THE SUNDAY CITIZEN
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VOL. X XX I V, NO. 4.
ASIIEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1917.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS'
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FACING
BOCHES
AMERICAN TROOPS FACE TO
FACE WITH GERMAN FORCES
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" V FIRST LINE TRENCHES
Nation Thrills as Word Comes Over the
Wires that Khaki-clad Boys Are Actual
ly Taking Part In Developments on
Western Front Officials Silent
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. The nation was thrilled
today by word that American troops at last were face
to face with- the Germans across No Man's land. An
nouncement by General Pershing that several battalions
of his infantry were in the front line trenches, supported
by American batteries which already have gone in action
against the enemy, fanned a new flame of patriotism
throughout the country.
Officials Silent
. The absolute silence with which Secretary Baker
niict mar department oincials greeted tne news. However.
wed that although the movement into the trenches
lad been expected at any time, it was regarded only as
he final -nhase Mhe men's traininar. German shells are
'breaking about the !encansad,?Sfmough they have
not taken over the trench sector, rifles, machine guns,
bombs and bayonets in American hands will greet any
enemy attacK.
No Official Report.
The silence of SecretaryBaker indicated that no of
ficial report of the occupation of the trenches had been
received. General Peremng is the judge of all matters
pertaining to the training of his force and he probably
did not inform the department of his plans in advance
as every effort was made to prevent the enemy from
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BRYAN DECLARES PEOPLE
WILL STAND BEHIND THE
PRESIDENT AND NATION
Nation Has Gone Into War
From Sense of Right
5 He Says.
AT SPARTANBURG.
SPARTANBURO, a C. Oct. 27.
Speaking tonight to an audience which
packed the big army T. IS. C. A. tent
In Camp Wadsworth, William Jen
rings Bryan declared that the people
of the country would stand behind the
president and congress ana support
them In supporting the army. "The
nation has gone Into the war from a
jenie of right," he said; "we have no
elfish ends to gain; we are endeav
oring to render service to the world.
No people ever fought for such high
ideals as the people of the United
States are fighting for today, and no
eople were ever more united in any
ause. ' '
'No tax upon property or Incomes
ean equal the tax upon human Uvea,"
he continued, "and the soldiers in the
army are offering that tax. The. people
who are not in' tne army will not com
plain at any tax necessary to support
the army. , Tne army must te sup
ported and the American people will
support it whole-heartedly.''
But while the government is sup
porting the army, he said the people
' must support the Red Cross, the army
y. M. C. A., and the Knights of Co
lumbus, which are endeavoring to
safeguard the moral and religious wel
fare of the men in the army. These
organisations are being supported by
voluntary contributions,; and the re
sponses that have been ,' made show
how the people feel about the war.
. The country has given more than has
been' asked , for by either: the Red
Cross or the Y. M. C. A., and the re
- sponses will be' Just as. liberal when
H her call is made, as It doubtless
be. '. This shows how the . people
about the war, he declared.
Mr. Bryan expressed the" conviction
tht Ri'ss'a would compose her inter
nal troubles, and would build great
- . . - j ' 'ille and as such exer
cise great Influence upon : the affairs I
of the world. .
jll. uiyuj came here this afternoon 1
from his home in Asheville with Mrs.
Bryan and they left at midnight lor
New Orleans. -
INCREASE IN PRICES OF
COAL TO ALL OPERATORS
Ways lo Save Coal
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VIRTUALLY ENTIRE AUSTRIAN. ARMY
WITH HEAVY GERMAN:REiNFORCEM
FACING ITALIANS ON ISONZO FRONT
Field Marshal Von Mackensen in Command of Central Powers ia Greatest Offensive Since the
Beginning of the WarAbility of Italians to Hold Mouniain Passes Will Decide
Ultimate Fate of Rich Italian Provinces.
ASHEVILLE AND AMERICA
OVERSUBSCRIBE QUOTA TO
THE SECOND LIBERTY LOAN
SUBSCRIPTIONS
TO
LIBERTY LUAW ABE
MypuM
Five Billion Mark Will Be
Passed, Treasury Of
ficials Say.
BANKS ARE SWAMPED
BY MAZE OF FIGURES
0 5 CT
AGA rJ
SMASHES
RECORD
ON LIBERTY LOAN
Subscriptions of $1,666,800
, Reported Through, the
Asheville Committees,
Indications Are That Sub
scrlptions Will Go Well"
.eybai, J.taximii'm.' J
wiQurwnTnw net. it The Lih-
erty loan apparently has passed the
$5,000,000,000 mark.'
A last day drive of titanic propor
tinna throughout the nation rounded
up more than $1,000,000,000 and was
believed to nave carried ira -
l I 1 JnllnM hsVnnfl
erai nunurvu iuiuiuji "u"-' ..w..
the maximum sum treasury officials
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MILLION DOLLARS
THE QUOTA ALLOTTED
Asheville (District: Over.
" subscribes Maximuni by
s. - More Thill 'Half. -'
There ts great rejoicing today irt
Asheville and in all the loyal com
munities throughout the county with
the realisation that not only has the
million dollar 'subscription requested
by the government been raised, but
In addition six hundred and sixty-six
thousand, eight hundred dollars, to
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Designed to Offset Increases
in Wages Granted
to Miners.
CONSUMES IC HIT.
' WASHINGTON, Oct 27. President
Wilson tonight granted an increase of
forty-five cents a ton in the price of
bituminous -coal at virtually all the
mines in tne country, effective at 7
o'clock. Monday morning. The new
price will absorb wage raises recently
agreea upon oetween operators and
miners ' in the ' central comnetitlve
ana oiner neias.
The president's order provides that
the Increase shall not aDDlv in . cms
of existing contracts providing for an
increase in price to cover any raise
In miners' wages. . Neither will it
"appiy in districts where miners and
operations rati to agree unon
miners' penalty provision satisfactory
to the fuel administration.
Millions of dollars of Increased cost
to consumers is involved In the order,
which was based upon recommend.
tlong made to the president yesterday
oy i uei Administrator Garfield. When
operations and miners of the central
competitive field agreed upon a wage
Hume nere mree weexs ago. Dr. Gar-
neia maae a, careful survey of condl
tlons" in the various districts .
basis for his report to the president
ARMT HE ADQTJARTBRS IN
NORTHERN FRANCE, Friday, Oct.
28. (By The Associated Press.)-
Virtually the entire Austrian army, re
inforced by heavy uerman contin
gents, conducted by the redoubtable
Field Marshal von Mackeneen, Is now
facing the Italian army in the great
est offensive since the beginning of the
war, with the evident purpose of in
vading the Friult region, the eastern
most province of Venezia.
The essential features of the en
emy's powerful thrust can now be out
lined. The correspondent traveled to
day forty miles along the battle front
with the terrific roar of the bombard
ment showing the great range of the
movement.
Sought Surprise Attack.
It is clear that the Austrians and
Germans sought to make a surprise
attack at the least fortified point on
the north of the Julian front seven
miles west of Tolmino, near the vil
lages of Santa Lucia and Santa Maria.
Field Marshal von Mackensen's ob
jective evidently was to recross the
Isonzo, when the Italians had driven
the Austrians back several miles into
Austrian territory. He screened the
movement by making feints toward
the south and also tfest of Tolmino,
but his main army struck straight for
the Isonzo, at Santa Lucia and Santa
Maria.
The Italian forces were compara
tively small at these outermost limits
of their lines and the advancing wave
suooeeded In crossing the Isonzo with
comparatively little obstruction, here,
however, they were faced by a low
range of mountains In which the
passes are strong held by the Italian
army now heavily reinforced from the
center and the south.
The whole operation now pivots on
the possibility of Von Mackensen driv
ing through these passes, where the
city of Civldale la the first important
place leading to the rich and level
plain. All indications are that the
Italians are masters of the passes and
can hold Von Mackensen against a
further advance, although the tre
mendous force he has massed might
permit a further scattered incursion.
TESTS ITALY'S METTLE.
Italy's mettle Is being critically
tested by the tremendous Teutonic
drive under command of Emperor
Charles, of Austria, on the Isonzo
front, with what seems virtually the
entire Austrian army and strong Ger
man forces.
From the first blow, General Ca-
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EBER TO BLOCK SEIZURE
WHOLESALERS' PRICES
ARE TO BE REGULATED
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NARROW ESCAPE.
' NEWPORT NEWS. Vs.. Oct. T.
Lieutenant Lamatrie, a French flyer
ai uinicisy ieia, ana an American
army officer whose name was not dis-
oiosca, naa a . narrow escane from
death, this afternoon when the blr
rrencn una macnine in which thev
were making trial flights, fell head
long into Chesapeake bay. .
While both escaped without serious
Injury, being rescued from the water
by boats nearby, the big plane is said
to have been badly damaged by the
accident ; -The machine . had circled
the field several times before its nose
was turned out over the bay. Onlook
ers declared the car turned almost en
tirely over In its downward descent
The cause of the accident Is unknown
outside of Langley Field official clr
lea. ,.'
Brazilian Torpedo Boat
Destroyers Had Been 0r
dered to Seize Vessel.
RIO JANEIRO, Oct 27. The Ger
mans today set on fire and sank the
German gunboat Eber, (84 tons,
which has been lying at the port of
Bahia, fearing seizure of the gunboat
by the Brazilian authorities. Torpedo-
boat destroyers were ordered yesterday
to take possession or tne Eber.
yesterday the Brazilian chamber of
deputies and senate declared a state
tot war between Germany and Brazil,
and President Bras sanctioned the
proclamation of a state of war with
Germany. The gunboat Eber, which
was 201 feet long, had a complement
of 126 men. - - ;
NOTABLE SPEAKERS.
RALEIGH. N. 6, Oct 27. For the
eighteenth annual session of the State
Literary and Historical association in
Raleigh November 20-21, Dr. Paal B.
Barringer, president of the Virginia
Polytechnical institute, will speak No
vember 20, on "The Influence of Ad
verse Conditions on the Early History
Of North Carolina.' Dr. Gillard Hunt,
of the state department at Washing
ton, will speak on "The State Depart
ment with special reference to the
Important functions of the department
la the present conditions of world af
fairs. The general program will be
with reference especially to war-time
problem witn problems of the Civil
war used as they may aoply to the
present war with Germany
Will Be Governed by Prices
They Pay and Not by
Market Conditions.
WASHINGTON, Oct 27. Whole
salers' profits in war-times, at least
on non-perishable foods, should be
governed by the prices they actually
pay and not by prevailing - marKet
conditions, the food administration
has decreed in special regulations
which will be put into effect Novem
ber 1 with respect to a number of
commodities.
The rule Is one of many drawn for
the guidance of the food dealers who
will be placed under license next
Thursday, said a statement tonight by
Food Administrator Hoover and the
commodities affected Include beef,
pork and mutton, syrups and molasses.
cleaned rice and rice nour, oleomar
garine, lard and lard substitutes, oleo
oil, cooking fats, condensed milk and
various canned goods and dried fruits.
No dealer In these commodities, the
rule says, shall sell "at more than
a reasonabls advance over the actual
purchase price of the particular goods
sold, without regard to the market
or replacement value at the time of
such sale." .
Wholesale dealers In refined sugar
are forbidden by a similar rule to sell
'at an advance over tne, refiners' list-
price at which he purchased . such
sugar no greater than the : normal
margin charged by wholesale dealers
In refined sugar In the same 'locality
for such -margin as may hereafter IM
established by the food administrator.
OFFICIAL TOUR OVER THE
START TUESDAY MORNING
Party Will Travel Eastern
Route and Return
by Western.
RICHMOND START.
Carl White Becomes Vio
lently Demented and
Commits Triple Tragedy.
TATLO RSVTLLE, N. C, Oct. 27.
Carl White, aged about thirty years,
becoming ' violently demented today.
shot and killed his wife and two small
children at his home eight miles from
here. Following the triple tragedy
White walked down the road some
distance from his. home, and meeting
a neighbor, told what he had done and
asked to be killed. White had a
struggle with the neighbor but was
overcome and lodged in Jnil here.
L. C. White, of Statesville and
Arthur White, a banker of Stoney
Point brothers of Carl White, were aj;
a spring near the house and heard
the gun shots. They hurried to the
house to find the wife and children
slain. Three older children in the
family escaped Injury. : The Whites
are prominent In this section.
CAMP GORDON WINS.
ATLANTA, Oct 2 7. The Camp
Gordon football eleven easily defeated
Camp Hancock (Augusta) here today.
26 to 0. vandergraf (Alabama) scor
ed three of the local's touchdowns.
Ths playing of Wlckerham (Washing
ton and Jefferson) and Farrell (Pitts
burgh) featured the offensive work of
the visitors. Walter Camp. Jr. (YaJe)
refereed the rame.
AROUND TOWN
WASHINGTON. Oct. 27. The start
of the official tour of the Pankhead
highway over the eastern route
through Richmond from Washington
to Atlanta will be made Tuesday
morning. It was announced here to
night. Returning the party will travel
over the western route through
Lynchburg and Danville. Later the
choice will be made between the two
routes.
The formal inauguration of the
pathfinders trip will be from the
capltol steps here after addresses by
memlbers of congress, who are ex
pected to accompany the party. United
States senators, Bankhead, of Ala
bama, after whom the route Is named;
8wanson,.of Virginia, Hoke Smith., of
Georgia, Overman,- of North Carolina,
and Martin, of Virginia, and Repre
sentative Webb have been asked to
address the pathfinders, ' President
Wilson and members of his cabinet
have been Invited to be present Form
er Congressman Plowman, president
of the Bankhead National Highway
association, also will speak. Several
senators are expected to accompany
the party.
The first stop will be at Fredericks
burg for luncheon. That night the
automobilists will be banquetted in
Richmond! and on October II, they
will spend the night at Raleigh.
Charlotte will be the night control on
the November 1, and Greenville, Nov
ember 2. The party will reach At-;
lanta November s, ana tans a train
back to Greensboro whence ' they
will 'travel by automobile through
Reedvllle, Danville and Lynchburg to
Washington, stopping the night of
November 6 at Lynchburg.
The official party as announced to
night will consist of Senator Bank
head; President Plowman; Dr. H. M.
Rowe, president of the American
Automobile association,; John Oliver
Lagore, of the National Geographic
society; M. O. Eldridge. IT. S. office of
Dublic roads; A. u. Bateneiaer, a. a.
A. executive chairman; J. A. Rountree
secretary of the Bankhead National
Highway association; Ernest Coler, of
American Motorist. and newspaper
representatives,
MAJOR PETERSON 111
TO RALEIGH TO
Writes Governor Bickett
That He Will Arrive ,
After November 1.
HAS NOTHING TO SAY,
RALEIGH. N. C, Oct 27. Gov
ernor Bickett received this evening a
letter rrom Major ueorge Ij. Peterson,
of the ' quartermasters' department,
Thirteenth division, Camp Sevier,
Greenville, to the effect that he will
get to- Raleigh just as soon after No
vember . 1, as he possibly can to
straighten out the matter of the alleg
ed shortage of Major Peterson's ac
counts as property and disbursing of
ficer North Carolina National guards,
recently resigned. He wrote that ha
would make no statement until he
reaches Raleigh and will come just
as soon as he can get the leave of ab
sence.
"I don't think," he wrote, "that I
will be able to leave here until soma
time after November 1. Will try to
get away as near the first as possible,"
he adds. "I have no fears In straight
ening matter out when I reach Ra
leigh and have only this to say at the
present time, that General Royster or
Major Baxter . Durham should not In
any way whatever be associated with '
any apparent Irregularities."
Major Peterson Inclosed a clipping
from a Greenville, S. C, paper to the
effect that Attorney-General Manning
had called on the American Bonding
company of Baltimore to make good
an alleged shortage against Major-.
Peterson of $7,600. This was. of
course, an error as no demand has
yet been made on the bonding com-pany.
THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN
; Circulation Yesterday :
City . . . . .
Suburban .
Country . V v
Net paid .
Service , . V
Unpaid . .
. Total .
4.231
.4.626
. 1.845
: 10,702.
,197
. 108
.11.007