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' ! " USA-SHE7 THE WEATHER: (Fair Satarday. Ug!uly colder omo-el and east portions; Sunday fair. CIT1ZLN' v. a:; r Ai ASHEVILLE. N. d, SATURDAY t rORldNQ,' NOVEMBER i 80, f 19li3 VOL. XXXV, NO. 35 j r yRlCEFlVE c:::; 1 " f it ljf v i. H. ,srt il -A W i - aa-MaZa!' x , saslta aial -'- arfalj a'i l' - v 0 Ytr- PRESIDENT WILSON WILL 4 HEAD (. S. DELEtfI 7OAf AS PRESIDENT OF U. S. Secretary Lansing, Ambassador White, Colonel House and General TaskfrH., Bliss WilLCpnpose the Delegation Aside From the President, and Will Remain Through the Peace Sessions: 4 PRESIDENT WILL TAKE PART IN DISCUSSIONS IV Wo Reman Throughout the Sessions It Is Believed Other Members of the f Delegation Will Have Ambassadorial f . ........ r ...... s , Rank and Will Be Permanent Repre-stntatives. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. The representatives of the United States at the peace, conf erence will be: President Wilson. .'. Robert Lansing,' secretary of state. ' Henry White, former ambassador to France and Italy - E. M- House. - ... . ....... v General Tasker H. Bliss, representative of.the Amerk can army with the supreme war council at Versaillers. . " Goes As President. . ' This announcement was made tonight at the 4 whites house. In the absence of any official explanation'' wa4 assumed that the president goes as. president of the Uni- " -a 1 ' . r a . V af . TTT1. J A Jl ten rstates. ana , rnataftprreTiry i.jrgitJwifi . JAFAJTE&E DKLRGATION. 4 f, WASHINGTON, Not. Is Xie-,4. 4 count Kato, former minister ,ofv4 4- foreign affaire, will head the Jap- 4 aneae delegation to the peace conference at Versailles, accord- 4 4- Ing to unofficial advices reaching 4 4 Washington today from Jtnn 4 4 VIce-Admlral I nam Takeshlta. 4 4, vice-chief of the Japanese gener- 4 4 af naval staff, will ba a mamhur f or the delegation. He will be ao- 4- compsnied by his aide, Captain 4 4 Klchlhuro Nomura, who was 4 4 educated in Jaoan and in Oar. 4 many and Austria. 4 4 - 4.4 444444444444444- rlmtiinyiXifhr ihilim?" MI00 PLEASED Willi fiSIIEILE; lySPEODIIIS vVflCflTIC; 'ILL BE CANCELLED BY IT . WK: I 1E0E Guest" of AsheviUa for tr. Hour Visits Williaa iji-'Bryanf;-' 4 -'Henry Ford THE bOVEHlEI Comptroller Throws Bomb Into the Flans Proposed'.!; LEGALLY BINDING Baker Proposes Form Which Is Based on Fairness to Both Sides WA8HINQT0N, Nov. J. Toe ar- ernment's m&turina; program for can celing bta- war orders with the lninl mnrtn dlstUrDance to bualncaa eandl. ttons, was thrown Into oonfuekm to day by a deelsim of ComDtrollar War. wick, of the treasurv. that thmiaanda n i i . . . -. , phom or mail are not lecallv bindlnar and that consequently they may not be recognised through the negotiation of terminating contracts without pecial 4g-ltat1on by eongrees. Of ficials estimated that hundreds of mtl lkma of doltatra fn contraot are m- I , Spirit of FatriMMs. ' I At the same time Secretary Baker ; .Colonel House and possibly .-also General Bliss .will ,be Idelegates with ainbassadprial-rank ? ' yf i It "was recalled that the president 's announcement that he vould go to France "for the purpose of, taking .part iri . . ai a. " a . V ' ' ' ' a- at a ' ' T 1 at 1 a t f . the discussion and settlement of tne main features 01 tne treaty of jjeace" said that it was not likely that he could .remain . throughout the sessions of the peace conference and that he would be ''accompanied by delegates who will sit as the representatives or the United States throughout ' the conference." ' A "; ' " ' The white house announcement tonight follows: "It was announced at the executive offices tonight that the representatives of the United States at the peace con ference would be: the president himself, the secretary of state, the Honorable Henry White, recently ambassa dor to France, Mr. Edward M. House and General Tasker H. Bliss. . . " ; "It was explained that it had not been possible to' an- Jimmf 'a friASA flnnmnfmpnH hpfrtrA ViomiRP tint nnmriArl"?'.r""ni!d that; the war department . - - x-x-" - , r' ' T I w,u 1re,)t of representatives each of the cnief belligerents was to:10" send had "until a day or two ago been under discussion Nothing to Add. '.'- White house officials would add nothing to the formal statementand no one prof essing to be in the confidence of tne presiaent wpuia iaiK. xnere was oniy one surprise ,in the. statement the appearance of the name of GenCl ' Bliss as one of the representatives. It had been taken for granted that the general military representatives of the United States on the supreme war council would take part in ihe discussions at Versailles, but the prevailing idea had been he would be attached to the delegation in '& military capacity just as Admiral Benson probably will be present as spokesman for the navy ih- the great naval problems to be solved.. . i f f ": : Only yesterday-callers at; the, white house gamed,. the distinct impression that there would he' but ! three" ac credited delegates of full rank. It was suggested tonight that the, name of General Bliss probably was added at the last moment upon receipt of information that the allied powers would include a military man amongtheir. repre sentatives . , .-'J ' . .. , The premiers of Grekt, Britain, France and Italy are expected to attend the peace conference as representa tives pOhwrrgvernments,'. but : like the president, "may riot remain throughout the conferences. ' The general ira-j aersianuiug uere is uu present pia.ua axe ; io , nave ine conference first agree to tne broad principles of the trea ty and leave the working out of details to further sittings. ,s ':r-. ' speedily Keturn. " ' ' " " This would enable the president and the entente pre miers speedily to return to the capitals of their respec tive countries so as :.to give their personal attention to affairs of state. ,;t ';' ' ' s : . Secretary Lansinsr who heads the. delegation nroper, became,, secretary, of state in June 1915," when William Jennings Bryan resicned rather, than sign a note to Ger many in the Lusitariia case which he thought might lead GERFJIilWtJUST BE PUlilSHEDin'SUClTr MfilIIER'AS; TO PREVEIT FOR JILL Tf.7 THBS TARJUIG ffift no 1 HERWdRLbMil k ; i, i vantage; of '.Hospitality '-Is HolXoltfctcd in'tivitizz::sh. vVn7- CONTINUED ON PAGB TWO.) Its) own cancelling of con- ln a eolrit of fairness . and tiopefulnees to all concerned, Attorney General Gregory will be asked, to pass on this apparent coo met Between the law, as strictly in terpreted by Oonivtroller Warwick. whose authority grows out of him su pervision of payments from. the treas ury and the desire of the war depart ment , to terminate ; contracts) both those backed up by formally, signed tM;umenU and those ' undertaken on the informal agreements by making onro sort of a lump sum payment to thw contractor.-.- - . If legislation Is fovnd to be tieoes aary, it Is said that ail attempt will ba made-to rush ft through congress ln-med-iately to , awM holding up the government's great : Industrial demo bilization and readjustment plans. .,-..' , New rrm Proposed. .. Secretary Baker; liad proposed a form of terRilnatlnsT contract supple mental agreemnt-rby which the g"ov enrment would be. released by the oantraotor from the original contract and In return would pay the con tractor for "expenses incurred", in car rying out the agreement, and an adS dltlonal allowance for .profit . limited to tea per cent of the cost of the un finished articles on' hand. The war department had ' further , proposed to pay (the maimifacturer immediately aeventy-flve per cent of the minimum due on this Dana, as determined by a contracting officer of the government and the balance aftev time had been allowed for careful determination of the final amount due. . - ? . ' This method. Secretary Baker said Would give plants which -have devoted their ra-oonversion to veace-ttms pro duction and prevent-"a break iri their continuous rae ration and employment Of I (Lb Or." : ( 1' -: .J-i.i ! ; ' ConvDtroUer Warwick's decision de- ctared that "1( cannot -be assumed,' as the proposed contract form does that the contractor anticipates proms irom completing his ' contract, There may be oantractons wtliin-g to 'terminate their exlstfttr contracts, whether con taining termination Manses or. not, on terms more favorable to the govern ment than ra contained in the pro posed form. It is" possible that some mby be wlllfn-e; to terminate existing contracts on the basis or payment for what Is delivered before termination." The comptroller also said "One mak ing of supplemental agreement and the simple certifying to a minimum amount. - by -tha ooatraoting officer upon the statement' and estlmats of the -oontractoar will not be aumctent 4- NEWCAffPT.K, Fn'rliifli Kov. ina. Premier Llovd-Georre. deal. ki with. the uevtlon, of theirei' snonsliaUlty for the Invasion 'of, f Belgium, said the British govsrn- ment had consulted some of the'-f t greatest Jurists, of ths kingdom. and that- they unanimously and 4- definitely had agreed that the "former German .emperor 4- ruUy of an indictable offense 4 f for. which he ought to be held 4- responalble. - ' i. 4 . .... ' i i. , T 4-44-444444- 4 4 4 4 4 4- t't LONDONf, Nov. It ' (British Wire, less servloe.) David . Lloyd-Qeorge, the 'British prime minister, .In a soeeoh. at Newcastle today said , the vletory of the entente allies had. been due to the ceaseless valor ' of their men and that It would be a lesson to anybody who In the future thought that they, as the Prussian war lords hoped, "could overlook, this little Island In their reckoning." ; , "We- are now -Approaching the peace conference,'' the. premier con tinued. . VTh' price of .victory. Is not vengeance nor retribution. It Is pre vention, first of all, what about those, people whom we have received without questions . for years to our shores: to whom we give equal rights , with, our own sons and daughters and who abused that hospitality to be-, tray the land, to plot against security, ; to sDV unon -wana to gain sucn' in formation as snabled the , Pruealan war lords 40 Indict . not , punishment but damage and Injury upon the land that had received, them , as guests T Never again 1" -r. ;j-,'';''.;Merit Piiliolt."' " Mr. Lloyd-Oeorge said the Interests of security and fair , play demanded t that it should be made perfectly elear thai the people who acted In this way merited ' punishment for the damage tbey had 'Inflcited.i .; in" . ' a ' ' ' ! , The ?cond onesHon nt'H'i '"' aemnmis,"" IjS" una,.r added.' In every- .court--of Justice throughout the, world the party .which Mat has; had to bear tne oosx 01 tne Utlgatien.i When Germany defeated Prance she established 'the principle, and , there was1 no- doubt that , the principle was the right one. Germany must pay the . cost of th war up to the limit of her capaoity. - But I must - uae . one f word of warning." said Mr. Lloyd-George. We have to consider the question of Germany's capaoity. ' Whatever hap-' pens, Germany Is not to be allowed to- pay the indemnity , by r dumping cnean seoas upon. us. xnat is. tne only limit in principle we' are laying down. Bha must not be., allowed 'to pay for her wanton ' damage and devastation by dumpliix cheap goods and wracking-our inasmriee. There is a third ana last - point. Is no one to be made responsible (or the war? Somebody has been : re sponsible for a war that has taken the lives of millions of the bost young men of - Europe. 1 Is not anyone to be made responsible for that? It tiot, all Lean say Is that If that is the case, there is ons justice 'for the -poor criminal and another for kings and emperor,'!".-". . , ,; ' , t . Two VUfionses. . Mr.. Lloyd-George declared hnt there were two 'offenses aaainst ths law i of nations that had been com mitted. ' - ' ' ' ' ' One,7,he said, , "is , the .crime against humanity In the' deliberate plotting of the great- war. . The other Is 'the outrage upon international law. It Is a crime, a brutal crime, to-devastate the- lands-, of another. Whoever did that ought to be re sponsible for It ; : ' ' ' : v The. submarine warfars j did, not itoeidn only the sinking' of-ships but It waa erlu sgalnst humanity m GibbS Mr A Ann urrui- of the treasury and director-, -n..,.. of the railroads of the trnlted ; spent an hour In Astievliie yrxter-,,,--and one result may spend ma days here after January 1, when I retires from offloe. He will take un eonslderatlon the oltlclal Invitatio 1 , the city, and that of the Hoard Trade and of P. L. Seely to tak well earned rest here lnniead r California . or Arliona aa he planned. . . . . . . IlRaaul With ilif "The ee'uretary was , 1 I Ashevlile, superlatively r ' oe said. Without the -to t geratlon, end he vok eU i 11 unmistakable terniH. . A Western mounldins from ' hotel he made an r pleasure, and was jnt t readily recognized tiio . . c gah. And when he si out ( 1 f . em veranda of Cirove 1 .1 1 k 1 saw the green- eipcnie of 1 course shadowed by t e rl,,,i beyond the blue r"'H wUh t sted loops like liana of a fiu-.-.t he was genuinely enthuajs nuo. 1 he sdopted. the tleclnnufon ot Wlochell, regional director of (t 1 It thai I rn railway lines, "if ico(i , , 1. 1. . K.f .... I. 1. a , ' nin.i.im iuouuiiiiin I " P. (l- Vk imiiiion rr,,,a they would ruble th wru. betwrl" nation, Ut,.,had never been sanctioned.; ' It, is rank piraciy' and the' pirates must feeeivc the' punishment. - ; '-:'- ' ' . ' "I mean to see that, the men who' did not treat our- prisoner, with hu manity , are to, ba" made , responaibls. I. want this; country to, go to court with ft clean, conscience and shs will do' so. ' There Js hot a, stain on her record. We will not be afraid to an- pear before any tribunal, '; "Now. these are the JITa-7v . L'".."r.,Jf,",T & "iraen leather, President U B. Bopen that the lnVestlgUoy snail be an f th. Board of Trade! BecreUry Impartial one. a perfectly fair one. . tt m mwv niNin iiaft u anaiii uf u mrn t-... ' - - . Ani if Secretary McAdoo la pie:-.- . with, .Ashevlile,, the 'Ashevlile per,, .'who met him were certainly pica ,1 With the' modest manner and Rem.il personality of the man .who direct the greatest -financial institution 0-1 earth , and the .glgantlo system of Amerloan railways. j - ,r '. f Me by Committee. ' ' The secretary was met at 11:10 at tk. 1 nK.vill. K . . .1.... j committee organised by Secretary . things which 1 including Commissioner. Jamei one, and 'that It shall go on to the (lnal reckoning. ' ' 'we have' tof so to ot now that msn in ths- future . wno .reel tempted to follow the example -of the rulers.; who plunged the -world into this war will know what' la awaiting them at the end ef It We shall ha vo to see that- this terrible war, which ha In flicted so much - destruction - on the woVId; which has nrrssted the course or civilisation ana in many ways put it back: which has -left marks en the minds, upon the physique and the hearts of myriads In many lands that this generation will not see - obliter ated we must see byi the action we take- now, lust fearless ' and relent less, that It is a brims- that shall never again be repeated in the ' history of me worm. Rotary club, F. M, Weaver of the county council of defense, P.R, Allen, Messrs. Burke and Carroll of Grcve Park inn, and newspaper men. De tained by official - business, - Mayor Rankin and Commissioner Ramwr were unable to join the party until later. v-:. ...... . Accompanying the! secretary were C. R. Gray, director of, the division of operations, Oscar A. Price,- as sistant to the director-general. B. Wlnchell, regional director, of Atlanta. George R. Loyal, assistant to t -, OONTJNUE0 ON PAGE TWO ) CART RC8IGXKD. t, RICHMOND, Va., ' Nov. ' .T. Archibald, Cary, Richmond food ad minletrator, resigned ' today and ' will be succeeded by vV. P. Patterson. ' PHICE RESTRICTIONS ON' COAL MAY BE REMOVED ' '.''," , " ' ' . '' ' ' " ' ; , "4' . ' -.ft :-l . ' is&-'H ' '" " ' ',' ,-'" .-.i.,7.- 4 :. ".r'v.'"Vti-f''! '",;t" t Garfield Says He Hopes to Cancel : Regulations in Two Weeks. iCONTINUBP. ON PAOH TWO.). WASHINGTON, Nov, 2 Price re strictions on bituminous coal may be removed by tne - ful administration within two weeks.,' Fuel Administra tor Garfield said today he hoped to 'cancel the price regulations pot. later than the middle of December. , Present prices as fixed by the fuel administration range from . 11.15 .to MJ6 a ton at the mines. ; , ' , 1 Dr. Garflsld said it may be posaibie to' abandon the xone system of dl- tribution- of bitunnnous coal by the middle of December, but that action to this end will be taken only-after consultation with tne railroad admin istration. The fuel administrator said he could hot "take his hands off the anthracite situation until winter Is over. This was taken-, to - mean that the government will continue, its control over. antnraoJ-t. until the end of .the .coeJ year, ..April 1. . and' that the fuel administration will . continue to function until tnat .time. 4 4 4 4 4 4-444 4 4 4- 4 4 . WIM-VISIT PARIS. 4 4- PAejsr Nov. 2. (Havas.) 4 4- King Victor Emnnan-aal, of Italy, 4 4- will visit Pari in Deoember. ac- 4 4 cordina-. to , an announcement 4 M KILLEO III ICTIOIj Eldest Son of Governor of . -t, ' South Carolina" Made Su , - preme Sacrifice. 4- msMle here .today. ' SPARTANBURG, 8. C, Nov. it .Major W. B. Manning, the- eldest son of Governor Richard I. Manning, of South Carolina,? was killed In action la France,1 November 7 acoording to a messaga received tonight' by W. B. Manning, of this city, from his brother Governor MaonlnaV at- Columbia, Only recently Major Running had been dec orated - for bravery on ' the field of battle. . Major Manning was attached to the Jlstti Infant rvT Savant v.nlnli division,' United States army, his unit having been in hard fighting for the last few months. . ,: . j':&'-&'i - When the , United Btates . declared war. on Germany, Major Manning was Washington correspondent of ths New York Times, 'having been on the staff of that paper: for a fi umber, of years. He resigned nis position, entered, oi cer trainmr" cmp, received a' com: mission as captain, and was assigned to the 118th Infantry. Hia orgaqixa tlpn vent over-eess last nimmir. His military career, however, beran when the United Btates forces were sent to th Mexican bordeft s When that trouv bl arose he left Washlrigton and join ed the. Charleston Ught Dragoons, commanded by his brother. He served throughout the border experience in the Charleston cavalry organization and soon after being mustered out he entered the training camp, where he won his commission aa captain. . 1 WlLLfWETOT ' OF Ml B. DEIiSf.M sr.! i Wire Tapping Will Be Made ; Basis ; of Prosecution, Is Stated. '"T.w""-"t -u - . . i tilt A 1i BAN FRANCISCO: Nov. i.Indlot ment of John B. Densmore. diraotor. general of employment of the depart ment or uoor, wno mado a report dis closing alleged Irregularities in oroaa- eutlons. Including the ease of Thomas w. Mooney, wnose aeatnt sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by uovemor mepnena last aignt. will be asked by District Attorney Piekert. the latter announced aeday. - Tha In dictment Will be sought under status pertaining to wire tapping. The Densmore report. In connection witn wnicn Mr. nuaert said wire tap ping was done, set forth many con versations alleged to have been obt talned from telephone ' wires leading to me oisirici attorney omce and other omces. , r-v, . -. .,. . ., ,. , The grahd Jury is Investigating the Densmore' charges of irregularities- in the prosecution' of Meonay and other. FOIIB PORTS DESIOL'MO IFOSRilifiTElFa 1116 Fill FRLTE ' . , :. Will Be Impossible, to llovs " Whole -Army Under Eight Months ! : TWO NORTHERN PORTS 4 4 4- 4 4 4 4- 4 ' V 4 f'V '4 4 '4- 4-- . " 1 CrOT00. .'"''4- . ilJoNDON. Nov. Jl.-ilf is an- 4 4 nounced that approximately 209 4! 4 German submarines were tie- -4 loading the stroyea - during ' me war. The 4 4 total namber of all types built 4 -4 by tbe Germans 1 .estimated tq 4 4 have been ItO Jf 4 4 4-4-4444-4 4-4- 4- -4.y4 c . :( .; . K' .. WASHrNGTbN." Kn n.h New Tork, Newport News, Ve -nd Charleston, 8. C. are th porta the war department now nla t-n . f. the return of the army from over-seas. Even With this wide diatriluitinn r,t the strain on port facilities and trane- portntion, -However, and with Sermon snip now idle in German employed on the task, oarefui ti. mutes show that th last of the arm OOUld not OOBwlbla re&eh fha TTntt.A State in less that wight months. Con servative calculations uoon which preparation bv 'the danartmant vmh ably will be based, fix ten months as tne minimum. These estimate have been made wholly on the basis of the physical- difficulties to fee-'overcome and do not take into ooneideratthm the tueatton -of the retention in Europe for some' time of an American force which may be agreed upon at. the peace i .conference. If the . return movement already In orosresst hi con tinued at full speed, the test divtamn In all probability could not reach the United State before October 11) Decision to route the trooos to their homes through the four porta men tioned i understood to have' been based on two main . oohitideratioiM. Fh-st, they are the natural gateway to 4 ha country, each fed by an inde pendent ail syatc-m ramlfyhtg b.i. i tnrough Beoiri-spliirally - .-indenemlont: sections ' f tlv. fx -r ships as far as nossills wun men iro.u me w... . l.-n.,lt will be yoaslble. rmoflir'! say, to avoid croa-ca trying and e ruption of normal tnafflo in erett i ' soldiers from the shiD to tw . j .