sold, "not because there Is any special crisis, but because I In not know twenty-four hour ahead what will happen. "The future doe not depend on us but upon commander of ships and submarine and upon blockades and many other men, big and little." Th president presented a warning that most of the munition factories of the United State were on the At lanllo seaboard and that therefor the nation must be ready to repel 'he first attack In ordsr to avoid disaster. The present army, th president said, was so small that h did not even havo enough soldier to station along th Mexican border to prevent ban dits from crossing th Un. "I hive ven felt," h said, "Ilk asking con gress to encourag th recruiting of Texas ranger. W are witnessing a catyrllsm and God only know what th Issue shall b," wa th way he prefaced his conclusion In which h asked his audience to keep cool, but to uphold th Judgment 'of th gov ernment In It demands for a larger, more eflectlv moto ot national do- Xacs. GERMAN HOLDS 200 PEOPLE ON APPAM Commander of Prize Crew Refuses to Permit Landing of Cer- . . . . . - ' tain Groups on Captured Liner 12 Passengers Held No Question as to Ships Status a3 Prize, Says Lansing; Disposition Is Problem. Washington, Feb. S. Secretary Lansing stated today that there Is no question as to the Appam's status as a prize but that the question of dis position of the steamer Involves the further consideration of The Hague convention and the Prussian-American treaty. Lieutenant Berge's refus al to land British seamen who were gunners on British merchantmen will be the subject for further con sideration by the state department. Newport News, Feb. 3. The cap tured British steamer Appam In charge of a German prize crew an chored today in the James river oft Newport News, shortly after 10 o'clock. The passengers are to be removed In barges and taken to Nor folk where they will board an Old Dominion Hn6r for New York. Some of the more prominent English pas sengers are expected to come to New port News. . The ship's legal status Is still un determined. On board Lieutenant Berge, the German officer commands but he moves the craft only oi orders from Washington, sent through Col lector Hamilton. "We are treating the Appam as an English ship which has put into an American port flying the German navy ensign and in charge of a man who says he is an officer In the Ger man navy," Is Collector Hamilton's explanation of the present attitude of the Washington government. Lieutenant Berge still maintains Keating Child Now Goes To The Senate Measure Designed to Restrict Child Labor in Southern Fac tories Passes House With Vote of 337 to 4(-Boys' and Girls' Canning Clubs Exempted for Operation of the Bill. s Washington, Feb. 8. The Keating child labor bill now awaits action by the senate, following Its passage in the house late yesterday by a vote of 337 to 46. Gazette-News Bureau, RIggs Building, Washington, Feb. J. Representatives Webb, Page, God win, Hood, Pou, Small, Stedman, Doughton, Kltchin and Britt the aol id delegation from the state voted against the Keating bill. The only northern man to vote with the south erners was Representative Parker, a republican of Newark, N. J. South Carolina cast Its entire vote against the measure, while Virginia with the exception of J. G. Watson, voted for It. The opponents of the bill fought hard to defeat the measure and to amend It In many ways. These forces were led by Representative Webb of North Carolina, who made several speeches attacking the constitutional ity of the measure and charging those who favored the bill with In consistency because the bill did not apply to children who work in sweat shops and In their tenement homes In the large cities, which Mr. Webb called "hell holes." Webb Itaps Fitzgerald. Mr. Webb got into a heated contro versy with Reprerftatlv Fitzgerald, of New York, over the reading of an article by Mrs. Nathan, head of the Consumers' league. In which she de picted conditions in the tenement dis tricts of New York city as unbear able. Mrs. Nathan told of seeing children, four six. eight and nine years of ge at work making artifi cial flowers for women' hats, four teen hours a day, and told of one case where a little baby boy of two and a half years of age was employ ed In this way to help his mother sort the petals for th flowers. "Mweep around your own door," Mr. Webb told Mr. Fitzgerald, "be fore you come down to my state to tell us how to run our affairs." This . statement sq enraged Mr Fitzgerald that he declared that If condition In New York wer half as bad a they were tn North Carolina, he would at once resign his seat In congress and never be a candidate for re-election. It Imposes heavy penalties for Inter state shipment of any commodity made In whole or In part by children under sixteen working In mines or quarries, or by children under four teen working In mills, canneries, work shop or manufacturing establish ments. Where children are employed at night or mor than eight hours a day In this latter class of Industrie, th minimum g I sixteen Instead of fourteen. Th only material change mad, to th measure was by th adoption of an amendment to' exempt th boys' and girls' canning club. The hous spent th ntlr day de bating th hill, opposition camo aritcly front tb auuth. KeprcsenU- : ... .. his determi' " o permit no one to go a ' -- ' .ie liner except those on o v."1'' justness, hough polite, he extoi ..o undue courtesies even to Uniteu States officials and insists cn the recognition of his absolute an thorlty on the steamer. Lieutenant Berge is holding aboarl the steamer more than 200 people, including the prize" crew, some 20 Germans who were prisoners on the AoDam. Captain Harrison and the en tire crew of 155 of the Appam, and 12 passengers who he claims belong to the British army or navy, until the Washington government passes on the German contention all these must remain on the liner. Describes Raider. -New York, Feb. 3. Daniel Bacon, freight agent for the owners of tho British liner Appam says that the liner-was captured by a "new type. light draft, heavily armed and swift German cruiser, built on the lines or a merchantman and easily disguised." "The raider Is not old but a brand new vessel," Mr. Bacon continued. "I cannot give her name, though I have been officially told it. The cruiser which captured the Appam was es corted by several other vessels, at least one of which was a collier which also acted as a scout ship, "I understand that the sum of $150 000 in gold was taken from the specie room of the Appam when she was cap tured and that her mails and cargo are Intact." Labor Bill tlve Webb, of North Carolina, chair man of the house Judiciary committee, urged that It was unconstitutional and sought unsuccessfully to exempt the children of widows from Its op orations, He also endeavored to have it applied to the tenement houses of New York and Boston. Represetnatlve Sears of Florida, sought unsuccessfully to amend the measure so as te leave Its enforce ment to United States marshals and not to special Inspectors of the de partment of labor, while former Speaker Cannon offered an amend ment to exempt canneries, because of the competitions of canneries across the border In Canada, Reprenenta tlve Dulllnger, of Massachusetts, want ed carriers mad 9 liable for transport ing child labor products. He was will lng to protect the carriers by provld lng that shippers should file affidavits as to the production. ACTUAL DELIVERY OF Recorder of High Point Blazes New Legal Path in Re tailing Case. High Point, Feb. 3. An actual and physical delivery Is not necessary constitute a sal of liquor prohibit ed by law. If a man contracts for speclflo quantity of whiskey from "blind tiger," pay for th whiskey, but th actual delivery la frustrated by outside Influences, such as the p proach of a police officer for exam pie, th vender 1 guilty of vlolatln the prohibition law. Such was th de cislon of Judg Carter Daltun In th case of state against Kd Wade Ttie day morning after having looked u many cases of law bearing on tl matter and listening to a couple hour of court oratory from Interest ed lawyers. Th decision Is a new one, accord lng to the Judge and attorneys. Th question ha never been presented th Supreme court and Judge Dalton had no precedent. II had to mak law In his own way and declared thai he would Interpret what constituted a sal of liquor In "my feeble way and to th beat ot my ability." REBEKAH LODGE TO MEET THIS EVENING Th regular weekly mealing of th Swannanoa Rebckah lodge No. n will b held In th lodge room on Church street this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Jt aaj After th lodge meeting, th mem ber will be antertalned with a ban quet given by th losing contestants in their recent membership attend- bjum nnntast J ESS1S BEGIli 5 Twelfth Annual Conference of National Child Labor Com- ' mittee Opens at Bat tery Park HoteL MEN AND WOMEN HERE FROM MANY STATES Gathering is Expected to Be One of Most Notable Ever Held by the Organ ization, With tho passag of the Keating- Owen Child Labor blU by tho house of representatives yesterday, by ad overwhelming vote, much Interest is added to the opening here at the Bat tery Park hotel this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock of the twelfth annual confer ence of the National Child labor com mittee. The sessions continue until Sunday aftarnoon, closing with a mass meeting at the First Baptist church. Officials of tho national and stats committees have bent their energies toward making the Ashevill gather ing one of the most notable ever hold. This territory is considered to b. for the most part, In favor of federal con trol of child labor problems by the act of congress and sympathetic audi ences are expected to attend the ses sions. Congressmen and men and wom en who have made a study of social sci ence as well as of actual conditions In towns, cities and rural districts will appear on the program from day to aay. Mr Keating. Especial Interest attaches to tho address of Representative Edward Keating of Colorado who la one of the sponsors of the bill which now goes to the senate where determined at tacks are expected to be made against There Is also expected to be largo attendance when Congressman James Brltt speaks on state and national control of child labor. Mr. Brltt was one of those who opposed the bill In the house. Senator Zebulon Weaver is on the program for this afternoon with the subject, ."Attempted Child Labor Legislation in North Carolina." Mr. Weaver will review the fight over the bill drawn by him and Introduced at the session of the last legislature. In the absence of Dr. Felix Adler, chairman of the national committee, who is 111 with grip. Dir. Samuel Me dina Lindsay, professor of social leg islation at Columbia university and vice-chairman of tho national com mittee, will preside. The Program. A telegram was received from Rabbi Stephen S. Wise faying that ho Is un able to attend the conference. In his place on the program for this after-, noon Dr. Lindsay will discuss the Keating-Owen bill. The program for today and -tomor row follows: Thursday Afternoon. 3:80 o'clock. Dr. Samuel M. Lindsay, vice-chair man of national child labor commit tee, New York, presiding. Registration and organisation of Conference. , Annual report of general secretary. Owen R. Lovejoy, general secretary, national child labor committee. New York. Address of welcome on behalf of stnto of Nonh Carolina, J. S. Carr, Jr., Durham, N. C. Address of welcome on behalf of city of Ashevill. D. Hlden Ramsey, city commissioner. Response by th chairman of na tional child labor commute. Dr. Samuel Lindsay, New York. "Effects of Child Labor Upon the Child and I'pon th Race." Dr. J. Howell Way, p rest dent North Carolina state board of health, Wayncsvllle, N. C. (Invited.) Dr. Dixon Carroll, Raleigh, N. C, (Invited.) "Attempted Child Tbor Legislation In North Carolina." Senator Zebulon Weaver, Ashevllle, N. C. Thursday Kv ruing. o'clock. C. I- Coon, secretary North Caro lina child labor committee, Wilson, N, C, presiding. "Danger to Children In a Democ racy." chairman' annual addr. Dr. Undsay for Dr. Adler. New York. "Present outlook for Child Labor Reform In South Carolina." Judg Joseph A. McCullough, Greenville, H. C. "The Relation of Child Labor to Compulsory Education." President W. S. Currell. Vnlverelty of Houth Carolina. Columbia, 8. C "Compulsory Education and Chill Labor In Texas.". Mrs. Woods, Rotan, Texas. "Moving Forward In John W. Alabama, " Mrs. W. L. Murdoch, chairman Ala bama child labor commltt, Birm ingham, Ala. "Horn Photographl Evldenr. Lawls W, Hlne, staff photographer, national child labor committee, New York. t'rlila Morning, l oYb k ' Homer Folks, chairman, national committee on th prevention of tuber Continued on psg two).
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