THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN
THE WEATHER:
FAIR.
CITIZEN" WANT ADS ,
BRINO RESULTS
' VOL. XXXIV, NO. 37.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SPECIAL VENIRE
AFTER VALIANT DEFENSE
ITALIANS ARE REINFORCED
BY FRENCH AND BRITISH
A Prize Bird
W MIIU0 GUILTY
OF COMBINATION
THE MEANS TRIAL
NEWSPRINT
ill
SUMMONED
Opening Day of Case Is
Given Over to Prelimi
(Q nary Work.
MRS. MELVIN IS NOT
PRESENT AT TRIAL
Expected to Appear Later.
Mrs. Robinson Will
Take Stand.
CONCORD, N. C, Nov. 26. Trial
at Gaston B. Means In Cabarrua coun
ty court got no farther on the open
ing day than summoning of a special
'venire of 150 men. The Jury la ex
pected to be selected from them and
from thirteen of the regular panel to
decide whether or not Means shot and
killed Mrs. Maude A. King. Tonight
state and defense were concentrating
their attention on the list of venire
men and It was expected that one or
more days .would be given over to
selecting the Jury.
Preliminaries Begun.
After court opened today, three
hours were taken up with formalities
of charging the grand Jury and, with
the lengthy process of drawing the 150
names from the Jury Hat. Under
North Carolina, law the names must
be drawn by a child unable to read.
A little boy in blue Jumpers 'solemnly
picked out the printed slips one by
one and a court official clerk read off
the names. The veniremen are scat
tered throughout Cabarrus county,
farmers and residents of various
towns. Some thirty of them reside
at Kannapolis, it was said.
Mrs. King, a wealthy New York
widow, waa little known to Cabarrus
county people, but Means, her busi
ness agent, was born here and hun
dreds of hi acquaintances were pres
ent When court opened. President
Judge Cline, however, limited the
spectators to the seating space.
The defendant smiled as he entered
facing the court and outwardly, at
least, was confident, throughout the
morning. His wife Joined him short
ly and appeared as composed as her
usband. Very few other women were
iresent, there being a noticeable lack
f them among the spectators.
Mrtvln No Present.
' Mi:-."ary C MpJvln. sister of Mrs.
-tinr". who attended the preliminary
.'hearing, did not make her appear
ance today. She sat with the defense
at the preliminary hearing and It was
rxpectPd that she would appear with
them later.
Mrs. Anna L. Robinson, of Ashe
vil'e, mother of the dead woman,
whose grief and seventy-six years. It
waa nnnounced, kept Irer from the
flint hearing, will not only attend
this time, but will take the stand for
the prosecution, according to her at
torney. P. C- McDuffle. The latter.
It was announced today, would take
sn act've part In the prosecution. He
waa admitted to the bar In North
Carolina, leaving here later for At
lanta. The state also will be aided in Its
evidence by Assistant District At
torney Doollng, of New York, and by
other witnesses from New York and
Chicago. It was in the latter city
that the Investigation first started
which resulted In Means' Indictment,
the body of the woman being ex
amined there where It was taken for
Italians Have Made Brilliant Stand and
Have Saved Venetian Plain Reinforce
ment Bring Plenty of Guns and Huge
Trains o Supplies.
cS
Apparently the peril of the Italian troops guarding
the Piave line and the hill country in northern Italy
against the Teutonic allies is at an end. Large numbers
of British and French reinforcements infantry and ar
tillery at last have arrived upon the scene, after days of
anxious waiting m which the Italians have borne the
brunt of terrific fighting on both fronts solely on their
own shoulders and kept back the enemy from a further
invasion ot the Venetian plain.
vanant Defence.
Although faced everywhere by superior numbers of
men and gun power, the Italians have valiantly defended
every toot of ground m the hills and along the Piave and
in the former region in recent days actually have taken
tne onensive against the invaders and pushed them back
from strategic points of vantage they had gained under
terrUhc sacrifices in lives.
For eight days the allied reinforcements marched to
the rescue, bringing along with them large numbers of
guns and huge supply trains. All the troops are declared
to be in fine fettle and eager to test their strength against
the enemy.
Just vraof the British and french forces will be
thrown has not been made known, but doubtless large
numbers of them will be used to strengthen the Italian
front on the north from Lake Garda eastward to the Piave
where the Austro-Germans have been making their
strongest efforts to pierce the Italian lme.
Byng Holding Bourlon.
At last accounts General Byng's British troops be
fore Cambrai were holding in their entirety the Bourlon
positions west of Cambrai. Since their repulse of Sun
day 'the Germans had failed to renew their counter-at
tacks. Only minor operations have taken place on uj of
the sectors ot the wide tront where Byng's men last week
carried out their swift and spectacular oneration. which
resulted in the smashing of the famous Hindenburg line.
Along the Chemin Des Dames and in the Vrdm
region vioieni aruuery aueis are m progress, in tne latter
sector the Germans several times essayed attacks with
the purpose of re-capturing ground taken from them Sun
day by the French but met with repulse. This ground,
which is situated to the north of the famous Hill 344, for
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OF PASSENGER CARS HAS
BEEN Fli NEEDLESS
Facilities of Plants Are
Pound Sufficient for
Government Work.
AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE
PRESENTED WITH FRENCH
WAR CROSSFOR BRAVERY
May Keep Decorations But
Cannot Wear Them for
the Present.
CONGRESS MUST ACT.
MAY COME LATER.
WASHINGTON, Nov. it. Drajttlc
curtailment of passenger automobile
production which has been talked of
since the manufacturers were called
into conference recently with the ad
vlsorv commtwson of the Council of
National Defense has been found un
accessary, according to expert advisers
f the commission. Facilities of the
hints were eald today to be sufficient
for handling government work now
In sight and steel manufacturers have
riven assurances that they can supply
an ine-merai needed. The au-fcomo-bile
industries board, appointed by the
manufacturers to fulfill their pledge
of voluntary co-operation with the
government, has placed before the
war industries board a plan to trans
fer overland an cars Intended for
private sale within 100 mile at the
city of manufacture and It was said
there was no reason why the radius
might not be extended as far as road
conditions will allow.
The experience gained In sending
overland to the Atlantic seaboard all
the tracks mads for the army will be
studied by the manfaoturers who ex
pect that material relief In the trans
portation situation will result.
The United States, it Is said, is the
only country In the world now produc
ing automobiles for private use. What
reduction In output will be required
later will depend oa developments on
. Oie battle fronts.
An torn ot) tie plants now are making
various kinds of munitions, Inciudmg
depth bombs used so effectively br de
stroyers in hunting submarines. Some
plant are at work on cylinder casings
for airplane ensrlo.es. Women are be
irvg trained in saany factories to rs
lac men who entered the govern-
. meet service and are even doing such
fcasvry work as ma king aU inch shUv
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Nov. 26. By the Associated
Press.) The French war cross has
been conferred on the fifteen Ameri
can officers and men who were cited
with their company by' the French
general commanding the sector in
which the Americans were stationed
at the time of the first German raid
on the nlgbt of November 3-9. The
men were decorated today and were
informed that they may keep the
medals In their possession, but must
not wear them untltl congress give Its
authorisation.
The ceremony waa an Impressive
one.
An ' American major-general ' pre
sented; the decorations and citations,
giving the regimental colonel those
for the men who were killed. They
will be sent to their next or kin.
The French general, in referring to
the action of this American company,
said:
"On the night' of November 2-J this
company, which was in the line for
the first time, met an extremely vio
lent bombardment, despite which ' it
seized arms and offered such stubborn
resistance that the enemy, though nu
merically superior, was obliged to re
tire." The general specially cited In the
order of the day Corporal James D.
Gresham, and Privates Merele D. Hay
and Thomas F. Enrlght, "who died
bravely hand-to-hand fighting with
the enemy, who had penetrated the
first Una"
The others cited were Lieutenant
William H. McLaughlin, Lieutenant
R. O. Patterson, Lieutenant E. F.
Erickson. - Sergeant John Arrowood.
Corporals David M. Knowles and Ho
mer Qivens and Private Charles
Maasa, William D. Thomas, George
Hurd. Beyce Wade, Robert Winkler
and John J. Jarrto.
TION
OF
MORE OF POSSIBILITY
If Pooling System Pails,
Government Is Expect
ed to Act.
Newsprint Manufacturers'
Association Is Dissolved
by the Court
price op paper is
FIXED FOR PRESENT
Five Members of the Asso
ciation Are Sentenced
to Pay Fines.
BIANCA DESAULLES, ON TRIAL FOR THE
MURDER OF HER HUSBAND, TELLS THE
STORY OF HER EVENTFUL LIFE TO WRY
Pathos and Humor Mingled In Grim Narration, Which at Times Visibly Move Jury and Crowd
"Dashing Jack" DeSaulle's Hidden Life Laid Bare by the "White Widow" Formerly
' His Wile Years ot Unhappeness Ended la Tragtdy,
ALL ONE SYSTEM.
WILL DEMAND PASSPORTS
COPENHAGEN, Nor. 2&
If Rossis enter Into separate
peace negotiations the minister
of the allied powers at Petro
grad will demand their pass
ports, according- to a dispatch
from Hapanranda. , ;
WASHINGTON. Nov. it. Govern
ment operation of the railroads durl.ig
mc wnr luumeu u an increasing pos
sibility today In the minds of officials
wno wun ine railroad beads are try
ing to work out a plan for relief of
the eastern traffic situation. Appar
ency it Is conceded that If the pooling
system about to be undertaken by the
railroads themselves does not solve
the problem the government will
take over the operation of the roads
as one system. '
' Vice-presidents of the eastern lines
met here today with members of the
railroad board and worked on details
for a general pooling in the east of
as much of the entire trackage and
equipment as Is consider-! practica
ble. They named a committee to be
In full charge of the pool with A. W.
Thompson, vice -p resident of the Bal
timore and Ohio, as chairman.
The oommKtee will establish head
quarters in Pittsburgh and will sit
continuously until the present conges
tion Is cleared. Its first meeting will
be held Wednesday.
The pooling nma calls for a joint
use of tracks, locomotives, ears and
employes In the congested centers. It
win not be permitted to go so far, even
me raiiroaa jieade admit as t.i threat
en the revenues of any lines and this
Is the point advocates of government
operation emphasises as Illustrating
the need for government operation.
Under government supervision the
roads could pool their profits, under
present circumstances would-- consti
tute a violation of the antitrust act.
A pooling of profits would permit of
an actual operation of all lines as one
system and It would make Mule dif
ference whether one particular prop
erty paid, if the roads as a whole
were making money. .
Government operation alone ' the
lines contemplated by officials in favor
of it would not take the actual opera
tion from the hands- of those now lr
cbanre of the roads. A railroad ad
ministrator, if named br the
dent, would be a leading railroad man
and no changes would be mad In the
management or inamduai lines.
omauiT AHHonvcEOw " ,
M1NEOLA, N. T., Nov. 88. From
the witness stand today Mrs. Blanca
DeSaulles told a story; upon which
may depend her conviction or ac
quittal of the charge of murdering her
husband, John I DeSaulles, the night
of August I. It was a, tale In which
pathos and humor were mingled.
There were moments When the pale
twenty-three-year-old Chilean heiress
smiled broadly at a -part of her own
grim narration, and when: the spec
tators who orowdedttha-oourV room
laughed so loudly - it was necessary
for Justice Manning to rap far order.
But the greater part of the story
is so deeply pathetic that' Jurors
and spectators were visibly affected.
Scenes Shift Rapidly.
It was a recital In which? scenes
were rapidly shifted. The first was a
luxurious estate In Chile Vina Del
Mar, "the vineyard by the sea," where
the defendant spent her childhood,
Then followed a reference to the three
years the young woman spent In a
convent in England. There was the
return to her Chilean home and her
acquaintance with DeSaulles, fresh
from laurels won as a football star
at Tale.
Then the witness told of her brief
courtship and the wedding ceremony
performed in Paris In 1811.
From this point, tne story was one
of domestic Infelicity and of "in
different neglect" and unfaithfulness
on the part of the husband which
eventually led to the divorce court.
These years of unhapplness for .the
defendant were described as a "hor
rible nightmare" In one of several
letters written by Mrs. DeSaulles as
read to the court and which inter
spersed her testimony.
Climax of Tragedy.
Next came the climax of the narra-
. I TVS.. ..II a-' t V.
tragedy at "The Box," her former J be'nR Mrs. Deullee'slgnatum
told, there remained to be examined
several other witnesses on behalf of
the defendant and then the way will
be cleared for a long battle of alienists
and other medical specialists repre
senting the prosecution and defense
which is expected to be waged before
the case finally goes to the jury.
With this In prospect, lawyers
connected with the trial tonight pre
dicted It will continue well into next
.,, Speaks In low Tone.
Mrs. DaSaulles. whose paleness and
languid demeanor reflected her- three
month, of , loypiiaoiuneBt v.told- hs
story in a tone so tow it was-necessary
for Justice lanalng to admonish her
several times to apeak louder. . Jurors
leaned forward with , hands cupped
albout their ears endeavoring to catch
every word of the testimony. Persons
In the back of the court room listened
Intently although only an occasional
sentence was audible to them.
Accompanying Mrs. DeSaulles Into
the trial chamber were her mother,
Mrs. Blanca Errasurta her , sister,
'Amalia and brother William, who
came from Chdle for the trial.
At the opposite side of - the court
room - were seated Charles A. H. De
Saulles, a brother of John L. DeSaul
les, his sister, Mrs. Caroline Degener
and Stephen 8. . Tuttie, DeSaulles
former secretary. Near them was
Julius Hademek, DeSaulles valet who
testified In behalf of the state last
week. Among the spectators were
many persona prominent In New York
and Long Island social" circles.
When Mrs. DeSaulles entered the
court room she smiled In acknowl
edgement of her attorney's greetings
and bowed to the jury as she took her
seat. '
Reads Her letters.
The witness had finished the first
part of her story 'her marriage at
the age of sixteen and her return to
the United States with DeSaulles
when her attorney. Henry A. Uterhart,
Interrupted to read . several letters
husband's home near Westbury, Long
Island, the night she failed In her
endeavor to obtain possession of her
son and In a moment of mental irre
sponsibility, according to her -claim.
Bred the revolver Fhots. There was
These missives brimmed with words
of affection. They pictured the
youthful bride's dream of the happi
ness which she thought was to be
hers but an occasional phrase such as
please don't disappoint us again
no reference throughout the five-hour and "come Tuesday without rail in-
recital to "hypothyreosis," the thyroid dlcatea me negligent amiuae. wmuu
condition which ner attorneys saia
were partly responsible for her tem
porary mental derangement.
Mrs. DeSaulles' story having been
Mrs. DeSaulles claims' her husband as.
sumed toward her, was asserting It
self. DeSaulles' fitful trips to London and
Paris from where he would cable to
his wife to Join him there, mads up
the next part of the story told by the
witness. These summonses, she said.
were followed several times by latr
messages from ner nusoana telling
her to remain in the United States
that be was coming back to this coun
try. The. changed Instruction were
Invariably received sha said, after ah
closed up their home and mad all
preparations to leave. -
t , : , Telia of Infidelities., . -
A number of additional Instances ad
naHaiillss alleged InJidoilttas aM -ie-
considerate treatment was told. When
given securities worth $100,000 which
the witness said, she Inherited from
her father. DeSaulle told her "It
absurd to call yon an heiress" the de
fendant dolarey; -;-' -v'.f
,. During a brief stay In London, and
later while living in New York. Mrs.
DeSaulles said her husband repeatedly
embarrassed her by falling to appear
at social functions whJch they bad ar
ranged. . ., .
While living with DeSaulles' parents
at South Bethlehem, P where she
said shs was treated as "an unwei
come visitor," her husband spent
nearly aU his Mm in New Tork "on
business" making an occasional week
end visit to the place.
Joan Sawyer, a dancer, that Mrs.
DeSaulles said she learned her bus.
band had "entertained" in an apart
ment in New York during one winter,
and the Duke of Manchester, with
whom she said DeSaulles "cavorted
about" bringing her diiaftasteful notori
ety were mentioned in this part of
the recital.
. Leads to Tragedy.
Leading up to the date of the
tragedy, the witness told of efforts
which she said were made by her
former husband, whom she had then
divorced, to alienate the affections of
her son. This was done, she declared,
through a nurse that DeSaulles had
engaged to care for the boy and who.
she testified, told him to "act bad"
when he returned to her custody from
the father's home.
A letter bearing DeSaulles' slgna
ture, and purporting to show that the
boy, John u. DeSaulles. Jr., was In
the custody of his mother by terms of
an agreement between the parents
when the shooting oocurred, was In
troduced by Attorney Uterhart. Mrs.
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AMERICAN SAILOR GAVE
HIS LIFE TO SAVE OTHERS
Osmond Kelly Ingram, Goes
Down to Posterity
Hero True to Tradition.
as
LONDON, Not. JI. The official
announcement of the appointment of
Baron Rothennora. erother of Vis
count NorOhollffe. as president of the his ship and the lives f ta
IreeoaeU was mad tonight aad men oa fceare-" ,
WASHINGTON. Nov. t. Osmond
Kelly Ingram, of Pratt CHy. Ala., the
gunners' mate lost overboard when a
German submarine attacked the
American destroyer Cassln In the war
sons, en October 10. deliberately sac
rificed his own life to reduce the risk
of his messmates. ...
A detailed report from Admiral
Sims, shows that Ingram, standing aft
on the destroyer where some high ex
plosive depth charges were stored,
saw the torpedo coming. Instead of
rushing forward to save his own life
by getting away from the explosion,
Ingram stuck to the spot, throwing
overboard the high explosives which
ha knew would further endanger the
lives of his fellows if thsy were de
tonated by the explosion of the tor
pedo. He waa the only man lost, be
ing blown overboard by the explo
sion. .
Ths Cassln got in nndsr her own
steam and the gallantry of her srew
in Cfectlng temporary repairs was
oonrmended by Admiral Sims In a
special report. The navy department
announcement rerers to tne exception
al presence of mind of. the gunners'
mate and says:
"Ths department considers that la
gram sacrificed his life in performing
a duty wnicn se oeiievea wouia save
BRITISH TROOPS THREE
MILES FfliNERUSALEM
Turks in Strong Force on
Ground West of City
Await Their Coming.
LONDON. Nov. . British cav
alry have captured Blttir Station,
about six miles southwest and Am
Karlm. three and a half miles west
of Jerusalem, according to a British
official communication Issued this
evening.
The text of the communication
reads:
"Our mounted troops have cap
tured Blttir station and A4n Karlm,
thres and a half miles west of Jeru
salem. Strong bodies of Turks are
holding the high ground west of Jeru
salem and covering the Jerusalm
Bhediem road to the north."
Another official communication
dealing with the fighting In Palestine
save:
"General Alienor reports that his
advanced patrol which has crossed to
tha north bank of the Nahr-El-Aujel,
four miles north of Jaffa, have been
pressed back ty hostile Infantry and
now are holding the southern bank of
the river and covering the c rowings."
rssTAjrrxY killed.
- FORT WORTH. Tex., Not. 10
Lleutenant J. O. Matthews, aged
twenty-one. of St. Louis, member of
the aviation section, training at Talia
ferro field, was Instantly killed today
when his airplane fail (reea height
l MM lest.
RUSSIA IS ON THE VERGE
OF A BLOODY CIVIL WAR
This Is Declaration of Dis
patch From Petrograd.
Supplies Short.
LONDON. Nov. It. A belated dis
patch to Router's Limited from Petro
grad, dated November 21, says:
"The commanders at tha front con
tinue to send In most ominous ' dis
patches concerning the exhaustion of
supplies and reports of forthcoming
hungry hordes of soldiers invading
the centers of population."
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph company . from Copenhagen
gives similar reports. It says advices
received from Ruaia describe the
situation as more desperate than sver
and asrert that ths country Is on the
verge of a bloody civil war.
According to this dispatch the Rus
sian newspaper volka Narodna asserts
that tha Russian armies on the north
ern front have for several days been
without food and that soldiers dally
are leaving the front In hundreds or
are dying In the trenches from cold
and hunger. The newspaper adds
that mutinies due . to hunger have
broken but on several parts of the
line.
NEW TORK. Not. II. With th
assent of the government the News
print Manufacturers' association,
whloh represents about eighty-five
per cent of the prtntpaper production
of the United States and Canada, was
dissolved today as an unlawful com- '
blnatlon In restraint of trade In viola-
tlon of the Sherman anti-trust act. . '
Under this decree, signed by Fed- '
eral Judge Mayer and which the de
fendants' counsel said was accepted
by ths accused men because ; ot
patriotic motives and a desire not to
embarrass the government whits sn- '
gaged In war, evidence will be ad- ,
duoed before ths federal trad com
mission, with a view to paper prices
being fixed by ths commission. - .,
i, Mo Is Fixed, i ; ,
Pending ths commission's decision,
which tinder the decree may b re
viewed by ths Federal Circuit Court "
of Appeals hers, ths prlo of paper is
fixed at thres cents a pound. This
contract, of which ths United States .
attorney general la trustee, is under- (
stood to be satisfactory to ths Ameri
can Newspaper Publish era' . associa
tion. ' . . "
Under ths deer th three cent
prlo will prevail until April 1 to th
case of th individual and corporate
defendants, and until January 1 in the "
case of others. ' Th price Anally fixed
by the federal trad commission will,
It Is understood, b for tha oariod of
the war. . ... .-: V -v - -- .,-;,4
Five of the seven . Individual , da- . .
fendants and all but a tew of the cor
porate defendants accused under th
federal Indictment returned last April -ntred
pleas . today of nolo con
tender. The five individuals who
thus refused to carry th ease to trial
ar George H. Mead, Philip T. portere.
Kawara W. fwckue. uorg . Cha
hoon, Jri and Frnlc7. bonsenbrenner. '
,t'"' " .Four Ar Fined., -v
Tht first tour of the individuals
were fined $1,100 each and Sensen
brenner was fined 11,000. . - i- ; -
B. H. P. Gould nleaded tint anitltv, - .
At th session of the federal .council
who said , government - Investigators 1
had not uncovered sufficient evidence
to warrant trial, . th Indictment
against him was dismissed. ;
Alexander Smith, a Chicago- banker.
th seventh individual defendant. la
engaged in Red Cross work In France.
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UNITED STATES SEEKIIiE
NATIONALITY OF U-BOAT
If Austrian Boat Is Guilty,
' Congress Will Be '
Asked to Act.
OTHER CASES KNOWK.
WASHINGTON. Not. it. -Inquiries
by the state department regarding th
nationality ot the submarine that sank
ths American steamer Schuylkill hav
developed that th - perlsoop was
marked black and whit with a spiral
design. Data In possession ot th gov- '
ernment does not reveal whether this
Indicates an Austrian Tassel.
The state department Is continuing
Its Inquiry through consular officers -
at Mediterranean ports and should It
be established that tne BchuyikUl, was
sunk by an Austrian submarine, th
stat department, it was said today.
would have in Its possession ths -es
sential factor upon which to ask con
gress for an expression of Its win re
garding the further maintenance of
peaceful relations with Austria.
Americans lost tneir lives on tne
Italian liner Anoona. destroyed In th
Mediterranean, and th American
tanker Petrolite also was attacked,
there. o
While th submarine carried ths ;
Austrian nag it was established that -the
boats themselves really were Ger
man made and German manned. Ne
gotiations In the two esses were
pending when Dr. Dumna, th Aus-,
trlan ambassador, waa recalled at this
government's demand because ot his
activities In bomb plots. Austria
would not admit responsibility for th
acts and the government did not press .
the oases after the departure of Dr.
Dumba.
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON. Nov. Z. Forecast
for North Carolina: Fair Tuesday,
Wednesday cloudy and wanmar, pros)
THE ASHEVILLE C11IZEN
Circulatioa Ysstorday
Gty .
Suburban
Country .
4.353
4.536
1,841
Net paid . , ,10.730
Service . . , , . 205
Unpaid , . V 82
Total . . . .11.017