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ATTEND THE MASS MEETING AT THE MAJESTIC THEATRE TONIGHT IS THE WEATHER Fair Tonight and Saturday; Much Colder Tonight . 2 O'CLOCK EDITION 12 PAGES VOL XXII. NO. 311. ASIIEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOO' L,EC, 14, 1917 PRICE FIVE CENTS SHOULD PASS OWLY L S "This Congress Should De vote Itself To Questions Before Us," He Urges TAR HEELS UNITED IN SUPPORT OF WAR Sweeping Railway Legisla tion of Permanent Char acter Opposed By All By GF.O. II. MANNING. Washington, D. C, Dec. 14. The North Carolina delegation in con gress, with scarcely an exception, is In favor ;of limiting legislation of this session, so far as possible, to measures that have a direct or important indi rect hearing on -winning the war. Sweeping railroad legislation of a permanent character, government ownership of various public utilities, and other general legislation directly affecting "big business" or labor will be opposed by the North Carolina members w ho will urge that legislation affecting the problems like the rail roads, pooling of buyers and sellers. suspension of some of the anti-trust laws and measures of that kind be adopted only as temporary expedients, They aro also inclined to favor the limiting of appropriations for rivers and harbors and public buildings anu similar developments to items of 1m mediate necessity, and the majority of thorn will oppose the passage of a big omnibus buildings appropriation bin, rivers and harbors bill, and large ap propriation bills of that character. Tbev will not oppose smll appropria tions here and there for mall local items. Congress came to Washington to open this session with .lust one fixed idea democrats and republicans alike were unanimously and emphatically intent on passing every possible form of legislation calculated in any way to bring the war to a successful and speedy conclusion. In regard to all other matters there was, and there still is, a complete lack of determined intention. Congress has been here a week and with the exception of declaring war on Austria-Hungary, which' was done with dispatch, congress has been quite unable, to bring itself to its feet and with but one exception has been un able to form any definite Idea of a legislative program. . The one thing about which almost evervbody in congress seems pretty TEMPORARY I S uOHS much agreed is that nothing revolu-train tionary of a permanent legislative character will pass. "It would be a grave mistnke in my opinion to pass legislation at this time permanently affecting the railroads and permitting them or other large corporations- to pool their interests." said Senator F. M. Simmons, of North Carolina, today. "Whatever laws are passed affecting business or labor in any way should tee of a temporary character. World, na tional, state and local conditions have been brought to a chaotic state by this war, and no man can predict today what ran be the condition a year from now or after the tror. Therefore I be lieve it would bo inadvisable to pass any permanent legislation intended to anticipate and govern conditions here after. "Legislation which we might pass row, and which would seem wise in view of present conditions and circum stances, might be found altogether un fitted to conditions of the future. Con ditions of business and everyday life of all kinds are undergoing a great change ah over the world and it would be idle and unwiso to pass legislation to meet conditions as we may now believe they will be after the war. "A forecast of things as they will he hereafter, mnde by the very w isest man today; may bo far from the point a few months after peace. .1 believe this congress should devote itself to questions Immediately before us, and that legislation affecting business, and living conditions should bo operative only during the war period, so that -when peace is concluded and - -the world has settled down to new condi tions, we can then. In the light of what went before the war, what happened during the war end conditions as they will be then, legislate with permanency much more wisely." G. H. M. Steamer Sunk In Collision. London, Dec. 14. The steamer Kurland has been unk In a collision, according to announcement mada by Lloyds. According to available Rhipplng re cords there are steamers named Kur land, one Belgian and two Russian. The Belgian steamer Kurland of 1.964 tons, arrived in an American port on November 10. The Russian steamer named Kurlund are of 8S6 and 512 torn respectively. VKKIittKttltKKItHltltMR' V Engineers Killed. V K German bombs have killed ft . H number of American railway en . glneera in a town behind the Brit H Ish front. In another town ft n Oerman bomb fell In a street H through which American trpops were marching. Although the missile fell very close no injuries X resulted. STORM CRIPPLES MEWYORKTHAFF C Interrupts Wire Service, Makes Shortage of Coal More Serious and Intensi fies Sufferings of Poor New York, Pec. 14.A snowstorm approaching blizzard proportions that raged throughout the night crippled all traffic In New York today, Inter rupted telegraph and telephone ser vice, brought Intense suffering to the poor and accentuated the serious shortage of coal. The gale whipped up a heavy sea, driving small craft to cover and causing . considerable damage along the waterfront. The storm came suddenly from the Atlantic coast early last night- and gradually increased in intensity. The snowfall was accompanied by rain and covered the streets with slush. But as the temperature dropped steadily during the night the rain turned into sleet, the fall of snow became heavier, and by midnight the city was covered with five inches of snow. The wind in the meantime increased in force and at Long Beach it was blowing at the rate of 7a miles an hour. The weather cleared just before day break and the wind, which caused the snow to drift to a degree unusual for New York, died down. The small army of snow shovelers experienced considerable difficulty in clearing side walks and the important thorough fares. Owing to the scarcity of labor the regular force of shovelers was re duced to about 3,000 and in order to meet the situation 7,000 reserves were called upon. With trolley service virtually paralyzed in many sections and the elevated trains running spas modically, the early morning rush of workers to the downtown district over crowded the subway lines. The Coal situation which has been acuts for weeks caused much appre hension today. Reeve Schley, local fuel administrator, said there were 30,000 tons otf New Jersey ports awaiting transportation here in scows. The high seas made it dangerous for the craft to attempt the trip dur ing the morning. In the Bronx yesterday the entire supply of coal was exhausted and crowds of people besieged empty yards in vain. In Brooklyn anil on the New York east side there was small riots in which the chief participants were women who pleaded that their chil dren were dying of cold at home. Health officials, alarmed -at the In creasing number of deaths from pneu monia due to the recent cold weather, have appealed to the fuel administra tor to help the situation. Traffic Crippled in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Dec. 14. Railroad and street car traffic throughout the state was badly crippled by the sleet. and snow of last night's storm followed by freezing temperatures. Telegraph and telephone wires are re ported down all along the path of the storm while in the coal regions the snow was so heavy that through trains were stalled for hours. It was feared here today that the coal shortage would be aggravated because hundreds of coal cars are held up by frozen switches. Snow Holds Work. Shamokin, Pa., Dec. 14. Fifteen thousand miners in the Shamokin an thracite district were idle today as a result of last night's blizzard. Rail road sidings are under snow drifts ranging from three to seven feet in depth, closing in whole trainloads of coat mined Thursday. No freight or coal trains were being moved today. PEOPLE EXPECT GREAT T "Peace In East and Battle In West" Is Path for ' Germans London, Dec. 14. A generally in creased confidence in tlermauv based on the Kusslnn armistice and other obvious factors is shown in extracts from the latest (Icrman newspapers telegraphed from Holland. Travelers arriving in Holland from (lermany are quoted as saying tht the Herman people are building great hopes on a great offensive in the west, which is regarded as certainly Impending. Major Moraht writes In The Tage blutt: "Whenever Germany's supreme war lord or Field Marshal von Hinden burg promised our Austro-Hungarlan allies assistance against Russia's mighty forces, It has been promptly assembled, powerful blow delivered nnd the Russians driven rack. We really do not need to doubt that this time also deeds will follow words." The Koelnische Volks Zeltung ssys thnt the only battlefield remaining Is the western fnont, "toward which the i hands of the clock' of destiny rapidly are advancing. "Our enemies also recognise this," it adds, "and are crylmj out for Amerl an help. No matter, Justlo Is about to end the war." - The Weser Zeltung says: "Kvents show us distinctly, as in pictures, the path we must tread. Pence in the east and battle In west until we have achieved there the foun dation of the complete eouallty of Brltl.ih and Oerman positions the world over.' BITTER FIGHTING TALI FRONT Reinforced By Fresh Re serves Austro - Germans Attack Italian Positions Without Success East of the Brenta river on the northern Italian front, there has been further bitter fighting. Austro-Ger- man troops reinforced by fresh re serves, attacked the Italian positions in valleys descending toward the river from Col Delia Beretta region. Ital ian resistance held the attackers and forced them to give up the effort after having suffered heavy losses. Other violent attache in the same region brought no gains for the enemy. WANT ANOTHER JUDGE IN By GEO. H. MANNING. Washington, D. C, Dec. 14 A bill providing for the appointment of an additional judge for the western ju dicial district of North Carolina was introduced in the senate by Senator Overman yesterday. It was referred to the judicial committee of which Sena tor Overman is chairman and will be reported back favorably with prompt ness. The docket on this circuit is said to be badly crowded and an addi tional judge is said to be needed to assist Judge Boyd, Who is over 70 years old. NITRATE POWDER CAN ON ENGINE Jackson, Miss., Dec. 14. A ten pound can of nitrate powder was dis covered in the tender of the enrrine on passenger train No.' l, southbound lim ited of the Illinois Central railroad just as the negro fireman was about to toss the can into the firebox of the locomative while the train was stand ing on the tracks at the station here early today. , Congress Not Opened. Lima, 'Peru, Dec. 14. For lack of a quorum the extraordinary session of congress called to begin yesterday was not opened. The political situation at present is complicated. North Halifax a c . - . , - ; . - - p.. ' t ' , ' il jfVTV y , t,P Sill iIj iLj ILjMo -tykfei f " - - , . m i i s, J-? im . h ja tit vyaii ' practically destroyed. An army of relief workers are searching the ruins for the dcud und wounded and relief trains ara being sent from many points. ' The staff of the Red Cross relief train from New York Is shown. From left to right: Kills Russell, Cap tain A. L. Boyoe, military commander of the train; Miss Jassil Korbts, relief worker; Mtas A. O. Olney, director of the Atlantlo division of the Red Cross, and Captain Albert R. Goodman, Medical corps. , johntling; REM US' BUSINESS CAREER Explained Evidence Which He Contends Is Sufficient To Convict Defendant CASE MAY GO TO JURY BY NIGHT Armfield Spoke for Defense This Morning Several More Lawyers Concord, N. C, Dee. 14. John T. Dooling, assistant district attorney of New York, today took the jury in the trial fo Gaston B. Means, along the pathway of the defendant's career as business manager for Mrs. .Maude A. King, with whose murder he Is charged, and explained, link by 1 the chain of evidence which the state contends is sufficient to establish the motive for the alleged crime. Mr. Dooling was the second speak er of .the day and the last but one for the state. lie pointed out from the evidence that when the defendant became con nected in 1915 .with Mrs. King's af fairs, he was living in New York in a cheap flat in Harlem. He had no con siderable funds and his wife had about f 100 in the bank. Within - three or four months, said Mr. Dooling, tens of thousands of dol lars were deposited in cash to the credit of Mrs. Means besides large bank accounts in the defendant's own name. These deposits were made subse quent to the time he had goJ to Chi cago With" Mrs: Kfiiirrthd spewed from the Woodruff Trusi company securi ties and cash to the amount of $192, 000. The securities, he said, were taken back to New York and convert ed into cash. Frank 'Armfield,' for the defense, the first speaker of the day emphasized the assertion that in the mass of evi dence produced by the state no-connection between the alleged motive and the alleged crim ehad been shown, in accordance with the law. F.x-C'zar's Daughter III. . Petrograd, Dec. 13. It is reported from Tobolsk, Siberia, that Olga, eld est daughter of former Emperor Nich olas, is seriously ill. nd Harbor and Relief Officials from New Jork LITTLE FIGHTING ON WESTEN FRONT Artillery Continues Active Some Engagements In Cambrai Area No Fur ther Massed Attacks . Artillery and local infantry fighting has been in progress on -the' western front to which the Germans are still rushing troops and supplies. The ene my has attempted no further massed attacks since Wednesday and there is still no outward sign of where his ex pected blow is to come. In the Cambria area yesterday the P.rltish ..rmed a German nost on the southern end of the sector while on the northern end there was bomb fighting in which German prisoners were captured. German artillery . --as been especially active south Of the Scarpe in the Arras area and north east of Yprcs and Flanders. Inter mittent artillery activity continues along the French front. The only in fantry action 1 us been near Juvin court, north of RHeiiiis. where a Ger man attack was repulsed. ABERDEEN-ANGUS SOLD FOR RECORD PRICES Local members of the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' association have copies of a letter from Charles Kay,- secretary, which in part, reads as follows: "Every member of the American Aberdeen -Angus Breeders' association who Was unable' to attend the Inter national Live Stock exposition and the annun 1 meeting of the. American Abcr-deeii-AiiRUs Breeders' association will he interested to learn of the great iftCfeteyeuienU f our breed and the record attendance at our annual meet ing. "In the Fat Carload exhibit, ber-deen-Angus again won the grand championship and the reserve grand championship over all breeds and the grand champion load sld for the record-" price of $42.50 per cwt. They weighed 1,090 pounds, thus the fifteen head which comprised the load brought a. total o f$7,008.75 or an average of $403.25 per head. "The thirty-four, head of breeding cattle which were sold at the-Aberdeen-Angus sal-? made a record price of $1,005 per head. The two top bulls sold for $3,050 each and the top cow for ?1.70o and there was not an ani mal sold for less than $525." Ti El" BOLSHEVIKI FORCES WON FIRST CLASH, REPORTS INDICATE Reported They Have Captured Towns of TVuft--. anovka and Kaluga Kaledines Besieging Rostov-on-the-Don, Russian Delegates Have Power to Enter Into Peace Negotiations Bolshevihi forces apparently have been successful in the first clashes with the counter revolutionists and it is reported they have captured the towns of Tamanovka and Kaluga. General Kaledines is besieging Rostov on the Don, the larg' est city in the Don province, and heavy fighting has been in progress there since Monday, Tamanovka is near Bielgorod, 350 miles south of Moscow, and near where the forces of Gen eral Korniloff, also a counter revolutionist, are reported to have been engaged in a heavy battle with the Bolsheviki. One report said Korniloff had been defeated and wounded white another says he has been victorious. There is a railroad town named Ka luga, 100 miles southwest' of Moscow, and if this is the town re ferred to in the unofficial report from Petrograd, it appears that the counter revolutionists had approached nearer to the old Rus sian capital than previous reports had indicated. , Fighting: Around Rostov. Severe fighting has been going on in and around Rostov, which is only 25 miles southwest of Novo Tcherkask, the Don Cossack capital. Kaledines troops besieged the city while Cos sack forces within Rostov attacked the Bolsheviki. The losses are report ed to have been heavy on both sides. Wire communications with Rostov has been broken and one railway line reaching the city was cut. To Enter Into Negotiations. London. Dec. 14.- Leon Trotssky, the Bolsheviki foreign minister, according to a Reuter dispatch from Petrograd, announces that if an armistice for the eastern front is signed at Brest Litovsk the Russian delegates are em powered to enter into peace negotia tions. The Russian authorities have or dered the release of all civilian Oer man prisoners in exchange for 4.000 Russian officers in German prisons, according to a dispatch from Hapa randa, printed in the Dagens Nyheter, of Stockholm, and forwarded by the correspondent of the Morning Post. It is reported reliably, the dispatch adds, that Russian troops have been ordered to evacuate Finland. The commander of the fortifications at Sveaborg is said to have acknowledged officially the independence of Fin land. Negotiations Itesiimed. Amsterdam, Dec. 14. Official German and Austrian statements say that the Russian delegates arrived at Brest-Litovsk Wednesday and the armistice negotiations were resumed yesterday. Bolsheviki Occupy Two Towns. London, Dec. 14. Bolsheviki troops havo occupied Tamanovka and Ka luga, according to a Reuter dispatch from Petrograd. Tamanovka was oc cupied by troops from Petrograd while Kaluga was captured without much fighting. The counter revolutionary troops there were disarmed and ar rested and Bolsheviki authorities re stored. The commissioners, with the Black sea fleet, asking for the immediate dispatch by land and water of all Dark sea detachments now ashore. They also ask for a large number of nachlne guns. The commissioners report that the military cadets are attacking Rostov with armed cars. Tamanovka is near Bielgorod. in Kursk province, about 350 miles routh of Moscow. There is a railroad town named Kaluga, in the province of the same name, which lies about 100 miles southwest of Mscw. Cossacks Were Defeated. Petrograd, Dec. 13. 6 p. m. (De layed). In the battle near Bielgorod, according to a Bolsheviki staff re port, General Korniloff's Cossacks were defeated. They retreated to Vasileika. In connection with the battle at Rostov the evening newspapers report the Cossacks as victorious, the Bol sheviki forces havine retreated across the Don river to Nakhitchevan. The staff report on the Bielgorod fighting says that the Korniloff forces Inst 50 killed and SO prisoners. The report adds that General Korniloff has disappeared. A description of the Rostov fighting says that shells fired by Bolsheviki gunboats in the river missed their objective but landed in the barracks of a Cossack detachment which had decided to remain neutral, but which fouuht for Kaledines when disturbed by the shells. It is reported that General Kale dines is prepared to negotiate with the Bolsheviki in order to avoid fur ther bloodshed around Rostov. KiilcdlncN Besieging City. Petrogrnd, Dec. 12, 6:30 p. m. (Delayed.) General Kaledines has begun hostilities and is besieging the city of Rostov-on-the-Don, nccordlng to a wireless telegram received in Se bnstopol from Rostov Within Rostov the Bolsheviki troops have clashed with, the Cossacks who have destroyed tbf liolsheviM headquarters. The transport Kolohida, manned by Bol sheviki, Is bombarding the Kaledines Cones. A telogram received at Smol ny institute, the Bolsheviki headquar ters, says there have been riots in Ros tov in which the Cossacks were put down by the Bolsheviki, Reports of the battle vary widely. Hostilities began Sunday and are said to continue with heavy losses on both sides. Artillery reinforcements have been sent the Bolsheviki, who are now reported to bo - under the personal command of Ensign- Krylenko, the Bolsheviki commander in chief.- Sail ors from Helsingfors and several reg iments from the northern front havo rrived in Petrograd. . "Death Battalion" Defeated. . Petrograd, Dec. 13. The Bolsheviki forces have defeated a "death bat talion" in the vicinity of Bielgorod, where the fighting with the Korniloff and Kaledines forces centers. In the Orenburg district where Gen eral Dutoff has a large force of Cos sacks, there has been little fighting and the Bolsheviki have sent agitators to work among his troops. It is reported that Kaluga has. beeilj. taken by the Bolsheviki' after tho'de- ;. feat of a counter revolutionary "death battalion." PILED P S Receipts for Six Months for Schools , $75,542.32 Dis bursements, $119,598.87 $55,000 Spent on Buildings. Aslieville's annual ordinary expendi tures for its school system are apj proximately $150,000, according to the semi-annual statement of receipts and . disbursements filed today with the commissioners by Secretary-Treasurer Frank Conder. If account is taken of the sums spent on new buildings, In cluding the new high school building, the yearly total spent for schools would reach approximately be a quar ter of a million dollars. The sta'.enient just filed by the sec-." rotary gives receipts and disburse ments for the six months from Ju io 1 to December 1, 1917. Receipts for this half year were $73,542.32; ex penditures, including approximately $41,000 spent in that time on the $300,000 high schjol building, were $110,589.87. Other new buildings, enuimont and improvements cost $14, 609. S3. Principal items in the receipts for the past six months were: Citv taxes, $49, G"6. 15; county taxes. $8,812.09. The city receives 39.105 per cent of. all the school money collected in the county, this proportion being baaed upon the school census which shows 7.30S school children in the city and 11,337 in the county. The disbursements include salaries for teachers, principals, superintend ent nnd janitors, stationery, supplies,' books for indigent children, in addi tion to repairs and new buildings. The item of fuel amounts to $2,378.18. Teachers' salaries in the elementary schools amount to $23,076.25; salaries for high school teachers were $7,- 478 .95. The West Ashevllle school is, now, of course, a part of the city school system. STATEMENT SCHOOL The summary of disbursements by funds is as follows: School fund, $68 343.1 3: general fund. $502.68; school bond fund, s42.727.21 : West Ashevllle school fund, $8,016.82. Total, $119,-' 589.87. The cash bnlnnce, December 1, 1917, was ns follows: School bond fund. $101,218.19: West Ashevllle school fund. $3,090 34: school fund deficit, $3 206.76. Total, $220.C91.64. Ttie cash balance .lune 1 was: School bond fund, $141-417.59; school fund.. $5,731.73. wets
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