CITIZEN WANT ADS '
BRING RESULTS,
yoL. xxsn, no. 79.
ASKEVTLLE, N. 0, MONDAY MORNING, JANtTARY 10, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS'
THE WEATHER
CLOUDY.
EXCITEMENT OVER
FORE BN
AFFAIRS
If AS BEEN ALLAYED
Congress Beady to Wai
With Patience for Defi
nite Facts.
DAILY DISCUSSION .
IN CONGRESS SURE
Eventually Foreign Rela
tions Committee Will In
vestigate Question.
WASHINGTON, Jan. . After
week of open discussion In tie senate
and house, congressional, excitement
over the foreign relations of the Unit-
; ed States has been considerably 'ol
Jayed. ; Administration leaders appear
to have succeeded in prevailing upon
most of their colleagues to adopt
policy of patient waiting for complete
,: Investigation of recent war sons Inci
dents in which- American lives were
amcrlf)cen
, ' It Is certain,' however, that there
Drill be almost daily discussion at the
capital of the conditions affecting the
United States as a result of the Euro
pean war, now that the bonds of re
straint which kept members so long
silent i have been . broken. ' In . both
nouses last week conservative and
radical - members emphatically aired
. their views regarding the paramount
war Issues, and in almost every de
bits some phase of the foreign af
fairs of the nation probably will ; be
. Injected for weeks to come. ,
Will Reach Committee,
Eventually- the foreign relations
fcommlttee of, the senate will begin
consideration of all matters pertain
Ing to the " European conflict which
have come; before it, including pro
posed investigation Into British Inter
f erenoes with neutral shipping and
belligerent attacks upon neutral ships
In which American lives have been
sacrificed or imperilled. The commit
tee - planned to begin the task last
week, but . deferred action pending
- further efforts of the state depart'
tnent through diplomatic negotiations
with- foreign powers. Senator Hoke
Smith, of Georgia, author of the reso
lution, , which ould direct inquiry
into the British treatment of trade,
has, given notice that he will address
the senate this week on phases of the
cotton situation as affected by the at
tltude of Great Britain. Senator Smith
and other members of congress today
received cablegrams from the Ameri
can Association of Commerce and
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(i
INE
J!
EASES EXPECTED TO COME
UP AT FOHTSMITH TODAY
(Three Former Officials and
Four Other Men Will
Face Trial
FRAUD IS CHARGED
REMAINING GALLIPOLl
PENlilS ULA ?6 SIT IONS
ABANDONED BY ALLIES
Ml British Troops Withdrawn From Pen
insula With the Wounding of One Man
the. Only, Casualty Big Battleship Sent
to Bottom by a Kline.
, LONDON, Jan. 9. The remaining positions held by
the allies on the Gallipoli jpeninsula have now been aban
doned with the wounding of . only one man among the
British and French, according to a British official state
ment issued tonight. . - '
This news has been expected for several days by the
keener observers of the near eastern campaign,' for the
retirement of the troops from Anzac and Suvla Bay three
weeks ago left no strategic advantage to the retention of
the tip of the peninsula.
Nevertheless, the news will be received with a pang
of regret' by the people of the British isles, as well as the
colonies, . , .
Turks Active.
Renewed activity of various kinds noted by the
Turkish official communications in the past few days, has
presumably been in the nature of preparations for the
final act of. the Dardanelles tragedy. Tonight's Turkish
official report covering the period from Thursday to Sat
urday, records increasing effectiveness of the reinforced
Turkish batteries, which have been drawing in and con
centrating on the allies' remaining positions.
Another pang to the British public will be caused by
the announcement tonight of the loss of the battleship
King Edward VII, which has been blown up by a mine.
The brief official statement on this subject does not reveal
the scene of the action and merely says that the disaster
occurred in a heavy sea, despite which the entire crew
was saved before, the ship went down. The King Edward
VII represented an investment of nearly 1,600,000 pounds,
and was one of the finest of the last" class of pre-dread-
noughts, corresponding in general to the American ships
of the New Jersey and Nebraska type, and was only slight
y older, than the Natal, which was sunk by an internal
explosion about a week ago.
No Developments.
On the west and east fronts there have been no de
velopments of large importance over the week-end. The
German communication announces that the Germans have
completed the re-capture of positions on Hartmans Weil
erkopf taken by the French a few days before Christmas.
Greek correspondents continue to assert that the Bul
garians and Germans are hastening plans for an attack on
He Must Take
EASTYOIGSTOI
PLANTSTO RESUME
BUSINESS fl
DICE
Believed That Situation Is
Sufficiently Quiet to
Warrant Move.
WILL NOT IMPORT
STRIKEBREAKERS
Many Workmen Have Decid
ed to Return to Work,
President Says.
SIX NEW, HAVEN DEFENDANTS FOUND
NOT GUILTY WHILE JURY DISAGREES
IN REGARD TO THE REMAINING FIVE
Hours' Consideration of the Case Jury Stands Eight to Four In Regard to the Remaining
Five Directors and Disagreement Is Ordered.
TOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. Jan. . Be.
lieving that the situation Is welt un-
der control, following two days of
tranquility after the rioting Friday
night, preparations are being made
to re-open the plants of the Youngs
town Sheet and Tube company in
East Toungstown and St ruthers. Pres
ident James A. Campbell, of the com
pany, said tonight that former em
ployes who reported tomorrow would
be put to work making repairs inci
dent to a resumption of operations
within a few days. He denied that .
strikebreakers would be imported.
Walt Several Days.
It would be useless for us to at.
tempt to operate our plant while soma
of the. workers are In the frame of
mind . they are in now," President
Campbell said, "and we will not at
tempt to resume operations for saw -
Barney, Taft, Hemingway, Robertson, Brewster and McHarg Are Scf Ace frjiviFAIIerFiliw K.ff tTT SrTtrS
oe put to worx tney apply tomor
row."
President Campbell said that many
workmen had Informed the company
that they desired to return to work.
but were afraid as their families had
been threatened. - 1 -
He denied that guards employed by
the company were responsible for the
riot Friday night, which cost the llVes '
of two persons and resulted In prop- ;
erty loss amounting to $1,000,000, or
that they fired the first shot
Mediation of the strike began her
today. Fred C. Crozton, of Columbus, -Ohio,
representing the state, and sent
here in an effort to settle the labor
difficulties, conferred with representa
tives of both sides.. Janes H., Nutt,
director of public safety of this city, '
has been appointed to represent the
Republic Iron and Steel company In
We negotiations with ' It employes
who are also on a strike.
Sight-seen Throng Streets.
Twenty-five . thousand ' slght-seenr
thronged the ruln-llned . streets of
East Toungstown today, arriving In
special trains from various parts of
eastern Ohio and western Pennsylva- ,
nta. Every street car from Toungs
town was filled and many private
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FORT SMITH, Ark., Jan. . Three
former officials of the United States
Internal ; revenue . department and
four other men will;' it la expected,
fro on trial at the term of the United
States District court, which opens
here tomorrow, on charges growing
put of the so-called "moonshine con
spiracy" which. It is alleged, resulted
In the government' being defrauded
ff thousands of dollars through Illeg
ally manufactured whiskey. The de
fendants are James L. Burner, Atlan
ta, Oa., former superintendent of the
unHim rvvenus uivmioil , J. w . una-,
f. Honors, Ark., and Newton C
ppraanng, Aurora, Mo., former go
arnment whiskey gaugers; J. B.
Thomas, a Fort Smith saloonkeeper;
Moses B, Brock, Salisbury, N. C al
Jeged owner of one of the moonshine
distilleries; James I. Smith, Atlanta,
Oa., and Win Bmlth, of Fort Smith.
Officials tonight would not predict the
not day on which the cases would
fee called. .
The Indictments against the men re
sulted from the operation in this city
fjf the J. C. Brewbaker distillery, al
Jeged to have run without license for
thirteen months In 1114 and HIS, its
product having been shipped to Kan
sas Ctty and distributed from there.
Mora than a score of persons were
Indicted In eonifectioa with the case in
June, lilt.
- Flr men ' pleaded guilty, among
Co em being John I Casper, of Kan
M City, named as "the brains of the
conspiracy," who was sentenced to
Blhe years In prison and fined $11.-
tOO. Knox Boots, also Indicted, died
three days later in Memphis, Tenn.,
sind government detectives are still
Investigating his death. He had bean
Superintendent of the Tennessee reve
nue district and was expected by the
government to testify against his for
aner associates. He is said to have
told friends ha feared for his safety.
Ouy L, Hertman, of Kansas City,
alleged to have been Casper's business
associate, was unvtod, but forfeited
a I2MO0 bond and Is said to be in
SUFFRAGETTES PROTEST
GAINST COMPULSION AT
USUAL SUNDAY MEETING
Talk a Lot, as Usual and
"Resolute" Against
Conscription.
RIVAL MEETING
LETTER SAYS GERMANS
TRIED TO SECURE TRUCE
TO CELEBRATE NEW YEAR
Canadians, However, Were
in France to Fight, Not
Frolic.
GUNS ANSWERED
XONDON. Jan. t. Suffragettes held
a demonstration in Hyde park today
to protest against the compulsion bill.
Addresses were made by numerous
speakers, women and men, from five
platforms around which large crowds
gathered.
There was considerable heckling of
the speakers by the crowd, and soon
after the beginning of the suffragette
demonstration a group of men wear
ing Derby armlets organised a counter
meeting nearby, where speeches in
favor of compulsion continued as
long as suffragette speakers held out
The crowd was in good humor and
the meetings broke up without any
violence, after the suffragettas had
passed a resolution, against conscrip
tion and Industrial ' compulsion, and
demanding a more democratic form of
government In which the women shall
have a Tote.
PLOT BEHIND OCTBREAJC.
WA8HINOTON. Jan. . A wett
organlsed plot by the Harden black
party to assassinate President DArtt
guenava and set np a new government
under aether Paulln or Bourand, form
er senators, was behind the revolu
tionary outbreak at Port An Prince
last Wednesday. Rear Admiral Caper-
ton reported tonight In a radio mes
sage to the navy department. '
Ttie meeaage revealed for the first
time that the new disturbance ex
tended beyond Port An . Prince. It
Stated that the leading Insurrectionist
bad been arrested and that the Ameri
can -marines bad the at tuatlon wan In
Sam Hughes, minister of militia,
has received an official communica
tion from the Canadian general rep re
sen ta tire In Franca which said n
part:
"At midnight on New Tear's eve,
the enemy endeavored to make
truce at various points on our front
In one Instance after daylight on Jan.
vary 1, the enemy mounted his para.
pets and shouted: "New Tear's greet
ing!' In all cases the enemy was
answered by much gun and rapid rifle-
fire, while, batteries were also called
In action. .This ended the overtures
of friendliness.
"Enemy artillery has been normal
during the week. Whenever the ene
my displayed a tendency to bombard
certain sections of our lines, the vig
orous retaliation of our artillery
against his front trenches and de
fensive works quickly reduced his guns
ta slleac. On no occasion has the
enemy artillery evinced any desire to
have the last word. A number of
the larger snemy shells fired Into our
lines have failed to explode. .
"A special reconnaissance of the
enemy's lines was undertaken by Lira
tenant Kent and Sergeant Milne, of
our Tenth Western battalion. Leaving
our trenches before ' daybreak, they
reached a point between the lines from
which good observations of the enemy
trenches could be obtained. They re
mained there la concealment through
out the day. securing valuable infor
mation regarding the enemy's disposi
tion and activities and returned safely
at dusk. I
The health of the troops continues
NEW YORK, Jan. filx of the
eleven former directors of. the New
Tork, New Haven and Hartford rail
road, charged by the government with
criminal violation of. the v Sherman
anU-truat. law, were found not guilty
late today by the Jury that for nearly
three month has been tryin the case.
The Jury disagreed, on the flvn others.
Those acquitted were v, wewion
Barney, Farmlngton, Conn.i Robert
W. Taft, Providence, Jt, I.J, James S.
Hemingway, A. Heaton Robertson and
Frederick ,F. Brewster,, gW, aven
and Henry. K. McHwtr Stamford,
Conn. ., , ' s j ' J'?' 5 'wv ..n'-
Those on whom ihe 'fcW disagreed
were William RockefellerNew Tork!
Charles .F. Brookar, Ansonla, Conn.;
Charles M. Pratt. Brooklyn: Lewis
Cass Ledyard, New York, and Edward
D. Robblna, New Haven.
How Jury Stood.
Tha verdict was returned at 4:80
o'clock this afternoon after fifty-one
hours of deliberation, and the Jury
was discharged. The final vote on
the five defendants upon whom tne
Juror could not agree stood eight to
four for acquittal.
R. L. Batta, chief counsel tor tne
government, announced that in aue
time he would move for a new trial
of these five. This will be done, ne
said, before any. effort will be made
to try the six other former directors ot
the road that were indicted, but who
obtained the right to be tried separ
atelv.
The Jurors did not reach their ver
dict until after they naa reported io
Judge Hunt earlier In tha day that
"they could not agree. Up to that time
noon -they had been deliberating
with a view to bringing In a verdict on
the guilt or Innocence of the defen
dants collectively. The court then
Instructed them to make further ef
forts to concur, and that if they could
not agree upon all, to try and reach
a decision on some. The vote of the
question of all at that time also stood
for eight to four for acquittal, it was
learned.
On returning to the Jury room, the
Jurors renewed their discussion with
the court's instructions In mind, and
unanimously eliminated the six defen
dants that were acquitted. Two of the
four Jurors, who had voted against the
defendants originally etood firm, how.
. Mnun. Rockefeller.
Ledynrd, Brooker, pratt and Robbing.
Then the other two switched to their
orlgtnal position, reaving eight to four
as the final verdict.
From the time tha case was sub
mitted to them at 1:10 o'olock Friday
afternoon, the Jurors took In all
eighteen baQotm The first stood six
for acquittal four for conviction and
two blanks. It was not until Saturday
that they reached the eight to four
alignment
Two Xot Present.
William Rockefeller, who la ill, and
Henry K. McHarg, were not present
when the Jurors, haggard and untidy,
(lied in the courtroom to announce
their verdict. The nine other defen
dants were In their usual seats. Some
of thjno. during the long hours of
waiting had laughed and Joked with
oounsef anr newspaper men. Others
had evinced ' much nervousness, , par
ticularly after Judge Hunt's instruc
tions today urging the Jury to bring
In a verdict as to some individually.
With the entrance of the Jurymen,
with their hats and coats in hand,
presaging a verdict the mental state
of the defendants was obviously one of
tenee strain.
After the usual questions by the
court as to whether they had agreed
upon a verdict, the foreman of the
Jury read off the names of those ac
quitted, then those of the defendants
upon whom they had failed to agree.
The court thanked the Jury, but hard
ly had ha concluded his remarks when
defendants' attorneys and others in
the courtroom were on their feet and
there was a general, handshaking.
Without regard tor their status under
the verdict, the defendants shook
hands with the Jurors and with gov
ernment counsel.
Charles S. Mellen, former president
of the New Haven and the chief wit
ness in the case, was not in court.
While they had discussed all of the
prtnetpat phases of the case, Jurors
said the chief Issuee of debate were
the matters of the alleged suppression
by the New Haven of the competition
of the Joy Steamship line and the
acquisition 'of the Boston and Maine
railroad, by which the government
charged the New Haven completed its
monopoly of the transportation traf
fic of New BTngland.
The so-called Blllard transactions
were virtually Ignored, the Jurors said.
having, in the opinion of most or
them, been ruled out by the charge of
Judge Hunt
There also was' comparatively little
discussion on the Metropolitan Steam
ship deal, the question being whether
It was a private transaction, or Kon
blns' or a Joint transaction of all the
New Haven directors. The Grand
Trunk also was not a pertinent issue,
It was said.
Followed Instructions.
, Ths jurors explained that they had
sought to follow the Instructions of
the court In his oharge that thqy
should decide firm whether the al.
leged conspiracy, of which the defen
dants were accused, was In existence
In 1880, when the government charged
It began, and was continuous down to
the date of . the Indictment. They
reached no agreement on this ques
tion, they said. Apparently1, for the
purpose of debate, the Jurors assumed
that.. such .a .conspiracy- awlsted -and
then took up the different phases. The
participation of one of the defendants
In the New Haven's effort to prevent
the sals of two steamboats to the Joy
line was a subject, It was said, of
sharp debate.
Of the five defendants whose guilt
or Innocence was not decided, William
Rockefeller was the only one whose
term ofjse rvloe as a New Haven direc
tor cotAinued throughout the entire
time of the alleged conspiracy. He
antedated Charles F. Brooker by three
(years. Messrs. Ledyard- and Pratt
took part in the transactions whlcn
led to the acquisition of the stock of
the Boston and Maine in 1907 and as
director of the., latter road... became
directors of the New Haven when the
Boston and Maine was taken over.
EM ward D. Robblna was general coun
sel of .the road and figured in the
Metropolitan eteamshlp transactions
whloh accompanied the formation of
a number of alleged dummy corpora
tions resulted In the transfer of the
steamship Harvard and Tals to the
Pacific coast. The other directors
were little mentioned in the evidence
and their chief defense was that they
depended upon the advice of Charles
0. Mellen or Edward D. Robblns In
the acts charged against them, whloh
virtually consisted of casting their
votes In favor of proposition that
came before tire board of directors for
approval.
The Jurors were unkempt and weary
when they arrived at the federal build
Ini this morning from the uptown
hotel where they had' been quartered
at night None of them had for two
days been given an opportunity to
shave or to obtain clean linen.
They had not been deliberating
two boors before they eeot a com
FIVE DELEGATES TO JOIN
Bryan, Jane Addams , and
Ford Will Join Commis
sion at Hague.
PLAN OF PROCEDURE
THE HAGUE, Jan. . (Tie Lon
don) Asu ranee was received that
Swltserland la sending five civilians to
Join those of the other neutrals In
the permanent peace board which It
Is planned to form as a result of the
Ford 'peace expedition. The Swiss del
egates will arrive at The Hague as
monloatlon to Judge Hunt announcing " as the Interruption to traffic, due ,
io tne war, win permit.
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DIE BRITISH BATTLESHIP
STRIKES MINE AND SINKS
King Edward VH Has to Be
Abandoned Crew Taken
Off Without Loss.
LATIN-AMERICANS WILL
TOUlEASTERN CITIES
Committee Headed by John
Barrett of Pan-American
Union, in Charge.
LEGISLATURE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA WILL MEET
Child Labor Law and Fur
ther Restrictions on Liq
uor are Considered.
LONDON. Jan. f . The British bat
tlMhln Kine Edward VH. has been
sunk as the result of striking a mine.
The entire crew was saved. The news
was received by the admiralty In the
following statement: . ,
Mir vr a irin ndwarA VTI. has
..mov a nu. . Owln J the the heavw
see she had to fee abandoned and san'
shortly afterwasdB. The ahip's com
pany was t.ken off ,wKhout loss of
life. - Only two weretaWved.
The King Edward.-waa a battleahtp
of If.tSO tons laid down In "
111. She was St feet long, Tl te
beam and it feet draught' She hai
four 1-Inch. four .! Inch and ten -inch
guns in her main battery and was
equipped with four torpedo tabes, sub
merged. Her speed en her trial trip
was It knot. She had a complement
f Mil snsav
WASHINGTON, Jan. . South and
Central American delegates to the
Pan-American Scientific congress,
which closed Its sessions here yester
day, will leave tomorrow on a tour of
eastern cities, which win include stops
COLUMBIA, a C, Jan. I. Bills to
make illegal in 8outh Carolina em
ployment of children lee than four
teen years old, and to amend the new
prohibition lawn so that only one
quart of liquor per month may be
la Battimore, PbUedekphla. New sr!f4)!PP4 Into the state to any one in
anaV Boston. A committee represent
tng' the'ntate department headed by
Jcha BarretV.lrector-general of the
rnnAnierlean union, win have charge
of th party.
..The exeevtlve committee for the
United Staf f will maintain a( perma
nent organization here, under direc
tion of William Phillips, third assist
ant aeeretarr of state; James Brown
Scott, secretary of the Carnegie Kb
owateat and Mr. Barrett
dividual instead ef one gaffer as at
present allowed. 'are, , -expected to
come before the South Carolina gen
eral 'assembly, , which convenes here
Tuesday In annual seasion.
Creation af a state board, of arbi
tration and coaclMafV----- in In
dustrial disputes si-- uvmt pro
posed.. The assembly w.ii have be
fore It the task of disposing ef a large
quantity of liquor left la eiate dis
pensaries January 1 last when South,
Carolina changed from its dispensary 1
aystem to statewide prohibition.
Invitations
siStt to the leading Spanish pacifists
to Join the peace board have not yet
been answered, on account of the in
terruptlon to communication.' r-
With the Americans leading the
movement already has been Joined by
dr legates from Norway, Sweden, Den
mark and Holland and the expedition
this week purposes to establish a per
fnanent board with five members from
each neutral nation. It has virtually
been decided that the Americans will
Include William J. Bryan, Jane Ad-
dama and Henry Ford.
The purposes of the board are, first
to obtain expert advice on how to pro-
eeed; second, to take the initiative In
approaching the warring nations with
peace terms, and. third, to be prepared
to sit indefinitely and receive and para
upon peace proposals, from whatever
source they may be offered. -
This week the expedition will hold
meetlnga at The Hague, Amsterdam
and Rotterdam.
Madame Roslka Bchwtmmer, 1 the
Hungarian delegate, who was largely
responsible for organising the expedi
tion, said today:
"Information has reached me fron
influential sourees that the establlc
ment of an unoffcl1 arbitration Obdf,
wltl not been welcome. Thisvharkivea
us renewed encouragement that peace
Is lees remote than Is general b-
if1-
TU12 WEATHHV
WASHINGTON, Jan. t. Fore-.t ,
for North Carolina: Cloudy, an-i
warmer Monday; rain at n t -t nl
Tuesday. .
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