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VOL. XXXIV, NO. 78.
ASIIEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
AMPLE SUPPLY OF
T
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S,i Ruin g jn Russia
BY ALL
L
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INFANTRY ACTION
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Many Pending Cases
Secretary of Labor Says
Legislation to This End Is
Being Drafted in
Congress.
Heavy Artillery Duels Are
Proceeding on All"
Main Fields.
Wage Disputes Will Be
Problem Is Simply One
of Readjustment.
O ".Transferred to U. S.
WAGES 10
ETON
HEATHER BLOCKS
ASKED
ABOR IN COUNTRY
NFMY ALIENS MAY
RAILROAD
ABOR
WILSON
ASSERTS
EXTEND TO MEN
ON MAJOR FRONTS
W3
NO STRIKES BEING
CONTEMPLATED NOW
Wage Questions Will No
Be Put Up to Govern
ment As Demands.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. High
wages will be asked of the railroad ad
mlniatratlon soon by nearly all classes
of organised railroad labor. It was
learned today that many pending wage
disputes will be transferred to the
government from railway executives'
boards, and in other cases new de
mands will be formulated for pre
sentatlon to Director-General McAdoo
who probably .will deal with them
through Investigation boards.
Strikes Not Contemplated.
Strikes are not contemplated by any
organization, It is said, and wage ques
tions will not be put up to the dlrec
tor-general as demands.
naiiroad labor leaders are repre
sented as not seeking to take advant
age of government operation to 'press
for more pay but rather as pointing
out tne necessity or wage increases to
keep employes from being attracted
to other Industries.
Up to the present the only general
demands lor wage Increases consid
ered by Director-General McAdoo are
those presented by the four railroad
brotherhoods and the Switchmen's
union, whose president, S. E. Heber
ling, conferred, with Mr. McAdoo to
day. The brotherhoods case will be
Investigated by a board of four to be
named by the director-general tomor
row, which now is being considered by
a committee of railway executives,
representing all roads.
W ill Name Directors.
The director-general announced to
night that he expected to name rail
road directors for certain sections of
the country to assist him in adminis
tering government operation, but said
he had not determined how many
would be appointed nor what terri
ory eaob director should supervise.
- wusiuorra urooftujo, However,
that not more than six or seven will
. , be ncsmcd. Mr. McAdoo Mid specific
ally that he did not plan to name stats
directors. Thousands of applications
for positions as stated railroad super'
visers have been received within the
past few days. The senate and house
Interstate commerce committees today
continued their hearings on the rail
road bill. Before the house commit
sioner Anderson reiterated that It
seemed impracticable to change the
bill to provide for termination of gov
ernment contral at a specific time af
ter the war. This would create chaos
In railroad affairs, he said, and the
proper procedure should be to leave
the question of return of the roads to
private control to future determlna
tlon bv congress.
Representative Moore, of Pennsyl
lana. asked the committee to amend
the bill to provide specifically for gov
crnment control pt -canal transporta-
(Continued on Page Three.)
WALTER SMALLBONES TO
DISTRIBUTE NITRATE
OF SODA IN THIS STATE
Wilmington Maif Will Have
Charge of Important
Task.
IS NEW POSITION.
(Br 8. K. Winter.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. The United
States department of agriculture today
designated Walter Smallbones, of Wil
. inmgton, as distributor of nitrate of
soda to the farmers of North Carolina.
The office is a new one and bears the
title of "assistant specialist-" He Is to
serve without compensation.
Wilmington will be the receiving
port for North Carolina's quota of the
100,000 tons of nitrate of soda to be
. imported from Chile. Mr. Smallbones
Ois a steamship agent and is familiaT
with the principles of receiving and
distributing cargoes of products.
The secretary of agriculture has
Mated that the instructions as to how
jtho farmers are to order the fertilizers
will be printed and distributed at an
early date. The price of the soda re
mains to be inserted In the regulations
which is largely to be determined by
Shipping conditions. - The representa
tive of The CHisen obtained this in
formation direct from the department
of agriculture today.
Representative H. L. Godwin, ot
North Carolina Is In receipt of a let
ter from Secretary of 'Agriculture
David Houston, In which he makes It
clear that speculation wilt ba forbid
den. Each farmer will be sold only
jthe quantity required for his person
al uses- The sixth district congress
man states that he has received 100
letters concerning the subject from his
constituents.
.
EIGHTEEN SUNK. '
LONDON, Jan. . The Brit-
lab admiralty reports the sinking
in the past week of eighteen 4
merchantmen of 4.(00 tons and 4
4 over by mine or submarine, as 4
4 well as three merchantmen nn- 4
4der that tannage. Four fishing 4
4 vessels also were sunk. . 4
COMMISSION. WILL
AID THE SECRETARY
Principal Task Is Getting
Men Placed Where
Most Needed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. "Thene la
an ample supply of labor both for the
army and for Industry; the problem
is one of proper adjustment." Secre
tary Wilson said today In discussing
plans of the department of labor for
mobilizing workers. He estimated that
to the first year of the war the army
would take only about three per cent.
of the country's workers, lews than the
numiller unemployed under normal
conditions.
The secretary will announce, prob
ably tomorrow, an advisory commis-
aion to assist Mm in handling mobili
sation problems, including one repre
sentative of the general public, two of
labor, two of commerce and Industry
end one economist and one soclo-loglist-
Brltain's Experience.
"Most of the anxiety in this country
regarding the labor question has been
a reflex of Great Britain's experience
In the war," Mr. Wilson said. "Of
20,000,000 persons engaged in gainful
occupations In England 5,000,000 were
taken for the army, leaving the labor
supply twenty-five per cent, short.
This necessitated withdrawal from
the army of skilled workmen n order
to maintain the industrial life at
home.
"America's situation Is very differ
ent Of course the draft will inter
fere with Industry to come extent, but
we have 35,000,000 workers, of whom
approximately 1,504,000 will be taken
in the first year of war, leas than the
normal number of unemployed. Our
problem then is one of readjustment
to supply the demand for workers in
thoef trades! -which are expanding1
fl-apldly. such as "hjgbjma
munitions factories.
Labor Varies.
At present there is a shortage of
labor m some trades and a surplus
In others. For Instance, there is un
employment m the building trades. It
is our task to make the supply equal
to the demand which will Involve
transportation of workmen voluntar
ily from one section to another, houa
ng them In their new homes, and
training unskilled men when the skill
ed supply in any particular line ot
work is short.
We have established an adminis
trative force here, headed by John
Bensmore, using employment agen
cies already In existence and are
working on development of a Held
force. Until the question la studied
by the advisory commission, we wl II
(Continued on Page Three.)
HOT DEBATE IN SENATE
Both Sides of Question Are
Discussed in Vigorous
Manner.
SMOOT LEADS ATTACK
WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. Debates
on the Joint resolution authorizing the
president to have the federal trade
commission taks control of the print
paper industry, continued throughout
today In the senate with but few aena
tors in their seats. A final vote prob
ably will not be reached for several
days as many speeches are yet to be
made.
Attacks on the resolution were
made during the day, by Senators
Hardwick, Smoot. Sherman and King.
Senator Smoot characterised it as a
"most vicious measure," and declared
that under its provisions, the presi
dent would be able to withhold print
paper from any newspaper or maga-
sine he desired. He also asserted the
resolution was Introduced at the re
quest of publishers In an effort to re
duce the price or paper to rates below
those agreed upon by the manufactur
ers and the government.
The measure was - vigorously de
fended by Senator Owen, whe said
such a step was necessary to break the
power held by the alleged paper mo
nopoly over the press. He charged
that the makers now can distribute
to ths press of the country by with
holding suppllea
' "One of the greatest evils In ths
.world said the Oklahoma senator,
"is the effort to suppress the press
This was one of ths means used by
Germany to maintain a monarchy
and autocracy. If we allow this to
occur we will let a condition arise, the
result of which no one can foresee."
Senator Wadsworth asked if by
placing control of print paper with the
government, a similar danger would
not result In ths United States. '
"No," replied Benatotr Owen. "Wt
can clothe our government with power
without fear because the people con
trol this government."
Senatptr Gallinger, the republics
leader, urged that no effort be made
ts rush the measure through ths sen
ate. Benatotr Smith, of Arizona, la
charge ot ths resolution, agreed ts
give adequate time (or discussion be
fore brlaglaT U Is s Ami TOtev
REGISTRATION OF
ALIENS FEBRUARY 4
Regulations to Govern This
Registration Sent to
Police Officials.
WASHINGTON, Jan. . Enemy
alien restrictions probably will be ex
tended soon to German women In the
United States. Legislation to this end
is being drafted and congressional
leaders have assured the department
of Justice It will be enacted promptly.
If this Is done before the week of
February 4, when a nation-wide regis
tration of unnaturalized Germans Is
to be made under supervision of the
department of Justice, women prob
ably will be Included in the enemy
alien census.
Regulations Forwarded.
Regulations to govern the registra
tion were sent today to police of
ficials of cities, and postmasters of
small towns, to whom the active ad
ministration of the registration has
been entrusted. The rules differ
from those already made public only
In the fact that federal court districts,
not county or local districts, are to be
considered units for gathering census
returns from non-urban sections in
which postmasters will take the regis
trations .
Of the hundreds of Germans who
have been Interned since the United
States entered the war, only six have
been paroled permanently and ten
given freedom for a time. It was dis
closed today by John Lord O'Brian,
special assistant to Attorney-General
Gregory in charge of war problems.
The announcement was made in refu
tation of widespread reports that the
government had released hundreds of
dangerous alien enemies.
To Aid Government.
In the cases of men paroled tempo
rarily, It Is understood the action was
taken in order that they might ob
tain valuable information to aid gov
U:omy,nt.,jten Is in -fretting eat plots
or propaganda against the United
States' war Interests.
"So far as known, no person found
to be a dangerous enemy alien once
arrested has ever been permanently
released," said Mr. O'Brian. "Of the
entire number arrested from time to
time as suspicious characters through
out the United States, less than a
dozen have ever been the subject of
subsequent complaints.
A number of communications re
cently received directing the atten
tion of the attorney-general to the i
fact that unrounded and false re
ports are being circulated in some
parts of the country to the effect that
undue leniency Is being shown enemy
aliens. Such reports are a direct in'
cltement to damage on the part of
wrongdoers and cause serious hln
(Continued on Page Three.)
CAPITAL TO BE PROBED
James B. Dugan Charges
Garfield and Priority
Orders With Trouble.
CHANGES NEEDED.
WASHINGTON. Jan. .Investiga
tion of the coal shortage by the senat.j
manufacturers committee turned to
day to conditions in Ohio. Missouri
and the national capital.
Suffering and a general disruption
of the ooal business in Ohio was
charged directly to Fuel Administra
tor Garfield and priority orders carry
ing more coal to lake ports than ves
sels could handle, by James B. Dugan,
chief inspector of the public utilities
commission of Ohio.
Mr. Frank W. McAllister, attorney
general of Missouri, told the commit
tee of information obtained in an in
vestigation of coal conditions in his
state to determine whether state anti
trust suits against coal operators were
warranted. Prices had doubled and 1b
some cases trebled, he testified. Wal
lace Crosley, lieutenant-governor ot
Missouri, and state fuel administra
tor, gave the same reasons for the
shortage in production. '
Mr. McAllister believed only govern
ment control of the mines would solve
the problem.
More coal has been brought to
Washington this winter than ever be
fore, but ths great population In
crease and many additional govern
ment activities hero have more than
used up the increase, John I Weaver,
local fuel administrator, testified.
L.KAVE FOR ENGLAND.
4- RIO JANEIRO, Jan. . Bra-
sillan naval aviators who will
form the flr.tt Brazilian eontrlbu-4-
tlon to ths .ightlng forces of the
t allies, have departed for Eng-
land.
A- dispatch from Rio Jansro
4 early In December said that on
Invitation from ths British gov-
eminent twelve. BracMlaa naval
aviators would soon leave for Ea
V rope to complete their course of
instruction in England.
PRESIDENT WILSON THROWS SUPPORT
TO SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT PROBABLY
ASSURING MEASURE OF VICTORY TODAY
Suffrage Leaders Are Thrilled At Action ot President, Who Advises Committee ot Congressmen
lo Vote For the Amendment as "An Act ot Right and Justice to the Women ot
' I ihe Country and oi the World"
WASHINGTON, Jan. .'President
Wilson tonight threw his support to
the federal amendment for woman
suffrage.
On the eve of a vote on suffrage in
the house, tiwelve democratic mamJbers
.called at the white bouse witn wora
that many of their ;collea'gues wanted
advice from the head of their party
as to the position they should take.
.There was a conference of forty mln
utes, the result of Which was describ
ed in this statement, (dictated by the
president himself a4 made public by
President's Statement.
"The committee found that the
president had not felt at liberty to
.volunteer his address to members of
congress in this important matter, but
when we sought his advice he very
.frankly and earnestly advised us to
vote for the amendment as an act ot
right and Justice to the women of the
country and of the world."
In these few lines suffrage cham
pions saw certartn victory Where a few
days ago most of them privately were
conceding defeat. A large majority ot
the ntwubMcans In the house have
been counted upon to support the
amendment and enough democrat
are committed to assure a close vote.
With the weight of the president's
influence to swing doubtful democrats,
Jtepreserotalrtve Kaker, chairman of
the suffrage committee, Jubilantly pre
dicted tonight that the necessary two.
third would be exceeded by fifteen
or twenty votes.
Opponents Confident.
Opponents of suffrage were claim
ing a safe margin against the amend-
ASHEViLLE MAN LANDS
T
William J. Cocke, of This
City, Gets Big Contract.
Will Have Ranch.
OHARLOTTK. N. C. Jan. 9. The
sMyvarnmient yesterday conducted a
contract with Wm. J Cocke, of Aahe
vUlle, for the removal of the kitchen
garbage from Camp Greene. This will
be fed to hogs. It Is understood that
onv of the most prominent business
men of Charlotte and Ashevine are
associated with (Mr. Cocke in ths en
tenprise.
It is estimated that the output of
the camp will be something like twenty-seven
tons of re-fuse matter per
day, and that It will fatten 1.700 hogs
every ninety days, or 10,800 hogs per
year.
It has been the policy of the gov
ernment to bum, for sanitary reasons,
the kitchen refuse from the army
caimps, and It was only after repeated
and persistent appeals from Mr. Cocke
and other pork producers throughout
the country, aided by those most In
terested In the conservation of food,
that the government was persuaded
to allow the kitchen refuse from the
army camps to be used for commer
cial purposes.
Mr- Cocke was seen at his hotel In
the city tonight and connrmed the
above statement. He stated that in
the next three weeks the largest hog
ranch hi the south would be estab
lished off the Tuckaseegee road, three
miles from Canvp Greene.
TWO SOLDIFJUI DIE.
COLUMBIA. Jan. Two soldiers
died of meningitis at Camp Jackson
three new cases developed, according
to an announcement at divisional
headquarters tonight. There have
been forty-one deaths from meningitis
panartjMl at the base hoSDftal since the
epidemic began.
TWO PEATH8.
iT.mvnnu T m T.n sr
deaths from pneumonia durmg the
jast twenty-rour aran wo mnn
at the base hospital at Camp Beaure
gard tonight. The deaths today bring
S total ssnos Movsmbar II. ts lit.
s
I ment during the day, In spite of mM-
.mauons tram tne eurcragwe max
trump card yet was to be played.
There) were no format predictions
.from the opponents tonight, but a
tremendous fight is promised.
The news of the president's action
came as a complete surprise to nearly
(everybody in the capital, though some
of the suffrage leaders have insisted
or a long time that the president
was with them and would tell any
body who asked him. Until now m
all public utterances the president has
iheid to the .viewvutai.au icrage was a
(question to be determined by the In
dividual states and not by federal
action.
No Statement.
No statement was forthcoming from
the white house tonight to explain hie
resent stand. Members of congress
Who participated in the conference,
.however, said the president told them
he still believed that the proper and
orderly way of dealing with t.ie ques
tion was to permit each state to take
its own action, but tn view of condi
tions now existing in ths United States
and the world generally he felt free
(to advlBe submission of a federal
amendment to the states.
In emphasicine; this view, he Is said
to have declared that the United
states as a leader In the great family
of nations cannot disassociate itself
from the family and 'cannot be reac
tionary on any great world question.
.When his callers talked of ths state
rights Issue, the president Is said to
have told them he did not feel that
this complicated the situation at all: i
A hat eu IT rage was a policy and not a I
LAWYERS ASK DEFEAT OF
T
Present Measure Has Ele
ment of Conflicting Juris
diction, They Say.
NEW YORK, Jan. . Resolutions
calling for the defeat In its present
form of the proposed federal consti
tutional amendment establishing pro
hibition, on the ground that a pro
vision in It giving both congress and
the states power to enforce it would
cause confusion have been adopted
at the annual meeting of the New
Tork City Bar association. It was an
nounced today. The resolutions rec
ommended the substitution by con
gress of a new measure free from
this "element of conflicting Jurisdic
tion."
The provision objected to says that
"congress and the several states shall
have concurrent power to enforce this
article by appropriate legislation." It
was Inserted Dy amendment at tne
close of the discussion In the senate
and "vary little If any consideration
seems to have been given by the na
tional legislature to It," says a re
port on the subject signed by George
W. Wickersham former attorney
general of the United States, as chair
man of the bar association's commit
tee on constitutional amendments.
The committee recommended that
the association "condemn the adop
tion of ths provision referred to, ami
urge upon the congress to repeal thrt
same and submit the prohibition
amendment without this section, ant
that It urge upon ths legislature of
this stats to refuse to ratify the
amendment in ths form submitted.'
CODE COM"
MEETS.
RALEIGH. J. n. -The leg-
Islature code commission for the
preparation of a codification of ths
nuhlic laws of the state In tirua to be
submitted to ths 1(1 session of thr
legislature la' conferring here today
and tomorrow on work -by members
on ths various features of ths pro
posed coda Members say progress n
verv satisfactory and that they will
have the printed form of the code
ready la ample time fa tfce kftiala
tare as schedsiesV - -
principal. He pointed out that the
federal constitution now deals with
the qualifications of electors and pre
scribes the qualification of those en
titled to vote for membent of congress.
All of ths members who went to
the white houc were democrats and
moat of them ' supporters of the
amendtment but there were several
uncommitted.
After Mr. Raker had explained ths
object of the call, each member told
the president of the situation in his
state. One said the president's id vies
would' aid him in determining ths
question and that many others wars
similarly situated.
(.lad of Opportunity.
The president la said to have replied
that while he had felt it was not pro
per to send for members or to volun
teer his advice, he was glad of the op
portunity that the visit of the dele
gation gave him. tie Indicated that
he had not felt at liberty to go beyond
the party platform which had declar
ed woman suffrage to be a stats Issue,
until changed conditions made it
necessary.
Representative Taylor spoks of ths
Icing of Belgium's advocacy of woman
suffrage, of how England was pledged
to it and probably France. The presi
dusit said the governor-general of
Canada, who had luncheon with hVm
today, told htm Canada was going to
.have woman suffiage.
Any mam her of congress opposed to
woman suffrage under any circum
stances, the president said, ought not
to vote other than his convictions, but j
jus own opinion was tnar tnis
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GARFIELD REFUSES TO
DIM GOO NEW YORK
Order Sending 600 Cars a
Day to New England Not
Modified.
WASHINGTON. Jan, S. -Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield denied a request
by Mayor Hylan, of New Tork, today
that coal moving to New England, be
diverted to avert a famine In New
Tork. Hs said that while everything
possible would be done for New Tork.
all eastern cities would have to share
the shortage caused by December's
low production. The order directing
600 cars of coal a day go to New
England will not be modified.
Explaining tonight his reasons for
continuing shipments to New England
even at the expense of other regions
Dr. Garfield said that it was necessary
to keep New England munitions plants
supplied.
' Dr. Garfield said Director-General
McAdoo's staff was furnishing very
adequate transportation facilities for
coal and had the situation well In
hand. Alfred H. Smith, assistant to
Mr. McAdoo. has notified Dr. Garfield
.bat he can take care of the New Eng
land shipments, but he recommends
that no more trafflo bs tied up In spe
cific consignments.
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HIGHLY ENDORSED
British Hospital Ship Sunk
by German U-Boat,
Is Report.
Bid weather continues to prerafl oft
most of the major battle fronts, but
nevertheless the heavy artillery duels
are proceeding and at several points
infantry attacks of small proportions
have been carried out.
The Germans m one of these man
euvers which apparently was mere In
the nature of a raid than an attack
by large forces, entered British ad
vanced poets north of the Tpres
etaden railway, but later were forced
out by a counter-attack. On the fa
mous St. Mlh1el salient southeast ef
.Verdun Whdoh has described sharp
wedge In the battle hne - since the
(early days of the war, French troops
ihave ratdied German positions en a
mile front, destroying- the positions
and returned to their own lino with
ITS prisoners and scene machine guns
The German war office admits ths
French success In Invading1 13m Ger
man poamons hut says the French
were ejected from them in a counter-
Attack.
Hear Snow. " ' '- :' :
On the Italian front a heavy mow
ils faning and aside from Intensive
artillery duels from the Asiago
plateau to the PHave river and small
patrol encounters there 'has been no
fighting worthy of mention.
Both the British and French news .
(papers enthuslasttcatty endorse Prenl
dent Wilson's statements ef war alma.
JUkemtee It has met with the entire
approval of the representative of la
bor in west Britain, in a manifesto
the labor! tea say that In the present
statement the labor party u find no
.portion upon whlWh the allied demo
cracies are likely to disagree and that
If K reaches the peoples of the central
powers It will reinrlgorate the popular
rniovemerat toward peace In those
countries "and give their demands for 1
ipeaoe a weight and authority that
cannot be denied." 1 ,
Hospital Ship Sunk.
The British hospital ship New
with wounded aboard, was sunk by a
submarine 1n the British channel last
(Continued on Pago Three.) ,
F
Board Decides on Immedi
ate Expenditure of $1,-, 1
200,00 for Housing.
IS BADLY NEEDED.
WASHINGTON, Jan. .Immedi
ate expenditure of fl.SOO.OOO to pro
vide housing accommodations - for
shipyard workers at Newport News,
was decided on today by the shipping
board after a senate sub-committee
had presentsd ths urgency of the sit- .
uatlon. Housing facilities will be pro
vided at other plants engaged on gov- .
ernment work as soon as possible af
ter congress passes a bill now pending
providing money for the purpose.
The sub-conuniHtee, appointed by the
senate commerce committee Investiga
ting shipbuilding, took up with the
board today the sub pec t of housing;
workers at Newport News after Ho-
mer L. Ferguson, president of ths
Newport News Shipbuilding company.
a witness at the Inquiry yesterday, haa
declared his yard could taks on no
more men until housing was obtained.
The Inquiry continued today with .1
Edward F. Carry, director of opera-
tlona for the board, on the stand. '
Freight congestion at New Tork, Mr.
Carry said has greatly delayed sail-' .
Ings and the board now is diverting
much material to southern ports.
Lack of coal for bunkers, too. he said,
had slowed up over-seas transports,-
tlon.
. In executive session, Mr. Carry out- .
lined the shipping board's policy re-
specting the furnishing of vessels to '
the allies for transportation of their
goods and gave the committee the
number of government ships now
operated by the army and navy. ...
By KATE BREW VACCHS. ..'.-
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