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70LUMEXXI. NO. 15.
ASHEVILLE, N. 0., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 3, 1916.
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PRESIDENT WILSON SUPPORTED
BY OVERWHELMING MAJORITY
IN SENATE'S VOTE ON POLICY
RESOLUTION OF
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Measure Proposing to Warn
Americans Off Armed Mer
chantment Tabled by
Vote of 68 to 14. ,
FIGHT WILL NOW BE
TRANSFERED TO HOUSE
Only Two Democrats, Senators
Chamberlain and 0 'Gorman
Voted Against Adminis
tration 12 Republicans.
Washington, March 3. By a
vote of G8 to 14, a greater ma
jority than they had expected,
administration leaders in the
soimto today tabled Senator
(loves' resolution to warn
Americans to keep off armed
ships of the belligerents, and
thereby finally quelled in t r
seimto all agitation 'which
might emljarrass the president
in his negotiations with Ger
many.
Senator Gore's resolution, a
substitute by Senator McCum-
lier, republican and an attempt
by Senator Gore to strengthen
his original proposal were.H-!
defeated at one time on a roll
call by Senator James of Ken
tucky, one of the administra
tion whips.
The administration victory
in the senate transfers the
fight to the house.
Se. .itor Gore voted to table
because ho did not favor hip
own substitute and introduced
it merely to get an expression
of the senate on the issue. "
Senator Chamberlain anr"
Senator O'Gorman were the
only democrats to vote against
the administration, which was
supported by every southern
senator. All the other oppo
nents were republicans,
Washington, March 3. Sen
ate leaders who stand with
President Wilson in asserting
the rights of American citizens
to travel on armed merchant
ships went into today j 'a ses
sion determined that all doubt
ns to the senate's support of
the president in the contro
versy with Germany should be
swept away at once,' confident
that they had a majority of
two to one. They were pre
pared to bring to immediate
vote a motion to table an''
thereby forever kill the reso
lution of eSnator Gore warn
ing Americans not to take pas
sage on armed merchant ships
belonging in belligerent na
tions. The tabling of the motion
"was decided on as the best
means of lnally disposing of
the Gore resolution, which was
to come up today.
Such a motion tronld stint
off debate which the leaders of
bot hpartics regard aa undesir
able and as likely to aggrevate
president considers would re
sult from agitation of the ques
tion in conress.
Administration leaders de
clared as the session began
that barely a score of negative
votes would be recorded, and
opposition leaders were con
vinced that they had no chance
to win.
Washington, Marcb' 2. Ad
ministration forces, faced with
delay in the house, turned to
day to the senate to carry out
President Wilson 's demand
for the defeat of a resolution
warning Americans off armed
ships of the belligerents.
Chairman Stone of the for
eign relations committee, . an
nouncing openly on the floor of
the senate that he;was not in
accord with the president on
the issue, proposed, . however,
that the senate' take an ad
journment instead ot recess
and thereby get into ( another
legislative day. The action was
taken after a conference of ad
ministration leaders, who were
satisfied they had the votes to
defeat the Gore resolution and
thus demonstrate to Germany
that dissension against the
president's foreign policy was
not having the support of con
gress. Senator Stone, at tlio outset
of his proposal made a state
ment of the international situ
ation as he understood it. Sen
tor Stone said he hoped some
thing could be done at once to
bring the president and con
gress closer together and that
le was framing a substitute
for all pending resolutions
dealing with the matter.
Senator Lodge, ranking re
publican member of the foreign
relations committee, declared
Stone's desire for prompt ac
Stone's desire for promp ac
tion and agreed that the issue
was more important than any
thing else before congress,
First National Defense
Measures Up Tomorrow
Forecasted Today That the Army Bill .Will Be Taken Up
by Congress Tomorrow Increases Army to Peace
Strength of 700,000 Opposed by Committee.
GERMAN DRIVE ifilf
TOWARD VERDUN
1
E VIOLENT
' .-' 'Washington,' March 3. Congress;
will have before It during the next
few days, possibly tomorrow, the
first of the national defense meas
ures. This was the forecast today af
the result of rapid progress that has
been made on the army bills in the
house and senate military commit
tees. '
The house committee reached a
final agreement late yesterday on the
bill to increase the army and the
senate committee has planned for a
final vote on its bill today.
Steps have already been taken to
press th etwo bills to an early con
elusion in both the house and the
senate.
The house bill as finally approved
by the committee, calls for an In
crease In the army to a total peace
strength of 700,000 men. This would
include 170,000 in the regular army
425,000 in the national guard, and
about 100,000 federal volunteers.
MR. BUTLER NOT
OFF VR. GRPES? AGENT OF TEDDY:
The violent offensive of the Ger
mans on Verdun has been resumed,
the fighting taking on an extremely
desperate character north of the
stronghold. Pa?ris reports claim that
the French have repulsed all Ger
man attacks except that on the west
of Fort Douaumont. The Germans
succeeded inreaching the village of
Douaumont where the struggle is be
ing continued.
The halt In the determined Ger
man offensive which is being direct
ed agains the French fortress it at
tributed by many observers to the
rough ground which interferred with
the movement of the heavy artillery
by the concentrated fire of which tho
crown prince's army blasted its way
through the outer defenses of the
fortress.
Apparently the Germans now have
been able to bring up some at least,
of their larger pieces, for the French
war office reports a considerable In
Commerce Raide- ,s or Prize
' .. ' . . .."
Lurking 0vo.pe Henry,
' ' S
Ace y-ig to Report of
' '-'
, ,aptain of Grayson.
AWAITS OPPORTUNITY
TO REACH REFUGE?
Mr. Cowles Had Perkins Mes-
sage Saying Butler Was
Not Representative of
Colonel Roosevelt.
Captain Monkewitz Tells of
Seeing Mysterious Lights in
Same Locality Before
Appam Appeared.
New Tork, March 3. Reports that
a German commerce raider or prizo
is lurking off Cape Henry, Virginia,
Senator Gore Defends
Of Warning Resolution
crease in the intensity of the fire awaitine a favorable onDortunitv
along the whole front at Verdun, both sllp mto ti,e Newport News or Nor
Washington, March 3. Senator
Gore in defending his resolution be
fore the senate yesterday, said he was
impelled to such action by reason be
cause of reports that President Wilson
had told senators and representatives
that a war between the United States
and Germany "might not be ungrate
ful and might result in advancing civ
ilization by bringing about the end of
the European war by mid-summer."
Senator Stone denied that the presi
dent had said to him or in his hearing
that such a war might not be ungrateful.
AGED WOMAN TAKEN
ON ARSONCHARGES
Mrs. Mary McLain Arrested at
Jupiter Yesterday by R. M.
Jordan and L. E. Revis.
COLD WAVE IS HEADED .
FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Storia Warnings ' Have Been
Put Out From Jackson
ville to New York.
TRIAL THIS AFTERNOON.
Administration officials character
ize the proposal of a vote of confi
dence in the president as "soft soap"
resolution to endorse the president
and at the same time warning Ameri
cans oft armed ahips. It was relter,
ated that no auch resolution would
be satisfactory.
This Is a clear-cut Issue," said one
administration official today," and we
do not want it muddled.
There was some Indication, accord
Ing to officials, that the president's
stand waa having its desired effect In
the house. It was felt that the rules
committee waa ready to act and that
the only obstacle to a vote was for
eign affairs committee.
In his talk with Chairman Flood
President Wilson said flatly that what
he wanted was a vote on the Mode
rn ore resolution or a similar one
warning Americana to avoid passage
on armed merchantmen. He made it
plnln that ho wants the armed ship
agitation disposed of once and for all
so that It will not come up later to
mbarass the administration .In the
President Wilson made his position
clear 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
fight with congress.
Following an Investigation which
was started about 10 days ago, Deputy
State Fire Insurance Commissioner
F. M. Jordan and Deputy Sheriff I E
Devis, yesterday afternoon arrested
Mrs. Mary McLuln, n aged woman
of the Jupiter section, on charges of
burning the house of Robert Barrett,
at Jupiter about tn days ago.
Mrs. McLain was brought to Ashe-
vllle yesterday afternoon and will be
given a preliminary hearing before
Mafglstrate B. L. Lyda this afternoon,
The arrest was made by the officers
after the case had been thoroughly In
vcstlgated, and it is stated that all
evidence which the officers gathered
pointed to Mrs. McLain.
The house, which was vacant at the
time It woe burned, had just been
purchased by Mr. Barrett, and It Is
understood that he waa planning to
move Into It when It was burned. It
Is stated that Mr McLain had made
several threats regarding Mr. Barrett
and his family, one of which la said
to have been to the effect that while
he had purchased the hout-e, Mr. Bar
rett would never be able to live in It,
The burning of the house caused great
excitement in the Jupiter section and
the arrest did not come as a surprise
to those living In that Immediate sec
tion, It la Mated.
EXPECT SHERIFF TO
ARRIVE HERETODAY
Sheriff E. M. Mitchell Is expected
to arrive In Ashevllle at 1:15 o'clock
this afternoon from Welch. W. Va,
having left that city yesterday morn
ing according to a message which waa
received her during the aftarnoon
by Clerk John K. Cathey from offi
cials at Weloh. In view of the faot
that no direct word ha bn receiv
ed from Sheriff Mitchell. It la be
lieved by offlolaU bar that th for
ernor Of Went Virginia again con
tinued the George Cathey Bearing,
NEGRO BOY HURT
AT CANTON DIES
After suffering from tnjurlea re'
celved Wednesday at Canton when ha
waa struck by a freight train on
side track, Alden Lenoir, colored, died
yesterday at tha Mission hospital,
It was stated that the boy waa on tha
side track in tha Canton yards of the
Southern railway picking up coal
whon a freight car, which waa switch
ad In tha yards, struck him.
Ills right leg waa crushed and he
suffered several other injuries which
made hla recovery very doubtful from
tha first. The body waa turned over
to liar and company.
TRADE DIRECTORS TO
HOLD SPECIAL SESSION
north and northwest and in the
Woevre region o the east and south
east. German Claims.
erlln, March 3,t (By Wireless to
Sayville) The Over-Seas News agen
cy said yesterday:
"Summarizing the present situation
o the western front around Verdun,
correspondents at the front declare
that between February 21 and March
1 a total of one hundred and seventy
square kilometers of terrain was
sained by the Germans, this being
four times as much as the French
won in their entire offensive In the
Champagne last fall.
The taking of this ground north
and enst of Verdun has shortened the
German radius of action from the
north to the southeast by several kil
ometers. "The German tactics are eonislst-
entlv to evade the possibilities of
ereat loss of human life and there
fore, to avoid direct storming and
TELEGRAM
DUNCAN'S SUNPPORTERS
MADE NO USE OF IT
Democrats Also Hear That
Lion Hunter Had Made Over
tures to Duncan Before
the Convention.
folk harbor, was brought in today by
Captain Munkewitz of the Bull-Insu
lar liner Grayson, which arrived from
Porto Rica. Captain Munkewltiz said
that early yesterday the second offi
cer of his ship reported seeing a
mysterious ligiht to the east which
he could not make out. Tho light
moved to the east and Captain Mun
kewitz altered the course of his ship,
when a second light appeared and
moved to the west. Both lights dis
appeared as suddenly as they appeared.
On January 23, Captain Munkewitz
said, while he was practicailly In the
same position, several white lights
were observed to the east of his ship.
They showed in mere flashes, he
said, and vanished and then wore
succeeded by a green light from a
vessel which crossed the bows of the
Grayson, and which echanged stg
rials with the ship to -e east in the
Morse code. A few days afterward
the prize steamer Appam took refuge
ranlace it by tne constant conaDora- at Hampton Roads,
tron of all arms. The consequence !s Captain Munkewitz said there was
Washington, March S.--Storm warn
ing slgrnala were ordered put out today
by the weather bureau from Jackson
ville, Fla., to New York. The disturb
ance was central this morning over
North Carolina and was moving east-
northeast. Much lower temperatures
are forecasted tomorrow for Tennessee
and In the gulf states and in the Bouth
Atlantic states tonight and Saturday.
Cold wave warning have been Is
sued for North Carolina, South Caro
lina, Georgia and northern and central
Florida, and freezing temperatures
for Alabama and Mississippi.
that the entire advance consisted of a
series of tidal waves, each of which
during the past few days were pro
ductive of gains.
"The correspondents again empha
size the fact that all the gains were
obtained with losses which were com
paratively insignificant."
COL KERETS CONDITION
IS
heavy weather and clouds prevailed
off the Virginia coast and that ie
was satisfied the vessels were try
ing to keep their movements secret.
He felt sure that the lights did not
belong to British cruisers or patrols
as they do not try to keep secret
their movements.
UNCHANGED TODAY
Patient Rested Fairly Weill
Last Night Miss Kerr
Goes to Raleigh.
Fcnch Rcprot,
Paris, March 3. German attacks
of great iolence both artillery and
infantry, have been resumed to the
north of A'erdun. The official state
ment Issued by the French war office
Inst night, pays that furious infantry
assaults have been repulsed by the
French troops, "whose fire decimated
the ranks of the enemey."
The statement says:
"Tn the recrlon to the north of Ver
dun and In the Woevre, the activity
of the enemy artillery, which had
abated somewhat during the preced
ing days, was considerably Increased
In the course of the day along the
entire front and' principally on Le
Mort ITomme. the Coto Du Polvre
and In the reelon of Douaumont. At
the last named points, the bombard
ment was followed by severnl nttnc'cs
of Infantrv of extreme violence. This
series of attacks was renulsed by our
troops whose fire dcmlcatcd the en
enmv ranks.
"Our batteries replied encreetlcal
Iv every where' to the bombardment
and shelled tho enemy's roads of
communication.
"Tn 'he northeast of St. Mlhlcl. our
Inn ranere guns bombarded the rail
way station at Vismeulles. According
to our olipfrvers, two fireswere start
ed, several trains wero hit and a lo
comotive was blown up."
Speclul'to The Times.
Raleigh, March 3. Reports this
morning from the bedside of Col. J.
P. Kerr, state that there la no per
ceptible change tn the condition of
Governor Cralg'a private secretary.
Miss Anne Kerr atster of Colonel Ken-
la epxectrd to arrive here today to
be with her brother. Governor Craig
telephoned Miss Kerr yesterday ex
pressing fears ia to Col. Kerr's condi
tion and Miss Kerr left Ashevllle for
the capital lost night.
The physldan attending Col. Kerr
stated that the patient waa resting
fairly well, Into last night
MACON LUMBER CO.
CHARTER AMENDED
RrltMi Statement.
London, March 3. The British of
ficial statement issued last night on
the fighting In the western zone "bivh;
"We captured the trenehes at the
Bluff of the Vpres-Comlnes cnnnl,
which were lost February 14. nnd also
captured a small salelnt in the Ger
man line."
The capture of 800 yards of British
positions southeast of Ypre. after
henvy artillery bombardments, was
claimed In tho German official state
ment of February 13, which added
that am ajority of the defender of
the British trenches wore killed.
e
Estimates of German losses In the
offensive are running high In entente,
quarters, one report from Paris
placing them at between 125.000 and
30,000 -men. All accounts from Gor
man sources, however, doclnro that
tho rasualtlea have been surprising
ly small.
Progress of the new German ub
marlnlo campaign Is not yet notably
reflected In news dispatches record
ing the sinking of allied merchant
men. The loss of one vessel, . the
steamer Alexander Wnetxcl
Special to The Times.
Raleigh, March 3. While Marion '..
Butler was riding the Roosevelt wave :
that Wednesday rolled John Motley
Morehead over National Committee-'
man E. Car Duncan, ex-Congressman
Charles H. Cowles was totinf a Per
kins telegram repudiating Mr. Butler :
as the representative of Mr. Roose
velt. :
And whil Mr. Cowles was bearing
the tidings from afar democratic htsh
officials were whispering a rumor that
ex-President Roosevelt had either 3i
reotly or indirectly offered Mr. Dun
can his aid in re-electioij to the na
tional commltteemanship and offering
further to apologize for tho assaults
upon Mr. Duncan when that official
in the republican party stood pat at
Chicago and compassed the defeat of
Roosevelt.
And while Mr. Cowles was hearing
the tidings from afar democratic high
officials were whispering a rumor that
ex-President Roosevelt had either di
rectly or Indirectly offered Mr. Dun
can his aid In re-election to the na-r
tional commltteemanship and offering
further to apologize for the assaults
upon Mr. Duncan when that official
In the republican party stood pat at
Chicago and compassed the defeat of
Roosevelt.
These stories, the aftermath to the ;
republican convention, will not be de
nied even by Mr. Butler's friends. It
they are, proof isn't to hunt. They
are as buttermilk unto beer, as mescal
unto milk-shake by comparison with
the things that really took place.
What a history might be written today
had the Duncanitcs in desperation at
tempted to do all that could bs done.
.Mr. Duncan is not tn town and there
fore no ono can say why the Cowles
telegram was not used In Mr. Duncan's
behalf. '
It might not have mattered. No
body can say that. It Is certain that
Senator Butler did not know that su ;h
a message was In anybody's vest
pocket and it is equally true that it
would not have balked him In the tre-
Washlnirton. March S President menuous enterprise oi remov.ng nis
Lincoln's promise made more than ancient enemy. But whether Roose
half a century ago to John Driscoll of velt 8 message that Mr. Butler In no
Humpton, Va., said to bo the oldest '' represented him would have tern
living survivor of the battlo between Ped tho VarlV tnHt followed him ao
ihe Monitor and tho Merrlmnc, during l eagerly wherever he went, is one of
the war of tho states. 1m about to bo , "lose iona speculations in wnicn 0110
carried out by the navy department.
After the naval engagement Presi
dent Lincoln summoned the crew of
tho Monitor of which Driscoll was a
member, to Washington. Ho thanked
them for their valor and said that if
any of them ever wnnted a favor It
would only bo necessary tn ask It. It
was not until recently, however, that
WILL 1LFILL LINCOLN'S
TO U. S.
Survivors of Monitor's Crew
Asks to Ride Battleship
Through Canal
may Indulge even unto the end of ths
world.
Nobody can explain the genesis of
tho Roosevelt apology to Mr. Duncan.
Perhaps the best known democrat
west of Raleigh, one who would not
only go "to tho ditch" after tho style,
of John Motley Morehead, but go Into
the ditch and stay with his friend. ap
Driscoll decided to ask the pr rercd!pcars to have it right, judge rritcn
fnvor. He requested that he bo tukenjard hns two boys in the convention,
ubourd a hattlshlp going through thelThey were Roosevelters. One of them
Panama canal, which he said ho long- was slated for the national convention,
ed to see before he -lied. Arrange-) He lost it. Whether the story came
ments for the trip are being completed through them or not nobody will say.
o fhnt he mav ko on the next battle- ; but unmistakable it is that Judge
ship which goes through the canal.
POSSES SEF.RGH FOB
' David Evans Escaped Two
Week3 Ago After Fatally
Wounding Guard.
Tha directors ot tha Aahelvlla board
of trade will meet In special aeaalon
this afternoon at 4:10 o'clock In tha
committee rooms at tha board'a head
quarters. Plans for mora activities
for good roada and other matter will
coma up for discussion.
A eonundrum tea la to ba given by
tha Baracaa of tha Haywood Street
Methodist church thla evening at
SM( lal tn Ths Time.
Raleigh, March 1. The Burke
Farmers' t'nlon Warehouse, of Mor
gnnton, has been chartered with $26.
000 authorlred capital and 3633 paid
in by about 200 subscribers.
The Wlgglns-Bpencer company of Russian
Charlotte was chartered with J. B. of 2833 tona wna reported from Lon
Wiggins and K. D. Bpencer of Char- don today, IS member of the crew
lotte and J. R. Wlggtna of Mnxton as, having been drowned.
Ih4 amarTflaamaT't Which Uid m
which waa to have been held thtr T:I Coloek
for tha benefit ot tha
shareholders. Tha paid In capital la
17,(00.
Amendments are riven to the Davis
Drug company of Concord changing
th name to th Pearl Drug company
and to th P.cynolde Brothers Lrnnbur
company of Franklin, Macon county,
allowing F00 additional shares of
stock to ba issued. J. W. Wiggins la
secretary.
'1 i. i i
L. L. Jenkins I confined to hi bom
Ud&g owing to lilniaa.
Th new attack given color to what
seems to ba tha prevalllne opinion of
military critics In Paris that the ar
man offensive hnd merely halted. It
also calls particular attention to the
Woevr region whi tha Teutons ad
vanced on a line south of Fort Douau
mont well to th base of the Meus
heights. 08 far aa Combrea. 13 miles
southeast of Verdun,
Dispatch from both Berlin and
Paris point out tha rtlmcultlae of ad
mIu la. Hut ,
Prltchard, who hns as god case of re
ligion ns Bryan, brought Mr. Roose
velt to see the wrong that he had done
Mr. Duncan In North Carolina, and
lioowelt was ready to make amends.
The scattered remnants of tho con
vention dlscusied t.iduy the Cowlea
tetegmm ubove nil the things that re
curred Wednesday. They could not
xpeuk for Mr. Duncan, tlioe who
fought for him and went Into tho ditch
at which Mr. Morehead balked. It
appeara today that Mr. Duncan never
took the slightest interest in the en ri
of partisan friends tn capitalize tha
Roosevelt tncsHHKC In alleged repudia
tion of Mr. Butler. That, nt least, Is
what aotno of his friends say who
speak only for themwlvea.
Di-iiHW-raU am Jubilant.
Men, regulur delegations of men.
who took part In the fight upon Mr.
Duncan resent the Inference of the
newspapers throughout the state that
Wednevduy's convention was a Butler
victory. "Did you not near Mr. miwr
so.
Greenville, N. C, March I.Dnvld
rcvans. an escaped negro convict who
lute yesterday shot and probably fa
tally wounded Itcdilln A. Hmllh. auper-
It.. M.Hi.Inf .mm.. Ill i'ltf
... -...I fc iii., ..i nh kmv that ho did not ro(?nrd It
hundred, of armed men searching tho "11 on not aee Tom Kctt o. who I.
country near Ayden for him. n UuUor. lSl"mond l"""0'1'
Hinlth. at th head of a posse search- hi. long-time enemy and many other
Ing for Evan, yesterday, had Just to- who would never tak Butler In pref
cated the negro's trail, when Kvan erenco tc ' Incn, ; 5h'n 'n"n
stepped from b-hlnd a txc and fired, with all their might?" the que-tlons
wounding tha oirtcer. lar a-kd today. He might go -till
Kv,.n. two week, no racaoed from ! further and And In Clinton, Bmp'"
the convict crw which waa at work
on a road near here, after fatally
wounding Joseph McLawhorn, a
guard, with a pickax,
county, citlsen who slyly let one know
that Mr. Bullosa retirement would do
tha party a great deal of good.
But, Mr. Butler nrst nominatca jonn
Th. .iihnriiiM rfnri.r.4 lov It la Motley Morehead for national min-
thlr belief that tha negro Udmntd I mlttcman. nominated Judg IloUn
and that b will not M " " tConUaua on piae two).
t