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THE ASHE VILLE CITIZEN CITIZEN WANT ADS 1)1.1X0 RESULTS THE WEATHER: Onmul wrwt, probably rain east portion Monday, rssuirc; Ttarsdajr fair. VOL. XXXV, NO. 51. ASHEVI1LE, N. ('., MONDAY MOKXI.Nd, DECEMMEU Hi, 1!H8. rHICE FIVE CENTS TO CHURCH TWICE ON HIS FIRST SUNDAY IN PARIS QLays Wreath on Tomb of LaFayettee, Has Brief Conference With Clemenceau and Another With Coionei House, Resting in Evening in Preparation For Strenuous Week's Work. MAKES SHORT CALL ON WE FRENCH PRESIDENT - - Kill INCH IiFI.F.C.ATK.s. Paris Still Enthused Over Presence of Americans and Every American Appear ing on Streets ts Honored Americans i Preparing For Peace Parleys, Which Start Before Long, PARIS. Ie 15 - Hsvssi Khn le Psrls ssvn that t h French delegates to (hp peace conference will hp Premier Cle iiwn.'uti. Marshnl Ktt h. Foreign Minister I1 hon ami Leon Bour geois former premier. If add I hat Captain Andre Tarii1p.ii. head of the general iim mission fir Kmni-H-Amfrlin wiir m Iters, probably may be named. 1 ; ! i ! I i : liis first laying a' PRESIDENT PAES OE PORTUGAL IS SHOT Hi KILLED Struck by Three Bullets and Dies Within a Few Minutes ASSASSIN KILLED BY CROWD, IS STATED Headed Revolt in December, 1917, and Was Later Pro claimed President LOKDON. Dec. 15. J5r. Wdorlo rue, president of Portugal, was allot and killed hy an assassin shortly be fore midnight Saturday, while he In a railway station nt i.ish-jn wait ing for a train to Oporto. Advices from Lisbon reporting the assasslun tion nay that he wns (-truck by Ihrea K few President Pnes dl?l within minutes after he wan shot The president'H ussjilnnt. narued Jeetne, was killed by the crowd. Headed Hrvnli. Dr. Sidorio Paes was formally pro claimed president of Portugal rin last June He headed a revolt in Portu gal in December. 1917. and was named president of the provisional government on December 9. a few days more than a year before he was assassinated. Dr. Paes was a professor of mathe matics in the l iiheislty of Coinbra when he entered ilie Portuguese cabinet In ldl as minister of public works At the outbreak of the war PARIS, Doc 15. President Wilson spent Sunday in Paris bv comu: twice t church, wreath on the tomb of LaFavette and harinp a brief con ference with Premier Clemenceau and another with Colonel E. M. House. In the evening he rested in prepa ration for the coming strenuous week of preliminary con ferences. During the afternoon the president made a short call on President and Madame Poincare at the Palace of the Elysee. Attends Church. In the morning, the president, accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and Admiral Grayson and by secret service men went to the American Presbyterian church in the Rue De Berri. His coming was known to only a few of the American colony who had guessed that the president, being a consistent churchgoer, would choose a church of his own denomination. ' The Rev: Chauncev W. Goodrich,, the pastor, 4ook his text from the ninth verse of the ninth chapter of Isaiah. He dwelt on the necessity of impregnating po litical and civil life with idealism and showed how the evolution of humanity was reaching the last stage in the constitution of a .society of nations. The edifice was filled, but there was no special service. The president took part j buiiet as he would if he had been at the Central Presbvterian L't; church in Washington. Bishop Officiates. In the afternoon President Wilson went to a church of Mrs. Wilson's denomination as is the custom in Wash ington when he goes twice on Sunday. The church se lected was the American Episcopal church of the Holy Trinity, the bishop of South Carolina officiating. The president visited the tomb of La Fayette in the Picpus cemetery, and in the southeastern section of Tovil.'- vtrliiln t 1 1 rn i n re lwvni0 fxfiw tlif n-Wkiiiiiior .lmi-i.h . T lit ' i i i ne w" Portuguese minister to Oer- pcrviee. No ceremonv hqd been arranged at, the een)e-,niany and remained in Berlin umn tery and the president went accompanied only by Bripa-iturneT.o liiibon! 1916' when he dier-Gcneral Harts, a secret service operative and a P,hii J',' T'1'!t01.pr.sid?nt' D,', , .l.i. i-i rm Pacs d"cl'ed that Portugal would French officer assigned to him as. a personal aide. I he:cn"nu agreement with the aiiis president removing his hat, entered the tomb carrying: "uHer fk lnro-p floral WrPfltb ! W!"' to tuke "ctivo gteP for greater c-. - .participation in tne war bv Portugal. StOOd Silent. l0n December . while walking in the i m . : ia i ,l a1 .. , ji j. i i streets of Ltbon. Dr. Paes waa tired .ns nif picsiuriu niirru tut" vvi ciiin on me luiiiu, uf bowed his head and stood silent before the resting place j of the famous Frenchman who helped America in her fight ; for liberty. He made no speech whatever. He then re turned to the Murat residence. In the meantime, all the residents of Paris appar ently had turned out in the hope of getting a glimpse of the president, ft was remarked that the Wilson luck was continuing, for the sun broke from the murky clouds for the first time in days and began 1o dry up the muddy streets. The sun lit up .the city in all its fluttering ban ners and flags. To a foreign observer it appeared that every one in Paris was on the boulevards. There was no space on the sidewalks. A great crowd gathered in the Place De La Concord before the headquarters of the 'American mis sion. The crowd jammed about the doors and took keen interest in every American passing in or out. Americans Popular. American army automobiles were, surrounded and cheered whenever they stopped. All one need, appar ently, to be taken into the hearts of the crowd was to iust look like an American. Every sort of conveyance was out i f n1, a,'lCT ... .i , , i . .i i . . .i - i to dock t on me otnuevaras or in me pants, eacii carrying indi vidual cheering groups. Taxicabs carried crowds of American soldiers and even the old one-horse chaise was again on duty. Henry White, former American ambassador here and now a member of the American peace mission, who has known Paris through long residence here, said that sel dom had king, emperor or foreign dignitary ever received such welcome as that extended President Wilson. The special significance felt by the members of the American mission w as that the French people seemed to be wholly in sympathy with the president's purpose. Getting Settled. The members of the American mission now are devot ing their time to getting themselves settled and to or- Wear a Red Cross Button and Smile 1 f PLUS THIS-(n EQUALS THIS--() CONGRESS STARTS TODAY ON THIRD WEEK OE SESSION Usual Pre-Holiday Conges tion of Legislation Awaiting Action SENATE WORKS ON WAR REVENUE BILL Mooted Question of Govern ment Ownership of Utilities Comes Up THIS- TWO MEXICANS KILLED AND AMERICAN SAILOR WOUNDED IN CLASH BETWEEN SAILORS AND MEXICAN CUSTOM GUARD Members of Armed Naval Guard Mix With Mexican Officials With Bad Results For the Latter Guard Claims That Chief Gunner's Mate Was At tacked and That the Balance of Crew Went to Rescue. NEW YORK. Dec 1 S.- In a clash on November 28 bmween the armed navy guard ef the American steam .hip Monterey and Mexican custom guards at Tamplco, Mexico, one Mexi can, said to have been a captain, wta killed, a Mexican soldier mortally wounded and chief gunner's mate, named Berry, in charge of the Ameri can guard, leap aerloualy hurt. Tbia was learned today with the steamer's arrival here from Havana and Nas sau, where she touched after TaMipitG, action being supported. It waa said, by omcra of two American Runboals In the harbor. Later the matter waa d sposed of by a decision to leave the entire subject to diplomatic settle ment. Aaliure on Krrnixl. It waa Bald that the gunner's mate had aone aahore on an errand Juat before rhe Monterey aalled. Several blocks from where the ship waa tied up waa a saloon and aa Berry wae re- levjijjrtnrnlna; t hja eJlp pasain ie front or t qui saioon, ne was caned u Officers SOent. Members of the armed guar! and officers of the ship ref'sed to diecuati the incident, but details were learned from passengers' on board at the time. According; to them, the fi-ht oc curred shortly after 5 a. ni.. after members of the navy guard went to the rescue of Berry, who had been attacked. The Amer,ran.x at first re sponded to the call without arms, but upon the Mexicans opening tire, they secured their weapon and responded in kind. The tight, paeenirers said. m brief, the Mexicans running away as soon as the Americans openptl fire, leaving their dead and wounded. Later, officials of the por. took the matter In hand, the passengers as serted, and a demand was made upon the captain of the Monterey that the armed guard be delivered up to them pending an Investigation. This the captain declined to do. his pn to Treat. When he refused, several Mexicans started after him. The American approached his ship, a shot was fired and a Mexican guard there weeing htm coming, placed him under detention. It was alio asserted that others started to beat him. with the butts of their rifles. The nullor fought back the best he could and aa he drew near the ship, he called to his men for aanista nee. They needed no second invitation, one of the passengers said, and all who were in sight on hearing joined In the fray. Seeing reinforcements comlng some of the Mexicans opened fire. No one was hit on the ship. The naval guard then secured arms nnd as the firing continued, they re turned the shots with the result that two Mexicans fell. With the show of arms, the Mexicans fled, leaving the runners mate free to return to his ship with his men. j Hound of the firing attracted a con-1 alderable crowd, hot no further dem onstration was made. Threats were heard, however, and during the twenty-four hours that the Monterey was detained pending the Investiga tion of the incident, every precaution was taken to guard against a surprise attack. The two gunboats were sufficiently close so that they could have ren dered aaslstaavea to the Monterey had It been required. In addition to hand nrnjsvthe' ' Mjrtery carries ' V fran mounted on her deck placed there during the war as a protection against submarines. on arrival of the Monterey here today, the gunner's mate and his men went to the navy yard to make an official report of the matter. Offi cers of the ship were also questioned by naval authorities. ijorr to DiPimi.vrK. WASHINGTON, i). C. Dec. J5. The clash between' the armed guard of the Wardliner Afonterey and Mexi can soldiers at Tamplco has been left to diplomatic settlement and Is now the subject of negotiations between the Mexican arid American govern ments. This announcement waa made today by the state department. The department's announcement said "the Mexicans started the dis turbance" by attacking and Injuring the commander of the Monterey's armed guard, who had gone aahore WAsmvnTON. Pec 1S Conrres. tomorrow begins the third week of it j new session with the usual pre-hAtidav I r'"tlon of legislation. The senate will resume work on the most tmpor. ni serttnns or the war review hNl. while sppropristlon Mils will orvpr most of the time of the houae. At the same time comm-ttteef of both houses will he unusually active with hearings and invaatlsatlnna Government Control. The mooted question of government control or ownership of utilities Is pressing to the front In both branches of congress, hut few leaders srpevt definite legislation on thh subject at this session. The senate Interstate commerce committee will nest Thurs day to consider procedure wtth rail road legislation. Including: Director General McAdoo's recommendation for extension of government control to January 1. 114. Investigation of the railroad situation probably after the holidays and by the existing sen ate and house committees generally la expected. nes rings on nccretarr Daniel s Mil for permanent government ownership of radio lines will be resumed next Tuesday by the house merchant .ma rine rommlttee. which will hear op position arguments from the Marconi end other Interests The administra tion bill proposing permanent sfoem-' . nient ownerSh-lp of telegraph, tele- phone and wb)e lines probably will, nnl 1a ktu fc. a 4 m is a an hi mlttee until after the holidays. -' 1 Packers' Hearing-. ' ' . Hea rings on the administration measure for federal regulation of the packers will 'hejrln Thursday with members of the fsdsral trade eoin- mission as the first witnesses. investigation oi utrmui prnpagan' .K u Ik. unkla AluAlftUM SwrK .r Wrttee wilt be resumed Tuesday 'with testifying at his awn request. Thurt- ilav ih mmmlllM sirnerts fa! has Assistant State Attorney Becker of ' i New rork. who is counted u-pon oy members of the committee to make important disclosures regarding the activity of Oerman agents. Besides working on the review bill, the senate this wsek may duspoee of the resolution proposing termlnatlps . uf the disloyalty proceeding-aaralnat Menator LaKolletts.. of Wisconsin I Ai HaViafa slan mv ha VaisllmeS. Senator Cummins, of Iowa, reptih. lican, plans to call up early In the week his resolution proposing a sen- t CONTINUED' ON I'AGK TWO) JOSEPHUS DANIELS IS ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) IS HELDJJPBY THE FOE Unable to Dock at New York 8,000 Men Are Aboard ACCIDENTS IN FOG Sends Message to State Di rector of American Red Cross. FORMER KAISER STILL LEADS LIFE OF RECLUSE Members of Cabinet and! No Truth in Rumor That CRKENSBORO. Dec. 15.-.-W. C .lackson. state director for North Car olina for the Red Cross Christnms roll call today received from Secre tary of the Navy Daniels a message in which the secretary says he ts "proud to he a member of this organi zation" and "I hope every American will enroll as a member nt It dur ing the Christmas roll call." The message from the ee-cretary reads:, "Washington. Dec. 14. 1318. "W. C. .lackson. .tate director. Red Cross Christinas Roll Call. Greens boro, NT. C: "In this war the ministrations of the Red Cross have touched all parts of the world, chiefly those portions r.-here suffering was the greatest. I am proud to lie n member of this organization, nixl I hope every Ameri can will enroll as a member of it dur ing the Red Cross Christmas roll call. It enables all inembere In this world wide orga niztit iu:i to help where com fort and oheor are Riven to those who need the knowledge of help even In a small way. and brings home the truth that it Is more bleRsed to give than to receive. (Signed) "JOSKPHL'S DANIKLS." NEW YORK. Dec. IS. Due to, s heavy fog which has hung over port for the past twenty-four hours, the American transport Leviathan with more than 8,000 American soldiers ors frrfm France was unable oday. The shin arrived off Sandy .Hoolj-esterdfty but her size made unsafCnany attempt to proceed through the channel. - If the fog lifts, the Leviathan will dock early tomor row morning. The French Hue steamship Chicago, which went aground early today in the lower harbor, while outward hound, wss freed fit Mo-h tlrla mA proceeded on her voyage to Bordeaux.! The Norwegian steamship Nlles. been recognised by the French und with cargo which sailed this mornins- no attention has been paid to the REACH BRIDUEHKAD. - XtTESCE. Bee. 15. (Havasl The Frenrh forces of occupation have reached the extreme eastern limit of the bridgehead in this region. In its forward movement the Tenth army has found more of a spirit of cour'om- ty among the population than of hoe CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.) struck a submerged wreck In th lower harbor and was forced to run on a beach to prevent sinking. The fog all but stopped the move ment of harbor craft and ferries. Sev eral ships which made ouarantlne dur ing the night, among them the Ward line steamer Monterey with passen gers from Mexico and Cubs, managed to reach their docks under low speed. Blinded by the heavy fog. the mo torman of a Brooklyn elevated train drove hts train into the rear of an other train which had stopped. One man waa killed and six Injured In the elusion. workmen's committees Food supplies seem to be ample and the inhabitants appear to he In good health. Activity has been suspended In most of the industrial centers oth erwise life In this region continues normal. MANY KX KCITKD. AMSTERDAM. Dec. IS. The su preme military tribuna.1 at Vienna has announced that 11.400 persons were sentenced tb death by Austrian mlll- tasjr tribunals during the war and Other Notables Will Be at Meeting. ANNAPOLIS. Md . Dec. 15, -Members of President Wilson's cabinet arid the executive heids of more than three-fourths of the states of the na tion will gather at Annapolis tomor row morning to participate In the tenth annual conference of governors which will continue for three days Important questions looking to the framing of policies of reconstruction and readjustment of conditions aris ing out or tne war. win occupy prac tically the entire time of the confer ence. Governor Harrington who will act as official host in behalf of Maryland, will open the conference tomorrow morning with an address of welcome and the response will he by GovernoT Manning, of South Carolina. Tomor row night the executives will be the honor guests at a reception to he giv en at the executive mansion. Cabinet heads who are expected to participate In the conference are Secretary of the Navy Danlils; Maker of the war de partment; Houston, of agriculture, jane of the interior ond Wilson of labor. ' Former Empress Been Seriously 111. Has NKGKO ISOI,l)IFJt HKIT). ANNISTO.W Ala.. Dec. 15 Ser geant KrnRst Cardwell. a negro at tached to the 167th depot brigari" charged with klling a street car ecu- ductor and wounding the motormaii here, was captured tonight by an un armed military policemen after mili tary guards and civil posses had searched for him for hours. He was taken to the stockade at Camp Mc- Clellarv where he will be held until the feeling here subsides. Card well was ejected from the street car by the conductor after he was Raid to have refused to remain In the section of the car reserved for negro passengers He opened lire fulling the conductor with his second shot nnd later wounded the metor- man when the latter sought to cap ture him. A M E ROXft R N". Holland. Dec. 1.1,--(Hy The Assortaled Press.) The for mer German emperor continues to leait the life of a near-recluse. He Is virtually ut off from communica tion with the outside world. Reports that he was In constant communica tion with his former advisers are not true There Is no trufn In the rumor that the former empress is seriously ill. She has 'been troubled for years with an affection of the heart and after her arrival here desired to have her former physician In attendance. He arrived at the castle yesterday and said that her condition showed no change. Whenever there Is a break In the incessant drizzle customary In Hoi land, Wtlllam Hohemsollorn and his wife walk in the rain-soaked grounds with one or two attendants Some times they take a trip In a closed mo tor car. The correspondent itHitrired Into the rumor that the former emperor in tended to move hts quarters anil learn ed thai Herr Hohrnxoliern is not ln tere3:erl in other houses in Holland Is not l.At y to move anywhere until he k turns more regarding hie future. WII.I. HK CHIEF STATION. II INLONC DISTANCE TOLL RATES AREJNNOUNCED Basic Charge of 6 1-4 JVIille a Mile, Airline Mile age, Is Declared BURLESON'S PLAN NORFOLK. Va., Dec. 15. With the transfer of the majority of clerks now on duty at the Norfolk navy yard to the naval operating base on j January j. ine oane win i.e niuae one of the chief distributing and supply stations along the Atlantic coast, it wss learned today. Kxtenslve build- WASHTNGTON. Dec. 18. Sweep ing reductions in long distance and toll telephone rates by the adoption of a basic charge of 1-4 mills a mile, airline mileage, and half the day rate for night service up to mid night and one-fourth the day rare after thst hour were announced to day by Postmaster-General Burleson. They become effective next January 21. ' The new rates were recommended' fn the first report of the committee on rates standardization and Mr. Km leson's statement said their effect Is lo equalize the toll and long dls- 'tance charges over the country, "re": moving disparities and preference and providing a sclent We basis for ruture reductions contemplated a unification of telephone and felegrapi wires proceeds." "A night service rate," said "ftis statement, "which is one-half the dav rate is established between 8:30 p. m. and 12 p. m. Between midnight and 4:30 a. m.. the night rate Is one fourth day rate. These are greater reductions in night rates than have Wer been made in any rountry. and" doubtless will be extensively used, es pecially for social and family pur poses, a person might talk from Sun Francisco .to New York for about 14. whereas the day rate la approximately $16. "A station to station service Is es- abllshed such as now exists in tbs. balance of the world, that Is, when a connection is established with a man's house or office, the opportunity to converse Is provided and the sta- ing preparations, includlnn plans forltlon to station rate, which is the basic the erection of additional office' rate, applies and is payable whether buildings and depots, cently completed. have been re st HIAI.ISTS RESIGN. WIM, IKMOBILI7.K CLASSES. PARIS. Dec. 16. The war ministry has decided to demobilize the cUesea of 1892 and 189, beginning De cember J5 and ending January IS. The classes of 1894, 1895. 189 and George Leflebour. a leading socialist. weTt executed, according to a Berhn 18 Ki will be demobilized beginning has severed his connection with she d UrDBtz-.b. to the Handelablad. January 21 and ending February 14. foverameat. GKN'EVA. Dec 15 (Havas.) Hugo Haase and Herr Barth. two of j The distance ts computed tb" three imiepenaent socialist mem bers of the committee of six. which constituted the German government, have resigned, according to reports received here. The reports add that the particular person desires respond? or not. This rate up to twenty-four miles is at the rate of five cents for six miles and for greater distances five cents for each eight miles, or" shout six and one-fourth mills a mile. by airline methods and not by pole line or pub lic highway: The airline distances are commonly about 100 miles, when' the others would run over ISO miles. It Is stated by the committee that more than sixty varieties of toll ratesr have existed in the United States vP. to the present tlma. . .
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