Newspapers / Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.) / Dec. 14, 1914, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE ABBEVILLE CITIZEN CITIZEN WANT AD3 BRING RESULTS V0L:XXX1,N0.53 ASIEEVTLLE, N. G MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14,1914. PRICE FIVE CENTSL THE WEATHER: . FAIR f B LS ITS F r Request Prompted by Activ " ity of Warships and Col . liers 0 Belligerents. FOREIGN VESSELS I VIOLATE CANAL LAWS Borne Arrive Without Health ' Certificates and Leave . Without Clearing. PANAMA, Dec. IS. Colonel George W. Ooethals, governor of the Panama RST DESTROYERS TO ENFORCE LAWS canal none, announced today that his ' request that two swift American torpedo-boat detroyera be tatloned at the entrances of the . canal wai ! prompted by recent activity of war ships and collier of the belligerent European nations In- the vicinity ot. the waterway. j 1 The action of the Australian col lier Malllna In leaving Balboa with out clearance papers and the fart that other collier have shown a dis position to disregard canal tone ship- piny; law convinced Colonel Ooethala that decisive measure ahould be tak-: a te preserve the neutrality of the canal. - . ' j ' 1 Disregard Roles. , Nearly all the collier In canal wa ter arrived without health certifi cate and in several Instance sailed ' without clearance paper. It I pre . sumed th steamer met and coaled the Australian and English fleet - which concentrated recently in the Vicinity of the Pearl Islands, which lie ity miles southeast of Panama City. The torpedo-boat destroyers re quested Vy the governor are expected to do patrol duty and overhaul bel ligerent craft attempting to disregard the canal regulations. Alleged violation of the canal ship ping laws are said to ha vie been the subject Af complaint to Sir Claude C. Mallet, British minister to Panama, and also have resulted in orders that the -fortincatioiw prevent unneutral jolliers remalcw in . ports on, th .one Jn xA-atha, o rial authorltlaa. ', ":. .'.;'.. A - h n i. I the case bf tha collier Manilla' it w stated that aha arrived without clearance papers or health certift-' cat and with no coal or supplies, She attempted to buy $3,000 worth of sup , plies, consisting largely of article In tended for Christmas dinner for a large force. She was refused the sup plies and was ordered to depart be cause she refused to state her desti nation, as required by the oanal ton law. The collier Protesllalus Is pointed to as a similar case. It is stated that there has been much wireless interference in canal waters on the part -of .eight colliers, which recently were in the vicinity of the canal and also by large warship fleets, reported to be within twenty flve miles of both ends of the canal. GAME AS SURPRISE. WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. Colonel Ooethala' request for two torpedo boat destroyers cam as a surprise to of ficials here, who had received no pro- (OtmtlmMd on Pare Seven.) UNITED STATES' WARNING xU In Code and Will Not Be Deciphered Until This Morning. IS STILL FRIENDLY. WASHINGTON. Dee. li.-wii jarransa's reply to the warning of h United State that force would be Jsao. a necessary to atop firing into American territory h. k.ih..i Mexican faction, reached the state espertment tonight out will not be made pubile untir tomorrow, secre tary Bryan said he did not h. nature of the reply, as It earns in cm and had not been deciphered. The warning was connaunlcated to botti Carranaa and Provisional PtmI- dsnt OuUerras aa heads of the fac tlona fighting at Naco, whet bullets sailing acros ti international boun Idary kave balled a number r,r imiri wan Oatlerres replied by dictating n order la the presence of Consul pOttmaa that operation at Naco be ptopaed. If necessary, to put an and to the Bring across the lln. Oairansa at Vara Cms, declared In a statement last night that if th United Bute employed fore to stop ' (ha ttitnt at Naco. "It will be consid ersd an unfrlndly act, not withstand Ins the friendly motives." Th rw ransa force, he pointed out, have been oe the defensive at Naco with 1 their aaefcs to 4aa llae an h-.. m Is difficult to see how he could be teaponslbla for th Bring.' Blleee Aredondo. lust arrival Washington to succeed Rafael Zuba raa CaDmanv a Ckrranaa'a eonftden. itlal agent. Issued a statement tonight ALLIES ARE AGAIN ON THE OFFENSIVE AGAINST GERMANS Movement in West is Beginning to Gather Impetus and Mets Stub" born Resistance No Decisive Re" suit Reached in Edstirn Fields. LONDON, Dec. 13. (9:45 pjm.) Both the German and French official reports contain evidences that the allies' offensive movement is beginning to gather impetus and is meeting with stubborn resistance. The. French have been particularly active in the Woevre region. At several points the Germans have made counter attacks, which the French claim have been repulsed. ' , The German report shows that General Joffire's men have reached a point midway Pont-A-Mousson, which would indicate that they had crossed the German line of communications. In these op erations the French lost heavily. , Battles in Poland. The battles in Poland continue almost without inter mission and, while both Russians and Germans announce successes, apparently no decisive result has been reached. The Germans, still are delivering heavy blows at the Rus sian center, where they assert they took 11,000 prisoners and forty machine guns. South, of Cracow the Russians claim the capture of 4,000 prisoners, four guns and seven machine guns. , Another Russian force Carpathians, preventing the Austrians from sending re lief to their Galician army. There is no news of the Ger man troops advancing south of Mlawa, with the object of attempting to turn the Russian right. Servians Victorious. The rehabilitated Servian army continues victorious in the Balkan area of the war. The shattered Austrian right crossed the Drina into Bosnia, where it was attacked bysthe Montenegrins near Vishegrand and had to leave n ii . ? 1. .;ti .' 3 - .-J- ,3.1 s terials. Meantime the Austrian army from Belgrade has attacked the Servian right and been repulsed. It is un- imcially reported that the leave Belgrade. That the former German by Turkey was not so seriously damaged as was reported in her brush with Russian that she took part in the recent attack on Batum, the Russian Black sea port. According to a Russian state ment little damage resulted Bulgaria, according to a (COMT1N VEli ABLE TO DEAL VUITH ALL HEISOFIlflAFT Thorough Tests of New Naval Gun Have Recently Been Made. PROVES ITS WORTH WASHINGTON, Deo. II The mavyV anti-aircraft gun has been shown by tests to ba amply competent to deal with air craft, according to a report to the house naval committee by Rear Admiral etrauss. ohlef of th bureau of ordnance. "We bar tried fct against wit at !, feet altitude, a mlrktaut alti tude to determine that ft la valuable for the purpose," say th report "Of course that la not th final altitude at which an akr raft would operate, but we are enabled to Judg from th sue cease that we bad at that range what we would have at higher atti tude. Th rang of the gaa in th alt Is about 7.000 feet It to not quite a large aa the gun they use In Xnglaad bus It la oulta similar. "We also hares, three-toe h gun n lug a it-pound projectile (or the mud purpose, but that will be used la a different way. They are for vertical fire from aboard small craft" The admiral also reported that tfca navy manufactured at Indian Head Proving Ground, Maryland t.Ill.ISS pound ot powder at a coat of II and a fraction cent per pounds, and pur chased 1,270,130 pound at tl cants pound during the past flacal year. H stated that the navy could build 14- tnoa runs at the Washington gua fac tory at an estimated coat of $10,000 each, compared with 1104,000 paid for tract Admiral Btraus urged th necessity for increased storage facilities for am munition supplies, explaining a plan te concentrate th lncraaa at Fort Mif flin, near Philadelphia for taa AMERICA HAS GUN AMPLY between St. MiMel and is holding the passes of the Austrians are preparing to cruiser Goeben, now owned cruisers is shown by the fact from the bombardment. Paris report, has expressed ON PAGE 8EVK2V.) IHE POSTOfflCE BILL Further Investigation of Government Ownership of Wires Proposed. MANY NEW PLANS. WASHINGTON, Dae, II, Further Investigation of Postmaster Oaaeral Burleson's recommendations for gov ernment ownership of th telegraph and (telephone srstsma la proposed in th post ottfce appropriation bill, which praottoally has been eompletad by a house committee. It is said to carry approximately fSM,000,009. Efforts In th committee to extend th civil service to third alas post masters faited. Th office of assistant postmaster, for many years a nxtur In th larger cities throughout th country, would ba abolished by th MIL In first etas offices all activities will be regrouped and supervisory an thorlty concentrated under a postmas ter, superintendent of flnanc and su permtendeat at mails. No provlsJon la mad for th pro posed experimental aerial mall w vie or for sxtenslon ot auto recoils sarvie. Th proposed Increase In sec ond class rates on publication, other tbaa newspapers. Issued one a week, from one to two cants a pound was voted out . i Maximum baiaaoaa aoaaptabl at postal banks from $S0 4 11,000 would be raised fey th aUL the la. Urest to bo payabio only oa deposits to 11.000. R-arrangement of sai artsa of superintendents, their assist ants, cashiers and others, having su perviaory authority la authorised, with provision for aa additional 11,000,000 expenditure. Th bill also includes aa a rider the pending railway mall pay bill, to Chang th bast of pay from I tsaaasw to car spaca. That would tire th railroad approximately f 1,000.000 additional coropenaatloa annually ba- For 1 OWNERS COULD HAVE AVERTED COLORADO AND MICHIGAN MINE So Dgclarei Secretary Wilson in Annua Report of th Strikes Could Have Been WASHINGTON, Deo. 1 l.-8ecr. I tary Wilson of the department ot la bor, la. his annual report, submitted today, expresses th conviction that had the owners of th mine proper tie In th Calumet copper region and th Colorado coal, field dealt with th atrtk situatlona la their lnoep tlon, "had they been on th ground and peraonally tn charge, there, 1 reason to bellev that n atrlk would have occurred. u "Whatever may have fcetn th re- sjxmM Witty f. th .workmen lor the trlk and4ta Inoldants," said Seore tary Wilson; "th local inanagmnt cannot b wholly aacultted; and upon th elementary prlncipl of agency, as sound In morals as In law, ulti mata responsibility must rest upon th owner." :: nevlcw of IMpata. Principally, aecretary Wilson's re port Is devoted to a review of th labor fflaputes the' 4epartmnt ha successfully madUtad during the last year and It defines at some length the principle upon which -the . depart ment acta in such cases. Of th me diation and conciliation work th re port says: "Of all th function of th depart ment of labor which it la yet possible to administer, this on may be rea sonably regarded a th moat Import ant Suggesting with reference to la bor disputes a development of diplo matic duties, in the department of la bor analogous to those In the depart ment of state with reference to In ternational dispute, it point to a federal administrative , system for promoting and fostering Industrial peace; not a peac of th Warsaw or der, but on of mutual benefit and good will. "Primarily th department of labor must conserve In Industrial disputes th Interests of the ware-earners of th tlnfted flutes. Such Is it duty Americans Under General Bliss Still Fail to Return FireWoman Shot NOT. Aria., te. !. Three per sona war lajured, one of them, Mrs. Jess Martin es. aerlously, by bullets from tha battle at Naoo, Sonora, which fell Into thk city today. Ura UarUnes was hit by a buHet which . penetrated the wall of her home. Her husband and one man wr less seriously hurt. Th report ed order from Provisional President Outierre for Governor Maytorsna to oease hi attacks If they endanger American UU la reported "not re ceived." Th two men strucs by bul lets today war not seriously hurt : Maytorsna still purpose, it 1 said. to carry cut his plans for a final at' teak Tuesday. Meanwhile be la oc cupying hirmvn with persistent firing from th south, which keep Ameri can Naco in constant danger. A carload of artillery ammunition was received by Maytorena today. Tha reinforced American border patrol under Brigadier General Bliss continued Ma preparation for posst bt action. DEMOX8TRATIOX FOR CZAR, LONDON, Dec 11. 4:1! p. m.) Emperor Nicholas who has been visit ing hsadouartar of (ha Russia army of tha Cau chains, left Till is today amid an .thseisjftlc demonstration, accord the Good of the Cause STRIKES BY PROPER DEALINGS V' MBBBaaaVHNHnW1IH '''' : "'y1-',-.. f - Prevented had the Mine to Deal With Miners. under Jtb law of It oreation, th first action of whloh charges It with re sponsibility for their gensral welfar while th eighth makes this respon sibility speoino a to labor dlsput. And thoi . InUrasU ar sxoeptional in their magnitude. Not only do waft-earner constitute in - numtr mor than a third of our total popu lation, but 4a financial rsspects also their agrragat 'tntrt ar vast It la doubtful if any vocational Interests rprMtud . B , tovoramantal ays tanvaxessa in -volume- ar public 4m partano thoa of tha wage-earner of th msttsoV' uxtms?mj . a. Ideal o Department, "But though tha department of la bor represents) primarily tha wage earning interest la labor disputes. Its Ideal la to t mak its represents, tlon similar In character to that of th department of stats, which, whll representing tha interests - of this country In dispute between It mad other countries, doe so with fairness toward all countries. . Aocordlngly th policy of tha department of labor, though It executes It mediation and conciliation' functions as tha govern mental representative of wage-earning Interest. Is to do to Without par tisanship prejudice, but with fair ness to averjr Interest oonorad. "It should be understood, there fore, that mediation does not mean arbitration, compulsory or otherwise. The function 4 on of negotiation. Neither th secretary nor commis sioners of conciliation whom ha ap polnta are arbitrators Though they may propose arbitration whan cir cumstances seem to call for It they do not themselves act a arbitrators, and it la contrary to th policy of th department of labor for them to da so. Oblex-t of CoBimissloorr. "Wliat th commleslonsrs of eon- ctlietton seek to do 1 to bring em New Prohibition Law and "Eighty Per Cent" Law for Arizona. PHOXNTX, Arl, Dec. II. Th law providing that eighty per oent of thoa employed la any business furnishing employment for Ave or mor parson hall be Americana, which has led to formal protests from tha British and Italian government will ha proclaim ed by Governor Hunt tomorrow aa f feotlve January L Secretary Bryan recently asked the governor to defer temiporarfiy pro elamatlon of tha law hut th latter found ba could not legally comply. Th new prohibition law also will be proclaimed tomorrow. It is ex pected that both M and th "eighty per cent law" will immediately be attacked oa grounds ot unconstitutionality. Tha attack oa aha former will tak tha form of applications for tnj actions by rather Thomas Cormoly, pastor of All Saint CathoUo ohurch, at Tucson, Arlsons, alleging that It wlU interfere with th os of wins In religious ear monies; by a syndicate operating drug store as tha representative of the druggist; by a Phoenix hotel com pany for tha retail liquor dealers, and by a Phoenix Arm acting for whole. sJdnItfOr'oCTS.'1''1 """" THE WEAnCER. WAHlNyrON, Dec. llf-ereeat for North Carollnas Fair and colder Department of Labor -Sayi Owners Been on Ground , ployer and employe together, o thai thy mar work out their dlffarennaa between thsmselves neaoaablv and amicably, aa bustosss man with laglU mat ojnerenoe to adjust - When commissioners fall in thai m t i mployaa and mployr totethar, meuiauon u rorted to. Th eom nusalonsra . neaotlata hHM.n nnn. sent tire ot th employ and rap reseniauve of tha employer in an "t "J amf mtualhr aati. owy g4 , or . agreement ; Falling alsa in that "tha a'(mtimiainn daavor to tt th conflicting partial " w a warns ot aroiirauon. th award to decid nothing but th Points BXStUallv In dtmiita I thoa thra oouroes is prsfsrabl to "Whan th Aanavtman . I. Whether thronah Mmmiinii.ia . , . coacuatloa or othsrwta to tt tha f o mt ana work out their own problems, or te agre upon an adjust msnt by way of mediatorial ns- sonauon, or to adopt arbitration by arbitrator af their own choosing, then there la nothing further tha -a. partmmt can do than te air to th WMio tha Information necessary to neibla It to pas a fair Judfmant upon th merits of the disnt "it will ba seen, therefore, that th juMiitnons or oomm4ionrg ' of eonoiuatioa ar not at all Judloial, and that arltlolsma nt thai haying had partisan afflliatlon ar Ba upon a miapprnanioa of th duty th atatut ha imposed upon them and unon this dsnertman I Is aowta reasonable objection to oommaMonor of eonolllatlon that ho belongs to workers organisation, nor that ha belongs to an employers organisation. HI Important ojuallfl. cations are not lsnoranea of tn. difference to th Interest of tthr fOntlwsd tm TPaaw IWr. liORW Will Continue in Session Un til An Have Had Chance to be Heard. DENVER, Cot, Dec. Ity-Althouth th federal industrial relation com mission, which has bean bearing teati, mony for th past tan dayg relating tot th Industrial situation in Colo, rado, haa fixed December 10 aa its closing data here, it announced Its determination today to continue In session until It ha heard all th fan portant wltnessea Governor Amm'ons, aovrnor-e!ecl George a. Carson, and former United owes senator Ja. pattarson, ar among thoa who hav testified at th nsarings ner. : John McLennan, president nt tn trict No. 11, United Kin Worker ot America, another, witness, testified that serin payment a violation the taw, exist aiui m tha vlctor.Amsri. can company closed camp. V P. Wslborn. president of the Colorado Fnel and Iron eomnanr. aid tha reason for tha unrest hi Colorado waa th importation of lawless lament by tha official cf the United Mine Worker of America. DRESDEN AOAIX lOCVTED. BUENOS" ATREBV"teriT.-i-Th4 Af - gentlne government haa received word that tha German cruiser Dresden has arrived at Pnnta Arenas, on the strait of Magellan. A dtepateh from Pusrt OaHegoa say a vessel haa been sirM- S M. .ra wipwilif A 4 K. V CHINESE OFFICIAL DIES HERE WHILE SEEKING HEALTH 0. T, Tsai Was Investigating . Railroad Oonditiosn in America. ; - SECRETARY HERE ' . . FROM LECrATIOII Body Will ba Taken to Ofck For Interment. Bein Shipped Today. ; C. T. Tsai. axed thlrtv-on ner.n. ton, China, assistant director of th govmmont owned reklng-Kalgaa railway, and on of th most promi nent figure in the political life of China, died at a local ; aanlUrlum yesterday morning at 10 o'clock foi lowing aa xtadd Illness, uia death marks th passing of on of th lead. ln Chinas who were Instrumental In th planing of th county under a republican form of government and n waa a man or international renown aa a student ot railway conditions and a director of railroad affairs, hi. in to America waa meita with a familiarising himself with th rail- way memoa of th United State In ordr that he might mak recom mendation tn hu TOVAPH rns)n t 1 Ants - Ing to th Improvement ef th great system with which he waa connected, Named by hi government thr month ago a th logical man to In. rastlgata condition! which hav mad American railroad ystems - famoui for their efficiency, Tsai cam to thu country with th determination of fa mlltarislng himself employed In th privately owned Jln i mis nauon. Although his healih waa not good at tha time ha ro(v., th Important appointment from hi government, n did not hesttat to maae ma trip and h . arrived on American aoll about two month . Going to Washington to confor with member of th Chinee lecntlnn t th capital, he waa stricken with r .n- oer of th stomach, and hi piiyi'. aavised that ha give up V-a v f 't n i nter innllrjuni at f..ri n f . N. . f. Acilns on th!r adviii (', deceased went to tha place named al though hi condition did not Improve, 3 Utim to Axhovtite, Reallslrur that he ooutd not be hen. flted by tha climate of .tha region to whloh ha had tona to regain hit strength, ths deceased am to Ashe- Villa in tha Knna that tha tn!1t mnnn. Uln cllmat of Western North Cam. Una would be beneficial. However, hi physician bene advised him soon sner bm arrival mat n eouia not recover, hut th deoeased, with that grim determination whloh I charao. Urtstlo of tha peopl of hi race, re fused tn alva on bona arA mail a bitter fight against tha malady to Which h auocumbea. Tsai was on of China' aalf-mad men who hav attracted attention to that rpuDiw ounnf tn past nw f4Hiilwaed rm Weew Hsrsa. RESSDu;:g; . TO COMPLETE ITS TASKS VITHOUTEXTBA SESSIC.I Will Endeavor to Finish All Business Matters by March 1- v'- COUNTRY IS TIRED. WAJnrTNWON, Dso. tt-Cmgrm will rntar tha ascend weak of It win - ter session detsrralned to complete It task March 4, so that no extra aeaslon will ba Bosary naxt rummer. Democratic leaden of both house agree with President Wilson that th country should hav a rest from na tional legislation. Right of way will ha given appropriation bills with eon serration measure, th Philippine bill an4 tha government' , purohas bill following, Whll no special Inveatlgatloa tit military preparedness seems In pros. . peot. tnuoh attention wilt center about Inveatigatlon before tha regular hou committee. Tha naval commttta wilt resuma consideration of tha appropriation bill tomorrow with Secretary Danlols train on tha stand. Tha Immigration bill, with It liter, acy test for aliens, wilt aaln ba um?--r debate In tha senate while that bo'iy r waita for tha appropriation btils to ootna from tha house. Iu aupportera Insist that It will be passed, although It waa not Included In tha pre!den'a outlina af legislation, '. Conservation meaaurra tha water power site and the mineral UWng bill will be reported from th senate com mitt e on pnblla lands early; In January. ' Bcartnrs begin tomorrow before tha senate Phllipptn commit. 1 tar on tha honm Wtl to " alva - ktrfer meaaurr of self-government to -th rilipinoa . Sont part of each e y 1 1 th senate also will b givrn - t executive consideration ' ' ftt treaty. 4 Tf C!.4 fv1 r-"-
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 14, 1914, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75