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THE ASHEAILLE CITIZEN i .THE WEATHER: Know went, rain turning to snow cut portion tiatarday, colder with a oold ware; Sunday fair, eontinaed cold. CITIZEN WANT ADS V : BRING EESULTS VOL. XXXIV, NO. 80. ASHEVILLE.N. 0., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 19ia PRICE FIVE CENTS EVEN MUNITIONS PLANTS MAY HAVE TO CURTAIL COAL No Relief From Present -Shortage for at Least Sixty Days. TWELVE LIVES BELIEVED LOST IN TORNADOES AND 4 BLIZZARD SWEEPING SOUTH A Bad Combination RUSSIA IS STILL CHIEF CENTER OF INTEREST IM WAR Contradictory Reports Cloud Peace Negotiations V With Chaos."' V' a 3 LARGE DEFICIENCY IS STILL EXISTING. Situation in Next Two Months Is Liable to Grow Worse. Scores Injured in Tornadoes in Alabama and Georgia and Property Loss Is Heavy Blizzard Extends Over Pract ically Whole South. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. Even Wine plants making munition and other war supplies may have to curtail fuel consumption during the next sixty days, Fuel Administrator Gar field said tonight in a statement as suring the public that every effort would be made to distribute the avail able supply of coal where most needed and that no partiality would be shown any section. KU11 large Deficiency. Part of the 38.000.009 tons ehnrt- age of the past year has been mads up, Dr. Qarfleld said, but there still Is a large deficiency and It will be xeix cnieny tnis month and next P. B. Noyes, of the fuel ad mini.. tration. left tonight for New York to discuss tne situation there with local officials and to take un with manu facturers of the less essential products me question or reduction in consump tion. There can be no nossible relief for it least sixty days and within that time tne situation may grow much worse than It Is now, according to Dr. Oar- neia. Mast Conserve Coal. "Every one must conserve and cur tall the use of coal." he declared. "While war plants and public utilities must oe tavorea among Industries it is likely that they, too, will feel the pinch. It is distressing to be obliged to witness the hardships the people are undergoing. Demands are flood ing the fuel administration from mu nicipalities, but no locality can bs shown preference and coal win be dis tributed equitably with no favors shown. The present situation is due 'VPst wholly to railroad congestion." r j . itiunuwry curtailment of the coal V ulr:mcnts of the less essential In dustries m working well, Dr. Garfield -' ' J IUUUOU J UHOU W I V- livgnees to co-Orperote, Most .of. those .ax e& to reduce ronsumrption will ac complish It by shutting down entirely ror one day eaeh week.' Borne Indus tries can not shut down easily for a day and these will be aeked to eease operations for as long as a month later in the year. It was suggested that the glass Industry might be one of these. Paper -board will start shut ting down one day In the wecQc to morrow and it is estimated the coal saving for--the day will amount to about 15,000 tone.' , Explaining his recent order giving state fuel administrators authority to close Industries to supply householders with coal, Dr. Garfield said this power would be permitted to be used only In emergencies and that the fuel admin istration would decide the matter of reducing coal to industries when a general policy was involved. State fuel administrators, he explained, could olose industries, theatres and other establishments, though, if necessary to tide over an emergency. INCREASED INTEREST IN MEXICO AS RESULT OF MRU'S PUNS Reported First Chief Planning to Drive Pa ke From Tampico. Is --- Twelve persons are believed to have lost their lives, a score or more were injured and extensive property dam age is reported as a result of tornadoes m Alabama and Georgia and a blizzard sweeping eastward across the southern states. Seven persons were reported to have been killed and twenty -five injured at Cowarts, Ala., in a windstorm which, according to meager advices, virtually wrecked that town late yesterday. One man is reported to have been killed and much damage to property done by n tornado which struck Camp Wheeler and the state fair grounds near Macon, Ga. All wires to Camp Wheeler are down and the only information available at a late hour last night of the damage there was word brought by a messenger to Macon. Wire communication with the storm swept section of Alabama also was cut off and verification of loss of life could not be secured. Four persons lost their Jives m Texas and many thousands of dollars damage was done to truck gardens and orchards. Low Temperatures. Record low temperature and the heaviest snowfall in years marked the disturbances west of the Mississippi river where the blizzard was at its height yesterday. At Mission, Texas, in the Rio Grande valley, snow fell for the first time in forty years and in north Texas the snow fall measured six inches with temperatures ranging from eight degrees below zero to a few degrees above in the eastern part of the state. Oklahoma City reported the heaviest fall of snow in fifteen years and the lowest tem perature m eight years. .bight inches of snow fell at Little Rock and at Memphis, Tenn., the blizzard reached such proportions as to cause street car service to be sus oended on a number of lines, dismissal of schools and brought traffic to a standstill. The storm leaving near zero temperatures in its wake in the central southern states, was expected to sweep across the South Atlantic states to the coast today. Telegraph and telephone companies reported miles of wire torn down by the storm, railroad schedules were gen erally disarray 'trains arriving hours late and in some sections much suffering was reported as a result of fuel shortages. ' TORNADO AT MACON. MACON, Ga., Jan. 11. A tornado, followed by a torrential rain, swept down upon Macon and vicinity late today, killiBg one man and untiring several others, and doing serious property damage in the city and at Camp Wheeler, near here. All communication with the camp FIGHTING AT LOW ii EBB ON ALL FRONTS Lenine Threatens to Declare War If Russia's Terms J Are Rejected. SECRETARY BAKER MAINTAINS THAT AMERICAN TROOPS SENT ABROAD ARE AND WILL BE THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED Unruffled By Rlfid Cross-Examination of the Senate Investigating Committee, Secretary Admits Shortages pat Continues to Assert Thai Supplies Are Substantially Adequate For the I "Initial Rush Neeeds." (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.) ATLANTA REPORTS EIGHT T Considerable Drop in Tem perature Follows All-Day Rains . at Atlanta. MUCH DAMAGE DONE. GREAT, OIL FIELDS. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. Increased International interest In Mexico's af fairs has followed, the receipt Iters of unofficial information that President Carranza again is considering a plan to drive Manuel Palaez from the con trol of the Tampico oil fields. Private reports forecast an early resumption of military operations against Palaez, but there also Is Information indi cating that the Mexican government Is attempting- to deal with the situa tion through political changes. I Palaes is reDorted to have declared that so long as Candido Agullar re mained at the head of the Vera Crus state government, he would continue In revolt; Consequently Carransa is being urged by some of his advisers to transfer. Agullar to the ministry of roretgn Htrairs in tne nope mat it miht solve the problem of the oil He'ds domination. - Bandit or revolutionary activities in norcners Mexico nave become so pronounced recently as to make re sumption or threatened military ac tion -at Tampico - seem improbable. Bute department and diplomatic rep resentatives here of the entente are keenly interested in the situation be cause of the danger to the oil sup ply involved. - . ?, - . Unofficial advices from Mexico, sup ported in part by reports td the stats department. Indicate an increase in or ganised armed banditry . throughout the country., Carransa is said to have complete control in lew PAPER TRADK INCREASED. ' ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Since the European war . began, the United States has Increased greatly its share of the paper trade of Oh lie, Robert B. Barrett, special agent, today re ported to the department of com merce. The trade hitherto was oon ' trolled by Gorman dealers, who sold Chile flfty-flvs per cent of the paper used, while the United States sold only shirtaaa nee eenU ' FOUR POLICEMEN AND BANKER ARE KILLED BY OF Attempt to Rob Bank Camp Funston, in Kansas. . at POLICE NOTIFIED. CAMP FUNSTON. Kas.. Jan. 11 Four military policemen and a banker were killed here tonight when a band of robbers attempted to rob the bank at the army camp here. The rob bers, it was stated, wore military uni forms. TOPEKA NOTIFIED. TOPEKA. Kas., Jan. 11. The local Golice received the following message its tonight:' "Camp Funston, Kas. Army bank here robbed this . evening. Three civilians Killed, two badly Injured. Man. semi-conscious condition, said army captain attacked him with gun and hatohet. Believed robber was disguised in the uniform of an army captain. perpetrator bloodstained. Request co-operetion. , (signed) "Major-General Ballou.". Topeka police were Immediate! ordered, to watch every train entering the city In an -attempt to apprehend tne (unnon Dana roDoer. ATLANTA. Oa.. .' n. 11 Eight persons are known to havs been kill ed, probably two score others Injured and much property damaged by a se ries of tornadoes that swept over northern Alabama and south central Georgia today. The storm , swept eastward and late this afternoon struck Camp Wheeler and Macon, Ga.. where considerable damage was dona One man, a private named Harris, of Atlanta, was reported to have been killed at Camp Wheeler by. the col lapse of a corral. No deaths were re ported in Macon proper, but several persons were Injured. At Cowarts, Ala., six miles east of pothan, seven, persons were reported to have lost their lives and twenty-five or mors others injured. The town was reported completely destroyed. A number of tents were destroyed at Camp Wheeler but water following the winds was reported to have caused the greatest damage. . Wire communication with practical ly all points in south Atlantic coast region - was Interrupted. Connection with Bavanrah was established for a short period early in the evening and high winds were reported there. ': A sharp, drop in temperature to night followed eloss upon the heels of the tornadoes ana - an day rains. throughout v practically the - entire south Atlantis section. This coupled with a section-wide coal shortage pre sented a gloomy aspect to many per sons without fuel supplies. In Atlanta the area was marked. the temperature falling approximate ly fifteen degrees in one hour is the early part of the night. ... - uespite tne measures or tne fuel administration and civic bodies to pro vide coal for the citizens of Atlanta. numbers or persons went from one cvu Tarn to anoinwr mur armea wim I . r m ,i v ..... ths fuel administration priority orders r, cnoo when they WASHINGTON. Ian. 1 1 .Deficien cies In army equipment were the sub ject of sharp ; crosk-examlnatlon of Secretary Baker today before the sen ate military committee. For three hours tne war department head was under skpld Are of ques tions, from democrats and rpeublloans alike, who frequently by word and gesture expraesed disapproval of con ditions disclosed. '. Sometimes . they flatlv disagreed wit the secretary's assertions and pointed -to testimony previously heard to Seontradict him. .'., ,-..v,,- uuw raiie,WMMW Apparently unieu'lfled Ty the vig orous quizzing, Mi. Baker, admitting and further- detailing certain short ages, reiterated his formal statement of yesterday mat supplies are bid- stantlally-adequate for "Initial rush needs." Committeemen insisted that his statement was misleading to the coun trvi even though unintentional, and gave the public a wrong Impression of conditions, senator weens aeoiarea It had "lulled the country to sleep." Secretary . Baker explained that what he meant when he spoke of adequate supplies was that all troops who- go abroad to actual fighting are and will be amply equipped. In re sponse to questions he said General Pershing is short of motor trucks. Shortages in this country below esti mated needs of February 1, he sum marized as including saddles, saddle blankets and canteens with large de ficiencies of pistols and cartridge belts, as well as small arms ammunition Statements of the secretary that quantity production of the new Browning machine guns would begin next month were sharply challenged by Senator Hltchcook, who said the secretary's figures were four times greater than General Crozler's and that the discrepancy was "astounding.' : Secretary Baker promised. lurtner ex i amlnatlon of the difference. Mr. Hitchcock asserted and Mr. Baker de nied that contracts for Lewis machine guns were made tardily, Failure to prepare for war was brought up by Senator Wadsworth and Secretary Baker Insisted that needs for preparedness In 1816 werr as obvious to congress as to the exec utive branch. Events since, he con ceded, would have made larger mili tary appropriations advisable. Mr. Baker leit tne stand early tc attend a cabnlet meeting. He will be back tomorrow for further cross-ex amlnatlon. A letter modifying his - testimony that shoddy had not been used In navy I, gar menu was reosived. during ths day, py unairman unamDeriain rrom ray- maater-ueneral Mouowan, of thr navy. Whan before the committee the rear-admiral said no shoddy had been used though further investiga tion after he testified, he wrote to day, he found that a comparatively small order had been given for over coats, containing thirty-five per cent of shoddy specified for army garments by the supplies committee of the Council of National Defense. Mislead Country. The senators declared his declara tion that war supplies were adequate would mislead the country. Senator Weeks deulured the country would bs "lulled to sleep by a statement of facts that don't exist." Mr. Bakor explained that he meant to convey only the Impression that all men ready for the fighting line were adequately equipped. Senators Wadsworth and Weeks, republicans, and Senatotrs Chamber-lain- and Hitchcock, democrats, took the lead in cross-examining the secre tary and at times handled him with out glovecs Chairman Chamberlain said there were fears for power production. "The situation is satisfactory and I think supplies are and will continue adequate," replied Secretary Baker. Senator Weeks thought the board requirements were so rigid that pro duction of army garments are being delayed. Any delay Is slight. Secretary Bak er said, and health of factory workers is an important consideration. "I must disagree with you that the delay is slight," said Senator Wads worth. , Senator Wadsworth said a witness had testltfied the board's oentract standards threatens to cause strikes, and require employers to i receive la- oor leaders, us thought labor agita tors would stir up trouble. Mr. Baker dented knowledge thai any; considerable .number of eootrae- tors were refusing to exeoute contract because of the new labor standards. Eanator Weeks thought the board had too targe and very drastic powers, but Mr. Baker contended the board'? functions are purely advisory, Senator Weeks challenged the state ment that the board was only advis ory and complained of the multiplicity of new and special boards and committees. "Persons with business are passed along from corridor to corridor and building to building trying to find the right federal agency with which to do business," said the senator. Turning to artillery Senator Wads worth assailed the ordnanoe bureau for not continuing manufacture of Frenoh 240 millimetre guns instead of proceeding with manufacture of American 9.6 guns, none of which have been delivered and whose am munition is net interchangeable with the French. , "v , -asy-.--,:.. Secretary Baker said he thought. but was not sure, that the department was making the - French type and promised to give further information. "There has been no explanation yet given to the committee," said Senator Wadsworth, pounding the table with his fist. Senator Wadsworth . asked whether in view of the shortage of artillery and. machlns guns the score tary's statement tnat there was suffi cient supplies 'Substantially for rush needs," was correct. . SIXTY MILLION DOLLAR; Huge Powder Works Will Employ 15,000 Men, It Is Declared. TROIXiET - WIRES SNAP. - BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Jan. 11. Street car traffic in Birmingham was greatly hampered tonight by. broken trolley wires which had snapped in all parts of the city as a result of ths sudden drop in temperature, A num ber of the suburbs were . - entirely without car service. There was near ly an inch of snow on the ground here tonight as a result of the blizzard which struck the city early tonight. . ESTABLISH RECORD. SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Jan. 11. Starting from a Held covered with sleet and snow and flying In ths low est January temperature . recorded here since the eighties, seventy-two machines at. KsUyv Held- today sctab lished what Is declared a new flying la search of fuel. But their efforts lamely wars la vain.' remained noura. In tns air a total ef o WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. A gov ernment powder plant to cost tto, 000.S00 and to employ about 15,000 men la to be established by the war department near Nashville, Tenn.' Major-General Crozter, chief of the ordnance announced tonight the se lection of a site at Had leys Bend on the- Cumberland river, about twelve miles from Nashville. . A nrellmlnary force of workers al ready has been ordered to Nashville and the plant win do put on a pro duction basis at the earliest possible moment. The government today took over op tions obtained on the property in November by a representative of the Dupont Powder company. Secretary Baker announced last month that the war department had decided, on the establishment of a number of powder plants to supple ment the output of private manu facturers.; Daniel C. Jackiing of San Francisco, who was named at - that time as general director of the project, will take charge personally of the construction . of the plant in Tennes- ANOTHER COLD WAVE IS Is Expected to Equal in Severity That of Week Ago. Due Tonight. - MAJOR GARDNER ILL. ' MACON. Os., Jan. It.- Major Au gustus P. -Gardner, former congress man from Massachusetts, and recent ly adjutant of the Thirty-first division, la ill at the base hospital at Camp Wheeler. It is feared he Is threatened with pneumonia. - r - ;"";. STORM WARNINGS. v; ' WASHINGTON. Jan? 11. Storm warnings havs been displayed - along ths Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Boston around Key West te Morgan Cltf. La.,, the wssJUsr sntroau an aonced tonight. , WASHINGTON, Jan. II. A cold wave - equal In severity to that of a week ago was approaching the south east and east tonight from the west, where below zero temperatures pre vail. The weather in the south will be clear Saturday, the weather bureau announced, with freezing temperature extending probably to the southern limits of ths Florida mainland. By tonight the effects of the cold wave were felt beyond the Mississippi across the country front the lakes to the gulf. . The storm that was central Thurs day night in extreme south of Tsxas, was central tonight over the extreme eastern portion of Tennessee with a remarkable increase In Intensity, the barometer at Knoxvllle reading 2I.M Inches. There were heavy rains with thunderstorms in the east gulf states and Georgia and heavy snows In the lower Ohio valley, and in the south ern states from Mississippi to the Carolines and Virginia. - Wllllston, North Dakota, was ths coldest city In ths country tonight, the meroury there registering twenty two degrees below zero. It was eigh teen below at Omaha, fourteen below at Kansas City and two below at Okla homa City, while at Louisville ths reading was zero. At Memphis, tfie mercury stood eight above. BLIZZARD HALTS TRIALS. ' GRAND JUNCTION. Tens, Jin II. A blizzard which left the ground covered with 4cs and snow trough the running of the all-age stake sf the United States field trials dub to a fcatt today and announcement was mads that ths compleelon of the stake would fee poetponsd until after the zsUioa champlonshkp- meet, snhedulsd s start fcre January It. - WILL BE FORCED TO SAVE Fl With fighting still at a low ebb sit all the battle fronts the chief political Issue the , negotiations , between ' ths central powers and Russia remains the absorbing point of Interest in the the world war. Chaotlo Indeed li ths situation surrounding these negotia tions, due to the fact that nothing but contradictory reports of the proceed- Jngs have oome through for publics- ' tton. That peace again- has been dlmuflsed a B-est-Xltovsk senms apparent, controverting t (he previous reports that ths conference would not be continued by the Bolshevlki unless they were transferred to Stockholm. Withdraw Proposals. v, v The latest advices are to ths effect, that ths delegates of ths central pow ere now hays declared withdrawn so far as Russia's allies are concerned, their peaceful proposals of December 16 of "no forcible annexations of In demnifies" which were conditional on Groat Britain, . Francs, ths United -States and other enemy powers par-1 tlcipatlns In ths peace pourparlers. Ths refusal of these powers . to bs drawn into the Teutonic net of dis cussion Is given as the reason for ths Auatro-German delegates recanting.- .-. But count uaernln, v the Austro Hungarlan foreign minister told the Bolshevlki delegates that ths door has not been closed te the Russians and that ths situation now had resolved It self into a question' of a separate peaoe between Russia and the central powers. - Ths seeming ultimatum of ths enemy powers was taken tinder advisement and the conference was adjourned. , , unitn) Threatens . war. , Nlkalai'Jvenlne., the Bolshevik pre mier, -"apparently. is "maintaining his previous attitude of unwillingness to , oonceda any points to ths enemy and has asserted that unless the central- . powers accept the Bolshevik proposals the Bolshevik will declare war- on them., He also has declared himself in. favor of demobilization and pre paring for war, iv.. -'-r' - - The-Ukrainian republic through Its', delegates at ths conference Is said to havs announced an independent atti tude in the Brest -Li tovsk negotiations. Following the declaration of ths inde pendence of Ukraine comes ths an- , nouncement that a republic has been formed in the territory of the Don Cossacks in southeastern Russia with ' Continued on Page Two.). T MEIER IS DESIRED BY THEU.S.CH!EFEXECPVE Congressional Plans Do Not Meet With Favor at , , White House. :; NO CHAINGE NEEDED. Hoover Says They Must Practice Conservation to. Greater Extent. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. Enforced food conservation In restaurants and to maks them apply to the household ,?J!?J7IS., u.m."J.c21e? I ill DWPCWI AJSlinWT W4iu IV IlVWV uw clared that while the war and navy WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Congres. ; stoned plans for creating a separate ' department of munitions with a new ' ceib inert officer : its iyaad meet with no favor at the white .house.- ' ' Msm-bers of the house who called on President Wilson today to ask- his opinion of the movement re'uraad to the caipl tod with word tha". the presi dent telleved that no good ami raurU harm might -be done by setting up a -. new department and disrupting ths - erxtsttnw machinery of the war and navy departments. He was said te ars Included In the plans of the food administration for creating a larger export surplus of food for ths allies. This was revealed tonight in a state ment by Food Administrator Hoover setting forth that the allies are in need of an additional 75,090,000 to (0,000,000 bushels of whsat and that they have asked America to double meat exports. Only by further sav ing. Mr. Hoover declared, can the food be shipped. Thers Is no need for rationing in America In Mr. Hoover's opinion, and with ths supplementary regulations there will bs no shortages. secretaries have tremendous tasks, he was satlerfied that the work of supply ing munttlons would be adequately handled. After the call several of the mill-, tary committee members said they had been opposed to the new depart-. ment that thie president's explanation -had confirmed their opposition. The optnflon was expressed that regardless 1 of what might ne done m ths senate, the proposal would get nowhere on the nous eide. Bltts si ready had been Introduced In 'both houses. CUP THIS COUPON "Culinary Echoea From Dixie" By KATE BREW VACGHX. How to Get it ' ' , ? ' . . ; Clip this coupon and prists t The Cltisea Office wltl ? cents. Add cents for postage If oat of town. '" ' Mrs. Vaughn's book con tame i7 pages of War Tuns Recipes -and other valuable informs tioa for bomeluepers. 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