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E ASHE CITIZEN THE WEATHER: Rata tn pwt Tuesday or nlghl CITIZEN WANT ABS BRING. RESULTS portion, Wednesday rata o mow, I yOL. XXXV, NO, 59. ASIIEVIILE, N. 0., TUESDAY ABORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS . 1 i i ,: -j - i' 1 s ,,. .. ' i i ? TH VILLE AMERICAN FLEET 1 W 1 1 ARRIVE TIME FOR REVIEW .Will Be Off New York HaVbor Just in Time to Lead Procession 'SECRETARY OF NAVY WILL REVIEW FLEET Veteran Ships From Euro pean Squadron Due to Ar rive Thursday Morning WITHOUT A RECORD VOTE REVISED WAR REVENUE MEASURE PASSES SENATE Substitute Bill Offered By La Folletle . Beaten and Regular Bill Is Then Passed With Only Few Republicans Dissenting House BUI Reduced in Senate. LA FOLLETTE BEATEN. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. The substitute? bill of Senator LaFollette, of Wisconsin, after an address of nearly three hours by its author, was? rejected to night by the senate, tifty-tive to six. Senators voting for its adoption were, Borah, (ironna, LaFollette, Norris, Nugent and Vardaman. ) NEW YORK. Dec. 23. Steaming horn for participation In the blood lem allied victory over the German armada, America' overseas battle fleet nine uper-dreadnoughts with the Connecticut, the flagship of Ad miral Mayo, commander of the navy, an escort, will arrive off New York harbor Just In time to lead the great peace review by Secretary Daniels Thursday morning. Will Head Review. Dismissing report that the veteran fighting craft from European waters might anchor in the harbor Christ inas day, reforming the following morning for the naval parade, Vice Admiral Grant's assistants declared that In no case would these ships make their appearance In the upper harbor before they had passed the presidential yacht Mayflower, with the navy's civilian chief on her bridge. It was more likely, they said, that the homecoming fleet's progrtss would be timed to reach Ambrose channel in the, early hours of Thursday morning. Vice-Admiral Grant, commander of the "home" fleet had been through out the day In wireless communication with Admiral Mayo, members of the former staff said. Owing to.delay by storms, of the de stroyers and'the smaller craft in the overseas fleet, It was said, only ,- Aflft Affirm an! lA.n (WA.IhiH. ,-tf the complement of ' Rear-Admirai j lianas of Mississippi and Smith of Georgia, democrats, Hodman's and Kear-Admlral Rodeers' 1 , -r-. . .... I hsttiechlp- squadrons,. wUt-mro)v In the parade. Enjoying Leaves. Awaiting the overseas units which they will Join in the harbor proces sion, 4,200 of the IS. 000 men aboard the west Atlantic fleet, Vice-Admiral Grant's guardians of home waters, to day were enjoying leaves at their Homes near here. This fleet, Including eleven battle ships and seven destroyers, with at tendant craft, and comprising the bulk of the naval fore which operated throughout the war from Chesapeake bay, boasts not only the proteotlon of ine American coast, but the training of 36,000 men for battle convoy and patrol units as Its share In the con flict. Though composed largely of ships of the "old navy," Including three Best Christmas Since the First WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Without a record vote the senate late tonight passed the war revenue bill reduced I to raise about six billion dollars in 1919 and four billions in 1920, as compared frith the levy of $8,200,000,000 for next year, proposed in the bill passed by the house three months ago. Vacation Begins. When the final vote was taken at 10:40 o'clock the senate had been in continuous session for nearly thirteen hours. Immediately after the passage of the bill, the senate began its holiday vacation under the plan for three-day recesses until' January 2. Absence of a quorum in the house, however, had prevented that body from put ting a similar program into effect. The revenue bill, which had been before the senate since December 12, now goes to conference, with formal meetings of the senate and the house managers planned tp begin January 2 with the view to final enactment of legislation next month. The senate conferees appointed tonight were Senators Simmons of North Carolina, Wil (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.) AMONG THE WOUNDED ON and .Senators . Pentose .of .. PeBBM4yanra" antfLodge of Massachusetts, republicans. , Few "Noes." Only a few scattering "noes" from the republican side marked the final vote on the'bill. The republicans did not seek another roll call on the "bill's provisions fixing J9z0 tax rates, and no further votes were taken on the luxury provisions, reinstated today with the rate fixed at MM f -2slwkr em K Qj mam-. pSMtjrrft zz-fZt PRACTICALLY ALL BE! STMCTIOU ALIENS REMOVED I Affects About Half Million Men and Women in United States ' INTERNMENT WILL STILL CONTINUE Attorney-General Will Con tinue to Exercise Power ' Over' Dangerous Aliens r CEDRIC ARRIVES FROM EUROPE, WITH (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) PERSHING SLEPT IN A CASTLE ON EAST BANK OF E Major Charles Sheridan and Other Heroes on the Transport Crossed Rhine in Auto Over Pontoon Bridge Late at Night E0IT0BL OF AMERICAN SOCIALIST THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN WOUNDED RETURNING FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS Grim Tales of Heroism Are Related By Returning Soldiers, Who Tell of Exploits of Others But Remain Modestly Quiet Regarding Their Own Adventures Two " Bunkies " Are Wounded In Action Together- Admits Printing Editorials Against War and Se lective Draff ONE. CHARLOTTE MAN NEWIPORT NEW.8. Tee.: IS. pAmong the wounded, who Imded here yesterday from the transDort Zeelandla, are a number of men who a few weeks ago were conspi cuous In news dispatcher from the battlefront in France. One of Inem, .Major Charles Sheridan, of Bozeman, Montana, whose battalion of rho J 28th infantry, I2nd division, act ually was in battle.tifty days an-1 act ing as support Under fire the last hundred daya of the fighting. Major Sheridan jras wounded five times but as he received two each on as many occasions he wears only three wound stripes. In addition to having been awarded the distinguished service medal, the Belgian1 war cross and .the croix de guerre. He is the fourth man thus far to be recom mended for the congressional medal VISITS ARMY POSTS WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION, Sunday, Dec. 22, (By The Associated Press.) General Pershing slept in a castle on the east bajlk of the Rhine. ' Saturday night, as the guest of Major-General Hints, corps commander, with headquarters at Neuwied. General Pershing crossed the Rhine in an automobile at 10:35 o'clock Saturday night over a pon toon bridge at Coblens, after having entertained the newspaper corre spondents at dinner in his private train. This morning he was Joined at Neuwied by Major-Genera X Dick man and, with Major-Generals Dl(k- man and Hines, visited the three di vision headquarters within the bridge neaa, ana omer points or interest i n the eastern side of the Rhine. Returning to ' Coblens. he left by special tram Hunaay night for Chau- mont, going by way of Treves. Lux emburg and Verdun. On his way to Coblenz, Saturday, uenerai rersmng was a luncheon guest Of Major-General Muir, com manner 01 me I'ourtn corns. In a "SERVICE FLAGS" His battalion participated in the! castle nn the Moselle overlooking th fighting at Alsace, Chateau Thierry, i town ot Cochem. The castle, which Vesilly, Flames, Chemin-Des-Dames. Juvigny and half dozen others." Captain F. N. Inslgner of Spokane, who fought In many of the battles ith Major Sheridan. wears two wound stripes and a croix de guerre Chaplain O'Reilly, 88th division, who Is reported to be the, only chaplain who led a charge Was wounded when a ehell exploded under; his horse, killing the animal. He has been rec ommended for a distinguished ser vice cross. His home Is In New Tork, but for a number of years he was a professor, at Georgetown ' universi ty, . Washington. -- ,- Other of the wounded officers vho have been decorated or cited for bravery include: Major. Caroll. Osard. Ala.: Rainbow division: Ma jor Stuart Cramer. . charlotte. If. C.. hvho commanded first American tank jfcarUlion; Major Thomas Barrett, LAuguata, Ga.; said to be the young lt mejer In the A. ' E. F.; Captain LShelton Pitney, Boston, son of Chief Mastic Pttpey, United States Supreme Is owned by a major who Is still In the German . army, was command eered by the Fourth corps as head quarters. It stands on the. summit of a great bluff rising above the 'Moselle and Cochem, and commands a view for miles around. peneral Pershing traveled by mo tor, visiting Wittlich, the headquar ters of Major-Genera! Haan of the Seventh corps, at . Mayen, and other points of the occupied area. A spe cial train made up of nine cars pre ceded General Pershing from Treves. Within five minutes after the train arrived at Coblens, the wires of the telephone and telegraph Instruments on board ' wefe connected with the signal corps wires. . During the after noon aides and other officers of the command's personnel,- talked with Chaumont and Paris over the signal corps wires -regacding army affairs. From Treves to Coblem and on the return trip, the train consisted of French-built cars, drawn by a Ger man locomotive. The train was in charge of a German crew. CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 23. Under cross-examination today .1. Louie Eng dahl, editor of the American Socialist, who with four others Is on trial be fore Judge Land Is, charged with vio lation of the espionage law, admitted that he had never printed a HneJn the paper which might have aided the government in the successful prose cution of the war. He did not deny having printed pages of editorials, statements, speeches and interviews agalnet the war and the selective draft. .Assistant District Attorney Fleming reaa -extracts rrom numerous alles-ed anti-war articles from -the files of the paper. One was entitjed : "The navy gives receipts." It re ferred to the fact that window eerviee flags for homes of men In the mili tary service of the United States had been issued. It concluded with the inquiry: "How much longer will women con tinue to swap their husbands and sons for a gaudy piece of cardboard?" . Anomer article compared women who solicited men to enlist in war service, with prostitutes. 'Come ye slaves," was the .title of an article against the selective draft law. In his direct examination-, Engdahl said he had registered under the se lective ' draft and did net claim exemption- as a conscientious objector. Attorney Seymour Stedman for the defense read ' an editorial on free speech from Hearst's Chicago -Examiner which he offered in evidence. NEW YORK, Doc. 2. Tlie transport George Washington, whk-li took President Wilson to Fruitce, oixl Hie xtenmstilp Ccd rlc, arrived hero today bringing 6,025 men from overseas In time to celebrate Christmas In the United KtatH. The Cedrie, from Uverpool. with KUty-Hvn oltieers and 2,168 enlisted men, docket first and was Recorded a rousing reception, but the welcome to the George Washington, which arrived an hour Inter, from Brest, was per haps the moMt enthusiastic - the city yet has given a returning transport. The big liner had on board 331 onicer and 3.4BI men, more than half of them members of the "Cy- clone division," made up of In diana, Kentucky and West Vir ginia national guard troops. The George Washington's D68 sick and wounded, contrary to cuhOi, were In pnsnaaion of their hon orable discharge papers when the- transport landed. They re ceived thorn last night, with chra rette and candy, at a - novel Christina celebration. Carol Rouse Men. . : As the men were doxlng off their last nleep aboard, the ship's quartet entered the nlr-k bay and rouHCd them by singing Chrlal- ( CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Exports of Foodstuffs, Fod ders, Etc., to Latin Amer ica Are Unrestricted. MURDER CHARGES DISMISSED. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 Sweep ing relaxation of restrictions on :he exports of, foodstuffs, fodders and feed to the l.atin-American republics Canada and the West Indies was an nounced tonight by Chairman McCor micUtof the war trarte board. Applications for licenses for all articles under these classifications with the exception of a short list now will be received by the board subject to the import requirements of the country of destination and to shipping facilities. An earnest desire to express the esteem of an American natio-i for the sister republic of the wes'orn hemisphere was said to have been a strong factor In determining (he at titude of the board. In this -onnec- tlop officials said the order win ap ply, even to commodities of which there are a restricted quantity :n the United States.. The list of - exceptions namej only wheat and wheat flour, corn, coffee, sugar, butter, "cheese,, eggs, linseed meal and cake and cottonseed 'meal and cake. To avoid any misappre hension as to' the supply of these articles to . the countries named It was emphasized that practically all of tbem are available in desired quan tities through government channels. LOCATED AT LE MANS Thirtieth Division Is At That City Other Divi sjons Located. IyET SOLDIERS DECIDE. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 23. Three charges of murder against Edward D. i Nolan, co-defendant of Thomas J. PARIS. Frldav. Dee.- 20, In order Mooney In the preparedness, day to i.arn what oroi)ortion of the Amer- bomb murder cases here. were, dls- jcan armv In France wishes to re mittsed by Superior Judge Franklin ' turn home immediately, !what wishes Griffin today because of lack of.m remain in , France for a time, and evidence. Judge Griffin tried and ,ha Intend, tn remain here Indefi- entenced Mooney to be hanged after nltely. the American army author! his conviction for one of the bomb murders. Mooney'a sentence later was commuted to life Imprisonment. Five (. charge of murder re main it Nolaa-la two ether -oi,na ties are now distributing circulars to the troops. Kvery effort will be made so far at possible to give pref erential passage to those soldiers ea nr ts rat urn at once, . . WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. The ex act location of thlrty-tive combat divisions and Six depot divisions ot.the American army In France, Germany jinil Luxemburg a they were sta tioned on November 28, was an nounced today by the war department. Changes In commanding officers were shown as follows: First division, Major-fJeneral K. F. McClarhln: thlrfl, General Howse; 26th. Hale; itHnil. lMwiner: 34th. khodes (from iiKl): 42nd, Flagler: HOth, Bturgls; 8th, Ballon tfrom Hind); 90th, Lyon (from 31t) ; 2mi. Martin (from S8th.) The 31st, 38th, 84th and 87th divisions are temporarily without regularly detailed commanders. First divwlon--t'anach, Luxem burg. - Second Modernaeh, Luxem burg. Third -Remich, Luxembfirp. Fourth Hayange, Germany. Fifth Longuyon. France. Slxrh Ancer vlller. Seventh Kuveein sixth Montlgny-Le-Hol. Twenty seventh Corbie. Twenty-eighth Ileudicourt. Twenty-ninth Bour-honne-Les-Bains. Thirtieth Le Mans. Thlrty-lirst Le 'Mans. Thirty-second Consdc-rf, Luxemburg. Thirty-third Troyon. Thirty-fourth Le Man. Thirty-fifth Lerauville. Thirty-sixth Tronchoy, Thirty-seventh Ooster oosbeke, Belgium. Thirty-eighth Le Mana. Forty-second Mersch, Lux emburg. Seventy-seventh Les Vig nettes. Seventy-eighth S'emur. Seventy-ninth Vacherauvllle. Eigh tieth Ancy Le Franc. Eighty-first Wassy. Eighty-second Prauthoy. Eighty-fourth Le Mans. Eighty- ! sixth Le Mans. Eighty-seventh Foulaln. Eighty-eighth Lugny. Eighty-ninth Dnaipicourt. Ninetieth MarviHe. Ninety-first Denterghem, Belgium. Ninety-second Marbache. Depot divisions. Forty-first St. Algman. Eighty-third Le Manx. Seventy-sixth St. Xaxarle. Eighty, fifth Toul. Eighty ninth BL. Flo-a-ant. Fortieth. Baidaiur. LIEIIT.-CuL. IITTLESE, TO BE DECORATED TODAY Commander of "Lost Bat talion" Will Be Given Congressional Medal. BORTON, Dec. 23 Lieutenant- Colonel Charles W. Whittlesey, of Plttsfleld, communaer of the famous "Lost Battalion," which for five days was cut off from its division In France, will be publicly decorated tomorrow with a congressional medal of lionor. The exercises will take place on Ronton Common and Major-General Clarence It. Edwards, commander of the northeastern department, person ally will make the presentation in ac cordance with instructions received today from the war department. The medal was awarded for "con spicuous gallantry and intrepidity In action with the Germans northeast of BlnarviUe, In the forest of D'Argonne, France, October 2 to 7, 1918." WAHHINGTON. Dec. If. AM re- ; striotions on German enemy aliens except those applying to entry Into : and departure from the United State and those affecting the power ef In ternment, were ordered removed to day by Attorney-General Gregory, ef- , fectlve Christmas day. This action ' waa taken on cabled Instruction frem ' President Wilson and wtll affect about 600.000 German men and. wo- men. , . ; r V It waa explained that the depart ment of Justice would continue to ,'. exercise the power of internment ef dangerous German enemy alien and i that th order would not affect such -alien already Interned. Statement Issued. This statement was issued at the ' department of Justice: V . "On the recommendation of the attorney-general, the ' president has : directed that on and after Christmas day the attorney-general discontinue enforcement of all regulation affect-. Ing th conduct of male and female German alien enemle except those ' restriction which apply t entry- into ' and departure from the country -and those affecting the power ef Intern- went. "Till mean that on Christmas day th permit and pass systems effec tive against these alien will be abol- 1 lahed all over th country and that ' all prohibited area add . restricted one will go out ot existence. ' All . registration regulations will likewise oeaa, and it will no longer be nee-' essary for Germatc alien enemies f ebtaW"prmtttr ehnngc'' or resi dence, in short, tney win t rreea of all restriction affecting place ot residence and of employment. - , Will Intern Enemies. , . "Th attorney-general, however, will continue to exercise heretofore th power to Intern- all dangerous German alien enemies. This action of th president doe not affect 1" any way th statu of men already In- terned or the reatrlctlon and obll- tCONTlNUED ON PAGM TWO) SANTA CLAUS DRIVES HIS . REINDEER ACROSS OCEAN TO POINT BEYOND RHINE Christmas Packages and Sweets For Soldiers -Beach Coblenz :. TREES PROVIDED WOI!LD RCTIRE MITCHI-XIy. WASHINGTON. Dec. 22. Senator Twimv-8 Overman has prepared a bill " I ...111 , . I .. . V. . . uiiu win iiuiuuuvb ii in Life amiatfll, making provision for the placing of Stanley Mitchell, of Asheville, on the retired list of the navy as an ensign. Mt. Mitchell is now stationed .at the United Hiates naval recruiting station at Denver, Colo. AMFRICAN GENERAL INJURED. PARIS, Dec. - 23. CHavas) An airplane piloted by a British officer and carrying an .American general from Treves, Germany, capsized this afternoon at Louvres, onhe out skirts of Paris. The pilot-' waa killed and the general was seriously injured. WOULD LEAK X COST OF WAR. COBLENZ. Sunday. Deo. SI. (Bf The Associated Press.) The arm ot Santa Clans, reached aoroe th At lantic and France to beyond th Rhine, have brought larg quantities ; , of sweets and various luxuries and holiday irlfts for the first Christmas In Germany of th American army of occupation. Christmas package for the soldier began to arrive several day ago in., carload lota and are being distributed rapidly. The quartermaster department and the American Red Cross have provided thirty carload of chocolate , and stink candy. Every officers' mees and every oom- i pany of soldiers I to have a Christ mas tree. " Many of th tree were cut by the soldier themselves. -i The Y. M. C. A. Is supplying deoor- . atlons for the trees. Branches of the ,i Knights of Columbus with all th di t, visions will present soldier with extra . smokes. - The arrangements provide for be- ,.t ginning early in the morning the die- . trlmitlon of the package sent to th soldiers from home, while the after-1 noon and evening are to be devoted . to entertainments. S On the gastronomic side the men promise to be very well provided for, . While no turkeys or cranberrie will . be served at the Christmas dinner, th . troops will have gooee, duck and'',, chickens a plenty, as well a roast nig . and tlsh. A general order proniwt: ; th American from 'buying meat or . fate from the Germane, but by a sys tem of trading soap, as well as choc--late and other foodstuffs, the prospect , appears good of securing sufficient na-. tive product to vary agreeably the ' army meat diet. . The Salvation Army ha begun the baking of doughnuts at it varlou ( ; quarters and by Christum It nope to , have hundreds of thousand on hand -..' at least three doughnut for every . saldler. -'- The Germans, throughout th oc cupied area are preparing for an ex- . tensive celebration among them selves. They seem determined to . have a good time ana are ouymg . . ' WASHINGTON. . Dec. 24. The oCnnte tonight adopted a resolution I..- QUI,,AB Unl.lla. ttf T.. ... I falling on all department head andjtr supplle for their Chrltna dln cabinet members to supply the senate I her. -: : ' With figure showing tu cost of t' Germnweainer xorecaaK lor ; ju ' .., -r ,'OuriatmM m Cleudr, fly
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