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THE WEATHER PAGES MAIL EDITION Cloudy; Probably Rain o Asheville' s Livest News paper VOL. XXII. NO. 295. DISPLEASED INI! Strong; Resolutions Adopted at he Hickory Meeting Yesterday TURNED DOWN PURE AND SIMPLE VARIETY Organization Perfected for Four Congressional Dis trices Organize Clubs Special to The TIMES: Hickory, N. C, Nov. 28. Adopting resolutions which may bo accepted as the keynote of the next republican national campaign, the Western North Carolina Republican Clubs association adjourned late yesterday. Speeches were made by Thomas Settle of Ashe vlllc: Marlon Butler, A. H. Price and .lohn M, Morehead, Chairman Koh loss, of Salisbury,: presided at the meetings, and outlined the plan of the organization, which includes the for mation of a republican club In every voting . precinct in the four western districts, the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth. Two full time orgapizers will be put into the field at once for the purpose of organizing republican clubs. It was pointed out in the plan that no per sonal campaigning should be done by the organizers for any individual.' vio lation of this rule carrying the pen ally of discharge from such work by the central committee. A committee of six was named by each district to act on the central committee for the clnhs. Work is to begin at once in the field, and there is to be no let-up, ac cording to the action of this meeting, until the polls close next November. The Tenth district will be represent ed in the association's work bv Dan W. Hill of Asheville; K. O, Morris of llcndersnnville: I. M. Green of Old I'ort; George Sutton of Sylva; C. B. 1 leaver of Brevard and Rcpresetnativc McCall of Murphy, The only signs of the old-time fights in the republican meetings were dis played at the caucus Monday night v lun the question of adopting patri otic resolutions was raised. . Several wanted to adopt patriotic resolutions of the pure and simple style, while others insisted that republicans did not r.P"d to offer resolutions at all for the purpose of making the patriotism of the republican party known. It was finally left to a committee to prepare suitable resolutions, nnd those adopted seemed to be what the crowd wanted, ns there was pot a dissenting voice when the resolutions were read and adopted. The resolutions are as follows: Resolved, li The United States bv the action of the constituted authori ties of our government is now at war, and the Western North Carolina Re publican Club association favors a most vigorous prosecution of the war to a ppeedy and successful termination. Resolved, 2: That If the democratic administration had promptly and flrm lv maintained and upheld American rights on the high seas, in Mexico, and throughout the world, our flag would have been respected and thereby the country would have escaped the ca lamity of this war. Resolved, 3: That we denlnre the Inevitable loss of American lives and property which confronts ns. and we arraign, as responsible therefore, a national policy which has lacked the wisdom of experience and the stability of purpose, and one, which, through spacious promises and prolific phrase making, has sought to disarm vigi lance to defend our constitutional (Continued on Page 2- t n . n . NO MOHE COUPONS. The coupon that has been ap pearing In the paper every day "Good for Votes" will be discon tinued after the Thursday Issue of The TIMES and all coupons that are out will be good for votes until Monday, December 3. They will not count if handed in after Monday. The vote will be credited to the contestants in .their standings In the Tuesday afternoon paper and that Issue will be the last one that the names and standings will appear until after the campaign has closed and the judges have made the final count. The voting In Tuesday's paper will no doubt Indicate the strength that the contestants have in the coupon vote. The vote standing will appear again tomorrow (Friday afternoon) and will appear the last time Tuesday afternoon. The 12 prize ballot offer and the club vote offer closes Satur day night, December 1. It will pay every contestant to win some of these big vote offers. REPUBLICANS ARE DEMOGRA I r . 1 GETTING LINE Oil E Counsel May Contend That Mrs. King Was Killed by Discharge of Pistol Acci dentally Dropped Concord, Nov, 28. Questions ask ed today In cross-examination of a witness by the defense In the trial of Gaston 15. Means, charged with the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, Indi cated that Means' counsel might ad vance the theory that the woman met death by discharge of a pistol acci dentally dropped. The state began the Introduction of its witness es today, a jury having been completed late yesterday. Dr. P. JR. McFadden and James Simpson, on undertaker's assistant, the first witnesses, testified as to the wo man's death. Both declared he saw no powder stains around the wound In the back of the head( but admitted un der cross-examination that blood around the wound might have pre vented their noting powder stains. M. P. Richie, a hardware dealer, told of having sold a small automatic pistol and a rifle several days before the tragedy to Gaston Means, Counsel for the defense, on cross examination askedc Rihie, if, In his opinion, an automatic pistol of the pattern which killed Mrs. King might have been discharged by the fall Richie admitted that it might "if dropped hard enough," but added that ho had "never heard of such a thing happening." The clothing Mrs. King wore the night she met death was demanded of the defense by the state and the former agreed to bring the articles into court. ' Through Dr. McFadden the state tried to identify a dress and a pair of slippers as those the woman wore. The physician said he could only tes tify that the articles were simiiar to the ones the woman had on that night. EXPERTS WILL BE ASKED 20,000 WORD BUESTi Alienists to Testify As to "Hypothyeosis" Condition of Mrs. De Saulles Mineola, Nov. 28. Alienists, X-ray specialists and other eminent mem bers of the medical profession who will testify concerning the defense's claim that Mrs. Bianca De Saulles was suffering a lapse of responsibility on the night of August 3, last, when her former husband. John L. De Saulles, was shot to death, will be asked a hy pothetical question of 20,000 words in length. The defenso continued pre senting its case today nnd it was ex pected that the first of the expert wit nesses would be heard. Much of the expert testimony will concern the thyroid condition, styled "hypothyroosis," by Mrs. De Saulles' attorneys from which they claim the defendant was suffering at the time of the trouble. SIX HERS OF CREW DROWNED; NINE RESCULO Baltimore, Nov. 28. Six men, all members of the crews of Oiree Dutch steamships lying at this port, were drowned and nine wer erescued early today when a launch carrying them to their ships capsized in the harbor. All were Hollanders. Six of the survivors w.ere taken to a hospital suffering from exposure. Among the dead were D. Wlepkea, chief engineer of the steamer Wlnter dyk, and C. Rotschrat and R. Kauy peds, assistant engineers of the same vessel. GENERAL REMOVED FOR FAILING TO OBEY ORDERS Petrograd. Nov. 28.. The remnv.vl of General Balueff. commander on the western front u n.nnrtrf h ! revolutloi ary committee at Minsk. He I refused to negotiate an armistice with tic Germans and has been replaced by a maximalist. Announcement la made hv the max- Imallsts that they are In control of Tashkent, capital of Russian Turkev Inn, alter four days of fighting. Tho military revolutionary com mittee hnu seized the customs depart ment. ' i HS DEE S To d ay s N e ASHEVILLE, N. Heavy Fighting in Progress Around Fontaine and Bourlon Village Byng's Men Making Progress As the British press toward Cam brai from the west they encounter more stubborn German resistance. Heavy fighting Is In progress around Fontaine Notre Dame, less than three miles from Cambrai and 'near the vil lage of Bourlon about one mile north west of Fontaine: Both villages were occupied by the British last week only to be lost In the face of strong Ger man counter attacks, tleneral Byng's men, however, are making progress against the strongly reinforced enemy from whoni more than 500 men wens captured Tuesday. DcsiM-rate Kigbiiig Around Fontaine. British Headquarters in France, Nov. 27. (Delayed)! By The Asso ciated Press) Desperate and san guinary fighting has been raging in nnd nhnnt Fontninn Vnti'n Damp iriff dawn InHiiV wlion thn P.rltlh fir;iin I attacked tho strongly-held village. Shortly after 9 o'clock It appeared that the assaulting infantrA' bud storm. ed Its way through the village in the ' face of tremendous machine gun lire! both from the houses of the hamlet and from La Folic wood to the south- j east. Five hundred German prisoners, were taken In the early hours of tho fighting. Late this afternoon the Ger mans hurried up two new divisions and threw them in for a counter at tack along the Fontaine?Bcurlonwood line. The fighting was more bitter, if possible, than that whoch occurred in the first rush through the ruined hamlet,. At. 'latest reports superior) numbers of enemy infantry had push- , ed the British back th'rough the vil-! 'age again to the western and north-1 western outskirts, but the battle still! continued with unabated fury. i in the meantime the British line running around Bourlon wood to the northwest was sustaining a heavy ns-1 sault. The enemy appeared to be de-j termined to regain this important po sition If it were humanly possible.. The wholo front from Fontaine to Bourlon'; village was the scene of fierce fight ing, which at many places was at close quarters. The Rritish line about Bour lon wood is still intact. ' The attack on Fontaine Notre Dame was begun with the assistance of a very heavy artillery barrage and throughout the morning the British gunners maintained an Intense fire against the German positions there. The onrushing infantry drove an en tering wedge into the northwestern part of the village in a short time, hut they were held up here by a terrific rifle and machine gun fire to which they were subjected from every point of vantage. Conditions were favorable to the Germans for they were fighting on tho defensive in well-prepared positions which could not be taken by storm. Kvery machine gun was equivalent to several hundred rifles. Despite the disadvantages the Brit ish continued to onslaught. It was a glorious exhibition of bulldog courage. They surged on and in less than three hours had pushed the hard-hitting Germans back to the eastern side of the village leaving enemy dead strew big the streets. As the British fought forward and surrounded the various buildings containing enemy machine gunnt-rs many Germans were com pelled to surrender or lose their lives. By the time the eastern side of the village was reached f,00 captives had been collected and sent back to swell the great total of prisoners taken. The arrival of a large body of Ger man reinforcements put a different complexion on the situation. These fresh troops immediately counter at tacked and tho fighting through the streets on Fontaine took on renewed vigor. The weary British retired some what in tho face of this onslaught, selling each foot of ground to the enemy at cruel price. The western outskirts of the village were reached and here, according to latest reports the battle continues. Sonus interesting facts wer made known today concerning tho famous tunnel trench which the British now hold In Its entirety northwest of Bulle court. Bart of this underground for tification was captured In the fight ing previous to the Cambrai push but a larger portion was taken last week. The tunnel, which was built by Rus sian prisoners, was a most amazing piece of work. It was 13 miles long and 40 feet deep. L'ntranccs were driven into it every 35 yards, nnd the Germans lighted the entire place with electric ity. The tunnel was mined at Inter vals through Its length, but the British quickly discovered the electric wires leading to the mines and they were rendered useless. K Allied Conference. , . . H Representatives of the allied H ' Powers are in Paris for a confer- ence UP "which tho future course of war activities probably ! w"' depend. - The French leaders If. have been Joined by the represen- 1 1 tatlves of the United States, H 1 Great Britain and Italy. A basis H for Joint action against the cen- , H tral powers will be determined H m, at the conference It Is Indicated If It and the future policy toward , Russia may be decided on. K t P. ltltltltltltltKKR BRITISH MEETING GERMANS IDE WITH RESISTANCE MASSED ATTACKS w 8 Tod a y N o C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, Teutons Used Entire Divis ion in Futile Attempt to Break Italian Defenses Five Attacks Repulsed X"ndismayed apparently by the; losses sustained in their fruitless ef-i forts of the past two weeks to break i the Italian line between the Brenta and the Piave valleys the Austro-Ger-mans continue to hurl fresh troops against the defenders of the passes to the Venetian plains. The latest at tempt was against the left wing along tho Brenta valley. An entire division was used in an attempt to break the Italian defenses. It attacked five times in massed formation, but was unable to break the defense of the Italians. .: Italians Can Hold Line. Italian Headquarters in Northern Italy, Nov. 27. (Delayed) (By The Associated Press) A visit made today to the fighting ground at Monte Tom ba, Jlonte Monfenera and other moun tains in the fighting zone in the north, and then to the Piave line where it Joins tho mountain front, afforded op portunity to see this central point of the present huge struggle and obtain from officers at several divisional and brigade headquarters direct Informa tion in regard to the condition of af fairs. The tour was made with a staff officer from headquarters and covered about one hundred miles with stops at the main points of fighting. General Garibaldi, commander of the fainous Alpiire brigade, declared the fighting had shown that the Ital ian troops could nW the line.. beyond any question. Speaking of the spirit of his men, he added: "If the enemy ever does pet past owing to superior generalship or supe rior strength of guns,-It will he only over the dead bodies of our troops, for they are determined never to yield." The roads leading to the" . battle front showed Increasing masses of troops being brought up for concen tration on the threatened lines. Much! artillery, was coming in. The men and horses seemed to be in good condition j after the hard drive. Miles ef lnfan-1 try moved forward, the rank showing fresh and youthful troops. They woi" j steel helmets nnd were getting ready j to go into action. "I Many had little pink boxes In thelrl hands which looked like packages off candy, but when they were opened it was not candy which was seen, but ! long, thin bullets which fit into the; Italian rifles. ' Kvery cartridge belt ! was full. Passing headquarters of the Fourth army which holds the vital line between the Brenta and the Piave rivers, a staff officer of General Robi lant, commander of this army, sum med up the Beneral situation as "sat isfactory," the reports showing that the enemy was being held. Conuiutudcci'iNl All Tin. v uHiunguMi, .ov. ss. rroiests ny canncrs against government comman deering of tin revealed today that the navy department has commandeered all tin in New York warehouses. Refused to Be Traitor; Bolsheviki Deposed Him torn,-. f nt ' ' ' ' "X. ' V , CCNCIvAu u bu KHONIN General Dukhonln, recently ap pointed cnniiuandor-in-chief of the Russian army hy the Bolsheviki gov ernment, refused to take Its orders and become a traitor by proposing peace to the Germans. Thereupon, he was deposed, and Ensign Xrylen ko, who knows nothing of the army, was made general In command. si ' t T o m o r r o w NOV. 28, 1917 BOLSHEVIKI LEADERS 4ND GERMAN OFFICERS HOLDING CONFERENCE Russians Crossed to German Side to Enter Into Negotiations ANTI-BOLSHEVIKI GAINING STRENGTH Reported That Coalition Cabinet May Be Formed Kaledines Popular Although the Bolsheviki apparent ly have been unable to extend their power over Russia, except in the cities of Petrograd, and Moscow they con tinue their efforts toward an arm istice and peace. It was announced of ficially at Bolsheviki headquarters in Petrograd that representatives of Rn sign Krylenko. the Bolsheviki commander-in-chief, hid crossed to the German side and had entered. into ne gotiations with German military au thorities - It is 'reported that German officers have arrived in Petrograd to aid the maximalist leaders with their advice and counsel. Indications are that the opposition to the Bolsheviki is rapid ly gaining strength. A conference of MU Bolsheviki leaders at Russian army headquarters for the pu'-pose of forming a coalition government is re ported. Among the men there are Prof. Hilukol'f, leader of the consti tutional democratic party and one of the prominent actors in the March revolution; members of the Socialist party and prominent military leaders. Meanwhile General Kalendlnes. het mun of the Don Cossacks, who is re ported to control the grain producing territory of .southeastern Russia, is growing in power, .Many army offi cers opposed to the Bolsheviki regime have joined his forces, including mem tors from the front. Government em ployes in Petrograd have refused to recognize the Bolsheviki and have been dismissed from office. ES London, Nov. 28. The military cadets anil virtually all of the officers of the anti-Bolsheviki troops in the Moscow district, according to the Pe trograd correspondent of the Morning Post have tione to join General Kale dines, leader of the Cossacks, who is reported in control of most of south eastern Russia. Many hundreds of ollicers from regiments stationed . in the rear and numbers from the front and virtually all the otticers of the guard regiments, it Is added, also have gone over to General Kaledines. Owing to the general disorganization and Interruption of railroad, telegraph and postal service, the correspondent says, it is extremely Improbable that the elections to the constituent assem bly will he held except In Petrograd and some other places. . Interest in the election in the provinces is luke warm. L RESERVE FORCE STRENGTH 48,246 MEN Washington, Nov. 28. The strength of the naval reserve force today is 40,240 men, 70 per cent of whom have volunteered for general service, the committee on public information an nounced today. Of this number 2,100 are in the fleet naval reserve, those who have receiv ed naval training, 8,921 in ie naval auxiliary reserve, sea-faring men with experience on merchant ships, 36.891 In the naval coast defense reserve, citizens whose technical and practical knowledge peculiarly fits them for the duty, and 1,244 in the naval reserve flying corps, persons skilled in air craft. (rent Demonstration. Amsterdam, Nov. 28. A great so cialist demonstration nt Budapest on Sunday in favor of a., armistice and pence Is reported by The Vosslschc Zeitung of Berlin. Declarations were made that democray must employ all means to end the war and that it is impossible to bring pence by force of arms. These statements led to a demonstration against the war nnd in favor of a general strike. A resolution trs adopted opposing the aims of the Pan-Germans and an nexation of Poland and Livonia by Germany. The meeting voted In favor of holding an international labor con ference ut Stockholm. E v e r y Da y i RUSSIANS RECEIVED BY GERMAN GENERAL Petrograd, Nov. 28. Rep resentalives sent by Ensign Krylenko, the Bolsheviki commander-in-chief of the Russian armies, have been received in the German lines and informed by the German commander that the Ger mans have officially consent ed to immediate negotiations for an armistice on all the fronts of the belligerent countries. NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF RUSSIA. Contact has been estab lished between the Bolshe viki leaders in Russia and the German military authorities and negotiations for an ar mistice are presumably in full suing behind the Ger mart lines. Whether the ultimate re sult of these negotiations, it seems clear that at present the Russian negotiations are representative of only a fraction of Russia. General Krylenkp, nominal commander-in-chief by Bolshe viki decree, whose repre sentatives have crossed to the German side for parley, has been unable to take over the actual command of more than the northern Russian armies. Communications be tween north and south Rus sia have been cut off and General Dukhonin, the de facto commander of all but the northern forces whose headquarters are at Mohilev, opposite the Galician front, has refused to treat with the Germans. MANY SOLDIERS SUPPORT London, Nov. 28. Little excitement has attended the elections to he con stituent assembly now being held in Pcrognul, says the Petrograd corre spondent of the Daily Mail in a dis patch dated Tuesday. He thinks that less than 5 percent of those entitled to vote east their ballots, but that per haps another 10 percent would vote before the polls closed Tuesday after noon. News from the army fronts, the cor respondent says, Is contradictory but apparently the vast mass of soldiers support the Lcninu government. F.n sign Krylenko, the commissioner for war, has gone to Pskoff where he has dismissed General TeheremissnfT and given his command to a commissioner for the northern front. T T Amsterdam, Nov. 28. An official statement received here from Ber lin denies a rumor attributed to Lon don that General von Ludendorff, first quartermaster-general of the German army, had gone to tho Russian front with a numerous staff. It says that General von Ludendorff is ut the west ern front. A London dispatch on Novemher 23 said that according to advices received from Amsterdam, General von Luden dorff had started for the eastern front In connection with the Russian offer of a tru". n the Ye a r " PRICE FIVE CENTS Allied Embassies, Including Francis, May Be with drawn From Petrograd BOLSHEVIKI NOT TO GET SUPPLIES Certain That Radicals Are Anti-War and Pro-German at Heart Washington, Nov. 28. The Ameri can government and the allies as well will determine whether the Bol sheviki are actually to be classed as enemies and active allies of Germany as soor. as official advices can be gather on the conferences bettwen Bolsheviki leaders and German of ficers. Yesterday's news dispatches saying German staff officers actually were in Petrograd actively engaged as advisers to Lenine, followed by today's news cables that Bolsheviki leaders had crossed into the German lines for conferences with the German mili tary authorities, were not wholly un expected to officials here, but thev shattered the faint hope that the Bolsheviki might in the end after all help carry on the war against Prus sian militarism. The developments more than con firmed the contention of those who have held from the first that tho Bol sheviki was fostered by German propaganda, seeking to break Russia from her allies. One of the first acts of the allied governments, when they learn officially that the Bolsheviki are actively working with the Germans, undoubtedly will be to withdraw their embassies in Petrograd. This, of course, will include American Ambas sador Francis. Whether the .diplo matic corps would go to one of the adjacent neutral coutries to await de velopments, or whether it would move to some other part of Russia, where a new government considered represen tative of the Russian nation, rather than of an anarchical faction, might be set no, has not yet been determ ined. That will be decided by the developments in Russia. Ambassador Francis has a large measure of discretion to act with oth ers of the diplomatic corps in Petro grad. and much of his course will have to be determined without frequent consultation with Washington. Today the state department had no new advices whatever, but was ex pecting some on which judgments might be formed as to the course the government will pursue. Meanwhile the United States is receiving the ben efit of what information the entente allies are gathering in Russia, and the course of action when finally selected will undoubtedly be in concert and the result of a general agreement. No official announcement Is avail able at this stage as to whether the United States has stopped the ship ment of supplies to Russia until the situation clears, because In the ab- ! sence of an ofticial established break. the government would not care to con fuse an already complex situation fur ther by something which possibly might be a source of diplomatic em barrassment. But it is perfectly apparent that' none of the Immense quantity of sup plies contracted for, on the way, or I aetuallv landed In some parts of Rus- s,a will be permitted to fall Into the bands of the Bolsheviki if they be come the allies of Germany. Immens equantltles of material al ready piled up at Vladivostok are un available to the Russian because of the n iralysis of the transportation svstem. Ships on the high seas, bearing car goes for Russia, can be reached at any time bv wireless and cargoes be ing prepared In this country can easily be diverted to some other ally for use if it is desired to do so. The statement made yesterday to the Russian general staff bv Lieutenant-Colonel .ludson. head of the Amer ican military mission to the effect that the stopping of shipments to Russia will be the locrienl outcome of the Bol sheviki efforts for an armistice and peace, is regarded hy omclnls here as summing up the situation accurately, nnd goes ax far as Is possible In an otllclal expression at this time. JsL PAYS
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