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7V WEATHER tmm. PAGES MAIL EDITION Fair; Little Change in Temperature " Asheville's Lives t N ewspaper T ' o d a y's N e w 8 To day Not T o m or r o w E v e r y Da y in the Year VOL XXII. NO. 284. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 17, 1917 PRICE FIVE CENTS FURTH lERENSRY HAS Fl ENEMY SHELL HIT AMERICAN Several Casualties Caused By ShrapnelSome of Men Wounded Last Two Days Have Died Americans Witness . First Aerial En counterSoldiers Cited for Bravery With the American Army in France, Nov. 1 6. (Delayed. (By the Associated Press.) The artillery fighting in the sector held by American troops has become even more lively and there have been further casualties, shrapnel wounding some men in the trenches. ..'. An enemy shell hit an American gun today and caused cas ualties. Some of the men wounded in the last two days wire died. : AMERICAN BATTERIES REPLY. The American batteries have been firing rapidly in return and it is considered certain that more damage and casualties fuive been caused in the German lines than the Germans have inflicted on the Americans. Patrolling continued actively last night. , FIRST AERIAL ENCOUNTER. American troops tvitnessed their first aerial encounter to day. Three enemy airplanes appeared overhead. Soon all of them except one fled at the approach of five French machines. One of the French outmaneuvered this German and "got on his tail". The German aviator then bolted. The rattle of machine guns finally died away as the two airships disappeared to the west. ',): Mentioned For Bravery. The French General commanding hte sector has mentioned in the dis patches fteen pincers and soldiers, in cluding three who were killed, for ex cellent military qualities and for brav ery displayed in tho recent trench raid. A note accompanying the citations says that between 8,000 and 10,000 shells were used in the attack which had been in preparation for three months, down to the finest details. The results obtained by the enemy were very small, he having been un able to penetrato more than the first line trenches becaus of the resistance of the American soldiers with riflo and pistol fire and hand grenades. The enemy had to content himself, the citation continues, with carrying off a few prisoners. General Order. The general in the order mentions tho company commanded by Lieutenant (name deleted by censor) as follows: "On the night of November 2-3, this company which was in the tinea for the first time met an extremely vio lent bombardment despite which it seized arms and oyered such stubborn resistance that the enemy, though nu merically superior, was obliged to re tire." The general specially cited in the A deciding iFeaturc. The 27 prize ballots that are to bo awarded to the 27 contestants the The TIMKS Great Circulation Campaign after today will no doubt be the deciding feature as to who the prizes will be awarded at the end of the campaign. There are nine prize ballots to be awarded to nine contestants in each of the three divisions. The largest prize ballots for the contestant send ing in the largest number of sub scriptlons for last week and for this week will be 900,000 votes. This is beside the regular and spe cial club votes. The second larg est will secure 800,000; third, 700, 000; fourth, 600,000; fifth, 600,000; sixth, 400,000; seventh, 800,000; eighth, 2000,000, and the ninth, 100,000. Subscriptions can be paid at the main office, to collectors or at the campaign office during the day and the campaign office will be open until a late hour this evening to receive subscriptions. Those who reside at points other than Asheville can secure subscriptions until late in the day and mail them any time before midnight tonight. Rural route people cat give the mall man their letters Monday. The subscriptions will count on this offer when they reach the office. GASUALTIES order of the day Corporal James Gresham and Privates Merle D. Hay and Thomas F. Enright, . "who died bravely in hand to hand fighting with the enemy, who had penetrated the first line." The others cited, "who showed excellent military qualities," are Second Lieutenants M. C. Laugh lin, R. O. Patterson and E. F. Erick son; Sergeant John Arrowood, Cor porals liavid M. Knowles, and Homer Givens and Privates Chas. Massa, "Wil liam B. Thomas, Geo. ITurd, Boyce Wade, Robert Winkler and John J. Jarvis. IEUI0H CHECK Line Has Not Been Pene trated for Important Gain Intense Artillery Duel Along the Piave River From Lake Garda to the Adriatic sea over the Aslago plateau and down the Piave valley the Italians are holding the Austro-Germans in check. Nowhere has the Italian line been penetrated for important gains, al though the enemy pressure is very strong. Teutonic attacks have been repulsed with heavy losses every where in the mountainous region ex cept around Cismon in the Sugana valley, northeast of Asiago. The Intense artillery duel contin ues along the Piave. The invaders have been unable to make further crossings of the river. At the riv er's mouth the enemy advance has been held up If not stopped complete ly through the Italian action in open ing the flood gates of the Piave and Sile rivers resulting in the inunda tion of 70 square miles of terrain. Attempts to cross the river further north have been defeated by the Italians. The Teutonic force which crossed at Zenson is held on the riv er bank by the Italians. In the other war theaters there has been no Intensive fighting. A French attempt to cross the Allette river southwest of Laonne, Berlin reports, was repulsed. - The French reached ta northern bank of the stream but a German counter attack threw them back to their original position on the southern side. ITALIANS HOLDING SIX ARE DEAD AND THREE MISSING IN SCHOOL DISASTER Another Body Was Found Today in Ruins of Catholic Hill School for Colored Children Addie Logan, Reported Missing, Found at Home of Friends Another charred body was found this morning in the smouldering ruins of the Catholic Hill school for colored stu dents, bringing the number of bodies recovered from yesterday s fire to six. Little Addie Logan, mourned yesterday by her par ents as lost in the flames, was last night found at the home of a friend where she had gone for the night. The body found today has not yet been identified, and the number of unidentified dead still stands at two; one of the two unidentified dead found yesterday, was today recognized as Hannah Simolton. There are still three children missing and workmen under the direction of Chief James H. Wood are re moving debris from the recitation room in the northeast corner tf the building where it is believed to be certain that other bodies will be found. 11 . THE LIST. Identified dead: Hannah Simolton. Henry Pearson, jr., (Thompson). Elsie Pearson (Thompson). ' Mary Jamaison. Unidentified dead : Ttvo children. Missing: Hazel Harris, Inez Davis, Daisy Dobbins Tho Injured. Three children injured, now in the Mission hospital, ar edoing well today. These are eBatrice Henderson, burns on face and hands and back injured; Helen Pa vis, burns on face and body; James Henry, injury to back in jump ing from the third story. Annie Wal ker and Katie Shuford suffered only slight burns. Ernest Ingram and Viv ian Sargant weere slightly injured on the fire escape., These students having only minor injuries were taken to their homes. , The origin of the fire, which spread through the lower stories of the build ing before it was discovered, and ap parently burned 19 minutes before the alarm was turned in, it still a mystery. Three experts today examined the boiler and reported to Commissioner of Public Safety Ramsey that it was still in good condition except from damage caused by falling brick. The safety valve of the boiler is intact and Mr. Ramsey stated that the rumors that a boiler explosion caused this dis aster are nothing more tha nufounded reports. When Mamie Martin, teacher of the 4B grade, located on the fourth floor, smelled smoke about 11:30 o'clock and went to investigate, she saw flames coming from the furnace room. Carrying out instruction given to all the city school teachers, she at once notified every teacher In tho building to call for fire drill, warning them that this time it was a stern reality. Returning to her room this teacher called for fire drill. "But we've had one drill today, teacher," said one pupil. "Yes; but we must have another now." the teacher replied. "Teacher, it's a fire! I smell the smoke," the child answered, and im mediately this grade was thrown into some confusion. Standing with her back to the door, which was closed but not locked, Mamie Martin brought some order out of the chaos and all her grade but two marched out to safety. Reports spread that some of the teachers had locked the doors, but this appears to be an irresponsible rumor. In the first place, Commissioner Ram sey stated today that the teachers are not allowed to have keys to their rooms; so that they could not have locked the doors If they had wanted to. Mr.- Ramsey, Chief Wood, Super intendent of Schools Howell and As sistant Fire Chief Duckett all Btated today that the teachers deserve com mendation for the success they achiev ed in maintaining discipline which un doubtedly saved scores of lives. There must have been cases of panlo which could not be overcome; it is probable also that smoke and flames overcome some who hesitated or broke ranks and were lost in the smoke. When Chief Wood and his men reached the building it wns Impossible for them to enter it and they stood at doors and windows sending In the streams of water while melting glass fell around them. There are many reports that the Are was seen by a number of people Id to parts unknown for ten minutes or more, from a dis tance, before the alarm came in. Near ly 20 minutes after the fire started, somebody telephoned the alarm. There is no telephone in the school house and the nearest place to the school from which a call could be made is Valley street, which runs along the base of Catholic Hill, sev eral hundred feet from the building. Mr. Ramsey stated today that every effort had been made to render the building safe. But the only absolute ly safe building for schools is a con crete structure from basement to roof, he added. The Fire Spread Quickly. The fire spread with incredible speed and fierceness and when tho alarm came In to the fire station the flames had gained great headway. From the confused reports available while the fire was raging it appeared that the building was filled with smoke and fire before the alarm was given in the school. Teachers at tempting to form their grades into fire-drill formation were met with panic-stricken students who dashed for duors in some cases or Jumped desperately from the windows. In most of the seven rooms, how ever, the discipline was good, and it is believed that only the excellent or der in which a majority of the stu dents marched from the blitzing house, prevented a terrible casualty list. It so happened that a half hour before the fire broke out the entire school had gone through the fire drill, the teachers state; as it is customary in all the city schools to have fire drills at regular periods. It is reported that one teacher locked the door to her room in order to form a line of march but that several of the students smash ed the door and that some of them jumped through a window. The building stands on a hill above Valley street and It took several min utes to drag the hose up in range of the fire but In a few minutes after the alarm came in three or four lines were playing on the house. Fanned by a strong north wind, however, the flames ate steadily from one floor to another and were soon bursting through the roof. Frantic mothers searched madly through the crowds of men, women and children scattered over Catholic Hill and Valley street in the effort to find their children; but it will be hours before they know whether or not the search is in vain. It is reported that the fire was first seen from the city market and that the alarm was turned in by some body at the market. The bell sounded at ten minutes of noon, and in approximately throe minutes the flames were bursting from the windows in the basement, where one grade was located, and by the time the first fire truck reach ed the scene the fire was uncontroll able. In u very short time, however, the firemen had laid six lines of hose and were attempting to check the flames which wero now leaping high above the roof and from tho windows on all sides of the three-story struc ture. Finding this task fruitless, the de partment turned part of the 3,000 feet of hose in action on buildings nearby (Continued on Page 2) DEFEATED IN BATTLE, DESERTED BY ffl PREMIER I APPROVES IF IR Endorses Action of the Rev. W.R. Shelton In Enter ing National Army THE BISHOP CAME VERY NEAR GOING The Six Clerical Delegates To General Conference Have Been Elected The two outstanding features at this morning's session of the Western North Carolina conference were the final selection of the clerical delegates to the next session of the General con ference and the formal statement of the conference in relation to the world war, a statement ringing with patriot ism and loyalty. Tho Clerical Delegates. Four ballots were required to select the delegates. The final result is as follows: , Rev. Dr. 11. M. Blair, editor of the Christian Advocate. Circe nshoro. Rev. nr. C. W. Ryrd. pastor of the Central Methodist church. Asheville. Rev. Dr. E. K. Mrl.artv, pastor of the Centenary Methodist church; Winston-Salem. Rev. H. C. Sprinkle, presiding elder, Mount Airy district. Rev. J. E. Wonlsev, pastor of the East Greensboro circuit. Rev. J. II.- Rarnhardt, presiding el der. Greensboro district. The selection sends to the General conference, two presiding elders, two pastors of city churches, one editor, and one pastor on a circuit. How Bishop Feels. When the report of the board of Sunday schools was read this morning and the announcement made that Rev. V. R. Shelton. the field secretary in charge of the Sunday School work of the conference has resigned, entered the army and is at Camp Jackson, a commissioned officer in the National nrmy. tho conference acknowledged the patriotism of Mr. Shelton with tremendous npplnuse. Bishop Atkins said that ho had received a brief letter from !lr Shelton requesting that, he be relieved from the work in order that he might enter the army. Pre suming that it was his purpose to ac cept a place as rhaplaln, Bishop Atk ins relieved him to enter that service, and In reply Mr. Shelton said that he was not satisfied except on the firing line. Bishop Atkins said, "I wrote him that T had no authority to appoint him to kill men, hut that I would turn him loose and let htm go at tho work, for I heartily approved of It." In a moment the conference was In earnest. Motion after motion was made In an endeavor to take some no tion, not opposed to the law of the church by which the presiding bishop could bo requested to appoint Mr. Shelton to some place as an endorse ment of the stand he had taken. Oth ers, equally patriotic, explained that the purpose was that the conference "ring clear," In the matter and tell tho "world and Germanv. too.'' where the Western North Carolina Methodist conference stood. Bishop Atkins said. "If Germany knew how near I came to entering the nrmy. it would have trembled In its boots." Dr. Byrd told how ho wished he could go and said: "I am on tho wnltlmr list." V.iMlorses Action. Finally, the conference, by a rising vote, went on record na henrtllv en dorsing the step taken by Rev. V. R. Shelton, Tho presiding bishop was requested to make such npnointment as would recognize the loyalty of Mr. Shelton and hold his name on the con ference roll. There w a strong sentiment In favor of request ln;r the Bishop to no- polnt. lr. Shelton as lieutenant In the United States army, a formal recogni tion of the appointment already made by the United States, but when Bishop (Continued on Face 2.) c AGAINST GERMANY Tide of Events Has Turned and Moscow Is in Control of Bolsheviki Kerensky's Forces Defeated at Tsarskoe-Selo No Sympathy for Premier, His Officers Having Turned Against Him People Want Real Leader Defeated in battle by the of his own officers and men, Premier Kerensky is in flight and l is whereabouts is unknoivn in Petrograd. The head of Russia's provisional government was about to surrender to tlie maximal" ists under coercion when he disappeared. In Moscoiv the tide apparently has turiivd and the Bolshe viki are in control of the ancient Russian capital with the forces cf the provisional government besieged in the Kremlin. One report says heavy artillery is being used against the historic nails. Another declares a truce sheviki troops has been arranged. sons have been killed in Moscow Many Rumors Afloat. Geueral Kaledines, leader of the Cossacks is reported approaching the city with relief for the Kerensky forces. A third armed force sup posed to be composed of released con victs, la. said to be fighting both Bol sheviki and government troops. Prior to his sudden flight. Premier Kerensky had seen his force, mostly Cossacks, defeated by the Bolsheviki near Tsarskoe-Selo, now In the hands of the revolutionists. The Bolsheviki KERENSKY FLEG. SE Agreed To Come To Petro grad With Guard But Left While Preparations Were Being Made Petrograd, Nov. 16, noon (Delayed). Deserted by most fo his officers and virtually ordered to surrender to the Bolsheviki, Premier Kerensky evaded the guards sent fur him and has dis appeared. General Dukhonin has re sumed temporarily the post' of com mander in 'chief of the Kerensky forces, recently defeated at Tsarskoe Selo. General Krasnoff, former comman der under Kerensky and wno was ar rested with other members of the premier's staff, has been released. General Krasnoff's report concerning the disappearance of Kerensky con firms the rumor that he fled under disguise Premier Kerensky. when told that his officers were against him and that his men were on the point of desert ing, agreed to come to l'ctrograd, but while a guard was being arranged he dropped out of sight. "At 3 o'clock on the afternoon of November 1 (old style November 14 new style), I called at the quarters of the commanded in chief," said General Krasnoff. "He appeared nervous and excited. " 'General,' said he. 'you have be trayed me. Your Cossacks say they will arrest me and give mo up to the sailors.' " 'Yes,' I answered, 'such a discus sion is now going on. There appears to be little sympathy for you.' " 'Do the officers feel tho saml way'." he asked. " 'Yes.' " 'What shall I do? Will I have to commit suicide'.'' ' " 'if you are an hnoest man you will go to petrograd under a while flag and appear before the revolutionary committee, where you will negotiate as head of I he government. "Kerensky agreed to this and he was promised u guard, lie objected to a guard of sailors on hie ground that some enemies were among them He wanted to wait until night but finally agreed to make the trip by day light. I went nud called Colonel Kish koff, of the Tenth Don Cossacks, and ordered him to appoint a guard of (Continued on Page 2) D SCU Bolsheviki and deserted by most between govet nmqnt and Bol Between 2,000 and 5,000 per since the outbreak of the revolt. troops were commanded by members of the old ai istocracy and former army officers. A traveler, returned from the Cau casus, reports that while conditions in most provinces are not abnormal, there is no sympathy with Premier Kerensky. He believes that the Rus sian people want a leader who will maintain authority an dorder. The Cossacks in Kuban, Astrakhan and the Don region have united and formed their. own government. KERENSKY ARMY BIOL! DEFEATED Heavy Losses Suffered By Cossacks Few Bolsheviki Were Killed Aristocrats Command Radical Forces Petrograd, Nov. 14. (Delayed) Th ebattle in whjch Premier Kerenskv was defeated began last Saturday and continued until Monday night, accord ing to the commander in chief of the Bolsheviki staff. The premier had ti.OOO Cossacks and several hundred military cadets with considerable ar tillery. The maximalist force included four guard regiments, several battal-. ions of sailors and numerous detach ments of the red guard. Many of the Bolsheviki soldiers were wounded and a few were killed. The Cossacks in Kerensky's forces or.ee attempted a charge near Tsar skoe-Selo but suffered heavy losses after which they letired into the town. The maximalists now hold Tsarshoe Selo. Tho correspondent of the Associated Press visited the scene of the fighting today and was surprised to find aristo cratic officers commanding the Bolshe iki. A colonel of one of the famous Pet rograd guard regiments is now com mander of the Bolsheviki staff. De scribing the fight, he said: "Tho battle began Saturday and continued until Monday night. Our forces were under a continuous shell fire and many were wounded. Only u lew ner mutu. ji uu umH a rquadrnn of Kerensky's Cossacks at tempted a charge near Tsarskoe-Selo, A vqUey caused them heavy losses. This was the last active attempt of the Kerensky forces to attack and af terward they retreated. We now hold Tsarskoe-Selo." One soldier who had been captured by Cossacks and had escaped to his own lines told the correspondent that Kerensky'; Cossacks had determined to surrender unless ho was able to re inforce them with "GO. 000 troops," The premier, the soldier said, promised to get them. The correspondent made a tour of the battle Held in a Petrograd droshky whose driver calmly directed his fat horso over the military road. (Continued on Pag I) into - l ,-...,. i.i rt,
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