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THE Am CITIZEN CITIZEN WANT AD3 BRING RESULTS ; VOL. XXXH, NO. 324. ASHEVILLE, N. O, MONDAY HORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE WEATUEEl . FAIB VIRGIL BUH RUNS AMUCK WITH RIFLE; FIVE PEOPLE SHOT White Man, Thirty-Five Years, of Age, Shoots Wife and Four Others, TAKES TO THE HILLS NEAR MARION, N. C. pposse Searching for Butt Who is Wounded by One of His Victims.. MARION. N. C Iwt 10. Rub. nine amuck with a rtne. Virgil Butt, a white man about thirty-live years of ace, shot and seriously wounded five people at the home of Thomae Morrla late thla afternoon, waa wound. ed in turn by one of hie vlctlme ana eecaped to the hills, where a pone le sngaged In a aearch for him. Sheriff Laughrldge called Governor Craig on long distance, asking that Butu be declared an outlaw, but the governor had taken no action In UUs direction at a late hour tonight. ' , lite Wounded. The wounded are Lawrence Morris, Roland Morris, 3. L. .Blddbv Mr.' J. H. L. Miller and Mrs. Virgil Butt, the latter being the wife of the assailant Mrs. Miller, who was shot In the neck, has the most serious wound of any of the Ave. but It is believed, that all Cwill recover. Butt is carrying-a fair tiled load of shot In his body, and fhl may weaken him to such aa ex tent as to make his capture easy. He still has hi rifle,, however, and the poasemen are proceeding cautiously in their search for the. missing man. , Mrs. Butu 'was cooking at the home of the Morris family.' supposedly against the desire of Butt, and this is believed to have led to the shooting. It is understood that Butt had pro - tested against his wife's working at the Morris home and that Mrs. Butt disregarding his protest, had continued to cook for the family. Shoots Wife. Tonight about o'clock Butt ap peared at the rear door of the Morris home and immediately opened fire on Mrs. Butt with a rifle. He shot his wife. And then, entering the bouse, began' shooting at the other occupants. After shooting everybody in sight. Butt started to leave, and when J. L. Blddix. a neighbor appeared on the scene. Butt turned the rifle on him, the bullet grazing his forehead. Mr. Biddtx beat 4 hasty retreat to hi s. Juunei secured a shotsrun. and succeed' ed in emptying the greater portion of a load Into Butt as tne latter ran for the hills. Butt escaped and is still In the hills, with a posse of several hundred man on his trail. Excitement is intense, snd there has been some .talk of violence If the fugitive is captured. WILL investigate. Governor Craig received a message over long distance from Sheriff Laugh ridge last night, requesting that Butt be declared an outlaw. Governor Craig stated that he could not take any such action until he had received further reports on the case and had made an Investigation. PREDICTS THE CLOSE OF WAR BY END OF AUGUST Says the Austro-Hungarians Will Soon Be Unable to Fight Longer. TERRIFIC DRIVE LONDON, Sept. 11. General Bras si I off, in an. Interview with the cor respondent of The Daily Chronicle at the Russian front, predict the end of the war by August next. "The Austro-Hungariaa army. A" ailed from all sides," he said, "won't eal f able to etana roucn longer oeioro he hordes of enemies who are hurl lnsr themselves against it and pre paring to- increase the rigor of their blows. The intervention of Rou menla If an event of the first order. I am no prophet; the future Is In God's hands. But If I bad to make a hypothesis tl should be inclined to thfaik that the month of .. August 1917, might ee the and . , of our memorable worfc." , . , HURRY GALL TO EVERS. ' BOSTON, Sept. ' 10, The Boston Nationals, la a slump which has cost thsm twelve games of the lat-fourteen and threatens their pennant chances, tonight sent out a hurry oall to their captain, Johnny avers. Hls absence from second base has had an obvious affect on the spirit of ths team. Evers has been at a new York lake resort recovering from a nervous and muscular trouble. . Manager Stall ing said be expected him to report tomorrow. -'v-.i. ;'. t -: TO RESTTMK DELIBERATIONS. ' NEW LONDON. Conn, Sept. 10. With the return here tonight Of Luis Cabrera and Alberto Pant from week end tripe to Boston and New York, ' members of . the American-Mexican roint commission were ready to re IJfume tomorrow their deliberations as to the situation along, the Mexican border.: Tomorrow's meeting will be devoted to further discussion of ways and means to end the disturbed border alt. uation. So far, the commissioners have been unable to formulate even a tentative plan. It la understood, as to the policing system to be adopted. - OLD BULGARIAN FORTRESS LYING, EAST OF THE DUNUBE CAPTURED BY WE TEUTONS Roumanians and Suffer Heavy Losses Roumanians Are Still Advancing Banat Russians LONDON, Sept. 10. Continuing their advance in western Dobnidja.'the Gferman and Bulgarian forces have captured the old Bulgarian fortress of Silistria, which lies on the eastern-bank of the Danube about twenty-five miles northeast of Turtukai and sixty miles east of Bucharest, the capital of Roumania and about an equal distance south of the Constanza-Bucharest the fortress is announced by adds that .the Roumanians rudja apparently have suffered very considerable losses during the past few day3. - , . Roumanians ' In Banat, north of Orsova, however, the Roumanians are keeping up their advance ing compelled the Austrian them back two and a half miles, to, withdraw to its former position under a strong counter-attacJc. Attempts by tne Roumanians to advance against heights west ; of : Bsik Szerda were rendsecL ' In junction of the Hungarian Germans are in contact wth Berlin and Vienna concede a gain of ground to the Russians in the" Carpathians onvpoi. ane xvussians, "jara xeruu, are ou me oneusive fxbm the Baltic to tfie wooded heights of the Carpathians, but everywhere except near Shypbt, their attacks have been repulsed. Attempts of the Russians trian lines southeast of4 Lemberg, near Halicz, failed, ac cording to Vienna with heavy losses. . The Vienna state ment mentions the gallantry of the Turkish forces fighting with the Austrians in this region. German Attacks Repulsed. The repulse of German heavy -bombardments, formed fighting Sunday4 on the western front in the Somme region between the French and British forces and the German foftjesV &iThe Attacks by the Germans!againstitbA3ritish '' . . ... 11 0 w . ... took piace norm oi umcny of Berny-En-Banterre.- , , A recapitulation by the British war office of the re sults attained by the British on the Somme front during last .week shows an advance of 6,000 yards to a depth vary ing from 300 to 3,000 yards. . ' In addition to numerous air battles between French and German aviators, in which seven German machines were forced down, French aircraft have heavily bombed CONTINUED ON MEN TELL EXPERIENCES WHILE INTHEANTARCT1G Diet Was Limited to Pen guin Breast, Biscuit and Blubber. EXERCISED DAILY LONDON, ' '8et.''l--.Llfe on Ele phant island In the Antarctic, as It was experienced by the marooned men of Lieutenant ; Sir Ernest Shackleton's South Polar expedition who were re cently rescued and taken to Chile, la described in a message receivea rrom Punta Arenas, and published in The Dally Chronicle today. The day began," says the descrip tion, "with breakfast which consisted merely of penguin, fried in blubber, with a drink of water. The morning's duties consisted In clearing away snowdrifts and catching penguin. Lunch was served at 1 o'clock, con stating of a biscuit with raw blubber. The afternoon wag occupied with reg ular exercise over a track one hun dred yards !n length. "At 5 o'clock, when darkness fell, came dinner, consisting of penguin breast and beef tea. Lacking tobacco, the men smoked grass from the pad ding In their boots, while the pipes were carved from bird's bones and wood. The members of the party took turns In reading aloud from the only available books, namely, tne hum, an encyclopedia, Browning, Bacon's Es aava and Carlisle's French Revolution. Saturday evening was always marked by a concert, the feature of which was banjo playing. A banjo waa the only musical instrument In camp. "On one-occasion there waa a wel come addition to the diet when several undigested fish were- found in the stomach of a seal and greatly enjoy ed. These were the- only fish obtain ed during our stay.' In August there was a change in the diet when lim pets were gathered and seaweed .was available as A vegetable, -.-.' "We were in the midst of one of these limpet - and seaweed lunches when the rescue boat was sighted, " 'When waa the war over 7' was the first question we asked.' - THE WEATHER. - WASHINGTON, Sept 10. Forecast for North Carolina: Overcast Mon day and Tuesday probably showers Tuesday. , . :: . - SHACKELTON'S MAROONED IPRESENT MANEUVEHS OF Russians Apparently Against Austrians in Gain in Carpathians railway line. The capture of the Berlin war office which and Russians fighting in Dob- Advance. against the Austrians, hav rightwing; after it had pushed 'southern Bukowina near the and Roumanian borders the the Roumanians. near Zabie, to the west of to break through the Aus counter - attacks and continued the chief features of the .. . s. it . vn . it ana -against xne xfxencn eouta PAGE TWO.) FLEET MOST IMPORTANT EVER HELD Big Guns of Dreadnoughts , and Anti-Aircraft Guns ' to Be Tested. BIG TARGET BUILT NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 10. In the opinion of naval officers with the At lantic fleet, the present battle maneu vers and target practice which will be resumed tomorrow on the southern drill ground off the Virginia capes, will Ibe the most important In the his tory of the United States navy. With the rising of the sun in the morning the fifty-odd ships in Hampton Roads, Including the major portion of the big ships of the fleet will put to sea and the actual work -is expected to begin in the early afternoon. With the fleet at thla practice are more big ships than ewer before as sembled under the United States col ors, including the Pennsylvania and Nevada, the latest superdreadnoughts and there will be. In addition, firing at targets irom longer ranges than ever before attempted. The latest thing in naval anti-aircraft guns, will also be tested out to prove their ef ficiency. For this purpose great box kites will, be sent up from the decke of the superdreadnoughts, upon which the guns will be trained at various ! fldent theee guns will prove to be the best In existence for protection against the airship. - - i A mammoth floating target erected at the local yard at a cost of 110,004 will be used In the long range firing of the superdreadnoughts with their fourteen-lnch and twelve-Inch guna ; Naval officers declare that the pre paredness spirit that has swept the country during ' the past year and which resulted In greater things . be ing done for army and navy, has en thused both the officers and - men of the entire fleet and that the slogan on every ship of the Atlantic fleet is efficiency and preparedness. They look for remarkable records In the gun nery tests. The ships will be stripped down to battle conditions. This week will be spent in Individual target work and maneuvering for positions by each ship. Next week squadron firing at short and long range, the most inter-1 estlng part of the target practice, will ocur. GENERAL STRIKE OF OTHER NEW YORK UNIONS IN SYMPATHY WITH CARMEN'S - STRIKE DECIDED UPON AT MEETING j.Hiz Hugh Frayne. Stale Organizer of the American Federation of Labor Says That 750,000 Men and WomenlAre Enrolled In the Unions Which Took This ActionUnionized Workers Called rh: " to Strike "Until Carmen's Union Is Recogntzed' 'r NEW TORlt'pt- II A general strike of 'longshoremen, brewery workers, machinists, moulders, print ers, bartenders and stage employes In sympathy with, the unionised carmen who ' quit their places four days ago, was decided upon at meeting of the heads of their unions tonight, accord ing to an announcement by Hugh Frayne. state organiser of the Ameri can Federation of Labor. X resolution was passed calling on all unionized wage earners In Greater New Tork. lookers, Mt. vernon, White Plains and New Rochelle to sanction a strike "in simport of the contention nf tha street reuwav men of their right tax organise U : Thai resolution recommended that tne workers . In the- various trades "lay down their tools until the companies are forced to recognise the carmen's union." Ttousanda fovotvod. According to State Organiser Fray ne, approximately 7(0,000 men and women are enrolled in the' unions that were represented at the meeting to night. Before a sympathette strike can be declared, however, it was explained by the union leaders It will be necessary for them to call mass meetings of their respective unions and put the proposition to a vote of the membera Officials of the railway companies when informed of the action of tne union leaders asked whether the building tirades were to-be included In the re bmmendation for a sym pathetic strike. They were told that no action with respect to these trades had been taken. Printers can't Btruce. James Dahm, former president of the Typographical union In this city, asserted after he had been Informed of the action of the union delegates at their meeting that members of the Typographical union here have an agreement with the American News paper Publishers' association that no declaration of a strike can be made by the local officers of the union in dependently. The order, he eald, would have to come from the inter national officers who are located at Indianapolis. It would be necessary, he added, to give the publishers forty, eight hours' notice before a strike was declared. Entente Representatives Would Welcome Proposals From Greece. LONDON. Sent. 10. Great im portance is attached In dispatches of Saturday to Renter and tne Excnange Telegraph company to the conference at AJhens between tne entente mm. lsters and Premier Zalmts. . The Greek premier seemingly made no definite statement regarding the Greek government's Intentions, but sounded the diplomatic representa tives regarding the feeling of their governments in the event or weece-s departure from neutrality. The min isters replied that they welcomed pro posals from, the Greek government, which they would submit to their own governments. Premier Zatmls had a lengthy interview with King Con stantme and It Is supposed that the sittings have been adjourned pending telegraphlo advices from the entente capitals. t A large detachment of Greek ma rines the dispatches say, has - been brought to Athens to help the police maintain order. . , ,. ; f ' EVACUATING TAWTA. ' ' ' LONDON. Sept. IX The Bui- garlans are evacuating Varna, -4- the principal port on the Black sea, according to a semi-official news - agency dispatch from Odessa. S!l I!! US Afore Than Enough Undivided Support Undivided moral and nsanolal rup- Sort of all trade unionists In Greater ew York which, it la estimated num ber 100,000, was pledged to the strik ing carmen here tonight In a resolu tion adopted at a conference attended by. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor; offi cials of the New Tork Central Fed erated union, the Brooklyn Central Labor union and the Amalgamated Association at Street and Sleotrtp Railway employes. Mr. Gompers arrived here late today- In resoonse te an anneal from the . NewYork Central Federated union..- .;,.,. -:, The fourth day of the strike round air surface - ear. , tines , Manhattan, the Bronx and narts of West Chester county badly crippled. During' the day the service on nearly all the lines was about fifty .per cent, normal and tonight the police reported that it had almost entirely, been suspended. Service Increased.'. In the eubway and on the elevated railway lines, however, trains were run with greater frequency than us ual. This, it was explained, was done to accommodate the overflow of Bun day crowds, which ordinarily ride on surface cars. Jitneys were in demand during the day, particularly In the cross-town thoroughfares of the city- In some Instances adults were observed on roller-skates. The first accident since the strike begun occurred late today, when fourteen persons, among them six po licemen on strlk duty, received mi nor injuries in a rear-end collision between two Third avenue elevated trains. Several outbreaks of violence were reported by the police. The. most se rious was an attack by strikers against a Madison avenue surface car. Eleven arrests were mada after shots were fired by the police to hold back strikers who tried to rescue the pris oners. One policeman was hurt by a bottle thrown by a rioter. Frederick W. Whltridge, president of the Third Avenue Railway com pany, Informed Mayor Mltchel In a letter today that In future no- mem bers of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Eleotrlo Railway em MAJOR-GENERAL BLISS Ml! Secretary Baker Grants Per mission for General to Help. WASHINGTON, Sept- 10. Seere. tary Baker today granted the request of the American-Mexican commission to have Major-General Taeker H. Bliss, assistant chief of staff, go to New London, Conn:, to give the com missioners Information he has gather ed first hand concerning the military situation along the international boun dary. The general le regarded as one of the army's most competent - au thorities on Mexican questlona As as sistant chief of staff, he has more to do with the administration of military operation along the border than any other officer, except Major General Funston and recently he oorapieted a personal Inspection of all the border patrol militia camps. Pressure from political business quarters is being brought to bear upon fleciwtarv Baker and administration officials generally to withdraw national guard organisations from the border. Members of congress, business houses and friends and relatives of guards men have deluged the department the last few days with requests for the release of the militia. Tne depart ment has Informed all inquirers that action will be taken as soon as prac ticable. Secretary. Baker already has indicated that as soon as tne units now en route 'to the border arrive. other organizations will be withdrawn. Guardsmen still in their state camps all probably will be given a tour of border field semoe Before ceing mus , tared ut . ... , ployes win be employed en any Una over which he has Jurisdiction. ' v -; STRIKE THREATENED. , LONDON, Sept 10. nAt a meeting of three thousand railway workers at Cardiff today a resolution was adopt ed providing that unless the demand for an Inorease in wages of ten shill ings a week Is conceded by September 16, alt railway work will be stopped in South Wales at midnight the sev enteenth. The resolution also stated that the advance In wages should date from' July 1 and that the govern ment should give a definite guarantee that in the future It will control .the supply ot f ndrettiturlirtBel.ir'i CENTRAL STRIKE PROPOSED. WILKBSaARRE. Pa., 8ept 10. A general strike of all crafts of tabor, numbering approximately 75,000, is a contingency that, faces wukesbarre and the Wyoming Valley, as a result of efforts .of labor union omoials to obtain an Immediate stay In the en forcement of the city ordinance whloh jitney owners say will make It m possible for them to continue in bus! ness. The result, union leaders say, would . be ' to break the street car strike that has been In effect slnoe October 14, 1915. . ' i i REBELS BESIEGE tTOWN. SAUNA CRUZ, Max., Bpt. 10 (By radio to Ban Diego, Cel., Sept. ,10. ) Fifty rebels that attacked a const! tutlonallst force of about . the same strength at San Geronlmo. . Oaxaoa, September , still were besieging the town,- according to latest reports. Train service to San Geronlmo has been suspended for two days. Villa infantry. 200 .to 400 . strong. under General lAionso, is reported active near Manianllla, raiding rapohes and villages. A Carransa force at Veladera was engaged by the rsDeia yesterday witnout success. -HOLDS CONFERENCE, rc; BERLIN, Sept 10. (By wireless)- Haul Bey, Turkish minister of the In terlor arrived here today from Con stantinople for a conference with Ger man officials. TO RETRACT STATEMENTS Calls on Sherman; of Illinois, to Correct "Vile" Impres sions. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. Postmaster-General Burleson tonight adeh master - General Burleson tonight made publio a letter he had written to Senator Sherman, of Illinois, call ing on him to correct "vilely false impressions" left by a statement made by the senator in the senate last week. Senator Sherman read from a Texas .newspaper of 1809 to show that Mr. Burleson then was part owner of a Texas ranch on which convicts were employed, and declared that the fore man of the ranch, after being acquit ted of the charge of causing the death of a negro convict, was appointed postmaster at Longvlew. Mr. Bur leson's letter says the facts are that he was part owner of a plantation which the state Itself leased and op erated; that the foreman referred to was the plantation superintendent employed by the state who was ac quitted of a charge believed to have been mada for political purposes and who was appointed- postmaster with the acquiescence of the congressman from his district The senator is re ferred to the two senators from Texas for Information as to the character of the postmaster, now dead. . , OPENING DELATED. 1 HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 10. The opening of Trinity oollege has been delayed to September 18. H waa an nounced tonight on account of Infan tile paralysis . BIG VOTE ffi MAIfiE TODAY PREDICTED E Democrats Claim State by Pluralities of Approxi-. , . mately 3,000. FIFTEEN THOUSAND t REPUBLICAN CLABf Maine Appears to Be Any body's State Pending ' ' ' Election. ' CLAIMS ARE MAD PORTLAND, Me.. Sept 10. A biff vote is predicted In the state election" tomorrow. ' After a Sunday of com- 1 paratlve rest and review, and during which the heat of battle cooled some what, the party managers tonight de clared they stood by figures proclaim ed at the close of the campaign last" ' sight The republicans claim every '- -thing with pluralities approximating 1I.OO0. The democrats claim' plurall-1 . ties of 1.000. They admit the outcome' it the third and fourth congressional districts is in doubt - If an average Is struck between the rival claims Maine, politically speak'' Ing, maybe said to be either party's state tonight Three conclusions, . . however, are not disputed. , ' . Three Contdustom. ' .'. ' If Governor Oakley C Curtis is re-. elected by the democrats, the result will be accepted generally as an en dorsement of the administration. If the democrats, who now hold one . of the four seats in congress, return - Congressman Daniel J. McGllllouddy and capture the second seat. It will be construed as showing that the first and second districts stand strongly behind the national executive. If the democrats by a popular vote re-elect United States Senator Charles F. Johnson and win another seat in the senate through the defeat of for mer Governor B. M. Femald by Ken- : netb C. M. Sills, dsaa of Bowdoln col lege, it will be taken as evidence that the voters of the state generally wieh to hold up the hands, of President Wilson. - -.' . ' . . Senate Fight Important . The fight for United States senators is especially Important as upon the outcome may depend the control of the Upper house to -obtain whloh the re publicans)' must- win nine seats how held by, democrats. For the first time sea,.vjrlr,. wJp,ofwl ft, popular VOte. V., ?! )(' t 'fjij.::.;v. i f- ' SOrni CAROLINA'S RACE -! COLUMBIA, 6V C, Sept 10. With Governor Richard L Manning , and , former Governor CoIe.L, Blease as the candidates for the gubernatorial nom inatlon, South Carolina democrats will vote Tuesday In a, run-over primary.. Neither Manning ' nor' Blease got a majority In the five-cornered race for the nomination held August i. In the. Third congressional district Rep resentative Wyatt Aiken enters the second" primary ' opposed by T. H, Dominick, who led the field in this district In the first primary. Albert 8. Fant and James Cansler are candi dates in the run-over for railroad -commissioner. There are many other run-over races for various county of -floes. - . ',' , , . CL06E CAMPAIGNS TONIGHT. NEW ORLEANS, Sept- 10. The aspirants for- congress In the Sixth and Seventh district,-who enter-the t Continued on Page, Two.) , T:. ID KILLED IN ALABAMA WHILE AWAITING TRIAL Brother of Man Killed ' by Marshal Chancey , is Charged With Deed. v: NOT YET ABBESTED TVYTWAN Ala- Bent 10. X. DV Chancey, veteran marshal of Hart-, ford, Ala., who was awaiting trial at the fall term of . the Geneva county-. circuit court on an indictment cnarg-. Ing htm with having killed a man; nameri Driver at Hartford last Janu ary,' was shot and killed today In' Houston county. It is charged that Bartow Driver, Jbrother of the man. killed by the sheriff, did the shooting. Driver naa not oeen arresiea xo, nlB-ht. bat It was said he had gone: to Geneva to surrender to the author, itlea. - Chancey had claimed that he killed Driver's brother in self-defense, the latter resisting arrest AERO SQUADS TO FORM. NEW YORK. Sept 10. The wa department is now prepared to train the hundreds of national guardsmen. who seek to become military aviators, the Aero club of America announced' tonight, it had been officially Inform ed by Washington. Provision for -this training was contained in the new army reorganise tlon act with the pay and allowance given officers and enlisted men of the regular army of the same grade. Twelve aero squadrons are to be or : ganised In the national guard. LARGE SUBSCRIPTIONS. ' BERLIN, Sept 10. (By wireless.)- Subscriptions to the new war loans -continue to be made In large amounts. Six corporations today subscribed to a total of 18,000,000 marks. ..- The Aachen society tor fostertnr In- dustrial activity , has Subscribed i. 00.000 marks. 4.. mi
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