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E ASHEWLE THE WEATHER: Pair and warmer Thursday; Friday fair. CITIZEN WANT "ADS ' ! BRING RESULTS VOL. XXXIV, NO. 92. ASHEVILLE, N.'C, THURSDAY .MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS CITIZEN WAR COUNCIL BILL WILL COME BEFOR E THE SENATE TODAY Prospects of Spirited Dis cussion in Upper House Over Measure. CONFERENCES ARE HELD BY LEADERS Speeches in Support of the Administration Are Being Planned. WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. The con troversy between the administration and members of the aenate military committee over proposals for a war cabinet and director of niunitions will uo Drougnt Deiore me senate to mprrpw, with prospects of spirited dis cussion! Senator Chamberlain plans to rise to a question or personal privilege and reply at length to President Wilson's denunciation of the sepator's recent statement that every department of the government had broken down in the war as a distortion of truth.. Sev eral speeches on behalf of the ad' ministration also are planptd. Procedure Planned. In a series' of conferences among senate "leaders today, plans of pro cedure in the forthcoming contest over the legislation which the - president opposes were crystallized. Tonlgnt administration spokesmen expressed confidence that the military com mittee's bill never even would be brought to a vote. It was agreed to day not to oppose Senator Chamber lain's motion for reference to his committee of the war cabinet bill. Afterward, however, it is proposed to refer the bill also to the naval af ' fail's committee for study regarding its effect on the navy. Democratic Leader Martin con ferred during the day with leaders of both factions and also with several prominent republican senators. A futile effort was made to dissuade Senarot Chamberlain from making his speech. Beyond formal reference of the war cabinet bill to the committee, no action is expected tomorrow and to check discussion it is planned to ad journ the senate at the close of the day until Monday. Gives Out Telegram. The white house today gave out this telegram received by the presl , dent from former IlenrHentative John 1 eVT. Fitzgerald, who i .chairman of I ..I .the houe . appropriate committee:' T- . -invesiigaiKni nuring enure session .ens lug-. iQgmbw- tsaraenstimtsa won- derful results by war' department under great difficulty.' Opening para graph N'orthclifCe's book on the war graphically pictures accomplishments. Officials dcslr and should have en couragement and sympathy rather than be hampered by constant nag ging and criticism." Republicans of the house in con ference tonight voted 7b to 19 in favor of the creation of a department or bureau of .munitions and ordnanco with ' a director appointed . by the president. There was some discussion of the war council proposal, but no attempt was made to put the con- t No Quorum. I When the vote was, announced, the I point of no quorum was made and the I conference adjourned, leaving the way open for .another dismission of I the subject, when another meeting is I held. The resolution voted on was in- I troduced by Representative Gillett of I Massachusetts, acting floor leader, as a substitute for the Mccormick I Lenroot resolution considered- last J week. It follows: I "Whereas; in the conduct of the Minting war the republican members of the house of representatives have taken the position that there should be no partisanship but that all Amerl cans should be united in the support of the government In pressing the war to a successful conclusion; and In voting ungrudgingly the administra tion all the resources and powers to that end and will continue so to do and; "Whereas the need of a united RESUMPTION OF FIGHTING ON WESTERN FRONT ON BIG SCALE IS AGAIN PRESAGED Opening of Weather and Actions on Both Sides-Seem to Indicate Coming Ac tivitySituation In Austria-Hungary Is Declared to Be Still Acute. The Gun that Does the Work With the reported amelioration in the political unrest in Austria-Hungary and a continuation of silence as re gards the internal situation in Germany, the notable fea ture of the world war is the apparent resumption, and on a somewhat large scale, of the military operations on the western front in France and Belgium. Although for the moment these operations, viewed from the cold facts as announced by the various war of fices, do not transcend in importance the usual small op erations by raiding and reconnoitering parties which have been in progress since the severe wintry weather began leading between the lines of the communication it is not difficult to see that the maneuvers now in progress on various sectors are in the nature of trying out processes of a marked character. Big Fighting Presaged. From the North sea to the Swiss frontier the lessen ing in the rigors of winter has permitted the belligerents again to send forth their men in enterprises which seem ingly forecast the intention shortly to resume hghtmg ac tivity more extensivelv. For weeks the big guns along the entire front have been roaring in intensive duels on numerous sectors, but the infantry has lain idle owing to the deep snows and ater to the morasses which formed as a result of the thaw. On their extreme right in northern Belgium, the Ger mans have carried out an "important raid" and gained a ooting in French advanced trenches east of Jxieuport, while along nearly all of the front in Flanders the artil- enes have increased the volume of their fire. Grows Stronger Daily. To the south, around Lens, Arras and St. Quentin, the hghtmg, although still by comparatively small forces, daily-is growing-m strength, while eastward along the Chemin Des Dames, past, Verdun and then ce .to the wiss border; the French and Germans are continually engaged on various sectors in artillery fighting and in infantry ac tivities considerably above normal, as compared with the early days of the war. On the front in Italy the change in the high command evidently has not resulted as yet in any betterment of the strategic position 01 the Austro-German armies. From the Asiago plateau eastward to the Fiave river and thence southward to the Adriatic sea the Italians again have been victorious ,in numerous minor operations raiding enemy positions and bringing back prisoners, machine guns and materials, or holding in their tracks Austro- ( CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.) (Continued on Page Two.) HEADS OF ALL RAILROAD INVITED TD CONFERENCE SMALL ENCOURAGEMENT FOR KAISER IN ACTIONS OF BRITISH LABOR PARTY Leaders Support War As Only Means of Ob taining Peace. WITH GOVERNMENT. Railroad Wage Commission Sends Oat a General Invitation. O HEARINGS MONDAY. NOTTINGHAM, Jan. 2 S. There has been small encouragement for the German emperor and the central powers in the proceedings of British labor party thus far. The leaders of the party show a determination to take a strong- line in support of the war as the only means of obtaining a democratic peace, and in this, they appear to have the loyal support of a majority or the delegates. Each delegate as he arrived at the convention yesterday or today, was handed a circular entitled "British labor's war alms" which was a copy, of the message sent to Russia in the name of British labor a few days ago. This message la the keynote of the whole present policy of the labor party. Its war aims show no very rest diverrence from the statement. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. The rail- by President Wilson. Premier Llovd. road wage commission tonight sent in- George and other allied statesmen, vltations to heads of all railroad The pacifist minority will make labor organisations. Including the four strenuous efforts to win over the con brotherhoods and representatives of ference during the discussion of eleven unorganized labor, to attend a con- resolutions dealing with the question ference here Friday to work out pro- of peace, but there is no reason to be ccdure in an extensive investigation lieve that the conference will go any Into railway labor conditions. Alfred distance with them. P. Thorn, counsel for the railway i President Wilson flgufe as one of executives advisory committee, will the labor party's prophet at this represent the managements at the year's convention, in the opening hearings. I session today his name was mentioned The first hearings of labor leaders no less than six times, in each case will be held Monday and chiefs of , In connection with his recent war aims the four brotherhoods probably will j speech, which was described as es be heard first. Frederick W. Leh- sentially to same point of view as the mann. counsel for the committee, will British labor party's. The fraternal conduct the examination of witnesses. ; delegate of the French socialists gain- ea nearty applause when he said: "President Wilson has declared on behalf of the common people of the whole world the terms which the com mon people want This - statement has now been agreed to by every al lied government. Including the Rus sian Bolshevik L la the face of this unanimity of opinion the central gov ernments, are silent, but their peo ples are restless and disturbed and before Ions; lacy, too must come Into SENSATIONAL UPHEAVAL IN THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT IS STARTED Mayor Hylan Demands the Resignation of Police Commissioner. OFFICIAL EMBARGO ON ALL FREIGHT EXCEPT FOOD, FUEL AND MUNITIONS PRACTICALLY IN EFFECT IN THE EAST Director-Genera! McAdoo Announces Embargoes on Three Trunk Unes and These Three Roads AneclRfiicaiifAII Transportation East of the Mississippi and North of the Ohio - and Potomac Rivers Zone System for Coal Planned. jln. 2$. . POLICEMAN NAMED. Director-General McAdoo tomor row will confer with A. O. Wharton, representing machinists and shopmen affiliated with the American Federa tion of Labor. W. H. Johnston, president of the International Associa tion of Machinists and 8. E. Herber lingjjresident of the Switchmen's an ion. Special emphasis will be laid by Mr. McAdoo on the necessity of ob taining more machinists and shopmen for repairing locomotive and broken NEW TOrtK, Jan. 23 An upheaval in the New York police department, the most eeiisaknai in years, was caused by Mtfyor John F. Hylan to day when he demanded th resigna tion as police commissioner of Fred erick H. Bugher whom he appointed to-the omce on January 1- Mr. Bugher promptly complied with the demand and established a record for brevity of service as police commts ioner. Mayor Hylan established another precedent when he appolntea a uni formed man as acting .commissioner, selecting for the pout Lieutenant Rloh ard E. Enrlght. The law which, pro vides for a civilian head for the police department was compiled with ' by giving Enright a leave of absence. Bnrlght, for many years head of the police lieutenants' benevolent associa tion, has had a picturesque career on the force. He is forty-six years eld and was appointed . a. patrolman in lttt. He reached the rank of lieu tenant nine years later, but never cot beyoira that grade. He is a bachelor,' lives In Brooklyn, and is reported to be affiliated with Tammany Hall. ,- The ostensible reason -.for the re moval of Bugher was his failure to suspend members of the motorcycle squad on charges of levying tribute on motorists accused of violating traffic regulations. Bugher declared however, that he was about to place these men on trial and that the real reason for bis dis missal was his refusal to submit to dictation by the mayor in th matter of appointments, and his determlna- lost to keep- politics; out of the. de partment. v. WASHINGTON.' : Jan. 21 An offi cial embargo on all freight except food, fuel and ..msjoiMons practically was in effect tonight east of the Mississippi and north of-the Ohio and Potomac rivers, as a result of Director General McAdoo' authorized embargo today on three esutern -trunk lines. Although the restriction was Applied formally ooly to the Pennsylvania and the Battimore and Onto east of mmb- burgh and the Philadelphia and Read ing, other railroads -eerepteo. litths freight today, particularly if it was destined or eastwamWMVjmtent. -... This 'Situation' proatir-'wii con tinue for several days. - until milder leather Jarmlta) railroads, to begin to move tne great' quanuxy -ta smrenw freight accumulated during, the past two weeks of winter storms, -: ' Contributing Factor. Factors contributing- to the- unoffi cial! eastern embargo were the priority of movement for coal and foodstuffs and the continued preference, in coal deliveries given to domestic consum ers, snips and certain industries -Which were exempted from the fuel admin istration's general closing order; The ban.on coal consumption omciauy lin ed at midnight last night, but scores of . manufacturing plants, .. unable to divert coai from the stream flowing to the more essential industries, re mained dosed or prepared to suspend operations in a day or two when their available coal stocks are-gone. This fact, and the knowledge of many ship pers that ordinary freight had little Chance of prompt delivery, tended to curtail shipment offering's today. To reduce railroad ralieage in haul ing of coal, some sort of a one system of coai distribution prolbaibly will be put Into operation by the railroad and fuel administrations within a week. Plans for such an arrangement were discussed today at a conference be tween Director-General' McAdoo and Fuel Administrator Garfield, both of whom announced later that they were working in entire unison in develop ing a plan of greatest emciency tor coai transportation. Slight Improvement. Although weather remained cold over most of the east today, the lack of new snowfall enabled the railroads to make a slight improvement In the traffic situation. The flow of coal east ward to the Atlamtlo seaboard and Mew England, was somewhat greater and the supply of empty cars to min ing regions was large. Nowhere was there -any near approach to normal conditions, however, and. railroad ad ministration officials pointed out that the full eft act of the low coal produc tion' and dletrttutlon would not be felt for several days. ....... Xhtk. jwrmber - of shlpa awaiting bunker- coat at Atlantic porta - was smaller today but freezing coai in the cars still hampered dumping and Ice in harbors interfered with lighterage. The supply of empty cars to the Penn sylvania anthracite regions was near ly normal .though the central Penn sylvania bituminous district got only about half its usual number. About fifty mines in the Pocahontas field of West Virgin! aand Virginia suspended Work. West Virginia got about two thirds Its normal car supply. The dumping of coai at tidewater was particularly retarded today at Hampton Roads whose southern lati tude heretofore has rendered thawing apparatus unnecessary. Weather con ditions at Norfolk were reported to day as worse than . for many years, and a number of ships were held up for lack of coal. Temperatures ranged not far from the zero mark over much at the country tonight, but warmer weather was in prospect later in the week, and When it comes railroad officials look for much Improvement in trans portation. The embargo put Into effect today will not apply, to shipments of muni tions or o,ther war supplies specifically approved by the war or navy depart ments and the shipping board. The traffic directors of these departments will furnish to railroads definite In formation on shipments which they wish to move promptly. Zone System. - The contemplated zone system of coal distribution is based on a plan prepared some months ago by Francis 8. Peabody, chairman of the coal com mittee of the Council of National De fense. The plan Is to have each pro duclng district serve a certain pre scribed territory as near to the mine as possible, so as to do awaty with oross-naultng and make transporta tion more economic. Fuel administra tion officials estimated that at least twenty per cent, of present hauling can be dispensed with , when the ecneme is working properly,! . . ii Many contracts will not expire untM April and if zoning is established, some provision wtli have te be-made to ear for them. It is likely an ef- rort will be made to shift contracts m such, a manner that (the Interests both of the seller and the' consumer will be conserved- Under a new form ot contract devised by. the fuel admin istration shipments by zones will be made compulsory. . , Many of the less essential Industries, it was indicated today will find it hard to ret coal supplies for many weeks to come. With the expiration of the five-day curtailment order, they are permitted to burn what they have on hand, except on Mondays, but the fuel administrations continued enforce ment of the order Insofar as it estab lishes a preferred .list of consumers automatically cuts off shipments to the less essential plants... - --. . Fuel administration officials could not say today Just what-has been the effect of the five-day closing other tnan mat more snips nave been sup piled with bunker coal and that com plaints from household consumers of a lack of coal have been fewer in number. i It was ruled today that In prevent ing the use of fuel on Mondays the fuel administration did not Intend to interfere In any way with the opera tion . or automobiles. State fuel ad min'lstrators were sent the following instructions toaay in wis regard: "There is nothing In the order of January 17 to prevent the operation of automobiles, motor vehicles of all classes being considered as coming under the head of public utilities. In keeping with this ruling garages have Deen exempted. T FRANCE BY NEXT JUNE Secretary Baker Declares That Troop Movement Has Made Much Progress TRAIN WRECKED. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Jan. 2i.- A passenger train on the Western and Atlantic road was wrecked eight miles from this city tonight, several people being injured and engine and torse WASHINGTON. Jan. . -While de clining to comment directly upon the statement attributed to President Wilson, that there will be twice as many American soldiers abroad next June as had been originally planned, Secretary Baker said today: "The program of the ' department has been a constantly developing one and many difficulties and limitations have been removed r overcome. I cannot discuss numbers of men In France ur anticipated to be in France at any particular time, but we have mn substantial progress." When General PersMns; sent his nrt battalions Into the tranches with veteran French troii. : formal an nouncement of the tact . was - made hore. coupled with the explanation that there units were rounding out their training course.' A similar an nouncement, either directly from Gen eral Pershing or from .the depart ment.' is expected when Amerirr.n troops finally take ever whatever sec tor of the battle line it Is that they are destlnated to fight in . Recent press dispatches; from Gen eral Pershing's headquarters hare shown that a considerable part of his force, st any rate, was now regarded as futly trained. -' - The war department has had little te say on this subject-' ' There have been no1 hints droptel as to when '.lie American front would be -established. hut the Impression is gaining strength i .here thtt the day is not far distaat. . INSANITY AND DEATH THE FATE DF TWO PLOTTERS Trial of Von Rintelen Brings Out Details of Big Ger man Conspiracy. NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Insanity death overtook two missing members of the band of Germans who plotted to destroy food and munitions ships leaving American ports, It was dis closed In testimony at the .al here today of Fran Von Rintelen German naval reservist, and twelve others charged with conspiracy. 1 Police Lieutenant Barnlts testified that Herbert Ebeling, alleged to have been the man who took the Are bombs aboard ewmships in "cigar taxes" is In Blooralngdele asylum, and Ma Klein,, who eluded the best efforts of the police t.capture nim.ihad died 1-1 a hospital a few weeks ago. SEVENTY-NINE MEN ARE BELIEVEDDEAD IN MINE Eleven Others Escape Fol lowing Explosion at the Acadia CoUeries. HALIFAX N. 8.. Jan. 13. Seventy nine men are believed to have perish ed in an explosion early tonight in the Allan shaft of the Acadia Coal Com pany's collieries at Stellarton, N. 8. . 1 UlSlfJ; CAMP CONDITIOrJS SHOIVW IN REPORT : ....! Surgeon-General Gets Re- ' .i port of Health Conditions at All Camps. COLUMBIA CAMP IS HIT BY MENINGITIS State Gets Large Amount of Cotton Seed. Soldiers Speak Two Languages. . By S. B. Winters.) WASHINGTON, Jan. II The rar ' geon general of the army ! in receipt ; of a report rrvtnar details as to the ? health conditions at national guard ' and national army camps. , Measles as an epidemic is dwindling, pneu- monia shows a gradual decline, men ingitis Is still menacing, white scarlet fever continues to be troiblesome. Camp Wheeler reports thirty-seven oases of pneumonia, with. . Catnip Beauregard and Doniphan with thirty one cases each. Camp Kearney has sixteen new cases . ot scarlwt fever, while other camps only, report scat- , tering cases. Y- y .. ) Measles Prevalent. ' ' ' jMeaaie is more prevalent In ; the national -army than in the national guard camps, ' Camp Grant has ITT . cases and cams ' uordoa us. . in - other national army cantonments, the new cases are relatively few. - Pneumonia - in epidemic form ''la prevalent at damps Pike and Travis. The mortality at Camp Pike has been ' hign, while Camp Travis has seventy- three new cases. . camp Meade re- . ports fifty-one new cases, and Cams Pike forty-five. ' yvr- ." Meningitis Menaces. ' , Camp Jackson, where a number of North Carolinians are located, Is fight- ' i Ing to conquer menlngltla There are fourteen new cases reported compared with thirteen cases for the former week. The disease seems to be re stricted to tMa South Carolina camp: The total deaths from pneumonia In the national guard number sixty , six,. while 1(H) have died, from the disease to ithe ; national army. Two Langssses. : The master f two languages la the i distinction of a mriment from the . New Hampshire Infantry that Is In ' training at.- Camp' Green,, Charlotte N. X .The pen speak both. English k and French." . The regtaneut was re pruJte4Ja, th. territory twrdering on the Canadian line and their facility , for speaking two tongues Is especially desfraWe. for service "over ther. ' The state, of' Jxorm, Carolina' ha received,, at mills for crueuar 158,511 tons of cotton seed urn cotton sees roducts from August 1 to December ; . . ied, within th : perid J1J.1TI too . ' . ' .? . Ueois-w t -i more thanOv . , ' that quantity at uia mills. OF : UNION PACKING HOUSE AWAITING AfJ ANSWER- Have Asked Conference With Packers . Through . Mediation Commission ' SEEK ARBITRATION. WASHINGTON, an. 2 . -Repre sentatives of the union packinghouse workers awaited tonight an answer to. their . request for a conference with, the packers, submitted today to the president's mediation commission. The, commission planned to transmit the request tomorrow, and In the mean-; time the packers and their counsel would not comment upon the develop-' ment. . ., After presenting a letter containing. their request, .the spokesmen-of the men said if the conference were re fused, a final effort would be made to obtain arbitration under the . agree ment stgned Christmas day and falling . that, they would feel they had done everything possible to avert a cessa tion of production.- What will happen then will depend on the president to whom the labor representatives have suggested that the government take over the plants for the benefit, of the nation during the war. Frank P. Walsh, counsel for tne - men, and John Fitipatrlck, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor and other union leaders had a long conference with the mediation com- mission this afternoon. They reafflrm- Eleven men at work on a higher' ed their readiness to have the aus- level at the time of the explosion made lions settled by an impartial arbitrator I their way out safely, but the others were on the lower level and were en tombed. Eight bodies have been re covered by rescue workers who risked their lives In desperate efforts to save their comrades. The explosion occurred just after I the night shift had gone to work. xLlZZVVT k, I" moke pouring from the mouth Inspector Tunney, dilef of the boms i of i...nid hat had hann.n.rf and declared they desired the arbitra tion to Include only the original de mands presented for settlement under the agreement signed last months which is alleged to have been broken by the packers. squad, asserted one of the plotters told hhn. that Kseflng had pieced bombs on the Iusttanla and be "earn ed the captain of the submarine which sank the liner because he had spoiled the 'cigars,' " Tunney told of many ruses to learn the Identity of the paymaster of the BOLD HEARING FRIDAY. nt a niitkfKnriif st el fan. V r .v.. ,!m k.. v.. v- j, nnoninuiun, n. n-jo ouw. -C ;.:rKi. .7...; ""I nt marine committee will hold and every possible relief measure was promptly undertaken. OJfE CLERK KJIAED. hearing Friday on senate bills to appropriate f 6.0,09O to enable the shipping board to acquire land, bouses and buildings for shipyard employe and to empower the president to create military sonen around ahlp yarda Chairman Hurley, of the board, and former Rear Admiral PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 21. One t'nlted States mall derk was killed ftnif thrmi nthfv multal Mimlnvi. an4 plotters -and 'after dose questioning i fau u-Minn wn mar r luiik.i h- r t ur, of Captain Otto Wolpert, a defendant. ( seriously injured today when the Man-i ooratioa. will testify. Mtitu rn.iu.fiw in, niiuiuvr .. . bound for New York on parallel tracks etdeewiped earn other w.trt it a few feet of the G!rard avenue bridge over the BchuylklM fiver In this cltv. Oae-ef the mail oars was cut In half by the accident. More than a score of passengers were slightly hurt in the collision be said Wolpert Informed him tha man who financed the bank was in terned In England, but refused to name him. , . Inspector Tunney also declared that Charles ven Kieist, the confidential go-between In the relations between Von Rintelen and his subordinates, told him lie had seen a cvrk for aa i. - ' n- W.ltw U.i 1 . kuh w a miu-,1 wMk-ln-v tit E . n a Hobokea chemist, another oeieo- j sylvanta railroad offleiala y the drep daut, mul payable to "Hanson" who ' ping of the erake riggintr en the snail is alleged to -nave Veen VoaRlsttsiea. coach of the Manhattan Limited. '- APPROVE REVISED ARTICLES. ; ' NBW YORK, Jan. 1J. Member st the Newsprint Manufacturers associa tion met here today and approved the revised articles of incorporation providing for the formation of a new: organisation te take the place' of the. recently dissolved comblnaMon. J. A. B. Cowlee was elected presidene and Morris Hoopes of Qtaasj rails. N. X, ce-president. . .
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