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Am. THE GAZETTE-NEWS Haa The Associated Press Berries, It Is In Every Respect Complete. Member Autlit Burean Circulation. WEATHER FORECAST FAIR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY VOLUME XX. NO. 307. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 8, 1916. PRICE 2 CENTS00 MfaM ANT FOR BUNCOMBE County Comissioners Tell the Swannanoa Valley Road Boosters That Highway Will Be Constructed. COUNTY COURT HOUSE CROWDED BY VISITORS Mayor Rankin Introduced the Delegation and Paid Tribute to Commissioners Able Speeches Are Heard. One of the most remarkable meet. lngs in the history of the good roads movement In western North Carolina was called here today at 10:30 o'clock by Chiarman W. E. Johnson of the Buncombe county commissioners' board, shortly after the delegations from Black Mountain and the rest of the Cwannanoa valley filed into the county court room In such large numbers that many of the Asheville boosters had to stand during the pro ceedings. . Called upon to make the speech of introduction, Mayor J. E. Rankin re Viewed the good roads movement In this county. He stated that in the 22 years that he had been connected with the board of county commission ers ho had never seen so much en thusiasm or such a delegation. This representative body of voters and tax : payers, said the mayor, is asking for nssistniiee on a 'proposition that af fctiu iho people of the entire county. The liiik of the road that they are in terested in is part of the system that will connect eastern and western North Carolina an J will also bu a rait of the Southern National High way. Black Mountain township is now second In the county in point ot woait hand the citizens deserve what they have come to Asheville to ask for. Speaking as chairman of the Swan nanoa Valley organization W. C Dickey said that the first thing of Importance in such an undertaking was to put aside ull differences of opinion and the roads boosters pres ent today had done that. Mr. Dickey then called upon C. O. Boone tn Kpeak for the interests of Block Mountain. Mr. Boone declared thnt there had been some expectation among a few people that the boosters from his part of the county would lutve to fight a battle in Asheville today; but the speaker said that the visitors were pleased beyond meas ure with the spirit In which they had been received. Mr. Boone gave fig ure showing that since the time when his township had voted $40,000 in bonds (or roads, property value had almost doubled and the taxable property now amounted to $1,700,000. The road desired was no longer local in its scope; it would supply traffic accommodations for people from all parts of the United H La tea who come to this region in the summer. On June i, Mr. Boone said. It Is hoped that the road will ba finished from Old Fort to Rldgocrcst Fori that oc casion Black Mountain township Is planning one of tha greatest celenra ttons In the history of the county. Covernor Craig and the commission er of the county will be guests of nonor, said Mr. Boone, and eastern and western North Carolina will Join hands through tha Swannanoa crap. Ha read at letter from Governor CraJg endorsing tha proposed hich way. Called upon by Chairman Dickey, B. H. B. Craven of Rldgecraat aald that the delegation eame on a busi ness proposition and ha gave facts to show that it was good business to provide a highway that tourist de mand. Seven year ago between Black Mountain and Rldgecreit there were, seven houses; now there are tt. Then there war about IB tax payers; Bow therw ar about 200. Tha Black Mountain section, said Mr, Craven, now entertains 2R.000 visitors each aummer. What makes Florida so attractive? asked the speaker. Pleasant surroundings and some of tha finest roads In tha United Stat, Tha kind of road, said Mr. Craven, was left to tha wisdom of tha board which, aa Mayor Rankin har declared, had Introduced tha principle of building permanent highway Speaking for Montreal, Dr. I. J. Archer said that last aummer 10,000 People came through tha gate there. Ma Impressed the fart that people of that community had taken land worth H an acre and are now selling It at 100 per acre. II called attention to tha proposed golf course with Ita at traction for people of wealth. What Increase tha land vaJuait Fellow ship of good neighbors, fin water and sir, and blue sky. Intro'lured as on. of Ahvlll' resident with summer homes In Swannanoa valley Haywood Parker said that tha road was Important as a ttieana of bringing all parts of tha county Into closer relatione with aaoh other. Ha said thst If tha request Is refused It wa pnlbl that some day a nw county might ba formed with (Continued on page twe Reprisal Only Against Enemy, Germany Agrees Such Is Substance of Phrase S ubstituted for That Contain ing Word "Illegal" in T entative Draft of Agreement Designed to End Lusitani a Controversy. Washington, Feb. 8. The Lusitanla! case looks "very hopeful", a high ad ministration official said today, after a conference between President Wilson and Secretary Lansing before the cab inet meeting. Theer are indications that the president considers . Ger many's latest ofTer as 'almost it not entirely acceptable. Washington, Feb. 8. Germany has agreed that reprisals must not be di rected against any other people than the enemy. This expression is offered by Germany to take the place of the phrase containing the word illegal which was incorporated in the draft of the Lusitanla agreement which .la now being considered. It also became known that Ger many has expressed the hope that she will have the opportunity t'o co-operate with the United States in some ac tion looking toward the freedom of the seas before the end of the war. As has been previously stated Ger many says in the late communication that the killing of citizens of the United States was without Intent and that methods of German naval war tore around the British isles have been changed out of regard for the long standing friendship between the Unit ed States and Germany and because American lives were lost. Washington, Feb. 7. Chairman Stone of the senate foreign relations committee, said after a conference with administration officials today that he gained the Impression that the Lusitanla case was practically settled. The senator did not go Into details. Tho principal consideration of the United States is that It shall be ac knowledged by Germany that the sinking of unresisting merchantmen without warning is In contravention of international law and that such naval warfare shall be permanently discontinued. Intense Bombardments On West Front Continue F.xcept for continued Intense bom bardments along the Franco-Belgian front, but few reports have been re ceived of activities in the various lighting zones. Paris tells of the bombardment of German positions near Hat Sas and Steenstraete In Belgium, the destruc tion of a German block house be tween the Oise and the Alsne and of effective work by French batteries In the Artois and Champagne regions. French shells on the former sector caused powerful explosions northwest of Arras and a great fire in the Chnmnairne near Challerange. The Germans have been busy wun their artillery against the UNtisn around Loos, while the British In re turn have bombarded German trenches near the Ypres-Roulers rail way. The Vienna war office reports me situation unchanged on all fronts where Austro-Hunearlan troops are fighting. Nothing new has come through (nncnrninv the reported concentration of troops ot the Teutonic allies In the JUDGE UIE' In Charge to Grand Jury He Takes Rap at Recent Hap- penings in County. Wilson, Feb. . This state Is not free fro mthe stain of lynching, aald Judge Lane, charging th grand Jury yesterday morning at the opening of th February term of the Buperior oourt Recently In a nearby county, a mob took from th outody of th hrlff a man charged wllh crime and did him to death. On has charac terised lynching aa a dlea a con taglou dlaease and that It Is law which la being lynched. It I s fact that lynching Is somewhat on th In- eras. According to th tatlstic thr wer It lynching during th yr lilt and l during th year 1111. When firat apologise , were made for lynchnlg. It was aald that th raon waa bu' of crime against womanhood, but thla apology cannot b mad for th Increase In th erlm. Of th tt lynching re ported in th south, only avn wer of Individual charged with that crime. The lynchr have gona be yond and to other crime. It la your duty, as tha grand Judy, V eea to tha enforcement of the lr., that all law-breaker may undr stand that thy ar to b punish!. Germany contends that such assur ance has already been given in the Arabic case and that all that remains to close the Lusitanla case le to make reparation for the lives loBt and to acknowledge that It was wrong to destroy them. This Is contained in the German proposal as at present framed without the specific use of the word illegal. Whether the phrase ology substituted will be acceptable to the United States Is the only point to bo decided. Denies There Were New Demands. Washington. Feb. 8. Secretary Lansing flatly denied today that any new demands had been made In the Lusitanla case at a time when the German government considered that the negotiations were practically at an end. Speaking of the Berlin dis patch quoting references by Dr, Zim mermann, German under-secretary of foreign affairs, to the "new demands," Secretary Lansing said: "This government has not Increas ed the demands made In the Lusi tanla case as set forth In the notes of May 13, June 9 and July 21, and I doubt If Dr. Zlmmermann made the statement that new demands .had been made." -....-'.' Secretary Lansing would not go Into details or discuss tho statement further. When the Zimmermann statement was published In this coun try, however, reference to "new de mands" was taken to apply to a pos sible construction on the word "Il legal" on tho proposed fromal settle ment. The only ground American officials find for construing the American position as embodying new demands Is the possi bility that It might be considered to apply not alone to the destruction of neutrals on the Lusitanla, but also to the manner In which the ship was sunk. region of the Greek border. A Copenhagen dispatch indicates that authorities at Kiel are fearful of an allied air raid there. The popu lace has been notified that a steam siren will give advance notice of a aid, and that in case raiders come the people should not unduly expose themselves. The semi-official Over-Seas News tSnCL?f Bfr"n Sayfi ihere.are "ow 1,429,171 prisoners of war In Ger many, This number It is declared, ""oes not Include prisoners the, Ger mans left in Austria-Hungary. A London newspaper Is authority for the statement that Earl Kitchen er, British secretary for .war, prob ably will leave the war office to un dertake work of a more important character elsewhere. If Earl Kitchen er should leave, the newspaper adds, Sir William Robertson, chief of staff, will actively direct the war and a civilian will become secretary for war. For the second time during the war, Prince Oscar, of Prussia, fifth son of Emperor William, has beci wounded. NEW HTDBO-ELECTBie PLANT ON CHAM i i Southern Power Company Plans Another Development of Water Power. Newton, Feb. t.That the Southern Power company Is plannltg still an other great development of hydro, electric power on the Catawba river in this county is Indicated by Interest ing reports from the southeastern sec tion of Catawba, relative to options being taken along the stream of Mon bo and Long Island. On good author ity It waa learned today that the Long Island cotton mill had given an option for 1225,000 on Ita plunt and proper tie and that the Turners at Monbo had given sn option for 105,000 on their two cotton mills, while Individ uals ar reported aa having given op tions. It Is said that tha dam con- j templated would be erected at the lower end of what Is known aa Clark Island, where high hills encroach on th river, driving It Into a compara tively narrow channel, and In a loca tion wher aa much or even more power could be gonerated than at Lookout, wher 30.000 hydro-elctrlo power la now belug made. Yetrday Slatesvllle and other towna war switched to th Lookout circuit. ' Chicago, Fb. T. Th ault of th rderal Baseball lagu against tr ganlsed baseball, which filed a year ago, ha ben dismissed by th,ry 10 and would not b able to loav CnlUd fcttat District oourt hr. Wellington befor that dat, II. S. HINT PRESENTED W BRITISH PAPER Manchester Guardian Explains Why Americans Feel So Strongly on Question of.Blockade. WANTS SPECIAL ENVOY SENT TO UNITED STATES Says Question ox Blockade is Being Pressed as Strongly in U. S. as Is the Lusi tania Case. London, Feb. 8. The Manchester Guardian in an editorial suggests that Viscount Bryce or Arthur J. Balfour be sent to tho United States with full powers to adjust the blockade con troversy. The paper publishes a state ment from its London correspondent to the effect that people in close touch with Anglo-American affairs express the opinion that some such steps should be taken. The Guardian says that the block ade question Is being pressed through out the United States no less persist ently than Is the Lusitania case, and that with the dispute in regard to the phraseology to be employed by Ger many once settled, exclusive attention will be given to the blockade mat ter. The Guardian dwells on the fact that the British people are puzzled that a purely trade subject should create as much excitement in tha United Statesand a question of hu man life. The paper says the British opinion persistently overlooks the fact that German diplomacy possesses two great advantages over "ours." "The first is that the critical and even hostile attitude of the Ameri can navy toward British sea power, as well as the theory on which It is based, is almost as bold as the Amer ican nation Itself. Our last war with the United States arose out of what ii' ci a -o o (i il is (1 i ' imfirjra aa an alilie. I of our power nt sea, j "We have forgot the little details but the Unted States has not, and now the United States regards itself a. the natural champion of the rights of neutrals. It Is Impossible to exag gerate the influence of this historic fact on the American policy." The Guardian declares that the controversy touches one of the i strongest currents of American hls itory with which Great Britain must 'deal. The paper adds that while there Is 'little conservatism among the Amcrl !can people, in no other country In the world Is the force of tradition in j the conduct of foreign relations so ! strong. j "We take a very grave view of the difficulties Into which the whole of the controversy may lead us. There Is a great work to be done and It is a work that cannot be done ton soon. "It is not merely a problem of the war. It may affect the whole future of the English speaking people." President's Callers Gain Im pression That He May De cide Against Another Speaking Trip. Washington, Feb. t. Southern senator and representative who have called on th president to urge him to visit their districts should h make another tour In tha Interests of preparedness Rained the Impression that tha president may decide against another tour; that he had not yet mode up hi mind and might defer decision until the end of th week, when he had thoroughly canvassed the congressional situation, Th presideiit'a caller asld tha president believed that the people of th country had already shown that they approved of Adequate national preparedness and that ha mlaht weil remain In Washington to confer with leader. - Tha president haa an engagement to addre tha Chamber of Com mrc of th United State on Febru- MAY II IKE SOUTHERN TDUR MR. WATT NAVAL SECRETARY Charlotte Man Expresses Hopo That ' vch of Mr. Daniels to Chamber of Commerce V ys g Will Be Short No body Cares What Daniels l yit Say, He Declares. Gazette-News Bureau The Riggs Building Washington, Feb. 8. The national council of the Cham ber of Commerce of the United States met yesterday at the '. New Willard and approved the program of the fourth annual meeting which begins today. The councilors discussed at some length the questions to come De fore the meeting today and urged up on those gathered the Importance of these representatives of business in terests from all sections of the coun try to come to these annual meetings prepared to discuss freely their opin ions, and the opinions of their busi ness interests on the subjects consid ered. According to the rules of the na tional chamber, all resolutions to come before the meeting must be sub mitted forty days before hand. How ever, an exception was made in tho case of an emergency resolution rela tive to the railroad situation. Thli resolution was approved by the eoun cil and referred to the committee on resolutions for its later report to the annual meeting. The resolution proposes that the board of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States appoint a enndi-1 date which shall carefully observe Two Preparedness Bills Now Go To Ihe Senate One Measure Which Passed House Provides for Additional Midshipmen at Annapolis; Other to Equip Navy Yards to Build Battleships Clark and Mann Battle Side by Side. Washington, Feb. 8.-Two house measures to strengthen tho navy went over to the senate today. One was a bill which provides for the addition of about 300 midshipmen to the en trance class at tho naval academy at Annapolis, and the other calls for the equipment of the navy yards at New York and Mare Island for the con struction of the two battle-.-hips. No. 43 and No. 44. Washington, Feb. 8. Speaker, Clark and Republican Leader Mann fought side by side In the house yes terday for adequate national defense With party lines obliterated, most ot tho members followed their leaders and two navy measures passed with out a dissenting vote. One, to pro vide for adding three hundred mid shipmen to the entering class at An napolis next July, passed 173 to 0, and the other to equip navy yards for construction of battleships Nos. 43 and 44, passed without a roll call. Mr. Mann tried to put the anti preparedness advocates on record by calling for a division on tho naval academy bill, but there were no nega tive responses. The appearance of Speaker Clark on the floor to champion the pre paredness measures aroused wldo in terest Rumors persisted that he would take an active charge of tho fight to lncreaso tho army and navy, Majority Leader Kltchin having Join ed the opposition. Immediate Improvement of tho Plans Announced For Filling Recruiting Camps Now York. Fob. t. The Military Training Camps association today an. nounced plans for obtaining recruits for military training camps In vari ous parts of the country next sum mer by distribution of circulars to graduates and undergraduates of col leges snd to tho member of Young Men's Christian associations, and commercial and professional organi sations. The association Intends also to send speakers to the colleges and larger cities and organise local re cruiting committees. The work will be done under the direction of tho committee, whose members Include several university presidents. Normal Conditions Near In Some Flood Areas Uttl nock, Feb. ft. -While the ; flood .In eastern Arkansas today er j approaching their crest In the counties i which horder on the Mlslslppl river. normal conditions ar being rmtored at point which wer Inundated with th first rush of the wntors through th break In the levee of tha Ar kansas and Whit rivers. Refugee continued to flock to th ramp along tha Mlillpp embank ment and to town along tha dgs ATTACKS and consider all phases of the criti cal situation which relate to the inter ests of commerce and the public and report their recommendations as to the best means of avoiding such ca lamities to carriers, employes, ship pers and the public, at the earliest possible date. It was suggested that such a committee should not only report on the impending dangers In the present situation, but should be a permanent active committee to report from time to time on conditions as af fecting the railroads. W. W. Watt, of Charlotte, one of the North Carolina members In at tendance, today was loudly applauded when he paid his respects to Secre tary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. When it was announced that Mr. Daniels would not address the meet ing one day this week, Mr. Watt arose and told the members that he hoped the speech would be short. He said that no one cared anything about what the secretary would say, but would like to know what he was thinking about. If he was thinking at all. : Mr. Watt said that Mr. Daniels a few months ago was agnlnst a big navy; he said we did not need one, but today he is clamoring for the largest appropriation in the history of the government. navy by designing new battleships along the lines of the best now in use, doubling the membership of both An napolis and West Point, creation of many additional regiments for the army and short term enlistments to produce a reserve were among sug gestions made by the speaker. He said ho expected to discuss tho sub ject of preparedness generally soon. Mr. Mann reiterated his previous pleas for a larger army and navy and aided in maneuvering the bills to passage. "This is not the time for crimination and recrimination," said he, "it is not the time to find fault vlth that which has been. It Is tho time for all to Join hands for that which may come." The debate went far afield from the measures under consideration, ex tending to the general subject of military preparedness. The unusual sight of tho speaker and the minority leader battling together for admin istration measures while the major ity leader sat silently in the back of tho house attracted crowds to the galleries, and members rushed to the floor from their offices and commit tee rooms. Mr. Clark urged haste In getting new battleships into commission. He asked Chslrman Padgett of the naval committee, why it would not be a good plan to pattern tho two new battleships, Numbers 43 and 44 after the best United State ship now afloat and get them completed quickly. The commlttoe declares that there sre in the United States nearly 1,000, 000 young men who become of uge each year and that 750,000 of these are fit for military training; that be-. tween the ages of 19 and 25 year there are moro thnn 4,600,000 men fit for military service of whom It la estimated 200,000 are In colleges. Tha committee belloves thnt there are at least 700.000 young business and professional men who are fit fur and would be benefitted by a reason able amount of military training, and considers thnt part of them are eaxer and ready to be equipped for military service. of th flood lake. At Pendleton, more thnn 2000 homeleiw people mado destitute by the flood are being cured fir. Citizens of Dermott who have so )nr escaped the overflow, yesterday inado up ft pur of IB00 at a mass Meeting for the purchase or food and dothlng for their less fortunate neighbors. MrOehee, another town which lies abnv tha flood, la cs-ing for 00 refugee. REBELS LOSE III E Everybody Satisfied, Governor Craig Declares, After Con ference With U. D. C. Members. DOES NOT TELL HOW ALL WERE SATISFIED Through Grape Vine Medium It Is Learned That Col. Boy den Asked For 6 Months to Improve Things. (By W. T. Boat) Raleigh, Feb. 8. "The Daughter of the Confederacy are satisfied, Mrs. . Eugene Little, president of the North. Carolina division, is satisfied, tho Johnston Pettigrew chapter Is satis- ' fled, Colonel Wood Is satisfied, Alex Webb is satisfied, Mrs. Price Is satis fied. Colonel Boyden is satisfied, and I am satisfied," Governor Craig aald. in an interview yesterday afternoon following a conference with the ladled on the Soldiers' home controversy. This state-wide "satisfaction," the first fruits of millennial dawnlsm, fol- iowea an acute tnree weeks In which the Soldiers' home has been under; fierce criticism. Assuming that all the newa dispensed to the state had found Its source In that plcturesquo Insurgent, one C. W. Small, the spon- .'. sors for the home called for a primary on the bete noirncss of Cussing Small and he didn't even also run. Tha home was dead against him. Meanwhile the call for a bill of par ticulars brought reports from Alex Webb, chairman of the board of in ternal Improvements and from Mrs. Nellie Price, in which the severest con demnation of conditions about tho nome was openly made. Governor Craig took a hand in the proceedings and declared that he had heard of conditions that ought not to be allow ed. He demanded better and yester day's "satisfaction" appears to hava had that meeting of Thursday, Jan uary 20, to thank for the Improve ment. The governor counnlngly supplied the newspapers with all the news fit to print of the proceedings. Colonel Boyden, chairman of the board of di rectors of the home, was present, and twelve or moro women were In tha conference. The newspaper men wera not excluded. They were simply ad mitted "not yet" When the "yet" came Governor Craig spoke for the "satisfied" body and all agreed. Ho declared that the two hours In tho conference had been very delightful, that the Daughters were "satisfied" and that all who had remained were content. Nobody could speak for tha Old Man Small. Why tho Satisfaction. The immensity of the content that had been shortly before a state of alarm lost the status quo win over tha Inftui'genoy was not accounted for. Governor Craig gave to the boys all that appeared good for them to know. They took It eagerly albeit the news end was sawed off at the ground. All laughed. It was all that they coul l get. Iurlnr the Interview the Daughters drew upon Colonel Boyden his Char lotte speech before the last meeting: of the Daughters of the Confederacy In which he was quoted as havln r severely condemned the home and' promised a general turning over of things needing improvemnt It wa.1 nut the first time that this speech had bepn brought back by a Daughter t confound, not a son, but a soldior and a father. One of the Daughters wan the object of a good-natured Inquisi tion of Colonel Boyden. Hadn't ha written her lovely letters, hadn't he ulway lover her people, hadn't he bepn pehfectly nice all the time. Sho admitted that he had writ somewhat, but she thought he had wrought little; she admitted receiving the letters but had not observed the performance of the promises therein contained; sh admitted his affection for her folks not In the home, she wanted for thos out there. Of course he was a nlc man, even body said that. Why Webb Was Swallowed Vp. It wouldn't be right even for Gov ernor Craig to Intimate that Alex Webb had been appeased without a'l able-bodied disposition to meet tha conditions which he gave such a skin ning a few days ago. Including a sharp criticism of one of th nurses who admitted "hating every old man out here." ' Mr. Webb was not present when, Governor Craig gave th Interview t th newspaper men. Had h been ha might have mad a statement. Hi haa not alnce don so but from that ' i . a win. attafW (a Oia flnvMnn.'. telephone cm th telegraphic com munication that Colonel Boyden aak4 for Just lz month In which to i straighten thlnga out Mr. Webb waa willing to wait. If not ho wa un willing to oppose such a proposition. II will wait ftnywar. Tha Daughter are understood to hav tha ram dis position. Home Was Clean. Governor Craig vlstud th hem (Continued m fag Two), 1 I
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