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THE JLfiUEVlLLE CITIZEN, MONDAY, JULY l91T. Z G JUIES EM TELLS July 1st to 10th Money deposited in our SAVINGS DEPART MENT on or before JULY 1 Oth . bears interest 4 from the first of the month. . Labor Member of American Mission Talks to the ' Workingmen. IS WELL RECEIVED. RUSSIANS H017 AMERICA HAS MET LABOR PROBLET.TS Www "' Let the Kiddies Enjoy JULY 4th Like They Did When You Were a Boy JULY 4th . WITHOUT HREWORKS IS LIKE . Christmas Without a Tree "SMEW MSI" BUY THEM FROM ::Gharlie Mascari 58 PATTON AVE. At Haywood Street, Opposite Postoffice L CTTED Oil CHARGE " OF OURIliriG A EIARIJ After a eh as lasting more than three hour and a half, Bob Justice, charged with burning th barn of Mllford Morgan, at Etowah, Hender on county, Friday night last, was ar rested at tho station at Etowah Sat urday night- Bo was trailed from th burned barn by two Ashevlll. blood bounds, owned by Arthur Taylor. .Justice, who refuse to either deny or admit hi guut, i to d given a hearing , at HendersonvlHe Tuesday morning. Arthur Taylor was last night served with a summon to ap near aa a witness. . - .Mllford Morgan. " owner of th burned barn, lost a valuable bone, a wagon and other farm implement in : the fir. , Taylor bloodhound took th trail from the barn early Saturday morn (ng. They followed It until. It reached luetic' house,. three mile from Etc vk h. After going all ' through the bouse, th dog started again and did not atop until., they reached tn sta tlon. , ;: v. :-.: , AUTOMATIC VIOLIN HAS ARRIVED HERE A decided noVelty in automatic musical Instruments ha Just been in stalled at the Kenilworth cafe, for merly th Broadway cafe. It 1 known as th "Vlolano Virtuoso," which, In simpler language denotes a violin that play Itself. And it doe this with all the skill of a virtuoso. The tone of the violin are of un usual sweetness, and there is a piano accompaniment for every selection. Tale . Instrument, regarded as one of th greatest musical invention of th age, is the first of Its kind to arrive In North Carolina. When Manager . Gray wa asked the coat of the in strument he said that "it cost a plenty." What's in Paramount Drug. Co. .V. . . CLAYERXE, Mgr. MRS. ANNIE PRESGOTT DIES Oil CLAYTON ST. Funeral services for Mr. Annie Presoott, aged sixty years, who died early . yesterday afternoon at th horn of Mrs. J. B. Keith, No. 44 Clayton street, ar to be held from the parlors or the MCKoy-Mere unaertaK ing establishment at I o'clock thl af ternoon. ' Interment will be In th West Aahevlll. cemetery. Mrs. Presoott, who had been ill for a long time. leave her nusoana. j F Prescott. and one daughter, Mr. L, C Bradley, both of Anviii. BOYSCOUTSLEAVEON CAMPING TRIP TODAY Thirty boy scouts of Aahevlll will eave Blltmor station at 10:10 o'clock thl morning for their annual ea rap- ins trip to Lata Khodoaenaron. near Hendersonvllla They will be ' in charge of Rev, f. Bralnerd Thrall, scoutmaster.. If th weather ! favorable, It 1 planned to stay in camp for ten day or two week..-..' The scouts held a meeting Friday night laet at which time camp rule were agreed on and final Instruction given by the scoutmaster. TO SENT FCJTD8. ' 4 NEW YORK. July I. As th remilt of negotiation with th state depart ment, carried on elnce the entrance ox the United State Into th war. th Joint distribution commltt of fund for Jewish war sufferer, ha com pleted arrangement to , send relief funde into all countries occupied by foreign armies, It was announced hare tonight. the bottle? Your doctor's medi cine or your drug gist's medicine? :: TTnleae th prescrlpUon ha been filled with -MINUTE ACCURACY the medicine la th i bottle may NOT BE th medicine your trusted doctor prescribed at alL We've made the fining of pt-ms Ip. -tions a specialty. Your doctor know -of our experieatoe, our reputation, oar reliability. r ANOTHER CONFERENCE ENDED AT BLUE RIDGE Mlaeioeary duoatloa MovenMmt Con ference Come to an End Next Conference Staru July . BLUB HI DOE, July I. Nearly rug delegates to tn missionary eau cation movement conference . have been In session during th past ten day. The closing session yesterday wa marked by th 11 o'clock plat, form hour, addrssd by R.v. Walton U Ungl. of Richmond, Va. This conference waa presided over oy ev. m. Ft Williams. . The roi lowing strong list of speakers and Other, details of the conference were arranged, by in. executive secretary, Harry B. Myera. of New York city, to getner with At assistant, ails Cora uoiiana: Rev. E. C. crdnk. general secretary daymen a Missionary movement. united synod of the Evangelical Lu theran church tn the south: Mis Grace Llndley, domestic for- Sign . Missionkry . society, . Protestant Episcopal Church. " Barbara Lambdin. ' executive . com. mlttee board of home missions of th Presbyterian church of the United States. .- ... ... ... . Rev. J. E. Hicks. Pastor First Bap tist cnurcn. iMnvtu. ya,. Ambrose page, secretary Y. M. .0. A iyncnourg, vg. - ' r Cynthia P. Maus. American-Chris tian Missionary society. ' a; h. Home, professor Of educa tion, Few, York university, Rev. and Mrs. Thomas T. fittzrud. Presbyterian missionaries in Africa.. HaJlm Inadoml, Roanoke college. Virginia. R. E. Oalne. "professor of Rich mood college, Richmond, Va. Charles t. Hounshell. educational secretary, board of missions M. E. church, south. w. D. w.atherford. southern tu- dent department Y. M.-C. A. Mrs. Arch Trawtck, Nashviue, xenn. Mrs. Herbert C. Bell, Qranlteville, . C. . , , Frank D. Cogswell, mtsalonary edu- cation movement. Rev. Walter I Linl. D. D.. Union Theological seminary, Richmond, Va. lt. seiiy k. xnompKina " Mra C. Q. Kounahell. Mrs. W. C. Wlnnsborourh. Atlanta. Oa. , Tb army school in which sev.nty flv picked men are la training for M. c A. secretarial work with American troops at horn and abroad continues its session parall.l with th missionary movement conr.rene. At th am tlm ther. also was con tinued the conference oa student leader from th colleges of th South. . " .' - " Th next eenference will berln Jalv . This conrerenc t th annual sum- mar school of th city Y. M. C A. FTFTEE3f DEAD. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. July I. Fif teen persona nine men and six wom en dead and approximately thirteen injured, some, seriously, comprise the latest ust or casualties resulting irom th fall of a big water, tank onto th whaleback steamer Christopher Co lumbuav crashing through three decks yesterday. Tare of th dead are yet unidentined. The coroner and th pollc depart ment expect to mat aa examination fsth wreck tomorrow. . .,: VpMav. Tun - (Delayed. Wusm Duncan, lattnr m.mr.r or ths United StaCes commie Ion t Russia, hId th attention of th Council Of nrkinrmui and soldiers for nor than sn hour to. night whil h explained how inw lea-.had, met It labor problems In the last dNtd, and) brrd the Russian deputies to benefit bv the exne-risnea and mistakes of th United State. I Organised workers of America, ho Mid. might bo of service to tho work ing people of Russia In helping them to develop practical trade unions. U connection with tb munitions question In Russia ha expressed the hop that (h worklngmen hero would follow the example of America In In traducing an urgency clauto In their eight-hour legislation which In ttm 1 6t war, would allow the operation of rectories to their full capacity, so that tb army might be adequately sup. piled with ammunition. Ho Proposed a intern of sight-hour shifts which. without Imposing hardship on labor era would Increase the output to a point necessary for th successful conduct of th war.' "Soldiers at th front." Mr. Duncan kid, "cannot be covered by an eight- hour day provision; war I not con ducted, that war... In living tho best possible service within twenty-four hour worklnrmen will ho subjected to no greater hardship than soldier In th trenches." At on time th speaker was Inter rupted by a sailor who stated that America was a nation or capitalists out he was promptly hooted down by th rest of th council. Except for this n Incident tho delegates war sym patheti and attentive. TURTLE IN RIVER; a ' IE ARE KILLED (Continued from Par One) by the lmpaot oa the reck on th rlv.r bottom, throwing th seat to gether. This pinioned ntany of th passenger below the surface of the water and It wag In this section of th car that moat of th fatalities oc curred.' .-.. ' ' ;, .' f , . ip,:vSa JXUv... .T believe" at least half, a doaen bodies were carried dowa the river to th whirlpool,"', eald ne of the sol diets who was taken to a' hospital to recover from exhaustion. "When I ; was running down the railroad tracks aw out in tn stream what seemed to me to be two arms raised above th surface. Ten ' feet away from them I am sure I saw th bright color of a woman's dress near the surface and still further down a man was swimming In an effort te get out of Conductor Heron was In the for ward part of the car collecting the last of the fares. H wa thrown from th running board and crushed to death as the car toppVed 'over. The statement by the national guardsman that he had seen persons struggling In the water,' was the most definite obtainable a to the number of persons carried s away from the river side of the wrecked car. Nearly a score of persons were re ported to the police as missing, but most-of these were aocated in Hos pitals and hotels later In the eve ning. It is certain, however, that In the, holiday crowd ther were many making th trip unaccompanied. The list of dead and known miss ing and th injured, makes a total of only thirty-four. Virtually no on escaped i"ury add thl leaves more than fifteen persons to bs accounted for, If th estimate of fifty as the tout number of passengers, on the oar is correct ""-: E, E- Nlcklls, superintendent of the Gorge' railroad, issued a statement late tonight placing the number of dead and missing at fourteen. All the other passengers on th car had been accounted for, he said. The soldiers in th rescue party were In the water at the aide of the wrecked oar for more than two hour with the water uo to their waists. The Injured were hoisted up the twenty toot embankment with rope. Private Josepn wowiey sstoo mm lives of two girls by holding their heads above water while others worked to free their bodies from the rvv, am. Th arirls rave their names as Clara Schults and Lillian Cool, of r1 .v.lk n A Crowley, who was on duty at the bridge, saw the car go over the bann. There was a scream mat msea ray hair on end," h said. "Ths bans; kmt mine- down and la a moment the trolley car disappeared. I heard women cry, and as I ran lorwsra i saw the car bottom side up In the water. . It was awful to as m srruswie . .h wai.i- t coats ana nats float swav in the swift current, but I am not sure that I saw any bodies.' TO CONTINUE VISITS IN COUNTY THIS WEEK mMmi of fh Sandy Mush and Turkey Creek sections will take their Second treatment or tne typnoia vac cine today, according to - Dr. Dan ffevler, county health physician, who stated last night ths h would visit both places today. ' ' During last wee a total of 101 per sona in manv different parte of the county received th treatment More than one hundred of these were vac cinated at the court house on Satur day. - . Vnflv. Dr. Sevier win visit Lei cester and Juno; Wednesday,' Cand ler and West Asheville: Thursday, Avery's Creek and Arden: Friday, Dickey Lumber plant near Ridge- crest ana uiaca aaouinaia. , Title of a horn in Orov Park 1 Ilk a certificate of deposit of a bank always worth Its face value plus interest Phone JJ, - -. . -A4vW-- STREETCARTURnS We Pay- 4 .-, Central United SPECIALS Irish Potatoes, 95c ; Clear Side Meat, OKn pound.. ,....0C Fat Back, 24 c pound . .... . Hens, . pound . ... r . . . u V . ;ss 36c; H. T. Wilson'-';' 60 V. Lextngtoa Ay. FtMXM 1M. ONE OF GREATEST All Persona Besiding on Old Jamestown Exposition Site Must Move. VARIOUS STATIONS PLANNED AT BASE. Will Be One of Host Com pletely Equipped in the World, Daniels Says. . WASHINGTON, July 1 Secretary uanlels announced tonight that all persons residing on th Old James town exposition site must vacate be fore August 1, in line with the plan to. create on Hampton Roads ons of the greatest naval bases tn th world. Work on a naval training station to accommodate 10,000 recruits is to be gin immediately and' development of th great naval base Is to be steadily prosecuted. Discussing the development plans. secretary jjanieis saiu: Great Naval Base. Th acquirement of thl property msjess possioi tn development on Hampton Roads, the normal anchor age of the North Atlantic fleet, one of the greatest naval bases to the world. "Work on the training station will re oegun at once. The present build ings that are available will be pre pared for ooewpanoy; barracks, hos pital pavillions and other necessary structures will be erected as rapidly as possiDie ana provision wm re msae for 10,000 recruits. ' W expect to have quarter for several thousand completed before the end of August, and to have accommodation for the enure 10,000 in a few months. "The creation of th naval base will -require time, but this work will be steadily prosecuted. It Involves th erection of pier and warehouses, dredging operations and a develop ment, extending over, a period of yeara, The various uses to which ths property will be put includ the fol lowing: "A training station for 10,004 men, "Submarine base. "Aviation operating base for a dou ble coastal unit Storage for FneL '"Storage for fuel and lifbricatlng on and gasoline wita pier piped for discharging cargo for fueling battle ship, destroy!,, submarines and barge. . "Fleet storehouses " to accommo date all fleet stores ready for deliv ering, avoiding th unnecessary hand ling of fleet stores and delay la their delivery to the fleet . "Mine and net storehouses, where pier, cars, tracks and man will be available for handling this bulky ma. terlal. . "Torpedo storehouses (or rtserve torpedoes. "Medical storehouse capable of sterlng enough equipment and stores to equip an advance base hospital, at least one hospital transport and store reserve supplies for the fleet and hos pital ships. "The fleet recreation and drill around, for training and. use la cas. of mobilisation of any marine expedi tionary force. "Another section on th water front will embrace th officers' q dar ters, a boat basin for the training sta tion,, aviation - launching sups. etc. MAVAIiOASES IN WORLD PLANNED Compounded Quarterly i Bank & Trust Co. South Patk Square. , , v i States, County and City Depository. SOLID OAS TIN CANS JUST .RECEIVED. 3-pound, with solder-hemmed Cl Ctumlng Outfits.' h 3 Solid Cars I!ruit Jafs--Ask TJs for Price. gasyp mmm (flj Gi L Tb administration bulMIngt ana his torical building of th Jamestown ex position will b remodeled and. used as administration buildings. Th large parade grounds knows as Lse Field, will b utilised as a part of tb4 training station, which, will em brace a total of about 00 acres. It Is planned to develop th water front age on i Bousch creek into a largs basin and small craft belonging to th stations, r . . "The area set asrid as sm aviation field te bound oa th east by Bouscb creek and on the north by WUloughby bay, giving what experts consider on of th best sites for aviation training on the Atlantic coast. "The property acquired embraces 440 acres of land above high water mark, and it la estimated that In Its development there will be sufflclsnt drsdged material to Increase the area to between 1,000 and 1.200 acres with a frontage of at least a mile on the deep water channel leading to Norfolk. The Pine Beach prqperty which consist of about lit acres with 3.000 feet of water front give us the only deep water available on Hampton Road, enabling th largest battleship to com direct to th plera" (Continued Ftooi Page One.) orowd in front of th speaker's stand. w... in .ah. a .hair nraaanca' there a44 a ssa say s.y v m " t were scores of Individual fights la th big gathering. To restore quiet Sup erintendent Crowley, revoked the per. mtt for th speaking and th meeting was called off. . " , . (Meanwhile the socialist headquar ters in Far square au noma ' sacked and ite contents destroyed by . Aim1en Hmm teken a uvuii.v. - - ' . from the paradar was placsd over a statue of Lincoln (ha Emancipator," near tne seen oi ne moui m.. ifjMnnnstrattion was or ganized at a conference of socialists branches, laoor unions " wwr. men's benefit societies of ths metro. ...ii.... mm4r atln under the VUUUI m ... v. w , name of the workmen's council, la Imitation f the council of workmen and soldiers" of Russia. " " It was an nounced that the organisation rspr MHAvittmdMt ' sen' that Hnwu w,www " z Its program would includa th peace terms oi in aumlh wm, forcible annexations,, no punltlv to. temnitias and free . development of all nations. ' F (Continued From Page One.) Mouse the fighting lias brought ao cnang in posuwn. M A.nMii nHiuflMa wars flrad on by the gun erew of aa Ajnerioan liner during a voyag from the United ttim .a rurfuX atxA Che sailors be. lieva one periscope waa shattered. . A- third suDmaciae wm maiwi, ths American runners had no oppor tunity to nra as u hbbij merged. . , y.L UNIFORMED MEN BREAK UP PARADE DFTHE SOCIALISTS RUSSIAN ORGES ON TRE OFFENSIVE AGAINST GERMANS i. HORNET'S WEST IS j STIRRED UP OVER jS BAKER'S TALK Oil COALSITOATIOf) (Continued from Page One) the position that any price agreed . on between the government and pro- ducers or fixed under ti power to ' commandeer should go to the general public as well. ' ' If the government goes Into thO"' market ", for large supplies at low price. It la pointed out, th private ; consumer will be forced to pay va higher prices than he now. pays to---causa producers under o sort oJ ' raatralat will raise their prices to high to make up for th loss of 1U ' lag to th government 6ot nn. ..i bers of the commute ar for legisla! tlon to meet this difficulty.- In majr- 1 ing the arrangftmeat with th coal ,' men, the Interior department pointed ; out that it would mean n it stood for ' a year a saving of nearly $200,000,000 : to the consuming industries and " tse puhtic. . ; ' The situation now sxlstUig probably -will serve to hasten the movement to v re-arrange the committee system of. the defense council, which oontSm platea establishment of a purclwalnt offtca for government .supplies. Oa thing that ha delayed, this re-orgsal- V setlon. It te uodetstood. ia tha differ- i ance of opinion a to how far the gov. -arnment should o' In Its efforts to re- ' due price to the consumer generally. i Those la authority who have not approved oi in action of Secretary . Lane, ar understood to feel that th ' only way such a price-fixing plan can ' work equitably for th government Is ; first to have the cost of production' ascertained by some capatola govrni ,,' went agency probably tha federal -i trad commission and base prices oa J) these costs. They realise that such in-. vestigatioas Into , th costs f coal. -fuel, oil, iron ore, cement and marry Other,. raw jnaterial which.. the gev. ernmeat needs for war supplies win take scan timer but are Inclined ta " th view that it would be better for the present to exercise duch power as the war and navy department hav and commandeer commodities and let Investigation disclose what war profits the producing Industrie . are getting In th belief that prises to th publio win then adluat them elves whether ther has tmn leglsla , tlott or not .-. . ;. . - - -; An interior department sUtement tonight announosd that a new record ' for aoal production was set for th . first six . months of this yar. fully 1 270,000,000 itous "of bituminous eal -being produced sines January 1st. thus exceeding the output of the n fat 4 six months of last year by about 20, 008,000 ton. ' "Bvan better news," tha ': statement aras. -ns that the limit has not yet been reached, for as ths rail, roads ar able te work -out -to -hatter advantage the prqhlei of oar supply' and give to th mines greater faelll' ties for transporting their product to th marlret the supply, of coal that reaches the eooaumer will 'b In steadily Increasing quantllles."1. v . .-.... .. 1.1 - . i , i, ... Tha largest volcano- crater ln' thw world la in Asosaa In southern Japan. It measures fourteen miles across os way and more' than ten- miles th ther. ',-?';.;;.'-"',:':;;.;. ?:;.:," . 'i i , t. ' i 4 c
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