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E AS THE WEATHER: LOCAL SHOWERS CITIZEN WANT ADS f BRING RESULTS .4. vol. xxxin, no. 360. ASHEVILLE, N. 0., FRIDAYIORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS - RETAILER MAY BE BRAVE RUSSIAN FLEET IS Patiently Waiting L OUTCLASSED BY RANGE OF TO OFFICERS WILL Gfl GUNS ON GERMAN SHIPS Ml em NATIOi GUARD ANSWER Hi I1G Wholesale Prices Are Being Reduced, Food Admin J istrator Bays. WHOLESALE PRICE OF BEEF IS LOWERED Attempts to Turn Back Invading Armada But Is Forced Back into Moon Soundl and Bottled UpOne Russian Warship Is Sunk. Average Retail Price Has Increased, According to Figures Shown. Apparently, contingents of the Russian fleet in all about twenty warships of various classes are bottled up in Moon Sound, with a cordon of German war cralt barring their egress northward back into the Gulf of .Fin land or to the south into the Gulf of Riga. Brave, but outclassed by reason of superior gun i-ange and heavier tonnage, the Russians gave battle to Washington, Oct is. Food Ad- thft GprmflTis and ftttemntpd to loree back the enemv tTSrZtLnT E armada off Oesel Island. Standing far outside the shell been turned'! in hih m nri. I zona of t.hfl Russians, however, the cruns of the German Vthat most of th essential commodi- dreadnoughts sank the battleship Slava a relic of the fties should continue to show reduc- ,!,-, Uf.. , Tf,, To,... .. wor a-nA an haMv Aam- tlona between now and the end of the uaJ " "UMC J, x ii t iT year. At the same time he pointed ftgea Oiner UmiS IRB.Z me IVUSSian IlOUiia was iurucu w out that retail pricee are not join 8eek refuge in Moon Sound lying between Moon Island r.::r 77 " . .wnu"""" reauc- nnd thfl TCsthonia coast. t Li ii it m. ann inn m o r a4 v m i i - Intensive Operations. Immediately seeing their advantage, the Germans, according to the latest German official communication, beean intensive operations against Moon Island, ham- pronta, the food administration now is mering its eastern shore batteries until they were silenced ffin" ooh2SS and also attacking the Russian guns on the mainland, put- 5aAbw.htLn?,t,lem nekly for com ting them out of action. Moon Island was captured and Without further authority from nnn- ihfl "Russians-took refuere inside Moon bound. ment Is powerless to control retailers, except those doing a business of more than 1100,000 a year. He fiA not to discuss the question of whether congress would be asked to extend his authority, saying: he wanted to give the retailers a. nhanx As an Illustration of to ' the consumer is keeping up, a statement issued by the administrator said, beef now Is selling in Chicago at tions, and intimated that the' consum er himself might correct this by bring. lng proper pressure to bear. WU1 Publish Prices. To aid the public in dealing with retailers wno continue to extort war FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SETS IN MOTION MACHINERY TO APPREHEND AND PUNISH WORKERS AGAINST THE LIBERTY LOAN Thereupon, the Germans threw warships to the east- Secretary McAdoo Calls on All Baaks on Which German Pressure Has Been Brouaht to Bear to l . TT T- AT-- 11- i? If T-. I t , ... , , ern cart oi ivassar uay, lying 10 me norm 01 muou ab- i. . n .:......- . ,; . ..... . . . ' ua vif. Wi th northern entrance to Moon ,w "V-""" " uaci-rnmises jo rrosecmt -uisioyai ana Sound and also rushed contingents to the south of Moon Island, apparently closing the. passage to the south in the wuii oi .ruga. ....... Washington, Oct n. Ths - Alreadj the Germans nave attempiea to aiiacK irom ernment today set im motion th ma- Traitorous" Persons to Limit of the Law. iZlVJi. ne.-h.a,f cent a. P"0. fl,fl r,AVi inrt Mnnti SmmH hut. t.hft Russian cnms have chtnery to apprehefid Md punish pro i;uiiiimrau wun nxieen cents In July, mo j o fi..,.., .av.m ),.,. .h. a .n whii th r. --.on I , ii.. .i.i c.i i A n--"o- Trrr,- I &erman workers wuo hare itarted an round stea now Is thTrty-one cente na tn.e.m DJK BUCCeiWiuujr. uiuuk w cxxxx Urgaal caxnpat, ia more than a vuiiu bi now is imrry-one cents . . - . . , - , . . " " - 1,1 compared with twenty-seven cents in shl)D8 attacking the Old line Vessels OI the itUSSian Ileet docen states ta defeat the Liberty JAt Xhue, were at least two dreadnoughts of the, Grosser Kurfuerst " Uk; Vi!;SSS3 tyDe-vessels displacing 25,000 tons, as against 15,516 BZ tt -as, 1.60 to 13 more than the whole- ions for the Slava. A maiOTlty Of the-CreW Of the Oiava mane of a statement here ca-llBg Bale njrure warrants. Sucraj- -ihoiiMi . . . . . . . . . , i I . i. , . en from eight to eight and one-hai. was saved by iiussian torpeao Doaw wnen tne vessel toon "'-ZZITZ' Trouble in Teuton Fleets; nw.pwa nu5ntt0jDi.ti.-i present La( -w,iTTWWr, 'tempu y .shortage, as the wholesale f uiiai'piUllge. figures, have not advanced. Faced Shorate. Now that it is all over, Mr. Hoover a' fltort to- lnduce'TWi-n ot to aid the. Ioan to report the circumstances With this advantage of the German naval forces over .! vm to precuu to aid. it may be admitted that in Seo- , t. , , , , the limits the law ta "disloyal and tember the country faced a serious I tne XtUSSianS, nowever, COmeS neWS OI ireSU CUSaneCUOn I traitorous persons" mAltlBt suoh at- "i "?"r "a!w. "rJf..I: in the German fleet and also of a mutiny m the Austrian tempt at intimidation. hours' suddIv. Vlrtuallv the sume floof in V.O Arlnnfio OT1.T vF rif-i. foolinoe Kof wo on (lav. I Begun InVtisUgMtloa. condition prevailed at Philadelphia! "V"" I L a j x- 8 -i Dspartment of Itwtlce official also and other consuming centers. . I man and AUStnaH Seamen in the Adriatic. German Sail- began an. mvestigatioa into the work- nouw wx givn h tne iooa a- 1dtit.i ora rotvirfnH n Viotto rafnaoH fr rn ohnon. I inn of th ill. nnn.)r..r. with ministration that ail dealers in food-lVAO "l"JU vv iaju u uohj x-iumu v fiv v-.xi stuffs required by law to take out submannes for duty and to have thrown overboard one of pro"fcutwn wrZ?u' federal licenses after November 1 1 , . J ( under the espionage and other laws should make requisition at once for n-llnallAn tnmm ... i , I. n. . .,..kt- from the" au ihortU All , (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.) wholesalers, brokers and commission merchants and retailers doing a busl- Mciwt&i? of th treasury, Washington, th name and addresses of the per. on or persona guilty of such disloyal and traitorous actions and I shall see to It that they ar dealt with to the limit of the law. ; ' "I also request suoh banks to Inform m Immediately if ny deposits are withdrawn because they subscribed to the Liberty loan, giving me the name of th person 'or oorsona who ' have made suoh withdrawals. -,. WW b Pfotaoted. i ' baaJc in the Unit mates ness or more than lluo.ooo a year must be licensed to handle foodstuffs. Only one license is required where concerq has branches. . Plenty of Beans. In his statement concerning food prices, Mr. Hoover s statement said: "The bean harvest this year is esti mated by the department of agrlcul ture at approximately 7,000,000 bush' els in excess of last year, or nearly double last year, ana . promises an . abundant supply. The growers' asso ciations in prominent bean producing (Continued on. Page Two.) EXPRESS CONFIDENCE TiiiTnnii PTnivr iimi n i hamjual d i niivt will : FULL INVESTIGATION OF CHILDREN'S STRIKE IN E "Strong, Sinister Influ ence" Back of Strike, Willcox Says. POLICE CALLED OUT. Dl BE SETTLED SHORTLY Presdent White, of Mine Workers, and Dr. Oar field Both Optimistic. PLANS ABE MADE. ' WASHCTOTON, Oct 18 -Both Fuel O Administrator Garfield and President John P. White of the United Mine Workers, expressed confidence today that the strike of coal miners in the central competitive field of Ohio, Uii " nols, Indiana and Pennsylvania would b settled within a short time. President White left tonight for In dianapolis where he will continue ef forts to induce the men to return to work. Despite reports Indicating , a . spread oi strike sentiment among the men, Mr. White waa optimistic when he left Washington. At the fuel ad ministration it was said he viewed the . strike movement as sporadic and t'e . lleved that the trouble would -be ad Justed within a few days by an appeal . to the patriotism of the men. . Pending the outcome of negotia tions between President 'White and - the miners. Dr. Garfield would not . say what move he contemplated un . der his threat to the miners yesterday to invoke whatever power necessary f to Insure the working of the mines tft full capacity. Should Mr. White's efforts fall, however, it la understood ' that the fuel administration is pre pared to lay before President Wilson .'. a drastio plan for making certain an adequate coal supply. - : When informed today of ' reports .from sortie districts in the middle west that manufacturers and others ' were hoarding coal, fuel admtnlstra v tioa officials said that whenever a - ease ef hoarding waa found the eoal . would be seised and distributed. No official reports of hoarding had readi d tie adtaU-lstraUon. NEW YORK, Oct. 18. Full investi gation of what he termed the "strong. sinister Influence" back of the strike of school children of this city against the so-called Gary system will be Oiade by the board of- education, President Wlllcox announced tonight after he had received reports of riot ing during the day in which crowds oi pupils stoned school buildings in Harlem and the Bronx. The Gary system naa been made a political issue in the municipal campaign. : It has been endorsed by Mayor Mitchel and is opposed by John F. Hylan, the democratic candidate. . "There seems unquestionably to have been a strong, sinister influence that gave the children at first an or ganization they could not possibly have attained or their own accord, Mr. Wlllcox said. ' Police reserves were called out to night to disperse C.000 persons who were holding what they called an antl Gary meeting in the Bronx. - Police men who attempted to break up the meeting on the ground , that it was being held without a permit were hooted by the crowd, which refused to move. ' When the police arrived they were met by a shower of stones and sticks. - - . - . The police' made -It few arrests and the crowd followed the prisoners to the police station. It was necessary to summon every available patrolman and home defense league member in the district before the crowd was dis persed., Two of ten boys arrested during the rioting today were fined and the others were paroled in the custody of their parents for examination Monday. A man arrested after he had harangued a crowd of the youngster waa held for further Investigation. -- The rioting pupils repeatedly as sembled after being dispersed by notice reserves and school officials de clared they were urged on by persons who addressed them along the streets. - . JK H-HMIM-HlHMHM------i----St . - THE WEATHER. ;" . ASHEVILLE WINS NEXT Tl T! Dr. M. H. Fletcher Is Named the Executive ' Committee. on THOSE PRESENT. NAPHVIIXB. Tenn.. Oct IS. dealing with sedition and attempts to thwart the government's war pur poses. The nation's answer to th abortive efforts of the pro-German campaign was the greatest single day's subscrip tions since the ccnpaign started. Officials estimate thai nearly f 1,7 60,- 000,000 of the loan has been subscrtb. ed and heavy sales are reported In prospect for the closing days of the drive. Reports to the treasury from many sections Indicate that the alleged plot has not only failed, but has resulted In stimulating subscriptions where tte conspirators were most actlv. The statement. Secretary McAdoo'a statement waa as follows: ' The secretary's statement was prompted from various parts of the country that depositors have threaten ed banke with withdrawals If they subscribe to the loan. It' follows: "From several sections of the coun try hankers have reported to me that some of their customers have threat ened to withdraw deposits if their banks subscribed to the Liberty loan. Such attempts at intimidation are made by disloyal and traitorous per Ashe vile was .today seleoted for the ?nand r8 serious offenses against .. ,. f tilA an,,,y.- th law for which stern punishment IBIS meeting place of th Southern I .hnuM : inflriw. I earnestly request any bank, state Appalachian Godd Roads association. fter a spirited contest. Several other cities were in the race for the con vention of the association next year, but the metropolis of ths Land of the Sky proved too attractive to the dele gates present, and the mountain city won out D. M. Clark, of Greenville, N. C, was elected vice-president for North Carolina, and the following North Carolinians were electeff as members of the executive committee: Dr. M. H. Fletcher, of Asheville; W. S. Fallis, of Raleigh; and H. B. Varner, of Lex ington. The association went on rec ord as favoring state and federal di rection of trunk roads. The importance of maintenance of roads, and of expert - supervision of construction were features empha sised in the various discussions, in which the Asheville representatives took a leading part Ashevme was represented at the meeting by F. Btlkeleather. T. M, Howrton, county engineer; County commissioner J. J. uowan; city com missioner J. O. Btlkeleather. and N. Buckner, secretary of the board of trade. Mr. .Buckner presided at one oi. tne meetings. or national, against which suoh three. 8 have been made to report im mediately by telegram or letter to the States government will IM protected with all the pwer and resoureee of th government No bank shall be punished for doing its patriotic duty by assisting th government to prose cute th war to a swift and victorious conclusion." ? .. The secretary telegraphed the state ment to the treasury department from Salt Lake City, where he spoke today. Progress of the loan throughout the nation was announced in . th follow ing statement Issued by th treasury lonirnt: - "Official reports on - ubsortptions totalled ..37,17. .660 up to the close of business yesterday or about $117, 000,000 more than waa reported t the close of the previous day. "Estimates baaed on the customary dally hicreaees of the official figures and unofficial reports from varloue parte of th country led to the belief tonignt tna.t between ll.500.000.fi0O ana a,7do,uuo,ouo Bad been subscribed." The ofBolal figure include: Boston 96,8OO,O00; New York 88, 890.000: Richmond 684.470.000: At. lanta 18,(69,060; Chicago 191,879,000, RICHMOND DISTRICT. RICHMOND. Va.. Oct 18. Un official estimates at th close of busi ness tonight were that approximately 43,goo.ooo na been subscribed to tha, Liberty loan in this, the fifth fed eral reserve district The minimum allotment for the district is 8120. 000,000, with $800,000,600 th amount aaked for. The campaign has taken on fresh activity throughout th dis trict and it is expected that the minimum at least will be reached. Only one element of th population appear apathetio, according to the campaign managers, who say that th farmers ar showing very little in terest in the loan. An aggressive campaign is to be waged among them in the remaining days of the drive. Richmond 1 nearing Its $14,000,000 goal, the total reaching $11,600,000 with today's sales of $1,600,000. Th largest subscription In the d 1st riot re ported today wa $1,000,000 by th R. J. Reynolds Tobacco company, at Winston-Salem, N. C. The bank of Richmond ar making an aggressive ngnt lor th loan and are being supported by . practically every municipal organisation. Hun- areas of women are acting as sales men, noy scouts are making a house, te-house canvass, while various nuh. lio sohools ar holding mass meetings in an effort to stir up enthusiasm. Reponta from : throughout th state are tnat me campaign is meeting with Troops Win Be Consolidat ed With Other :Regtoents5 a. n.. n.lL nvm uio xuue otate. ASHEVILLE WILL ' ' - Object Is Believed to Be.to Have. Trained Officers; , When Brigade Arrives; eukscrtM-i W the bond o thnitefffiuehrtTior toeDs the wa promised during the fln f sw days. New TORjk KtmRrtirnns '.NEW TORK. Oot 18-An increase of $86,000,000 in twenty-four hours in subscriptions to th Liberty loan in th inw tone ' reaerai reserve district brought the unofficial total tonight up to 8646,000,000. , Thirteen banks, trust and Insurance companies and private pusiness nrms suosoribea 177,000,000. Th subscriptions of th thirteen concerns did not go below $1,000,000 and reached aa high aa $16,000,000, The latter subscription, by J. P. Mor gan and company, waa the largest single conirioution tnus tar recorded. It waa Intimated that the Morgan house would make other subscriptions. The second largest subscription of the day was that of the Central Trust company for $20,000,000. A8MT BUYS BONDS. WASHINGTON, Oct II. American soldiers and army civilian employes have purchased more than $88,000, 000 of Liberty bonds. . Of this amount men In the sixteen national army camps hav subscribed $10,(00,000 and those In the fifteen national guard camps $9,200,000. The national army soldiers hav averaged $24.62 each, which th record of th national, guardsmen Is $88.88 ' per capital, and the average for the entire thlrty-on camp Is $29.97. Three camps had received subscrip tions, at latest reports, In excess , of one million dollars. The ' national guard camp, Camp Sheridan, at Mont gomery, Ala., leads with subscriptions ot ii,22,eo ror its 18,600 men. nee. ond honors are held by Camp Shelby. also a national guard command, atj Hattlesburg, Miss., where 17,100 men have bought bonds to the amount of $1,162,000. The only national army camp which ha broken Into the mil lion dollar clans to date ta camp Grant, Rockford, Ills., containing 87.- 000 men. whose Liberty bond sub. scrlDtlons stand at $1,098,800. The war aepartment clerical force has taken bonds in excess or so,ooo. GREENVILLE. S. d.; Oct lt.Th six training battalions of th Fifty- fith depot brigade, formerly th first; second and third battalions of the First Tnnse infantry, th eond and third battalion of th First North . Carolina infantry, and th third bat talion of th Seoond South Carolina infantry, ar to b Incorporated with th regular regiment forthelr reapeo-, tlv state, and all thlr commissioned offlcera of th rank of captain andt abov ar to leave for Franc as soon ' aa transportation can b provided, ac cording to unofflclal Information to day..'-"','.". ..,.. Wf'v i..'H.t. First Inkling.- Th first inkling of ths war de partment's Intention to . mov th training battalions, cam in ,aa order Issued this morning to oeas Improve ments on their camp sites. ' Th sol-. dlers had Just finished providing their ' tents with floors and sides. According to Information available, Brlgadiei General L. D. Tyson, commanding th. brigade, together with on of bis two colonels, both lieutenant colonels and practically every major and captain, will leave at one for Prance, while their men Will be transferred bodily into the 117th, 118th, 118th and 120th Infantry regiments, formerly the Third Tennessee, First South Carolina, and . Second and Third North Carolina, re spectively. .., troops . being assigned whenever possibi to . organisations from their own stats. .All non-commissioned officers will retain their grades.; The training battalion will not take up their, camp with the or ganisations to which, they will b transferred until th departure oi their officer, . ..... v Tiie Commanders, ' ' ' i Colonel Charles B. Uosran. formr adjutant general of Tamteiiase,. com mand the First provisional regiment composed of troop from that stats, and Colon! Junius T. Gardner, th Second from th two Carolina. There la no information a to what use will b made of th camp sit to b va cated by th brigade, Hut it ia sug gested that those of South Carolina aeleotment sent here, who had al ready been formed Into .regiments, may be encamped there. -The lieutenants of the' companies ' will probably be transferred with their men, as the full complement of (Continued on Page Two.) IT UK; Manufacturer Says He Saw Soldier Shoot Negro to Prove Skill . , ICAN FOR PEACE Lord. Robert Cecil Says No Peace Negotiations Are in Progress. f LOOKS SUSPICIOUS. ' -f 4-. . ' . NEW TORK. Oct 18. -De- atruction by fire of more than 4 4 $8,000,000 worth of foodstuff -f e- and property along th water e- front her within th last few days, althorarh not proved to be 4- the work of German agents, may 4 4 cause the revocation, as a mesa- 4 4 are of precaution, of permlta ia- -f 4 sued to alien enemies allowing 4 them access to barred sones. This 4 4 was intimated today by federal -4 4 authorities. r . 4 4 Agents of the department of 4 4 Justice were today watching alien 4 4 4 enemies In water front diatrlata WAJH-TNOTON, Oct. 18. Torecast 1 4 with mora than ordinary oare. 4 for North Carolina: JUeai rain trn- t LONDON, Oc. IS.-Replying to a question in the house of commons to day; Lord Robert Cecil, - minister of blockade, denied that negotiations for terms of peace had taken place with the Vatican or any of Its agents or with any other religious organisation. Just previous to this Lord Robert had been asked whether the British government Intended to send any re ply to Pope Benedict's peace - note. His - response was a request . that notice be given of th question. It had not been officially announced, he added, that Great Britain had adopted as its own reply the i reply sent by the United States. : . "The clear and powerful reply of President Wilson," explained Lord Robert "waa not th result of any consultation of th allies and I do not propose to comment on It in' reply to the question." . ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. BIGKETT CONGRATULATES 1HE N. C. FARMERS' UNION Is Pleased at Determination to Adopt "Resolutions of Loyalty. RALEIGH, N. C.,-Oct 18. -Gover nor Blckett sent to cnairman w. a. Gibson, of the state executive commit tee of the North Carolina Farmers union a telegram today congratulating the executive committee on Its deter mination to have the farmers' union at its approaching annual session In Winston-Salem to adopt "ringing re solutions" of loyalty to th govern ment In th crisis that now confronts the country. The telegram reads: "I am not a member of the Farmers' union, and have n disposition to even suggest Its policies, but It Is known of all men that the passion of this ad ministration la to multiply in all just ways tbe profits and pleasures of farm life. I am deeply interested In every agency that la working to this end,-1 therefore greatly rejoice that your executive committee ha unanimously gone on record In favor of ringing re solution of loyalty to the government on the great crista that now confronts th country. ? ' -. . t. v- .: "It seem that this waa (he acme of wisdom aa well aa -patriotism and AS GIRL IS KILLED BY TRUCK Was Biding on Army Truck at Newport NewsWas Employed In Asheville. BATON ROUGE, law Oct II. Ralalra Carriers, sentenced to be hanged here tomorrow for th murder ' th action ef your commltte will , hat March and NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Oct M.- Florence Kelly, .a white . woman, about twenty year old, wa run over and killed by an army motor truck on which she was riding, during th Liberty loan parade litre this after noon. She cam her about three weeks ago from Greenevill, Tenn., and took a Jcb as water boy at Camp Stuart She has been living , and working among th men there, but no on sus pected . that she was. not a man. Whan taken to the hospital she waa taken to the men's ward and an ex amination ' of .- her wound revealed the fact that she waa s woman. A police investigation failed te dis close why the girl masqueraded as a man. Before lapsing into uncon sciousness at the hospital, she asked that -her father be notified of her whereabout. According to the police Miss Kelly left her Tennessee home employed in an OTHER WITNESSES. EAST ST. LOUIS. Ill- Oct 18 Wanton shooting at negroes by sol diers on patrol duty during the rac riots here last May, waa testified te today before tthe congressional corn mlttee investigating th riots. Charles Roger, president of a chemical com pany here, told the committee that he saw a uniformed soldier shoot a negro who waa re nding with a group of his , fellows a block away, merely to show some white men, who were twitting him, that h could shoot, . Roger said he heard on of a crowd of white remark to on of th sol diers: "What are you doing with that gun, you can't shoot" . v -'. - "The hell I can't" Roger quoted the soldier a saying. Where upon the soldier fired upon the crowd of negroes and one of the negroes fell, wounded, testified the ' witness.-:.'.. ".. . - Roger said h told Governor Low- den of that and similar incidents, but " that no special effort waa made to learn the identity cf th soldier. . Frank A. Hunter, general manager of the Swift and company packing plant testified that the riots had driven forty per cent of their aegr employes from work. He said he be- lleved the riot wa caused by ill -feeling of union men against negro labor- . era Imported from the south and de- nled his company had anything to do ' with these importations. . , . 4 a Khar-lff Marlon L Sworda. lata to. wonderfullv strenrthen the union in ' AahevUl. N. C laundrv until Coming SatuirdJ fair Mm-nrU ooldaA i: A TEE ASBEVILIE CniZll I ' Circulation Yesterday : v City . . . . "4,366 Suburbs-!. . . i 4.630 Country ... . i 1.823 Net paid . Service . .. . ' i : Unpaid . V : .10.819 . 203 . .215 Total . . . . .11,237 . Buy, a Liberty Doad.
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