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SALUDA, POLK COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1915.
ESTABLISHED MAY, 1894.
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SAILING
NINE DEMOCRATS UNEXPECTELY
JOINED WITH REPUBLICAN
v FORCES.
TRUST'S WORKr. SAYS REED
SHIPRUrtSE BILL I lr7;; I FIVE VESSELS SUNlT
Missourian Congratulates "Hoary Old
- Monopoly" on Invasion on Demo
''. cratic Territory. ' ;
Washington. - Nine Democrats n
Sthe Senate joined an alliance with
tWe- Republicans in an unexpected ,at
tekpt. to recommit the Government
hip-purchase bill. t, ' ';
The sudden revolt turned In a
twinkling an Administration advant
a"e intQ a defensive, which appeared
fafmost hopeless to. many . Democratic
header-?. , !
j Democrats who voted against the
'rulins of the chair were Bankhead of
Alabama. Camden of Kentucky. Clarke
Tot Arkansas. Hardwick of Georgia,
JBryan of Florida, Hitchcock of Ne-;
Wska,' O'Gorman of New York,'
'Smith of Georgia and Vardaman of
Mississippi. . ' 1 - I
1 Senator Clarke of Arkansas sprang
the surprise when he rose while Sen
ator William Alden Smith of Michigan
Vas 'concluding: a long speech against
ihe bill and asked him to yield tp a
notion. The Senator yielded knd
Senator Clarke, introducing his j. re
marks with an appeal for considera
tion of other legislation moved to
'send back the ship bill. , i
I The legislative peridemonium that
followed had not been witnessed in
the Senate in many years. - Senators
jpoured from the cloak rooms to the
Chamber.. The rush from the Repub
lican cloak room was even more im
mediate as they had beea forewarned.
El GERMAN ATTACK
SUBMARINES ! GET THREE IN
IRISH SEA AND TWO IN THE
ENGLISH CHANNEL.'
THE CREWS ARE ALL SAVED
It is Believed That the Crews of All
The Vessels Were Allowed to De
part from the Ships.
Ir G ABE E. PARKER
Gabe E. Parker, whom the president
appointed commissioner of the Five
Ciyilized tribes, is himself one-eighth
Indian and a member of the Choctaw
tribe.
London. The toll taken by the Ger
man submarine U-21 in its raid in the
Irish Sea in the vicinity of Liverpool,
stands at three ships-the steamers
Ben Cruachem Linda Blanche and
the Kilcoan, the last a small vessel.
The Kilcoan's crew was landed on
Isle of Man by a; coastwise steamer.
In addition- a German submarine
also torpedoed two British steamers
in the English Channel near Havre
the Tokomaru and the Icarian.
The Irish Sea raider escaped and
SERIOUS FIGHTING
IN EAST WAR ZONE
BOTH RUSSIAN AND AUSTRO
GERMAN ARMIES HAVE AS
SUMED OFFENSIVE.
QUIET REIGNS IN THE WEST
Campaign in the Carpathians Vital i
Both Sides Russians Are Attack
ing Austro-German Forces.,
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RAL ASSEMBLY
.J.
BRYAN
NO BUSINESS TRANSACTED BY
EITHER BRANCH OF THE LEGISLATURE.
APPROVES THE PRIMARY BILL
Also an Advocate of Recall. Pleads
For Woman's Suffrage. Crowds
Hear Speeches.
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PRESIDiNT YlTulS dILL shiping toterest confident e
leiurueu to ner uase, oruereu a
sumption of normal traffic.
re-
THE LITERACY TEST FOREIGN
TO THE AMERICAN IDEA, MR.
WILSON THINKS.
Effort Will Be Made to Pass the Bill
Over President's Veto, But Many
! Believe Cannot Be Done.
This under-water Emden is the ves
sel which last September torpedoed
in the North Sea the British cruiser
Eathfinder with' a loss of 246 lives
and later destryoed two British steam
ers off Havre. In addition to the
three vessels she is known to have
sunk she chased at least five other
steamers. These include the teamer
Graphic with 100 passengers and a
crew of 40 and the smaller boats At
reus, Ava Kathleen and Edymion. All
these vessels escaped in zig-zag
r MISS ANNA O'GORMAN '
Miss Anna O'Gorman, second daugh
ter of the senator from New York and
Mrs. O'Gorman, together with her
younger sister, Agnes, made her debut
recently in Washington society.
FIE! FROM CAPITAL CITY
Washington. President Wilson ve
toed! the immigration bill because of flight.
the literacy test for admission oi The Graphic's captain had his pass
aliens. His message was referred to senKers don nfe belts and sent the
WILL ESTABLISH NEW, SEAT OF
GOVERNMENT AT CUERNAVA-
CA NEAR BY.
the ! house immigration committee, 8toke hole so that the steamer could Commanded By General . Alvarado
the Carranza Forces Are Expected
to Enter Mexico CityiSoon.
who$e chairman, Representative Burn- keep up a full hed of steam. The
PROTECT AMERICAN INTERESTS
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Cruiser Montana and 600 Marines Are
. -Gathered at Haitian Port ' 3
Washington. The cruiser Montana
with 600 marines gathered from the
Atlantic fleet at Guantanamo. has
taken station off Port au . Prince,
Haiti, to protect 'American interests,
j A. report to the navy' department
Irom Rear Admiral Caperton, com
panding the naval forces in j Harden
Raters, summarized by Secretary
paniels, says: 'Conditions unchang
ed and quiet at Port an Prince."
Admiral Caperton, who commands
.he cruiser squadron of the Atlantic
Beet, has - taken his flagship,, the
jWashinrton ' from Cane Haitien to
ort au Prince. The gunboat Wheel-
ng is at Saint Marc. Although Ad-
iniral Caperton does not discuss the
military situation, it Is supposed that
G-eneral Gujfllaume's
ett. 'Will move that the measure be
passed over the veto. . u
;'f'ilci'''lnform'ai discussion among
members of the house followed re
ceipt of the veto and there were many
who
captain also warned by wireless ves
sels, f rra- co'ming. Into the-, zone of the
submarine's activity.
The Allan Line steamer Scandina
London. With the armies in France
and Flanders recuperating aftepr stren
uous fighting of earlier days of the
week and no local actions being re
corded, Interest in the war situation
has been transferred to the Russian
offensive in East Prussia and the at
tempt of a strong Austro-German
army to dislodge the troops of Em
peror Nicholas from, their positions in
the Carpathians.
In East Prussia a Russian offensive
has developed in the extreme north,
where renewed fighting seems to con
firm a belief that a definite effort to
advance north of the Mazurian Lakes
district, where previously the Russians
were defeated has been decided on by
the Russian-General Staff.
More vital to both sides, however, is
the campaign . in the Carpathians,
where southwest of 'Dukla Pass the
Russians have delivered an energetic
attack. According to their: account of
the combat they compelled the Aus-
tro-Germans to retreat, leaving behind
ammunition and stores. This attack,
nnnnrMnt? tn military observers, indi
cates a Russian attempt to turn : the
flank of the Teuton Allies. Jf it would
havA KpHmis conseauences for the
larira Aiist-rrvnerman army in and
about the Carpathian Passes.
Russian military experts anticipated
that the Austrians will deliver their
main:a$taQk,yith,their ,ejxtrjemevTlgnv
in Western Bukowina, aiming
Raleigh. The initiative, referen
dum and recall, extending even to the.
udges, woman's suffrage and the ex
tended application of the income tax
for national and for state revenue, to
gether with a presentation of the re-
ation of the legislator to 'his con
stituency were the overshadowing
features of the address of William
Jennings Bryan, Secretary of btate
ia-'Presideht Wilson's Cabinet, to the
memiDers : or tne iNorin arouna veu-
eral Assembly.
These views of Government policy
were presented in a clear-cut manner
and without regard to whether the
North Carolina law-makers had any
predictions in these directions or not.
The initiative and referenrum, he
insisted, are fundamentals of Demo
cratic principles, and he was for them
to
requ
believed the two-thirds majority
red to pass the Dill could not
ident Gaza and his Government left achieve a signal victory and thus give
vian from St. John, N. B., January the Capital for Cuernavaca wnere a Mv ,V. Z
22 for Liverpool with 500 passengers new seat of Government will be stab- tmng ""- tn
on board, learned i of the raid of the lished.
U-21 and put into1 Queenstown. After The last contingents of the army of
1 n Tmmlcrratfon nill.Q fllll-
telnihe literacy tests were vetoed by remaining in Queenstown for a short evacuation have passed out and the
a and President
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time the steamer proceeded for Liver-
Taft.J but both failed of repassage.
Senate leaders insist there would be
no trbuDle in repassing the bill in the
uppei house. That was done in the
Taft ladministration but the lower
housej failed to muster a two-thirds
majority.
. In his veto message President Wil-
DACIA SAILS WITH COTTON.
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Will Follow Usual Course and Make
No Efforts to Avo)d Capture.
Galveston, Texas. The steamer
army of occupation lingers on the out
skirts of the city, but is expected to
enter soon. j
All the commercial houses and
banks and even private dwHings are
barred and shuttered, although no dis
order has attended the fleeing of the
Zapata and Villa forces. f
The National Palace, the Federal
and other
present it Is said is uncertainty as to
what Bulgaria will do. Bulgaria it is
asserted still demands that part of
Macedonia now under Serbian rule as
the price of her neutrality and Serbia
is reported unwilling to make this con
cession.
CARRANZA TAKES MEXICO CITY.
Caiv
Dacia recently transferred from Ger
man tn AmArifran rs-istrv and whica 1 teleeranh and nostoffices
. . . 1- 1 -1 Al Unin ! I ..... i -1
aon tOld tne nouse wmcu wmuiHw tt British Government has declared Government estaDiisnmenis are
the hill, that he had no pride of opin-
rtf ThA inmmine Carranza forces
nnral Orbreaon Meaa ot me
ranza Forces Now In Capital. -
MPTiro Citv The capital is again
in possession of the forces of General
Carranza who. while acting , as pro
visional president was forced to leave
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HON, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN..
Ion Op the question and that he wi.3 war sailed for Rotterdam via Norfolk are commanded by General Alva-1 . rJt In November under
threat of Villa'and Zapata's' advancing
troops. The new authorities nave re-
even to the recall of judges even
though his own father was a judge.
'and a good one, too," boasted the
not foolish enough to profess to know ith rreo of 11.000 bales of cotton rado. former post commander here
the wishes and ideals of America bet- f trana-shiDment to Bremen. Food prices have soared beyond the
ter than the body, of her chosen Rep- Ca. George McDonald, master of reach of the needy. The supply of T f ' . - d and a general feel- speaker. In advocating woman's suf-
resenxauves Knuw-iuwu. i " the vessels, announcea tnar tneuacia 100a is low anu uuwsa
revolutionary however, whether the bill rested upon wouid foiihw the usual course of trav- line to Vera Cruz is opened soon it is
forces are nearing Port au Prince to the conscious and universal assent and no fineciai effort would be made believed there will'be much i suffering
attack President Theodore at the and djesire of the American people and tQ avoid capture. The cargo, valued The Government's decision to quit the
capital. pointed out tnat no poiuicai yanjr bv the shippers at J880.000. was in- CaDital come after a heatea qiscusbiuu
Avr had avowed a policy Of restriC- nt the convention. It
v v - " m- - I Dili til J W hll V J Y J A W Mr A A V AM Ik I fX. . f CS OUIUU w m.
Revenue Collections Short. tlon In this fundametal matter gone to Bureau but it is stated insurance on was decided President Garzaj his Gov
Wasftington-V-Revenue collections the country on it and been commis- bottom was refused. ' eminent and members of the conven
fy the Government in January failed sione4 to control its legislation.
py 5S.166.427 to meet the month's dis
bursement. Receipts usually are low
p this time of the year but in Janu
ary, 1914, the excess of disbursements
'as only $.4,512,262. Neither customs
or Internal revenue brought in the
xpected . returns. Customs receipts
er- r,,r,r,8,193, compared with $23,-
28,080 in January. 1914, and $14,890,-
2 in 'December.
L Wheat Prices Soaring.
Chioago. Smashing of high record
ar Prices .continued in the wheat
arkerhere. On top of an advance
t week ranging from 7 1-2 to 8 3-4
stations jumped as much as 2 1-8 at
e very outset.. May delivery selling
$1.54 a bushel as against $151 7-8,
hen the market closed last week. In
casing urgency of European demand
r what was indicated by a decided
esfi upturn in prices at Liverpool.
SMALL BATTLES EVERYWHERE.
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French Claim Germans Have Lost
1 20,000 Men.
London Although no big battles,
as baitles go in this war, have been
fought of late, there have been engage
ments In all the arenas from Asia
tic Turkey to the English Channel in
which) the losses in men and material
probably have been greater in the
The Dacia cleared January 22. Un- tion should proceed after midnignt to
favorable weather conditions, accord- Cuernavaca. Colonel uarza ana wu..
Irov r V, no ntotn ilolovod tha linn Q r. I P.naetn QontrtSPrtT fK TP. TePOrted tO
ture of the vessel for several days and have departed on a special locomoiive.
then it was explained that no attempt The deputies who have not leit ai-
would be made to sail until important ready will be forced to proceed trom
nonaro warn TiXn otvoH frnm tho rownor I V.a Htt in antrmfhileS aS there IS
E. N. Breitung of New York. no fuel for the locomotives, j
Rear Admiral Montagu Dead. TURK INVASION OF EGYPT.
London. Admiral The Hon Victor
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A. Montagu is dead. Rear Admiral F:r8t skirmish of the War In Suez
Bontagu was 79 years old. He served j Canal Region Occurs,
ins- of confidence prevails.
It has been determinea tnat iu
shooting whicn occurea oeioic
national palace, when Gen. Alvaro
Orbregon at the head of the Carranza
fnros. reached that place was aouw
by snipers who were hidden on the
cathedral roof. Gen. O0regon saia
the shots were undoubtedly directed
towards him. The perpetrators have
not. been captured. Three soldiers
were killed and a number wounded
rinrlner the fighting.
All saloons are closed. Commercial
houses and banks declare they will
resume business immediately.
20,000 additional Carranza troops en
tered the capital. The Zaptista troops
have retreated southward.
aggregate than in many of the battles with the fleet in the war with Russia London. The, advance guard of the
According to rencn re
of history
ports. German attacks against the
allied lines in Flanders, France and
Alsace on the first three days of the
week cost them 20,000 men, to which
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French Official Statement.
Paris It is comparitive quiet along
the battle line in France, judging from
must be added the losses suffered in
repeated attacks on the Russian en
trenchments in Central Poland.
in 1855. in the China War of 1857 and nwiHcfcl rmv undertaking an inva-
with the naval brieade in the Indian reached the British the official announcement by tni?
muntiny of 1858. H in this region' took place. Official French war office. There were artille-
ya niaah was a small ai- w on era cements, some or tnem iairiy
reyuito 1 . . w 0-0 . - , 1 , , m tii.-.i.4.
Bread so Per Cent F our. Anw m British officer oeing v?niPTit. at different Places anu qtu9 uenerai w. i .u a.
, - . ' , i . . i.i XT oil Ivor invurnnr
xteureseuuativtro
fmere Mr. Brvan declared that no
state which lias tried it has ever turn
ed from it.
Effort for wOrld peace and the policy
of the Administration to this end, and
tributes to the official-course of Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels constitut
ed a pleas.ing prelude to discussion
of legislative matters. The theme
was really, according to previous in
dication, "Man's Duty to Govern
ment." He spoke on "Man s neiaiion
to Sociey," in the auditorium of the
North Carolina Social Service Confer
ence, and stated that he would at
Durham discuss "Man's Duty to His
God," thus in the three addresses
covering the whole scope of the three
fold relations of man.
Mr. Brvan was heard by 3,000 or
more people in the city auditorium e
and by an audience that overflowed
the Representatives' Hall galleries
and jammed the corridors in his ad
dress to the legislators. He was in
troduced at the city hall by Attorney
in the
Vienna. The Vienna Zeitung pub-1 nrnnnnpA hut dispatches from Cairo or two infantry encounters are men
lishes a ministerial decree ordering declare the invaders suffered beverely tioned. Apparently, long sections of
that henceforth bread may contain no from the British machine guns. the line showed no activity wnatev-
All attacks In the West, the Allies' more than 50 per cent of flour or rye The dispatches do not disclose the er
announcements say, iaiieu eiceyi meai. xnc ICiuBimu6 t, Slz,e Ul uic ixxv- . r oiii
annouuwiuouw j, . r BWit4-oa o.h Qa nnt, rvioro east nfl Kan- District "Jim Crow BUI.
near qraonne, wuere it it . muo. , M . say uiC I woohintnnA bill bv Represent-
the Frencn lost 5W men, xargeiy ur mauc, tara wu.cn - nior-K nf Florida reauirine Dis-
cause Of the collapse of an. old quarry. - J is the terminus raB com-
lAiiiiom iui Rmuin nan i Dofoti tnn nnrner aLatiuii. uc- i un-i. .
I . j : I n t-vT-rvci n tx sonarate accommo-
New York. William M. Brown, tween Egypt ana ayna. .ine-uisuuiw yaiuw '""
n thf n T?afti to TCantara is 143 miles dations ror wmxe anu uKiu
feat on
Mexicans Executed.
I-arerio, Tex. Gen. Jesus Carranza,
Us son. Ahelardo. and Ienacio Peraldi,
embers of his staff, were executed by
jneral Stantibanez, former Constitu-
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uaant general wno aenecieq xo - "T - u rrwc,tfhiirth District of Pensvlvania
ita. according to telegram received that they repuiseu - - T n., hQ route.1 the in- bv the district committee
. . . I . 1 T nnnar AlonrA WIT n i anu 1 1.1 iiici jjicui.ti-ia.Mfc uui-iuvi v. 1 w Clio oiuuft 'v " - I
The Germans on the other hand,
assert tnat tney iumcLeu a -r... I t,7V tronta i lis miles
the Frencn at, uraonne aUu uT r , q f-vnmhlv renorted to the house
tne Jjri USLl ilclVl fliicru ill 1. w , , mt
om the first chief at Vera Cruz. heavy losses
the'
widow of General Carranba in the Vosges and upper Alsace, with and former
FLASHES FROM THE WIRES.
that state, died here of pneumonia.
Secretary; Bryan issued a statement
pnymg .the report that any nation
fd filed protest over proposed ship
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A , big sleet storm has done much
image in Chicago. ,
When the' Chicago women regis-
ed for the coming election they
re required to tell their ages.
The sunremft r.niirfr. has advanced !j
o M. Frank's appeal case until. Feb-
ary 23 on request of the coun-
lors. ....
Bia Storm in Texas.
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Vomer nun owwrk...w.. Dallas. Texas. The Eastern por-
New York John D. Rockefeller, tion of Texas and parts of Arkansas
Jr.. conferred witn represenianvea ui ani Oklahoma felt tne enepts oi a
the Colorado mine workers for two severe windstorm, which at Tyler,
and ft half hours in the offices of the Texas, and Malvern and Garland City,
president of the Rockefeller Founda- Ark a&SUmed the proportions of a
tion at! No. 26 Broadway, ine con- tornado. . Falling temperatures also
dition Of the employes of the Colo- were noted. No serious delay to
rado Fuel & Iron Co., of wmcn (Mr. traffic or communication v lines were
vaders would have had to -carry their
own water. Even El Kanatara is sup
plied by a pipe line from a fresh water
Consider Naval Appropriation.
Washington The House met to be-
cfrpam which runs under the Suez gin, consideration of the naval-appro-
u, w I ... , . i a. A -4 AO AArt
canal. priation Dili oarrying aoout fxo,uuu,-
000 Indications were that the meas-
NO Records ot mease annrnnrutinn -Mil Varry
Columbia, S. C.-Governor Manning a IMi was
in a special message to tne senate 7'- -'A ' t tft hftSpn
asked that the 'general assembly ap
point a committee to examine into
the fact that there were no records
Rockefeller, is a director, was discuss- reported: No death had been report- of tne previous administration. All
ed. Neither Mr. Rockefeller nor the ed Tyler, Texas, and
miners officials would discuss tne con- rep0rted the greatest
ferencein detail. Mr.; Rockfeller said age At Tyler the damage is estimat- t the judiciary committee for action.
there had been an exenange oj. vjbws. iei at approximately $io,uuu
Malvern," Ark., f these records are said to have been
property dam- removed. The message was referred
ed in the House and sent to the Sen
ate. Only two of the appropriation
bills the urgent deficiency and the
District of Columbia have passed
the Senate. All of the big supply bills
except 'the naval, the sundry civil,
pensions, have passed the house.
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Craig. The joint legislative commit
tee, consisting of Senators Gardner
and Cooper and Representatives Page
and Roberts of Buncombe had Mr.
'Bryan In hand and he was a guest at
the Governor's Mansion during nis
stay in the city.
There was a brief reception in the
executive offices of Governor Craig
between the two ,addresses, the Gov
nor and the state officers constitut
ing a receiving line with the distin
guished guest. Then there was a
luncheon at the mansion following the r
address to the legislators, with the.
legislative committee and the officers
of the Conference on Social Service
as guests with Mr; Bryan.
Neither branch pf , the Legislature
transacted"any legislative business.
In presenting Mr. Bryan to the
General Assembly Governor declared,
that he . first presented him to a North
Carolina audience 20 years ago .and
had averaged one or more such pre
sentations every year since and there
fore, ought to have his hand pretty ,
will in by this time. 'V''-V- !-v
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