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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER FAIR. ' CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS VOL. XXXIII, NO. 291. ASHEVILLE, N. 0, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS G AGIST DISPATCH OF AMERICANS TO EASTERN FRONT Members of American Mis sion to Russia Disapprove of Recent Suggestion. 3AY THAT RUSSIA DOESN'T NEED MEN fN Organization and Encour agement Are Russia's Needs Just Now. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. Emphatic disapproval of the suggestion that American troops be sent to the east tern front, was brought home by all except one of the members of the American mission to Russia. It was authoritatively stated tonight that Charles Edward Russell is the icnly commissioner who believes it de iBlrable to put soldiers from the Unit ed States In Russia and t:iat the others are convinced that their pres ence would be detrimental rather than helpful to the armies of the democracy. Ellhu Root and his associates on the mission lunched with Secretary Lansing today and told him more of their experiences and conclusions. Their written report, submitted to President Wilson yesterday, probabl" will not be made public. Need Encouragement. Organization and encouragement fend not men, It was explained to- hlght, are Russia's needs In the opin Jon of the majority of the commis sloners. With strange soldiers, speak. ing an unfamiliar tongue, drawing better pay am) eating better food than her own men. Lending assistance to the men now In the Held is the duty of this country, the commissioners feel. Rolling stock for the railroads to carry supplies and equipment to the native soldiers, and the supplies themselves are the real requirements and they will grow. Both Russian and Roumanian forces will need supplies and equipment worse next winter than they do today and the transportation problems then will be greater also. Of the greatest Importance, the commissioners say, is constant en couragement from citizens and the newspapers . of the United States. Anti-American propagandists, headed by fvrmer residents of this country and now financed by German money, are seeking to paint Americans in the blackest snade, and thus discourage Russians from accepting their good offices. Active Propaganda. The story of the origin of the extra ordinary propaganda is vouched for CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE CHILD LABOR LAW IS QUESTIONED IN SUIT HERE Bill In Equity Filed With United States Court Clerk Here Against Charlotte Company and United States District Attorney W. C. Hammer. Will It Bring Them Down? (Continued on page Four.) SEEKS TO PREVENT THE EOUEINEJFTiE PUBLIC Excessive Profits On War Materials Will Not Be Tolerated. HITCH APPARENT. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. The gov rnment's war purchasing proeram was gone over in detail today by the new war industries board. It calls for an elimination of excessive pro fits on war materials sold to the American and allied governments and contemplates protection for the Amer ican people against extortionate charges. At a morning session Herbert Hoover, who tvIII sit c- the board's purchasing committee to handle the buying of food, was called in and in the afternoon the board conferred at length with Colonel W. W. Littel. in charge of the construction of army cantonments. One subject given especial consider ation today was that of compelling American producers to sen war sup plies to the allies at the same nrlce charged the American govexnment. Protests against this policy, it was said today are so general the govern ment is taking steps to force compli ance and if necessary will seek legis lation1 to accomplish It. Reports t,oday that steel producers had declined to supply the war de partment with an order of rails for France because of the low price of fered, indicated that open opoositlon to the announced policy is appearing. The war department declined either to deny or confirm the rumor, al though it was learned that there had been some sort of a hitch. . , The hope of the war board and the administration Is that Industry will be brought over through negotiations and that no new lawe will be required. This applies lso to the administra tion's expressed intent of seeing that the general public also obtains its goods at reasonable prices. Under the food bill just passed by congress the government has entire power over the production and distribution of food, feeds and fuel and is not worried about its ability to deal with these products. Officials believe manufacturers who decline to sell at prices prescribed could be handled by denying them the use of the railroads in transporting their goods. Control of exports, it if aid, might oe usea on producers who ailed to make fair prices Constitutionality of the Keating-Owen child labor bill, passed last year by congress and due to go into effect Septem ber 1, is questioned in a bill of equity filed here last night with R. L. Blaylock, United States District Clerk for the Western District of North Carolina, and made returnable before Judge James E. Boyd, of the United States District court, at Greens boro, August 29, at 11 o'clock. The action is styled R. H. Da- genhart, as next friend, representing his two minor sons, against the idelity Manufacturing company, of Charlotte, in whose cotton mills the boys are employed, and William C. Hammer, United States District attorney. The action seeks to enjoin the defendant company from discharging the two boys, in compli ance with the terms of the Keating-Owen law, and to enjoin the United States district attorney from enforcing the provis ions of the law. Noted Attorneys. Appearing for the plaintiffs in the petition are Col. Clem ent Manly, of Winston-Salem, who represents the R. J. Reyn olds Tobacco company, of that city, and Junius Parker, of New York, attorney for the American Tobacco company, both of which companies will be largely affected by the operation of the Keating-Owen law. Each is ranked with the leading cor poration atttorneys of the country, and their presence here is taken to mean that the suit against the Fidelity Manufactur ing company, which is really a test of the child labor law, will be fought to a finish, and the constitutionality of the law thor oughly tested before the case is finished. North Carolina is largely affected by the Keating-Owen law, and for that reason, the case before Judge Boyd will be of especial interest in this state, although the opposition to the law in congress, and the wide attention attracted to its various features, makes this suit, involving its constitutionality, one of nation-wide interest. It is believed that any action taken by Judge Boyd in the case will be promptly submitted to a high er court, as defenders of the child labor law, together with the United States district attorney, are likely to offer just as de termined a fight as the two noted corporation lawyers. Causes No Surprise. Filing of the suit in equity here last night will cause no surprise in this state, as it has been known for some time that preparations to test the constitutionality of the bill were un der way, and a suit of some kind, to get the matter before the courts, has been expected for the past few weeks. That the test would be made in North Carolina was also expected, as this state is more largely affected by the provisions of the Keating Owen bill than any state in the union, because of the many cot ton mills, and the huge tobacco factories, all of which depend, more or less, on children to do their work. Near approach of the time set for the Keating-Owen bill to take effect, September 1, has intensified interest in the pro posed test of the law, for it has never been believed that the manufacturers affected by its provisions would submit to its en forcement without a thorough court test. The law provides that no article manufactured in a factory employing any chil- (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) REGULATIONS UNDER WHICH DRAFTED MEN WILL BE CALLED TO THE COLORS ISSUED BY-PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL Two Hundred Thousand of the First Draft Army Will Be Called on September !, and Will Be Fotwarded to Their Training Camps Before September 5 Civilian Boards Have Charge , j of the Men Until They Actually Reach Their Camps. RIOTING IN STREET STRIKEM, Strike Sympathizers Armed Guards Cars Clash. and on POLICE IN CHARGE. LTMA, Ohio, Aug. 9. Rioting broke out In the street car strike here late today. Three men were shot in a clash between strike sympathizers and armed guards on the city cars of the Ohio Electric Railway com pany. Police dispersed a large crowd gathered near the interurban depot. Mayor Simpson ordered all saloons closed at 5:80 o'clock. Trouble started on the public square when E. K. 8troup, striking car man, attempted to board a car manned by strikebreakers and two guards. Chas. C. Rider, thirty-four, motorman of the car. is said to have shot Stroup, thinking - he meant to attack the conductor. Stroup may die. A mob1 of more than 1,000 people pursued the car a block and a half east to the interurban station of the Ohio Electric company. There two westbound city cars were met and all three stalled by the crowd. The six men of the crews and six armed guards made a dash for the interur ban building 100 feet away. The mob blocked the way and the men began shooting. Leonard Short, striker, fell with a bullet in his abdomen and Charles Morrison, another striker, was hit in the hip. Short is expected to die. Four riot- calls ana a nre alarm brought police and firemen to the scene. The mob attempted to burn one of the cars but the department extinguished the flames. All three cars were so - badly damaged they could not be moved to the barns. Six strikers and sympathisers were arrested, charged with' attempting to burn the car and with cutting trolley ropes. Crowds gathered on the square to night but there was no more trouble. The company made no further effort to operate cars. The men struck jury 11, asking higher pay and better working condi tions. A few days later they organis ed a union. The company has agreed to every demand except recognition of the anion. THE WEATHER. TO E Council of National Defense Decides .on Creation of New Board. STATEMENT MADE. 1 WASHINGTON, ug . Regular tiens under which men of tho new ra tional army will be called to the col ors, beginning September 1, were Is sued tonight by Provost Marshal Gen eral Crowder. Two hundred thousand of the !t 687,000 men will be called September 1 and forwarded to their cams be fore September . I. - The whole busi ness of assembling vthe'tevles at en training points, preluding them with shelter, food , and transportation and giving them their actual Induction Into military life is entrusted to the civilian local boards which selectee them for service. Until the men reach the camps, they will not be in con tact with uniformed officers. The civilian control is carried forward through every stage of the draft, to the very gates of the militar- camps where the making of soldiers will be gin, to be completed within sound of the guns in France. The Actual CalL The actual call for men will go in each case from the provost marshal gentivM to the state adjutant general, stating the number of men to oe sup plied at a specified time by the state. Each local board will be promptly informed of its proportion in the call, and the adjutant general will fix the date when men from his state shall entrain for the camps. Immediately the local board will make out the list of men to All the call, fix the place of entrainment and time of departure. Orders to the men will be posted and also be sent them by mall. They will be directed to report to tie local board at Its headquarters not less than twelve hours or more then twenty-four hours before the time of departure. Prior to the arrival or tne men at the board h -adquarters board mem bers vre instructed to make arrange ments for their accommodation, to find clean and sanitary sleeping places at hotels or lodging houses, to arrange for their meals and to provide lodging and meal tickets to be taken In pay ment and redeemed for cash later " a government disbursing officer. In Its discretion, the boards may grant permission for the men to remain at their homes. Food Must be Good. Arrived at the boards headquarters at the hour fixed, the men will be drawn up, the roll called and agents of the hoard will take them person ally to their quarters, remaining with them untU every arrangement for their comfort has been made. Em phatic instructions are given that the quality of food rurntsnea snail do good and the board Is held liable for seeing that meals are adequate. Retreat roll call at the board head quarters, set for 5:30 p. m on the day of reporting to the board, will be the first military ceremony drafted men pass through. The board members are directed to be present In person and to Inform the men of their mili tary status, impressing on them the fact that disobedience of orders is tho gravest military crime. The light hand baggage, containing toilet Ar ticles and a change of underclothing, which the men are permitted to take with them to camp, will be Inspected by the board. For each district, nve alternates win be summoned to the board headquar ters In addition to the men actually Relented to fill the board quota. They will be held at the assembling point until train time to fill in vacancies should any of the men fail to report. Have Town Liberty. Except for retreat roll call, the men will be given town liberty until forty- five minutes before train time. ine board will, during this Interval, select one man from the levy who it deems best qualified to command and place him in charge of the party for its trip. He-will name a second in com mand to aid him ana tne otner men will be told that the orders of the two , must be, obeyed under pain of mili tary discipline. The man in charge of the party will call the roll at the board head quarters Just before train time. He then will line up the draft, and ac companied by the board members, march them to the station to entrain. There, final verification of the list will be made, and If any rrian of the se lected number Is missing, an alternate will be sent forward in his place. The tickets, with meal tickets, all papers relating to 'the party rnclndthg the copies of registration cards, will be turned over to the man In command and the party will start for its train ing camp.. It will be the duty of the com mander of each party to watch over his men during the trip, to see that none are left behind at any station, that all are fed regularly and that no liquor Is furnished to them en route. When within six hours of the camp, he will file a telegram to the camp adutant-general notifying htm of the time of arrival. Immediately upon the departure of the train, the local board will send a similar message. After the departure of the levy for camp, the local boards will turn to gathering up stragglers. If there Is evidence of wilful violation of orders, the offender will be reported to the adjutant-general of the army as a de serter and the local police will be asked to arrest him on sight and turn him oyer to the nearest army post for trial. ' Where there was n intention to desert, and the missing, man reports of his own will, the board will send him or. to the camp with an explana tion anil a recommendation as to his degree of culpability. "? Arrived at the camp, the party will undergo final physical examination by army doctors. If any are rejected, the local board will be notified and an al ternate sent forward for each such case. The net quota of a board will be regarded as filled only when the full number of men called for have been finally accepted. ARTILLERY STILL BLAZING FLANDERS FRONT No Marked Infantry Active ityon Any of Main t Battle Fronts. INFANTRY ATTACKS IN WEST USELESS Indications That Anglo French Guns Are Lev elling Positions. On none of the battle fronts of Europe has the fighting activity ot the last twenty-four hours beeif , marked. In Flanders the great ar tlllery battle continues violent, seem ingly preparing the way for further: heavy Infantry activity. The only Infantry engagement ia Flanders has taken place on the line; between Tpres and Dixmude, with thsj French troops the aggressors in bothj instances. Northwest of Blxschoot the French have enlarged the gains) made Wednesday. 8outhwest ot Bixschooten, in the region south ot Langermarck, the French have mad some progress. Infantry Attacks Useless, Terrain conditions in Flanders made more difficult by the rains of the last ten days, are such that withe out the destruction of enemy - dee ' fenses by artillery lire, It Is nearly useless to throw forVard Infantry N tacks. There are indications that the Anglo-French guns of all calibres are engaged in levelling the German de fense positions, The German general -staff reports the artillery fire in Flanders as very great and says it has been especially heavy on the Belgian coast and from Bixschoote to Holla beke. The latter sector takes la most of the important Tpres salient. Only Local Raids. -Except for several local raids by the French, there has been no in--fantry activity on the long line fronv St. Quentln to the Swiss border. - The French, and German guns., however, are hammering the opposing lines along ths Alsne front, In Cham pagne and on both banks of the Meuse in the Verdun region. Apparently, the Russians nave checked greatly the Austro-German advance in Oalicia and Bukowina, as no notable advances have been made by the. Teutons since the Russian llne stiffened. To the south in Moldavia, the Russians and Roumanians are at , tempting to re-occupy ; the positions north of Fokshanl lost tq Field Mar shal Mackensen's men. They have : attacked the ftustro-Germans with,,, strong forces, but Berlin says the ef fort failed. The number of prisoners -taken by the Teutons in this region is reported to have reached 9,100. ' WASHINGTON, Aug. . Forecast for North Carolina: Generally fair to. the and not qulia to warm Friday : EaUr- I hours i t .Jlar ftS , .- ; v JJumoC WASHINGTON. Aue. 9. Creation of a labor adjustment commission to nave final Jurisdiction during the war over labor disputes in plants having contracts with the government, has been determined upon by the council or national defense. It is proDosed to give the commission full powers bv awarding contracts only to those who will agree to abide by its findings and require pledges or their employes to do so. Members qf the commission have not yet been selected. There will be nine of them, three representing the government, three representing em ployers and three representing labor. a statement issued by the council tonight defined the functions of the new body as follows: "The commission shall have Juris diction over all disputes concerning wages or conditions of employment in all establishments having contracts with the government in accordance with the eight hour law of June 19, 1912 or March 3, 1913, and shall hear and determine ail labor disputes In which more than one thousand work ers are directly affected and may in Its discretion hear and determine labor disputes In which less than one thousand workers are directly el ected. "It shall also have authority to appoint from time to time labor adjustment committees to hear and determine such labor disputes as may be assigned to them by the commis ston, where less than one thousand workers ars directly affected. "The awards of the labor adjust ment commission or. the labor adjust ment committees appointed by it shall be In each case not more than thirty days after the case has beed submit ted to the commission. "In every contract hereafter made by the government in accordance with the eight hour law of June 19. 1913 or March 3, 1913, which may require or Involve the employment of laborers or mechanics, there shall be included the following stipulations: ' - - . I "That wagee of persons employed upon such contracts shall be comput ed on a baste day rate of eight hours with overtime rates to be paid for at not less than time and one-half for all CARPENTERS THREATEN Union Men Demand Closed Shop on All Army Can tonments. NEW YORK, Aug. 9. Threats that every union man engaged on govern ment work would strike within a few days unless demands of the carpen ters' union for a closed shop on gov ernment contracts are met. were made by spokesmen for the union at a con ference here today with representa tives of the war and navy departments and contractors. The union leaders declared that If the strike is called more than 60.000 men will quit work. The negotiations were said to be deadlocked- No statement, was given out, but the discussions were said to have included an offer by the union to ad mit non-union carpenters engaged on government work into membership without initiation fees. According to the union leaders, carpenter work on thirty army can tonments, two port terminals, several aviation . camps and the New York navy yard is affected. It was claimed that about 1,000 carpenters already are on strike at army cantonments near New York. - Ths carnenters demand tne imme diate discharge of all non-union car penters from federal work or the can cellation by the government ef con tracts with all firms employing such labor. At present It was said, only eastern territory is invpiveo jn tne specific discussions. ANTI-DRAFT MEETING PLANNED. NKW ORLEANS. Aug. . Federal authorities here tonight received ad vices from Baton Rouge to the effect that an anti-conscription meeting was m..A XPrH rittV . mftvhfr - sm t hours worked & . excess r o .eight 1 Brirjany, a small town near the state successful uo to the time ot adjourn- JACK DE SAULLES VISITS IN Visit Unexpected by Mother and Cheers Her Greatly Is 111. MINEOLA. N. T., Aug. 9. Little Jack DeSaulles, the four-year-old boy for whose custody Mrs. Blanca De Saulles shot and killed her divorced husband. John L DeSaulles, spent an hour with his mother In her room at the Nassau county Jail late today. The visit was unexpected by the mother, who had been asking for the child almost incessantly since her ar rest. Mrs. DeSaulles and her son were left to themselves and the child romped about the room when his mother was not holding him in her arms. She wept when the time for parting came, .but was considerably cheered by assurances from the Jail attaches tnat the visit would be re pented. Th bov was brought from the home of O. Maurice Hecksher, by two private detectives. Information as to who arranged' the visit could not be obtained. Henry A. Uterhart, counsel for Mrs. DeSaulles, declared he knew nothing of it unUl the child arrived at the Jail. , Dr. Cleghorn, county physician, re- Iterated today his statement tnat Mrs. DeSaulles Is seriously ill. She is in an extremely weakened condition, he said, and must show considerable Improvement before she can be brought to trial. She Is suffering from a. malady the nature of which h tint been determined and Dr. Cleghorn said an X-ray examination would be made. The coroner's in quest into the death of. DeSaulles, which started today, was adjourned until August 1. Efforts to find Miss Susanna Monteau, Mrs. DeSaulles' maid, who accompanied her mistress on the night of the tragedy, were un- El TELEPHONE ON TUESDAY One Mystery in Connection With Death of Wealthy ' Man Cleared. , : WASHER FRIEND. Tells Peace Meeting It Will Not Get Much Space in Papers. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9. John D. Works, of Los Angeles, former United States senator, today told the conference for democracy and terms of peace meeting here under the auspices of the Peoples Council of America that the proceedings of the gathering would not get much space In the newspapers. He said: "Do ' yoti suppose the Associated Press Is going to carry anything to the newspapers It represents of what you and I are doing here today? Oh, no. Why? "Not particularly because the As soclated Press does not want to send out the news. Probably It does, but if the Associated Press were to take any such position as that that it would send out freely the criticisms upon the war and legislation that brought It about against the will of the money kings or New yorit, wno have been more Instrumental than any other Influence In bringing on this war, the Associated Press would go out of business. "Why, those Interests that permeate all over this country center in the great state of New York, can destroy any newspaper that doee not do what they want them to do, even here in San Francisco." ST. LOUIS. Aug. . Miss AlvinsT Perstrup, until seven months sgo a stenographer In the employ of the Lambert Pharmacal company, today revealed that she was the woman who telephoned the apartment of Jordan W. Lambert early Tuesday morning and asked the maid If he were 111. The maid went to Lambert's room and found him lying mortally wound-, ed in a pool of blood. A coroner's Jury returned a verdict of suicide.. Miss Perstrup said she wss not the personal stenographer of Lambert,, who was vice-president of the Phar macal company. She said that Lam bert was her friend and in company with other friends she had gone with him to cafes. Never, she said, had she gone with him alone. On Sunday morning she said. Lam bert telephoned her that he was sick. She advised him to consult a physi cian, but he said "that would not do me anv good. It's mental wor ry over Marlon," referring to Marlon Lambert a brother now with an am bulance unit in France. "Twice on Monday," said Miss Perstrup. "Mr. Lambert called me and early Tuesday morning he telephoned me sgaln and said, I can not live any longer. I am so sick and lonesome. . I wish Marion was here.' Then he hung up the receiver." WOULD USE COTTON FLOUR, ' NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 9. Members of the Louisiana Cotton Crushers' as sociation at their annual meeting here late today adopted a resolution ask ing that the federal food adminis trator make the substitution of cot tonseed flour for - wheat a national recommendation and that he urge all week for special nse of bread made tool tie substitute flour -. THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN Circulation Yesterday Gty . . . . . 4.810 . Suburban ... . 4,903 Country , . . . . 1.590 Net paid .... 1 1.303 Service , . . . . 200 Unpaid . , . .. . .184 Total . . . . .11.687