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THE WEATHER Fair Tonight and Tuesday; not much change in temperature O'CLOCK EDITION 10 PAGES IP I VOL XXII. NO. 307. ASIIEV1LLE, N. C MONDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. 10, 1917 PRICE FIVE CENT CIVIL $ mm? IAS BROKEN 0 RSI A KALEDINES, KORNILOFF ANDD UTOFF ATTEMPT TO OUST BOLSHEVIKI Forces of Kaledines Will Try to Capture Mos- cowuutort Endeavoring to tut i rans-awe-rian Railway at Tcheliabinsk Middle Class in Ukrainian Assisting Kaledines AM TO CUT OFF FOOD SUPPLIES FROM SIBERIA Counter-Revolutionists Making Effort To Seize Control From Black Sea To Ural Mountains and Starve Out Petrograd Bolsheviki G overnment Issues Proclamation Civil ivar has broken out in Russia and the Bolsheviki regime apjmrently will be put to the test. The. Petrograd government has issued a proclamation announcing that Generals Kaledines, Korniloff and Dutoff have begun a revolt in southeastern Euro pean Russia. The Bolsheviki announcement declares that the constitutional democrats arc assisting the hetman of the Don Cossacks and his ', fellow military leaders, who are said to aim at cutting off food supplies and in seizing power from the Black sea to the Ural mountains, as well as in the Caucasus. Bolsheviki troops have been ordered to take the field against the counter revolutionists. LOCATION OF LEADERS . General Kaledines is said to be collecting his forces, and it is inferred that their objectives include Moscow. General Dutoff is leading the revolt in the province of Orenburg and is endeav oring to cut the trans-Siberian railway at Tcheliabinsk. Two towns in the Caucasus are besieged by forces under General Karauloff. BOLSHEVIKI ARRESTED In Orenburg the Bolsheviki leaders have been arrested and the soldiers under them disarmed. In the neio Ukrainian repub lic the middle class is reported to be assisting General Kaledines in opposition to the workmen s and soldiers' council,. The proclamation of the. Bolsheviki democratic party and its leaders, including Michael Rodzianko, the former president of the duma, and Paul Milukoff, the for rner foreign minister. REVOLT HAS BEEN EXPECTED ' It has not been unexpected strong effort would be made to For some lime General Kaledines in the Don region, where he has been joined by former army officers and leaders of the old provisional government and has been reported to hold most of Russia s gold reserve and he prob ably controls the Don coal region and a great portion of the grain growing territory around The Bolsherikl Proclamation, The proclamation of tho Bolsheviki government reads: "Whilo representatives of the con 1 grres of workmen's and soldiers' dele I gates and the congress of peasants' : deputies were negotiating to secure an honora.ble peace for the exhausted country, the enemies of the people, the Imperialists, the land owners, the bankers, and their allies, tho Cossack generals, bavo undertaken a final at- f tempt to destroy the cause of peace. , wrest the power from the hands of : the soldiers and workmen and the land from the peasants and to compel soldiers, sailors and Cossacks to sh'-d their blood for the benefit of the Kus sian and allied imperialists. "General Kaledines, on the Don and (leneral Dutoff. in the lTral prov ince, have raised the flag of revolt. The constitutional democratic party is providing tho necessary means to enable them to carry on the fight against the people. The Kodziankos, tho Mllukoffs, the Gutchkoffs, and the Konovaloffa seek to regain power and with tho aid of the Kalendlnes and Korniloffs and the Dutoffs are endeavoring to turn the Cossack lead ers into an instrument for achieving their criminal aims. Stoto of War In Don Reg-ion. "General Kaledines has declared a state of war in tho Don region, is hin dering the supply of bread to the front and collecting his forces, thus menac ing Ekaterinoslav. Kharkov and Mos cow. General Korniloff, who fled from prison, has arrived at his side. Korni loff, who in July introduced the death penalty and conducted a campaign against the revolutionary power In l'etrograd. "In Orenburg, General Dutoff has arrested the executive military revo lutionary committee, has disarmed the soldiers and is endeavoring to cap ture Tcheliabinsk in order to cut off the supply of bread from Siberia to the front and the towns. General Karauloff is attacking Tchenrey and Ingusher in the Caucasus. Loaders of Counter Revolutionist. . . . denounces the constitutional in the European capitals that a oust the Bolsheviki' from power, has been gathering his forces the Black and Caspian seas. "The constitutional democrats are the political lenders of this rising and the Bourgeois is supplying scores of millions to the counter revolutionary generals. The Bourgeois central committee of Ukrainian republic which is waging a struggle against the Ukrainian workmen's and soldiers' councils, and is assisting General Kale dines In drawing troons to -.lie Don region and is hindering the workmen's and soldiers' councils from distribut Ing tho necessary military forces throughout the Ukraine for the sup pression of the Kaledines' rebellion. "The constitutional democrats, the worst enemies of the people, who, together with the capitalists of nil countries, prepared the present world war, are hoping that, as members of the constituent assembly, they may be able to -come to the assistance of thl." percrfils, the Kaledines. the Korniloffs and tho Dutoffs, in ordv to strangle the people with their aid." Six Ilwrtvs Isniicd. The proclamation then makes un appeal to tho people to sweep away "these enemies" of their cause ard announces that the necessary military dispositions have been made to sup press tho uprising. It contlud"S with the following decrees: '"One: Declaring a state of siege In all the regions of the Ural and Don provinces and wherever counter revo lutionary detachments are discovered. "Two: Orders to local revolution ary garrisons to act with all firmness against the enemies of the people without waiting for orders from the supreme authorities. Three: . Forbidding negotiations with or attempts at mediation with the leaders of the revolt. "Four: Threatening the most se vere punishment for any assistance given tho revolt by local populations or railway employes "Five: Outlawed leaders of the con. spiracy. "Six: Promising fraternal suppoit to every Cossack laborer to cast off the yoke of the 'Kaledines, the Korn iloffs and the Dutoffs", I e m m v mm a a a a Mm. mm II L Nil LI I ILL IIILLU Ul Montreal Man Believes Ma jority of Halifax Deaths Were Children Who Had Just Gone To School . Montreal,' Deo. 10. -"Little hills of dead children" were seen in Halifax by A. Sendell, a montreal business man, who arrived here today with his story. Death struck all around Sendell when the French munitions ship Mont Blanc blew up Thursday morning. Men were killed before his eyes. "We passed one school that was cut in two." he said. "There were scores upon scores of little bodies piled on each other. .Little-. hills of dead children, the sight of which when I thought of my own six little ones at home made my heart break. I was compelled to cover my eyes and run blindly way from it all. "I am convinced that when the final count of the death toll is taken it will be found that the majority of the dead are little innocent children who had Just pone to school. We saw many dead people, but the first live one we came to after the explosion was a young girl of about 18 or 20. She was clinging to a wall and grop ing, or rather dragging, herself along. My acquaintance and I went to her assistance and, put our arms around her." We- savt' as soon as we ap proached that her throat was cut. We did our best to keep her from bleeding to death by holding the edges of her wound together with our fin gers, but she died in our arms. "I was in the freight yards when the shock came. We heard the noise of. an awful explosion. The sky at the same time became as black as ink. We were all hurled -. to the ground. I was unconscious for some minutes. When I came to my senses again I saw a big piece of Iron or steel strike the top of the Inter-Colonial railway elevator and bound off backward, landing in the. midst of a dozen working men. All but two were killed. Mfg all the peopl enear this spot, a man from St. John and 1 were the only ones uninjured. "Soon afterwards soldiers on horse back came dashing through the streets warning all to flee. They said an other explosion might occur. We joined the weeping, moaning crowd. A woman named Mrs. Goldberg held a child under each arm and cried for three who were missing. She left the children with us and went into the burning district to hunt the others. Doctors and nurses worked as if their lives depended on it, but dozen upon dozens were dying before our eves In the streets. We saw the new market with its roof fallen in and scores of dead beneath it. We tried to enter a railway station but it was crowded with corpses." Count Czemln 111. Amsterdam, Dec. 10. The visit of Count Czernln, tho Austro-Hungarian foreign minister to Berlin, has been cancelled owing to his sudden illness. according to a dispatch received here Irom Vienna. ' . ft ' v-w-v ; yM..itfi- DEAD CHILDREN . ' ...'' : ' ' . ... 14 f 5 ?-.,-: , , . , . Vi' ) i-'.'.'.':';v:.;-. -i-h: "- . :' v ';:.Y-' ' v-v-i-.' '.'-..' J. .- .,' . ,-. .: v v C-- V . ' . f ' ' 1 1 " 1 d i.- , . 1 , . . ... -a View of the water front and h arbor of Halifax where a French munitions ship, rammed by another boat, blew up, killing hundreds of peo ple and setting fire to the city. Hall fax is a great British naval base. From this port nil of Canadian soldiers and their supplies have been shipped and a consldutuble part of the shlpni iV!EK0N IMO TELLf COLLISION Blame the French Munitions Ship for Accident Which Caused Big Explosion In Halifax Harbor Halifax, X. S., Dec. 10. Members of: the crew tit the Belgian steamer, Imo, assert that the French munitions steamer Mont Blanc was to blame for the collision which caused the terri ble explosion last Thursday, . Em ployes of Piclu'ord and Black, agents of the Imo, who have been providing tho crew with clothes and other com forts made public today the stories told by seamen. Their version of the tragedy follows: : The Imo was proceeding down the harbor toward the sea when the Mont Blanc was seen , coming toward her. apparently steaming for the Bedford basin. The French vessel was on the Dartmouth side of the narrows. She blew blasts of the whistle, indicating that she was going to starboard. The Imo replied with two blasts. The Mont Blanc turned and the crew of the Imo thought that they could pass in safety but the distance between the two vessel was too short and the Imo rammed the Mont Blanc on the star board side. Neither vessel appeared to bo seri ously damaged. After they separated the Mont Blanc headed for one of the city piers. The Imo went on, the skipper's intention being, the crew believed, to get into shallow water in order to find out exactly what damage had been done to his ship. The seamen received their first warning of danger when they saw chemical flames leaping from the decks of the Mont Blanc. Then came the explosion. The Imo wns caught In the tidal wave and riding on its crest was hurled on the rocky beach. The sailors declare that no attempt was I made to leave the ship until she struck and that eveiv man was in his place. The captain was standing on the bridge and his head was blown off. The wheelman was at his post. and bis body was found in that position when the steamer was examined later. The body of the pilot. Wm. Hayes, was found along the shore rear the hnU and it is thought he was blown from the deck. Ryery man above deck wns killed. When the vessel struck the beach the survivors rushed up from beneath decks and scrambled ashore. Thirty one men escaped. Naval relief parties found them wandering about In the brush. Unbelievable Incidents happened when tho . munitions ship exploded. But the case of Third Officer Mayers, of the Britisli transport Midrlleton Castle stands out as the most remark able. The transport was not more than 200 yards away from the Mont Blanc when the crash came. At that moment Mayers was on the deck ready to step into a small boat to go ashore. When he came to he wns prone on the high ground half a mile away and there was not a piece, of clothing on his body. lie was removed to a house nearby and probably will recover. The Midrleton Castle was wrecked neyonn repair and most or her crew and mechanics from the city at work in her engine room were killed. Southern Wonts Increase. Washington, Dec. 10. Southern railroads today asked the Interstate Commerce commission for permission to file rate increases ranging from two to ten cents per hundred pounds on bananas by carloads from gulf ports to central freight association ter- ritory. Halifax Devastated by ' 'I mlmivHtwm.mm - .. mm,,tmtmfmnimi cuts from the United States to STATE'S ATTORNEY FAILS TO C E E Solicitor Clements Concludes Cross Examination In Place of Dooling THE THIRD WEEK OF TRIAL BEGUN Judge Humiliated at Report That Defendant Was Armed In Court Concord, Dec. .10. -Trial of Gaston R. Means, charged with the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, entered its third week here today with the prose cution's chief efforts centered on breaking down Means' story of the woman's death at Blackwelder Spring near here last Au'"ist. Means went on tTe stand last Thurs day morning, and cross examination conducted by Assistant District At torney Dooling, of Now Torkk, who Is aiding the state, began late Friday. By the time court adjourned Satur day Dooling had brought defendant down to the evening o ftragedy, each step in the cross examination being marked by objections by the defense to the manner of Dooling's addressing the witness. . When court convened Judge Cline stated that he had been humiliated by the publication, yesterday In a widely circulated paper of the statement that the defendant had come into court armed without rebuke from the court. Me rcniea any knowledge ot s"oh t'n j occurrence and called upon Sheriff I t-aldwell 10." a statement. 'I he .heril'f said he knew .nothing about It. Means explained :nar lie had taken the pistol in question from the .-table of - his counsel, it being an unloaded pistol used by witnesses in their testimony.' Judge Cline spoke at some length, referring to the tenseness of feeling that had been in evidence mid de claring that h knew no distinction be tween resident and non-resident at torneys. When Means resumed, the stand So licitor Clement announced that he would complete the cross-examination instead of Mr. . Dooling. The cross-examination was conclud ed In a Khort time. Solicitor Clement confining his questions to leading the witness over a review of his testimony at the coroner's inquest, in which he described the shooting and deain of Mrs. King, his version being essen tailly the same as that given in his dl . cot examination IK OF M M Washington. Dec-. 10. Continuance until the middle of the week at least of the severe col 1 weather that has overspread eastern districts and the south was predicted today by the weather bureau. The western cold wine is advancing eastward rather slowly and this mninini.' the line of zero temperature bad reached utilv the west front of the Appalachian mountains. It extended as fur. south j as Tennessee. - Munition Explosion and Fire mm our allies have gone through this gateway . (ASIAI.TV i:stimtks. . Halifax, Dec. 10. Revised fig ures were issued here today re garding casualties as follows: Known dead, l.iiOO. 1'naccounted for, 2.000. Dead which have been identified, 900. Wounded, 8,000. Homeless, 25,000: ; ' MANY GERMANS III Instructions Issued By the Military Authorities All Relief Agencies in Stricken City Are Coordinated Halifax, X. S.. Dec. 10. Wholesale arrests of German residents of Hall fas were begun by the police today. This action was taken under instruc tions from the military authorities. Sixteen Germans were taken into custody within a short time. Military officers after an inquiry released a few of them. The others are in the county jail. The authorities refused to disclose whether they had obtained evidence associating Germans with the explo sion. A number of citizens of Ger man birth heretofore have been al lowed full liberty with the exception that they were required to report once a month. Daybreak today found. Halifax rap idly emerging from the chaos into which, the city was plunged by the ex plosion last Thursday. .; The successive snow and rainstorms which followed the disaster greatly hampered all efforts to alleviate the suffering of the thousands of injured and homeless people but the return of fair weather yesterday made possioie more systematic work. All relief j agencies now have been co-ordinated. Bnough doctors and nurses have reached the city to take care of the hospital duties. A considerable quantity of supplies has arrived and there is ample cloth ing for all. These supplies must be carefully conserved, however, and the authorities today were doing their best to enforco the requests publish ed yesterday that non-residents not here on l'Knt- business should leave the city and that others snouitt not come here for the present. Work of repairing the Innumerable damaced buildings was well under way. Lumber, glass and other build ing materials are needed in great quantities. There was a, slight flurry of snow earlv today during the forenoon the skies brightened and clearing weather was indicated. Snow which covered every foot of the streets, was a frozen mass ot daylight. General weather conditions, how ever, were favorable and soldiers were sent early to the burned area to begin the search for the hundreds of bodies in the ruins. Trains arriving from Montreal ami other points brought hundreds of vis itors and the general inrush, despite the urgent request of Mayor Martin that people not needed stay away, added to the difficulties of handling the situation, Supplies from New York hrotight in last night on a special train were dis tributed promptly in the hospital dis tricts. There is enough food to feed im mediate needs, provided the supply is not exhausted by the people rushing in from every quarter. GERMAN 1 GREATEST ARMYO I TIE IS Negotiations for Peace Wit! Russia Caused Change In Military Situation AMERICA MUST MEET THIS MENAC This Country Must Do Mori Than Prepare To Fight, Says Baker's Review Washington, Dec. 10. Germany ha1 massed on the western front he! greatest army of the war, Secretarj Baker declares in his weekly war ra view made public today. To meet fhi menace the United States must spee up its military preparations, the see retary adds with a warning that th enemy is preparing to put into execu tion in I'rance plans he has been mat luring since the defeat of the Rus sian armies at Tannenberg early i( tne war. 'l he peace negotiations wit Russia have permitted the massing oj men on the western front for that pur! pose. "The united nation must stane squarely behind our soldiers," tm; secretary says; "it is not sufficient tt prepare to fight; we must prepare t win.".. . . counter offensive on the Cambra! front has been successful in winninfi back less than one-third of the terj ritory captured by General Byng. Th statement also notes that Amerlcart engineer troops, "exchangifrg"sTibvelj for rifles, fought off the enemy, Bldi by side with the British." The lesson of the German exhibition of strength is then takon up: i "This German parrying thrust, tbJ most powerful and successful tloM aimed at the British during the pasj two and one-half years, coming as ij did immediately after the British vie tory in the same area, serves to etui phaslze the reviving strength of thfl Germans in the west. 1 "We must recognize plainiy that th situation in the eastern theater ha brought about a very decided change in the stragetic possibilities of the military situation in the west. Ger many by leaving only skeleton divl-i sions in the Russian area, by concen-i trating all available guns, munitions and men in the theater of operations, in the weft, has been able to mass a relatively greater force than has everj been able to mobilize in France iri the past. I "This explains the success whlchl the enemy was able to achieve in drivJ ing the British back from Cambral. It would not do for us to minimize ltat 119 J ids! importance. Knemy Fortunate. "The enemy realizes that he And himself temporarily in a singularly! tortunate position and he can be counted up to take the utmost advan tage of it. "For a long time past he has been preparing his plans for just such an! eventuality as would arise when Rus-i sia should enter upon negotiations fori a separate peace which has been a! principal German objective ever since the battle of Tannenberg. We must expect that he will put these plans Intof execution. Thus he may have at hisi disposal for a time a preponderant; numerical superiority in the west; hej may even be able to achieve some rel-j ative advar. '.ages in the field, such as1 those recgrded during the past week. I "The magnitude of the task before us can be more fully realized when measured by the success which the en emy Is still able to gain. "It means that we must speed up our military effort. The united nation must stand squarely behind our sol diers, "It is not sufficient to prepare to tight; we must prepare to win." The review also hints at nn enpect ed German thrust agaimt the French front and says: 1 lie niimher or hostile raids ex pected, along the French front north west of niielms. In Aigonne, in the region of St. Quentin, in the Voges and particularly In upper Alsace, as well as tho Increasing enemy artillery activity north of the Chemin-Des-Dames. on the right bank of the Meuse, In Chnume wood. Muisons-De-Cbampngne, and upper Alsace, would appear to indicate that the enemy is feelinir not the I'rpni'h front with a view to identifying tho Btrength of the units opposing him. On Italian Front. Respecting the Italian front the statement says: "our declaration of war against (Continued nn Page 3-
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