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TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE. . MEMBER OF AUDIT BU REAU OF CIRCVLATION' THE WEATHER OVERCAST TONIGHT. SUCCESSOR TO THE ASHEVILLE GAZETTE-NEWS. VOLUME XXI. NO. 14. ASHEVILLE, N. 0, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 2, 1916. PRICE 2 CENTS0" w PRESIDENT DECLARES HE WILL NOT ACCEPT CONGRESS COMPROMISE Informs Chairman Flood To day That He Desires Di rect Vote on Resolution of Warning. CHAIRMAN SUBMITS DECISION TO COMMITTEE Pres. Wilson Faces Crisis Of His Administration Ten Members of House Com mittee Said to Favor Report ing Oht Resolution While Nine Oppose Action. Special to The Times. AVashington, March 2. -President Wilson today faces the most critical period of his administration. AVIth congress insisting that any resolution that is passed must carry a warning to Americans and at the same time Rive a vote of confidence to President Wilson and the president flatly re fnslng to accept anything less than a straight oot and out endorsement of his position, the situation which yes terday was considered critical today is worse. : No one can tell what congress will do nor what the result of its action may mean. It is expected that the show down will come sometime to morrow though action may be post poned. Senator Simmons and Representa tives Pou, Small and Godwin are ac tively supporting the president while Senator Overman and the balance ot the state delegation believe that any resolution that is passed should carry a warning to Americans not to travel on belligerent armed ships, Some of them, however, may change and sup port the presidnt. Washington, Mar. 2. Presi dent "Wilson told Chairman Flood of the house foreign af fairs committee early today that he would consent to no compromise on the armed ships issue and that he desired a di rect vote on a resolution warn ing Americans to keep off the armed merchantmen belonging to belligerents. Chairman Flood took the de cision to his committee. It wus reported to the adminlstra tion tod ay that there were yesterday ten members of the house foreign af laiis committee which were In favor of reporting out the McLemore reso lution warning Americans off armed merchantmen . and . nine members n gainst it. There are twenty-one members on the committee. Some of those who expressed their , opinions today were opposed to the resolution because It contained expressions which had. no connection directly with the Issues on which the presi dent insists on a vote. President Wilson made his position Hear to congressional leaders last night in unequivocal terms, as the climax to a day of confusion, uncer tainty and political maneuvering that marked the opening of his first real light with congress. The whole situation in congress, confused by the president's call for a vote, was thrown into a snarl yester day when at an early morning confer ence the president outlined hln posi tion to Chairman Stone and Flood and the foreign affairs committees, Senate lender Kern. Speaker Clark, House Lender Kltchln and Acting Chairman Ton of the house rules committee. .s soon as the delegation returned to the capitol with news of what tho prcsUlrnt hud said, it was apparent tlmt some of the leaders who had se cretly supported the antl-admlnlstra-tion forces, and under administration pressure had pocketed resolutions In (ommittce when there was danger of tnelr being passed, realized that tho prsldent and his friends had suddenly pained the whin hand. It was plain that they at once devoted their efforts to attempts to avoid a dofect at the hands, of administration forces by sidetracking the main Issue and mak ing the fight turn to a vote on a resolu tion of confidence for the president in which they could Join without com promising their position In support of warning Americans to avoid belliger ent armed ships. Practically In control of the ma chinery of the houso these leaderr held the situation In deadlock all day. while they conferred and sought for some proposal which would satisfy the pres ident and still nave their positions. ' Friends of the president, watching the maneuvering closely, saw the ob ject and from the white house came the word that there should be no com promise, Tho president's friends openlyi charge that resistance to his program Is purely political and say he does not intend to let the question be pawed over by a compromise and risk being embarrassed later In his negotiation with Germany by having the agitation come up again to weaken his hand. They point out that the extent of the opposition the president faces may be Judged from the fact that the chair men of the foreign affairs committees In both branche of congress, and even Speaker Clark, were lukewarm In their support of Mm. Late German Assurances Short Of U. S. Requests Not So Broad as Assurances Given Originally as Result of Lusitania Negotiation, But No Action Will Be Taken Till President Is Sure He Will Not Be Embarrassed by Congress. MNBBILT TO TEUTONS RENEW IT1K BUTi: BUTLER FORCES HAS HID T.tt Inheritance Tax of $45 " on Property in Buncombe Received by Clerk. Washington, March 2. Germany's latest assurances on the conduct of her submarine warfare as presented to Secretary Lansing by the German ambassador, are not so broad as tho United States desired, but it was indi cated that no further steps will be taken until the president is certain that his action will not be embarrass ed by congress. The assurances reiterated in the latest communication are regarded as not so complete as those originally given as the result of the Lusitania negotiations, and It was indicated to day that the pending Lusitania agree ment will not be finally accepted as satisfactory at this time. N. Y. Democrats Endorse Wilson's Administration Syracuse, N. Y., March 2. In key note speech and platform democrats of New York state, assembled in In formal convention, last night ratified the administration of President Wil son and took steps to bring about his re-election. Harmony marked the convention's deliberations, every pro posal being adopted unanimously. The following delegates-at-large to the national democratic convention at St. Louis were recommended for the support of tho party voters at the spring primaries: United States Sena tor James A. O'Gorman; William Church Osborn, chairman of tne democratic state committee; George J. Meyer of Buffalo, as democratic national committeeman. The delegates to the national conT vention which will comprise New York's "big four" were unpledged, but were nominated with the undcrstaed tng that they are to work for a second term for Mr. Wilson. The keynote speech, delivered by former Governor Martin H. Glynn as permanent chairman, aroused much enthusiasm. In addition to commend ing th actions of Mr. Wilson during administration it replied directly to the criticisms of the president and his foreign policies made by former Sen ator Ellhu Root at the recent repub lican state convention In New York The federal reserve act, tho Under wood tariff, foreign affalys and pre paredness wet eall dwelt upon by the former governor. Southern Railway Has Created Welfare Agency Reports of the capture of a Ger man sea raider, eitner tne auxiliary cruiser Moewe or the cruiser Roon came to hand s today from South American sources: The capture 1b said to have been made by a Brrltlsh cruiser, which took its prize to the Tridldad Island, off the Venezuelan coast. It was the crew from the Moewe that brought ; the British steamer Appam as a prize into Hampton Roads sometime ago. After a lull in the Infantry opera tions in the vicinity of Verdun since the early part of the week, there has been a resumption of the German of ¬ fensive in tho Woevre region. A vlo- lent bombardment has been followed by a spirited attack on the Frencli lines ten miles southeast of Verdun. Paris reports the driving out of the Germans from the few positions to which they had penertated in the assault. Possibly significant in this conhec tion in the French official statement that there are signs of German pre parations behind the front west of Pont-a-Mousson, IS miles south of Metz and in the Moselle river sec tion. ' The French guns have been pound ing the second and third lines of the German positions here, while inter mittent bombardment has been going on at various points between Regnk ville and Remanauvilie, some half a dozen miles west of Pont-a-Mousson. Apparently the recent German attack in the Champagne region was noth- ng more than one of the numerous local operations such as the Ger mans have carried out in several sec tions from time to time within the three weeks preceding the Verdun offensive, as it was not followed up. Dispatches indicate the opinion of military observers that the German offensive, if it is broadened appre ciably, would be more likely to spread to the south than to the north. There are many signs of activity on the line In upper Alsace, and down to the Swiss frontier. - " ," ---i ..)? Paris dispatches declare the situa tion north of Verdun Is satisfactory to the French, who have strongly fortified their positions from Cote du Poivre, four miles due north to Dou aumont and three miles to the east along which line the German pres sure has been heaviest. At Dounu- mont several hundred Germans are reported still to be cut off In the fort which the French surrounded. Today marks the opening of the new German submarine campaign In which armed merchantmen are to be considered as warships and treated as such. The report that the British steamer Thornaby of 1782 tons has been sunk came today from London, but the dispatch did not reveal whether the steamer was armed or whether It was sunk before or after, the new submarine policy went inta effect. In the Italian parliament, which reassembled today, it was expected that the question of the declaration of war by Italy on all the foes of the entente powers would be brought up. Italy has never declared war on Germany. The time for volunteer enlistment in Great Britain expired today. Lon don advices reported that a consid erable number of recruits were pre senting themselves during the last few days, but that there was no over whelming rush to enlist. BUNCOMBE GETS 1,365.87. $ZFEAT DUNCAN IN CONVENTION Atlanta, March 2. The Southern Railway company has announced the appointment of a "welfare agent" at a salary of $3,600 per year to "pro vide employes with better opportu nities for moral, social and Industrial uplift." Kov. Charles L. Bass, a juemoaisi minister of about thirty-five years, was given the position. Rev. Mr. Bass, who was formerly a practicing attorney and member of the Georgia legislature. Joined the Mothodlst min istry several years ago and wa as signed to the church at Inman Yards ROBERT W. PATTON FOR TAXJOLLECTOR 'Robert W. ration of thl city an nounced today that he would be In the race for the office of county tax collector at th primary. Mr. Patton Is a native of the Swannanda section but haa been living In Ashevllla for many years, and la a member of a well known family of th county. II haa been a traveling salesman for several year and la known by hundred of peopl In all section of th rounty. Mr.. Patton ha been a Ufa-long democrat and ha never , a, candidal lax efflo bafar. a suburb, where the Southern's local round houses and freight yard are located. Card-playing, drinking and various petty disorder were frequent In that section then, the announcement say, but shortly after the advent of Mr. Bass the place was pervaded by different moral atmosphere. This, It I said led to the creation of the of. flee of .welfare agent and to Mr Bass' appointment to fill It. Mr. Basa will leave here today with E. H. Coapman, vice president ot the road, for a tour of th system. Colonel Again Refuses To Permit Use Of Name New York, March 2. Theodore Roosevelt' determination not to al low his name to be used a a candi date for tho presidential nomination In th spring primary elections, wa emphasized today by the announce ment that his secretary. John W. McGraw, had directed th withdraw- . FROM DRUG STORE Last night about 7:30 o'clock a young white boy grew tired of walk ing and finding a good strong bicycle standing naf th College street en trance to Teagu A Oat' drug store, he mounted It and went on hi way rejoicing. Thl morning Ofru-er T. R. I'arger al of Mr. Roosevelt's nam from the Illinois primary. Thl I th fourth atat In which Col. Roosevelt ha re fused to allow hi nam to he used The other states were Nebraska, Minnesota, and Michigan. Col. Roosevelt I now on a trip to the West Indie. a well a th machine and It thought that he will be arrested today In th Leicester section. BANKER RE-ARRESTED WHEN TERM EXPIRES Clerk John H. Cathey of Superior court, has Just received a check for $45,529.06 from Mrs. Edith S. Van derbilt, as the executrix ot the estate of the late George W. Vanderbilt, as the Inheritance tax contributed by the estate to the state of North Caro Una, Of this sum, which is the larg' est that has ever been paid In North Carolina, Buncombe county will re ceive $1,363.87 as her share. , The tax is on property that is own ed by the estate in Buncombe county and other counties of the state where property Isl ocated receiving their pro rata of the tax which will be paid to the state. The check which hag been received here Is in final settlement forth e in heritance of the estate, the first pay ment bein sSOO, which was made about two years ago. The check for the tax was received several days ago, but owing to the fact that It was made ou t o the state treasurer, and not to the county clerk, it was sent back to New York to be corrected and the corrected copy of the check has Just been re ceived by Kingsland Van Winkle, at torney for the estate here and turn ed over by him to Clerk Cathey. BUNCOMBE BOYS' FINE C0RNREC0RD Corn Club in This County Led State In Number of Bushels. Two Leaders Fight For Con trol of G. 0. P. State Con vention and Former Sen ator Is Victorious. LARGEST ENROLLMENT. TURBULENCE MARKED REPUBLICAN GATHERING CHURCH TO RECEIVE CLASS OF THIRTY Rev. F. W. Stanton of First " M. E. Church Prepares a Large Class for Sunday. . F. A. PERLEY DIES AT HOSPITAL Wife of Prominent Lumber man Succumbs to Short Illness. Rev. F. W. Stanton, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church on North French Broad avenue, has been preparing a class of young peo pie for several weeks to be received into the church next Sunday. Most valuable Insrtuction has been gtvan In the class on church doctrines and polity, and the class will be received with a far better knowlege of what they are doing, than would have been the case otherwise, It is stated. There are over thirty members In the class. Next Sunday will be ob served as "membership day," and Mrs Stanton's theme at the morning ser vice will be "Why I A a Methodist.' A baptismal service will also be eon ducted by the pastor. 0. C. WILSON BACK FROMFLORIDA Says Asheville Will Be Visited by Many Now In That State. T. E. Browne, agent in charge of Boys' Corn club work In North Car olina, has sent out his final report by counties for 1915. In the March Is sue of "Asheville Energy," which comes from the printer today, the records are summarized as follows: "The final report of T. E. Browne, agent in charge. Boys' Corn - Club work for North Carolina, shows that during 1915 3,604 boys enrolled for the work, with 1,318 making final reports. In Buncombe county 153 en rolled and 58 made final reports, the 58 showing a total of 4,040.2 bushels raised on the 6 8 acres, an average of 69.6 bushels per acre, raised at an average cost of 41.4 cents per bushel. The total cost of the 4040 bushels was $1674.98, leaving a net profit on the 58 acres yield of $2, 365.22. Buncombe boys made the largest total yield in the state. Eight other counties lead Buncombe in the average production, but having only a few boys enrolled, as follows: Beau fort 4 boys with 93.7 bushels average Pasquotank, 2 boys, 89 bushels; Pam lico, 3 boys, 82 . bushels: Swain, 2 boys, 15' bushels; Haywood, 4 boys, 72.7 bushels; Avery 8 boys 70 bush els; Sampson, 22 boys,' 70 bushels. These figures indicate that garden spots were used. Buncombe boys were enrolled from all parts of the county. The boys are Buncombe Boosters." The accomplishments in this coun ty last year are very gratifying to Farm Demonstrator E, D. Weaver as well as to all those who are Interested in agricultural development. The plans for the present year have been made with the determination of scor ing even better at the next meeting in Raleigh when the reports for 1916 are made up. When the Seed Corn show was held here last fall Superin tendent W. II. Hipps of the county schools told the meeting that the teachers had adopted resolutions of fering their co-operation In securing enrollments and written reports on the work In this county. It is believ ed that this plan will be of much help In securing reports from each member of the club and other ways contribute to the efficiency of the club. John Motley Morehead Elect ed to Succeed E. C. Duncan as National Committeeman Thompson Hissed. ; Mr. Frederick A. Perley died at the Clarence Parker Memorial hos pital at Blltmor yesterday after a few day illness. Mr. Perley left yesterday afternoon for Wllllam port, Pa., with th body of nl wife and the funeral service and In terment will tuke plac at that city, which I the old home ot the deceased. No children survive. Mr. Perley cam to thl aectlon a few year ago from Pennsylvania and with Mr. Crokett formed th firm of Porley & Crockett, a company organ lied to carry on timber and lumber operations on a larg forest bound ary near Black Mountain. A band saw mill Is located at that place. Mrs. Pcrjoy Joined her husband at Black Mountain some month ago and haa made many friends there and In Asheville who will hear of her death with regret. O. C. Wilson of the City Ticket office force of the Southern Railway Com pany returned yesterday afternoor from Florida where he has been as sisting Division Paasngcr Agent James 11. Wood In conducting' an advertising campaign In the interests of Asheville among the winter tourist in that state. Mr. Wilson state that the land ot flower appear to be overrun with visitor and that It Is estimated that Florida I entertaining 100,000 people who have gone there to esrap the rigors of the northern winter. The Southern Railway representa tive thinks that the chances are good that a large number ot tourists will visit this city cn route home a few week hence. CIVIL COURT TO Term Is For Three Weeks and Criminal Term Follows On April 3. Rochester, N. Y., March 1. Henry fllegel, New York banker and depart ment store merchant, whose ten month ontence In th Monro coun ty penitentiary expired today, waa re arrested on a warrant Issued yeater. secured a warrant for th youth up- day by th district attorney of Liv- dqA t be uUllv at tllM th rid Ionian county. IVtll BOYS BORN ON FEBURARY 29 The next term of Superior court for this county will convene next Monday morning at 10 o'clock for the trial of civil cases. The term Is for three weeks. and will be followed by another term of three week for criminal case which convene on April 1. Judge W. F. Harding will hold both of there terms and the terms f r Madison county until July 1, when he will be transferred to another dis trict. Already the criminal docket of Buncombe county Is crowded with oh ses, despite the fact that a long term and a special term for criminal case ha Just been held. Hut as .ho April term ha a grand Jury, It Is expected that the docket will be orratlv relieved and that the major ity of the cases will b removed from the docket. tKtKMKtttttt:K t t ILTIMATISI TO rOHTCtJAU t t t London, March 1. Germany H K haa Rent an ultimatum to Purtu- V K gal demanding restoration with- tt X In forty-eight hour of th Ger- t tt man ship whith wer elied by tne Portuguese government re- V K cently, according to a dispatch R t from Madrid to Renter's agency, !' " .ft KM ft ft mitt It milt oman for tbsLr earaar. i 1 Two son born on the same day to two families living In the same houso at Bee Tre, N. f. '.. will have February 29 as their birthday thla year In the record of vital statistic. Mr. and Mr. Robert Ltd ford and Mr. and Mr, lister Whlttemore are th parent of these boy who will not have, accord ing to om chronloger. another birth day for four year. It I stated that the question of an nual or quadrennial natal anniversa ries for the youngster l causing much perplexity to their friend and expert nn calculation of time are requested to offer solutions to th problem. At any rate, making their advent In thl world on National Prosperity day" I considered a good ALBEN LENOIR IS INJURED BY TRAIN Alden Lenoir, said to b an employs of the Champion Flbr company at Canton, waa brought to the Mission hospital yestarday suffering front Injuries rcelved when a switch engine bucked a car over him crushing his left foot and right leg. It I stated that amputation of th foot and limb will b e necessary a soon a th patient Is wrong enough to undergo th opera Raleigh, March 2. National Com mitteeman E. Carl Duncan's dramatic challenge to Marlon Butler, fa the two occupied the same platform and fought for control of the republican convention, overshawdowed all tho : events yesterday which saw the final obscuration of the Duncan star. It may or may not have been good politics for Mr. Duncan for It gave to that turbulent body its first opportun ity to show wisdom and good man ners. The Duncan tortunes were about to be swept from him. The Morehead boom for national com mitteeman had overwhelmed the former congressman and former op ponent of the defeated national com- mltteemanv A great republican leader was being deposed. Morehead was the sole man between Butler and Duncan and Morehead declined tho. terms of hos convention ally, Mr. Duncan. . The convention had recorded Its willingness to send eight delegates at large to th"wohvneioA,iha"me tvextJ move was to defer the election of a national committeeman. Manifestly the body did not know what It was doing. Marlon Butler came in and started the fight for reversal of Hr earlier action. Tom Settle even more powerfully argued against the eight and the doom of delay was disclosd. A. I McCaskill, candidate for con- fress against Godwin, really started the revolt As a manufacturer of revolutions he should be highly satis fied with himself. He fircely assault ed Mr. Duncan and hammered the . alleged democratic allies. Mr. Mc Caskill merely paved the way. . . Cy Thompson had been hooted down and Cy was much the cleverest speaker who took part In the unend ing brawl. Judge Gudger went down in tho heroic effort to pain the ear of the body. Senator Butler said never a word. The Jury was mani festly of mind made up and the count alone was to follow, It came after two sergeants at arms had been called to clear the convention of disorder and after ap peal of Chairman Seawell to sit In silence while the vote was being de livered. The Duncan men were able to hear their returns without emotion, but each Morehead vote was the cause ' for a demonstration. Lorg before the secretaries could add the ballots the defeat of Mr. Duncan was foregone. The vote was: Duncan, 335 More head. 761. Up to that time nothing of policy, 1 expediency, platform, ticket, or any thing else had even been hinted at. . The age-old fight for tho "churman" us Aycock was won't to call him, had sent everyiniupc eme 10 me aucnen while the " leadership of .the legions and dispensary of patronage loomed high and large. That over the con vention settled down to real work and after six hour It began anew. The name of John M. Morehead, Marlon Butler, Tom Kettle and Chailte Reynold were offered by Judge W. 8. O'U. Robinson "as the big four." Thv wmv ihm hlff fmlp In innth.. factional substitution of the big eight. One by one new name were offred. Tom llarklns pleaded for Congress man James J. Brltt and an unknown delcgnte who had aided In the slaugh ter of Mr. Duncan asked that the convention choose "that great repub lican" a one of the four. Pr. Cy Thompson withdrew he nam of Mr. Duncan as did Ik Meek In. Iitnncy 1 Renominated. Secretary Grlasom read 'the call and th chairman called for nomina tion tor state chairman, Jake New ell of Charlotte, handsomely present d Frank A. Llnney and A. It. Ita- gan, of High Point, seconded. Th convention rot and unanimously elected Mr. Llnney again. Th chair man thanked th body and aald that while he could not apeak now, h hope to talk to them later "and to about 90,ooo mora during th cam paign." The Executive Cue ialLtf. Th district executive committee w named follow; First district, Hugh Paul, of Washington; aeconil, Georg W. Htanton of Wilson; tlilrl J. H. l'nlght of New Bern; fourth J.J. Jenkins of Hilar City; fifth Gil liam Urlssini; ilxth A. F. 8erU-, of Dunn: seventh R, 11. Belseckpr of 1-exlngton; eighth J. D. Dorset t of Upencer; ninth, 4. M. Morehead (Continued on bl two). 4
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