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nn THE TiTATHEE: , -CLOUDY. CITIZEN WANT AT3 BRING RESULTS. ;V0L.XXXI,N0.41 ASHEVILLi; N. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 'WF0F11L5T' PLACED 1311 TRIAL EUROPEAN RULERS ARE ALL AT FRONT WITH THE TROOPS Ewe Reasons Why to Shop Early a TEN r ADMIRAL MAHJili PASSES AWAY AT -WASiJGIOy.C.1 WBMSMa' ''' ' 'L": -' J - ' TEES in:. III' -...I ftedyard and Palmer Tell of Telephone Conversations With Lamar. LED YARD TELLS OF A TELEPHONE TALK Says Lamar Impersonated : Rep. Palmer, of Penn., .;v Over the Wire. $.NEW YORK. Dec. 1. Testimony thy Lewd Gas Ledyard ud Ropre entativ A. Mitchell Palmer of Penn sylvania today regarding te4.phonic conversation dealing with the United States Steel corporation and J. P. Morgan was th principal develop ment in the trial of David Lamar In the Federal court here on a charge of impersonating Representative Palmer with Intent to defraud the tee! corporation and the' Morgan Arm. -' v" -j Although three Indictments had beta brought against Lamar charging him with Impersonating offtoera of the United State. District .Attorney Marshall announced that the only one tb be pressed would be that accusing him of representing . Mmeelf .as Mr. Palmer and attempting Improperly to procure the employment of Edward Leuterback. a lawyer, by, the steel corporation and the Morgan Arm. S Testimony Brief. .Representative Palmer's testimony was brief. He denied he had talked over the telephone with Mr. Led yard between February 4 and i. It IS. the period when, it Is charged, Lamar conversed ' with Mr.. Ledyard in the guise of the Pennsylvania congress man.''""'" """""" : """ ' Mr, ld ard teatlned that n Fobru ary 4 he had been summoned to the telephone to talk with a "Congress tnvn P." The witness continued: . "Wbe I took up the teiaphone, a Voloe said "Jthts ' li Congressman P., do youy know;! who I am?' I- told Mm W. i H that t ths Inr frroatloV,'m" from i tester, nislff ct ift Pettnivani helped me In- 4sxikiritnH''A Aflii.1 'JtnMcW Then b spelled his name out for me, P-a-1-m-e-r, and asked if Chat Identi fied' him. ; , I said it did." . . The pseudo Palmer then told Led yard lie understood Ledyard was conversant f wKft the plans , of the United Btates Steel corporation and the witness replied that he did not Represent the steel company. '.He said," continued the witness, "that Mr. Morgan had refused to listen to' any plana to stop the in vestigation Of the money question and that both Gary and Perkins knew of this attitude. I asked him how he knew Mr. Morgan's proposition and he replied, that he knew it perfectly well." $he following day the telephonic ( Continued on Page Seven.) MEMBER BANK'S CHECKS Rimilar Authority Will Be Extended to Chicago Bank at Once. PROVIDED IN LAW. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. The fed -rai reserve board tonight gave the federal reserve bank at Kansas City authority to clear checks by member banks on member banks, and similar authority will be given Immediately to the ChloalDo bank. This la the first step taken toward having reserve banks exercise the clearing function provided In the new currency law. In its' telegram to Federal Reserve Agent 'Miller, at Kanms City, the flrd tsaUed attention to the fact that a meeting of the governors of all r ' serve banks Is to be held here De cember 1-10, sA which clearing of stocks will be considered. It Is the hope of member of the board that ultimately a large paxt of the clear' lnfcs of the country will be done through, the reserve banks. Rst-dtacounts by the twelve banks have not mcreased materially in the last few days, but there .has been an Increase in the amount of federal re- erv notes takqn by member, banks. The Increase in federal reserve notes may be accounted for by a decrease In. clearing-house roan certificates and mergency . currency announced to- titght y Comptroller of trie Currency fmiaaro. . According to Mr. Williams, all okearing-house certificates have tea paid off or called In for redemp tion. The total amount of. emergency itemed by- the treasury department, Mr. Williams said, was tfl,M,00 of this 117.J7J.S60 has been r. ;dend77 The "gradual 'disappearance lot mniMy currency is presumed to be da to the fact that Vanks are Judooa to tkks out federal note. Czar and Kaiser Present in Poland, King George and President Poin in France And His Soldiers. LONDON, Dtc 1. (10 ern Poland is being fought German emperor, on the one on the other. These two monarchs left for the front to day so that virtually the heads of all the nations at'war are with their troops. f ,C;..; The king of England is, gium, as usual, is spending while President Poincare of another visit to the northern battlefield. f Official News Scanty. -X Official news from Poland continues scanty, and with both headquarters ckiming successes, it is impossible to say how the battle is going. Of its intensity, however, there can be no doubt. .... The Germans, hen they started for Warsaw, dashed full tilt into a mass of Russian troops and forced, their way so far in that the Russians closed on them. This was taken in Petrograd to mean that some of the German di visions had been cut off and that their surrender or anni hilation was inevitable. i It appears, however, that fighting for their very lives and in the knowledge that a great defeat would end the German offensive and compel them to fall back on their own frontiers,, the German troops broke through the Russian lines at one place and at another are holding their entrenchments against all Russian attacks. -Their flanks still are being harassed 1 by the Cossacks but seemingly the Russians are not now in a position to gain the sweep ing victory they had'anticipated. . :,x-Xl: .-.J?eajy Losses. " , 1 The losses?T with fhe"esperate;'fighting that Has 'been going on for a fortnight, must necessarily be very heavy on both sides. ' ; Against the AnstnGerman forces in the south the Russians continue to gain more decisive results. They now hold all Austrian positions protecting the Carpathian passes, and are said to have arrived abreast of Cracow, while their captures for three weeks number 50,000 men. In the west, although German official reports say there is nothing to communicate, the French official statement notes a lively cannonade in Belgium and Ger man actjvity north of Arras. This may mean. the. Ger mans have commenced, or are about to commence another attempt to get through to the French ports. Certainly there are important changes in the dispositions of the German troops. The Germans, according to Dutch reports, are (OOJrrrvuED OF SUBMARINES BEING BUILT HROPEJINS Has Made Thorough Investi gation of Reports Circu lated to This Effect. NEUTRALITY BREACH. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Secretary Bryan today mid that, after a thor ough Investigation of rumors, that submarines were being built in the United States for European belliger ents, the American government had found no evidence to support such reports. The secretary said government Menu had not discovered that work of any character was being done on foreign war craft and declared his statement also .covered rumors that submarines were being eonstrncted In sections for shipment abroad. - While the bulidlng of war vessels for a belligerent Is a breach of neu trality, 'Mr. Bryan declined to say what ruling the state department would make If . it was discovered American firms were building subma rines in section!, when It was recalled that during the Russo-Japanass war submarines were built in sections in the United States and shipped to Rus sia, the secretary declined to com ment, saying such a case would be ruled on If it THE OREGON EEADT. BATTLE, Wash.Dec. 1 Tha f a- mew old batUsshlgt - Oregon, . which will lead tha caml parade through tht Pararr.a canal, va again put In com missi on ,day. after balitr repaired at th Paget Bound nary Far King Albert With p. m,) The Battle' In north out under the eyes of. the side and the Russian emperor in France; the king of Bel all his time with his soldiers! Prance started. today for on page eight.) IT; TO SHIP TO THE NEAREST SUPOflWIHN RELIEF Committees Include That of North Carolina Headed By Dr. Battle. VAST QUANTITIES. NEW YORK, Dec. 1 hip once to the nearest seaport." This message was frnt today at by the American commissi oo for relief in, Belgium to more than 1,000 com mittees Vn the United States. The commission has perfected country wide shipping arrangnmeata, and It Is eapsotafl that vast quantities of food and clothing at various city and state headquarters in a day or two will betfin to' move to ' every import ant port In tie United States.. For con-Mmrenoe- 1ft handMng and shipping .foodstuffs th commission has requested .all local organisations to affiliate themselves with state com mittee. Where there if no state com mittee the local relief parties are re quested to arrange storage depot tot small lots that' 6an" be ssnenifcled In carload lota. The commission ar ranges shipping- free -of-charge from the seaboard to Belgium and agrees to pay all railroad freight chares In case where the rail road themselves are not shipping free." A system It being worked out so that express and parcel-post lots may toe sent frea of charge fo Inland centers la each stats. Tha commission made pubtlo a list of stats committees already organised togetherwiththelr executive heads"' Tbes- Included: North - CaroHna,. Dr. S, , Weatray Battle, Aahe-mU! Vh-glni Colonel H. K. Boyfctn, BiebmMioV , K OPTIMISTIC '-) ' .U ., ' V ILL' A -it 3 't4 ' Both Villa ' and Zapata Await Arrival of Provisional Entering the National Capital Few Case of Robbery and Pillage Punish 4l f i w. ed by DeathConditions Normal, WAfiHINQTON fisc. t. Obtirmotlo reports showing; that th Villa-Zapata coalition, supporting the , provisional government of Eulallo Outlerrea,' is keeping order in Mexico City and re storing normal conditions wer mads public today at the stats department. Two dlspatchea from . .American Consul SUBmao and; tha Brasillan' minister at' Mexioo ' City,'" read ) to PresUent Wilson k hi cabi'tMa by Msry.Brw.;. given'. btrtTtt i paraph As JojilghtATbey show that Oensrai Zapata bas dacHnsd to go to ths -' national palace. . keeping his headquarters tc ths suburbs. Un official ' reports f rom ' th Mexloam oapital say Oeneral Villa has arrived la.tM outsktrta and that -both chief await ths arrwal of Provisional Presi-r den Outlerrea, More Hopeful View. The official dlapatchas gave a much mora hopeful and optimistic view, of conditions than th American gov ernment has received br many weeks. Following is the summary Issued by ths state department of a telegram from ths Brazilian minister, dated 2 p. m. Sunday and Just received: , "A fsw, oases . u robbery and violence by trrespon4bl bands were reported m the suburbs during the first two days of occupation by Zapatistas. Thee 1 were ' agalnRt Mexicans and foreigners indiscrimi nately. Americans included,, but such cases haw been punished even with the execution of the culprits In tome mstancet, "The Zapatista authorities are doing their best to redress the dam ages done the Spanish ambassador It being' attended even to the point of securing a safe conduct for the Spanish consul ordering every one to obey1 and h in. behalf of Spaniards. A good amount Of money having been secured from tha extraordinary tax a small loan of 50.000 pesos made, voluntarily by bankers and business men was repaid yesterday. REICHSTAG WILL VOTE ON MM CREDIT Expected That Billion and a Quarter Credit Will Be Adopted Unanimously. BORLIN. Dec. 1 Via Iondon, 1:10 p. m.) The Reichstag will meet tomorrow to vote a war csredlt of $1, 150.000,000. Vt vim liethmann-Holl-1 weg, ths Imperial chancellor, con ferred today with party leaders, ex plaining th military and 'financial sit uation.. He first .received socialist leaders. It Is expected the war credit wlll.be adopted unanimously and without de bate. The government doe not In tend to" raise the new loan forthwith, and probably will not do so until spttng. " Chancellor von Bethmsnn-Hollwieg spsaklng to the Reichstsir committee, said th military situation on . both front was wholly favorable, but that he wished to defer further explana tion imtH th meeting of the Reich stag tomorrow. He said he hoped th Reichstag would vote the loan unanimously as this would encourage the troop to the great energy. .. THE WEATHER, WASHINGTON. Dec 1 forecast for North - Carolina: Cloudy with probably r-'ns Wednesday; Thursday Bjaf- cloudy . .'I ..... .. ' V . II REPORTS, SHOWING t.s - 1 - ' A LJA 1 A UAL.1T1UIX 1Q PRESERVING ORDER, RECEIVED r Property Returned. 1 , i "The property ana1 funds taksn from the tramway company have been returned.1 The foreign affairs offios hag been reopened, The dfpfcmtatlo corps la being at tended to and requests being coin pi fed with as effecUvaly as possible. Th finance department has Issued a decree making valid and acceptable all bills until present bills art ; re placed br a naw Issua. J ', i , r'"Zapata' arrived two da'yg ago'. lit rt'" , TlT st ration, but stayed In ths Irabttrbs. "General , Anios arrived with Villa's advartee guard yesterday but is waiting tar VWla to make proper entry Into cdty.' Villa hag published - " ' " .,' uranlftM bs ocorded hm. Censorship was abolished, but ' Is strict at Vera Crus, Up to this tints the general situation In the capital can be considered as vary good." -Ths stat department later Issued ths' following supplementary stats ment: 1 ! .' 'rf?'5-' OoiToboratca Report "A dispatch front BiUiman. sent, at S p. tn. on tha 30th and received hre at 8 o'clock this morning, cor roborates . tihe optimistic report 'sent by the Brasillan minister. Mr. SHU' man Interviewed Zapata Saturday night and expressed ths appreciation of- foreigners for the order that has iprevalled siraoe odcupatlon by Zapata's troops. Hs presented ths case of "Mf, Hill, an American whose dairy , Km ben touted. In Mr. Billimail's pres ence' Zapata dtotated an. ordert re qulriiuc the restoration of Hill's prop erty and punishment of those gu'Hy. He left the City of Mexico yesterday but his followers are In charge of the cMy and quiet prevails. "The olty Is well policed; no politi cal arrests have been made. The Zapatistas have not molested either natives or foreignsrs except In a few afrgravated cases. Upon entry Into the suburbs they arrested the man E Only Clue to Proceedings is Statement That Confer ence Will Last One Day. CHIOAOO, Deo. 1. Members of the national executive committee of the progressive party who arrived here today for the committee's con ference tomorrow declined to offer an opinion as to what effect ths con ference would have' on th party' future. The only clue to the pro ocedlng was found in th prediction that the conference would be finished in ons day,. . - :. "Thi 1 .th Brwt meeting of th committee. sine ) ' eleotlon," said George v- Perkin," ' Hs chairman, "and it probably will be attended by more than tne usual number. When w have oompleied th conference, a statement will be issued, telling what ha been don. X on, of th reports Of what w will do have been given by any one who could speak with au thority." T':' " '' ' '; 'i V-'Uf -v O. K. Davis, secretary of the com mittee, who arrived with Mr.' Per kin from New York, also declined to out line ths probable course of the oon- IWSM 111 ' P " ' ' Among th subjeot likely to b taken up was th question of tran f erring national headquarter of th Vartr from New Tork to Chicago. President Gutierraz Before ager' Of tha cable ofnes an Ameri- canupon ; information that false notifce war Mac sent from tit city, la connection with th Brasillan mi meter Mr. silumaa obtalnwd th releas of those detained and th openinf of th offloa, th officer la oharg being pronxpt and accommo dating, - Th censorship that will b established will not apply to fornlrn nspres ntaUvss , , "General Aagwle arrived Baturday ,and. remained cutaid ths dty. Mr, ,lililmri slls4 uaoa Aiavaaabaeiu- s,uHuy orrerea tnaus bf the mili tary wtr tor foreign representativti th cabls having been interrupted, aim era) ; Angele ' was attentive, obliging and friendly, Hs spoke ap preciatively of ths United States. Ths Zapatista are compelling th re turn of personal effect removed from private dwelling by onstltutloruUdsta. Bank and stores ar resuming bust. ' KU8T INCREASE VIGILANCE. 8AN ANTQNDO, TBX,', Dec. 1, UnlUd (Hats troop patrollng th Texas-Mexican border wr ordered tonight to exercise increased vlgllancs in ' preventing flllbusiering parties crossing into Mexico from this state fcnd'to permit no person to cross the international boundary without a pass port . . This order . was Issued When United States immigration officers re ported they had been Informed that between six hundred and seven bun. dred Mexican recruited in Texas had rscroased th Rio Grand within th last. few day. ....... , ., , CA1UMNZA. TO FIGHT. .Washington, Use, Oensrai Carranxa's determination to "end th present struggle by force of arms,'' was asserted In a telegram tonight from1 ths rst chief to Rafael Zubaran Csptnany, had of ths Mexican con stHutionallst agancy her. Ths tele gram denied that General Pablo Oon sale had declared himself pro visional president and that General Blanco had been Imprisoned. "SOIPRISETESTlNFi TO ENGINEERS, IS STATED Causes Them to Lose Be spect for Danger Signals, Railroaders Sajr. CHICAGO, Dec. 1. "The surprise test" for th vigilance of locomotive n-tnera and firemen to see If they are va ths watch for 'rfahger signals hot only Is dangerou to the men, appinaj their health, but K also aas tn effect of ths proverbial cry of "wolr: . teaching the . tmginemen a lack respect for such signals, it was testlnd her today In th hearing of tn western railroad arbitration case. - On request of tha wvorvemen of th ninety-eight western roads for improved wdr'r.fng co'ndftfons was' for the eHmlnanon of th turprlss test. St&tlstio purporting to show that certain different railroad, had utiles already In operation virtually grant ing the condition akd, for in the mors important demand of the men Wer offered by Walter Moor, 'official statistician for the enjtnemem, James M. Bhen, counsel for th railroad managers, undertook to show by croes- examt nation of iMoor that such grant wars offset by inor eased re- MslbllMIs,dtrttewir thse-tFsej-T1 Testimony on tni point wn nrrt completed, but; It was said, " taken up Isas . Noted . Writer on ; Karal;,. Strategy Answers Last Call in Naval Hospital. . QVEBTAXED HIIELP . STUDYINOITIEWAII Text Books Knom Wcrld' Over, and Forced Tell- ! ciea of Eeveral ravin V WAsinEaTov. nv .rm, aa.. mlr4 Alfred Mahan, V. S. N, y. tlrsd, acclaimed In naval cir-l. tt th "great est modern writer en naval straugy," died at th naval hospital her today, aged li yart. Deatti v.si due to heart troubl. Admiral Mahan had nverived hit twngth trtudylng th treat 1 urMent confilot, and It I believed th nnwiy long nours h devoted to fi.U.iwi th naval operation of tit t i ,: r nt probly caused th lrr-h down that hastened hi nd. In , th rly Stag of th Turn pean war. Admiral Mahan, hoi work ar naval txt books known almost th world over, dlsciiFwj t, tn newspaper th mgninonc various naval maneuvers. Oar l Acflt: . ' II gave up the artlviti,-, -hen President Wilson Issued hi procla mation exhorting navy nl army of fleers to dit from " anything r. mbllng a partisan dlaons Hon of th conflict He, however, did not relax hi close observation c all that wnt on In Zkirop. , . .. ' ' Admiral Mahan cam to Washing ton from hi horn In Quogu. U 1 In rly autumn and had planned lnd the winter here, Funeral srvlcs will b held froi St.; Thomas rplscop vhurrh In t ' city tomorrow evenii-j st I ov, tn accordance with Admiral M i xpressed wish servli et ,: he cf I Implest character. .There i i military ceremnnle ami ni I.nm pallbearers, The i i i t t"ttogttr I J.' - .., HAD vart ixixn.xcr- NKW.YORK, Deo. 1-U Jjss teeii said of Rear Admiral Man in tftiat hist work on th influence of tea power on world history ar. responsible foe the German emperor' naval pollry and have had mors, profound. ln flueno on th trend of the naval thought and action, not only in th United State and armany, but in Graat Britain and throughout tlis world, than th writing of any other man of hi day..- v, , . i . - In naval circles th world over hi contribution to this treat .- subject hav been hailed a almost poch makln. , , , , . Among Admiral Mahan' beet known work are "IM of Admlrar rrrgut," "Wf of N.lson.',' m bodying the sa - power of Great Britain. ' Power in It Relation to th War of 1111," "Th interest ct th United Btat In Sea Power, 1 "Horn Nsglsctsd Aspect bf War," "from Ball to Steam," : And ' Th (0tmtJaa4 m VntH, fn). FIBSTMWFEO MPRESSIOrmTCM Speaks Flatteringly of Pres. Wilson and Secretary v Bryan. .- A' WABMLY RECEIVED. 7 WASHINGTON, Dee. J-Bduaf do ', Suare Mujlc, presenting hi creflen- -tial today to President Wilton tb flrat ambassador from Chit to th ' United Btates. spoke of President Wll- ' son and Secretary Bryan as "tb t moet intense expression of th peel A q sentrmsnt of this republic." With -their continued eo-operatlon, he said, ", he was sure of his ability successful-, Jy t acbUnr rh obleoi pi lb ml ' si on with which b had been invested, , "to continue to promot th cordial ntent of th two countries both in , political and co mm or rial affair.' ; i "An evolution fruRful In substan-i tiki and progresslvs dervelopmer for -' this continent," said Mr. Suars,?"ba bn in operation of 1st through th agency of the nelghborllness and con cord with whloh ths governments of America, with clear oomprehensiofl of our common destinies, have begun to iota their aspirations and efforts," i In -M reply trie-president aldi that In hi rank as minister. Mr. Suare had given many evidence of hi cor dial sood will nd had "so conducted his mission as to win Our esteem," H added that h "viewed with pleas ure th steady'frowfh in lmportanc and Intimacy of the loterchanire cf thought and feeling between v , eountri.' M-la,--th mi' ' gentlna, Who' he r as th fitwt in-'
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