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THE ASHE ILLE CITI ZEN -THE WEATHER THUNDEKSHOWERS CITIZEN WANT 'APS i ; BRING RSUtT3 " ft. TOL. XXXm, NO. 253. ASHEVILLE, N. O, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1917. j , ; ; PRICE FIVE CENTS 4- i ? MANY NEGROES KILLED AND MUCH PROPERTY BURNED IN EAST ST. LOUIS RACE RIOTS Trouble Started Over, a Month Ago is Renewed and Some Estimates Place the Number of Negroes Killed at From 100 to 250, While the Property Loss From Fires Will Amount to Hundreds' of Thousands. 0 NATIONAL GUARDSMEN IN Fires Are Burning in and Military Rule Riois are Worst in ESTIMATES EAST ST. LOUIS, July 2. State's Attorney Schaumloeffel, of St. Clair county, drove through the riot-swept district tonight with Police Inspector Walsh, of St. Louis, Mo. The state's attorney esti mated that the dead negroes would number 250. All estimates, however, are conjectural EAST ST. LOUIS, IUL, July 3-At least twenty dead and niany wounded, fires burning in five sections of the city, the mobs practically dispersed, was the con dition here at 1 o'clock this (Tuesday) morning, follow ing the race riots which have prevailed here for the last twenty-four hours. -, v , ' ' Estimates of the number of dead run up to 100 and higher, but these estimates were purely conjectural. The evnct number of dead probably never will be known, as it is thought that many bodies were- consumed fin" the ihnnes, - v- v " .i'Vi--' , Guardsmen In Charge. . " 'Adjutant-General Frank rived and took charge of . the liidit this morning. He went into conference immedi ately, with military and civil of procedure today;' , At l a. m. the fires were practically under control and the rioters for the most part had dispersed and gone to their homes. In answer troops on the ground when use rorce to put down the rioting, General Dickson said the purposes for which-the; soldiers were sent here had been gained without hnng bloodshed would have been part ot the troops. ' r.: 'V'-Five Hundred Arrested. ; . : . -. "Five hundred rioters, nob, I am informed, are now under arrest," said Gen era! 'Dickson. "This was accomplished-by surrounding ,the rioters and forcing them to submit without shooting cr employing the bayonet." General Dickson, said after the 500 were taken into Uustody the disturbance at jaspect. : , . , Another negro district known as Keynolds Kow, o'clock, this morning. This pa uro uurjmg uio iugxiu . . EAST ST. LOUIS, July 2. At least fifteen negroes (were shot and killed by mobs here tonight as they fled from their burning homes, which had been set on fire by tarhite mobs. " The exact number who perished in the purning houses, if any, is unknown and will not be ascer- J jtained until morning when the jat the same time 300 white men were arrested and locked tip at police headquarters. Negro quarters in various parts of the'citv are on fire and the flames reach the very edge of the business district. 4 v 'i V;- r t Estimates fcf Dead. Estimates of the number of negroes who1, perished In the fire ran as high as 100, but there was nothing au thentic on which to base these estimates except that hun dreds of whites stood around ;the edges of the burning districts and fired at the negroes as they fled from their ; homes. ' . . At 9 o 'clock the mayor of East St. Louis sent for Fire Chief Swingley of St." Louis,' Mo., to, assist in fighting, the flames, .which threatened to destroy a large part of the city. A company of the St. Louis fire department started to East St. Louis but was ordered back by Chief Swingley. Vast clouds of smoke rolled across the sky tonight ) iroxu iue uurumg cusuricu . xuts uaxues uiaue some oi cue downtown districts as light as day and now and then a - r - - - - -t.i i. ni yelling mob rushed down. a street in pursuit of a negro or in search of new excitement. - - - ' ' - ; ; v;-C' Guardsmen Chase Mob. - - . -National ' guardsmen, - loaded in automobile - trucks, dashed after the mob.'- -. I ' -j -: ; ; , ,:, The fires started about 6;odockV.this.evening . and continui:d ox Four Different Places is Being Enforced History of State. 250 DEAD. S. Dickson, .of Illinois, ar situation shortly after mid authorities to outline a plan , - v . to a question as to why the the trouble developed did not a shot and that wholesale the result of any firing on the the ring leaders of the largest once took on a less serious i , , , r . , In the south end of the city, was reported burning at J makes five negro quarters set ruins are searched. jn : j . v r ii fade- TWO.) WAR MINISTER OF RUSSIA LEADS BIG Russians Take Over 10,000 Prisoners and Capture a Village. ARTILLERY PLAYS BIG PART IN BATTLE Little Marked Activity is Taking Place on the Western Front. ADVANCE CONTINUES. PETROGRAD, July f. Up to the hour of telegraphing, the advance of the Russian army In Galicla was atlll In -f progress. A dispatch received by-the war ministry, but tin- published, says that the staff or the Russian army in wancia u more than satisfied with the progress made.' Never was an offensive so "- auspiciously .begun: n, 'i- nh 1V..I Army staff -was - pleSSetf ' with" y tio4ipeea.opnedvanSe as tha f- operation which the staff had 4 axoected weuld taka t-mn Anvrn xeeuted' yesterday be- tween the hours of t and t. ' PETROGRAD. July ' J. Th bril liant Russian advance. ; the news of which has sent a wave .of rejoicing through the entire country was led by War Minister KerenVky in person. For the last four days the war mln. later has been continuously at 'the front, spending every effort to urge the troops to advance. He finally rode to the front line trenehes and placing himself at the head of the troops, gave the order to advance. .The spectacle of the popular war minister on the firing line accomplish, ed what oratory had failed to do and (Continued on Page Four.) WILL NOT AFFECT GOAL MEN S OF Price of $3 a Ton at Mines Will Stand Until Price is" Set, TROUBLE VANISHES. WASHINGTON. July S. Renudla- tion by Secretary Baker. It, was an. nouncea today at the offices of the de fense council's coal production com. mlttee, will not affect the agreement oerweea producers and government omciajs ror tne reduction of bitumi nous coal prices, n ,t tif," The general price at the mines of II a ton to the public with fifty cent runner reduction on government pur chases, will stand until final flsrura is set .-. The coal . committee, ft was declared, will hold operators to their agreement by putting the weight of senument in tne industry behind the arrangement.' : ' .: , " : ? The threaCcned ! trouble in the cabinet over Secretary Baker's action apparently vanished today, though the question It has brought' sharply to the front, the policy the rovern. auent will pursue in dealing with busl. uen, is sum m mailer 10 oe settled. Secretary Lane, the-leading spirit In the movement for the .voluntary ac. tlon on4he iart of the coal operators, and Secretary Baker lunched together today in a downtown hotel, 'and "it is understood the incident was discussed and that there Is no iii-fetlng over it. Earlier In tSe day Secretary Baker had issued a statement deyning that there were any differnces of opinion between Secretary Lane and himself over the reduction In the price - of coal. He said his letter to Director Gd fiord, of the Council of National De fense, dlsaoproving the agreement was written to prevent a popular mis conception of what was going on in the coal situation and to make clear that so far as the government was concerned.- bo price would be fixed until production costs were deter mined tor the federal trade nmmu. igio - RUSSIAN AC l THE MOUNTAIN if Pj PREPARATION FOR MOBILIZATION OF FIRST CONTINGENT OF NEW NATIONAL ARMY TAKES ANOTHER President Wli too Promulgates Draff Plin Rules Cover Those if. WASHINGTON, July It Prepar' tlon for the mobljbabon of the first contingent of IM00; troops of the new national army advanced another step today when President Wilson pro mulgated the regulations to govern exemptions from military ervioe. ' In the order, tn irhica , wey must oomt, there are three steps In the or ganisation process of - the national army as MwalbedJJnr ongjfess.ij They jre registration, sWttod and exemp tlon. ; The urn step pas neen cameo through.. Jhs regulations issued to day cover in detail the operaVon of tne tmra step, exemption. Information concerning the 'second step In the series is still lacking and officials are guarding closely the metd by which selection ia to be applied. - v selection .rrooesa later. The exemption regulations nounoed that the boards will be ad vised of the selection process later, although none of the steps prescribed except the organisation of the boards can be carried on until the selection machinery has furnished the names ot the men of whose fitness and ' de sirability for army service the boards are to Judge. There'' Is one hint as to how the selection machinery Is to worn. Tite locaJ boards are directed cpon organization to take over from the registration precincts the ; cards -and lists of the men registered on June S. and as their first duty to provide a serial number for each' registration card. This has given support to the belief that the selection is to h bv number. Reports were current re cently that the selection drawlnr was to be made In Washington. 4 - riwumnoiir ui process or selec tion will be announced only a short time before it is put: -in oneratlon. When that will be, iis not known. Sep tember 1 has been the tentative date set for calling the 625,000 of the first contingent, to the colors for training. rrogress witn construction ot tne six teen divisional cantonments for the OF WAR 'ood Prices Raised to Con sumers for Benefit of Few, Jury Finds. 1 ' , , CHICAOO, July 2. Exploitation of war conditions to raise food prices to consumers for the "benefit of the f&w who are Handling food products" was reported by the federal grand jury to day after an investigation of several weeks.' -The Elgin butter board of trade, where fixed buttor prices taken as. standard throughout the country, received espejal attention from- the grand '.jury, which pointed out that the board holds only one fifteen min ute session each week. ;. ; Trading In canned foods, the grand jury iouna, is carriea on unaer a sys. tern which compelled tne consumer to deal with middlemen and prevent ed trading directly won tne canner. One result of this was given tn the price of canned corn which sold from canner 'to wholesaler In 11 at 85 cents a dozen and Is now selling to the retailer at 1-75 a dozen and to the consumsr at a still higher price. onr documents obtained by' the grand - jury in its investigation were two circulars sent by two wholesale food dealers to- Jobbers and aaleemen. One of these said: . -. "Raise your prices new on every thing we have advised you will ad vance. You can get the extra Mce this week as well as next" - MORE MONEY FOB EXGL4VD. WASHEVOTON. tfuly J Twenty. five million dollars was placed to the credit - of Great Britain- today by Secretary MaAdoo, bringing the loans to that nation up to $5S5.eoo,ooO; the showers Tuesday; .Wednesday , prob- cldenta wsre th aots of consfiU total to the aOiea to I.OU.OOO.OOO, Ably fair, . ' tcrs. Old Sol is Driving 'Em Our the Raits for Exemption From Exemption of Men Registered Who Will Sent In Armies Will troopa will govern the action. It is believed there will be no serious ae- 1Ty' Mttln Time Needed. - ' The exemption process will not take a great deal of time. It Is difficult to calculate the time the -local boards will nsed tn passing on. the cases that oorae before - them. The - regulations , provide that decision In -any individual' case shall not be delayed' mora' than three davs by the local , board - ar an additional five daya wbera, appeal Is laaen , lot tn oisinci - eoaras." tm whoi process probably . can be car ried through In leas than thirty days, There were no surprises in the ex emotion regulationa The task if pass, (ng upon ths individual cases is left entirely to the local board wane the president reserves the right to designate Industries necessary for the public good, the question of whether retention of any individual engages in these industries la essential la left to the boards. ' ' ' " " While theee stevs are being carried out for getting together the men of the national army, tne war depart ment is making progress -with the even more difficult task of finding of ficers for the force. Part of these will come from the sixteen officers train ing camps. The-first-10,00 of the 40,000 men at the camps will bs selected for commissions ia the first increment of the new army. That is less than half the number of officers necessary. The war department ap proved today- recommendations- ot commanders of regular , regiments which will commission 1,000 or more regular non-commissioned officers to be captains or lieutenants in the first (26,000 of the national army. It is understood that more than fifty men from, each regiment, in' addition to those now at the officers training camps, will be . given ., commissions for ths period of the war. i A trained and experienced regular officer will command each regiment of the national army. To aid him he will have several other regular officers experienced in partiouiar lines sucn as his adjutant, at least one maior, his ordnance and Quartermaster offi cers and some others. The remainder of the officers will come from the re. COMMITTEE COMES DRAFT OF WAH TAX BILL Will Be Reported to the Senate Today--N6 Pro vision for Bonds. ' ! WASHINOTON. July 'l.A final draft of the war tax bliu reduced from 11,800,000,000 to 11,470,000,000 and- carrying no provision for addi tional bonds, ' was completed tonight by the senate finance committee and will ' be reported to the senate to morrow. : :--' .' f.' " ; Next year's war expenses are placed in new estimates submitted today by ths treasury department at $2,124, 000,000, but Secretary McAdoo ad vised the committee that . additional bonds were not necessary now. , , The final committee vote on adopt, lng the revised bill was twelve to three, Senators LaFolIette, Gore and Thomas uniting In' support of Sens tor LaFollette's substitute - for raising all war taxes from Incomes, excess profits, liquor and tobacco.- The mi nority probably will file a separate re. port and urge its adoption. With sale of unissued bonds Jn the treasury the committee estimated that as -reduced to an aggregate of II. 670.000,000, the revised bill will be short $228,000,000 of meeting the probable expenees.of the war: next year. It was agreeed that this sum as well as additional appropriations for the war and navy departments not yet submitted.' should be provided for at the regular December session of con gresa ?;'';-' - ' THE WEATHER. ', Z " V WASHINGTON. July J. Jorecast I for North Carolina: Local thunder. Way. STEP FORWARD Military Service Under Selective nnd Rules for Selection of'r. Come Uttr. serve lists, the training camps or the ranas ot the regular service. .Examinations. . As the men so notified appear, the boards first will make-a physical ex amlnation. in accordance with special regulations, to bs provided, bearing in mind that all persons accepted by them will be re-examined by army surgeons. " If the physical examina tion, la- passed, successfully then comet ipe question or exemption. - , -'..' W.Thoee Kxemnt."- JL" ' Persons who must be exempted br discnargM by the local board include) "Officers of the United States, of ths states, territories and ths District of Columbia, ministers of religion,' stu. aenta or divinity, persons m the mili tary or naval service of the United States, subjects of Germany, all other aliens wao have not taken out pa. persi county or municipal offlesrs. custom house clerks, workmen In fed eral armories, arsenals ' and' navy yards, persons In the federal service designated by the president for ex. emptlon, pilots, merchant , marine sailors, those with a status with re. spsct to dependents which renders their exclusion desirable a married man with dependent wife or child, son of a dependent wife or child, son of a dependent widow, son of dspea. aent, agea or infirm parent, or broth er of dependent orphan child under II years of age), those found morally oencient ana any member of any welt recognised religious sect existing May is, in 17, wnose creed forbids partlcU patlon in war. and whose . -religious convictions accord with the creed. Claims for exemption of dependents may De made By tne man himsalf, his wife, -or other dependents, or by a third party who has personally in vestlgated ths ease. A claim made by the husband must be aecomoanlod bv supporting affidavits signed by the wire and by the head of family re siding in the same territory. A claim by the wife or a third party must be accompanied by two supporting am. davits, signed by heads of families. Similar ; rules govern; claims on ths grounds of other dependents, the de. pendents er third parties being auJ (Continued on page 4.) CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY LAKE SHIPPING IS FOUND Secret Investigation by U. S. Officials Discloses . Exist ence o( Plot. WASHINGTON.-July J. Secret In. veeH ration by government agents has disclosed the existence of a conspiracy to destroy or hinder shipping on the Grist Lakes, and thereby dolay the organization of American war r.rmits and check the How of food and mu nitions material from the west to the east- .. ,H . , . ; No conspirators have been captur ed and the identity of none hw been made public, but state, navy nnd jus tice departments are :o-opei-viir.g to Dnng tnevonendevs 'to- ounlHhmeat. The Canadian, government probably will be called upon to help. ' This plot, engineered c-y Germans, assisted .,by sympathising Amerlcnn citisens, Is believed to hav been re sponsible for the succssslon of "soci. dents" to lake shipping, especially In me nsignoornooa oi tne sauit Ste Marie canal, which began about a month ago. The eteaner. Saxon ia and Pentacost Mitchell were sunk at the mouth of the Soq river with the evident intention of blocking the channel. The steamer Venetian Mild was sunk in the Detroit river, with the loss of ons life and later an attempt to dynamite the steamer Macklnao was mads. The Kaaagc II was blown up and burned aad the Jay .Oee til and. Niagara bad their machinery wrecked. '' All of these vessels had been cr were about to be taken over by the naw Hunnmint and Inveitls-AMmui a - Ve tended to the conclusion thfc what were believed to have been as- ASHEVILLE All IS . IWEMBEHOFSTATE TAX COAIiSSIOli W. Vance Brown Is, Ap pointed to Board by Gov ernor Bickett . . WILL RECOMMEND TAXING BEF0BM3 Governor Picks ' Men of Varied Experience for Important Duties. . . RAUCIOH, N. C.; July J. Governed Blckett appointed this evening as a state commission to recommend re form la the state taxing system to the next general assembly, the following:' Henry A. Page. Aberdeen: ,J.C Oreen, Union county; 'James H. Pou, Raleigh: Frank A, , Llnney, Boons: and W. Vance Brown. Ashevllla. The governor ana cnairmaa of tae.eor poratlon commission, are ex-offlclo members of ths commission, the sov- srnor to be chairman: - -- . .' ' Personnel of Cetniwissten. ' " In making the . annolntmenU the governor has brought Into the taxing ' systsm councils and, degrees of prog' ress and conservatism to be found In the state. sir. Par.' as a banker, farmer and progressive publicist with a well known legislative record, rep resents a large following. ' J. c. oreen. representative of the. North Carolina Farmers" onlna. and editor of "Our Home,'" a farm paper well circulated. James H. PoU, broth- ' sr of Congressman Pou. leading, lasr. yer, representing numbers of larrest corporations, having , business inter ssts in ths state and owner of much real estate. Including extensive farms, ' represents the conservative, business Interests, bsing a man of reco mixed sagacity, and business and .legal abil- Frank A. linaar. erominent rtnnK. llcan foe governor in the last eam- paign against Governor Blckett, ;ls a. successful lawyer in touch with the . business Interests 'of the .mountain people of hlfcectlen an the republl. can school ofthought as to. taxation, i t f - The Asbeville Member. 1 W, Vance Prown, of Ashevl!l, ) . tOontinued page 4.)., mm OY PHESIDEfJT Demands That ? President Resign in Favor of ' : v - Emperor. , LATTER EEFUSE3. TIEN T0IN. July Ift. Henaa Tutisl : the young emperor, according, to re- ' porta from Peking today, has taken possession of the palace occupied by President 14 Tuan Hung and la sur- rounded by prominent mintarr lead. ers. A demand was made upon Freel- ' dent 14 that - he resign ia favor of Hsuan Tung.' The president replied that he would resign In favor of the i vice-president. , as be was unable to resign in favor of the emperor. : Teiepnone and telegraph offices are -tosely guarded and telegrams cannot i be sent to Peking. , v ' -i t i COUP PRODUCES SHOCK. ' ' WASHINGTON, - July j.General i Chang Hsuan's sudden coup d'etat to 1 aestroy republicanism in China and t; reetore the Manchu dynasty, has pro- 1 duced a discouraging shock among of- 4 flclals here Who believed China' in- : ternal troubles wsre at an end. ; '4 Open, civil war Is feared between f Chang Hsuan's ' follower and the V Manchu supporters on the one band - and the northern republicans and the united south on the other. " The northern military leaders erbose ; attitude is not clear are considered to , hold the balance of power, for tt Is felt that if they Sn". Chang Hsuaa he will be able to control north China and then perhaps subdue the south. : Official dispatches sho-a that Onanc . Hsuan, Instead of having east Ms lot with the other military leaders tn the Tien Tsin revolutionary government. haa been playing, for years . a lone- , hand of adventure. Mlltteryi governor -of the Anhwei prov'rfice, he posed as aeml-tndependent leader tnaantain. lng the . Manchu tradition. With , Idlers still wearing tne cue be had. ' taken toll from both parties and built ' up a reputation for severity, which In . one case at Nanking precipitated an : international ' episode with Japan. . ' THE ASHEVILLE C11IZES Circulation Yesterday ; 'City ':. , ; 4,542 ' Suburban . i." ". '4,777 ; ; Country . 1,711 Ketpaid . .11,030; : Service . '. v . -190 Unpaid .' ; .. , 416 . Total . .. .. . .11,642
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