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THE WEATHER
FAIR AND WARMER
VOL. XXXIH, NO 153.
ASHEVILLE, N. 0.,
AY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1917.
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REALIZATION THAT A STATE
OF WAR EXISISTS PUSHES
PREPARATIONS FOR WARD
Genera! Military Budget Will Be Laid Before House and Sen
ate When ttiexExtra Session Convenes a Week From Mon
dayCouncil of National Defense Holds, a Long Session
With Committee of Seven Industrial Plants.
At the Door
PRESIDENT IN CLOSE TOUCH
WITH EVERY DEVELOPMENT
Secretary Daniels Makes Awards for
Twenty-four Destroyers, Nine of Which
Will Be Built Under Emergency Fund-
Situation Is Tense Says Baker.
WASHINGTON, March 24. Having taken virtual
ly every defense measure possible before the assembling
of congress, President Wilson and his advisers in the ex
ecutive branch of the government are concentrating their
efforts to prepare for the more sweeping steps for which
congressional authority will be sought.
The-details of the steps to be recommended are held
ill closest 'confidence; but officials let it be known today,
tffafltlrH
hating man items of expense deemed imperative, will be
laid ef Of0 the house and senate when the extra session
begins a week from Monday. j
Defense Council Meets.
During the day the council of national defense held a
i,ug conference with its advisory committee of seven in
dustrial leaders who have mapped out mobilization plans
for the country's economic resources; the navy department
awarded contracts for twenty-four destroyers and called
a conference of steel and other material companies for next
week to consider means of speeding naval construction;
the war department announced that failure of the army
appropriation bill at the last session of congress would not
be permitted to handicap the army's preparations; and
REED
UNITED
APPEALS
FO
Z
WILSON
"Loyalty Day" at Kansas
City Ends With Huge
Mass Meeting.
SENATOR SCORES THE
MAN WHO INTERRUPTS
Missouri City, Scene of Wild
Enthusiasm with Flags,. ,t
AS GERMANS RETREAT BEFORE ADVANCE
OF FRENCH TOWARD ST. QUENTIN THEIR
TRAIL IS MARKED BY DEVASTATION
Associated Press Correspondent Traveling With Forces of France Gives Vivid Description ot the
Fighting No Dy ell fag Is Left By Germans as They Move OutPollution of
DESPITE FIERCE
RESISTANCE OF
GERMANS BRITISH
FRENCH
Allies Make Progress on
Both Sides of Somme
and Oise Rivers.
FRENCH NEARINO THE
CITY OF LA FRERE
Roisel, Seven Miles East of
Peronne, Is Captured
by the British.
Notwithstanding
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CV the normani hmtnrm tl- ui,....-
burs linn. Brltlah mni ---
continue to make progress on both
sido of the Homme and Olse riven in
ruuee.
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IS
TOLD TO LEAVE BRUSSELS
Br STATEJEPflRTMENT
Department Advises Relief
Workers Not to Remain
Longer.
GENERAL LEONARD WOOD
DOES NOT LOOK EOR ANY
TROUBLE FROM ALIENS
KANSAS f'JTY, Mo, March 14.
Kansas Pity brought "loyalty day" to
an end tonight with a tremendous ex
pression -of patriotism and 103-alty In
convention hall, the scene of a huge
mass meeting.
Resolutions supporting Presldont
Wilson In his (guidance of the country
and recommending no expense be
spared in mobilization of the entire
strength of the nation were passed
without a dissenting voice.
Senator Reed reviewed the events
leading to the present International
crisis and jnded his address with an
appeal for a united cltlsenry behind
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SENT TO HAVRE.
WASHINGTON. March 2 4. Be
cause of the "German government's
disregard of Its written understand
ings" for the protection of Americans
and American relief work in Belgium,
the state department announced to
day tnat American Minister Brand
Whitlock had been withdrawn from
Brussels and the staff of the Ameri
can commission for relief in Belgium
advised that they should not remain
longer in German occupied territory.
Minister Whitlock, who had been
kept on Belgian territory chiefly to
aid the relief work will go to Havre,
the temporary capital of the Belgian
government. The places of the with
drawn American relief workers will
be taken by Dutch citizens and . the
commission through that means will
continue from outside bases as best
it can the work of caring for ten mil
lion dependent Belgians. The depart
ment's announcement, one of the most
severe indictments of Germany yet
drawn by the- United States, recites
that restrictions have been Imposed
on the Americans, "which, under or
dinary conditions would never have
been tolerated," and that Minister
Whitlock has been denied diplomatic
privileges and courtesy. It says that
the most serious development, how
ever, has come within the past ten
days, when several of the commision
relief ships have been "attacked with
out warning by German submarines
In flagrant violation of the solemn
engagement of the German govern
ment. Whether Germany will continue to
make the relief work difficult for
other administrators is not known
here. ', The general American execu
tors, beaded br Chairman Herbert C.
Hoovi will continue their efforts for
Belgium and ."Northern Franc out
aide German jurisdiction.
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Says That This Country Has
Nothing to Fear from
Internal Conditions.
NATION UNITED.
NEW YORK, March J J. (Major
General Leonard Wood, in an address
at a luncheon of the Republican club,
here today, declared he did not be
lieve the United States would have
any trouble with the ."so-called alien
population" within its borders.
This country of ours is a melting
pot, he said. "Unfortunately,, we
have not built up an Individual noral
obligation. We do not Impress upon
i"y are real clt liens I
am one of those, however, who does
not believe we are going to have any
trouble with this so-called alien popu
lations." :
Charles Edward Russell , widely
known as a socialist, asserted that
politics, creeds and beliefs are swept
aside In an emergency such as the na
tion is facing.
"Some men are afraid," he said,
that we are getting into war Instead
of being proud. What Is there to be
afraid of except that we might not do
the right things? No sacrifice can be
too , great for those who inherited
valley Forge."
TO
REITERATES POLICY OF
U.S. TOWARD GOVERNMENT
Outlines, Clearly and Con
cisely, Stand of This Coun
try Against Revolt.
TO SUPPORT ORDER.
tTROAR AT PEACE MEETING.
NEW TOR
able disorder
night of the f :
ation. In Mad
which resolutl
elaring that
March 34. Consider.
ttended a meeting to-
ergency Peace feder-
ion- Square Garden. . at
ns were adopted ie-
overt acts "however
brutal," do not afford cause for war
to a repuoiic wnos slogan was "con
ciliation, arbitration and democracy."
Persons in tha audience who took ex
ception to some of the remarks of the
speakers, were ejected, in spite of
protests on tha Part of those on the
Uatform,
HAVANA, March 24. A note from
the American government to the
Cuban government reiterating the
purpose of the United States to sup
port tne Cuban government in Its ef
forts to re-establish order and con
demning the conduct of the rebels,
was delivered today by William H.
Gonzales, the American minister. The
note follows:
"All declarations of the United
States government regarding the in
conceived conflict in 'uba from the
beginning have been clear and con
cise. There has been no occasion
whatever for misunderstanding and
nothing indicating that the United
States could be forced Into action
which It has declared Its determina
tion not to adopt, but to remove all
pretext of erroneous Interpretations
and reaffirm the condemnation of the
revolt by the United States govern
ment and Its support of the constitu
tional government of Cuba, the Unit
ed states government makes the fol
lowing unmistakable declaration:
."It has come to the knowledge of
the United States government that In
Cuba, propaganda persists that In re
sponse to efforts of agents against the
constitutional government the United
States . Is studying ; the adoption of
measures tn their favor. The United
States government cannot understand
how its policy could be misunderstood
regarding the situation existing In
Cuba, To avoid continuation of mis
understandings and misinterpreta
tions of the declarations made by the
United States government which have
been published throughout tha Cuban
republic, which defined tha policy of
the United States tn Cuba In unmis
takable terms. It Is desirable to re
iterate tha essential point of those
declarations, .to-wit: ,
J "First The constitutional govern-,
ment of Cuba has been and l!l con
tinue to. be sustained and '-acked by
Uie government ot the Un'ted States ,
In Its efforts' te r-vtaMlh order
hot the territory of the r-atuhUa-
with the Breach army in
france. from a corre
spondent of the associated
PRESS. March 24. (Via Beauvais.)
The rapidity of the Oerman retreat
has somewhat diminished, but the
French advance continues eastward
of at. Quentln canal. The fighting be
tween the advanced and rear guards
has been sharp at various points, but
the Germans have been unable to
withstand the pressure of the French
forward move. All obstacles placed In
the way of the oncoming French are
overcome with Indomitable energy
and spirit, with which the men are
Imbued more tlian ever , since they
left the trenches for the open coun
try. The hardships of bivouacs and Iron
rations are borne with the utmost
etieeriness because the French sol
diers feel that they are liberating
from serfdom their fellow citizens
who have been under the sternest
German rule for more than two years.
Bridge Blown Up.
The Associated Press correspondent
with the troops encountered some of
the difficulties that confront the pur
suing army. At five different places
the French, tried to cross the canal,
but on each occasion were pulled up
suddenly by a yawning opening where
a bridge had been blown up, but
eventually crossed by a pontoon.
As the French progress continues
the extent to which the countryside
has been laid waste Increases; not a
dwelling j-emains intact. This is not
the result of artillery Are, but special
ly prepared bombs which were placed
In the buildings as the Germans left.
Cottages and farm houses, which once
housed nearly 100,000 peasant farm
ers have thus been rendered unin
habitable, merely In the districts
where the Germans recently have
been forced to evacuate.
Wells Polluted.
Every well has been1 rendered use
less and the homeless people must
now rely on supplies of water brought
In barrels by the French soldiers.
This pollution of the wells was
deliberate, as demonstrated by a Oer
man order found on the battlefield
dated March 14, addressed to the
Second ' squadron. Sixth German
cuirassiers, belonging to the Thirty
eighth division, giving Instructions to
this end.
The correspondent spoke to d ovens
of homeless Inhabitants, all of whom
asserted that the German soldiers,
When asked why they were destroying
the property of householders, always
replied: "It Is our orders."
The wife of the village doctor at
Naelo, who had housed the German
regimental staff, protested to a Ger
man lieutenant against the wilful d
structlbn of her furniture. He ap
peared to regret what his men were
doing, but said:' "I cannot do other-'
wise; It Is my command.
Most of the liberated people are
without money, their metal coinage
having been taken by the Germans
who gave paper In exchange. Every
thing possible Is being done for the
refugees by the French civil and mili
tary authorities
TWO FORTS TAKEN.
PARIS, March 24. Two of the
advance forts In the defensive system
of La Fere, a strong point on the
Hlndenberg line, have been captured
by the French, who also have occu
pied the west bank of the River Olse
from the outskirts of La Fere as far
north as Vendeull, a distance of about
four miles.
The new French success Is
chronicled In the official report issued
by the war office tonight which adds
that several villages on the east bank
of the Ailette river have also been
taken, the German rear guards being
driven back.
The statement reads:
"North of the somme we have
forced back the enemy to the out
skirts of Savy, where he had estab
lished himself In a line of trenches
prepared In advance from the Somme
to tha Oise.
"Our troops, continuing their suc
cess, gave battle to the enemy, who
defended himself foot by foot and
The west bank of tha Ola (mm
La Fere northward to Vendeull.
tance of about four miles, has been
occupied by tha French troops who
also captured two of tha advance '
fort in the defensive system of La
Fere, supposed to be on of tha Ger- .
man strong points. 1. , ;
North of tha Somme, the Germans
have been forced back to Savy, four
miles west of St Quentln. Tha light .
lng on th west bank of th Otae, ac
cording to French official statement,
waa of th most desperate character, -th
Germans giving ground only foot
by toot and j dsfendlng- themselves
tenaciously. . , . ,r 1 .. , .
In tha fac Ot th German attemnt
., it check th French vrogreew south of
tn oum y flooding soma sections, the
French have advanoed en the east
bank of the AUett river, capturing
sevsral villages and forcing th Ger
mans to retreat -..s. -s ,,.'-; ;f.r
s Roisel Takeav
Rolsal. seven miles east of Paronn .
and a railway junotlon -point on th 1
lln between Marcolng and 8t Quen- -tin,
has been captured by th British;
At Beaumeti-Les-Cambral, near th
canter of tha Brltlah Una on ' tha .
Somme front,, the Qermaas attacked,
and obtained a temporary footing In
th village, but later wer ejected. . A
British advanc southwest and -west
of Ecoust-fit Main, southeast of Arras
on a front of on and half miles. '
also Is reported by London.
Grand Iuke Nicholas hag been
ousted from th chief command of th
Russian armies because of his oon
nectlon with th Romanoff dynastyj
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ABLE TOM VERDICT
Woman of "Oliver" Osborne
Fame Must Stand Third
Trial for Perjury.
NEW YORK. March II. After de
liberating sixty-seven hours without
reachlnr an agreement, the Jury in
the case of Rae Tanzer. charged with
nerlurv in her breach of promise suit
against former Assistant District At
torney James W. osborne. was dis
charged today by federal Judge Van
Fleet- A new trial will no necessary.
The lurors were nearly In a state of
collapse, and one was stricken with
acYite indigestion this morning ;.nd
bad to be attended by a physician.
This was the longest deliberation
by a federal Jury I11 this district, court
officials recalling today that the pre
vious record was sixty-one hours in
the case of the New Haven railroad
officials in It If.
Judge Van Fleet questioned the
Jurors in th Tanzer caa Individually
and learned that almost from the first
they were hopelessly deadlocked. They
said they had considered the evidence
and believed there had been so much
false testimony given during the trial
that they wer unable to .determln
which side to believe.
Th alleged perjury waa committed
at the trial of Franklin D. Bafford. a
hotel clerk, who at the time Miss Tan
er brought her suit Identified James
W ' rtrna as "Oliver Osborne,"
which was the name signed by a man
who accompanied Ml" Tanser to the
hotel. Charles H. Wit has testified
eeveral time that he waa th woman's
companion. Bafford was eonvKtaa
and sentenced to prison.
Mlasi Tanser suit against James m.
Oaborn was never brought to a con
clusion, having ben withdrawn with
Sat attorney's request ,
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WESTERN ROADS MAY ISK
FREIGHT RATE INCREASE
Officials Want Conference
With the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
WASHINGTON, March 24. Appli
cation of western railroads for an In
crease in freight rates because of the
higher cost of labor under the Adam-
son law and of supplies and equip
ment was forecast late todav by a
telegram to the Interstate commerce
commission signed by officials of
more than twenty roads, asking for
conference to consider steps neces
sary to meet "a financial situation re
quiring Immediate relief."
While the western roads did not
state specifically that a general ad-
vnnc In freight rates would be re
quested, such a request Is expected to
follow. Eastern roads yesterday filed
a formal petition requesting the com
mission to suspend Its rules so as to
permit without delay a general ad
vnnc In rates, and the commission
has called a hearing for next Tuesday
afternoon.
Southern roads have yet to be heard
from tn connection with the proposed
general Increase In ra'ea. Because "f
difficult conditions and regulations sp
ot ring in their leas, there la some
dovbl here whether they will Join the
ether roads at this time In requesting
a general advanc.
' , COOPER WIIX BE THERE,
BRAMWBLIa W. Va.. Varca 14.
It . waa announced toairht at th
bom of Representative Cooper, re
pa bl lean, who has ben ill. that he
would b abte to attend th opening
of th special . session of congress
IjirU i. , ,
FOR WRECKING ATTEMPT
Fenton, Charged With Try
ing to Damage Machinery,
Is Sentenced.
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VICTIMS OF STORM AT
NEW ALMNY, INDIANA
Measures of Belief Institut
ed for People Rendered
Homeless.
TWO MORE DEATHS.
ROANOKE. Va., March 24
Joannes Schmidt, a German miner,
was arrested today by detectives at
Maybeury. w. Va., a few miles across
the Virginia line, for attempting to
wreck machinery In the mine where
he was employed. He was given a
hearing before Magistrate Smith, at
Maybeury and sentenced to serve
sixty days In Jail and pay a fine of
$100. Schmidt was taken to Welch,
W. Va., nnd lodged in Jail.
The detectives artm that Schmidt
placed a spike in one of the mine
motors. A crowbar was found in a
conveyor before It caused any damage.
Schmidt Is known to have taken a
number of pictures around Maybeury,
which Is one mile from Elkhorn
Tunnel, the largest tunnel of the
Norfolk jtnd Western railroad system,
and through which practically all
coal from the West Virginia fields
passes.
The Norfolk and Western railroad
has taken adequate steps to oroteet
all tunnels and bridges and heavily
armed guards are keeping a lookout
for suspicious characters.
WANTS ROAM FEDERALIZED.
" BALTIMORE, Md.. March S4. An
nouncement was made at th Balti
more and Ohio railroad offices to day
that Danial Wlliard. president of the
company will appear before th New.
lands committee In congress this week
and urge federellsaUna of railroads.
By this it was explained he will ad
vocate government regulation to th
sxlualon of conflicting state lavs, u
NEW ALBANY. Ind.. March 4
With but two additional deaths re
ported during -th day, the work of,
searching the debris proceeding
satisfactory and measures of relief in.
stltuted for the homeless. New Albany
late today began to emerge from tha
gloom which had enveloped the city
after the storm which wrecked por
tions of It late yesterday.
The deaths reported brought the
list of fatalities to thirty-three. Three
fourths of the wrecked area, It was
said, had be n explored and tne re
mainder might possibly yield addi
tional bodies.
of the 100 or more who were in
jured, it was said probably scvety-five
were badly hurt, but that less than V
dosen were in a serious condition.
Citizens of Louisville have sub
scribed more than $12,000 for relief:
and sent motor trucks loaded with ,
food and clothing. The chamber ot
commerce has issued an appeal for
aid. estimating that $200.000 'is need,
ed to proper. care for the Injured
and homeless.
The work of clearing- away tha
wreckage and searching the ruins for
bodies today was under the supervi
sion of a detachment of state troops.
Sixty were on duty today and 109,
more were epected tomorrow when,
200 inmates of the Indiana State re-'
formatory at Jeffersonville. three
miles away. ill be put to work.
Monday an additional 100 men will
be used witi electricians and other;
skilled labor from the Institution in
an effort to rehabilitate th stricken'
section.
An effort to estimate th property;
loss was made late today bv a com-'
mlttee repreacntlnr local trade or
ganizations which placed th lost at
$1,111,000. - .
When the rescuers today examined
the ruins of . the negro school housa
which was expected to yield a num.
ber of bodies, they feund only a bad-t
ly frightened but practically unhurt' '
negro bov, who had been pinioned
beneath th debris.
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