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tviUf PAGE& MAIL EDITlOi THE WEATHER Fair Tonight; Partly Clouddy Tuesday 1 1 Asheville's Livcst N ewsp aper T o d a y s N e w s To day No t T o m o r r o w Ev e r y D a y i n the Ye a r VOL. XXII. NO. 293. ASIIEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 26, 1917 PRICE FIVE CEN ITALIANS HOLDING TEUTONS IN GHECK D ESP ITEJRTT ACKS Austro-Germans Have Been Making Strong Attacks on Asiago Plateau FRANCO-BRITISH TROOPS ON JOB General De Giorfiioz Confi dent That His Defensive Lines Will Hold From Lake Garcia to the Adriatic tho Italians continue to hold the in vading Austro-Germans in check. 1-hiding it impossible to break through the line directly west of Piave river, the enemy lias been making very strong attacks on the Asiago plateau where ho was defeated last week in an attempt to encircle the important Monte" Mcletta position. . The fighting has been most severe, tho Italians resisting counter attack after counter attack. Fast of the plateau between the J-renta ami the Piave only artillery has been active. Along the Piave the Get-mans are showing signs of activity but their efforts have not been fruit ful. Attempts to cross the river on pontoons were crushed by the Italian artillery (Ire. I-'ranco-Ilritlsli Troops. Italian Army Headquarters in Northern Italy, Nov. 2n. (Delayed) ' ( Hy tho Associated Press) Solid ranks of Franco-llritish infantry -with niuiicry anu supply trari were seen by the correspondent ti'day within 1 .l f .u . I -in- ... V. . ! sound of the battle on the Italian northern- line. They had hem on an eight day march. Tho correspondent wan on a tour of the northern fighting ront where the great battle Js continuing. Major General De Giorgio, was found com manding the extreme left of the Fourth army at the point where tho j fighting was heaviest, r Throughout yesterday and today the battle in the mountains has devel- oped In u steady succession of heavy I mai-Ks anu counter auacKS, witn oc- casional brief intervals for reforming tho lines and reorganizing new posi tions. Twelve different enemy assaults have been made within a few hours, but the Italian lines had not yielded a foot and General De . Giorgio was calm and confident that the defensive line would hold until reinforcements arrived.- Staff officers from headquarters were taking the trip along the line and the route lay straight north into the. fighting zone. Koon there were evidences of a bitter struggle just flbpHf! fill ll llllll' tVlra l-niltrt l.innr llnAH of Italian infantry, decimated in the last fnw davs. were rnfm-riiinn- in . I turn to the flglil. Thev showed ef-j illative program of the session of con feet 'of the fearful strain, but there Press which is to open December S, was no trace of wavering and tho long "Hi probably run on until autumn, In lines breathed a spirit of eimeiness. )'lie opinion of leaders here today. In In another zone a sight which stir- ! the wake of these right-of-way nieas red tho blood was when solid ranks ! urea, a host of ot hers of domestic con of allied reinforcements crowded the : cern like prohibition and woman snf roads. Already they were well within frage will be pressed for oonsidera sound of the rumble of the guns and tion. the boom from tho battle off in the distance could be heard above the gallop of the cavalry, the tramp of the infantry and the clamor of tho batteries and supply trains. It was a dark day, with a gray sky, but the whole scene seemed to lighten tip as the color of the Italian gray was tinted everywhere with British khaki and French blue. They half been on the march eight days, making more than fifteen miles a day. T Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 26. The police department today continued Its Inquiry into Saturday night's tracredy which resulted In the death of nine members of the police force and two others when a bomb, intended for the supposed destruction of tho Italian Kvangelical church exploded In the police station. According to the police nothing has been uncovered to Indiana the bomb planting or the explosion had con nection with atinrchlstic or anti-government activities. Will Not Hold Dinner. New York, Nov. 28. For the first time In 18 years the "amen corner" will not hold its annual dinner this year. The dinner had been planned for December 15, but he directors of the "corner" decided yesterday that it would be contrary to the spirit of the times to have the usual jovial func tion with the country at war. All the tickets had been subscribed and the money will be reminded. SEE PAGE 5. The vote standings In Tho TIM ICS Circulation Campaign will be published tomorrow. The arti cle on Pago 6 will tell you about the progress of the campaign. French Ra i 'Here is a French railroad train in the hands of Americnas, who a few months ngo wore '-railroading-' on middle western lines. They are just a few of the railroad .men smii 10 France. Tht-y bad never benne seen the little engines and cars used in France, but it did not take them long to learn how to manage a train. This engine is near the battle line and has been employed hauling men and provisions to the British. Business Is at Standstill and Everybody Talking " Politics London, Nov. 2 G. Moscow Is under the complete control of the Bolshevik! military committee, according, to the Petrograd correspondent of The Daily Mail, who visited Moscow last week. M. Moralofu, a private sofdler, has been appointed commander-in-chief t 1,1 . ... n.li:n,.., .HutLlnt of the Moscow military district. The streets are filled with crowds of sight seers, the correspondent says, and the shnpH are open but business generally is at a. standstill as everybody is dis cussing politics. All administrative offices are in confusion. The relation between the classes and the masses are more strained then ever before and the masses are being told that the classes will have to pay their wages. The Bolsheviki have ordered the banks not to pay out more than 1511 rubles weekly on each account. but according to the correspondent the average family In Moscow cannot exist on this sum. Eli Washington. Nov. 26. Stupendous appropriation bills and other war leg Considerable sentiment has develop ed among representatives already here in favor of a declaration of war against Germany's allies, Austria, Tur key and .Bulgaria. There is expecta tion here that the president may deal with the subject in his opening ad dress to tho joint session of congress. i Siono Favors. ; Washington, Nov. 26. Declarations j of war against Austria, Turkey and jllulgarli. Chairman Stone, of the sen ' ate , foreign relations committee, de ! dared today, seem "exceedingly ad jvisable to simplify a situation now j anomalous." "We ore In fact." said he, "now at I war with Germany's allies." . WILL SELL PRINT PAPER AT THREE CENTS POUND New York, Nov. 26. News print paper manufacturers representing 8fi per cent of the print paper output in the country will sell news print to publishers at 3 cents a pound until April 1, and after that at a price to be fixed by the federal trade commission, under nn agreement reached today be tween the government and six or seven paper manufacturers charged with vlolution of the Sherman anti-trust law. 1 United States Judge Mayer signed a decree under which the News Print Manufacturers' association, whose ex ecutive committee Included five of the seven defendants, was dissolved. This decree, however, docs not take away from the defendants tho right to co operate between now and April 1 In placing facts before the federal trade commission as a basis for the price to be fixed. Kasiiig up on Harden. Amsterdam, Nov. 20. Maximilian Harden has been permitted to re publish his newspapor,- Die Zukunft, , according to Tho Tageblutt. Hcrr 1 Harden also 'will be allowed to con tinue his lectures, forbidden a month ' ago. ilroad Train Managed by Americans REPORTED THAT VILLA DEFEftTLU FEDERAUSTS Juarez, Mex., Nov. 20. The sudden changing of plans for troop move ments from Juarez tended to support reports received here during the last 24 hours that General Eduanjo Her nandez had met with a reverse in his cavalry drive against Villa northeast of Chihuahua City. A persistent rumor has been in cir culation that General Hernandez en countered an unexpectedly strong force of Villa men with artillery near Falomir,. live miles-north of the state capital. One report stated that Her nandez had returned to Chihuahua City to reorganize hif. campaign against Villa and had cancelled previ ous orders for the movement of co operative troops from Juarez. , Reports of political unrest in va rious states continue to be brought to tho border. GOVERNMENT LIKELY TO E vasnmgion, aov. zt. -Toe - .oniy acknowledgement the 1'nited States is likely to make at this time to the notes from the Bolsheviki delivered to all the ambassadors in Petrograd, will be 'IJ hup ui irn i-i. i ins a.-, nun- cated today by ofticials who s.ikI the question was being considered. 'Shoot to Kill" Order. New York, Nov. . 26.- Now York's many miles of waterfront is today guarded by police and soldiers.-. -The guards have "shoot to kill" orders ap plicable to persons who invade the barred zone without authoi iaztion. In Court Durinar Her Trial for Murder w K ? ..4V.--, ' ? w H "A vim WW 1 r i ;fe'i''iihrw:;(i I;; v ;-;.;, ;!:-?,-; f ;:--- .:-s-'.l ""::--:'&'iy.vif ,; . " V U-1M3. fcMANCk DUiSAULLt-O Mrs. Blanca De Saulles ,hte Chilean beauty, Is on trial nt Mlneobi, L. I., on the charge of having murdered her husband, John L. De Saulles, who was once a Yale football star. She shot he rhusband to dcuth in his Long Island home last summer because he' did not, or would not, return their five-year-old boy to her. The young woman is of a prominent fam ily of Chile, and was related to a pies- idem of that nation. . saw I SOCIALISTS COULD NOT Amsterdam. Nov. 20. Commenting! on the assertion of Leipzig Volks 1 Zeitung that the German government is pursuing annexation , aims in . the war, The Voerwaerts, the socialist organ says:; , . "According to the government's own declarations that is; incorrrect. If it were correct the social democracy would naturally have to take up a po- . . . , . ., sition of sharpest hostility to the gov- crnment. . . it it now comes 10 negotiations wiui the Russians, the tiermun govern ment will soon reconnize that it could not strive for any oilier peace than that which the German people desire. The, German people will not wage war five minutes longer in order that Po land may become Austrian and Cour land and Lithuania Prussian." GFRAILROADS GONSSOERED .-''; - . - . , '.. : , ,,',- , . ' ' Aaslnngton, Nov. 2 Government operation of railways, if the poolinpr plan docs not afford relief from the ti.e.-Kiu mm,., nun, was ueing foiisui- ired here today as the committee of 1 easu-rii uiira 6iiin- 1 orPfi to oerfect srenprnl ohms to lint the pooling arrangements into effect, Inquiry Postponed. Washington, Nov. 2ii. Absence senators on tne sun-committee ap - pointed to investigate Senator LnFol lette's St. -Paul speech last September caused a pnstponementtoday on the inquiry, probably until after congress reconvenes. 1 U m ' , lFOTy ?'?;a mm:: ?'jMil.. AT TRIAL OF MEftNS OPENED TODAY W CABARRUS GOURT Much Time Taken Up With Drawing and Charging of Grand Jury LARGE CROWD IS ATTENDING TRIAL Concord Man Charged With the Murder of Widow, j Mrs. Maude King j- Concord, N. C, Nov. 2G. The trial ! n 11. .litr.i ii. viiiuru v. 1 1 11 knv murder of .Mrs. Maude a. King, the wealth;.' widow shot to death here last August, began in. -the' supreme court here today . . - Solicitor Clement is 111 .charge of tho prosecution ami is assisted by h c. Caldwell, jot Statc'sville, and R..O. ' "Kverett. of Durham. The defense Is represented by a large array of coun- ! , sol, consisting of Judge Frank Osborne 1 and :. T. Cansler, of Charlotte, and I nearly every lawyer, in Concord. The long residence of the -Means family in this stateextending over more tr.an J.l' year-and the -wm- 'Z ZrJu l .trial. . The"-defense contends that the wo man accidentally shot; herself. The theory -of the prosecution Is . that Means,- as the woman's confidential n;,a oissipatea ner fortune. Alter court opened much time was tnken ,A.ith thc formality ot di.aw. ini? and chaining the grand jury call- t tllB tim th ..,.,, ,., was ordered . By agreement of both sides a special venire of 150 men were drawn. Se lection of a grand jury of 1H men had taken hull' of tho SO summoned for tho "special- term.. The names of the ISO were drawn in open court. Among them-were YV. If. lUngham, son of j Captain W; S. liingham. who was near I by -when' Mim. King was killed. History Of Case. ; Mrs. Maud A. King, wealthy Chicago,: and New York 'widow, was killed near I Concord August 29, last, while visiting i natives 01 .Means who was her busi-I upss agent. A local coroner's jury de cided she accidentally shot herself. I After the body was, taken to Chicago j for burial suspicions were aroused Iwliich cause an autopsy to be per- ! fl)nnPd, ni the Chicago coroner's , physician announced that the bullet wound in the back of the woman's ' h,.:,d which caused death, could have been self-inflicted. not Means. .Mrs Kinir and several : ),.., a. . , . : j Bl.t practice and Means and the W0I 1 man were alone for a short time at I BL'ii-kweldcr springs, near the field ofiwh,.f Mr Viiifr l - n . ui, ...nu ;,'. , the coroner's jury that .before bending over to drink at the spring lie placed a small pl.tol in the fork of a tree. A moment later he said, he heard a shot. and Mrs. King fell, dying almost in-1 stantly. The pistol lav marbv. He I called the other members of the tinrtv but Mrs. King was dead before they ! '"u them through Bourlon wood, arrived. Nightfall still found waves of In- The investigation started in Chi-' fan1 T surging back and forth through cago. was carried to Xew York and : the streets and among the houses, search of Means' apartments there rtis- j their crimson bayonets telling the closed evidence, which representatives ' story of the terrible conlllrt. Grndu of the district utturnev's office Kind ally the Germans fell back, the British Indicated Means had planned to get $J, 000. 000 for Mrs. King through an aneged second will of her husband. The latter in his first will had left her more than $1,000,000, and had be queathed the remainder of his fortune to a charitable institution near Chi-c-igo. flulcments that Means had been con nected with German agents also were j made by New York officials, and a fed. erai agent attended the preliminary hearing ncre hi September. At this I hearing which was the formal j opening of the case by Xnrth Caro I Una officials, counsel for Means con I sented to his being bound over after failure of litigation by which they .......... ... i,i,t mim:uiiii'i!ih seiz ed is Means' home in New York. Means was indicte.l November 1 In the Superior court of Cabarrus county and the trial was set for November 26.' Counsel or .Means successfully re sisted attempts of the state prosecutor to have the court grant a change of venue. I ROBBERS EOT RICH HAUL Cleveland. Nov. 26. Three iii;,'ht watchmen were found bound anil gagged in the vault at thc Highee com pany's department store early today where they bad been locked by four safe-blowers who had broken Into Un strung i.i x and escaped with 11 1 li b haul. Officials of the conioanv said tho saTo-blowers got between $5,0110 and $10,000 in cash and stole $111,001) worth of merchandise, Including Jewel- ry and furs. Tho watchmen said the cracksmen gained entrance to the building by posing as secret service men looking for German spies who were reported to buve plottod to Bet tire to the build- ing. BRITISH TROOPS DOMINATE REGION ABOUT 'CAMERA! After Two Days of Hard Fighting Genen Byng's Men Have Captured Bourlon Positioh -Civil Population May Be Evacuating Cart brai Nearly 10,600 Prisoners Taken to Dal British troops have raptured the high ground in Bourlon wot and now dominate the region about Cambrai. This succ emne after tuo days of the most vicious fighting and its impc lance is indicated in part by the fact that German traffic sout, east from Cambrai has been heavy, the probability being tij the civil population of the town has been removed. j CAPTURE OF BOURLON GREAT SUCCESS General Byng's latest triumph was one of hard and liero endeavor, In paying tribute to the 1 turd army, rield Marsh 1 7 .1 .1 . t .1. T 1 " - j ilaig declares that the capture of the tsoiirlon position crowi . moSf successful operation, and opens the way to the furthi ' " ' . , ' J exploitation of advantages already gained. Apimrenuy tft - j. '.11 ... I ' J .;..,?. It! lliruiSH coillirianuci iviii jjuaii, ma s,-pR Cambrai, three miles to the p D'SK-rntP Figlitin; Bourlon village changed hands three ., ,. .1 ...u wiiwrnriii ." ""i-" vT. i...r V.,,t :,,7a hr and ihe Germans! massing their best troops In efforts to retrieve the position which . means all to. the security of Cambrai, pressed back the British from parts of" the village -.: Sunday. General p.yng's men withstood attacks on the wood and hold the high ground intact. There also has been heavy fighting west of Moeuvres, southeast of Queant. What General Byne Has Done. In six days General P.yng's army has broken the Illndenburg line, taken a score of villages, secured the dofinat ing position west of Cambrai and over run territory ecpial in area to thai; gained in the first three months of the drive in the Ypres salient.. Nearly 10,00(1; prisoners 100 machine guns and much war material have been captured. French Victorious Around Verdun. Aroung Verdun, the pivot point of Bourlon Position By Spectacular Fightiw . British Army -.Headquarters in France, Nov. 25. Delayed)! By The Associated Press! This morning found the line of battle troops streteh- ,if !r,.,l l.-iiiv, t,.r,r,i-,- DtctnVi. ed in a semi-circle about Bourlon wood 1 aml uourion village wnicn nestles at i tlle northeastern edge of the forest. I Thfi line has been established in the face of dogged resistance by the Ger mans who had fallen back step by step fighting with the fury of despair. All day yesterday the opposing forces struggled bitterly at close quarters for possession of the little village from which the British were forced Friday I after gaining a footing in the rush that ' pressing forward with grim persistence which the enemy could not withstand and the hamlet was finally cleared of most of tho German troops. Today some few of the enemy still remained in Bourlon but all thc main streets had been cleared and it was surrounded by a strong British force. A little to the southwest unother in tonso Ktrnrrirlo was beintf statred in ! the village of Moeuvres hito which the British had battled their way with rllle and havonet and pushed the Germans out of the southern half. Flsewhere along the Cambrai front there was no Infantrv action of Importance. Nearly 10.000 Prisoners Taken. Prisoners continue to arrive at the British cages from the front. Nearly 10.000 captives have been counted. In cluding 200 otficers. In the caoture of Bourlon wood and village the British have acquired pos session of one of the most important points they have seemed since the great drive began last Tuesday. This high ground controls a wide sweep of territory mid -Its occupation holds out the possibility that the Germans even tually will be forced to withdraw their lines to the northwest. The Bourlon position also overlooks Cambrai, but this city might be a hard nut to crack because toe central part is walled and many suburbs radiate from it, forming natural barriers against art advance from the west. It seems possible that Cambrai might ul timately become a sort of No Man's laud, dominated bv the big guns of both sides and that this ancient town with it tine old cathedral and pictur esque walls would go the way of so Iliiinv other i-l:ices. May lie i:aetiatlng Canibrai. A large amount of trallic in the last few davs has been nourlnir out of Cam brai towi'rd the southwest Indicating the probaollity that the Germans have evacuated the civilian population and 1 a.. preparing for eventualities. That the Germans attached greatest ; Importance to Bourlon wood and the village was fully evidenced by their strenuous resistance and the intense counter attacks hurled against the British lines. Several counter thrums 1 uuimiiuge sun juiiiiki wiu, u east. the German line in France, there hi been heavy fighting in which tj French have been victorious. Aftf repulshing a strong German attack c the right bank of the Mouse near Hi 344 the French attacked the enert on a front of more than two miles ! tho same region. They occupied tli first and second German lines at captured more than 800 prisoners, j V Hnig's Statement. ! London, Nov. 26. The Germai have not repeated their attacks d the.Bourlon position west of Cambri since their failure of yesterday. Fiei Marshal Haig reported today. The statement issued by the war 01 lice reads: i "On Cambrai battle front the enem has not repeated his-attacks on tB Bourlon position since the failure his attempts at midday yesterday anj the situation is unchanged. -.. : '-; j "Northeast of Ypres there was coii siderahle artillery activity on hot' sides early last night in the Passcherf daele sector, but no artillery activiti developed." 1 Captured were delivered Saturday. Some sue ceeded temporarily, but the Bfitish imj mediately pushed forward and regain1 ed the lost ground. I The fighting over the wooded slonei ! of this elevation has been among tht most spectacular or the war, for thi occupation of the forest was due large ly to the work of tanks and airmei! who paved the way for the onrushind Infantry. A number of iron monitors led the advance to Bourlon wood Frii day with British planes circling ovei the enemy at a height of from 30 U 50 feet and carrying on a vigorou warfare with their machine guns anc bombs. Short and Decisive. S It was hard fighting, hut the ad vance was continued successfully until the northeast corner of the wood was reached where the tanks were held up by a strong force of the enemy. ' Brit-i ish airmen, who had been fightina cloe to the ground, deliberately charged down on the enemy Infantry with machine guns pumping a steady stream of bullets Into the German ranks. The battle WAS short and de cisive. The airplanes wheeled and re wheeled over the heads of the Gerr mans and maintained such an inten sive lire that the defenders were forced to retire after suffering considerable losses. The tanks then pushed on, the con quest of the wood being completed and an entering wedge having been driven Into the village. Almost Im mediately the Germans delivered a heavy counter attack on the troops who had penetrated the hamlet am! after a stiff engagement forced them to withdraw again to the edge of the wood. Saturday morning the British renewed the attack on the village. : Glory For British Troops. It was a battle In which the British troops gloried, for it took them back to the days of other wars when men, struggled In the open. The trying pe riod of lighting behind sand bag para pets was temporarily past and they were at close grips with the enemy; where thev could employ the bayonet. The Germans had rushed up reinforce ments which thev had obtained by- raking every available point on their, line. During the morning the enemy, advanced In strength from the north and threw themselves against tho; British line at the edge of the wood.; (Continued on Page 2) m MORE SHOPPING- Ul CHRISTMAS!- it y
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