ASHEVIL1LE, TIME ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE. MEMBER OP ATOIT BU REAU OF CIRCULATION THE WEATHER COLDER TONIGHT; FAIR. SUCCESSOR TO THE ASHEVILLE GAZETTE-NEWS. 1 VOLUME XXI. NO. 19. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 8, 1916 PRICE 2 CENTS0" TnUfl THE VVTH CONGRESS BEHIND HIM PRESIDENT WILL RENEW HIS DEMANDS ON TEUTON POWERS flIS IW IN JSSUE OF MED SHIPS COMPLETE The MoLemore Warning Reso lution Tabled in House Last Night By Overwhelm ing Vote. &.CTION FREES WILSON FROM EMBARRASSMENT President Will Now Insist That Teutons Extend Assurances to Cover New Subma rine Campaign. vViisliington, March 8. With congress standing squarely be hind liini, President Wilson was iniared today to go alioacl with the submarine ne gotiations with the central powers. After an all-day contest, 'such ns lias seldom been wit nessed, tlie house last night, lifter President Wilson had r' inanded a. "show-down" on congress sentiment on the arm ed ships issue, tabled the Mc Lemore resolution proposing to warn Americans off armed merchantmen of the belliger ents. This action, with that in the senate in killing a similar re lation, freed President Wilson from the bonds of embarrass ment which had been forced upon him by dissension in con UTOSS. His victory complete, after tin- long and sensational fight, was regarded by the president !unl his advisers as a sufficient imswer to the reports that had lieen circulated in Berlin to the effect that President Wilson was making demands on Ger many which were directly op posed to the sentiment of the elected representatives of the people. President Wilson was hope ful that there would be as little further discussion of the issue in congress as possible. President Wilson's next step will be to answer Germany's latest propsal for the settle ment of the Lusitania case. In this the United States will ask for further assurance to guar antee that the new submarine campnign in which all armed merchant vessels of the allies are to be treated as auxiliary cruisers, will not endanger American lives Secretary of Stato Lansing today Was completing his ex amination of the appendices to the latest German note, which contained the allegation that entente merchantmen were rc pared to attack German sub marines and under which Gcr many Bought to justify her new underwater campaign. With the armed ships issue "t of the way congress is now ready to settle down to the task of clearing up the legiulativo Biatc, wruch fcas been delayed Are Considering Plans To Mobilize U. S. Industries Members of Naval Advisory Board Meeting With Engineers and Advertising Men to Formulate Scheme of Industrial i Preparation For War. New York, March 8. Members of the naval advisory board gathered here today to attend a conference with representatives of engineering societies and . the Association of Ad vertising Clubs of the World, to con sider plans for the mobilization of in dustries, including railroads and man ufacturing establishments. In the event of war. The purpose of the conference was to ascertain how much assistance in by the agitation over the p ed ships issue. Opportunity for amending the McLemore resoltuion propos ing to warn Americans against taking passage on the armed merchant sihps was removed, and the house turned to debate on the resolution itself The administration forces carried the vote on the "pre vious question" 256 to 160. which shut off debate and made amendments to the resolution impossible ? It was an admin istration victory and the house then turned to the adoption of the rule itself under wkich the McLemore resolution was to be debated for four hours. . The rule was adopted by a vote of 271 to 138, one man vot ing present. Itnllleil to President. To the rallying cries of "stand by the president," and "is it Lansing and Wilson, or Von Bernstorff and the kaiser," a big democratic majority and nearly half of the republicans in the house, three times rolled up over whelming votes against the movement to warn Amrlcans off the armed mer chantmen of the European belliger ents. From the very outset of the fight the president's supporters, without re. gard to party, swept over the oppo. sition. On the first vote, which was a par liamentry proposition to prevent opening the McLemore repolution to amendment, and unlimited debate, the administration forces carried the day. T6 to 160. On that 192 democrats, Elxly-three republicans and one prog ressive voted to support the adminis tration. Twety-one democrats, 132 republicans, five progressives, one in dependent and Representative Lon don, the lono socialist, of the house, voted against It. This was the crucial vote of the fight, the one point on which admin IM ration leaders were uncertain. With victory in hand they moved on to the next proposition, the adoption of tpeciitl rule for four hours discussion of tho McLemore resolution. .gain they carried tho day, this tltne 271 to 138, and then pushed their victory to a conclusion by tabling the McLemore resolution, 276 to .142. In seven hours of tenso, 'turbulent scvslon. in which the administration opponents charged that the president was contending for a doubtful legal r:ght and was shifting the responsl bility of diplomatic negotiations to congress, the house swayed back an J forth In the most sensational congros sinnal apectable of a decade, probably not equalled since the eve of the ue duiaticn of war on Spain. Final Vote. Following Is a summary of the find vote on the motion to table the Mc-Li-more resolution: Ayu Democrats, 182: republicans, E3: prcgresrtves, 1; total, 27I. Nuys Democrats, S3; r-puli and, J 02; progressives, 6: independent, 1; socialist, 1; total, 142. T aired and not voting, 17. The vote follows: Ayes Democrats Abercromble, Adamson, Aiken. Alexander, Allen, Almon. Ashbrook. Aswell. Ayres. 1'arkloy, Jlarnhart, Beakes, Bell, litnckman, Hooher, Borland, Brum taught, Burnett, yrnes. South Caro lina; Byrns, Tennessee; Caldwell, Candler, Cantrlll Caraway, Carew, larlln, Carter. Oklahoma: Casey rmne. Coady, Collier, Connelly, Conry, Cox, Crisps, Crosier, Davenport, Dent, Dewalt, Dickinson, Dill, Dixon, Don. little, Doremue, Xxmnrhtcn, Dupre, Kagan, F.dwards. Kstoplnal, Evans, Farley, Ferrle, Flelde, Flnley, Flood. Gallagher, Oalllvan, Oandy, Gard. Cdrdner, Garrett, Glass. Oodwln.Oood win, Oordon,' Gray, Ala.; Gray, Ind.i Orllln, Hamlin, Hardy, Harrison, Hart, Hastings, Hay Hayden, Hef lm, Holm, Helvertng. Holland. Hood', Houston, Howard, Hudrtleston, numnhtiM, Mississippi; jacowa, the way of preparation for war could be given by the large business con cerns of the country. The Information is to be classified, after which, It Is understood, certain work will be is- signed to each Industry, factory or railroad. It was stated that leading advertising men and owners of pe riodicals had offered their services free for en extended advertising campaign, which will be submitted to the conference today. Johnson, Kentucky; Jones, Kettner, Key, Klncheloe, Kitchin, Lazaro. Leo, Leaner, Lever, Lewis, Lleb, .Libel. Llntchtcum, Littlepage, Lloyd Mc- Andrews, MrCllntil, McGillicuddy, McKellar, Haher, Mays, Montague, Moon, Morgan, Louisiana; Morrison Moss, Indiana; Murray, Neeley, Nicholls, South Carolina; Oglesby, Cldfleld, Oliver, Olney, O'Shaugh- nessy, Overmyer, Padgett, Page, Nortn Carolina; Park, Patten, Phelan, Pou, Price, Quln, Ragsdale, Ralney, Raker, Randall, Bauch, Rayburn, Riordan, Rouse, Rubey, Rucker, Russell, Mis souri; Sabath, Saunders, Scully, Sears. Shackleford, Sherley, Sherwood, Sims, Small, Smith, Texas; parkuan, Stea gall, Stedman, Steele, Pennsylvania,; Stephens, Mississippi; Stone, Stout, ummers, Taggart, Tague, Talbott, Taylor, Arkansas; Thomas, Thomp son, Tillman, Tribble, Vcnable, Vin son, Walker, Watklns, Watson, Vir ginia: Webb, Whaley, William Elza Williams, Illinois; Wilson, Florida Wilson, Louisiana; Wingo, Wise and Young of Texas. Total, 182. Ayes: Republicans Beales, Britt, Browning, Carter, Massachusetts, Cooper, Ohio; Cooper, West Virginia Crago, Curry, ale, Vermont; Dal- linger, Danforth, Darrow, Dempsey, Dunn, Edmonds, Emerson, Fairchild, farr, Fess, Fordney, Foes, Freeman Gardner, GiUett, Glynn, Gould, Gra ham, Gray, New Jersey; Greene, Massachusetts; Greene, Vermont; Griset, Guernsey, Hadley, Hamilton, New York; Haskell, Hicks, Hinds, Howell, Humphrey, Washington, Huated, James, Johnson, Washing. ton; Welster, Kelly, Kennedy, Rhode Island; Keiss, Krelder, Lafean, Lehl bach. Loud, MeArthur, McCracken, McFadden, McLaughlin, Magee, Mapes, Miller, Pennsylvania; Moores, Morln, Mott, Nichols, Michigan; North, Oakley, Paige, Massachusetts; Farker, New Jersey: Parker, New York; Peters, Plant, Porter, Pratt, Rogers, Rowe, Sanford, Scott, Mlchl gan; Scott, Pennsylvania; Sells. Sin- not t. Smith, Idaho; Smith, Michigan; Snell, Snyder, Stiness, Swift, Temple, Tilson, Tlnkham, Treadway, Vare, Walsh. Ward, Wason, Williams, Ohio; Winslow 93. Ayes: Progressive Martin 1 Total ayes, 276. Nays: Democrats Bailey, Black, Bruckner, Buchanan, Illinois; Buch anan, Texas; Burgess, Burke, Cal laway, Church, Dale, New York, Davis, Texas; Decfler, Eagle, Fitz gerald, Flynn, Foster, Hamlll, Hens- ley. Igoe, Keating, Konop, Lobeck, McLemore, Rellly, Shallenberger, Shouse, Blsson, Slayden, Smith, New York; Steele, Iowa; Stephens. Ne IruRka; Tavenner, Van Dyke 33. Naye: Republicans Anderson, An thony, Austin, Bacharach, Barchfeld, Bennet, Britten, Browne, Wisconsin; Butler, Campbell, Cannon, Capstlck, Cary, Chandler, Now York; Charles, Coleman. Cooper, Wisconsin; Cos tello, Cramton, Davis, Minnesota; Den I son, Dillon, Dowel), Drukker, Dyer, Ellsworth, Esch, Focht, Frear, Fuller, Garland, Good. Green, Iowa; Haupen, Hawley, Haves, Heaton, Helgeren, Hernandes, Hill, Holllngs worth, Hopwood, Hull, Iowa; Hutch inson, Johnson, South Dakota; Kahn, Kearns, Kennedy, Iowa; King, Kln kald, LaFollctte, Langley, Lenroot, Lindbergh, Longworth. McCitlloch, MrKcnxle. McKlnley, Madden, Mann, Matthews, Miller, Delaware; Miller, Minnesota; Meeker, Mondell, Muoney, Moore, Pennsylvania; Morgan, Okla homa; Moss, West Virginia; Mudd, Nelson, Norton, Powers, ltamseyer, Reavls, ltlcketts. Roberts, Massa chusetts: Roberts, Nevada; Roden berg, Rowland, Russell, Ohio; Snlgel, fiomp, Sloan, Smith, Minnesota; Stafford, Bteenerson, Sterling. 8ul lowuy, Sutherland, Sweet, Hwltaer, Tlmberlake, Towner. Volstead, Wat son, Pennsylvania; Wheeler, Thomas P. Williams. Illinois; Wilson, Illinois; Wood, Woods, Young, North Dakota. Total, 102. Nays: Progressive Copley, El hton, Nolnn, Be h all, Stephens, Cali fornia. Total, , Representatives Kent, independent, and London, socialist, voted no. Grand total, 142. Those, not voting were: Clark, Florida, paired with Chlperncld; Tay lor, Colorado, with Hllllard, and Brown u West Virginia with Hamil ton, Michigan. The absentee were Adair, Cullop, Dice, Doollng, Drlscolt, Gregg, Henry, Loht, McDermott Stephens, Texas, and Speaker Clark. Total. 17. C. II. BARRETT WILL PLAY THE FATHER IN "ASHEVILLE" MOVIE Who Wants to Be a Movie Star? Read Details of ; Made - in - Asheville Photo-Play. Popularity Contest Opens Today For Nomination of Leading Lady and Gentleman Who Would Appear Be fore the Camera. Who Wants to Be a Movie Star? Who Wants to Act In An Ashevillc-Made Photo-Play, Entitled "A Romance of Asheville." Young men and women, girls and boys, here Is your opportunity to ap pear on the screen, right here at home, a photo-play with incidents and scenes laid in Asheville. Who wants to be the leading lady? Who wants ,to be the leading man? The Hudris Film company, of New York City, under the auspices of The Times will bring its forces to this city and use a local cast in the enactment of the scenes for a film play called "A Romance of Asheville," to be staged and carefully supervised by skilled directors and camera men. The Hud ris company has asked the "Times" to aid in securing the necessary talent The Times asks Its many readers to nominate their friends or relatives and a movie popularity voting contest wlU be conducted t decide who will ploy the leading lady's and man narts In "A Romance of Asheville. The others In the contest will be used to fill our the cast, the director of the picture to use his best Judgment in the assignment of the parts. Considering that the scenario of Romance of Asheville" permits of large mob scenes, everyone In tho contest will have an opportunity to appear before the camera. One part that will be assigned to an outside party Is that of William Atherton, father of the heroine. C. H. Bartlett, City Tax Collector, has consented to pluy th! role, and therefore will be a conspicuous figure in the picture. There are hundreds of young men and misses who are interested In tho movies. Many of them would like to appear in the pictures, but do not know Just how to go about It. Here is th golden opportunity! Candidates for the two leading parts leading man and leading lady may be nom inated today. The nomination blank appears on page two of this issue. Fill It out or have your friends write In your name, and perhaps you will be able to realize your ambition to appear on the screen. The young man and woman polling the greatest num ber of votes will be given the two leading parts and featured as "stars" In the picture. The voting will begin Friday, March 10th, and the contest will continue for 14 days, ending at 6 p. lit. Saturday, March 25th. . All votes must be received at or before six p. m. March 25th. The first votins coupon will be published March 9th. All votes should be addressed to the Movie Cf litest Editor, The Times, Asheville, N. C. The standing of the nominees will be printed daily. Any one Is permitted to enter, and the candidates for leiding man and lead ing womnn will no doubt do their ut most to win. Nominate your movie aspirants now I BAKED LEAVES OHID 10 ASSUHW OFFICE To Take Oath as Secretary of War Tomorrow Was Con firmed Yesterday. Cleveland, O., March (.His nomi nation already confirmed by the sen ate, Newton D. Baker, former may- lino for this purpose and will prob or of Cleveland, left today for Wash-'ably start to work In the early sum Ington, where tomorrow he will take mer. The 1915 campaigns In 11 the oath of office and enter upon his counties resulted with the other Inl dutlea as secretary of war. fluences at work In 100,000 ImmunlE- Mr. Baker said Jokingly before ho atlnns from typhoid fever. The drop departed: In the death rate has been observed "I shall have a great deal to learn, and another 100,000 would greatly since aa a boy 1 never even played, minimise the fatalities to sny nnth wlthl tin oldlera jlng tt the number who might avoid ' fever altogether. The whole cain- Ln rimer Trial Poafpnnrd. 'palsn lost no patient who had bene Chicago, March I. The trial of sufficiently Immunised. William Lortmer on the charge of j Tnlmoco All flight, conspiracy, waa postponed today un- Commissioner W. A. Graham has til Mondar because of the Illness of,atnounced that Representatives Pou, Judge Dtver. (Cootlnuea on nan tw. FOUR IRE HELD MKT Capture of Four Strangers in Raleigh Considered of Much Importance Result of Long Campaign. THEFTS COMMITTED IN SEVERAL PLACES 'olice Workirg to Nab Men in Raleigh Believed to Hay ; Been Friendly to the Men Suspected. Special to The Times. Raleigh, March 8. The police raid upon four men who are alleged to have forty deft fingers looks serious enough to the government of Raleigh to warrant the further holding or tne men caught Monday as the result of a long campaign for pickpockets. Chief Koonce said yesterday atter- noon that the thinks It is the most important looking capture made by the city in a long time. Messages from Durham tend to show an Irre pressible affinity between the men under charge and the well known money of that town. Fayettevtue, Greensboro and Raleigh have cried out against the touch of mysterious hands and Monday evening wnen me men were taken they were not pau- pers. The nostofHee department nas aided in this work and has furnished pictures of men wanted by it. inc men in the cells have had their fea tures stricken and comparisons will be made. These will probably e odious but it is a portion of the de tective game. They are no ordinary looking bunch, and every man is smart. The city has not been able to con nect the fellows in such style as to make a case against them. Policeman MJpyd who.. caught William, Brown, said he found Brown with a nana in a passenger's pocket as both were getting on the train. Mr. Lloyd took his man. George Thompson, William Dory and J. A. Hart were the oth er three. Among them they carried about M00 They had been stopping at the best hotels and looked pros. perouB. Hart Instituted a rugged resiaence. better known as the rough nousc when he found the proprietor of one of the hotels and a plain clothes po liceman occupying his room. Two of the men had been taken. The other two walked leisurely back to the ho tel and went to their rooms. The po liceman nabbed Hart. He threatened suit against the hotel. Dory would not stand still. He walked on and kept ahead of the officers many blocks until overtaken. He was on his way to a geographical portion of the city where young men sometimes sow wild oats. Some of the fellows carried money In the lining of theiri coats and were heeled with mileage books. The case promises sensations not mied up with themsolves alone. The police have their men working on men In the city believed to be friendly to the suspects. Xcw Water ana idgni nanu The council of state has given au thority to borrow 40,000 to be em ninvpil in the reconstruction of the ... . ...... ,. . ,1,. water, neaung anu university. The university pretty nearly hus the money in hand. A fund of $20, 000 authorized by thel egtslature In the general appropriation may be di verted for use under the provisions of that appropriation. Attorney Gen eral Blckett giving it as his olnlon that the trustees have the right to use the money. Then the university has 16,000 coming from escheats and another suit for $10,000 which It hopes to win thus giving $36,000 to cover the loan. This could not be procured so early as necessary for use. The old water, heating and light plant has been condemned as inade quite and later as dangerous, it is hoped to have the new system at work for the fall of 1916. Three hundred A. and M. boys have Joined the college Wllson-Gardenr ciub which la to push the presiden tial candidacy of Woodrow Wilson and the lieutenant governorship by Max Gardner of Shelby. Dig Typhoid tuiiipnig". The state ooard of health an nounces that Rlrchmond and Ala mance counties have been added to Cabarrus, Mecklenburg and Bladen In the antl-typhold fever campaign over ten selected countlee this year. The Inst two counties voted their C0MIM Mem'.-vV of Democratic State ; - v , ' . ... ecutie Committee Say Convention Will Meet In Capital. Raleigh, March 8. The members of the democratic state executive com mittee, here today for the meeting of the committee tonight, were of the opinion that the democratic state con vention would be held in Raleigh? State Chairman Thomas D. Warren said that Raleigh would undoubtedly be selected for the convention city and declared that the only reason the con. ventlon had ever been held elsewhere In the past was because of lack of proper accommodations at such times. The committee meets tonight in the capltol.. In addition to selecting a meeting place for the convention, the committee will also fix the date for the convention. A date for the hold- in of county conventions will also be decided on. ONLY FIVE ARRESTS SINCE LAMM Just One New Case on Docket of Police Court This Morning. Only five arrests have been made by the members of the police depart ment since early Monday morning, up to noon today. It was not strange then that today's docket In Police court contained the name of but one new defendant. He was charged with drunkenness. Although the arrests for Saturday and Sunday were large, making a tbtal of 46 cases before Judge J. Frazier Glenn last Monday morning, things have been quiet around the station, since that time. On Monday three arrests were made; one yesterday, and one today up to noon. If it is true that it is always calm Just before a storm, then members of the police de partment should prepare for some storm, as all things around the head- nnnrtpra tinvn hfwn "cam-like" during the past two days. BRITISH NAVY GROWN 1,000,000 TONS SINCE BEGINNING OF WAR London, March 7. A. J. Balfour, first lord of the admiralty, stated in the house of commons that the Brit ish navy since the beginning of the war had been increased by one mil lion tons, while the strength of the air division had increased ten-fold. VON BERNSTORFF WILL CONFER WITH LANSW Washington, March 7. rConnt Von Tlernstorff. the German ambassador. wm cumer Wltll nuvitmiT 4a,,.-,.i,a to(,ay f(j pre)cnt to Mm b. lnB;ruc tlon of his government, GermaJiys viewpoint on. the armed ships queg tlon. The engagement was mado at the ambassador's request. New Universities Dictionary COUPON Asheville Times, March 8. Three Coupons Secure tb Dictionary in i in in l How to Get It For th Afar Nomhi Co Monooctare em? Lkttribvtiem 3cT93c lecure thi NEW authentic Dictionary, bound in real flexfjle leather, illuibated with full page in coloc and duotone 1300 pages. 25 DICTIONARIES IN ONE All Dictionaries published prevt" oas to this year are out of date E E WEST OF THE HE Renewal of Great Battle in That Section Is Momentar ily Awaited as Artillery Action Continues. ASSAULT PRESSED ON BETHINCOURT FRONT Recent Developments Indicate That No Part of Allied Front Is Free From Possible : Attack. . ' , Pausing on the ground they won on Monday and Tuesday In their im petuous dash southward to the west , of the Meuse river, the German forces fighting for Verdun failed to continue last night their driving at tack on the French lines. A renewel cf the great battle, however, is be ing momentarily awaited, the persist ent activity of the heavy artillery in dicating that t ime is not far dis tant. The assault on the fort Is now being pressed with the greatest vigor along the four miles front running from Cvimlereres to Bethincourt. Recent developments have indicat ed that no particular part of , th s ; line is free from the possibility of massed assault at any time, and the battle has been raging with Intensity from the Woevre region, southeast of Verdun, where the town f Fresne3 wes yesterday stormed and taken, around the curving line at Fort Dou aumont, and on through the district Just west of the Meuse, in the Ar gonne region-and adjacent territory. Even in the Champagne reelon still further to the west there has been heavy flgWIng but this iS on the French initiative, Paris reporting that the trenches lost to the German in the surprise attack on March S have been retaken In part. . Apparently the operations In'-; tho Champngne district are not directly connected with the German efforts to reduce the Fortress of Verdun. .Tho possibility is not lost sight of,, how ever, that the Teuton offensive . In force may spread at any time, west ward through the Argonne district to Champagne. . In the British house of commons, Colonel Winston Spencer Churchill, former first lord of the admiralty, has taken Issue with A. J. Balfour, the present first lord, and has charg ed that the admiralty lacks driving power and needs more vitality. Col onel Churchill came direct from tho trenches to sound a note of warn-' ing. He predicted that since the out-, break of the war the German fleet would be found to have been greatly augmented, and he expressed the hope that the British program of con struction had been carried out to the full requirement. He clearly Inti mated, however, that It had not been. Colonel Churchill also urged the re-nppolntment of Baron Fished to revitalize and animate that depart ment. Despite the report from Rome that 20 German dreadnoughts have como Into the North sea from their base at Kiel, and other reports which seem ed to presage the Imminence of a na ral battle, nothing deflnltes has como to show that German warships are out maneuvering or seeking battle. . 1 t)pkmmmmmmmmmm. Present or mail to this paper three coupons like the above with ninety-eight cents to cover cost of hand Eng. packing, clcia hircctc MAIL ORDERS mix FILLED Til III DRIV AMfctfekvt Ui.iio-ta..jRr Dt .10 0

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