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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS . THE WEATHER: Rata Monday. coMer In weat and OF night lo eastern portion; Tuesday fair. VOL. XXXTV, NO. 75. ASHEVILLE, N. 0., MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1918. PRICE HVE CENTS TO President Wilson's Request ed Legislation Heads Week's Program. OTHER IMPORTANT MATTERS COMING UP Woman Suffrage to Be Settled in the House Next Thursday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Legisla tion asked by President Wilson In connection with government operation of the nation's railroads heads the program of congress this week. Interstate commerce committees of the senate and house meet tomorrow to begin consideration of the admin- istration railroad bin and the mem-' bership of both bodies appear desirous! Of Its early disposal. The senate com mittee tomorrow will hear prominent railroad exeoutlves and the house committee meets to map out a pro gram and decide whether hearings will be held. Representative Sims, chairman and other members of the committee are Inclined to favor hear lngs and they -may ask Secretary Me Adoo to take charge of testimony for me government. , Other legislation. Other Important legislation also Is Jit tne making for early consideration at the capltol. The senate democratic steering committee meets tomorrow to map out a program and also to All the vacant chairmanship of the In terstate commerce committee. The leaders generally expect the selection 01 senator Bmlth, of South Carolina, over nenator i-omerene. or onto. Woman suffrage Is to be settled In the house next Thursday, when a Tote on the resolution - for submission of the Susan B. Anthony amendment to the constitution is scheduled. . The result is in doubt with a very close vote Indicated. i Hearings on the reso lution will be closed tomorrow by the -. pew nouss snnrage committee. LEGISLATION AID OPERATION OF RAILROADS ASKED j. principal Business oeiore tne Senate this week is -disposed tomorrow f tf ths Waleh-Plttman ooal and oil 7lfcna leasing bill, designed to open ud vast. western natural resources. ' . Various - Orvset Igaitlew 'rar Op ""rations' will continue and on Tuesday the senate privileges and elections committee -wilt resume consideration of Senator . LaFollette e alleged dis- loyai at. raw speecn ana maice plans to begin hearings, jprobkbly with . tor- iiicriawuivicLr. ryMi mm me uroi wit ness. f V i ' " War Inquiry. The war inquiry of the senate mili tary 'committee will continue tomor row with further1 Investigation of (Continued on Page Two.) SITUATION INW ALLIED COUNTRIES IS GRAVE AT PRESENT TIME Giving America More Con- cern Than at Any Previous Time. GRAVE ANXIETY. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. The food situation m the allied countries at Eu rope Is graver than it has been at any ttm since the beginning of the war, and Is giving American government officials deep concern. Official reports picture extreme food shortages in England, France and Italy. The fact that conditio in Germany and Austria are far worse offers ths only reason for optimism In viewing the situation. In England and France the situa tion Is described as critical m a cablegram to the food administration today from Lord Rhondda, the Brit ish food controller, which concluded with these words: "i view the situation with grave anxiety. Yesterday a cablegram from the French government said that the fc wt wheat crop had been requisitioned id that the bread ration would be ut to allow only seven ounces of read daily to all persona except the very poor ana tnose aoing bard man ual labor. In Italy conditions are not as good perhaps as In either England or France. Compulsory rationing will be start ed m England Immediately with meats th first commodity to be put under control. Distribution of butter and margarine will be taken In band next and other foods will be added as they become scarcer. All of ths principal foodstuffs will b rationed by April. "I bare repeatedly emM m publks and private that there la no reason for immediate) alarm although there Is svery reason for strict economy and precautionary measures," said Lord Rhoa&da's tnsuuuga. "TXwe state ments in mm insmfioes hare bran twisted Into a declaration that there Is plenty of food In England and tVsnoa. - - . The food situation In tM coon try, and 1 nndetwtand ta Francs also can without exaggeration bs describ ed as critical and anxious. As I am now unatble to avoid cocnpulaery ra Motrin I fear ft will have to ooms with long s.uos of -people awaiting In ths severe weaTher in practically very town in England for th daily necessities of Bfs." . Compulsory control of foodstuffs fa England. Francs and Italy was stetnd on by the American aeiegates to the Pares oonferenos, ana promimi at that ttaMk , , PEACE NEGOTIATIONS ARE 'TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED9 BY THE GERMAN DELEGATES Demands of Russians that Conference Be Resumed At Stockholm Instead of Brest-Litovsk Is Rock on Which Con terence Was Split. The peace negotiations and the Bolshevik government in Kussia nave been "temporarily suspended, by tne uermans. From the meagre advices received, it appears that the rock upon which a continuation of the pourparlers split, was the demand of the Russians that the confer ence be resumed at Stockholm, instead of at Brest Litovsk. Dissatisfied with the proposals for peace made by the Teutonic allies before the recess of the Brest Litovsk conference, Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik foreign minister, had been insistent on the deliberations being held on neutral soil instead of at the German eastern head quarters. The Germans, however, had been equally as A it'll J J 1 J A XI T" nrm m tneir determination not to treat witn tne xiussians at any other place than Brest-Litovsk. No Foundation. German advices Saturday were to the effect that the Bolshevik delegates, on finding that the representatives of the Teutonic allies were at Brest-Litovsk awaiting them, had started for this town, but nothing has come through to shocthat these had any foundation in fact. The decision of the Germans to discontinue the sittings was arrived at during a crown council held in Berlin Sat urday which was attended by Field Marshal von.Hinden burg and General von Ludendorff, first quartermaster- hgeneral. A belated dispatch from Berlin gives as the reason for the refusal of the Germans to consider Stockholm a place where peace might be advantageously discussed, the fear that British, French and American diplomats in the Swedish capital would by intrigue render all endeavors futile. Dispatches from Berlin indicate that although the reichstag parties in the main ment, considerable political unrestr.is prevalent and that stating efforts are being made to hold the socialistsr in line. ; ",': ' : , : , .;'., Tioiias extraorcuna; y serious. Although the .weather continues cold and much snow Jies on tne ground in nortilern '3- 1.1. ' u xi. . tuueruuie acuviiy uy me liuauiry m me Aixas sector, in Flanders and on the eastern part of the front along the Moselle river. Near Bullecourt the British have re captured in. a counter-attack the sap taken from them Saturday by the Germans. tillerv duels Sunday along the In the Italian tlatro the (CONTINUED VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY TO AS NATIONAL MEASURE Prohibition Leaders Plan to Put State on Record on Question. GOVERNOR RETIRES. RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 6. The gen eral assembly of Virginia will convene hers Wednesday for a sixty-day sss sion, at which prohibition leaders are planning to put the state on record as favoring national prohibition Per fection of the present liquor laws and a proposition to change ths state tax system, which It is claimed now works as a hardship on cities and towns, also will be taken up. Governor Henry C. Stuart, of Elk Garden,. Russell county, will retire from office during the present session, being succeeded by Westmoreland Davis, of Leesburg. The Inauguration, which will take place at the ' stats house February 1. will be char acterised by a somewhat elaborate oeremony. The retiring governor Is a nephew of General J. B. B. Stuart, ths noted confederate cavalry leader, and like Governor-Elect Davis. Is one of the wealthiest men In the state. Governor Stuart also Is one of ths largest land owners In Amsriea,own Ing mors than 10,000 acres of blue grass land In Russell county alone. , When.lt takes up ths prohibition question, the legislature will ha asked to abolish ths present law allowing each- householder to Import a quart a month and to make Virginia f'bone dry." In his plan of "making Virginia safe for prohibition," ths Rev. Sidney J. Peters, stats prohibition commis sioner, has already notified the senate finance committee that he will ask for an appropriation of $100,000, or double that made by ths last general assembly. Mr. Peters also asks that his salary be Increased from 1 1,560 to f 4,(00 a year. An effort will be mads to change ths rsosntly Inaugurated tax system under which cities and towns claim to have .been unduly taxed, with a corresponding decrease of taxation In ths counties outslds municipal cor porations. Representatives of a large number of cities met hers last week liBJliw! va aiusasg- Nvt uviv asasw wwna, to discuss ths situation and appoint a owtnmltte to ask la laglsUtur to vanquKhed army, hoperul ana oan ahang th Jaw. dent better cutara." between the central powers are supporting the govern- France, tnere nas been con- x-L- i .-x There were intermittent ar- entire battle front. big guns of both sides are ON PAGE TWO.) PLACES 1EATHIN TOMB OF GEORGE WASHINGTON Tribute From "a Small and Hardly Known Nation." SPLENDID RECORD. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.In ths presence of a gathering representa tive of official Washington, Mlleko Vesnltch, head of the Serbian war mission to the United States, laid a wreath upon the tomb of Washington at Mt Vernon today, with a tribute to the.patrlarch of liberty from "a small and hardly known nation." Secretary Lansing, who Introduced Dr. Vesnltch, said the record of Serbia challenged the admiration of Christendom and that the cause of the present war is the cause for which Washington fought. "With God's help we will, triumph even as he triumphed," said the sec retary. As America was made free from tyranny and injustice, so shall the world be made free from the sinister forces which threaten the freedom and prosperity of mankind." Dr. Vesnitoh spoke, of his people's love of liberty. "This, alas," he said, "has brought us misfortune. Ths autocrats and despots surrounding us, the - Teutons and the Turks, iavs rushed upon us and have crucified Serbia, nay more, our whole race, th Tougoslavs. We have believed in the moral and in ths political gospsd whioh Washington preached, and which he confirmed by his life. We shall rise again. Ths Argonauts) whom General Pershing command in Europe will complete the work of our liberty. ' "Tour beloved land stands at ths sentth of Its grandeur and through n fault at your own you have arousotf the snvy of selfish, ambitious and Prussianised Germany. Ton are of the stature to face the enemy, ths' mors so, as In this glgantlo struggls you have with you the . frank an honest among ths nations. - "Jsrusalem and Mount Vernon greet eaeh other today. Here have stood ths representatives of nearly six hun dred millions of people, and ethers will come. Marshal Joffro has bowed before this tomb. We do so In the nameof our venerated,' democratic king .and his heroic son. In ths name of bur be loved and martyred fatherland, In ths auu .j uw. m is vim nam of our decimated, but still un- I vV iVElV DEMURRAGE RULES ESTABLISHED BY M'ADOO LOADING ,ii Charges An Increased From Fifty to 100 Percent and McAdpo, In Addition, Issues Appeal to Shippers to Release Cars as Rapidly as Possible Says Imperative Necessity for ' ''-' Releasing Freight Cars Exists. WASHINGTON. J Jan fv To pro mots - mora prompt ' unloading of freight cars, 'Director Oeneral Mc Adoo today established . new . railroad demurrage rules tor domeatle t raffle, effective January 31, continuing the XT "t . jading for increases ranging from i, present' two days free time but pro- fifty to one . hundred - per, cent in charges thereafter. I v The director-general appealed to shippers and consignees to co-operate in releasing cars 'meet tne national miCTencii.saWselaiegerts even before the higher demurrage charges., go. into effect to clear' ter minals a contribution- to the sue cess of the war. The necessity for emphasised today by a re i port ; from A H. Smith, assistant dl- rector general in charge of operations east of .the Mississippi rtvsr that ac cumulation is increasing at points east .01 Pittsburgh and Buffalo." Mr. Smith reported that the situa tion was-due largely to cold weather, but that sickness among trainmen and engineers and scarcity of labor has necessitated extensive curtailment of train service. New Demurrage Rates. Ths new demurrage rates, approved by the interstate commerce commis sion on rsquest of ths director general are it per oar for the first day after the two free days, $4 for the seoond day and ft additional for each suc ceeding day until ths charge per day reaches $10. This maximum then will be charged for every day or frac tion thereafter. Existing demurrage rates in most sections of the country are $1 for the first day after the two days free time, $2 for the second day, $S for the third day, 15 for the fourth TO T Must Not Harbor Inde pendent Bodies, American Federation Says. NEW TORK, Jan. . The Ameri can Federation of Labor virtually has Issued an ultimatum to the United Hebrew Trades forbidding the latter from harboring independent bodies of workers or supporting unions that secede from the federation, it was an nounced tonight. Samuel W. Gompers, presided hers today at a conference of oommltees representing the United Hebrew Trades and the Central Federated Union to consider a reso lution adopted at the recent national convention of the federation, which required the Hebrew trade to esass from aiding Independent and seosdlng union. . President Gompers announced that the A. F. of L. executive obunoll, to be held in Washington, February 11, will make public the decision of ths United Hebrew Trades the latter or ganisation having asked for time to prepare its report DR. YEHABIiE CHOSEX. CHAPEL HILL. Jan. l.Dr. F. P. VenaMe, head of ths ohm1try de partment, ha recently been chosen as on of six distinguished chemises try Secretary of ths Interior Lan to ad a an advisory board to th United States bureau cf mflnesv Th con stantly hwsreasin; war work of bu reau necessitates these appointment. The board is composed of Dr. Wm. H- Nichols, New Tork. chairman; Dr. Wm. HoSkma Chicago: Dr. B. C. Franklin, Lalaad Stanford, Cattfornla; Dr. C. L. Parsona, Washington; Dr. H. P. Talbot, Massachusetts mstltut M Technology: and Dr. F. p. Venabl. Udverstty of North Carolina. , STORM WARNINGS. ' WASHINGTON, Jan. I. Btorm warnings have been ordered displayed along th Atlantlo coast from Wil mington, N. C, to JacksonvlU, ths wvaths bureau aaaeunced tonight. Ever Try io Quit Smoking ? ARE EXPECTED TO HASTEN ANQ UNLOADING OF FREIGHT day and for each day thereafter, Even these rates are several times higher than those whioh prevailed a year ago and which were raised last spring when congestion on eastern railroads became acute. Much higher rates are charged on. the Pacific coast and in several other districts. . No changes will be made for the present in demurrage rules or rates on export freight. The new regula tions, said Mr. MoAdoo's ordsr, ''specifically contemplate the cancella- taa f J" l01 tons of existing tariffs." Railroads are lnatructsd te nls tariff embodying ths new rates with ths interstate com merce commission and stats commls n unions. "An tmparative necessity exists) for releasing freight cars for further ser vice and for re-hevtai terminals which are now badly congested," said Mr. MeAdoo in a statement aoeonrpany Inv the order. "These unfavorable conditions are Injuriously affecting in a vital way the government's conduct of the war, its aid to the allies, and the supplying of fuel, food and neces saries to our own people- "On these accounts I have felt compelled to Issue an ordw which will take affect throughout the United States on the 21st day of January, 1018, providing for heavy increases in demur rags charges unless cars are loaded and unloaded With prompt, mews. In snaking this order I have fully considered the embarrassments of shippers and consignees on account of the scarcity of labor; the Inevitable weather, th irregularity of transpor tation and the consequent frequent bunching of oars. Nevertheless, I aim convinced that th total inoonven- I PEACE NOT QUESTION OF TEAMS, TAFT DECLARES Will Come After Nations Are Convinced Military Conspiracies Must Fail. NETW TORK, Jan. .Peace can eome only after every nation la con vinced that all military conspiracies against the peac of the world are foredoonved to failure, former Presi dent Taft declared In an address on "Th Great War" tat Brooklyn today. "Peace ts not a question of terms," be added. "Mr. Lloyd -George say Germany must cd Alsace and Lor raine before the war oan end. There is much to support what be says, be cause th forty years' rule of th provinces by Germany has failed to werv th people's allegiance to France. Ws must oonvtoc Germany that she la beaten and it may be that th cedmf of ' AlSac and . Lorraln would be a marked standard of her defeat. But, after all, terms are sec ondary; w must be but that democ racy shall be protected from militaris tic conspiracy for th future." CARDINAL GIBBONS PREACHES. BALTIMORE. Jan. f. ta h nc of a great throng of persona. Cardinal Gibbon preached In the ca thedral this morning. After the mass he held his annual Nw Tear's recep tion in hi horn. Th cardinal preached on "Th per petuity of th Christian republic" and declared that th people of th coun try hare an abMlng faith tn President Wilsotk "Let us pray that divine assistance guMe, direct, mold and fashion th actions of ths president of th United States and that th way will bs shown to a apeady permanant and honoiabls peao-" VOLCANO UNEASY. SAN JUAN DEL SUB, Nicaragua. Jan. . Irasu, a volcano ll.Joe feet high, near the eity of Cartago, Costa Rica, is manifesting signs of eruption. Ths old crater Is -vomiting Immense volume of smoks. Th populations of Ja San Joss, ths Joet til oan cap ital, Cartago' and th neighboring town ai iences and hartWhlip on these accounts will be far smaller than the inconven ience and hardship whioh. our people as a whole are suffering on account of the umWus tying up . of . railroad equipment, and Will toe very small In deed compared with the (menace which the widespread tying up of equipment causes to tha health and oosnfert of the people and the success ful conduct of our war operations. ' "I therefore appeal W evory dtlaen amtlbnWncroased charges wlilcfi win be imposed, and I especially ap peal to every shipper or oonslgnea as a patriotic duty, to am ploy every pos sfble ' effort and swpedlent (even though It involve unusua and special arrangement1 and additional eost to load and unload freight cars wtth the least ptoMttttla delay in order that the existing congestion may be cleared up 'before the new demurrage . nils goes into effect." In approving tha filing of new d. murrage tariffs, th interstate - com merce commission took action for ths first time on a request of the director general for higher rates Albout oawnflfth of the through pas senger trains on eastern railroads were withdrawn from service today with this director-general's approval and -within a week or, two, imany other passenger schedules will be curtailed, fclBBjrT6iiigemrai of passenger : sche dule in the feast week. Assistant Di rector Smith reported, was promoted largely by ths number of 'persona re turning horns from - holiday visits, he added:, . "A shortage of labor at en gin house Continued on Page Two.) CHICAGO AND THE WEST Traffic of All Kinds Is Seri ously Delayed No Abate ment in Sight. COnOAGO. Jan. t. FalTtns- drlven by a thlrty-ov mil gal, over th central wast today has vry -rioualy Impeded trafflo of all sorts. Railway transportation officials re ported tonight that train operating between Chicago, St- Louis, Omaha, and Kansas city war "100 per cent delayed" with danger of total tie-ups becoming mors mvmlnent every hour. In Chicago, where th snowstorm was declared to b the worst that had visited this city for many years, street' car traffic virtually was abandoned by the surface lVns, Snow began falling at 10 o'clock Saturday night and by nightfall today th wind had blown K Into drifts seven fet and more high In aM thoroughfares. Weather bureau officiate held out nttl hop of an early abatement of th storm. CLIP THIS COUPON "Culinary Echoes From Dixie" , By KATE BREW VAUGHN. . . How to Get U , Clip this coapon and present at Tb Cltisen Ofllc will 7 cents. Add cents for postage if oat of town. ; Mrs. Vaughn's book cotalns.97 page of War Tim Recipe and other valoabio Information lo houseksepera. t There is only a limited supply of cook books on hand and no more can be secured after the present stock is exhausted. ' - ,.' .", THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN RUSSIANS FAIL I U MOVE CONFEREfJG L TO SWEDISH CITY Germany Contends T hat Her Delegates Have Reached Brest-Litovsk. BOUMANIA WANTS TO CONTINUE THE WAB French Government Pro tests Against Seizure of Banks in PetrogradL - . IXNTXXNf, Jan. . WspaobeBi re ceived here from Petragrad dated Fri day, and Saturday coWfirmi h pre vious reports that th Russian, peace delegation, Including Leon Trotsky, the Bolshevikl foreign' minister, to turned to BrsM-ldtovsk tn an en? deavor to .arrange tor a transfer of the negotiations to neutral territory. The German refusal to acq ul asm tn . tfhe Russian demand, ' according to these dispatch, was based on tSh fact that their delegates already had arrived at Breet-Otovsk. - ; Arm I tie Declar. . ' An armlotlce has been declared In th Ukraine region, th rada, th Ukrainian Jjfglslatlv body, and th Bolshevikl ha vtog agreed to a oom promts of their difference. The rada Is said to b ready to del to give support to Oenra4 Kaledlnee and his Oossack In return for th withdrawal of the BolshtvUci troops from th Uk rain. Th Petrograd Post says th king of Roumanla has cabled th entente -allie that the Roumanian are d. ma tiding to continue th war, notwith standing th desires of th troops on the Russian-Roumanian front,- and that M. Polncare, th Premdh presi dent, replied assu-rmf th king of France's support. Th French government has) pro tested against th ssisurs cf French ' b&niks in Ptrograd. - AAsembl Congress. Th central executive of th' work men' and soldier deputies ha de cided to assomhle th third congreHs of workmen' and soldiers" dspurte January 21, According to M. Z'no vleff, on of' the Bolnvtkt 1wh!m, JOaar. i. a -4nsvt1on- to conreal-1;,. fact that the motive for calling the congress is to oppos th ont'iiuiit ansetnbly, -which, tn view of the fart that th eandldabes war nominated befor th October revolution, , may not b representatl-v of th eeun- (Continued on Pag Two.) AVIATORS F0H!.rC0r.DQ:j AROUND ITAill CITY BEATING OFF IKEfJf i' - ' ' ' ? ; j, Teuton . Airmen, Reaching Padau, Meet Unex pected Surprise. BOMB OTHER CITIES. ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN NORTHERN ITAL, Saturday, Jan. t. (By the Associated Press.) -Padua was spared another air raid last night largely through the daring of Italian aviators who went into the air an hour before moon rise and formed an aerial cordon around the city, meeting enemy machines as they advanced. The enemy avlatsra, seslng ths heavy concentration, diverted their course, going to Uestre, Bassano and Caatel franos where they caused som cas ualties and considerable loss, at th last place. British aviators are doing especially good work. Thsir latest exploit was ths destruction of an en emy balloon at Busegana . and th bringing down of an enemy alrplan by gunfire. The artillery action along ths moun tain and Piave fronts is intermittent and no longer shows th Intensity of a big offensive. Along ths upper riav enemy batteries have been virtually silent for a week. Indicating either a shortage of ammunition or a possible movement of . forces westward : to " other fronts. - . - j 1 v i . '. Weather conditions continus abnor mally - good with clear ' days and . nlghta The temperature usually I above freesing and there is almost n snow. - Weather experts believe th season now is so,, far advanced heavy .... snows ars unlikely until th regular Alpine snow falls beginning la Febrn- ary. t . '
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