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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER FAIR. CITIZEN' WANT AD3 BRING RESULTS ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MOHNLNO, MAY 21, 1017. VOI,. XXXIII, NO. 210. PRICE FIVE CENTS BRITISH CONTINUE GERMANS IN PLOT FOB REVOLUTION Mr. Wilson Will Take Care ol Him 15 OF L CONSTRUCTION OF UBOATSTORPEDO SWEDISH VESSELS . LAOEIJ WITH GRAIfJ DEADLY BATTER N WOODEN GERMAN IS NOW PROCEEDING AGAINST ICO Driven Beyond Bullecourt, Harassed Teutons Are Given No Rest. GERMAN POSITIONS CARRIED BY STORM Action Causes Much In-, dignation Among the People of Sweden. No Differences Between Goethals and Members of Shipping Board. Plot to Overthrow Govern ment of Costa Rica is Uncovered. FORMER PRESIDENT CONCERNED IN PLOT ill German Forces Have Again Attacked Russian Lines in East. With Bullecourt firmly In their possession, the British troops are giving- the Germans no chance for rest and have started another of fefcslve with the Idea of bringing their forces to the north of Bullecourt In allimment with those In the village. Sunday saw Field Marshal HalB men acaln strike the German line hard In this region and carry Ger man positions over a front of more than a mile between Fontaine Les rrnlaellna and Bullecourt and hold them, notwithstanding fierce counter attacks. The fighting here again was of a sanguinary character ana xne British war office reports that heavy casualties were inflicted on the uer maps. Another Offensive. Although London makes no men tinn of the fact, the Berlin war of flee reports an offensive by the British along a fifteen-mile front, extending from the, region of Acheville to Queant, which means that again the entire front of Drocourt-Queant witch line Is being hammered. Th. rmv of the German crown nrin continues ineffectually Its ef forts to crack the French line along the Chemln Des Dames. Aiier .h.n flr of ereat intensity by all calibres of guns, and not excepting aonnvxiaUnsr gas projectile, me mans Sunday endeavored to come out of their trenches and attack In force. With their usual aispiay w hln. however, th Frenchmen at most places held the Teutons to their trencnes unu reciprocal artillery fire. Wherever the Germans were able to come Into the open and dash toward the renen trenches they were met with a wither ing fire and Buffered neavy iu, . ..Ti.. . ninoo northeast of Cerny, J.i .v. .fter the payment of fXH a heavy price In killed and wounded, I " " v,o svonoh nositlona. Iu. i.t .rivunced elements on a front of about 200 yards were cap- tured. AMnfic Russians. A.in comes news from the Ru3'n . " .. . . mrmaiii Drobably front I 111! I mo v. 1 . - owing to the betterment of the In ternal situation in Russia, have at tacked the Russian lines. Last week offensive in the thev essayed an Volhynia sector, hut met wltn no marked success, isow ine has been switcnea to w ""',,: the vicinity of Mitau. where they threw an attack against the Russia"" but were stopped by the fire of the Russian artillery. In Roumania there v, Koon thA semblance of an av tack against the Russians east of Koveika, but here again the Teutons were dispersed by the Russian guns. North and east of Gorlzla, the Ttaiiun tronns are continuing their (Continued on Page Two.) RUSSIA CONSIDERS THE ' CONSOLIDATION OF THE IBIHT ITS FIRST DUTY Russian Premier and For eign Minister Issue State ments to Press. NO SEPARATE PEACE. PETROGRAP, (Via London, May 20). Prince Lvoff, the Russian premier and M. Teresrhtcnko, the newly appointed foreign minister, made long statements at a press re ception today on the recent crisis and the policy of Russia. Prince Lvoff, after declaring that the nation had been brought to the edge of an abyss, said: "The government considers that Its first duty is to consolidate the fight ing strength of the army, as well ror safeguarding the conquests of resti tution as for driving out the enemy and actively supporting the allies. The government' considers that it is Its duty to proclaim clearly and definitely its desire for the conclusion or a speedy peace: but, in speaking of peace without annexations or in demnities, the government declares It Is not a question' of passive defense. Free Russia will not consent to leave under the yoke of German militarism territories which were abandoned ow ing to the criminal negligence of the old regime- nmuitr v... """;--; main Indifferent to the fate of Bel gium. Serbia and Roumania. nor for eet its duties toward them. Russia can not hand down to future genera tions a dishonored reputation. T'he existing armistice at the front which gave the German chan cellor a pretext to formulate his Idea of a separate peace, dishonorable to Russia, must cease. The country must speak Its Imperious word and send its army out to fight. M Tereschtenko. In his statement of the policy of free Russia as out lined In the declaration of the provls lonal government, strongly empha sised the need of an Indissoluble un ion with the allied democracies, and he consciousness ot the duty these tie. impose upon her. He declared that It was a question of the honor of the revolution, which, was piore BMadoua to Biurta than ever. GOETHALS IS GIVEN ABSOLUTE POWER Has Arranged for Steel as Well as Wooden Vessels to Be Rushed. WASHINGTON'. May :0. Chair man Dennmn, of the shipping board, issued a vigorous denial tonight of reports, widely circulated and repeat ed on the floor of the senate, of dif ferences between members of the board and Major-General Goethals, manager of the emergency fleet corporation. HtatemenLs that the board has abandoned Its wooden ship program at the instance of General Goethals, drew from Mr. Donmun the deciaratlon that already contract had been let for , twenty-six wooden ships and that scores of others will be let In the near future. Driven by Necessity. "The shipping board." said Mr. Denmen, "has never wanted wooden ships but have been driven to It by necessity. It views the expenditure of government funds for this purpose with the same regret that It would have felt towards the expenditure of $50,000,000 given to It by congress at the time of its organization for the building of battleships to carry mer chandise. Th wooden vessel has an economic value that Is not entirely negligible, but were It not for the war It Is not conceivable that we would have built one of them. "Before entering into the wooden shipbuilding project, the hoard can vassed the steep shipbuilding Industry and found that it could get no con tracts for the bidlng of steel ves sels In any large number for the gov ernment account. While we did not know It at that time, we afterwards discovered that the reason for this was that the British government had contracted for nearly all the available space In American yards. Powers Absolute. General Goethals did not ask It. but we assured him that his man agerial power should be absolute and that while he could call upon the board 'for any assistance he might need, that the board would not at tempt to Interfere with any of his policies. We have endeavored to the best of our ability to carry out our snare or tne oargatn, ana we know. as every one else knows, that the general at this difficult task has given the same cheerful energy and devo tion of genius to the nation that he did on the canal . "Should the effectiveness of the submarine be happily curbed It Is ob vious that the first curtailment of pro duction would be applied to the (Continued on Page Two) RINTELEN, LAMAR AND MARTIN FOUND GUILTY BY FEDERAL COURT JURY Charged With Conspiracy to Disrupt Allies' Muni tions Traffic. WILL BE SENTENCED. NEW YORK. Mav 20. Tuntaln Franz Itintelen, of the German navy, David Lamar and Henrv B. Martin were found guilty here tonight bv a ,1ury in the Federal court, on charges of having conspired in 1915 to disrupt the munitions traffic between this country and the entente allies. The Jury disagreed as to four other de- lendants. The verdict was accepted by Judge ushraan less than an hour after he had sent the jury back to its delib erations in the hope that all the cases mignt be cleared up. While no statement was made by the prosecution. It is understood that rank Buchanan, H. Robert Fowler, Herman Schulteis and Jacob C. Tay- lar, upon whose guilt the Jurors were unable to agree, will not be brought to trial again. Captain Rintelen, who was paymas ter for Lamar and Martin tn the anti munitions operations of Labor's Na tional Peace council, did not appear disturbed at the verdict. 'It is fair and Just, Tie declared, when asked his opinion. It was intimated that Rintelen may be sent to a detention camp rather than to a 'prison because of the as sistance he Is reported to have given the government. The .penalty for the offense charg ed, which was violation of the Sher man anti-trust law. Is a year in prison or $5,000 fine, or both. Sentence will be pronounced tomorrow afternoon. Rintelen, who is reputed to have spent $500,000 In his propaganda work, is said to hold high social and official rank In Germany. After his effort to disrupt the munitions traffic by fomenting strikes had collapsed, he left the country under an assumed name, but was taken by the British authorities from the steamship upon which he sailed and lodged In the Tower of London. His agreement to return to. the United States and assist the government In Its campaign to stamp out German propaganda, la un derstood to be all that saved him from being executed as a spy. THE WEATHER. , , WASHINGTON, Mar 10. 'Fore cast for North Carolina: Pair Monday ad Tuesday. Suspicious "Lumber Camp" is Established Near the Panama Frontier. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, May 20 A far-reaching plot to overthrow the present government of Costa Rlc-a, of which President Frednco Tluoco is the head, has been uncovered by the authorities. The former president, Alfredo Gon zales, who was deposed last Janu ary, at which time Tlnoco assumed control, other officials or the rormer government and Germans resident here and In the United States are al- leged to be Implicated. A German firm In New York Is declared to have furnished 1100,000 for the organlza tlon of a revolutionary movement. Prevented from Iveavlng. The brothers of the ex-president made an attempt to leave Costa Rica, but were prevented by the authorities, and the parents and sisters of Gon zales, who were granted permission to leave the country, took refuge In the American legation, where they still are. In spite of the fact that their safety has been guaranteed. Recently Germans resident here have been showing ' marked activity, Three wireless stations have been discovered at Heredia, the home city of Gonzales, one of the plants con nected with the city electric plant. being very powerful. Other wireless installations have been found In the cosat regions of San Caxlos and Colo rado. "Lumber Camp." Recently there has been established not far from the Panama frontier a lumber camp where 8,000 men are now engaged. They have under their control a number of gasoline launches and vast quantities of gasoline. It Is reported that a wireless station at this place has communication wnn Hererila and also with a wireless plant on the Paciflo coast, which Costa Rlcan officials, now are ndeavotlng tn locate. It is stated officially that a wealthy German named Karl Freis, who re cently arrived from Panama, was de , talned for an examination of his 1 turner and many important facta were learned tnrougn tnese uocu- mentg. Another German named Kumpel, who has been acting aa an adviser to Gonzales, has been ordered exiled. In view of these disclosures and the frequent trips abroad of recognized friends of Gonzales, as well as the extraordinary activity of Germans In this country, the Costa Rlcan con- (Continued on Page Two.) GOVERNMENT'S POLICY Object Aimed at For First Year is 3,500 Battle Aeroplanes. TO BE STANDARDIZED. WASHINGTON, May 20. Formal announcement of the government's policy as to all types of nirrroft cept Zeppelins was made today by the vuuik.1i ui national defense through Howard ft. Coffin, member of the council's advisory commission and jirmi ui me aircraii production board recently created- The object aimed at for tne first year, according to Mr. Coffin, is the production of a minimum of 3,500 training and battle aeroplanes; the education of from 6.000 to 6,000 avia tors, and the doubling or more of the producing capacity during the second year. The development of big rigid dirig ibles or Zeppelins Is in the hands of a special army-navy board headed . by Admiral Taylor. Major K. I) Fr.ntr.ia of the army aviation corps, is head of mo Bpeuiiicatjon ooara. Other plans include the establish ment of nine aviation training fields three of which already have been se lected by the war department and construction work on which will be gin at once. Each will provide for two aero squadrons of 150 men each and have hangars and shop equipment for seventy-two machines. It will cost approximately $1,000,000 to equip each fields. Six American colleges are to give cadet courses by July 1. The first classes opened May 10 and Professor Hiram Bingham, of Tale university, is assigned at the war de partment. In charge of this Instruc tion. The cadets are entering the classes at a rate of twenty-five a week. The cadet course will take approxi mately four months, to be followed by six weeks or more of practical training at the aviation fields. The six institutions giving the courses are the Universities of California, Texas Illinois, Ohio; Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cornell university. American engineers will have to de velop engines for battle craft- Mr. Coffin said, as French and British concerns have all they can do to sup ply their own armies. Arrangements have been made to standardize training machines In Great Britain, Canada and the United States so that American-made ma chines of tkla type can be distributed la &11 thre countries. PRUSSIANIZED EMPIRE DIVIDING WE CONTINENT OF EUROPE AND FORMING WORLD CENTER IS DREAM OF KAISER Full Scope of Germany's Plans closes Outline for Impregnable Economic and Military Llo She WASHINGTON. May 20. Ger many's next peace declaration, ex pected to suggest a program of terri torial renunciation on the east and west. Is regarded here as largely an swered beforehand by information re vealing for the first time the full scope of the imperial government's asplra - tlons for conquest In the south. - This information discloses as one of the primary alms of the war a plan for consolidation of an Impregnable military and economic unit stretching from the North sea, to the Mediterra nean, cutting Europe permanently In half, controlling the Dardanelles, the Agean and Baltic, and eventually forming the backbone of a Prussian world empire. Methods of Bismarck. In tho light of German history, the plan shows how Implicitly the kaiser has followed out the blood and iron politico-economic methods of Bis marck for development of Prussian power. Considered in view of the present war map. it shows that the major portion of the kaiser's war program has been accomplished, re gardless of what disposition is made of conquered territory in France, Bel gium and Russia. A full realization of this situation adds a new force to the repeated declarations of allied statesmen that the German peace maneuvers are in reality war moves, and that prema ture truce only would give Germany a resting period in which to further Prussianize and prepare tor a greater world war the territory to tho south east which she lias conquered under the guise of a friendly alliance. Wilson's Declaration. Although officials have refrained from definite public expressions of what the United .states might demand PREPARING TO REGISTER Tl Machinery Already Or ganized for the Registra tion on June5. WASHINGTON. May 20. Prepara tions to register ten million young men for military service on June 5. are proceeding swiftly throughout the country. Advices reaching the war department show that forty-two states have their machinery already organized, ready to proceed with the work. Central boards have been establish ed In cpunty and city for each 30, 000 population: blanks and forms have been distributed and nation wide machinery stands ready to take the military census In the shortest time every allowed for such a huge undertaking one fourteen hour day. All doubts as to the wisdom of turning this task over to the states was dispelled by the nr,ture of the governors' messages. A fine spirit of cooperation and desire to Join in the national teamwork for which the president has asked in hla proclama tion, has been displayed.- QUIET SUNDAY. BIRMTNQHAM. Ala.. May fc .Except that a number or wirmingnam Protestant PUIPIIS weie imcu uj ing Presbyterian ministers, today was one of oulet for the general assembly of the FretbrlsrwAftluuvk Jsnt for Conquest In the South Revealed for the First Time and Dis Mtdi1etraeaar Controlling Dardanelles tei.i-. ' - as a peace guarantee, these possibili ties recall with recurring emphasis President Wilson's dealaratlon that America must tight until "the world Is made safe for democracy." They bring Into relief Foreign Minister Balfour's warning that hard fighting still must win the war, the convlc- 1 Hon of the American army general I staff that the country must ' prepare ! ror at least three years of war, and the fact that predictions of an early peace have been discredited as vis ionary in virtually every allied capital. How minutely defined Is the Ger man plan and how accurately It Is be ing carried out have become fully apparent only with the opening up, during the last few weeks, of several new avenues of Information. " The re turn of American diplomatic agents from the central empires detailed confidential reports of the recent frank expressions in the relchstag and In the German press, and the deduc tions of ulert American agents abroad watching the newest peace moves, have supplied the explanation of more than one hitherto obscured fea ture of tho German policy. liong-rXahlishFd Plan. In her southeastern conquests, It now is apparent, Germany has fol lowed in toto the long-established plan of the Pan-German league, which as early as 1911 Is said to have cir culated a definite propaganda of con quest, with printed appeals contain ing maps of a greater Germany whose sway from Hamburg to Constanti nople and eouthwestward through Asiatic Turkey was marked out by boundaries virtually coincident with the military lines held today. Bulgaria's declaration of war on the side of Germany wa.i actuated by a German diplomat coup which In itself is regarded now as a further Reminds German Govern ment That Other Notes Are Still Unanswered. MADRID (Via Paris, May 20.) The Spanish government's note to Germany concerning the attack by a German submarine on the Spanish steamer Patricio recalls that a num ber of notes of protest previously ad-: dressed to the German government 1 tee will meet again tomorrow morn still remain unanswered. It declares ing In an effort to reach an agreement that the transaction of all diplomatic heiore the measure is called up in the business with Germany will be sua pended until replies a.-e received to these, according to the newspapers. It also demands the fulfillment of conditions agreed upon by the German government to prevent unwarned at tacks by submarines on Spanish ships in safety zones and asks for an in demnity for the Patricio. STARTS FINAL WEKK. WASHINGTON, May 20. The British war mission, refreshed by a quiet Sunday after its trip to Rich mond, will enter tomorrow its fifth and final week In this country. With the practical conclusion of the nego tiations over trade matters, the deci sion to send an American army to Europe and the transfer of cc.vs.1 ne gotiations to London, practically all the major Issues which brought the vsiitora here bar baea settled, .. Unit From the North Sea evldenco that a clear road through to the Dardanelles was considered In Berlin as a primary and imperative purpose of the war. In the case of Turkey, German domination is believ ed here to be even more complete than in Austro-Hungary and Bulgaria. Not only have German officers led In defending Turkish territory and In eradicating Inharmonious elements such as Armenians and Syrians, but it has been learned that .German In dustrial organizers have taken a Arm grip on Turkish Industry and German professors have been sent to spread German kultur among the popula tion. Fitting In squarely with an actuat ing desire for conquest to the south east Is the general German military policy during the entire war. It Is noted that even at the expense of re cessions on the eastern and western fronts, Germany has taken pains to overrun quickly Serbia, Montenegro and Roumania and to i-jep in check tail allied attempts to strike at the southeastern pathway for the Dar danelles or Salonlk:. Not until the present British advance In. Asiatic Turkey has there been any serious danger to any part of the greater stretch from the Baltic to the Persian gulf. It Is pointed out that any Ger man peace offer would be expected to demand at least some expansion for Bulgaria and retention of enough of the conquered Balkan territory to insure the route to Constantinople. That It is the Intention to bring Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey into u customs union Germanizing their industries and to surround the whole economic entity thus establish ed with a formidable tariff wall, has been made clear by the declarations of Friedrlch Naumann and other ex ponents of an economic mittel uropa. COMMITTEE FAILS TO Hours of Talk on Second Class Mail Rate Brings No Results. WASHINGTON, May 20. Hours of talk over the proposed second-class mail rate Increase In the war revenue bill by the ways and means commit tee today resulted In nothing concrete being accomplished and the commit- house.' Discussion of the proposed tax on advertising, automobiles and mu sical Instruments, set for today, was not reached, and members became pessimistic as to the possibility of passing the bill by Tuesday night, as Dcmocratitc leader Kite hln had heped. . Representative Moore, of Pennsyl vania, announced in committee tewtay that unless he was prevented by cufcf inlttee action tomoirow he would pro pose a flat increase to two cent.4t. pound on all second-class matter without regard to zones. This would double the present rate. A plan of Increasing the present rate to two cents in the first three sones and to four cents In the remaining five zones also is being considered. Represent ative Sloau, of Nebraska, and Ratney, of Illinois, are layering new plans, to t Toted on. . ' ACTION DENOUNCED BY THE NEWSPAPERS Ten Men Lost in the Sink ing of the Three ' Steamers. STOCKHOLM, (Via Iondon, . Maf JO). News that the Swedish steam-i ers Vesterland, Aspen and VlkeaJ laden with grain from England, had1 been sunk by German sub marl nee wasf received here late last night and causV ed much Indignation. The arrival of the steamships which were released under the recent much Indignation. The arrival of the steamships, which were released under the recant reciprocal agreement freeing the en. tente allies tonnage in the Bothnia Gulf, had been eagerly awaited. , Former Minister ef Marine BostV roem was the chief owner ef the Ves terland. while the Trans-Atlsntio com pany, of Gothenburg owned the Aspen, and Vlken. . Ten Men tost. ; The message which told of ' the sinking, said that eight members of the crew of the Vlken and two of the men aboard the Vesterland had beerv lost. Newspapers ef all shades of epln Ion were united today tn voicing in . . dignation at the torpedoing of the three steamers. The Stockholm TM nlngen captions Its article "The Ger mans' dastardly dead against (IwedJ ' en" and characterizes it aa a "dellb. ' erate and bloody crime." ' It declares) that a land which Is capable of such, a deed is capable of anything. j The Dagens Nyheter says: I "Our German kindred land as It la fond of calling Itself is 3 drawing heavy drafts on the sympathies which' it believes itself to possess here and for which our land has been forced to hear so many unkind words from Germany's opponents." t . , Why Friends Are Few. ' The Nyheter declares notntellIgnt ' German need wonder tha- his country ' has so few friends in the world. . The HtockholmaDsgblsd ssvs si (Continued on Page Two) FIRST PHASE l THE WEW; j BRITISH OFFENSIVE ' IN 1 FRANCE IS COMPLETED Infantry Marking Time and Keeping the Germans , Puzzled. " ' " ' - j LATTER ANXIOUS. . 4 ,i ... S : ifrom" A staff dcrmvpUpcnfj """i i-rr mm aoduiatiili ftltiea. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN! PRANCE. May 20 (Vhv London.)--With the fall of Bullecourt, the cap ture of the chemical works, the occut patlon of Roeux and a general even ing up of the British line, the first phase in the new British offensive in France is over. Wot four days now the Infantry vlr tually has marked time. The artillery activity, too, has been considerably -reduced. Various Bectors . of the front which a few days ago were, spouting Are like volcanoes now ire only Intermittently shelled. - The Germans today manifest won derment as to what General 8h Douglas Halg can have in mind by sending a spasm of shells first here and then there as If at a loss exactly what to do, yet fearing not to d something. This uneasiness also la apparent in attempted- raids from ypres to et. Quenttn and by officers suddenly appearing at vantage point ueninu inn eneray lines eageny study ing the British position. The Prus sians apparently are concerned at thai loss ot Bullecourt, threatening Queaet at the end of the Drocourt-Queaftt support line and also the remander it the Hlndenburg line as it does, for since the Prussian guards fell bade during the night of May 1, the ruins of the village have been fairly quiet after a fortnight of some of the bitterest fighting of the war. Thus, during the short breathing spell, the British situation Is satisfac tory. The Germans are menaced all along the line where pressure Is be ing kept up against them, notwith standing the pause In the Infantry operations. What Infantry activities have developed among the Germans In the last four days have been feeble and easily dealt with by the British artillery. THE SUNDAY CITIZEN Circulation Yesterday City ....... 4,894 Suburban ... 2,445. Country . . . . 1,208, Net paid . ; . 8,547 Service . .' . . . 182 Unpaid . . ... 98 .Total 8,827 r;- ' A
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