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IHE'SHEIILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER Z r FAIR. CITIZEN - WANT ADS BRING RESULTS : VOL; XXXIII, NO. 303, ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS siisifiii if ff -llss t 1 O president wilson $Mep Fixes Prices to Be Charged at Every Mine In the United States, f Bt Figures the Maximum Prices Recently Agreed Upon at Conference of Coal Operators and Government Officials MIDDLEMEN'S CHARGES . " NEXT TO BE REGULATED ..,,.,,.;.,:;. 'i. ; ' r', ' "' vj Initiates FishedB BytFederal Trade Commission Furnish Mas is For Reduc tions MadeCoal Administrator to Be r Named ' 1 ; . ; .. ' . - ' f WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Bituminous coal prices J!f were fixed bv President Wilson toms-ht for every mine in the United States. The next step in coal control, a white house announcement said, wilibfi to fijc the prices to be charged by middlemen and retailers. . j , . Prices were set on cost of production estimates fur nished by the federal trade exnausuve mvesxagauon.' ,4. ue, .gQunurjr j 19 ;tuvaeci wtu ijwenidoaiis (districts Bdiery rodttoeriHa Strict will market his outpuTafhVsame price.-' 4 .. - , , :, -y . ; : No Agency Named. . The president named no agency to carry out the pro visions of his order, but is expected to appoint soon a coal administrator who will be given entire control of the coal industry. Rumor tonight indicated President H. A. Gar iield, of Williams college, as the man. ,Mr. Garfield now heads a committee named by the president to fix a gov ernment price for wheat. . His work will end before Sep- tember 1, wnen tne wneat commixtee proDaDiy win De ais solved. ' The prices fixed for run-of-mine coal in the large pro ducing districts average slightly more than $2. In a few districts they are below that figure and in the western territory they are higher. Washington state is highest with $3.25.; President's Statement. The president's statement said: '" aajc luiiummg bituminous coal at the mine tricts. It is provisional only. tion wneai tne wnole method of administering the fuel sup plies of. the country . shall have been satisfactorily organized and put into operation. Subsequent measures will have as their objects fair and equitable control of the distribution of the supply .and of the prices not only at the min.es but also in the hands of the middlemen and the re tailers. -'-J:? 'The prices provisionally fixed here are fixed by me under the provisions of the recent act of congress regard ing administering the food supply of the country, which also conferred upon the executive control of the fuel sup ply. They are based upon the actual cost of production and Q are deemed to be not only, fair find just but liberal as well. Under them the industry should nowhere lack stimula tion." : . The prices, f. o. b., mines, are as follows: STATE: ' . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . .. ..... Maryland ..................... West Virginia ................ West Virginia (New River) . . . i Virginia Ohio (thick vein) Ohio (thin vein) . . . . . . . . . . . Kentucky , .......... Kentucky (Jellico) ............ Alabama (big seam) . V '. .. . .' . " Alabama (Pratt, Jagger, Corona) ! Alabama4 (Cahaba an4 Black ; Creek) ... .... .... ........ Tennessee (Eastern) ' . . . : . ... . Nb Tennessee (Jellico) . . . Indiana Illinois (third, vein) 'Arkansas ..... . . ... under Maximum Prices. -v ; The prices Sxed range from twenty to thirty-five per ". CONTINUSO ,ON OF COAL IN U, S. commission after months of ui prices ; is prescriDeci ior in the several nroducine dis It is subject to re-co dera RUN OB" PREPARED SLACK MINE $2.00 2.00 2.00 2.15 2.00 2.00 2.35 1.95 2.40 10 "2.15 2.40 ' 220 2 AO 1.95 1.95 -2.40 165 SIZES SCR'N'GS $1.75 1.75 1.75 1.90 1.75 1.75 $2.25 -2.25 2.25 2.40.' 2.25 2.25 2.60' 2.20 2.65 2.15 2.40 " 2.65 2.55 2.65 220 ' 2.20 2.65 " 2.90 2.10 1.70 1 2.15 1.67 1.90 2.15 2.05 2.15 1.70 1.70 2.15 2.40 PAOB.TWO) makes in MAT10NAL SURVEY OF FOODSTUFFS 15 TO START AT ONCE '; . " . . -it--" Information Gathered by the Census Will Be Turned Oyer to Board. WILL INCLUDE ALL AVAILABLE FOODS Even the Eatables in the . 'Family Putries Will ' , v Be Listed.', WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. A nattj wide food survsy, authorized under tha Drat of the food bwt recently enacted by congress, will be started immediately by the dep;utment oi agrirullure. , Plans for the census, announced to night,, show tnat it will cover nearly 100. items of food and .will include supplies on the farms, in warehouses and stores, and even the etoclU in the family pantry. A quick survey will be taken first of the supplies of eighteen of the principal articles of .(Continued on Page Two.), OFFICIAL SUMMARY OF MBIC1 ACTIVITIES IN WAR WILL BE ISSUED First Will Be Issued Soon With Others to Follow Weekly. MAY BE FORECASTS. WASHINGTON. Aur. II. The first official summary of the war activities of the United States will be issued In a few days by Secretary Baker to.be followed weekly thereafter with state menu of such matters as may be dis closed without violating- military pre cautions. .. . , , The exact nature of the statements has not been made known. In an nouncinr his Intention to bea-ln the practice, however; Secretary Baker said he would go just as far as the military advisers of the government deemed it wise toward informing- the public or what was in progress. - In formation of every .sort reaching the department will be scrutinized for publishable matter and the impression was given that the statements .would not be confined exclusively to past ac tlon but would probably contain force casts wherever permissible. When American troops get into ac tion in France, daily statements rrob- reports from General Perhing. .Regarding many rumors or disas ters to American troops or shipping, constantly being circulated. Mr. Baker reiterated emphatically the pledge of the administration to withhold no news of misadventure of the forces from . the public. Every untoward happening will be announced prompt ly, he said, and the public may rest uuured that no ' news means , rood J have been current recently, he added. were wuaeut U17 .iuuuuuga wuti ever. ; : - v . The extent to which naval happen ings can be made public is a different matter. . Secretary. Daniels has prom ised that news of disasters will be' given out with as little delay as pos sible. It is not to be expected how ever, tnai we extent 01 qamage to naval craft will be disclosed. The practice 01 aii countries nas oeen to keep the enemy as much in the dark 1 ' i ' . ' ' . - ' ' HARD SMASHES AT GERMAN LINES IN . FRlillCE AGAIN PRODUCE GAINS FOR ALLIES WHILE COUNTER-ATTACKS FAIL Gefman'Alttmfalio Relake Terrain Cap&iBy Fnachkai Canadian An Ill-starred, Resulting i Mostly la Heivy Losses to the TeQloosAustrtaa Unes Beginning to Crack Under : Terrific Drive of Ihe Italian Forces , S ' Hard smashes at the German lines in France again have been produc tive of important gains for the en tente allies. North of - Verdun, the French have captured ' additional points of vantage while the Canadians have fought their way forward nearer to the heart of the town of Lens, tak ing 2,000 yards of positions west and northwest of the towni Counter Attacks Ill-Starrefl. All the counter-attacks by the Ger man ' crown prince-s xorces against General Petain's men on the newly captured ground in the Verdun sector have been 411-starred; those of Crown Prince Rupprecht against the Canad ians at laxt accounts had brought rothlna more than an augmentation of the already terrible casualties his troops have suffered in tneir attempts to save -the important coal center from capture. . Under, a canopy of mist the Ca nadians and Germans met at day light in the open of "No Man's Land" northwest of Lens, neither expeotlng the other. Springing at their sur prised foe with their usual intrepidity, the Canadians put the Germans to the bayonet and forced them to scurry for a seeming haven of safety inside their trenches. Here, however the German apparently were no mora se cure than in the open, for again with the bayonet and with bombs the Ca nadians did great execution, killing More Than 600 Boys and Girls Are Taking Short Farming Course. RALEIGH, N. C Aug. 11. Break- ing all the state records,, and national too, so far as known, for attendance upon agricultural short courses, more than 600 b'ova and trirls, members of the agricultural clubs of the state to day are housed In the isorui Carolina state college of agriculture and engi neering for instruction in practical and scientific farming. Along with them are eighty county demonstration agents who began their annual session here today. - - Conservation will be the keynote of the short course for the boy and girl club members, and whereas the work netted more than fSO.ooo to the in dividual members last year. It la ex pected that the money returns this year from the activities of the agri cultural clubs will be several times this amount. The plan of the course of instruc tions calls for lectures . during the mornlne-. demonstrations - during the afternoon, leaving suitable time for re creation. Each evening, motion pic tures of educational and recreational value are to be shown in A large hall at the college.- - . . THE WEATHER. WASHINGTON. Aur. SK Forecast for North Carolina, . J-' Wednesday Troubles of His Own or wounding many of the occupants and putting the others to nignt. Canadians Advance. West of Lens, aided by a heavy ar tillery nre the Canadians aiao aa vanced, pushing the Germans farther into the environs of the town. To both the captured positions,' the Ca nadlana are holding tenaciously, al ready having put down with heavy losses three strong counter-attacks-two on the northwest and one west of the town. North of Verdun, on both sides of the River Meuse the French troops have kept up their vig orous offensive started Monday and haen rewarded, by the capture of ad ditional Important positions. West of the river, Cote L'Ole, a point of con siderable strategic value and the vil lage of Regnevllle have been taken, while east of the stream the village of Samogneux and fortified trenches over a front of about a mile and .a half, conneOing Samogneux with the defenses on Hill 844 are In the hands nf nnarei Petain's men. Counter attacks by the Germans all along the new front have Deen repuisea oy me French. In addition to more than ' 5,000 prisoners taken by the French in Mon day's advance, additional captures re sulted from the attacks ot Tuesday. The German war office, possibly with the idea of heartening the peo ple at home, saya counter-attacks by the Germans have driven out the French from almost all the positions SHIPS TQUN1TED STATES Signs Decree Turning Over Seized German Ships to This Country. HAVANA. Aug. 21. At the presi dential palace today, in the presence of General Marti, secretary of war and navy, and William E. Oonnales, United States minister to Cuba, Presi dent Uenocal signed a decree trans ferring to the United States govern ment' lour larga German steamships. the Bavaria, OH vac t, Adelheld and Cowantla, of at aggregate tonnage of approximately iO.Ol'O tons, which were seized cs prlz ot war by the Cuban government or. the day this country declured war against Germany.' The first three named ships are in Havana harbor, where they have been undergoing repairs for several months. The Constantla is' at Cien fuegos. The Kadonia, ths fifth and smallest of ths ships seised by the Cuban government, is' retained aa a transport for army supplies. It is announced that Minister Gon zales, acting as the representative of the United 8tates shipping board, will take possession of : . the . ships , to morrow.. "' Minister Gonzales when asked the amount the United States government Wfcs paying Cuba for these ships re plied. "absolutBly nothing." . " ..u; .4 Xfmmivml " Ytm .tntlnn. "wAtiM not aall -them but he has they captured oa the Verdun front It adds that the German troops and ineu- leeaers anticipate a lavoraDle conclusion ot tne- Verdun battle, Austrian line Cracks. In the Austro-Italian theatre tha terrific drive of the Italians is causing mat Austrian tine , to cracK at numer ous points. The Austrians are re- Hating vigorously. Although the bat tie is proceeding without ' interruD tion, little is available in the official communication to delimit geographic ally the advances the Italians thus far have made. Austrian defenses between Corite and Selo and near the strongly fortified Starilokva position are among tne places captured, up to juonasy nignt more tnan ten thou sand prisoners have been taken, not counting .48 officers. The .Russians in Galicla and Bu kowlna are apparently holding their own against tne Austrian and Ger mans, but in Roumanla the Rus sians and Roumanians have been com pelled to cede further ground near the village of ocna and east of tha Fokshanl-Narocna-Ajul railway, ; rne intensive aerial r.sntins- be tween the allies and the Germans in France continues. Numerous German machines have been brought down in aerial battles but the entente allies also have lost a considerable number or machines. British warships - have destroysd a German Zeppelin off the coast of Denmark, the entire crew perishing. GERMANY NOT BEHIND POPE'S PEACE PROPOSAL .1. - German Chancellor Says That Pope's Proposal Was Issued Spontaneously. COPENHAGEN. August 11. Tr. Michaelis, the imperial German chan cellor, at the convening of the relch stag main committee today in Berlin, said the recent peace proposal of Pope Benedict had been Issued spon taneously, and not at the wish of the central powers. i. The committee was Informed by the chancellor that the pope's note would be answered , only after - the' closest consideration with the reichstag. The preliminary reports of the ses sion of the reichstag committee indi cate that the parties are divided re garding the pope's note en the same lines as on the relchstage peace resolution. ; .. The conservatives, national liberals and Germanic groups are declared to be reserved in their opinion, while the socialists, radicals and centrists are said to approve of the pope's action. ,t t. t MAJORITY SHAVED DOWN.' 4 LONDON. Aug. Jl. By the majority of 1,000 in a vote rep- f presenting nearly J.600,000 work- f ers today, the British labor con- t ference decided 'to stand by its plan of sending delegates to the national sooiallst conference at Stockholm. The vote was at- -f tended bv a turbulent scene. 'l INCREASE IN THE TOTAL LEVIES OF TAX BILL CERTAIN Antagonism Between ; Fac tions on Increases on War Profits. LA FOLLETTE AND . WEEKS ARE HEARD La Follette Demands Dras tic ' Advances on i War Profits f and - Incomes. '' WASHINGTON, Aug. !. Increase , in the total levy of the 12,001,000,000 ' war tax bill was regarded certain to- night following another1 day of senate debate and ' ' informal conference 1 among leaders. , .The extent of th ' conference was still tn Vtoubt, with antagonism growing between factions advocating and opposing a drastic ad vance in rates on war profits and In-, comes. ' Senators Laf'ollette and Weeks made the only addresses today. ' The , former spoke for nearly three 'hours In favor of radically hlgbqr levies on -. war "profits and' ' Incomes of tb wealthy, while the latter defended the ' ' bill as drafted. . ; r ' ' 1 Inoonw Tax Section' ' . , After a speech tomorm t;,- Senator Borah in favor of higher taxntir and fewer bonds, consideration-of -the- trt- come tax seotion is axpscivtk to.be-, ' gin.' ' ' -'-' 1 , , -Leaders of J the . finance committee ftow: are considering presentation of amendments proposing higher sur taxes on Mg Incomes.' Those advo- ( (Continued on Page Two.) IRON WORKERS ORDEREC TO STRIKEW JilEW YORK Men Engaged, on Govern ment .Work Will Strike ' With Rest- ' . MANY INVOLVED. NEW TORK, Aug. 21.A genera! strike of machinists, - boiler .makers and blacksmiths engaged in marine work in the part of New York and vicinity and including the navy -yard 1 in Brooklyn, was ordered here today , at a mass meeting, of representative of marine metal workers. The strike was called to enforce settlement of a : demand made six weeks ago .for s' minimum wage scale of $4.50 a day. While no official action was; taken to make the strike nation-wide, tha an- parently unanimous sentiment express ied by the men Indicated that such was; their desire,, provided the issue was not quickly adjusted. ,, ,v f ; , : 1 The meeting was . called by the marine trades council of the port of New Tork and was attended by men representing 10,000 union workers, 11 ; was announced, and involved directly ' all shipbuilding plants in this vicinity, . ' ths majority of which now are engag ed almost exclusively on government ? work. ' ... The resolution passed unanimously ; called out not only workers in plant which have not yet agreed to the de- ' mands of the men but also those which have already done so, it being desired as one of ths speakers asserted, "to show employers that we are united - in our demands." -, The date for the strike, was not ' fixed but it is reported the men had been instructed to go out immediately. ' That tne reaerai government ha already taken notice of the situation, ' was announced at the meeting with . the statement that conciliators from a the department ot labor, are here. THE ASHEVILLE OIIZER Circulation, Yesterday Gty . . . ' I Suburban . Country . , Net paid Service 4.870 4.910 1.559 I T.369 197 VIOt Unpaid Total .11,667 nof Thursday. . $ Ivea them to the United SUte' 2 . k
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