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CITIZEN THE WEATHER LOCAL SHOWERS CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS VOL. XXXTTT, NO, 222. ASI1EVILLE, N. C.; SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1917. PRIC.E FIVE CENTS THE AS HEMLLE 1IM PLANS FOR DRATF ARMY GREATLY REVISED Many of Troops' Will Bo Plaoed Under Canvas, Is Announced. VARIOUS. MATTERS CAUSING CHANGES Will Be Sixteen Canton ments Instead of Thirty two, as Planned. . WASHINGTON. June 1 Important revision In th plan for training the war army have been made by the war department; which announced to day that the half million men to be railed to the colors In September will be concentrated In alxteen canton ments instead of thirty-two and that many of the forces probably would be put into tents Instead of wooden barracks- Lack of funds, material, labor and transportation facilities. Secretary .uaner said, caused the decision to reduce the number of cantonments. The larg-er number seemed practicable but that would have made a much greater demand on the overtaxed re sources at the department's command, Upsets Canto Plans. Although the chance will upset all the tentative plank for camp locations made by department commanders, it Is not expected to delay beyond Sep tember 1 the mobilization of the treat draft army. Four of the sixteen can tonment sites provided for under the saw plan already have been selected and choice of the others is expected soon. Secretary Baker Indicated that building- would proceed as rapidly as possible. The four sites selected are at American Lake, Washington; At , lanta Ga; Ay re, Mass., and Wrlghts ' town. N. J. A more plentiful supply of canvas than expected made It possible to put some of the troops under tents- Most of the tents used probably will be placed at southern camps. In making the announcement Secre tary Baker said also that forces in excess of those which could be cared for in the sixteen cantonments would be placed under canvas. This was taken as referring to national guard divisions,-although the militia bureau .has received no Instructions In this regard. . , . Plans Not Changed. ' There U no Indication of an in tention to alter the ' plan for forma- -iit ixtea -divielen ef Hie gtmd.i me Questions or ninng tnese ap to war strength probably will not be settled until selection of men for-mill tary service In the draft - army ' be gins. Under the law either the reg ' ulars or guard can be filled up with men from the, selected lists If that is desired. Meantime, the national guard units of the eastern portion of the country will be drafted into the federal armies, on July li. , Undoubtedly they will be put under canvas as rapidly as divisional mobilization is ordered and the plan . of training virtually all guard divisions in the southern sec tion ot the country will be adhered to. The guard already has a consider able supply of tentage and the Coun cil of National Defense is at work endeavoring to secure enough for all forces. All of the guard units will have been drafted Into service by August R That does not mean that all will (Continued on Page Two) TO REGISTRATION FELT Predicted That Any- Out bursts Against Measure Will Be Sporadic. THIRTY ARRESTED. WASHINGTON, June 1. apart ment of justice officials believe that the situation with respect to the draft army registration Tuesday' Is well in hand, that there will bt no serious disturbances and that the nation will wake up Wednesday to find that out bursts have been sporadic and not the result of a general feeling against the law. It was pointed out at the depart' ment tonight that more than ten mil lion men are required to register un der the law and that it would be sur prising Indeed If such a day were to pass on without incident, as no gen eral election ever held in this country passes witnout some disorder. Attorney General Gregory's orders had caused the arrest of about thirty persons up to today in connection with anti-draft propaganda. Only a few more, probably less than half a dozen, are expected before Tuesday. Such a showing Is looked upon as ex traordinary in view of oratory against registration and the few conspiracies discovered to prevent the response of the men of draft age. . The department expects that there may be a number of evasions of the registration provision, that will look large in total but not when the great number subject to the law is consid ered. Many- even of those who ,- do evade Tuesday are counted ; upon eventually to come forward to make good without prosecution. It was said tonight .that out of the ten million, officials are confident the slackers will not number-one In one hundred. Attorney General Gregory reiterated his request that local organizations aid lnv the work ot-seeing that every man between twenty-one And thirty years of age in their communities jigljtiet, Ms nans - ,.- - f .1. 4,.'-.'.it i.:rJ-M"' PROSPECTS FOR TRAINING CAMP NEAR ASHEVILLE ARE REPORTED Probable That Government WUl Send Division or More to Biitmore and Other Camp Sites in This Vicinity Would Mean More Than 20,000 Men. WASHINGTON, June 1 Prospects are reported tonight to be splendid for a training camp In the vicinity of AahevilJe. It is altogether probable that the gov eminent may decide to send a division, or over 90,000 men there. Locations might be Axed ' at two or three places Including the Vanderbllt estate and Swan nanoa. As indicated tn The Cltisen of April 21, the United States war department in all probability will locate one of the sixteen training camps in the vicinity of Ashevllle. At that time Colonel H. J. filocum, U. S. A., here to Investigate the tender of a camp site for (,000 men, said: "The 120 acres offered by Mrs. Vanderbllt has every advantage for thd accommodation of a small unit such as this. It Is admirable In every way." According to oOVdaJs of the Ashe vllle board of trade the location of a training camp here for a division would mean the annual expenditure of not less than $16,000,000 annually. Since the date1 of the first announce ment In The Citizen that the camp would probably come here consistent efforts have been made towards that end. Mrs. Edith Vanderbllt, It is now known, has supplemented her first very generous and patriotic offer of a site on the Biitmore estate for the camp by still further concessions. It may even be necessary to destroy a portion of the magnificent shrubbery and remove many of the fine trees on the estate that the camp may be part ly located there. Camps May Be Divided. 1 1t has long been recognised that the camp would have t be divided, should the government decide to send an entire division here. Those who have been active In furthering the interests of Ashevllle in this matter have other sites which are available, although it is understood that pos sibly $40,000 will be required to se cure these additional sites. Colonel Slocum was the first army officer sent here to investigate the iBBMEfMS FORTE OF Will Be Met at Station by Committee of Confed: erate Veterans. TENTS ARE ERECTED. WASHINGTON, June 1. Arrange ments were completed tonight for the reception here tomorrow 1 of General Geo. P. Harrison, of Opellka, Ala., commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, and his stair, who will arrive early for the veterans reunion to be held next week. Gen eral Harrison wUl be met at the Union station by a local committee and several hundred veterans who have already arrived. . General Bennett Young, of Louis ville, past commander-in-chief, also Is expected here tomorrow and Gen eral William Mickle, of New Orleans, adjutant general and chief of staff, will come Sunday. The local committee announced that accommodations have been pro vided for three thousand veterans and several thousand others will stay with friends, or at hotels where they al ready have reservations. Railroad of ficials notified the Washington police tonight that they count on. bringing 73,000 persons to Washington for the reunion. The camp field near the capltol to day took on the appearance of a cir cus ground with four big tents to be used as mess halls, ba tracks and headquarters nearly completed. A place of honor In the parade next Thursday and other exercises of reunion week has been provided for the Confederate fife and drum corps coming from Raleigh, N. C. GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER. KNOXVUXE, Tenn., June 1 Rush Strong, who kM been on trial here since Monday for the killing of Bam B. Luttrell, Jr.. In July 181$. was late today found guilty of voluntary map slaughter by the Jury after twelve hours of actual deliberation. ; under the laws of the state, the verdict carries with it an. Indeterminate sen tence) In the penitentiary of two to ten -years. UNCUS SAM BUYS SHOES. .WASHINGTON", June 1. Contracts for J, 450. 00 pairs of shoes-for the navy were awarded today through the National Defense Council, delivery is to fee completed within eight months, and the average price per pan- will be 14.15. The contracts awarded on competitive bids were distributed among twenty-seven linns, n PROTEST AGAINST TAX. CHICAGO, June , . 1. Resolutions protesting 'against i an H -Increased postage rate and the proposed federal tax on advertising were adopted by members of the Audit Bureau of Cir culations In convention here tonight Louts Rruch,. of Chicago, was re elected president. AS EXCELLENT tender of the camp site. His recom mendations were favorable to this cltv. He was followed by two other army officers, who spent several days here. Their report also was favorable, although thev drew the attention of the Ashevllle committee to the fact that more than one site would be reaulrsd to accommodate the men During their stay they Inspected sev eral proposed sites and it Is under stood these site fully met their re nulrementa. It mav be stated that the war department is willing to di vide the camp Into sections that the men sent here for training may enjoy the climatic advantages of this moun tnln rerton. The ourtty and abund ance of the water supply, freedom from malaria, files and mosquitoes will be decisive factors In placing the camn here, should such be tne government's decision. Will Extend Water Mains. The city commissioners have al ready Indicated their willingness to co-operate and to extend the water mains to the camp sites. The county authorities will be asked for aid and there are already many substantial subscriptions to the fund it will be necessary to raise. It tne camp is xo ds built here. The placing of from 20. 000 to 20,800 men In a community, or in three different communities, means the building of that many small towns near Ashevllle. The men who are selected from the many who will register for conscription next Tuesday will be In the different camps iri thin fa.ll. the war department expects, and In the meantime these small towns will have to be maoe ready for their occupancy.. Just how the government expects to build so many cities as will be call ed for to care for the 600,000 men In training then, has not been explained. It has been suggested that the work will be given to the big contracting Arms of the country who in turn will call on the local contractors and labor so far as possible. The first call to the colors is for 600,000 men, who will be given six months' training. There will then be another call for an additional 600,000 men, should the war not be over at that time, who in turn will oocupy the camps. This process - will be repeated each six months, according to -the 'present plans of the government, so long as the war may last- . NT BILL MIL PROBABLY REACH II VOTE TODAY Debate Limited and No Sen- ator May Speak More Than Once. SOME AMENDMENTS. ADMINISTRATION POOD . . . .0 WASHINGTON, June 1. The first administration food bill probably will reaoh a nrval vote in the senate to morrow. Debate was limited to ten minutes late today by unanimous con sent and no senator will be permitted to speak more than once. Little progress was made with the bill today. An amendment by Sen ator Mcuumoer modirying the pro vision adopted yesterday making the holding and storage of foodstuffs and other neoesslties a felony, was adopted. The amendment specially would permit storing where no effort Is made to cause a shortage or affect the price. Senator Fletcher s amendment to authorize the secretary of commerce to engage In the catching and mar keting of fish to enlarge the nation's food supply was rejected. Two amendments designed to pro hibit speculation In food products were Introduced. One by Senator Thomas would authorize the president to suspend grain exchanges dealing In futures Is permitted and the other amendment by . Senator McKellar would forbid speculation. Debate on a proposal by Senator Fall that all public surveyed and un reserved lands in New Mexico, Colo rado, Utah and South Dakota be opened under the 640 acres home stead act was In progress when the senate recessed. - Senator Hustlng oppolng the plan, got Into such - a heated exchange with Senator Fall that the vice-president Intervened. ! WO PASSPORTS. PARIS, - June 1 Premier Rlbet announced in the chambers of deou ties on behalf of the government that passports-would not be issued to French- socialist . delegates to . the Stockholm conference and that nn mi ports for Petrograd would be arlven socialists only when ' there was no longer danger of their meeting enemy aeiesai.es in siocanoim. The - premier's - declaration' Drought three-fourths of the members of the chamber to their feet In a demonstra tion unsurpassed In enthusiasm since the beginning of the war, except' In the historic session of August 4, .1114 snd the manifestation In honor of the Intervention of the . United .States In the , t TO HELP ARTISTS, ; NEW YORK, June l.John Arm strong Chaloner's long cherished plan ror tne estaoiisnment of a trust to belp needy artists here and abroad by supplying them with funds, re cleved legal sanction today when Su preme Court Justice BIJur signed an order establishing the trust,' which consists of a fund of about $100,000. and appointed three trustees to ad min Inter it The trust Is to be knows aa "The Parte Prise JiHindT - IEAITHNE DEAD FROM TORNADOES IN MIDDLE WEST Kansas, Oklahoma and Mis souri Are Hit by Storms. WIRES TO STRICKEN PLACES ARE DOWN t, r 4 Hundred Injured and Prop erty Damage Has Not Been Estimated. iX KAJNJ9AS CtTil. June 1. Twenty one anown aeeua, more than one hundred injured and unestlmated property damage resulted from a se ries of tornadoes: that swept several towns and sections of southeastern Kansas, north central Oklahoma and southern Missouri late today and to night. ! Wires Down. Wires to air Ahe stricken places were down and ' only the meager In formation obtained hurriedly before the last means ot communication was cut off was available. With 400 houses reported destroyed at Coal Gate, Okla., a town of 1,500 inhabitants, and possibly 204 at Oof feyviiu, Kan., It Was feared that the death toll at these places would be high. On message said that thir teen bodies had been counted at Coal Oat and that ths business section of the town was virtually destroyed. Three persons "were killed, several seriously injured: and much property was damaged tt a tornado which struck Moore, ivt miles southeast ot Olathe, Kan. Another Storm. Unconfirmed .reports from Buffalo, Mo., told of. considerable damage there. Another storm was reported to have passed between Springfield and Lebanon., All wires were down in both directions. At Drake, Okla.. five known deaths wers reported. . That many school children were not killed m the damn. lltlon of the. Drake school house, was aue u tne presence ot mind of a young school teahef who marshaled er coargBB . in ex a iwrm cellar. Nine persons were 'injured, two per naps fatally, by the tornado which passed north of the town of Semi nole, Okla. Much livestock was kill ed and crops in the path of the storm were Dadiy damaged. PASSES NEAR GUTHRIE. GUTHRIE, Okla., June 1. A tor nado passed through a stria of coun try seven miles south-of Guthrie late today. Several persons are reported injured. Many Duiidlngs were rased. SEVERAL, KILLED. MUSKOGEE, okla., June 1. ev eral people were killed and over a hundred injured when a tornado swept a wide path through' the town of Colgate, about thirty miles south of McAlester late today. The storm practically wrecked the residence portion of the town. Physicians and nurses were immediately hurried to the stricken city on special trains from McAlester, Atoka and Tupelo. OOFFKWH.LE STRUCK. TOPEKA, Kas., June 1. News that Coffeyvllle had been struck by a tornado with the loss of several lives, was received In a message to Gov ernor Capper early tonight from R. D. Fulton, captain of a Kansas cavalry troop, asking that guardsmen be or dered to take charge of rescue work. The governor immediately wired the necessary authority. BUILDINGS DESTROYED. VAN BUREN, Ark., June I. The Iron ' Mountain railroad dispatcher here was lit communication at 8 o'clock tonight with a dispatcher at Coffeyvllle, Kas., who reported two hundred buildings destroyed tn that olty by a tornado. Several persons were killed, the Coffeyvllle dispatcher said. He estimated the property dam age at a quarter of a million dollars. THIRTEEN KILLED. ARDMORE. Okla., June 1. .Thir teen persons were killed and the busi ness section of Coal Gate, Okla., was virtually destroyed by a tornado that Struck the town late today, according to a telephone message from there at o'clock tonight The telephone circuit failed after that Information. CAN SECURE WHISKEY FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES Representative Webb Says I There Is Nothing in Liw to Prevent This. WASHINGTON, D. C, June 1. Mr. Webb tonight said thsre is "noth ing in the federal law to prohibit a man from ordering whiskey for med icine provided he does not order more than the state law allows. "The new lawf he said in explaining s how It worked, "will allow no whiskey to be shipped to North Carolina after the first day of July, except for mechan ical, medicinal or sacramental pur poses. If a man wants to order whis key for medicine, there is nothing in the federal law to prohtbt It, provided a man doesnot order more than Is al lowed i- by the North Carolina law. There Is nothing In the federal statute to prevent him ordering as far as the state law 'allows for medicinal pur- 90e.V Xow applies aiso, xeiv MOVING PICTURE HOUSES EXEMPT FROM TAX UNDER THE COMMITTEE'S RULING Automobile Owners Would Be Taxed from $7.50 to $25 Each by New Provision of War Revenue BillMagazine and Newspaper Clause Not Perfected. WASHINGTON. June 1. Exemp tion of popular price moving picture theaters from amusement taxes and the levying of a new federal license tax on automobile owners ranging from 17.60 to $26 with reductions for cars used a year or more, were agreed upon today by the senate finance com mittee In continuing revision of ths house war tax bill. With Its task virtually completed except for the newspaper and maga sine section, ths committee tonight adjourned over until Monday so that treasury experts may spend tomor row putting the re-d rafting into legal shape. The bill probably will be ready for submission to the senate early next week. WUl Hold Conference. Tomorrow Senator Simmons, chair man, and Senator Penrose, ranking republican member, will confer in formally with representatives of pub lishers and postofnes department ofll- j clals regarding the taxation of publications- Under the committee's amendment all moving picture theaters charging less than twenty-five cents admission would escape the tax of one cent on each dime paid, Imposed by the house measurs. Senator Penrose champion ed the change, urging that the mov ing picture house Is the poor man's theater. It was decided to retain the house plan of taxlna- other nieces where admission is charged. Treasury experts estimate that there are 1,400,000 owners of automobiles subject to the $7.60 tax. 740.000 sub ject to the 910 levy: 1,219.000 In the lis class and 281.000 sublect to the. $20 rate. The license taxes, payable by motor vehicle owners direct, take the place of the house tax of five per cent upon manufacturers of such vehicles. Tax on Automobiles. The committee's section would nro. vide: "That on and after July 1. 1)17. 1 special taxes shall be, and hereby are. imposed annually on owners of auto- mobiles and motorcycles, the raU of tax to be eased on 'each automobile or motorcycle as foflows: ..i , ."Motorcycles,, i.o;. automobiles, listed retail' price at time of purchase not over (600. $7.80: over 1600 and not ever $1,000, $10; over $1,000 asd not over. iz.ooo, lis: over 11,000 and not over $1,000, 110; $$,000 or over, 'Provided that the special taxes ..... . . . herein imposed shall not. apply to manufacturers and dealers as to nn. sold automobiles and motorcycles held for sale, or to owners of auto mobiles or motorcycles, held for sale. or to owners of automobiles, or mo torcycles used exclusively for busi ness; provided further that evidence of payment of the tax shall bs by receipt or stamp to be attached to automobile or motorcycle; under such rules and regulations as may be pre scribed by the commissioner of in ternal revenue with the approval of the secretary of the treasury; and provided further that the special tax paid within a fiscal year shall not be imposed within that fiscal year If ownership changes." A modification to be drafted later I ARREST IS MJIDE AT NASHVILLE, TENN. Dr. Grable Charged With Offering Young Men Im munity from Draft. NASHVILLE, Tenn.. June 1. In the arrest of Dr. J. H. Grabla hers today on. the charge of aiding others tn the evasion of the selective service law, federal authorities believe they have unearthed an anti-draft scheme which may be nation-wide In Its ram ifications. Grable is charged with promising immunity to young men be tween the draft ages who subscribed to a certain religious paper, basing nis - promise on the ground that it would identify them with a religious sect whose tenets are opposed to war in any form. In order to make good his promise. federal authorities said, Grable dated back the time of their subscriptions to his publication so that in every case they would appear to have been started before the draft act became law. Subscribers were charged a dollar a piece, and the data in the hands of government officials show that there were many who subscribed. Investigations are being conducted to learn whether the publication Grable represented has - had other agents doing similar work. The pa per has a wide circulation through out tne united stares. ' Grable was arraigned before the United States commissioner here and his bond fixed at $20,000. In default of bond he was locked up. His pre limlnary hearing has been fixed for Wednesday. strike; settled. NEWPORT NEWS, Vs.. June 1 The strike of more than five hundred shipyard machinists is practically settled and the men will return to work , Monday morning. If present plans materialize, according to Government-' Conciliators MofTlt - and Davis, who today conferred with of ficials of the yard and the strikers. The machinists struck last Tuesday morning, demanding higher wages. - THE WEATHER.' .f.- ' WASHINGTON. June 1 . Forecast for North Carolina: Probably show ers and local thunderstorms Saturday aod Sunday; mild, tcpetr a, . j will provide a reductKm ef ten per rent In the license taxes for each year'e use of automobiles up to five ( years, or a maximum allowance oi fifty per cent. An amendment to the Income tax section written Into the bill today would repeal the provision of the Underwood act of HIS providing for collection of Income taxes at their source and require those receiving the taxable Incomes to make a direct payment of taxes to the treasury. As a substitute for the present require ment of collection at the source, the committee adopted a new principal of "Information at the source" re quiring corporations and others under heavy penalties to report to the trees- and amounts of income subject to taxation. This plan, the committee believes, will prevent much evasion, Increase Income tax revenues consid erably and promote honesty of the law's operation and enforcement. Reports will be required on all in comes In exec-s of $800 annually. No Changes.' The committee will make no change In the Income normal tax. surtax and exemptions In the house bill, except the elimination, previous ly agreed noon, of extra surtaxes on Incomes pf more than 140,000. On the theory of exemptions from taxation - articles used by the poor the committee in changing cigar taxes, decided to exempt from any tax increase cigars made to sell for less than four cents each. Increases in taxes on cigars agreed upon were as follows: Upon cigars made to sell from four to seven cents each $1 a thousand; mono selling between seven and twelve and one-half cents, IS per thousand; between twelve and one half and -twenty eanta, $5 psr thou sand, and those over twenty cents If per thousand.' The house tax gen e rally was about the aame but based on different standards. The committee also decided today in rope&l existing tariff , provisions allowing "drawbacks" to sugar re. a. urged the arstlon. The Chang. It is said, will operate to benefit do- meeuq sugar producers and incident tlly reduce federal revenues , about H.OOO.OM. ...The drawbacks'' are virtually repayments of customs duties to refiners- after they .refine and ex port imported raw sugar. ' l"U ' ITALY NEEDS COAti i '. WASHWOTON, -June ' .l.ItVy needs million' tons of American coal monthly to continue her essential mu nitions manufacture,' according to a statement today by Francesco Save- no ivirn. or. tne Italian war, mission, I Mr. Nltti received A. Joseph Di 811- vestro, grand master of the Order of the Sons of Italy of America for the state of Pennsylvania, and Eugene v. Allesandronl, solicitor of the order, and - told them the great effort of Italians in- this country ( should be to make It possible to have coal Im peratively needed sent ' to- Italy. He also urged that all of Italian descent In this country who have not regis tered for military service at the Ital ian consulate register for the Ameri can armies. THREE AMERICAN SRIPS ARE SENT TO THE BOTTOM Sailing Vessels Were Shelled Without Warning and Sunk by Bombs. LONDON, Juno 1. The sinking of three American sailing ships was an nounced today. The vessels were the Dlrlgo, the Frances M., and the Bar bara. All were shelled without warn ing and then sent to the bottom with bombs, but the only loss of life re ported waa that, nf Thlrvt U.ta John Ray, of the Dlrlgo, who was drowne-l while attempting to enter a small noat. The JUirlxo was sunk. Mav SI the Frances M., May 18 and ths Bar bara, May 24. The Dlrlgo was strip- pea Dy tn crew, of tne submarine Her crew was landed at Plymouth. The crews of the Barbara - and Frances M., were landed at Gibraltar snd Cadis, respectively. The Dlrlgo was a four-masted sail ing ship of 3,006 tons. Bhe was own ed by Mengel Brothers, of Louisville, Ky., and was insured for her full value, $226,000. The Frances M., was an American schooner owned bv Charles V. Mlnott and registered 1,22 tons and was 204 tee' long. Her crsw numbered nine men. - The Barbara also was a schooner. Bhs was 186 feet long, of 888 tons gross and was built at Chelsea, Mass., in 1909- Prior to the war she was engaged In the Atlantic coast trade. Her crew numbered eleven men. MINISTER RESIGNS. LONDON, June J A dispatch' to Reutsr's Telegram company from Petrograd. says A. I. Konvaloff, min ister of commerce and trade, has re signed, owing to , a complete di vergence' In views with M. Skobeleff, minister of labor, concerning the eco. nomlc and financial measures neces sary in the present crisis. " ;',... ' INDETERMINATE SENTENCE. CHARLOTTE! n! C. June l. At Fayetteville today. Carl and Arthur Armstrong were convicted of the mur der of their uncle. Nelll Averltt, and were sentenced to twenty to thirty years In the penitentiary. This Is the first sentence ' Imposed under North Carolina's new Indeterminate aemtenea saw. L III FRENCH LIMES Manages to Retain Portion, of First Line Trench Captured. ARTILLERY FIRING IN YPRES SECTOR New Provisional . Govern ment of Russia Meets In ternal Opposition. Continuing his Isolated ' attack against the French lines, the German crown prince on Friday 'threw hi troops forward north of . Moulin Pe Laffaux where the battle front bends . northeast of Solssons, and against the ' battle-scarred positions on Hill $Ci, on ths Verdun front Checked Thursday in Ms 'attempt to hold positions won on Mont Haut In Champagne, the crown prlnoe had better success In hs effort to break the French line near Moulin De Laf faux. The Germans galnsd a foothold in some advanced trenches and while ifounter-attacks by the French troops forced them to retire from most or the elements taken they still maintain tenure of a portion ot them. French artillery fire sufficed to check the German efforts against Hill $04, the Germans suffering heavy losses. . Artillery Firing. - - . There has been increased artillery firing In the Ypres sector in Belgium. Both London and Berlin comment in their communications on the activity of the heavy guns in that region aside from several small raids and outpost engagements, there has been little do ing except artillery fighting on the Arras battle front. :,.... ,-,.. The inactivity in Infantry fighting on this portion , ef the- front during the last several weeks Is shown by , the report of British captures during May. These amounted to J.tll Ger mans and only one large German gun..; In April, the British took more than 11,000 prisoners and 117 large guns and HowlUers. 'Ob ths other battle -fronts, there : have - been not ehangea. Austrian at tacks on the Vodlce area of the-Julian front north ef Gorilla were repulsed by the Italians and -Vlanna reports the failure of Italian attempts tn the atuM. itfW'---iv a ' ' v' Trouble -$ ' Stacftlfti- H " !The taking over er the govern ment: ef the great, fortress of Kron stadt by tle local council' of work men's and . soldiers delegates' and strike Outbreaks in many of the large muntlon factories- of Petrograd. indi cate that the new provisional govern ment' of Russia is -: meeting with in creased internal opposition. 1 A "Kronstadt, twenty miles of Fetro- t Continue on Page Two. APPEAL TO BANKERS OF: TH CAROLINA BY: GOVERNOR BICKETt Urges Banks to Appeal for Liberty Bonds on Reg- , , istration Day. NEED MONEY POWER. " RALEIGH, June I.-i-Governor Blckett this afternoon issued an ap- peal to the bankers of North Caro lina' calling' upon them to make-registration day, June S, a banking holl- ; day on which a concerted effort will', be made to Induce the people to buy Liberty bonds. The governor calls upon men of finance to see to it that ' the state dedicate its money power as well as Its man power. 1 The governor's appeal follows: , -"To the Bankers of North Carolina: - : "The bankers of North Carolina are -patriotic. In times past they have -heroically come to the rescue and ' saved the credit of the state. An un- , paralelled opportunity for public ser- i vice now confronts them. They hov , already demonstrated their willing ness to use this opportunity and are 1 affording the people every reasonable facility for buying Liberty bonds. In order to -release their' energies - and give them time for further service, I . urge them to make Tuesday, June 5. a banking holiday, on this day, .t there be a concerted effort on e part of all bank officials In North Car olina to indues the people to invest In . Liberty bonds. Let there be a -dedication of the money power . s well as ths man power of the sta:S on this great day. , (Signed) "T. W. BICKETT. ' "Governor. v. rn ASHEVILLE CITIZEN Circulation Yesterday . City . . . . . Suburban , Country . . Net paid . Service , . . Unpaid iV. . -. j -. . . ' Total 4,651 , . 4,644 . 1,728 .11,023' . ' 205 : 325 .11.553 F00TH0 D GAIFJED BY MICE a. to :