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Amsterdam Dispatch Says
600,000 Fresh German Troops
Have Been Placed on
Belgian Front.
ALLIED ATTACK FROM
SALONIKI POSSIBLE
Some Reports Indicate That
Entente Troops in Greece
May Assume Offensive
Instead of Waiting. .
SUBSTANTIALLY IN
ACCORD IN REGARD
TO LU SIT AN I A CASE
Germany's Latest Reply Almo st If Not Entirely Satisfactory
to U. S., High Officials Declare After Berlin Proposal is
Discussed in Cabinet Meeting Formal Announcement of
Conclusion of Long Controversy is Expected Soon. .
Predictions of a German offensive
along the Franco-Belgian front have
not been fulfilled as yet, but reports
of preparations by the Germans In
the west persist, the latest advices
concerning these preparations coming
today from Amsterdam in the form
pf a report that 600,000 new troops
have been sent by the Germans to
the Belgian front.
From the Balkans news Is received
which Indicates that there is no long
er the former apparently unanimous
opinion that the Teuton allies will
shortly begin an advance on Salonllcl.
It is even declared in one unofficial
quarter that the entente allies them
selves are preparing to take the of
fensive In this theater. The more def
inite statements comes from Athens,
however, that decision has been
vouched by the central powers to
maintain themselves In their en
trenched positions at present, leaving
r-ialnly Bulgarians en guard, the Aus
trian troops for the most part being
employed elsewhehre. .
Constantinople advices tell of set-lin-ks
for the Russians In the Cau
casus region and in Persia. The Rus
sians hnvo been repulsed in the for
mer field of operations where Erze
vnm has been the main Turkish base
of defense, the Turkish war office
report declares.
- In Persia the tribesmen, fighting
nirninst the Russian troops, are un
"fticially reported to have inflicted a
severe defeat on the Muscovites near
Pandshulak.
Petrograd, while not reporting on
tho Persian operations, declares that
the engagements In the Caucasus con
tinue to result to the advantage of the
Russians.
The British miners In a resolution
adopted at a conference In Lancaster
do not declare erpressly against the
military service bill. The attitude
adopted is one of opposition to the
"spirit of conscription" with the ex
pressed determination to "scrutinize
vigilantly any proposed exception" of
tho military sen Ice law.
The Russians are again on the ag
gressive In Gallcla, according to to
day's statement by the Austro-Hunga-riun
army headquarters, transmitted
to Berlin. In one attack on an Austro
Hungurlan advance Infantry position
northwest of Tar no pal the Russians
temporarily succeeded In entering
the point uttucked, according to the
statement.
Artillery actions between tho
French and British and the Germans
, continue at various points on the
rranco-Bclglan front, but there have
been no Importunt changes In posi
tions anywhere. Nor have the Ger
mans yet begun the great offensive
for which they are reported unoffi
cially to be preparing.
Heavy righting has broken out
anuin In Fust (Julicla. All along the
front the artillery has been very ac
tive. The Russians succeeded north of
Tnrnopol after repeated attacks In
penetrating the Austro- Hungarian
advanced Infantry posts, but were
ejected from them Inter on, accord
ing to Vienna.
In the Austro-Itallan theater the
contending forces are still Involved
In artillery duels.
In the Balkans seemingly nil is
inlet. Austrian warships In the Adri
atic have Ineffectually attempted to
torpedo a British cruiser and a French
torpedo boat which were aiding the
Serbian army In Its evacuation of tho
Adriatic coast A Teutonic submarine
j. also attempted to sink two entente
nllled vessels off Purasto but the tor
pedoes mlsssd their mark.
Owing to the advice of his physi
cians King George who Is convalesc
ing from Injuries sustained by him
In France, will not re-open parlia
ment tn person next week. The ses
sion will be opened by a royal commission.
Washington, Feb. 9. Germany's
latest reply in the negotiations con
cerning the sinking of the Lusitania.
was characterized as almost if not
entirely acceptable to the United
States by high officials, after Secre
tary Lansing had conferred with
President Wilson for more than an
hour and the case had been discussed
at length in the cabinet meeting.
The whole situation was described
by administration officials as "very
hopeful." Later Secretary Lansing
may confer with Count Von Bern
storff, the German ambassador. It is
expected that Secretary Lansing will
communicate to the German ambas
sador the American governments
view of the latest proposal from Ber
lin which substituted for the word,
"illegal" in reference to the sinking
of the Lusitania, the declaration that
to
INTEREST GROWING
IN comiTics
Hughes Certain to Stay on
Bench If Brandeis is Con
firmed, Is Opinion.
reprisals must not be! extended
other than enemy subjects.
The view was reflected by adminis
tration officials, while all steadfactly
refrained from making definite an
nouncement, that this declaration,
with the assurance that Germany had
previously given and with the other
features of the Lusitania case already
agreed upon, Is practically satisfactory
and that if any further change is nec
essary the way is open without endan
gering the success of the negotiations.
Some formal announcement indicat
ing the satisfactory conclusion of the
long controversy is expected Boon.
One administration official indicated i purpose on the part of President Wil
that it would not be necessary for the son to rid himself of a formidable op-
unnea mates 10 maite lurmur. bus- poneni py pinning mr, justice nugnes
gestion to Germany. Later a high; to the Supreme bench
V Gazette-News Bureau,
The Rlggs Building,
Washington, Feb. 9.
Two phases of republican presiden
tial policies are being discussed around
the capitol these days, one, the possi
ble bearing which the placing of Louis
TV Brandeis on the Supreme court
bench may have upon Mr. Justice
Hughes' future, the other the efforts
of Governor McCall's zealous friends
to hamstring the Week's boom.
If Mr. Brandeis Is confirmed as asr
sociate Justice of the Supreme court,
it is said that Mr. Justice Hughes may
eliminate himself from any possibility
of being nominated at Chicago. Some
of the mere cynical of the. politicians
declare that they see in the nomina
tion of Mr. Brendels a Machiavellian
Indictment Of r jciety
Card Play9 Is Ordered
Kentucky Judge Instructs Grand Jury to Investigate All
Bridge Parties Denounces Card Playing "for Booty"
in Home Women Perturbed.
Madisonville. Ky., Feb. 9. Society
matrons of Madlsonville are perturbed
today over the Instruction delivered
to the Hopkins county grand Jury to
investigate nil bridge parties and .o
"indict every woman, no matter who
she is, if causht playing cards for
booty."
The card table Is the ruination of
many boys,"' said Judge Carl Hender
son, who delivered tho charge to the
grand Jury and that card table Is in
the home."
Judge Henderson spoke of the in
fluence society women exert and di
rected the grand Jury to "atop the ter
rible crime.,
"Investigate society gambling first,1'
the Judge continued, "and then go
after the poor negro and th ignorant
classes."
Arkansas State Troops
Aiding Flood Sufferers
i DANGER OF
' INVASION SEEN
American Coast 'Defenses Aro
Equal to Any in World in
Opinion of General
Nelson A. Miles.
INVADERS COULD NOT
LAND, HE DECLARES
administration official authorized the I it is slated a fcrthi, r.n inlera Amansas. 1 nirty men were as-
statement that "the United States and I position to know that since the Br'an-lslsned'.to rescu worl near Dermott,
Germany substantially were in ac- jdeis nomination pressure has been
cord." Another high otTicIal of the! brought to bear on Mr. Justice Hughes
administration said that the case ; to induce him tout himself out of all
could not yet be considered as finally I consideration for the presidency and
settled. remain on the bench. The argument
advanced is that his departure from
the court would offer opportunity for
appointment of another democrat and
possibly a radical.
It is well understood by nil, of
course, thnt Mr. Justice Hughes has
done all that ethics require of him to
avoid beinsr a presidential candidate.
He has prohibited the use of his name
in the primaries. Hut politicians have
said that If the convention should
stampede to him he might accept.
Only one thing more could be dons
:ind that would be to declare that un
der no circumstances would he accept
the nomination if tendered. It is eas
ily imagined what a load would bo
lifted otf the mind of Mr. Burton, Mr.
Fairbanks, Mr. Weeks, Mr. Cummins
and others, as well, if such announce
Iment were mftdo. .,..'
; " ' ',, . ' V,. ' '' :(" Somebody "down east" has appar-
"The threat of the armor plate e ,n u(je a glm(le tQ
barons to hold up the government j t!osl to .., the beang.. for Scna
will not affect conKress, said Sena- i (or Weeks The report is being assid-
tor j uiman, man-man oi tne naval ; uol!sIy circulated that Senator Week
committee. we were given to un- , intends to retire from the presidential
dcrstand that the armor plate man-,,.aP0 arui that his strength will go to
nraeturers would Increase prices, be-
Little Rock, Feb. 9. State troops
today organized central ' refugee
camps at three points on the out
skirts of the overflowed area of east-
Makers Of Armor Plate
Threaten U. S. Committee
Notify Senators They Will Raise Price of Product $200 a
Ton If Government Engages in Manufacture of Armor
Plate Nevertheless, Bill to Create Plants Is Favorably
Reported.
Washington, Feb. 9. Private nr.
mour plate manufacturers have noti
fied the senate naval committee that
they would raise the price of armor
plate $200 a ton of congress decides
to erect or purchase three armor
plate factories for the government.
Nevertheless, the committee voted to
recommend government' plants. The
bill authorizing the creation of gov-
ernment armor plate plants with a
capacity of not less than 20.000 tons
annually, carries an appropriation .
$11,000,000 which would bo Immedi
ately available for the work.
a detail was ordered to maintain
camp at Levesque. Tents and other
equipment have been shipped from
the state armory here.
Arkansas City, Clarenden and a
number of other towns reported that
the floods were gradually : subsiding
and with the relief measures system
atized, conditions in the lowlands
should materially Improve.
BIG POSTAL LOBBY
EXISTS, HE IS
Would Prevent Space System
Payment Jf or -Carriage,
Moore Asserts.
Venerable Warrior Also As
serts That This Country
Would Never Stand
For Conscription.
cause the government manufacture
of armor plate would force them out
of business and that they would
charge an enormous increase In order
to provide an amortization fund, but
I guess we can find a way to stop
the robbers and operate them
right of eminent domain."
; Governor McCall, of .his own state.
The relief expedition which left
here Saturday returned to Pine Bluff
last night, after distributing food and
clothing at points south of that city
and today was loading a river steam
er'wlth rations for 3,000 people ma
rooned on the levee near Pendleton.
All the levees along the Mississippi
ri.er, which is now approaching its
crest, are reported to be holding. .A
dispatch from Varner reported the
drowning of a negro convict, bring
ing th number of lives known to
have been lost to 17, The negro with
two other prisoners was attempting
to escape from the state farm camp.
Ills companions were re-captured.
ALLEGED PLOTTERS
ER INDICTMENT
Two German and One Turkish
- Consular Official Charged
With Conspiracy.
Washington, Feb. 9. The charge
that "the greatest lobby ever known
to the American people" Is seeking to
CP to this time Governor McCall has t th Kubstitution of the
not seen lit to deny that he has presl- 1
dentin! aspirations, and it is said that i for th weight paymont system In the
Belivied President Will
Announce Candidacy Soon
Washington, . Feh. 9. President
Wilson's closest advisers expect him
to make the first formal announce
ment of his candidacy for re-nomln-atlon
within the month, when it Is
believed ho will notify tho secretary
of tho state of Ohio that the voters
of that state have his consent to use
his name in the primary.
Under the Ohio law, a candidate is
required to notify the secretary of
stato of his Intention to run beforo
February 25.
The president has mado no dcflnlto
announcement us to whether he will
he a candidate, even to his friends,
as far as Is known, but all take It as
settled that he will be.
New Kngland republicans aro highly
Incensed over the situation.
According to these New Englanders,
by (then? could be but one result of a con
gest between Weeks and McCall, and
'that would be that the country would
say, ' a plague on both your houses,
and eliminate them from further con
sideration. It is stated thnt Mr. Weeks has no
Intention of retiring but, on the con
trary, will loom up pretty soon with a
bunch of do'egates. Massachusetts re
publlcnns know what Mr. Weeks did
to help Mr. McCall in the closing days
of the gubernatorial race, when the
republican managers did not know
whether Mr. McCall would win by
7,000 or lose by 15,000.
ID
Writ Of Error Denied
Christy And Mrs. Warren
Raleigh. Feb. 9,The application
for a writ of error In an effort to oh
tain an appeal to the Supreme cour of
the United States, was denied Mrs. Ida
Ball Warren and Samuel Christy today
by Chief Justice Clark of tho North
Carolina Supreme court. Tho man
nnd woman are under sentence of
death for the murder of J. O. Warren,
the woman's husband, near Winston
Salem In 1V14.
The petitioners claimed that thj
admittance of confession of the lie.
fend ants made while they were In thu
custody of olllcers, even If voluntary.
was In violation of the due process of
the law under the fifth amendment of
the constitution of tho United States.
Justice Clark held that the first 11'
amendments of the constitution were
restrictions nn the federal government
and not on states, and so denied the
writ.
BUNCOMBE BOY HONORED
AT THE UNIVERSITY
At en election of officers of the
Dialectic IJterary society of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, held on
Monday evening, Wade R- Hunter
wee elected president Mr. Hunter
le also editor of the University mwca-
e.
Mr. Hunter will graduate In June,
He Is a eon of Mr. end Mrs. W. H.
Hunter of Alexander end has many
Xrlenda la tb"m patt at the auu,
ting or
SEATS BEING CONSIDERED
New York, Feb. 9 A resolution lo
limit the number of bleacher seats nt
the grounds of any club to 2000 end
several other propositions which wer
not reached yesterday, were . beforo
the annual meeting of the National
Tiaaebnll league today. The Innova
tion, If adopted, would have eevent
effort on several clubs. At preeenl
there are 10,000 twonty-ftve cent seats
at the Tloston club grounds; (000 at
St touts. (600 at Philadelphia and
4000 at Clnclnnat llepreeentatlvee of
some of these clubs are expected to
oppoee the measure on the ground
that It would deprive them of consid
erable revenue.
Members of the league exchanged
congratulation over the adoption of
4he playing schedule which contained
only three conlcts.
Tho National league race will start
o'ilclally on April 1!. with New York
playing at Philadelphia; Boston at
Brooklyn; Chicago at Cincinnati, and
Pittsburgh at St. Louis.
The Icsgue will eclobrute Its 40th
Anniversary of orK&iiizution with fc
dinner tonight.
U. S. ASKS CUBA FOR
GEN. VILLA'S BROTHER
Washington, Feb. 9. The United
States has asked Cuba for the extra
dition of Hyppollto A'llla, brother of
Francisco Villa, Indicted In Texae on
a charge of complicity In cutting the
line of the Bouthcrn Pad do railway
line near Kl Paso In December last, In
n attempt to hamper the movement
of Carransa troops through American
territory which were eent to attack
the Villa forces In Mexico. Villa was
arrested, in Havana,
GENERAL STRIKE CALLED
OF JEWELBY WORKERS
Question of Pay not at Issue-Eight-Hour
Day is One
of Demands.
railway postal service was made in the
house yesterday by Chairman Moon,
of the portotiice committee, In pre
senting the annual postofflce appropri
ation liill. . Ho declared the real object
of tho opposition was to throtilo tha
parcel post service In tho Interest of
express companies, whose prof'ts are
shared equally by the companies ami
the railroads.
Mr. Moon told the house that under
the weight system the railroads now
are receiving $60,000,000 annually for
carrying n.ails and that J64.o00.0flo!
would he allowed them by the pro-;
posed space plan. They seek not only
nn Increased rite, he added, but want
the weight system retained and the
Interstate commerce commission given
the right to grant them higher rates if
it stes fit.
"They have tho greatest lobby at
work today ever known to the Ameri
can people," ho declared. "There
never lias been such a propasrand i
promulgated among a civilized people
uKalnst a government as the railroads
have carried on agnliu-t this nicasuro.
There has been, a falsification of
every fact that is material for consid
eration. They have not presented a
sliiKle fact In justlflciiticn of the
charKO th.u this law ought to be
chiimrc-d."
In uryltiff the establishment of a
government guarantee fund, proposed'
Washington, Feb. 9. Weeks of In
vestigation by agents of the depart
ment of Justice resulted In the voting
of indictments by a federal grand
jury In San Francisco against promi
nent figures In what are considered
here to be two of the boldest plots
involving questions of American neu
trality that have been uncovered
since the European war beijan.
Among thoso against whom Indict
ment were voted, according to a mes
sage received here, are Franz Bopp,
German consul general; Haron E. H.
von Schack, vice consul of Germany,
and Maurice Halt, the Turkish consul
general.
Consular officers do not enjoy the
diplomatic Immunities which ambas
sadors, ministers and attaches are
kIvoii by International law, but are
Gazette-News Bureau
The Rlggs Building
. , Washington. Feb. 9.
(By Parker R. Anderson).
This country Is In no danger of be
ing invaded by a hostile nation. Our
coast defenses are equal to any In tho
world, the Dardanelles not excepted.
Landing of an invading army of 600,
000 men in this country would be an
impossibility and the United States
will never stand for conscription.
This statement, made before the
house military affairs committee yes
terday by Lieut. Gen. Nelson A.
Miles, knocked the props from undor
the certainty of those who have con
tended that the United States has no
army and navy and that the kaiser
or any other hostile enemy could
march across our country with littlo
or-no opposition.
Admiral Blue, speaking for tne
navy, followed General Miles. Admir
al Blue said:
The American navy could reach
the Pacific coast before a foreign en
emy.
The statements of these two war
riors are Just the opposite to what is
claimed by Secretaries Daniels , an ,
Garrison. But of course, every one
knows that neither Daniels, nor Gar
rison has any actual knowledge of
conditions in either branch of the
service. They aro depending upon
what some officer has told them or
what they have seen In the newspa
pers. Both Admiral Blue and Gener
al Miles are soldiers. They have seen
service In the ranks and their tes
timony today had more weight with
the committee than all the documents
and oral statements filed by the wr
and navy departments.
Admiral Blue said the Panama ca
nal would enable the fleet to reach
the Pacific before any fleet couU
cross the ocean. He urged purchase
of many anti-aircraft guns, and op
posed Speaker Clark's suggestion i t
one year enlistments.
General Miles declared conscrip
tion would not work In the United
States.
"If 600,000 men were landed on
either of our coasts, and we were not
able to raise enough men to drive
them out, I would want to move to
another country," he said.
Coast fortifications of the United
f'tates, General Miles said, were equal
to those of any place In tho world,
not excepting the fortifications of the
subject to the jurisdiction of the
country in which they are resident i Dardanelles. Heavy guns on naitie
and may bo treated bv tho law as are j ships had failed entirely to show
any other persons. The indictments ! th'1'' effectiveness during the Euro
voted yesterday, however, are the I !pnn war against fortifications.
first which the federal government "Over-sea expeditions, such as we
... . ' n vtk tl tt'lll rFrnfH nirninHt tli4
has ntteniiited to peurn mmlnMt nnv t are
foreign representatives. This fact
was fuken to mean that hereafter the
administration Intends to prosecute
wherever prnsncutlon will llo any
offender aKiilnst American neutrality.
I'.opp and Von Rchack are charged
with complicity In the plot which was
first uncovered several weeks ago
In the bill, the chairman asserted that! ln" 'rcsi or i i c rowlry. nl-
combination of surety companies ; 'oged to have been a pro-German
bid so manipulated their bonding ofinprnt 'ho had undertaken to crlp-
im me American output ur munition
New York, Feh, 9. A general
ftrlke of toe jewelry workers of New
York was called at a meeting held
early today which was attended bv
more han 1000 members of the union.
The Jewjplry workers demand an eight- j
hour dny. All or ttiem are higniy paid
workers, some of them the diamond
settersreceiving as much as $100 x
week. The question of pay docs not
enter Into the differences.
The strike call will affect about 200
hops nnd about 2600 employes. In
some thopa the workers drmnnd the
abolition of the piece work system.
NATIONAL LEAGUE ADOPTS
THE FUTIIC SCHEDULE
gr "rnment employes as lo caiiKn enc
government employes as to loco "hun
dreds of thousands of dollars."
Kixeen hours have been set aside
for a genci.il debate nn the measure,
which ccrries appropriations aggre
gating abo.it $.VJO,000.000.
OPPONENTS OF LOUIS
BRANDEIS ARE
D.
s
of war and In other wnys to help the!
cause or the Teutonic allies. Bopp
Is accused of being the head of a
conspiracy which hoped to accom
plish this end by Interfering with
trail In munitions and preventing
rnllway shipments by blowing up two
tunnels on "nnnrtlnn rn II roads.
Tho Indictment of the Turkish
consul tieneral wns voted In connec
tion with the use of tho steamer
Sacramento to supply Herman ships
of war In the south Pacific which
ended In the Internment of that ves
sel.
Sub-Committee Holds Public
Sessions in Considering
Brandeis' Nomination.
Washlnglon, Feb. 9. Inquiries In
to the nomination of Iula D. Bran
dels for the United Hutea Hupremo
New Tork, Feb. .- The adoption of
a playing schedule for ltU and an
attempt to Increase the number of court wore1 begun before the eub
players allowed to each club beyond J committee of the senate judiciary
the present' limit of 11, were the most j committee today. After hearing a
Important matters to be considered st, number of witnesses, all Protestants.
the annual meeting today of the dl
rectors of the National league.
The approval of the schedule was
expected to be a matter of formality,
aa Barney Preyfusa and John A. Hay
dler, eocretary of the league had ar
ranged A achedule some time ago.
against the confirmation of the nomi
nation, the committee will corilder
numerous petitions from Individuals
and organisations urging the eonflr
motion. Mccnune of the wlde-sprad
Interest In the matter, the committee fisheries set vice since
baa decided in hold nuhlla ssselupe. tlon.
OFF
SITS
Washington, Feb. 9,The forty'
fifth anniversary of Its establishment ' appropriations for
was celebrated today by the United
States bureau Of fisheries, with the
unveiling of a tablot In memory of
Its founder Hpeneer Fullerton Balrd.
The tablet was presented by 41 as
sociate and followers of the late
Commissioner Bnlrd and ws to be
unveiled by THnal F.d wards of Woods
Hole, Mhmm., who has been in the
It eerganlsa-
told will proceed against
United States, are expensive and ara
as a rule dlsnstrous," he said.
"If subjects were ordered by an
Kuropeon country to cross the water
to America, I believe they would re
fuse to go because of their fear of
meeting a liberty loving natlor of
men defending their own homes.
These over-sea expeditions spring
from the minds of men writing about
preparedness who know less about
war than anything else."
Conscription would utterly fall In
the United States, he Id, "as wait
demonstrated during the war between
the states, when drnfj Hots broke
nut, and active troops were with
drawn from the field at Gettysburg
to suppress rlota at Philadelphia.
eausc4 by the unpopularity of the
draft. Tho United States, ho aild,
would never ster d for a condition
such as exists In Germany, where
the men are In the army and the
women di all the hard labor In flcldi
and shops.
General Miles admitted the need uf
enlarging the United States army t
140,000, recommending skeleton reg
iments, so that Its strength could be
expanded In rase of fear of Invasion
to 400.000 by offering double pay to
men who have Been service at other
times. He snld there were enough;
trained men In the country to ex
pand this army to more thun 1.000,.
000 If a great Invasion were feared,
lie advocated pay for militiamen
with stroller plana for expansion of
national guard In case of war. Big
aeroplanes and
submarines he recommended.
Representative of the Nations!
firings and the Farmers' union ap
peared a against "militarism .
Bible Class Meeting.
(
The Men's Bible class will meet to
night at T:10 o'clock at Trinity,
church.