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t , THE ASHEMLLE CITIZEN TIIE WEATHER: FAIR. rCITTZEN WANT ADS BRING, RESULTS as VOL. XXXIV, NO. 14. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1917 PRICE FIVE CENTS J o So MM 1 TWEHTY OME Miff? KM ME LOST HYLAM AMD TAMMANY NEW YORK WINNERS AMERICAN PATROL BOAT ALCEDO SUNK BY SUBMARINE WITH LOSS OF TWENTY-ONE Torpedoed in the War Zone Early Mon day Morning, and One Officer and Twenty Men are Missing, According to Report Issued by the Navy Department Last Night. Developing SANK IN FOUR MINUTES AFTER BEING STRUCK Is the First War Vessel ot the American Fleet to be Sunk by German U-Boafs Converted Yacht With Crew of Nin,eiy-1wo. WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. The American patrol boat Alcedo was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the war zcfoe early Monday morning and one officer and twenty enlisted men are missing. The Alcedo, a converted yacht, carried a crew of seven officers and eighty-five men. Navy Statement. The navy department tonight issued this state ment: ' " "The navy department has been advised by Vice-Admiral Sims that at 1 :30 a. m., Monday, No vember 5, the American patrol boat Alcedo, a con verted yacht, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the war zone. One officer and twenty men are missing. The ship sank in four minutes after being struck. Several vessels were searching for possible survivors at the time the report was made. . The Alcedo carried a crew of seven officers and eighty-five men." The Alcedo is the first American war vessel to (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.) V JUDGE JOHN F. HYLAN IS MAYOR OF NEW YdRK CITY BY AN IMMENSE PLURALITY Mayor Mitchel, Running on Fusion Plat form, Poor Second to the Tammany Candidate Hylan Declares His Loyalty to Government NEW YORK, Nov. 6. The : possibility that "votes for women" had; become a reality in the Empire State,' was the outstanding: feature of today's ' state election on the basis of returns received up to 11 p. m. At that hour 2,205 election districts out of 5, 772 in the state showed the following result; , For suffrage, 228,487. fc ' " : Against, 210,382. These returns showed an average plurality of eight votes for suffrage in each of the districts re porting; If this proportion should be maintained by the districts until all have reported, wottan suffrage ' would be carried by a pluraUfy ot more than 40,000. TALIS FAILING BAGK TO MEW AND SHORTER DEFENCE LINE In a great arc more than 160 miles in length the Italian armies are falling back upon and through the plains of Venetia to a new and shorter line of defense. From the Fella valley to the head ot the Adriatic sea he entire line of the TagHamento river has been given up v General Cadorna, while from virtually the border of Trentino northeastward and eastward through the Dolmites and the Carnic Alps to the Fella the northern army is carrying out a retrograde movement southward through the mountainous country toward the plains. The Germans and Austro-Hunsrarians everywhere are follow ing up the Italians in their retreat, but with the Italians offering resistance in rear guard actions along the entire front. - " Another British Victory. Meanwhile, the British forces in Belgium have won another notable victory over the Germans in the region of Ypres, having captured in one of their intrepid dashes, after a rain of shells of all calibres, ,the town of MAJOR GEORGE L. PETERSON ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT OF FUNDS BELONGING TO NORTH CAROLINA GUARD Former Paymaster General of Ihe North Carolina Nallonal Guard and Disbursing Officer, Tc gelher With Several Other Titles Held at the Same Tim:, Is Held tor Court Action Following Report of Special Auditors on His Books NEW YORK.5 Nov. 6. John : F. Hylan, a county judge of Kings county, was elected mayor of New York today by a plurality; of 142,976. He carried with him the entire democratic ticket, including Charles L. Craig for cbmptroller, Alfred E. Smith, now sheriff of New York (CONTINUED ON PAGE) TWO.) 4- RAJjEUGH. N. C NOT. O. f Shortly before midnight, Major - Peterson made the required bond of $10,000 before the justice of the peace, for his appearance In f Wake County court on IN o vein- -f ber 28. RAXiBXGH, N: C. Nov. 6. Major Gorge I Peterson is tonight in Wak county, unable to give bond of $10, 000 required aa result of his arrest on the charts of em'bezzlement of $7,400 bf the state's funds. He was formerly paymaster general of the national guard, assistant adjutant general and state and federal property and dis bursing officer. He resigned, effective with the ' return of Lawrence W. Toung, of Asheville, to the office of adjutant general of the state on Sep tember 1, last, and received a commis sion in the national army as a major, being now assigned to duly In the quartermaster's department of , the Thirtieth division at Camp Sevier. S. C. warrant Sworn Out. The warrant for his arrest was sworn out this afternoon by the as sistant attorney general of the state, being served about 8:10 o'clock, and was made returnable before Magis trate J. E. Owen. The arrest was made by Sheriff Sears and shortly af terwards Major Peterson apared be fore the magistrate and waived a pre liminary hearing and was held for the Wake Uuperier court, which meets f"i Novemlber 26, with ball of $10,000 re quired. This he was unable to give and went to jail. The arrest came this afternoon fol lowing series of conferences between Major Peterson and his attorneys and the governor and other state officers, lasting through yesterday and today, he having returned from Camp Scvter to Raleigh on Sunday. He had writ ten the yovernor that he could ex plain any apparent shortage th might appear from an examination of hie books while he was paymaster general of the North Carolina national guard. A copy of the special auditors' report, completed on October 11, which has been carefully guarded In the office of the governor since then, was released to a newspaper man this afternoon, and the Issuance of the warrant of arrest followed shortly after. Fails to Explain. "Major Peterson's explanation fai: T HANDS IN THE AIR WHEN NEGROES CALLED "HALT' Negroes Apparently Shot Man Just to See Him Fall. TOLD WHILE DYING. (Continued rn Page Three.) as Old Dominion State, Usual Goes for Democrats With Light Vote. Campaign Hat of the , Army too Cumbersome, Is Found. ITALIAN CAVALRY AGAIN T Fighting Brilliantly and En abling Orderly Withdraw al of Troops. RICHMOND, Vs., Nov. . With returns from less than a fourth ot me state in nana, a sweeping oemo-palgn naU have been abandoned by cratio victory in Virginia is indicated. ; the United States army for troops ac As.a general rule, there has been ; tually In the Held. In their place hata nrr 1 tH Intareat nun faitMl h ' " "a only exceptions being hi several coun ties where there were close contests ed and hurried to the troops now in for legislative seats. Despite the ab-ltn trenches. The new hat is a sort oi lore ana AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP IN ' ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN FliANCBov. (By the Associated NORTHERN ITALY, Nov. (By the " """""" . i mw- t..ii.- tlrement to new lines is being method ically carried out The morale of the troops is good in all ranks. .The cav alry la again acting as a rear guard in screening movement and fighting heroically. The general, situation is likely the fatigue headgear, of the Number of them have been purchas- to i normally small vote, democratic rains tare indicated, and this is analyzed as 'aft arrangement made by sewing two continue grave for several days while a rMiiit nt thm Annul nf nsrtv lMif.ra hMvv nUmM nf khaki cloth invAther t h nn.nrlnn nrnr.r1 of rmon n nun - PaSSchendaele, about five miles West Of RoulerS, for Which ifor the people to stand behind the with the seams front and bnck and ration along the new lines. , , ... ' , , , , , . ' " , president It Is believed that the total adding-to the sides other piece of ma-1 An observer who returned' this terial wnicu fold up on tne sia or tne (morning from tour along tne xagita- mueff Diiter ngnnng nas tagen place recently, me new, vote win not exceed ioo.oo m this advance of the British throws the apex of their salient toiEudoud.motr dangerous proximity to Koulers, the fall of which would Krnd1riooro3verrh1. repuS cut Germany's communication from ber submarine bases opponent. Thome j. Muncy, of Biand. - rm . i . I un me reiurne so ur in, we uerciD- at Ostend and Zeebrugee with the south. (CONTTNUEn ON PAGE TWO JLne inulCa eraU shew a gain of three seats in - - - - - I the lower branch of the general as " """""" Isembly, and as the- senate. holds over. - J this will give a total - of ninety-four anajority a joint ballot. hat or may be drawn down to coves mento front told the correspondent the ears. . The hat is mt con fort- 1 that conditions were much better able. - It also can t rolled i to I than had been generally understood, pocket sise or worn under shrapnel The men were displaying a jgood helmets. .morale, the impending menace to the The old campaign' hat to fold country having stirred the fighting cumbersome for troona in the field sDirit of all. even of those few who and officers recommended a change. It bad been disheartened by their recent was so unwleldly- that some of the I trials. -. Instead of disorganization trooDS discarded it entirely when they there was every evidence ec ayat were changing to the shrapnel helmet, matic getting .together. . SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Nov. 6 While C. W. Wright was standing holding his hands above his head in response to a command to "halt," ne groes of the Twenty-fourth Infantry during the fight at Houston on the night of August 23 shot him through both arms and when he fell, sent an other bullet through his body from which he died later. K. D. Wright his brother, member of the First Texas cavalry, so testified at the court martial trial of 'the sixty-three ne groes her today, The witness said he obtained thse facts from his brother as he lay dying in a hospital shortly after the shooting. The negroes are being tried oh charges of mutiny, murder and riot ing. The riot resulted in twenty-two deaths. Several victims of the shoot ing hobbled into the court room on crutches today and told their stories of the attack. All of today's wit nesses dealt with phases of the shoot ing within a half dozen blocks of Camp Iogan, where the negroes were stationed. Wright told of his brother's state ment of the affair. After Wright had been shot down, and shot again, the witness said, one negro fired at his head, the bullet pausing through his hair. "We got that white the witness said his dying brother told him one of the negroes said. Attired in mourning, Mrs. C. W. Wright, the widow testified that she and her hus band heard shots and that he went out to investigate while she continued to practice her music lesson, not thinking that there was any trouble. nut ne aian i come ones, ene aaaea tearfully. Several others who were shot dur ing the rioting told similar stories. . SUFTOAGE CARRIES. RUSSIA IS STILL DOIIIC PREMIER MM SATS Will Continue to Do Her Duty, Premier Assures ' Associated Press. , REPLIES TO LONDON. PETROGRAD, Monday. Nor. l.-o Russia Is still doing her utmost to carry on the war. , She will continue to do her duty. These are the view of Premier Kerensky, whose secretary In his name, protested today against any other interpretation of his recent Interview with the Associated Pre. David Boakice, the premier's secre tary, made the following statement today regarding "the misinterpreta tion by some of the London press" of the Interview: "I have seen M. Kerensky with ref- : erence to the interview and shown . him quotations from the English' press. Hs was very much astonished at the manner In which his plain statements were received in London. ,. Whoever read the whole interview can i draw but one conclusion from it: Bus-' sla was doing. Is doing, and still will : do hsr utmost In carrying on her share of the common cause against the enemy. "Russia, which was always much poorer economically than her mighty . allies, now naturally feels the pinch of war more than England and Amerl- : ca and therefore la justified in the contention that herallles now should shoulder the heavier burden and , ' should assist her unstintedly with war v material and finances, in the matter ', of her requirements." M. Soskice said the interpretations . of the American press of his inter- j view were pleasing to M- Kerensky. . The latter in a few days Is going to England on official business. t NEW TORK. Nov. . With almost half the election districts In the state heard from, woman suffrags In New York had a favorable majority qf over 24.000." . : - : This Indicates that the measure will be carried by a majority of upwards Ot 45,000. - . V. THE WEATHER. WASHINGTON. Nov, .Forecast for North Carolina: Fair Wednesday and Thursday, little change In tem perature. , .,,-. . . , . THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN Circulation Yesterday City . ... ... 4,223 Suburban . . 4,56 1 Country . ,.. . . 1,839 , Net paid . . .10.623 Service . . 202 Unpaid V... 1 32 Total , .10.957
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