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ASMffltll'lIMES ASSOCIATED FKES9 SERVICE. MEMBER OP AX-BIT BrREAC OF " CIBCIXATIOX , WEATHER REPORT UNSETTLED TONIGHT. VOLUME XXI. NO. 24. ASHEVILLE, N. 0, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 14, 1916. PRICE 2 CENTS uu 'A'"" 6 c FIRST FOJICB OF U. S. IBS HOT CAMPAIGN STARTED JEWISH LADIES ran die TOR NEW MEMBERS TO HEETTONIGHT it . i li "j DUG IT ALL ";1 ' j s . NOT MOVE ACROSS Mobilization Has Mada Such Progress That Americans . 1 Are Ready to Enter Mex- .'r ico Any Moment. SITUATION REGARDING . y: CARRANZA ADJUSTED United States fHas Agreed .to 1 Sarranza's Plan of Reolp- v ' rocal Arrangement for '' ; Troop Movements, V Washington, March 14.--Administration officials today mo mentarily .awaited word from Major General Funston tBat the first detachment of Ameri ciiiv' troops had 'moved t'lnfo Mexico in pursuit of Villa and iis band of outlaws. The lat est official information - from the border indicated that the , mobilization of troops -had tiimlo such progress that " the- first force was ready to cross the international line at any time. ' ' , " ' ' . '. ' Ofiicials were confident that Hi? situation, so far as Carran za himself is concerned, has heen adjusted by the accept i anr.o by the ; United states of Carranza 's proposal . for a re- troops may pursucf the 'outlaws on eitlier side ofr the border line.,' : fr ; The published reports that that the United States officials were expecting trouble from Carranza are understood to be resented by the administration officials, including . the . presi dent, some of whom say that the reports arc being circulated purposely by a certain element in order to bring about war with Mexico. Ottieials made it clear that steps already taken were with the deliberate intention' of pre cluding the possibility of arm fd intervention, and they are Jieriously considering takinr notion to stop the publication , of reports of an alarmist na ture. , ; " . r '' Official reports thus far re ceived from interior points in Mexico and along the coast are nil to the same effect that there has been no outbreak of ill feeling against the United States because of the announce ment that American troops will linnt down Villa. .;: There i further talk at the capital in regard to the , pro-. posal to lay aside for the pres- j . ent other legislation in order to diHpose of tho preparedness bills, and it is believed that an agreement on this point may be reached by the two houses. President Wilson is particu larly anxious for action on the preimredness measures. Formal Agreement Secretary Lansing made publlo the text of a note. aoceDtlng General Carranza's proposal for a reciprocal arrangement between the two ov" rnments, ana announcing - uim "'"i united Slates held this arrangement to be now In force and .binding up on both parties. General Kunston lll carry out his task under this agreement. Mr. Lansing also made publlo a Utsment Issued In the name of President Wilson, reiterating that ry step being taken by the admin istration was based on the deliberate Inttntlon to preclude the possibility of armed Intervention In Mexico. Tho 'mnt follows: ' u ',n or1r remove any mlsappre hnlon that may exist either In the I'mted fttatos or M.ilou, the presl frulhoiUuV m . V) 3va la President Urges Early S ; Action Washington, March 14. President Wllsonr vly1 urged Chairman Pad gett or n house naval committee to 'hurry the natal ,. bill: Chairman Padgett told the president that the hearings on the bill would probably be concluded In two weeks. - " . Representative Padgett assured Situation Is Such That Lansing Can Take Rest Washington, March 14. Secretary Lansing was on his way - today to Plnehurst, N. C.. for a week's vaca tion from the many weeks of work. The , strain has been heavy In- the press of i diploma tio affairs and he felt the need of rest. his name the public assurance that the military operations now in, con templation Ty this government will be scrupulously confined to the ob ject already announced, and that in no circumstances will they be suffer ed to Infringe Ini any degree upon the sovereignty of Mexico or develop into Intervention of any kind, In the ihternal affairs of our sister repub lic. . . : ; . :. v' ' Done Deliberately. , , '"''On the contrary, what la now' be ing done, is deliberately intended, to preclude the possibility of , Interven tion." ; , ' ' -'The note to Carranza defines the terms of the agreement beyond the possibility, of misconstruction. . . In brief It provides that where 'condi tions arise on the American aide of the border similar to those, at Co fiimbuHj which' led to the orders to Genera Funston to: enter Mexlco. the am -privilege will b.' accorded to tho Mexiean de ' facto govrnmuit cnanKB 01 views. 11: is cieany staieo, however, that the bandits to be, pur sued on American soil by ' Mexican troops, must have- come , from the American side, committed depreda tions on the Mexican side and flod back Again to United States terri tory. There is no such ' Instance on record In recent years. BONDS ARE VOTED FOR NEWBUILDING Woodfin School District Will Erect $17,000 Structure for School Purposes. ! .. . Reports received by Superintend ent W. II. Hlppa at noon today showed that Woodfln school district has voteti a $17,000 bond issue for the erection of a new school build ing. At that hour 41 citizens out of a registration of 75 had cast ballots af firmatively. The ofllcers for the elec tion are W. J. Gentry, registrar; W. P. Bryant and John Wyatt judges. This district Is estimated to have within Its limits taxable property to the amount of $700,000. This insures that the assessment will be low enough to be a burden on none. The county board of education Is much gratified at the enthusiasm shown in the various communities In favor of better buildings and longer terms for the schools. It Is expected that Blltmore and West Asheville will De me next aismcis 10 voie bonds Tor modern structures. STILL DESTROYED IN POLK COUNTY Revenue Officer J. A. Galloway yes terday destroyed a fine copper still In Polk county about five miles from Saluda. The raider found approxi mately 2,000 gallon of geer ready for distillation; thls-he- poured out with out nnv roeard for the loss Involved to tne owners 0f the fsctory. The 1 operators were found at their place of 'business. BIRTHDAY OP VICE PIlEamCXT Washington, March H. Vice Pres ident Marshall was a' recipient of eon. gratulatlon today on the occasion of his sixty-second birthday anniversary. Among the sender of greeting were many of his political friend In Indi ana, his home stato, whose delegate to the St. Louis convention have Just been Instructed to vot for Mr. Mar. shall' renomlnstlou a fresldent W.l son'a ruaolng mat. BORDER ,'. . - ' ' ' Defense Bills the president that a working majori ty of the committee favored the strengthening of the navy and - that he expected no trouble in - getting through the house a naval program which would meet the approval of the administration. . . ,. . Thomas A. Edison will be heard by the committee tomorrow. The taking of time Is regarded a vacation at this here as an Indlca tion of how completely the . state de partment regards the Mexican situa tion as In the hands of the army and that the understanding with Carran za, Is thorough. 1 MICA COMPANY TO MOVE TO BILTMORE Two Factories Will Be Con solidatedIn Business Here 17 Years. ;' VARIETY OF PRODUCTS. In order to enlarge the' plant and to consolidate the two branches of the factory in Asheville, the Ashe' vlllo Mloa. company la making plan date. W.. Vance Brown and 8. Her bert Brown, prdprletors, have recent ly bought from" Clyde Reed a lot ad joining , the United States Furniture company In Blltmore and will there erect four . buildings covering a space 100 feet by 200. The Southern .Railway company has 'agreed to place a sidetrack at the new site, thus making the receiv ing of raw mica and the sending out of the product much less expensive than is possible pow with one fac tory on Market street and the other on Lyman and Avery streets. Other economies will be assured and great er eflclency made possible by having all the operations brought together to a central point. The Plan. Plans for the buildings call for an expenditure of from $12,000 to $15. 000. Pilaster and glass will figure largely In the construction, plenty of light " being . desirable for the work carried on. The managers expect to be located In their new 1 home by fall. . , The Asheville Mica company was organized In May 1899. It buys mica in a raw state from Alabama, Geor gia, South Dakota, Virginia and oth er states, as well as from the coun ties In western Carolina. Some of the finest mloa In the world la found in this Immediate territory. It Is said. The local establishment turns out ! tended the first county commencement washers for the electrical trade and neid In tho stat during the 1916 term, ground mica to be used In roofing 1 joyner spoke at this occasion material, Christmas decorations andWnicn WHB attended by" more than for lubricating materials. The larger joo achool children, He was struck and finer pieces are In demand hywKl the presence of fifty-odd automo stove manufacturers and electric ! biles, s large number of them owned companies. Lv the farmers of that community. In recent years the local mica 1 The UBuaj exercises, recitations, decla manufacturers have been buying che matlons. debates and demonstrations entire output of mines. The scraps wero of high order, he said, and the !n,M1.r ,purp0"T" b?v" school spirit superb. mentioned and this Innovation has p,. joyner expects moro counties to ... .7 " "? "uc" proi - Itlable for the mine owners and op eraiors in western North Carolina. BIO BONUS FOR EMPLOTES Stanford, Conn., March -14. A profit-sharing bonus of $35,000 will be distributed tomorrow among the 5,500 employes of the Yale and Towne Manufacturing company, maker of hardware. Every employe of the con cern excepting the officer will receive t per cent of the amount paid them In wage during the months of Janu ary and February. The company an nounce that the bonuses will con- tlnue so long a condition warrant It The concern ha been working to full capacity on war orders and the bonus system has been adopted with the bbjefct of giving the employe a share of the resent large earning. - CArLAN TRIAL GOES OVER Los Angeles, Cat, March 14. The department for the study of tubercu case of David B. Caplan, originally )ola and the standardising of lt treat docketed for trial today, bis been ment. continued until April 1, when It will - Congressman Kent has Introduced be tried before Judge Frank R, Willis In congress a bill to standardise the In the Superior court Caplan I the treatment who take refuge In Texas, last of those to be tried on a eharge New Mexico, California and Colorado, of murder for the alleged partlclna- The national association snys this will tion In the dynamiting of the Los , not he ufilclBt. ' It wtiuld In addltlou Angela Time building five years ago. to creating the 'division referred to It Is exported hi trial will occupy make a study of' the cnunea of tuber fnm I waeka, . . . euloals. . , . JV Bryan Grimes Not Exactly Inactive While Opponent Lines " 'Em Up," Says Prominent Republican. STATE BANKS ARE IN ; SPLENDID CONDITION Signs and Statements Show State Institutions Are in Fine Health as Are the '" National Banks. Raleigh. March Hi "You may think Jim J Hartness is doing all the work that is being done in the name of rotation, and that he has Bryan Grimes In distress," yesterday declared one of the eastern republicans so high up that he is positively JMtitudinous, "but voii don't want to take your eye off Jule Mann. 'I have ' had i an- extended visit through the ast several times recently and If you feUpws who are writing so much about the Inactivity of Mann cars to get the truth, Just lake a llttlot trip;. I know Hartness is busy and I know Bryan'Grimcs is not sitting back in an easy chair and watching this thintr slip awny from him. Perhaps the political- workers think they have turned the trick, but they naven i,- "The truth la, no campaign ever saw finer work than Jule Mann's friends are doing.'. Jule is at work on his Job like Grimes, but believe me, the still hunt that he Is conducting hasn't been matched In many campaigns and when the race Is over North Carolina people will have heard something about It.' , "It's not my light," he said when asked what possible objection ' onet could raise to his talking over his own signature." But it isn't right to let the Dubllo get the idea that Mann has about ciutt; There Is this difference Hartness moves In one way, Mann in another, Col. Is ac M;' Meeklns; of Elizabeth tffltv. wnfl aibilneis visitor to ilaleigh , Colonel , MeoUins was one of; the shipwrecked party In the late conven tion, did have It committed about 1, 000 to S on the first count. But thu filibustering of McCasklll interrupted the beautifully working piece, of ma chinery and Senator Butler came In and spoiled the thing slightly. . Persons with innocent but active imaginations have been wondering if Colonel Meeklns had becn running that convention as chairman' how he would l.ave disposed- of that riltoiit. not to say, desperate propoHitlon of his. It is at least fair to guess that the sergeant at arms would have had a Job when McGasklll broke up the harmonious workings of a convention that afterward killed Itself. Call For Bank Statements. The corporation commission yester day called for state bank statements at the close of business March 7. The commission Is making five an nual statements. Its last for Decem ber & I showed splpndld bank health, rarely have the signs been so good. The bare statistics show creditable nrowth In all departments and the communities In which the banks pros per are themselves successful. Na tional bankers declare that they are experiencing the same fortune. ' Dr. James T. Joyner has returned fmm Komainvllle where Friday, he .,nteP int0 the commencement exer I cIhcs this year than did last and there Were DZ OI mem, rivu iiuw fit miv counties will be- eelebrath - often. Withdraw Extradition. Governor Craig ha withdrawn the extradition granted to the Ohio state government lor John Webb Taylor who was charged with desertion of his babv. Governor Craig1 Investigate led him to beliove that Taylor la not a fusltlva from justice In Ohio. Mrs, Taylor and he had lived In Rocky Mount and she left this stute for Ohio. Governor Craig declare that he has not been to Ohio In three years and that he cannot be prosecuted for his alleged Avrong In that state. Taylor ha been In Kayettevllle and wo held there for the officer from Ohio who : na returned The state board of health Is glvlnt publicity to the national fight being made against tuberculosis and to tho I nlun of the national anti-tuberculosis i campaign which the national board of health Is making to create a division in tha United State board of health Y. M. C. A. Boys Launch Cam paign Which Will Continue ' Until March 25. The annual membership campaign by the younger members of the Y. M. C. A. was launched last night at u meeting at the association and was started this morning. The contest will continue until March 25, and It Is the plan to secure 100 new members. While only the boys of the association can participate in the contest, they will be allowed to solicit memberships from men or boys. , Besides the prizes offered by the association to the winning teams in the contest, season passes to tho Galax and Princess theaters will be offered by S. A. Lynch and the Asheville Base ball club will give passes to the games here this summer. . , As fast as the boys join the associa tion during the contest, they will be signed for the baseball season of the association, which will start on April 14. On March 27, at the close of the present contest, the teams which will compose the associations leagues, wiU be selected. . A large thermometer will be placed in the lobby of the association and each day the progress of the teams in the contest will be registered on the face of it. By this means it can be readily seen any day Just what each team Is doing in the contest, At is be lieved that this novel method will stimulate Interest In the campaign. LIEUT. COX WILL INSPECT TROOP B Annual Event Tomorrow Even ing to Be Followed By Sup per For Cavalrymen. "With interest stimulated by recent military events along the Mexican border, In which the cavalry of this regular array are taking the leading part, members of troop B, North Caro lina National guard; will assemble, for ""'J"'0"" r'",."5t2"iu.tri. at 7:30 o'clock la the Armofy- v Lieutenant C. V. Cox,- United States army1, Inspector of cavalry organizations,- will conduct the drills for Cap tain Frederick Rutledge's men and tne maneuvers will be followed by a sup per given to the troop by Captain Rut ledge. - If the grave complications expected by Senators Chamberlain and Borah snouia result arom me npoumuu mi" Mexico, it Is probable that troop B, with other mlljtla organizations, would be mobilized and oraerea xo me our- der and perhaps Into Mexican terri tory. ' The men have made good recoras for attendance at drills and it is thought that Lieutenant Cox will be pleased with the annual review. BIG LEGAL BATTLE TO COME UP NEXT WEEK New York, March 14.T-The hear ing on the application to foreclose on the International Mercantile raanm company's collateral trust bonds,: which was to nave taken piace iuuy has been postponed until next week. It Is exDected that the trial or tne famous case will start next Monday. The New York Trust company, as trustee for the mortgage on which the default was made, will press the foreclosure. Big financial interests' and men of International reputation will figure in the testimony. Tho alignment of legal forces . has . been completed, and Wall street Is look- ing forward to a very Interesting court battle. From the point or view 1 of legal talent represented. It i prob able that the case will be as promi nent es the recent case against the New Haven Railroad directors. FOUR SLANDER SUITS AGAINST EVANGELIST 1 Wllkesbarre, Pa., March 14. Tho four slander suits of 150,000 each against Dr. Henry W. Btough, the evangelist, a the result of utterances during the campaign in Hazel ton In 1914, are to be tried at the term of court beginning here today. Thoi""'" " -Hstleton plaintiffs. In the order i ! United States should enter the war a. which the suits will be called are: W. J. Cullen, director of public safety Harry W. Jacobs, manager of a brew. ing company; Max Frtedlandor, county assessor and wholesale liquor dealer, and John Merro. aMorman and city magistrate. Dr. Htough attorneys appealed to court last summer after three arbitrators had made an award of 11109 In favor of Cullen. ' Aberdeen to Visit M. A. C. - ; , . , Washington, March 14, Un- Amherst, llaas,.' March 14. Lord t offlolal advices received here to- st and Lady Aberdeen of Ireland' are to t day Indicate that Germany will It visit tht Massachusetts Agricultural 1 make complete amend to the t college today, and ' both will t United States, If It I found that X sneak at a publlo meeting to be' ar- . a Owrman sutunartne torpedoed X ranaad for tha ncnaalon. ladv Abar. deen ha been prominent In work in her native country Inl behult of farm women, while her husband has been 4 loader In various agricultural niove - menu la Ireland. Will Perfect P'-o?.- For Aux iliary to Y A. Meet- 8 O'clock. A mlttee of Jewish ladles, which was appointed at a recent meeting of the Young Men's Hebrew association, will meet this evening at 8 o'clock ln the hall In the Sondley building for the purpose of perfecting the arrange ments for organizing an auxiliary to the association. At tonight's meeting it Is planned to adopt a constitution and by-laws which will govern tho auxiliary. It has been the plan at the.aseocia tion for sometime to gradually broad en its work until after awhile it will take in all the Jewish societies in tho city and form a congress of Jewish or ganizations here. By doing this it Is believed that the Jewish colony here will be much benefited, as concerted effort can be made towards the better ment of all members of the organiza tions. ...... - . , Permanent officers of the auxiliary will probably be elected at tonight's meeting. BE III DEATH CELL Governor Construes Law as Requiring Condemned To Be Taken to Capital. Raleigh, March 14. Governor Gralg has notified counsel for Mrs. Ida Ball Warren and Samuel Christy that as he construed the law, it was the duty of the sheriff of Forsythe county to deliver the prisoners at the state prison twenty days before the date set for their execution for mur der. Since they are sentenced . to die March 31, they should have been brought to the state penitentiary not later than Saturday,. March' 1 1. . The governor -made tt plain that It was not the custom , for the Chief executive, to notify the sheriffs, ever Uhe - stat - . hrife Xo the. tt-.neal. sentenced to duath, but that it 1 the duty of the sheriff under tho law to deliver the prisoner twenty days be fore the date set for the execution or earlier If he sees fit. ' The hearing of petitions for com mutation of the death sentences of Mrs. Waren and Christy will take place March 20. The hearings nre tQ be treated ag 8eparate cases. "13",IS LUCKY NUMBER FOR HOME RUN BAKER New York, March 13. "Home run" Baker, who Is to wear a Yan kee uniform this season in place of the Atheltlcs' regalia which he sport ed for five years, is a baseball play er for whom 13 appears to be a lucky number. Baker was born 30 years ago today, on March 13, 188'J. He began his big league career with the Athletics in 1908 and developed into one of the most formidable bats- mon in the game. He was the star in ; worla"g mtiea in 1911, when -he bore out his reputation as a home .,, h,ttcr l)V makinir. two. , circuit dr)vea whCh virtually gave his team U)e championship. In 1914 his bat- ,i avc,ra,ra ,lu, ' S1. Last season , jjaker remained out of the game be - cause- of his failure ' to' a?ree on ,lth Connie Mack. It is said lhat the New York American league i Cuh i,a, conie across wltlh more than f25,000 to secure the service of the fnmous "home run" hitter. . ' DEMAND WAR BY U. S. AGAINST TEUTONS -en New York, March 13. To make a plea for the United States to abandon Its position of neutrality In the war and "take a far advanced position In opposition to the Teutonic Allies" Is the announced purpose of tonight's mass meeting In Carnegie hall. Tho;tha Mtta of which ha la admlnlMtm. announcement has croated widespread public Interest. The demonstration has been arranged by the American Mights committee, which claims to bo tho first organization of highly re sponsible men which has come out an active opponent of tne Teutonic allies. Bainbridge Colby, George Ha ven Putnam, James M. Beck, ex-at-torney-wenoral of the United States, and other men of wide prominence are "ong the active member, of th organization, I H t WILL MAKE AMENDS. t H the Nurwealan burk Hlllua from R . which seven Americans were t May ....... rescued, In Havre Roads, French X Ju'i" l waters. t October . . . . iX " X .December .. iitHlXXtHXlHt!lllttllJa.-uaj-jr .... TET RENEWED No Infantry Action Has Devel oped on Front Where French Expected Resumption ' of Assault. ' - INTENSE BOMBARDMENT h CONTINUES, HOWEVER, Signs of Increasing Friction'. Between Greece ' and (En-" ' :', '- ' - 1 i . ..f i' t... : tente Frenoh and Greek ; Soldiers Clash.' . Vigorous artillery fishthipf continues on tho Verdun front, but no Infantry.". attacks by the Germans- have devel- oped along the Mouse, where signs of a renewal of tho drive are in prospect." The German effort. Indeed, seefir again to have shifted In its most- In tense form to,' the other bank -of5 the stream, where1 reconnoisance In forott in the Haudromont-wood Is reported by ttaris to have been checked by thu French curtain of fire. ' j ' In the region of Vaux and tamlouj violent German bombardments con tinue, while In the Woevre region both the French and German guns are pounding the opposing positions. There is increasing friction between Greece and the entente powers,: ac cording to advices from German sources. These declare that the Greek premier Skouloudis has notified the entente representatives that the Greek premier Skouloudls has notified the entente representatives that the Great -government Is not diposed to transfer to the entente the administration of . the rail way b In northern Greece anil Macedonia, to withdraw, Greek troops from Macedonia or to -meet -other re quests made by the- entente.-. . ; , Greek and French soldier are a- orted t4-hvylaheA ;ouSl. UH- of. Mytllene.; f.:..',-i;:;'j;i'yf;- '' Small 'engagements - have courrf J In the La Petria foreat -where-the. . French are reported to have pene trated 200 yards of trenches and to have withdrawn after destroying the German saps. French avlaltors have bombarded the railroad station . at Conflan j, whore fires were seen to break out. Reports come from Dutch - sources that the Dutch-Belgian I frontier, which has been closed for several weeks, coincident with the .' attacks on Verdun, has been re-opened - at '. one point. The comment on this in Holland, according to' news dis patches through London, expressed the belief that this probably lndl- -cates that the Germans consider their offensive near an end. The British "Mesopotamlan forces . under General "Aylmer suffered cas-' ualtles to the number of 6000 In the -battle of March 8, when they tried : to advance up tho Tigris toward Knt-" el-amara and were reported' to hava Tieeri defeated and obliged to retreat. according to estimates by the Turk ish wur-offleev 1 . i In Arabia, accord I nig to Constan tinople, . the British forces trying1 to advance from the Gulf of Aden, wernf driven bark, by t,he Turkish forces to , the protection of the warships In tho ' 1 gulf. THE IBB CASE STILL IN COURT Evidence In the case of W. A. ' Webb, administrator, against Joe, Webb and other, was being tried when Superior court recessed for noon today, The case was called yester day afternoon and will probably oc cupy all of today In being tried. The plaintiff Is suing for $1,700 which ho claims Is due for debts of , j tor. The case Is being hard fought and Many witnesses have been sum moned to testify. A verdict for the plaintiff wa re turned In the case of John K. Patten against John R. Herron. Tho plain tiff wa suing for $250. TO HAVE BY-rnonvcT PLANT New York. March 14. The direc tor of the Bloss-Shef field Steel and Iron company at their spring meeting here tomorrow are expected to au thorise the construction of a by-product plant In the Birmingham, Ala., district to coat 11,000,000. The build ing of the plant I attributed o the scarotty- ef coke and the almost pro hibitive price now quoted. NEW YORK TTON. New- York, March 14. Cotton fa. 11.94 ..........13 IS 12.3'.! 12 4X 12 .it ure openea firm:
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