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ivillt THE WEATHER Fair Tonight and Tuesday; not much change in temperature' O'CLOCK EDITION 10 PAGES VOL. XXII. ISO. 308. ASIIEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERISOON, DEC. 11, 1917 FRICE FIVE CENTS WINNERS IN TIMES BIG SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN NAMEP CAPTURE OF HOLY CITY ENDS MOHAMMEDAN RULE GERMANS RUSHING T T EN NEGRO INTRODUCTION OF TRODPSTO FRANCE; ARTILLERY ftGTIVE Germans Are Bombarding British Positions Around Cambrai and Yprcs SOI 5S5 RANGED EVIDENCE II CASE E ...on in nTni n hit N EARING IS m U H Milk I MM U U MlUUUiUIV II IU I FRENCH REPULSE T rf T ATT PKC lAJjilJ At- LUKjIxCj i One Paper Says Intention Is To Crush Allies Before U. S. Becomes Active Heavv German reinforcements have I I arrived In France ft is believed in at- ?. 1 '' i ! Jlr, lied capitals, but where the, expected ! blow will fall is yet to be disclosed. For the moment the infantry is inac-j live along tho western front but. the artillery, and .especially." that' .of. the Germans, is very active in various sectors. " , " 1 On. the British front the Germans i are bombarding heavily the. positions i southwest of Cambrai and east and northeast of Ypresv the ' two sectors which have seen virtually alt the heavy fighting in the past few months. From St. Quentin to the Swiss border Paris reports ..-.great enemy artillery activity between the Oise and the Aisne, v, in Champagne northeast of Verdun and in upper. Alsace.. The British and French cannon are reply ing in kind against the German posi tions. -. The heavy German artillery fire 'may mean that the Germans are at tempting, to find a weak point and U may be only for the purpose of draw ing allied attention to one spot while the. troops from the Russian front are massed for a. strong effort on a hith erto, quiet sector. Strong local Ger man attacks on. the right hank of the 'Mouse, northeast of Verdun have been repulsed by . . tho French . who took prisoners. To Smash the Allies. London, Dec. 11. The correspond ent fit Amsterdam of the Daily Kv press reports that the Germans are rushing, troops to the western, front: with the idea of smashing the entente allies before America is able to -act, and adds: "One of the. results of this is that two German munition trains collided on Thursday. Both were blown up . : and several hundred soldiers were killed or wounded." '..:.'. T DEC, 10 IN 34 YEARS Much Suffering Reported on Account of Shortage of Coal Supply New York, Dec. 11. Freezing torn- . peratures accompanied by high i winds cqntinued here otday with in crrnsing number of' reports of suf- : fering due to the shortage of the coal supply. Yesterday, the coldest Do- j comber 10 in thirty-four years, made it impossible to bring 40,000 tons of coal a two-duy supply for greater New Y'ork across the bay from New Jersey and dealers today continued to i measure out their dwindling supply! on the equal distribution plan. Hos-1 pilal accommodations for children ; were reported to be crowded, the re- : suit, according to charity workers of; unhealed living rooms and to under-' nourishment due to the Inability of parents to buy milk and other neees- i sary foods. One public school in j Brooklyn was closed yesterday be cause of luck of coal and the supply in scores of others is about exhaust ed. '..'. TjOdon. Dec. 11. Tho Petrograd correspondent of the Times attributes to n responsible source the statement hat during the Informal conversa tions between the Russian and Ger man representatives at Urest-Litovsk regarding the armistice on the eastern front tho Germans Indicated that the following points were likely to be in cluded in any of their peace negotia tions: "Germany to have control of the Russian wheat market for fifteen years. "All German goods to be admitted to Russia duty free. "No territory now occupied by tho Germans to bo surrendered." The correspondent says the Rotahe vlki were disappointed by the reserv ed attitude of the Germnn negotiators and their lack of sympathy with their political idealism. Other causes con tributed to thoir depression but it is stated they are determined to con clude an armistice at any cost If the latest appeal by the Russian commis sioners to the allies falls. Four More Deaths Reported. Macon, (ia., Dec. 10. Four more (eaths were reported at Camp Wheeler todav, three from pneumonia and one from meningitis. , Miss Annie Kirkpatrick of Canton Won Grand Capital Prize, Nash Auto Judges Worked Until 1:45 o'Clock This Morning Full List of Prize Winners In Every Division Given Below I UTJtU , V. t...l !.( """ L"c '"uwa umu. .-.. o'clock this morning, counting the millions of votes cast in the Great Circulation campaign of Tho TIMES, tho winners were announced and the contest, which proved to be one of the most successful In the history of tho paper ended, Miss Annie Kirkpatrick of Canton Division No. 2. won the grand capital prize, the. Nash automobile, with 03, 905,375 votes. In Division No. 1. Miss 1'auline Biggs of Ashevillo won the 'ul'weii auiomomie wnn nu.iui nv v,ff,a nn,l A1 ,'(. I, T T Vi-.ir-.na .',. tVtt. 1 " ...... i ser"nu Prize,, a Piano, witli 50,907,775 votes. - . , . In Division No. 2, Mrs. K. YYMer- reli ef Weaverville won the Chevrolet automobile with 34,680,385 votes and Mrs, Edith Coil of Morristown, Tenn.. I "."..'. GUAM) Miss Annie Ivirkpalric, Canton, NYC. The Nash nisTiurr no. I. 1 Miss Pauline Biggs, city : , Maxwell Touring Oar 2 Mrs. F. II. Snipes, city Uehr Bros. IMano 3 Gladys Brown, city .... . . . . . ......... ; . . . . Davenport A Mrs. Harry Howell, city .......................... Dutch KilcheiH'tt 5 Miss Julia Brookshire, Biltmore ... .'..:;, . . . , , ..'. Wardrobe Trunk C Mrs; fe. U. llandall, cty : ......... .... ....... ... Gold linut'let Watch 7 Mrs, Krab Jones, city ............................ Dozen Artist Proof Photographs 8 Mrs. ;f. Harry Walker, city ... .... Sot Aluminum Ware and Carving Sot . 9 Miss Ada .Patterson,, city . ...... ... .-. ; l,n alliere 10 Mrs, .1. L. Martin, West Asheville . . . .... . ...... . Cn moo ISroorli DISTIUCT 1 Mrs. K. V. Merrell, Weavev'vllle . ... I'lMwrolct Tonritiu Cut Mori'istown, Tenn. ' , . ... ; '. . 1' 2-Miss Edith Cpile. 1 .est or Piano 3 Mrs. F, .7. Brown, Hot Springs, NYC. Davenport, 4' Miss Mao. Jordan, Old Fort. N. C- . . . . ..... . . Dutch Ki honetlc 5 Mrs. A. F. liny, Brysini City, N. V. . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe Trunk 6 Miss Netta Bridges, Morganton, N. C. ...... ,-, , Gold Uraoelct Watch -Miss Nevada Ward, Marsluill, N. Artist Proof Plmtou'rnplt Marshall. N. C. .......... . Aluminum Ware and t'sii'vinp, Marion, N, C. ............. Lit Valliere 8 Mrs. S. W. Mackey, Set Kincaid, -Mrs. T. W. 10 Miss Nellie Clontz; Canton, N. C. Cnmeo DISTIUCT NO. S. 1 Mis. G rover C. -Glenn, Arden, N. C, It. F; D. No. 1 . . . Overland Automobile 2 Mrs. Rufus Hale, Canton, N. C, lioute No. 3 .., Carlisle Piano 3 Mrs. M. A. Ward, Zireonia, N. C ; , , liabcixw. HngK'.v 4 Mrs. Annie Abernethy, Bridgewiiter, N, C. Dutch Kileheiiclle 5 Mrs. Thos. Turner, Ksmenilda, N. C. ................ Wardrobe Trunk Mrs.- Richard I.unsford, Marble, N. C, It. F. D. No. 3 Itracelel Watch 7 Mrs. J. F. Black, Tryon, N. C, Jt F. I). No. 1 Don Artist Proof Photographs 8 Miss Willie Cnrmichael, Brevard, N. C., Route No. 2 . Mimduum Ware and Carving Set 9 Mrs. II. K. Ramsey, Marsliull, N. C. Route No. 5 .... I .it Valliere 10 Miss Jennie Bishop, Brevard, N, C; Route No. 5 Cameo llroaeli Cossacks, Under of Korniloff, London, Dec. 11. The situation in Moscow is reported to be grave, ac cording to a Times dispatch from I'e trograd. The Bolshcvikl, according to Petrograd newspapers, have placed machine guns In the streets as they fear an uprising of hostile parties. The garrison, however, shows clgns of insubordination and Is reported to be disobeying the Bolshevlki commander, a in 'ate solier named Muranoff. Considerable forces, the dispatch adds, are being detached from . the west front to be sent against the Cos sacks. .. "Washington, Dec. 11. The coldest December weather in forty years was recorded in the Ohio valley this morn ing with a minimum temperature of 13 degrees below zero at Cincinnati. In all parts of hte country east of the Rocky Mountains the temperature to day was from 20 to 40 degrees below the usual average at this tlmo of the year. Some moderation of the cold was forecast today by the weather bureau which said that in the Ohio valley, Tennesse, the lake region, and the south portion of the middle Atlantic states, the east gulf and the south Atlantic states, It would grow slightly warmer, and there would bo snow in the north and in the south snow or rain tonight and Wednesday, won second prize in this division, a piano, with 28,750,765 votes. In Division No. 3, Mrs. Grover C. Glenn of Arden, won the Overland au tomobile with 74,602, 600 votes and the second prize went to Mrs. Kufus Hall of Canton a piano, with 26,236,615 votes. The campaign opened on October 6 and closed on Inst Saturday night. Thet judges. N. Bucknro. K. E. Galer, and L. C. Blakely. started work last -night at 7:45 o'clock and stopped this morning at 1:45 o'clock. "-Their full report is given below. rM U 1 l ' .. i. ' , iiie vnicc o i iij i-uiii laiiy, oi wiucil Perry Cobb is manager, furnished a Wales adding machine for the office of the contest management and l.it night he furnished two more for the ludires .. The winners in the various divisions are :is follows: I'ltl.K ' Six .93,905,37 .60,7960,680 .50,409,575 .45,330,075 .. 8,934,725 . 6,870,275 . 5,439,000 ..4,908,150 . 4,6.86,775 3,128,9255 ,2,931,070 NO. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . ; .34.686,385 . 28,756,705 .12.453,36! .11,396,940 .10,890,465 4.996.900 C : . . 4.721,265 4.678,225 4,624,325 4,306,865 ..... .' . , . . , . . Kroaeli .74,602,600 . 26,226, 6K 13,502,390 2,860,665, . 11,822,250 .10,154,775 ' 9,790,410 I 8,872,700 ; 8,436,445 7,373,015 Command Prepare to Fight . Tho Cossacks areprepai ing to fight, the Petrograd consipondent of the. Daily Mail reports. Three trainloads of Cossacks are sai dto be at Bielgorod and three at Sumy, commanded by General Korniloff, Extremist red guards to the number of about 1,000 are expected to Kharkov from Mos cow, The correspondent says General Kaledines, the Cossack leader, Is dis banding infantry regiments in the Don territory and sending them home on account of their extremist opinions. OFFERS TO EXPORT LARGE Washington, Dec. 11. German of fers to export large quantities of cot ton goods, reported to the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce by the commercial attache In Copenhagen, will result in a close Investiga tion of embargo workings to determine if the enemy is receiving: raw cotton through neutral countries. Officials of the bureau are inclined to beliove that bids for trade are but another evidence of Germany's game of "bluff" to cultivate sympathy in neutral nations and to deceive the world as to true Internal conditions. According to all available accounts, the embargo on cotton has been en forced so strictly that neutral coun tries have not had sufficient to supply their own needs. Members of the 24th U. S. Infantry Executed at 7:17 This Morning FORTY-ONE GIVEN LIFE SENTENCES Several Others Sentenced To Prison for Complicity In the Rioting San Antonio, Tex., Dec. ll.-Thir--I teen negro soldiers of the 24th United i States infantry were hanged at. 7:17 this '"morning at Fort Sam. Houston, hero for complicity in the rioting at Houston, Texas, on the night; of .Aug ust 23, last, when a hundred or more negro troopers broke camp and shot up that city. Seventeen persons were killed and a number wounded before the outbreak at. Houston was quelled. The men executed, with 50 others of the same regiment, recently were tried before a court martial here on charges of murder, mutiny and rioting:. i The trial ended about two weeks ago, but no announcement was made a to the finding Until after the execution this morning of the. 13 sentenced to death. In addition to those hanged, 41 of the negro soldiers were sen-1 tenced to life imprisonment,, one. was sentenced to two and a. half years' im prisonment at hard labor, three were sentenced to two years and live were acquitted. The men hanged.- nil enlisted men of the 24th Tinted States infantry, were: Sergeant '.William C. Nesbitt,, . Corporal Ivrnon J. Brown. Corporal James Wheatley. Corporal Jesse Moore. Corporal Chas. W, Baltimore. V Private. William llrackenridge, Private Thomas C. Haw kins. Private Carlos Spodgra. , Private -Ira B. Davis.. ' Private. James Divlns. ';; Private Frank Johnson. ; Private Risley W. Young, , ; Private Pat MiiWhortcr. ;.' The announcement of action on the court martlal's verdict was made , at southern . department headquarters at I 9 o'clock , by the chief of staff, who ! also gave out a formal statement in which the names of the men sentenced to life imprisonment were given. I Formal Announcement. Tho formal announcement, issued at department headquarters at 9 o clock this morning, follows: The proceedings, findings and sen tences of the general court martial which tried 63 members of the 24th infantry for' their implication in the riots at Houston, Texas,,. August 23, 1917, were approved by the command ing general, southern department, De cember 10, 1917. ' . - . . Sentences of tho Court. The sentences of the court were as follows: :"'' m (lie cases oi nfi ettnt ywiiiuih . Nesbitt, Corporals Larnon J. Brown, I James W'heatlev, . Jesse Moore, and j Chas. Y Baltimore; Privates First Class, William llrackenridge, Thomas ? C. Hawkins and Carlos Snodgrass; of Privates Ira P. Davis, .Tames IMvius. Fi.'iiilt Johnson. Rlslev W. Toiinir. nil of Comnanv T. and Pat MacWhorter. I Company M, to be hanged by the neck until dead. In the cases of Cook Wm. Frnnzler, Cook Nathan Itnmphrles, jr.; Privates First Class, John M, Hudson, jr., James R. Johnson, Ben McDaniels and Stewart V. Phillips, all of Comnanv I: Privates Douglas T. Bolden, Fred Brown, Robert Brownfleld, Harrison Papers,- Ren Cecil, Gerald Dixon, Henry Green, James R. Hawkins. Geo. Hobbs, Norman D. Holland, Richard Lewis, Leroy Plnkett, Joseidi V ard low, Wm. S. Kane, Harry Richardson, Lutlier . Ruckcr, Rov Tyler, Joseph Williams, jr., all of Sompany I; Pri vates Krnpst Adams, John Adams, Wash Adams. Douglass K. Lumpkins, Richard Brown, all of Company K; Privates Allie C. Hntler, Abner Davis itml Geo. I i. Pnrham, of Company L: Bnbler Reuben V. Baxter, Company M: Privates Walter . Bnrkett, James Coker, Callle Glenn, Wm. J. Tlongh, Thomas Jackson, Walter T. Johnson. Dean New-, Jesse Sullivan, all of Com pany M, all of the 24th U. S. Infantry, in each event to he dishonorably dis charged from the service, to forfeit all pay and allowances due and to be con fined at hard labor at such place as the review ing authority may direct for hte ter mof his natural life. Swedes Advised To IPavo. London. Dec. 11. -Street fighting has occurred In Moscow, and the Swedish consul there has advised all Swedes to leave the city, according to advices received In llaparanda rind forwarded by the Stockholm cor respondent of the Morning Post. It is added that starvation seems to threaten Moscow, Most of the Swedes there ftrj said to have taken the con sul's advice. It n K H t t ? l t 9. , . tt Far ROachlng Opinion. Washington, Dee. 11. With a decision upholding the Idaho pro hibition law, the supreme court yesterday gave an opinion which may be ono of the most far reaching victories for "Imne dry" prohibition yet recorded. It wns held that a citizen has no con stitutional right to possess Hnuors for his personal use if a state wishes to forbid It, H H , H H . H H H HH t(, , ( H l( X London, Dec. 10. Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, announced in the house, of commons today that Jerusalem, after being surrounded on all sides by Brit ish troops, had surrendered. The chancellor said British, French and Mohammedan reprcsenlatii es were on the way to Jerusalem to safeguard the holy places. General Allenby reported that on Saturday he attached the enemy's positions -south and ivest of Jerusalem, the chancellor said. Walsh and Home county troops, advancing from the direction of Bethlehem, drove bach the enemy and, passing Fcrusalcm on the east, established themselves on the Jerusalem-Jericho road. At the same time London infantry and dismounted yeomanry attached the strong enemy positions ivest and nortiiwest of Jerusalem and placed themselves astride the. ji riisalem-Shechem ad. The ultimate fall of Jerusalem has been considered vir tually assured since the British took Jaffa, the city's seaport, in mid-Iovember, and shortly afterward pushed within sight of Jerusalem. Official entry into Jerusalem; the Holy City of the Christians, is planned for today. Allied troops entered the capital of Palestine after it was surrounded and the Turks were forced, to surrender. Capture of the city was delayed through the fear that fighting operations might result in the damaging of religious shrines. MARKS E!SD OF RULE OF MOHAMMEDANS The capture of Jerusalem marks the end, with two brief interludes, of more than 1,200 years' possession of the seat of the Christian religion by the Mohammedans. For 673 years the Holy City has been in undisputed ownership of the Turks, the last Christian ruler of Jerusalem being the German emperor, Frederick 11, whose short-lived domina tion kistod from 1229 to 1244. . t Apart from its connection with the campaign being waged against Turkey by the British in Mesopotamia, the fall of Jerusalem marks the definite collapse of the long protracted efforts of the Turks to capture the Suez canal and invade Egypt. AGAIN TEUTON ATTEMPTS FAIL Can Not Break Through Ttflliin IJnf RptWPPtl thp uidn unt neiween me Piave and Brenta Lose Heavily . .. Infantry fighting has .stopped mo mentarily, at least, on the Italian front from Asiago to tho Piave river. The Austro-Oerman effort to break through between the Piave and the Brenta failed with. losses. The enemy re-formed his shattered forces and attempted to break throueh- Asiago and the Piave. lie failed again. The Austro-Germans captured some terrain but without improving their tactical positions and at a heavy cost. An apparently local attempt to cross tho lower reaches of the Piave has been checked by the Italians who re captured observation trenches taken by Austrian soldiers. General Describes Fight. Italian llendtniurtera in. Northern Italy. Dec. 10.(Delayed ) ( By The Associated Press) A visit today to the headquarters of a major-general com manding a division of heroic Alpine and Bersagliert disclosed the storv of the manner in which this division held the heights back of the Asiago plateau until it was cut, to pieces, and the remnant was compelled to fall back to Its present new line. The general is now engaged In re forming his shattered forces which were seen in long lines along the roads preparing to go back into the fight. A major of tho general's staff, who toward the close of the tight collected the. remainder of tho men of the di vision and led them In the final charges until the order for retirement came, gave a first hand description of the struggle. He said, there were three Bersng lieri regiments, some Alpini battalions and one Infantry regiment In the di vision, in addition to the usual ouota of batter'es of Held and middle calibre guns. These were ranged buck of Asiago when tho enemy's drive reach ed its maximum Intensity last Wednes day. For 24 hours our Hersttglleri regiment hnit held Monte Tondareeur until its platoons had been reduced from thirty men to six. It was then that the battalions of Alpini were sent to their relief. The Alpini fought their way up the hill, gaining the summit agiinst heavy odds, only to find their comrades cut to places. Most of them were lying dead from stab wounds. Now the Al pini battalions found , themselves In the center of a concentration of enemy forces which gradually encircled them. Some of the battalions maneuvered and were carried, back and forth In tho fury of the fighting along the slopes. Others remained on the sum mit with the enemy surrounding them. At 9 o'clock on Wednesday -morning the colonel of these battalions sent his last report to the general. It said, la conically;' ' "The enemy is on all sides, and I am about to charge." That was the last which was ever heard of him or of any of his men. The envelopinc masses grew denser and the gallant Alpini band which had srono .to. rescue the KersagUerl was wiped out. Fisliting continued along other ,0,nt8 of the line ntn the forces were tt I decimated and it became clear that XlUnSjthe enemy greatly outnumbered the Italians. The general himself, who was directing operations from a point just back of the line, narrowly escaped a shrapnel shell which burst near his automobile. It was then that the major who recounteV these events gathered the remnant of the division and foiight out the remainder of the day until the new Italian lines of de fense were formed across the Fran zella and Gadena passes leading to the Brenta valley and the plain. It is here the lines are now resting, with good prospects of holding. The correspondent visited a num ber of points on the present line and talked with otllcers and men. All were confident of being able to hold when the new attack which they expect in a few days, is made. KEREN SMS HE IS STILL CABINET MEMBER Petrogrdd, Dec. ' 11. The central committee, though it has been dis persed, has issued a statement that it is still continuing its work. : The workmen have, taken over the control of factories in the Petrograd district under a decree, issued by the Bolshcvikl. The Petrograd hank, have decided to issue notes aggre gating 100,000,000 rubles to relieve the financial .situation. Former Premier Kerensky in a communication addressed to the pro visional government, announces that though he lias resigned as premier re still considers himself a member of the cabinet, All Cnsom Dismissed, Austin, Texas, Dec. 11. Judge James lc, Hamilton, In district court here today, dismissed, on motion oi District Attorney John H. Shelton al the cases against former state offi cials who were charged with divertlnc public funds, (with the exception oi those pending against C. W. Wood man, former labor commissioner. M older Appointed. Washington, Dec. 11. John I! M ohler has been appointed today n chief of the bureau of animal Industr succeeding the late A. D. Melvln. D: Mohler was assistant chief of the bu reau and has been in tho service sine 1 8 7, serving as acting chief durin the long Illness of Dr. Melvln. Di Mohler is a natlvo of Philadelphia, Both Sides Have Only Few More Witnesses To Put On Stand MEANS ON WITNESS STAND FOUR DAYS Def ndant's Sist.rs Tell oi His Grief Over Death of Mrs. King Concord, Dec. 11. -Introduction oiJ evidence into the trial of rinstnn R I Means appeared to bo Hearing its end today, although the defense remained silent as to how many more witnesses it wou id offer.. The state also was ex.. peeted to offer several witnesses in fe. Initial. ' Means' story of 1ii3 financi-1 trans actions for Mrs. Maude A. King, for whose murder he is on trial, was fin ished, late yesterday afternoon, after ne nan reiterated his story of net ;. death near hero last August which he attributed to accidental discharge oi a pistol in her hands. He had beer on the stand the better part of tout days. " -. "' The defense then put on a number of witnesses to testify to minor points in its case. Among them were Means' two sisters, who declared Mat on the night of Mrs. King's death they found him with his head bowed in his hands and tears streaming down his face. The defense recalled Chief of Po-. lice Robinson as the first witness to day. He told of a statement made to: him on the night of the death of Mrs. Kingi by Afton Means, brother of the defendant. Afton Means told him. he said, that the defendant said imme diately aft r the shooting; Mrs. King shot herself with that lit tle pistol. Henry Deitch, of New York, an em. ployee of Menus, described the system used by cMans in keening the ac- ounts between himself 'anL-vMcsMM4 King. Monthly Itemized statements accounting for all ti .insactioiiS were submitted to Mrs. King, he said, ap proved by her and then filed away. Complete files of the accounts were kept by Means in his New York apart- ' ment and taken therefrom by John T. Pooling in September for the New York district attorney's office. : He said Dooling spent the night there ex amining the papers before taking them. . On ctoss examination the witness , said he was 'employed by the Burns detective agency at and prior to the time he joined Means, doing investi gation work to ascertain if the neu trality laws were being violt ted. Means was allowed over objection of the state to rend a lengthy and what purports to be a complete itemized statement, of receipts and disburse ments made by Means for Mrs. King during August and part of September, 1915, the first month he was associ ated with her as business1 manager. The items of expenditures included expenses of dinner parties, "ronfiden- ial parties." board, tips, railroad tick ets, theater tickets, meals, and tele grams One item of receipts was a $1,000 cheek received by Mrs, King from Mrs. J. B. Foraker, jr., and turned over to Means. He exnlnined that, this represented a loan to Mrs. King from Mrs. Foraker. In several instances payment of cash to "Mrs. Chance ' were noted, the amounts ranging from a dollar or two to a hundred or two and some times a thousand. The statement balanced and the witni s declared Mrs. King's receipt had been attached to it. The witness declared that such de tained statements of account were made out by him throughout his busi-' news career with Mrs. King, month by month. She . examined them and her "o. k." was attached each month and the whole record filed. The com plete flies were in his New York apart ment when he left it, he declared. Considerable time was consumed last before the noon recess in read ing a voluminous document identi fied hy the defendant as a summary of his personal diary of his transactions nnd movements in connection with Mrs. Kimr's affairs during August and Sentember. 1915. Judge Cline announced yesterday that the noon recess would be re duced to onp hour, nd that If satis factory pmgreis ware not made other wie cuirt woul4 oonvene hnit an hour enrlief and h- held Tialf n hour later. Heoord for Coal Shipment. . Philadelphia, Dec, 11. Shipments of anthracite coal for November as reported . o the anthracite bureau of Information established a record for he month, amounting to fi.545,313 ions and exceeding the shipments on November, 1916 5NC.31H tons. Tr. CUnJWiPtiiu TrvUcted-. -..cochland, Ta.. THoc. 11. T)j. 'V. Chamberlain Wac litfllotcd It the irvtilt court of Coohaj!d county yes '"dny for the murder of Ms brother, Albert P. Chnmherlalm. JP will he '-led at a sneclnl trrm of court to bo- .nil WvAi. daub jupW JhkiAHOlJ i ve n. I"
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