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K. ,1 ' " . A- . ; HE ASHE THE WEATHER: 0 A V ur Subscription 1 ! tow eJ ftnanrwhAt coolnr W plit-a XXXI V, NO: 342. ASIJEV1LLE, N. C, VK1NES)AY KoRN'INO, OCTOBER 2, 1918. PRICE FIVE (CENTS . Bu Liberty Bond New Lot, DARK TAN LACE SHOES Extra High With Medium Hees $6.00 to $9.00 he co'untje tt hmten, eather choice, th ahftaraakini . -; e 'Company .' Oath Square ALL TRIAIi IS WE ASK LAUNDRY T. QUBNTM HAS AT LAST -BEEN TAKEN BY FRENCH AFTER BITTER FIGHTING ivn on tVifci dernany Had So Firmly Builded Their Hopes f Proving an Insurmountable Barrier to Allies Has Been Enieied by Victorious French Troops While Germans Con tintejo Play a Losing Game. Geltirg in Out o 1he Rain ATJLE FRONT IS STILL SEETHING WITH ACTIVITY LAUXDRT WHOTB. omCambraito SL Quentin British Amer kans and French Have Won Heavily Fortified Positions of Enemy All Along the Batik Front.' v motor ol It Iot The car with Jh Tternal Yotitk Wbon and Utei the repel hop. t ),...; QVER1AND-A5HEVILLI1 i SALES CO. ift.lt E. WlUnnC Pb9M IMTl '7 Chandler . Richbourg Motor Col . (BT THE ASSOCIATE!) PREBS) The' town of t. Quentin upon winch the Germans so firmlt" builded tReir holies 'of Drovintr an insur- untablebarrier to the allies, at last has been entered the French and seemingly the. gateway is open to rshal Foch for a swift, advance eatyvard in his task Meanwhile the 'Germans and their allies on all the tlefronts have continued thi play a losing game, and ort has it that the Turks realizing"4hc critical situa- through successive defeats and the withdrawal of garia froin the war are' sending out peace feelers. J ront seething With Activity.: ' From Northern Belgium to the, region of Verdun the tlefront is still seething with activity onyariouifronta FRENCH C E ENTER T OF ST. 01 QUEfJIIfJ Violent Explosions Ob served in Town Early Yesterday Morning MEET RESISTANCE BY 'MACHINE GUN NESTS Large Number' of Prisoners and Valuable Stores . Catpured, FRENCH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, Oct. 1, t p. m. (By Ti Associated Press.) French troops en tered 9t. Quentin this afternoon. Violent explosions were observed in St. Quentin beginning about ( o'clock this mornlngv Oeheral Debeny'a forces operating with Jie British, to the north of the town, , advanced beyond the St.'. Quentin-Cambral road. Between Urrlllers and; Certey, the French, are' raeetln With muc)i strong. T Tesltancpf by machfris fcojt tiests. Germans which are' serioiislv JmntoViiiiii. , UaUroia cn 1 Taken, s ''.. " . rt T""" viivmy Eat of ' Rhelms. General Ootrraud, LOGAN it MOOftE InJFlanders the Belgians and British in thpprrinn :n Dixmunde in their sharp wedge,, eastward captur- lmportant towns ad cutting lines of conunnnieation yssary to4 the continued holding by the Germans of r submarine bases on the North sea, tine Being Slowly Demolished., .Tallora to Ladle Gontlemea Jw fan woiss ara la f : awl$ your salsef Ion. f , ts S 88?T59P t ECONOMY i . SHOE STORE for bursa ina in Shoe whole family., 12 Bntmor An, Save Moiiey on CrcrirJ Trade at Jh , 24 Broa4way. 1 :J 1 CASH ind CARRY ' Grocery Stdr uompany of a- ? ?partmeni )f jBonds of atibn jand service an jiseues. mr Liberty Bond commajid of the lombe County in r!nrinn 14, r friends to makef 5 ' a f a. at- Mj- t From Cambrai to St. Quentin, notwithshndjhf tj entreactions from the Germans, the Biiish, AmriV s and French again have won heavilv ftrtitW tvwi- have won heavily Certified iiosi of the eriemy all along the front. Midvay between IQuentiii and Cambrai the remaining portions of the liindenburg line are slowly being denolished, al igh the. Germans have imiosed the strenrth of near- t o;alf a million,' men against the allied troopi to hojd ihe 'i'feptf the breaking through of which, in conjunction with successiui maneuvers in manaers, aion; the Aisne in Champagne, wuld mean disaster. ( , T Americans Advancing in V.alley. , .Between the Vesle and Aisne rivers the French con- e to push back the Germans north of the Aisne, while 1iainlagne thei French operating in conjimction with Their ;1 ' . .'PS 99 mco. 4: Americaiis are s'teadify advancing northward t'now dominate the Aire river valley running to. the-h-of the Argonne forest, while on the other' side of n ii i - i -i , . ... iorest me iinaei'icans ar,e siqwiy coming uijtne Aire cy from f fie sojitti and soon, will be in a position with FreneK t6 'nip this great . wooded , bastion out of the tnanlineU;r": .-X- ' . : i ' In the mountain region ;yf hotali an front, there bejf n considerable increase inaitillery activity and it bable,T;hat'Mar8hal Fdch soon 'wiH-.egin an offensive A XriU8U DUT1UUUU X7Jl.Jiia.OVUO. f '.iench ciTalrytei)rSrfe;tdworkiurfi'fc Fthe Maced6nianmatrMcKtM Lake Mnilr; '1 fUstrians" .are, vaquatigktsitiry'jih; Albatjprob Lv. absent and paired, l joncs t nil hkos voie. before the vote was announced. nator Jonea, of New Mexico, chair- an of the woman evifrrage commlt e to comply with parliamentary re- ulrements. . changel his vote from affirmative to the negative, ami oved that the sanate reconsider. hia made the final official record fif- of Marvaux and ay-threa to thirty-one and left the re- Aure.'to the west. lolution technically pending on the The Oermans appear to bava decld- Isenata calendar, In poshlon for far ed o make a stand in the group of jther consideration planned after 'he hillo northwest of Rhelena called the! November elections, wh-n suffrage St. Thierry maaif. It la Just west of J forces hope to muster the requisite the old Frsneh line that ran alongg aumber of votes. in addition to takias a large number of prisoners and guns, 'has captured graat quantities of booty, including more than 200 narrow gauge rail, road cars. - Additional prisoners were taken Monday in! the capture of Bi- narvlile, la the' Argonna forest, and in the occupation QUOTA IN RECORD TIME V ' in '''' . Tt'. V , . , Men and Women Accomp lish Remarkable Feai ' in Three Pays 1 i.' ?: TOTAL LAST NtOHT. in bonds l tjfiajm Several County ;V Districts ' Not Over;T6pufc;.I;v lee Postponed i-;-y?) ', senate refuses to grant request of president that woman suffrage Ml be enacted as a war measure Affer Five Days of Bitter Debate, Corridor Conferences, Cloakroom Negotiations, ,Chargesi and Counter Charges, Susan B. Anthony Resolution Is De feated by Two Votes Less Than Necessary Two-Thirds Maority, r WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. The senate today's vote that th defeat ta only against, with Mollis, of New Hamp toda refused ta, grant the request or tna president tnai ue woman eunraxe resolution be oassedi as a war meas ure' -.' i After flva days : of bitter cieDate, corridor conferences and cloak-room ne)tlatiortg. the Snsan B. Anthony !sun has met in aJvi-cicy if what ha federal amendment resolution enacted hai declared' to be ecs') it:ul war meas bvfthe bouse J ant January received i urss. on the nuai. rlt call, two .votes .less- Thf. official recor-1 of the vote today. temporary, and that '.he contest will be reviewed after the November elec tion, when changen li membrrahi;) are certain. AdmtnlHtrttlo i leaileis also admitted that the vote was the f.re important reverse President Wil- thin Ahe necessary 'two-thirds, major fifty-four ser jtprf,: were reoord- twfaia-swIW.CilaBua 1 It; w Itli I PamDti'iiifc'Tgff " Arttnwtl tafc'ft'prtf ffTr)vltiy KotJco that hs would 'oak after Iowa Chairman Jont-e' change, lol- the Aisne canal from Berry-Au-Bad to tne region ol rtneims. foaseeslon Of. this strong position, is necessary ts the Germans in order that they roaf mainiam ineir, present ruie 'runnef eat.'inclTi(ling the forts oft St. Thierry ana Blrmont, rrom wAlcntney bo; barded Rhslnia. .f- ,.- Along the Veela General Berthelo . (CONTINUED ON PAGiS TWO.) HUN PRESS HYSTERICAL IN EMPHASIZING NEE People Are Beginnini to 1- Realize That Germa r. MayNoi WirfW BEWILDERING EFECT AMSTERDAM.' Oct I Assqclated PtB)-r-The Oe today", is hystericallv.-ae that tjia need for cool heads imnwi, ui.li nun. 4 j.ncj; never before entertained jar is' beginning to darwn .on' that Grlhanv mav nn th suddenly of this realization bcwlldejing-effect on them xn? zitung.Am Mlttag wholly abbrooriata I k iha rfenaatlonal edUonif'-4r waart Jast week would"-hrffujen sho: ceed, Ih invading maivs an assert! nfewoftnerra ent'tnrougnout tnis avoidedt hln Jy.. the In praes iMjzing 'r was (ibiltty. suallzed. people ar, and i had a "PivCtlilent Wilsori'i personel tdilross to tne r-iatorg veRterday supplement ed by letters to l iy ,to several flertio erit!eentnrs opposed to the resolu tion did, ot change a single voto. al though in1 the final lebate soma ena toM asserted that il-fat n(. Th? reeo lutlcn wuld meai repudla;icn of the executive: Including the absent and paired senators, the roll call showed thar the senate line-up of sixty-two to thirtyfur on the resolution remained virtually unchanged from the begin ning of the (tent last Thunday. Believes Defeat TeniiHvrnry. , ' Chapman Jones and other cham pions jjt the resolution declired after ' '?' lain, Culberson, Gerry, Oore, Hender son, Johnson, of South Dakota; Ken drlck, KIrby, Lewis, McKellar, Martin, of Kentucky; Myers, Nugent, Owen, Phelan, Plttman, Randrll. Robinson, Shafroth, 8heppard, Smith, of Arizo na. Thomas, Thompson, Vardanian and Walsh total, 26. Republicans: Calder, Colt, Cum mins, Fernald, France, Ooff, Gru.ma, Jones, of Washington; Kellogg, T'sn yon, LaFollette, Lenroot, McCumber, McNary, Nelson, New, Norrls, Page, Po)ndexter, Smith, of Michigan; Smoot, sterling, Sutherland, Town Sfind, Warren and Watson tot l, 27. Qrand total. 53. Those Voting Negative. , Democrats, against: Bankhead, Be net, Fletcher, Gulon, Hardwick, Hltch enck,, Jor.es, of New Mexico; Martin, of Virginia; Overman, Pomerene, Reed, Saulsbury, Shields, Simmons, Smith, of Georgia; Smith, of Mary land; Smith, of South CurOHna; Tram mell, Underwood, Williams, and Wol- ! cott total, 21. Republicans: Balrd, Brandegce, Dillingham. Drew, Hale, Lodge, Mc Lean. Penroee, Wadsworth, and Weeks total, ID. Total ap:ilnt. 31. . The followinK senators were paired: Keckham, of Kentucky, democrat, 'v Over the top with a rush and a hurrah went Ashevllla ' yeaterday,, :'':' eclipsing in actual faot.tha hopaftil ', promise, what many thought an lrlda. ' scent dream, that tha great total af , ,,r bonds would ba taken In flva daya, ' instead of using tha officially allotted three weeks. The third loan cam-, palgn required four weeks work. Anhevllla'a total auhierintlon aa ra-. ported last night was 1,117,0. This allows for some subscriptions received , but not reported. . . Th. n.iu. n Ih. .,in.I.Hlf. feiM.aa was reoeived at tha central offlca with .1: an enthusiastic demonstration ' by , faithful and tired out' 100' par eant f enthusiaatlo workers, man and -omen, f . and congratulaflona wara hearty and ', many, bvaryooa; kvi lomt out iih credit, tha feeling being that "thera. 1 '"TJ''. glory enough to go round." , . , ,' I , v In tha itnunlv nntaida, f ha eltV aV. : . aral townships have not reported at all, and Chairman Edwin X. Brown., Jr., last night issued an urgent appeal to all township chairman who hava not yet reports to do so aa aarly thla -i evening as possible.. Three townships -y. have raised their quota, as has already ' ' (CoNTlNLtlU ON PAOii TWO.) VvS ,-t-t mil ishlre. and Frellnghuysen, of New Jersey, republicans; Hornh, of Idaho, re ubllcan, against, with Fall, of New Mexico, and Harding, of Ohio, re-1 publicans; Knox, of Pennsylvania, ie publican, against, with Johnson, pf , uanrornia, and Sherman, of Tillnols, republicans; Swanson, of Virginia, democrat, against, with Wllfloy, . of Missouri, and King, of Utah, demo crats. , i, . i.. So . Vota in IfeM .rihtMrev, for a reconsideration. Benutbr Jonea said he did not intend to request an other vote in the near future. Kis purpose, he said, was to keep the reso lution on the calendar so Hint if there should be a change In favor of It be fore March 4, when the present con- i gress expires, he woulJ be in a posi- j nun 10 hbk ior nnoinar voie. fie added that ample notice win be given the senate before another vote is re , noted. When the same resolution, the draft Susan B. Anthony first ad vanced forty years ago, was last be fore the senate, March 1, 1914, it also was defeated, thirty-five voting for its adoption and thirty-four in opposition. Senators More, JohnBon of South Dakota, McCumber of North Dakota, Page of yermont, Plttman of Nevada and Vardamun of Mississippi then voted against it, but today they I supported it. On the former vote it alfo was announced that Senator Fall of New Mexico was paired in its sup port. Also' in 1914 it was announced that Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, who was absent, favored adoption, while today he voted in the negative. Bitter Content. The vote today rame after one of the most bitter and spectacular con- OUNTlNUHU ON PAliK TWO.) TO URGE THAT PRICE OF WHEAT BE SET A Win.TeH-.-Presld 1 1 ' thid Price Is Neces- sary for Profit CONFERENCE HELD tt ILES MINORITY REPORT . Opposed to Child Labor Bill As Reported by Com ' mittee on Labor. ;malj khigi net il -:7'B: "V "V y. "nm v"V.fytV"0 the-cHher possibility. 'Me- tn .war ma be" lost if ei i"tai ,,everythtog ar .not unitd i TThi government . Montrlhuted veiling ti proves as aslon the in Vor rith what emy suc- rland. It kable 'for ur govern le wsr has g at this. In the ut- i, thus Itself run I eravltv Ubfji polltfen during tfcse four years W yfari? vithe newspafcr oontinues. the nation ys of danger 7 Austro-Hurigariaiis ralizeermih a se wient, far from home; nd wifhf aio 'alhes to aid theni; 'cace denaonstfationi ;iaVi& bee'jifeloj in BexunTiii i r police. interVent4oif becme becessary. Soiriti' ei s were comjnittcd by the cCowds, etfehjas the tearing i of status. The Possibility "of a'cAinet in sany is indicated by the resignations if the imtiprifll Lilt.- i ' - -1.- It . - " . H. a .J. , : -t .ceuor. v viue-cnanceiior ancrioreism minister. ' . ? V . . i : . n . . . . s i T " , I BVi in tne recent np:ntinr in France' and FliTKiers thp fW. i ron of Roumaniaihave no further i i -t i.:ti iv ,'. ,.. r 1 uie j losses m men muea or wounaea ana ii guns eaptured ) been enormous. To the Belgians thfe Germans lost lally'all their forward defensive artillery arid some X naval guns. Many men were made prisoner, i Dur eptember the British took 66,3(j0 priifoners, -700 guns unas preferred to if tHnk,ers pat the la ur national life." The Rhen(sh Waitlhalian Gazette shudderingly oontemfiates the Bul- garipB. sltuartlen', "t,hf la.st and high, est wa,'"atid suspects that the Bui garlans. after havlngfcot the Dobrudja uae for Germany. " The Frankfort regret that the goi impress on friend a: that Germany did out or rust for -pi paper rreely . adi garlans are justlfl tired and thinks tl will stand. wit hi Finally, the Krai irt s. It. Winters.) WASHINGTON. Oct. 1. Repre niatlve Lea Robinson of Wadeshoro, K C. in conjunction witn tnree oiner fcongr'essmen, has filed a minority re- tnort on the cnita moor 0111 acieii favoraDiy upon uy in'ii' labor. The floint 'signers of the minority report are Representatives Walter A. Wilson or Virginia. ra nmril R. Almon of Alabama and Iia G. Hlrzey of Maine. The measure reported favorably by the committee on labor is essentially a revival of the Keating child labor law, which was recently annulled by the 8upreme court of the United States. The refashioned bill prohibits almoHt exclusively the employment of children in cotton mills and manu facturing Industrie. The act would exclude children fourteen j-eurs old ely. that I from cotton mills and restrict the rybody and activities of children Between ages or iourteen aim waiwh . , o . a working day of eight hours. The vote in tjie committee of labor stood ten to four in favor of the en actment of the child labor' law. The congressmen favoring the measure were: KepresentativeB James Maher of New Torki Edward Keating of Colorado, Carl VanDyke of MlnneH'ita, Meyer London of New York, Jeff Mc Lemore of Teaas, Guy Campbell of Pennsylvania, J. M. C. Smith of Michigan. Edward Browne of Wis consin, John Nolan of California and Frederick Zihlman of .Maryland. The action of the committee signi fies a introduction of the bill In the house of representatives with amendment guarding against the un constitutionality of the law. E IN CASE OF J. B. Ml In Battle With Ukrainians Huna Recently Lost 1, 500 Men. Itung expresses rnrdent failed to foe with "truth": go into the war er. Thla news- Yhat th Bul in. feeling war Bulgarian people Premier MaJinoff. Icfort ZeltunsT. begs make peace. 'un- SEUIOfS CHARGES. CHICAGO, , Oct. 1 Cecil E. Wil liamson was arrested today" 'charged with being a deserter from the army quartermaster . department at New port News, with impersonating an of- WASHINGTON. Oct. 1. The Ger mans are meeting with Increasing op position In their efforts to establish control In Russia. Swedish press re ports received at the state deoart ment today from Stockholm said that in a recent battle with the Ukrain ian the Germans lost 1.600 men. German forces which have been cen tralized at Pskoff since the German ambassador was forced to flee from Moscow, have found their position untenable and are leaving the city. They also are evacuating Bieljciod. the reports said. Food condltlenH in Petronrad are growing continually worse and living conditions are utterly hopeless. Pas sengers who arrived In Stockholm from Petrograd September 29 said foreigners were starving, restaurants am! hotels were closed and prices were increasing dally. Butter cost: 12 a pound: By a recent decree civilians were limited to one suit 6.' clothes and two - pairs of lioot I Cholera Is still raging. A Stockholm newspaper of September 19, said th Turks were robbing and burning Baku. The oil reserves in that elf have been fired and a state of chacu exists. Judge Connor Says "Learn ed Judge Overlooked the Law" of State. ASKS FOIl REPEAL. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 . Secretarr McAdoo has Joined with Food Ad ministrator Hoover in asking congress to repeal for the duration of the war the mixed flour law so that such flour max be mlUed In this country in ac cordance with the' agreement entered into between the United States and its co-belligerents. . v In a letter to Representative Rainey of Illinois .made jubllo today, the secretary, eald the law is pf no im portance as a revenue measure, ts forta to have the h era. .aajaa V the law by ed ta to have the hey-- aait-'rhe law lii-rmnnHs f : . iU.v7uUlilUimiUUUiUMUUUIlUUtN? RICHMOND, Va., Oct. l M an opinion by Judge Conner revers'.ig JudKe Boyd In a case from Greens boro. N. ('., the federal appeal court today held that Judge Boyd erred In refusing to sign a decree presented by District Attorney Hammer on be half of the government directing that certain lands decending to J. B. Minor and others, heirs at law of C. O. Ward, JttfKment creditor, and conveyed- by them to M. J. V.'renn, be sold for the payment of Judgments. 'T4he learned Judge," said the, opinion, "overlooked the fact that by the laws of the state of North Carolina lands rleoended to the heirs of u Judgment debetor cannot be sold under execution Issuing from the Judgment." The appeal court had previously held thut cause of action on the Judg ment recovered by the plaintiff was not barred by the statute of limitations. WASHINGTON.' Oct. ',1.-Senators -and representatives from wheat grow- -lng states and officials of the National; Wheat Growers association in confer-r enee here tonight decided to appoint -' a special committee . to urge upon president Wilson lmmealate ' action fixing the price of wheat for J19 at S2.60 a bushed. ' ' .,-''"' ' . f i The, president will ba told flat this - ; price Is necessary for the pro.'ect.'on ; of most wheat grower, over, the coun- , try, who under the present price of. $2.20 a bushel plus tha 'freight differ- ,. entlul wilt not be able to raise wheat -at a profit. " , ,..' v , - . Appointment of a special commlttse to investigate the cost of wheat pro-' ductlon also will b,e requested, it waa ; . announced, but In. the meantime rps increased price will ba sought. - Dr. William J. Bplllman, chief of the oftlce of farm management of the " i department of agrloulture, - presented to the conference tonight figures torn. piled by his offlAe designed to know' that a price of $3.50 a bushel ts es sential if the maximum production br to be attained next yeaK - Speakers Insisted that the nres'J-mt; had been misinformed as to the in- crease In the cost of flour thu would result from $2.60 wheat, Thoy -suld, the added cost on a barroV of tlour ' would be ninety cents InstiVd of the. $2 estimated. " ' Senator Oore, of Oklahoma, author of the $2.60 amendment to theonnual v agricultural appropriation bill tild the ! conference that the estimated. fr0.: '. 000.000 Increase In the cost of wheat to the allies at the $2. SO mice -.'onld j be and should he absorbed by the i American government. - In vetoing the agricultural appro, c prlatlon bill recently because of the -Gore amendment, the "president sMd the proposed increase would cause dls ruption " of economic conditions not alone in the United States, but in he , allied countries, Congress last wonk passed the bill again with the wheat , price amendment eliminated. -f Tt ',, LEAVING KINKING SHIP, - f AMSTERDAM, Oct. 1. All the . Imperial German sccrettu ies of 4 state have resigned and the Prussian ministers Intend to re f sign, according to the Berlin Tugeblatt, a copy of which has 4 been received here. . i :' , ' !'' SUBSCRIPTIONS Payable In Advance The entire subscription list of The Citizen (both city and out-of- r town) is now on a Cash In Advance Basle. '. ,', , -4 Mail subscribers should watch the address-labels on their paper and a few days before expiration date should forward a remittance to the office so as no) to run the rlst of missing a few colfaiji-'-''' ' City 'trttlbeiBTa see theif -rttrtlwact' Bttei etllcall at straight! IlBIIEf itUiMUtUtlliiM (CONTINUED OUTAGE tha government nntvoftallY and oeerelv." . A T be 4 i . I
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