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charlestopFnav
yard advocated
Bear Admiral Stanford Says
It is Necessary for Small
' er Vessels.
BASE FOR TORPEDO
BOAT DESTROYERS
AUSTRIQNS SUCCESSFUL
ON MONTENEGRIN FRONT,
BUT BRITISH BERT TURKS
Russian Front is Quiet for the Present but
Losses at Czernowitz Have Been flp
palling on Both Sides Aeroplane Skir
wishes at Saloniki.
Need for Dry Docks Most
Urgent Need of the Navy
at Present.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Continued
jnalntenance of the Charleston navy
yard tu advocated before the house
naval committee today by Rear Ad
mlral Stanford, chief of the bureau of
yards ( and docks. Representative
Calloway, of Texas, asked Admiral
Stanford If the Charleston yard
necessary.
"The Charleston yard'," replied the
admiral, "has been substantially de
veloped with excellent drydocks and
with certain waiter front facilities for
handling of several smaller naval vee
wis. Its use also relieves other yards
now congested."
"Do you think it should be main
talned just for the use of smaller
crafts T"
Base Fpr Destroyers.
' ''Tea, I think so. It is the base for
torpedo boat destroyers on the Atlan
ta coast. Its mechanical equipment
Is peculiarly fitted for the kind of
work done there. There is undoubted
ly an advantage in having the kind of
work that is done there on the smaller
crafts.'"
"You think we should retain all
these stations we have on the Atlantic
coast t"
VYes. ' they have a potential value
as long as we retain them."
Representative Kelly, of Michigan,
asked .whether it would be possible to
prepare the Charleston yard to ac
comodate the largest dreadnoughts.
"As an engineering project" the .ad
frnlral replied, "it would be possible,
tut it would require " great-deat of
tnoney,' .,
The admiral said . he believed-the
need for .dry decks the most urgent
, need pi tie nay, afloat, ,':' .;-;'. .
. "WHa two' big -docks at 'New "To tit
ad at Norfolk.' either or both may
be required- for. an indefinite period
for some injured vessels, particularly
In time of trouble," said the admiral,
"and if we fall to have reserve docks
with ample facilities we would have
a most serious handicap. We could
not clean the bottoms of our ships, nor
repair their propellers and sea valves.
"Where would you put a big dry
dock south of Norfolk?" asked Re
presentative Butler.
"I believe Guantanamo is the best
suited place," the admiral replied
"and there should be a graving dock
at Pensacola with dimensions sufficient
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PRESIDENT AND GREGORY
FOR U.S. SUPREME COURT
Democrat Will Probably Fill
the Vacancy Caused by
Death of Lamar.
NO HOPE FOR TAFT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. President
Wilson and Attorney General Gregory
tonight began considering candidates
(or the vacancy of the United States
Supreme court caused by the death of
Justice Lamar. They conferred for
fnore than an hour, going over the
list of more than fifty men suggested
for the place and eliminating many
names. Afterward the. attorney gen
nral said no decision had been reach
ad, and that the Held still was open.
A democrat la almost certain to be
elected. Officials said tonight that
enough democrats of Supreme court
timber had been suggested to practi
cally eliminate the possibility of a re
publican being appointed. A majority
of the present members of the court
are republicans.
Former President Taft has been eng
jested for the vacancy in messages re
ferred at the white house from many
parti of the country, bat It is under
stood there Is no prospect of his be
ing chosen.
Attorney General Gregory and John
s.' Davis, solicitor general, wno nave
also been mentioned, are not being
c-onsldered because, if appointed, they
would not be eligible to participate
ta the consideration of several Im
portant cases now pending for the rea
son that they took part in preparation
ot. the- govenuiient aaxgument,..The
court already includes former Attor
ney General Mc Reynolds, who is han
dicapped in the same way.
Members of the Supreme courts of
virions states, and several Federal
Judges are under consideration. The
president Is seeking to find as young
a man as possible who Is qualified.
- No man ever sixty will be appointed,
and for this reason several of those
vnon names nave oem muiiu iur-
fward are not being considered.
LONDON, Jan. 10.-While the Russian front has
been quiet during the past twenty-four hours there has
been severe fighting in the other war theatres.
On the Montenegrin front the Austrians have been
generally successful.. They have advanced their positions
at several important points despite the handicap of snow
waist deep and are showing themselves just as adept as
the Montenegrins in mountain fighting which heretofore
has been regarded as the particular specialty of the Mon
tenegrin soldiers.
In Champagne the Erench have repulsed four Ger-
man atjfcacks. The Germans however have retained
foothold at two places in the French advanced trenches.
Turks Beaten.
In Persia, British reinforcements 'on their way to
the relief of Kut El Amara have met Turkish forces which
were compelled to retire after some heavy fighting.
The Petrograd official communication says that the
calm on the Czernowitz front is due to the huge losses and
resulting demoralization of the Austro-Hungarian army.
That there is some basis for this statement is evident from
the estimate of the Hungarian newspaper Pester Lloyd
that the losses on both sides of the Bessarabian battles so
far exceed 175,000 or more than the total British losses in
the whole Dardanelles campaign.
Another Hungarian newspaper states, on the author
ity of a staff report that the fighting on this front has been
the bitterest and bloodiest in the history of the war, both
sides sacrificing men in a manner without parelleL
The Saloniki front is chiefly notable in the day's dis
patches as the scene of almost continued aeroplane skir
mishes, one of which continued for two hours. The Ger
mans have thus far lost six aeroplanes in this region.
The rumor that the consuls of the Teutonic allies ar
rested at Saloniki had been released appears to have been
without foundation as it is now announced that they have
Unbearable
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FINAL AGREEMENT ON
BLOCKED BY DETAILS
Difficulty in Agreeing on
Some Facts Holding Up
Settlement.
OUTLOOK IS GOOD
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. Difficul
ty In agreeing npon details Is holding
up a final settlement of the Lusltanla
controversy.
Count von Bernstorff. the German
ambassador, and Secretary Lansing
had another conference today and it
was said later that no final agreement
had been reached although the out
look was encouraging.
While the United States and Ger
many virtually have agreed npon the
.essential principles Involved, It was
learned tonight that until a method
of expressing these principles satisfac
torily to both sides Is foundannounce
ment of a settlement will be withheld,
Count von Bernstorff was Informed Is
effect by Secretary Lansing during to
day's conference . that the wording of
the tentative proposal submitted last
k by Germany and since consider
ed by President Wilson was Inade
quate in certain respects.
A feeling of optimism regarding the
ultimate outcome of the negotiations
apparently prevails both In official and
Teutonic diplomatic circles. It Is free
ly predicted that a settlement accept
able to both governments should be
reached by next Monday, unless un
foreseen events intervene.
By Monday Count von Bernstorff
should receive a reply to a dispatch
prepared tonight for the Berlin foreign
office. This is believed to contain the
results of his latest efforts, and sug
gestion regarding certain desires of
the United States to be embodied ta
the final settlement.
These suggestions. It wag authorita
tively stated, had to do solely with
questions involved In the subject of re
prisal and the British blockade of
Germany, which the United States and
Germany both declare to be Illegal.
Consideration of publle opinion In
the tTnlted States and la Germany It
'eratood to be playing an Important
art ta hastening a settlement
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OF DESIRES OF U.S.
Uncle Sam Would Like to
See Guns Removed
From "Verdi."
IS BEING DETAINED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 The desire
of the United States government that
the two three-Inch guns mounted on
the Italian liner Giuseppe Verdi, now
at New Tork be removed and the ves
sel depart unarmed upon its return
voyage, was expressed informally to
day to the Italian ambassador, Count
Macchl dl Cellar, by Secretary Lan
sing. The secretary's views will be
transmitted to the Italian government,
and It Is said untH a reply la received
the liner will be detained In port.
The ambassador called at the state
department twice during the day, con
ferring once with Counsellor Polk and
later with Mr. Lansing. Although
there was no announcement after the
conferences. It is understood that the
American government win adhere
strictly to its policy of opposing the
carrying of mounted guns under any
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NATIONAL GOVERNMENT WILL OPEN
JOpUNT MITCHELL FOREST RESERVE
AS GREAT PARK FOR GENERAL PUBLIC
Forestry Department and Scuthem Railway Are Co-Operating In Plans to Provide Attractive
Camping Grounds In the Mountains of Western North Carolina Maps and'
Other Data Being Prepared.
GRAND JURY WILL
INVESTIGATE EAST
muni RIOT
SSSSBBsSSps-
Labor Leaders Declare It a
Scheme to Depress
Stocks.
HIRED "SLUGGERS"
AMONG THE RIOTERS
Thomas H. Flynn Says That
"Sluggers" Were Identl- -fied
During Trouble.
Preparations whleh have been un
der way for some time for the open
ing up of the Mt Mitchell forest re
serve as a national park, have now
been praotlcally completed, and the
national government, with the oo-op-eratlon
of the Southern Railway com
pany, Is laying definite plans to call
the attention of tourists and others
throughout the country toT the ad
vantages that VlH acQrua t-thain
the way of recreation and pleasure
from spending a few weeks ( each
summer camping In the mountains of
Western North Carolina. ' Plans ars
being rapidly evolved to throw open
the whole vast forest reserve in the
vicinity as one great park.
The people In the warm sections of
the Interior of the United States that
are affected by the heat of the sum
mer sun will have an opportunity of
camping In the mountains of Western
North Carolina without any cost for
location during the coming summer.
Preparing literature.
The United States forestry service
and the Southern railway are" getting
out a booklet with maps and the like
calling attention to the fact "that the
forest service will open the Mt. Mitch
ell area free for families and for par
ties who may desire to spend the sum
mer camping in this wonderful mounr
tain section, where health and recrea
tion may be enjoyed.
Attention will be called to the Mt.
Mitchell forest reserve, which has re
cently been acquired by the Federal
government The forests were secured
by the government for the purposes of
conserving the timber resources of the
country and protecting the pure wa
ter supply of the virgin forest as well
as for recreational purposes.
The Southern Railway company and
the forest service are co-operating In
bringing the opportunities offered by
the forest reserve to the attention of
the public, and will aid campers In
finding a location for the purpose of
camping during the coming summer
on the Mt Mitchell forest
This will give hundreds of people
who want to be free from town life
the opportunity of spending the sum
mer in the mountains, and with the
great crowds that will be brought to
the mountains during , the ooming
summer It Is expected that the maun
tains will be dotted with summer
camps as well as our hotels filled with
summer visitors.
fjptte From Chief Forester. .
A letter from Chief Forester H,''t
Graves td W." H., Tayloe, passener
traffic manager of the' Southern rail
way, offering the hearty co-operation
of the forestry department, reads In
part as follows:
"I am very much interested In the
development of the Appalachian na
tional forests for recreational pur
poses. The enjoyment by the public
of the national forests for all sorts
of out-door recreation la recognised ns
one of their important uses, and am
pis regulations sxlst for the purpose
of facilitating this use to the fullest
extent The roads and trails built
primarily for the purpose of adminis
tration and protection are open to all
who desire to tramp or ride through
the national forest, and the only re
strlctlons existing are that travelers
observe the ordinary ' precaution!
against the burning of the woods or
the destruction or Injury of tlmbef
or other property.
Permits for Camping.
"Free permits may be obtained for
temporary camping purposes and It Is
required only that necessary precau
tions be taken In building and extin
guishing the campflre, and that the
cutting of green timber be avoided and
that the grounds be kept In clean and
sanitary condition.
"The most Important problem in
connection with the recreation devel
opment of the Appalachian nattonat
forests Is to provide means for bring
ing the opportunities offered to the
attention of the public.
"In bringing this about, the South
ern railway can, I am confident, be
of great assistance through the facili
ties offered by its organisation (or the
dissemination of detailed Information
concerning the recreation attractions
of the country tributary to its lines.
"I am authorising the district for
ester to prepare a map and to report
upon the purchase area, the Mt
Mitchell, whioh will bring out the re
creatlonal features and explain to the
public in. detail the opportunities they
offer.'. !. , :- .- j - :
:, f .Travel Maps,
"The maps will Indicate the mala
routes of travel; those portions of the
trao -o pectaf interest " from the
scenic or other recreational stand
points, and the localities which have
especial advantages either for tem
porary camping purposes or for per
manent cottage sites. As soon as these
reports have been completed, I shall
be glad to furnish you with copies and
authorise your use of them for the
stimulation of public Interest in re
creational development"
The opening of the Mt. Mitchell area
to the public for camping purposes
will be a great blessing to many who
otherwise could not avail themselves j
of the great cllmatio and health con
ditions that exist In the Mt Mitchell
territory. The altitude in the territory
that the governroen will open up Ik
from 1,200 feet in altitude to almost
the top of Mt Mitchell, which is e.711
feet above sea level.
TOTTNGSTOWN. Ohio. Jan. 10
Opening of the grand Jury investlgiw
tlon of the strike and riot in Youngs-
town, the resumption of work at th
plant of the Youngs town Sheet and
Tube company and the ordering
home of the Fourth regiment of the
Ohio National guard, called out for
strike duty were the developments In
the situation here today.
Quiet prevailed in the vlolnlty of
the tube works and employes who re
ported for duty today were not mo
lested either when entering or leaving
the plant. There were no pickets In
evidence and the crisis in the situation
Is believed to have passed.
Many Witnesses.
Many witnesses were examined by
the grand Jury during the day, but
according to Prosecuting Attorney A.
M, Henderson, no report will be made
until the latter part of the week and
many more will be called before the
probe is eompleted.
' Thomas- H. Flynn, general organise
of the American Federation of Labor,
who returned here from Pittsburgh to.
day, Issued a statement tonight In
which he charged that the rioting here
last week was a financial scheme to
depress the value of stock of the
Toungstown Sheet and Tube company
so that a merger of Independent atesl
Interests can, be effected.
, "We have evidence that we regard
as conclusive proving to us that this
entire trouble was ' eauned by paid
sluggers, brought to, East Toungstown
by the Toungstown Sheet and Tube
company," Mr. Flynn charged in the
statement. "The gunmen who did the
shooting were residents of Pittsburgh.
We understood that those gunmen,
twenty-five in number, were deputised
by Sheriff Umstead. If this Is so the
sheriff violated the law..
"I do not think there was any for.
elgn Influence involved. I think it was
a financial scheme rigged up as the
last desperate resort to depress the
value of tube works stock so that In
terests that are trying to form a great
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UNEMPLOYED PARADE.
KIU OPPOSES IE
Against Proposed Stopping
of Shipment of Child La
bor Made Goods. ,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 Represen
tatives of southern cotton mills, head
ed by former Oovernor Kltchln of
North Carolina, before the house la-
! bor committee today oppoeed the
Keatlng-Owea bill to prevent Inter
state shipment of goods manufactured
with aid of child labor. Mr. Kltchln
said the bill was oppoeed as u boo insti
tutional aad unwise.
' "We of the south oppose this meas
ure because we believe our people who
have to work should be permitted to
do so," he said. "Wa have many of
this) class, and the cotton mills afford
them a good opportunity for earning
circumstances by vessels plying out
of United States ports with passen
ger. Under International law mer
chantmen have the right to mount
guns for defensive purposes, but it is
not believed that Italy will insist upon
exercising this right over the protest
of the United Btatea
In this connection the question of
responsibility for safety of passengers
"w " wcm mm, im,. m m.. t . w
Italian ambassador. K Is said, contends : ,72 j . J.
that the guns afford protection to the .y m M human, as any
Passengers br defendtnr tba - I
from submarlnea State department
officials on the other hand maintain
that the guns oonstltuu an element
of danger which would not attend an
unarmed veaseL They point eat that
the liners Tasaka Maru and Persia,
both, armed for defense, were sunk,
presumably by submarines which were
afraid te expose themselves and there-
ifora aave as waminx.
member of this committee. They are
making rapid progress in their efforts
to better conditions In the mills. Let
them do It
"1 recall a dispatch from Boston
on January L ltlt. that lit persons
were gleaning food from garbage
piles. If the north cannot support its
poor, yoa should not expect the south
te do It Nobody eats garbage la the
ONECEiraCEWILL
BE PHOPPSED BY BHITT
Congressman Will Introduce
Bill for One Cent on Drop
Letters Today.
GOVERNOR CRAIG ISSUES
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. Id.
Representative Brltt win Introduce a
MB tomorrow for a flat rate, of one
cent on all drop letters. In connection
with the matter, he stated that he fav
ors a general one cent me for all
letters wherever and however deliver
ed but fntreduoes UtW measure at this
thus with a view of bringing the mat- 1
ter more direotly and impressively to !
CITY JIS THE CAPITAL IS
Carranza Intends Staying at
Queretaro for Sometime
to Come.
CHTEFTALNS GATHER
pubtlo attention and soon he expects " " . JTX. . .. , V?"
. , . . . , I sluts that North Carolina la entitled to
te Introduce a biU for general one- low ntes ever the whole territory
oent letter postage. and says no effort or expense will be
It ta hie purpose to ask the postal I snared In efforts to enforce the rlshts
committee of the- house to smut - a f of Caroling shippers. :
pubUe hearing oa the measure with I The governor left tonight for Ashe-
a view of getting some definite action
at thla session.
, STEAMER SAFE. '
8ATAKNAH, Oa, Jan. 1. The
British stsamer Nlgarlstan. two weeks
overdue, front Newport, England, ar
rived ta port today. She reported
having encountered strong head winds
laaa heavy seas, which delayed fean
DENVER, Colo.. Jan. 10. A mass
meeting followed by a demonstration
on the state capltol grounds and a
parade, was held here today by several
hundred people representing persons
unemployed as a result of prohibition.
Resolutions were presented Gov
ernor George A. Carlson by a commit
tee headed by William Koch, secre
tary of the Brewery Workers' union.
asking that an extra session of the
legislature be called to devise means
of furnishing employment for those
deprived of their positions.
Tl't. ! ..?.?r: ot th M c-Pltsl'a. the seat of
.".Tw :-rr':'";':"-uA" government In Mexico apparently
J ' ' "..I... been postponed indefinitely. Advices
utuiumi uKn ........ . both . th . dnrtm mnA tfc.
Mexican embassy here Indicate that
General Carransa "will remain for
weeks and probably months at Quere-
tarov making that place his headquar
ters as he formerly did Vera Cms.
Military and civil chieftains of the
de facto government are gathered at
Queretaro now for a general confer
ence called by General Carranza. Dis
patches to the stats department today
announced the arrival there of Gen- ,
oral Obregon and other leaden.
It is expected that after the con
ference will oomj the announcement
-of a new cabln, perhaps including
as minister of foreign affairs Juan
Sanches Aacona. who was secretary
ef Francisco Madero. Luis Cabera,
minister of finance, is on his way to
Queretaro from the United States, and
Jesus Acuna, minister of interior, will
go from Mexdo City. Among the
l. 1 1 . M I. W.fi . 1 1 1
mad. in connection with th. fight tae'onal nnaan
a plan to establish a federal back wtta
branches throughout the country.
Although ambassadors have been
named by Mexico and the United
.Slates, It appears improbable that
either Henry Fletcher, chosen te rep.
resent the United States at Mexloe '
City, or Eltseo Arredondo, named am
bassador here, will be accredited until -Carranza
occupies the executive chair
at Mexico Ctty. It has been under
stood here that Carranza is withhold
lag thf credentials er Mrr Arredonao 7
pending the accrediting of the Assert '
can ambassador. Mr. Fletcher still ta
at his post in Chile.
J. R. Sllllman is with General Car
ranza as personal representative of the 1
state department.
While the military situation la Mex
'co has been simplified by the surren
der of the principal Villa forces. It
still is far from cleared up and th
de facto government has only fstr'?
started the task of padflcatJoT.
LONG RftTESTATEMENT
Denies That North Carolina
Enjoys Rate Advantage
Orer Virginia.
.RALEIGH, Jan. 10 Governor Craig
Issued a lengthy statement this even
ing In which he denied claims being
North Carolina shippers against the
new freight rates from Virginia and
! North Carolina points of origin to
I southeastern territory, that North Car
olina alreday enjoys a seven rate dif
ferential advantage over Virginia ship
pers, exoept as applied to a very Dm-
vllle to Inspect the highway state con
vict camps in that section of the state
to determine the future policy as to
these.
THE WEATHER.
""WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. Forecast
for North Carolina: Local rains'
Tuesday; Wednesday cloudy aad oold-1
sr. probably rata la wast portion, . .
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