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r CHARM) IGHT : I ; AND EVENING CHRONICLE PAGES TODAY 4 4 G RE ATE R CHAR L O T T E ' S HOME NEWSPAPER" ,.rtOTTE NEWS Established. Daily 1 US rV-XlNa CHRONICLE! Established 1903. Daily 1888 Sunday 1910. CHARLOTTE, N. C. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1914. THE CHARLOTTE NEWS I Consolidated I T; THE EVENING CHRONICLE I May 8 1 EDJTIQWi Forces Prohibition Gratification At Express Result Of Vote In Congress though the Hobson National Prohibition Resolution Was Lost on the Two-Thirds Majority Rule it Succeeded in Re ceiving a Majority of Eight Votes The Antis Think the Issue is Settled for Many Years But Prohibition Leaders Say the issue Will be Made in the 1916. Campaign Vote Followed a Long Debate. Associated Press. the Hobson resolution, predicted that ffMhineton, Dec. 23. Opponents of , ne - 16 ?,l in cons Tess confidently question of prohibition would not the defeat in the aSain De brought up on the floor of of the Hobson resolution for a 6" uauuiuu issue ior iweu e,.L,:;i ndnw mpant. that ty years. Prohibition leaders, however, .",!-.,oi omDnrlmont moont that l'.ttia- rjouiwuou leauers, uowevw: tjiswuuuuax QntinT, including Representative Hobson, pre fi,5ion was concerned. On the ?" Yl be mad.e a national issue 1 .,iMM ua T,r0 me xaiD campaign a"u,' r; r " J Representatives of the nktional leg- CITY ASSETS 5219,629 During Six Months from April 30 to October 31 the Assets of Charlotte Went Up Near ly a Quarter of a Million Dollars. Chairman E. L. Mason of Fi nance Committee Says Al derman Who Criticized Acts of Administration Was Par ty to All Acts. Dtmf eisftt votes for the resolution ; .ri aitD0Ua it fniipri in rpreivo thp League of America, in a statement to - - qr W aTa J 1 i. XT J. N'-t iwtniras vulc """" forces of the country had reason to Lwted their expectations had been . . .. "It is the first time in the' history of the republic that the question of national prohibition has gotten upon the floor of either branch of congress," they declared. "The fact that the first effort should show a clear majority of eight, exclusive of pairs, with both i floor leaders, the chairman of the . rules committee and the prestige of ! the president and the secretary of state invoked against us, and in view of the further ' fact that no member of the present congress was elected on this issue, is exceedingly gratify ing." - . The Final Vote. ! The final vote came shortly before 'midnight last night, at the close of many hours of remarkable debate and after several amendments had been voted iiBon. Not for some time had such a spirited struggle been wit nessed in congress. s - Party ; lines were . shattered. Demo- Icratic Leader Underwood, and Republi "... - --v.-.' can" Leader Mann, who led the anti Fichmond Pearson Hobsorv whose nrnhihitinn fnrr.es. were seen fighting insolation for Nation-wide Prohibition is defeated in Congress last mght Seir temporary defeat, MEdnue the fight. they would May be National Issue. Althoueh a resolution similar to. the Ecson resolution is pending in - the Kite introduced by Senator Shep- hardcf Texas, administration leaders i congress expressed their belief to- that it would not reach a ,vote fcauEe cf the action of the house. Ciainnan Henry of the house rules samittee, who vigorously opposed shoulder to shoulder in opposition to the resolution. The Result When the final ballot was recorded it showed 386 members had voted 197 for and 189 against The resolu tion failed of adoption by 61 votes," an affirmative vote of -25S being necessary-' . ' Ot those voting for the resolution 114 were democrats, 67 republicans, 12 progressives and .four independent reDuhllcgn'sj Voting against were 11 democrats; 46 republicans; 1 indepen dent republican and 1 progressive II HILLS' OiESSUDDENLY ; : OF RP0PLEX 1CEEI1SEI1 TflADElSSHOWN BY MERCHANTS One Dealer Reports anAddi tional $500 Trade Yesterday Over the Same Day Last Year and Others Show Bet ter Business Than Formerly. Percentage of Cash V Trade Shows Big Increase Also, While the Credit Accounts Are Not Growing as Rapidly as is Usual. COL. GOETHALS EX PL AINS REQUEST FOR BATTLESHIPS V of City's Foremost .Citi- ia s23.The request and Ablest Lawyers 111 'made by Governor Goethals of tie fte State Stricken While in ?A?JZZ IS OfTlCeand Died in 30, American neutrality was made at the mutes Thereafter: request of naval officers in charge ot wireless plants and navai anairs m rha.v.r.nc.' it was forwarded to Wash-. Oil ihreshnSd Of XmaS ington as a matter of form by Col- Sesnn W-ww QtrirlPnlonel Goethals, acting in his capacity abUH 50h0W biriCKen,as governor; and the incident is UV8r Death Of SO BelOVed a ended so far as he is concerned, so C t 7on I Dnrtnon fnr' anounced tbe colonel .nimsen uyuu -i.fcvii iav roi I.MCI iui fey Years of Judge F. I. usDcrne. William Columbus Maxwell one tf the foremost men of the city and fJWy and one of the ablest lawyers 'Estate fiipH in hie nfficB at 12:30 Khis death being due to apoplexy. maxwell had just finished dic- .nilg Ws lpftprc qtiH lioJ ricon haV- 2 tWo or three letters m his hand. e fell to thp flflnr Ha KtOODd 1 Pick it in. Ut with nut f monition, the fell stroke came. Mr. jttwe1.! fn prostrate on the : floor. - was conscious and spoke to. his JJ&apher saying, "Call Dr. David- The latter, and -Dr. Wiley responded instantly.. Mr. Max- , spoke once savin? "Mv head is l Evprvtl.;,,. Inn A .:, but death came 30 minutes me stroke. Mrs. Maxwell and u . anQ -vrs. F. I. Osborne reach Him hr.tr... . 1 . , , - -TIT-ih u-"J"i ue aiea. ur. vvnsm-t L - iiasweirs physician came just cr Mr Vov-.-u C , of the death -of Mr. Maxwell rapid; y over the city, stopping of Christmas shoppers; cast- & hall over the Christmas" sea- 5om v a'v' !;leu were more revered, fcw vtiCved than Mr- Maxwell, and ko been more a ; vital Vpart ot life, Wit, of year. happy in the home hh only son Mr- Baldwin ull ff01 the University, last and in h;s usuai health and "JiritS. he "stumWcH im dpath UJ IO tilt? lAAX Kf. 4 1 wrow that uot even the ghrist- Willie. iltl IT fl . -m r .11 . n M ti : -uiiiiiiDus Aiaxweu , w n ccuntv Annl Y. ltz. ne i tiero tndav from Cristobal. Colonel Goethals said naval officerls had reported to him that there had hPPn two violations of Aiaerican neu trality He decclined to give the names' of the officers or to mention tho names of the vessels mvoivea One of the incidents was mai a ship vhich sailed without clearance papers; the otner was a mp i" was reported to have been using her wireless witnm uie cauw Goethals said. "The naval officer in charge brought the matter to my at tention and asked me, as governor, to request the government to sena wi ships to the canal zone. I transmitted their request as a matter of form and therei my responsibility ended. - sent I was governed by the recom mendations made to me by the naval officers. . ' . ' Colonel Goethals expects to urge congress to appropriate $10,000,000 for construction of dry docks, barracks, machine shops and wharves m the canal zone. - , , , - ; He intimated he would have nothing further to say about sending war ves sels to the zone unless he were asked to give his views. , , f -fr. that we will have to keep a dredge working on the canal stead f, . - o Vpar or more," he said. .rfu mi'c at Oulebra seem to be set tling and this is the cause of the fre- nuent slides, we nave uccu ? f" t MrA through the. canal to uch beter time than we thought we could; instance we calculated vi iimir tn each or tne tnree locks but we find that a ship can be Iocks D"l!J . . ,, thrpp locks m pasea tuiuugu -fifty five minutes." i Washington, Dec: 23. The president today renominated iienry uiay snHTurs; Colo., for inter- OI IjOIUI o-uu .f- - . rn-Un nmorpfl r.nmmissioner. me It is not generally known that the audit of the books of the city of Char lotte just completed shows a capital surplus of $1,062,334.76, but this is the fact in the case. It is shown that the capital assets of the city of Charlotte on October 31 of the present year totaled $3,217,334.76 and that the bonded indebtedness of the city at the same time was $2,155, 000. the difference being the caiptal surplus. But another interesting feature of this part of the audit is that the pres ent administration has added $249, 629.29 to the capital assets of the city of Charlotte within the past six months, or from April 30, 1914, to Oc tober 31, 1914. The capital assets of the city at the beginning of the six- months period for which the audit was ordered were $2,967,705.47, and the capital assets of the city on Octo ber 1, 1914, the end of this audit period totaled $3,217,334.76, the difference be ing nearly a quarter of a million dol lars, shown m the audit. Mr. Mason Talksf Mr. E. L. Mason, chairman of the finance committee of the board of al dermen, at the city hall this morning declared that he is a member of the present city administration and that he is not attacking any member or act of the administration. ''I am a member of the finance com mittee and of course of the board of alderme n, and I have no criticism to make of their acts. I stand by what has been done and I think that this is a late day for a. member of the finance committee to attack the acts of that committee and of the board of alder men. "I have not for the past ten months voted for a sinele extra expense on I the. city, government except-the $1,00& fnr thp funeral of the city ttremen wno were killed in the discharge of their duty, and for the purchase of the uni f6rms for the police officers. "But Col. T. L..Kirkpatrick, who has seen fit to attack the administration of which he is a member, has voted to er,onrl miifth lareer sums for otner pur poses. Three items I now have in mind he mad a the motion to pay. One of these is the sum of, $4,646.34 for a sewer in the Suburban Realty .Compa ny property; $4,324.03 for the sewer in the Four C.'s property and $400 fnr thP nntfi to Mr. E. D. Latta, jr., totalling more than $8,000. O ..... ji J Si "I nave not criticised iue auun io resented to the mayor but 1 respec fully submit that the auditors were not employed to make an audit for i months, but for six months. By this t rrfm that, the $33,000 which has been charged against the administra Hrm fnr the next six months should not be charged against the past six mnnthe anv more than any other item of fntnr exnense. The auditors were AimntvA tn make anv estimates i mi tvj n c Azctfi Anv one can do tnai. uey o- to make an audit or tne dookb l city for the period oi six muuiu,. "While I am talking I might also re. fer to the Barringer farm proposition T ,t tA.nsk since when did real es tat0 ,-t, the city of Charlotte cease to be an asset. We bought the Barringer farm for the purpose of locating an i.., thPrpnn. W took from the general fund the money with which to pav for it. Later we found that another location would be better and purchased that. Now if we sell the Barringer farm why should not the return from it be covered into the gen of the city? ciai j.w.aaj. . .... -i i -, "Going back to the criticism el Kirkpatrick made, I want to say that Colonel Kirkpatrick is a member of the finance committee which au thorized jeach and every one of these expenditures he criticises. And I want to say further that Colonel Kirk patrick is a regular attendant of the meetings of the finance committee and of the board of aldermen and that lie had a voice and a vote in each on matters pertaining to the expenditures for and in the city i snouia mm uv Tro roistered his complaints a T.rcitinn to these acts .at the time they were made instead of wait ing until this late nour. "I understand mat. evuy of the city of Charlotte has a right to express his opinion or any ana -f e th0 ministration. And Colon i i4r.vr.otriVir has. But he knew all the while what was going on, andtooK o in them and as i- nave yuiui out he made motions to pay $8,000 in extra expense against the city. He lmew that We were running close to tho wind on finances ana-ne uum ainst extra expenses a - - w ...... -Ji then, and not wait until ine city aum is made." '.- .' " " n pianrt was asked for an expres sion ' concerning the showing - of the Qnd nf the senerai conomon u v. nitv'a finances today, but. he de clared that he had nothing to say and would steer clear of any controversy regarding the matter. . . . The figures Mr. Mason gave to the Charlotte News on Monday afternoon concerning the condition of the city, were prepared upon rthe request and rit, tho nTMiroval of the finance com- Results On Two Great Battle- n Doubt Because Of f lei is I ilany Conflicting Reports The Christmas ' trade in Charlotte is better than it was last year. vThis statement is made upon the au thority of a number of leading mer chants of the various lines, and - an other interesting and important fact in this connection . Is that a much lar ger per centage :of the trade this year is for cash, comparatively few pur chases being made on credit. ' One of the best known merchants of the city this morning stated to a representative of The Charlotte News that their sales for yesterday totalled $500 more than for the same day last year, and much of the increase was cash. Another, in the same line, . stated that his increase is larger than the above, and that Saturday his sales amounted to nearly $1,000 more than for the same day last year. Reasons for Increase. Still another interesting fact is that people who have been accustomed for years to purchase their Christmas stuff in other cities have been patron izing local dealers, unis is accountea for in, a number of ways, one being that the assortment this year, is larg er than heretofore and that practical ly any gift that is desired can be bought here. Still another reason giv en is that in many instances the peo ple have waited until the last minute to make purchases, desiring to know what to expect in a business way be fore they make their Christmas ex penditures. . This has resulted to the benefit of the local merchant and to the purchaser. . ; Tms increase in local trade appears not to. be confined , to any one line of trade,;h&0 any given tine has not snown an in crease. Th9 mills are showing better bus iness, one mill superintendent making the statement - yesterday that witnm the past three weeks more orders have come in for their product than came in during the entire three months pre vious thereto. This is not true of all mills, probably, but in the majority of cases it is. Many people who have been out of employment are now working, even though temporarily and all their earn ings are of necessity going into circu lation immediately, making general business better. The railroads are reporting much heavier t passenger traffic though freight traffic is showing little or no improvement, but this is not unex pected at this season. As a whole the business people of the city of Charlotte are well satisfied with the Christmas i trade, especially ill view of the fact that the credit ac counts are not growing as they us ually do and that a corresponding cash increase in 'the, cash trade is being shown. - INFERNAL MACHINE S PLACED IN CITIf'SIL 1 By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 23. Existence of an alleged conspiracy in New Orleans to blow up a French or English passenger ship on the sea by placing an infernal machine in her cargo before she should sail from New York was known 12 days ago to Paul Faguet, general agents of the French line, according to an announcement here. Detectives were employed to prevent fruition of the scheme, every bit of baggage and cargo going into the French line ships was closely examin ed and proper authorities, Mr. Faguet said, were notified. It was believed that notification was what resulted in the arrest of four men in New Or- eans. "We have taken and shall continue to take every precaution against out rages of this sort," Mr. Faguet said. "We have had detectives guarding our ships while they were here and our docks ever since the war started. We have increased this guard. It is vir tually impossible now for an infernal machine to be put aboard any of our ships while here. The Cunard line and the Interna tional Mercantile Marine lines, which control most of the British trans-Atlan tic liners have strengtnened tne forces of guards. No visitors may go to any of their docks and when vessels leave no one is allowed aboard who is un known to officials. Passengers have to furnish proofs of their identity be fore they are permitted to go. All baggage is scrutinized -carefully and the cargo is thoroughly. Inspected be fore it is taken on. To prevent the possibility of an attempt : by long shoremen to place aboard explosives.. orJavl damage the "wit---' "" -v-T J. 1 - J31 J 3 snips, a squaa or aeteeuves aisguisseu as longshoremen have been working for weeks on the docks. BIG BREWERY COMPANY IN RECEIVERS' i Ct. -!!- , V A" MOVEMENT ON CRACOW. By Associated Pres. Columbus, O., Dec. 23. The Hoster Columbus breweries company, a $12, 000,000 corporation, went into the hands of receivers today on order of the federal court. Decreased demand for beer, adverse legislation and the voting "dry" f many, states and coun ties in the last eight years was given as the cause. . ALFRED RENR LEWIS. NOTED RORJEAD MECKLENBURG AP PEALS IRE DEC E . By Associated Press. . w Petrograd, via London, Dec. 23. (5:25 P. M.) Large bodies of Russian - troops . are moving to- w ward Cracow, the Galician strong- X hold, from the north and east. An important battle apparently is j ing winter's full force. it developing in southwestern Pol- w and, near Cracow. By Associated Press. New, York, Dec. 23 Alfred Henry Lewis, newspaper man and writer of, books, died today at the home of his brother here, of an intestinal disor der. He had been ill only a few days. Mr. Lewis was born in Cleveland, 55 years ago. Tnougn a lawyer, ne en tered newspaper work m Kansas City in 1890, and subsequently established a reputation as soon - of the foremost political writers of the country. He was described as a prodigious worker and in fifteen years produced eighteen books, many of which ob tained a wide circulation. He was well known also as a writer of western stories and of articles on underworld life In New "York. He had been editor of "The Verdict a humorous weekly, but of late years he had been employed as a political writer by the Hearst papers. He was unmarried. ..'. ) Special to The News. , Raleigh, . Dec. 23 The supreme court delivered opinions in 36 appeals today and took a . recess to January 13 when the 16 remaining appeals iwill be disposed of, this being the first time in many terms the court has been able to clear the calendar tor the term by regular adjournment time. The omnions include btate - vs. K-nntt. Mecklenburg, no error: Pruett vs. Power Co.. Mecklenburg, new trial; Norman vs. Electric Co., Meckienourg, no. error; Bagwell vs. soutnern uau way, Mecklenburg, no error. URGE ANSEL FOR' APPOINTMENT. By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 23. Former Gov ernor F. M. Ansel of South Carolina was recommended by Representative Aiken to President Wilson today, for membership on the new federal trade commission. S THE WEATHER. ; Forecast For .North Carolina. 4 Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday, probably rain : Thurs- X day. ' -"'.A-.'' BRITISH SHIP WAS SINTLED ? CANAL POLICE By Associated Press., Washington, Dec. 23. Lieutenant Crenshaw, naval radio officer at me Panama canal zone, cabled the navy department today that the wireless apparatus of the British steamer Pro tesilaus, in Balboa harbor, was dis mantled by canal zone police Decem ber "10. after it was found she had been sending code messages. FRENCH PRESS PRAlSES SPEECHES Or UEAUtKa EMPEROR WILLIAM Rv Associated Press. - Paris, Dec. 2d, &:zo a. . m.-ewa- papers- of. all shades of opinion vie with each other today in extomug me speeches of Premier Viviani and Speaker Descnanei, at tne snuug ui parliament yesterday, which, all de clare, was a magnificent manifestation of the "sacred union" of the whole country. . 1 ; . . "All signs .of. degeneracy, in me French soul, which barbarian doctors like best to dwell upon, was a politi cal malady,", says the Matin, in com menting on the sitting. "Tne cnain ber showed yesterday, for the second time, that .this disease is oniy. preva lent in times of peace." GOING TO FRONT By Associated Press. London.- Dec. 23.-(3:27 Bf M.) In a despatch from Cologne the corres pondent of the Central News says that Emperor William with his entire Staff reached Cologne today from Berlin on his way to the western battle front EXPERIMENTAL SHIPMENT OF FRUIT. San Francisco, Dec. 23. The first cargo of fruits and vegetables ever carried from San Francisco tonight under refrigeration, . via the Panama canal, left San Francisco today on the a moriran-Hawaiian liner Ohioan. The shipment is of an experimental nature and . its outcome is eonsider- edAby " fruit and vegetable producers It is Known That on the 80-Mile Battle Front in Russian Po land Desperate Fighting Js in Progress, but Results An Variously Interpreted In the West the Effort of the Allies to Crush the Germans is Meeting With Sharp Resistance Vast Movements of German Troops Reported Germans Invade Angola, in Portuguese, West Africa Christmas or, the Great Battlefields May be Marked by a General Lull English Papers to Observe the Day. Although further progress apparently has been made by the allies . In their general offensive movement, the German armies as a whole are standing fast, and so far as is known have lost no important section of the the long line on which they settled down after the retreat which followed the battle of the Marne, early in the war. Today's official communications indicate that each side has had Its victories and defeats. The French army chiefs state they captured' the last section of a line of German trenches near Perthes-les-Hurles, where fighting has been severe for several days and have made an aver age gain of 800 yards. The German statement, speaking of this engagement ; says that the French attack was "partly repelled." French claims to progress in Belgium are denied in Berlin, where it is said that the British have suffered reverses at the hands of the Germans. - - The German war office reports no developments in the east, saying merely that the fighting is continuing. The French statement, however, asserts that the Russians are pressing forward their Invasion of Ger many, across the East Prussian frontier, but admits that the Germans have made progress in the fighting in Poland, to the west of Warsaw. In the entire course of the war few occasions have been marked by such a confusion of claims and conflict of movements as the present. In the west where the allies recently were everywhere on the offenslv they now are confronted at points with severe German attacks, compelling' them to defend their own positions. In the east the situation is changing swiftly. The Germans, who for a time were able to push forward swiftly are now meeting with determined resistance from their antagonists In new , positions. The latest official communication from Petrograd in the same breath admits that the Russians have beencompelled to retreat from some posi tions and states that the German attacks have been repulsed everywhere with heavy losses to the invaders. Germany and Austria continue to as sert that important successes are being achieved. One of the great battles of the war is in progress 30 miles west of Warsaw and meanwhile the Russian forces to the north are pushing into Germany, presenting the pos sibility of a flanking movement which will menace the main army of Mar shal von Hlndenburg. , It is announced in Lisbon ' that German forces have invaded the prov ince, of Angela,, Portuguese .-West Africa.: w . - - A German invasion was said to have .been defeated in October, al though that report was denied in'Berlin. On the present occasion the 1 Portuguese government admits the troops at the military post of Nau-' ' lita have been compelled to retreat. - Great Struggle In Poland. London, Dec. 23. (12, Noon.) Th6 80-mile front in Russian Poland, west of Warsaw, where Germans and Rus sians are at. grips on the . banks of the Bzura, Rawka and Pilica rivers con tinues to be the scene of the most desperate fighting in either the east ern or western war arenas. When weather conditions are re called, the suffering of the men In the trenches may be some extent be appreciated. The country is experienc- NO F BILLION Each side has sustained tremendous losses in thisk battle of the rivers and although the Germans claim to have forced the Russian line at a number ol points it is nevertheless a fact, accord ing to reports reaching London, that the Russian front has been straighten ed out, and it is difficult to vizualize which contender has the strategic ad vantage. , , Big German Movement .' Again there come trickling through from Holland reports' of vast move- jments of German froces from the east I and the west, A despatch reaching here from Amsterdam says thousands of German troops have passed through France. i That activity may be the forerunner of a renewed German offensive In tbe west under the eyes of Emepror Wil liam or it may simply be intended to offset, reinforcements Great Britain' has been throwing lately Into the' y French field of hostilities. As the sit uation appears to stand today, the al- , ies in the west continue more, on the offensive than defensive and every day shows slight gains to their cred- t. . - - .. - May Observe Christmas. It is believed that notwithstanding the failure of the plan for an armi stice over Christmas, some sort of a lull will set in Christmas day itself. London newspapers have decided unanimously not to publish on ChriHt mas day, and the official press bureau will suspend its activities irom tne afternoon of December 24 until the evening of December 25. , Thousands of tons or unnsunas pres ents have been sent to all the fronts. The distribution and enjoyment oi those eifts is another argument ior the probable suspension of hostilities wherever that Is possiDie. v Germans Invade Angola. Lisbon Dec. 23, via Paris. (6:25 A. M.) Germans have again invaded An gola, Portuguese West Africa. That was 'announced in the chamber of dep uties by the minister of colonies who : said the Germans had made a " fresh , attack on the military post at Naulila, in th nrovince of Angola. . - The commander of the post, Colonel Rocadas, the minister stated,' had only a small force at his disposal and re treated to obtain reinforcements. By Associated Press. , i , ; Paris, Dec. 23 3:14 p. m. The chamber of deputies voted unanimous ly today an appropriation of 8,500,000, 000 francs- (11,700,000,000) to cover the exnenses of the next six months. j. including thee oJ oi ta ' . - The first invasion of Angola occurr ed late In October, acordlng to reports from Laurenco Marques, east. Africa, when a small party of German cavalry ; arrived at Naulila and asked for an interview with the. commander. A ngnt occurreo, w jSoatiaued oa Paw ; r w . 4 4 Suite LUUlUiv. v-- teraii 8eTML years. Imittee and not upon his ownjnotton. . he p vital importance
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