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; a ' . ' ' ' ' V. THE ASHE WLLE CITIZEN r CITIZEN WANT ADR BRING RESULTS vol. xxxni, NO. 227! ASHEVTLLE, N. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS -;.. . .' THE WEATHER FAIR. AMERICAN SAILOR POPULAR FIGURE . AT BRITISH PORT American Destroyer Squad ron Completes Its First Month of Service. TAKE THEIR TURNS WITH THE BRITISH t7o Actual Battle as Yet But Several TJ-Boats Have Been Sighted. REGISTRATION FIGURES INDICATE THAT MILLIONS AWAIT THE CALL TO ARMS Late Returns Received At Washington Believed That People Will Bring in the Slackers Next Step is Selection of Men for Army. THE BRITISH PORT BASE OF THB AMERICAN FLOTILLA, (Via London, Jun I.) The American de stroyers have completed their first month of active aervlce In the treat war. They have been favored with excellent weather, which' la a big fac tor rn anti-submarine warfare. Most of tha time they have had aunny sklea and smooth aeaa with Just enough aquall and storm to put their seamanship to test. The favorable weather conditions made their task of learning the technique of anti-sub marine warfare much simpler and easier. Virtually Assimilated. The American boats are assigned to work hand In hand with the British squadrons, being virtually assimilated Into the British naval machinery here. A destroyer Is usually out for four or five days, and then returns to port for two or three days while coaling and loading supplies. Thus every Ameri can sailor gets at least half a day shore leave practically every week. The Americans take their turn with the British boats in all routine work of patrol and convoy. The work, al though largely routine. Is interesting and the Americans have never yet found time hanging heavy on their hands. The lookout must be constant and eyes must be trained to an un believable degree of keenness. The young Americans take zealously -to this business of finding the periscopio needle . In. the nautical haystack, end dally" reports o submarines sighted,, of . IbbseJ-vaUpn made,. ..6t ", wirele-a Vrnihgsent- broadcast show that the American boats are already mak ing an average -of results almost as satisfactory as the long experienced British . boats, with which they are operating.. No Actual Battle. There has bten.no actual battle as yet between an American destroyer and the enemy although several re ports show that U-boats .have been . sighted and have been compelled to beat a hasty retreat to the depths of the sea. An assignment to - oonvpy a liner '.'from home." that is, from an Amer ican port, is regarded as an especially choice morsel. A Trans-Atlantic liner which sights the American flag ap proaching to escort her to land never fails to respond with a great waving of flags and handkerchiefs from her decks and there Is a fine exchange of wigwag signals In lieu of handshakes. 6everal American liners can already testify to the vigilant work of the American destroyers as convoys. Oc casionally a fortunate liner finds her self being escorted to port by Ameri can and British destroyers side by side, circling about her like twin sis ters, a visible sign of the new alli ance. The American boats were ready for duty the minute they arrived. This was sometning of a pleasant surprise for the British naval men. it had been expected that some time would be necessary for certain Installations and fittings, but the Americans nad everything in readiness and were at pace assigned to work. WASHINGTON, June . -The mighty roll of honor of American manhood has begun to reach Wash ington tonight, from the states that had completed their count of the men of military age registered yesterday. At a late hour only a few complete re ports were sufficient to show that millions of men await the call to artna The oRlolal figures were too scant for an accurate estimate of the total of the men who have registered. The first reports showed that the census bureau estimates of ellgiblea had not be equalled, but officials pointed J 77. " """""" oy wnicn one or two cities alone had exceeded the es timates would wipe out the entire de ficiency of the several smaller states sending in their first official returns. Still in Progress. In some of these cities registration still was in progress today, the at torney general havlna- annrnvnH ih. action of Provost Marshal General Crowder, in authoring an extension of time where cards were lacking or where the registration machinery proved Inadequate to its task. Until the records of the great manu facturing centers are completed, re sults of the registration cannot be gauged accurately. General Crowder iu unigrni m( it was not to be ex pected mat tne registration figures would check with the census esti mates. If for no other reason because some nunareds or thousands of men In the army and navy and national guards who were not required to reg- , M ' . iaemngi irom governors all over the country showed that there are relatively few slackers to be dealt wun. Already the machinery of the government Is moving to bring these lew to a recKoning. People M ill Act The chief factor in bringing them to book will not be leral General Crowd er and the forces of ine department of justice place fulj reliance In .the people themselves in ringing rorward these shirkers. No plan that would serve that end will be overlooked No man skulking n temporary sarety Because he Is a stranger in nls commun ty. or. be. cause his age Is not known, will es cape ir tne processes of the law can bring him to an. accounting.. But It is upon .the Indignation of men and women whose sons of other kin have faced the Issue with courage and cheerfully recorded their names that the government chiefly depends to bring slackers into the open. As the registration figures came in tonight the work of preparing for the next great step proceeded without interruption. Already the registra tions which will govern exemptions are virtually complete. It Is prov able that few days will see fhem dulv promulgated by President Wilson and the work of assembling the boards In each community under way. The personal honor of the president of Secretary Baker and of every member of congress who voted for the bill The Annual Crop -. , 1 1 " 1 1 BRITISH TROOPS : CAPTURE GERMAN stands pledged to the statement that even-handed Justice and fairness to all men, high or low: white or black, will govern in the great task. Much, must be done before - the names of those who will compose the armies can be enrolled. Millions of registration cards must be examined and classified. Those who are wholly unfitted physically for a soldier's grim business, must be eliminated. The quotas of the states must be assigned: the machinery for distributing this quota equally" through every, remote county or precinct of each stats must be perfected. ., . . . Exemption Boards." The local exemption boards will almost equal in number the registra tion precincts. Assurance has been given that a man's own neighbors will ne the judges to pass unon his case. There were more than IJ5.000 pre cincts and erjual decentralization wllj characterize the exemption ma chinery. President Wilson upon whom the law Imposes the duty of selecting and appointing all these boards, probably will delegate this authority to the state officials. Tielr loyal and en thusiastic response, exemplified in the registration Is certain. Then comes the appointment of the boards of review to which each man who may be chosen by his local board for army duty may carry his case If he feels hlmseif wronged. These broadly speaking, will be creat ed for Mrh ferier.il InHlsl 4U.lr4 and the president may appoint them jeader Tribute to the Women of tht South Is Paki by Bishop Collins Denny, of RichmondEm- a-?oeS J8p?oce8bv wn.h win phasizes the Spirit of Unity and Fraternity Existing Betweea the Two Sectlons-Nearly urawn m appear Dfiore mm exemp- i . , tion boards, secretary Baker has tOO.000 Visitors In Washington for Reunion. a Jury wheel might be employed, but Deyona mat no information has been nJInnrf. tm . WASHINGTON. June . Annual countrv bore out th inrHmtinna nt memorial exercises for the soldier last night that the great enterprise dead, a feature of every reunion, were had been carried through without hId day by th9 Confederate vet objection or opposition from a stiff). J , .. clent nunVber Of citizens to be worthy erans, assisted by the Sons of vet- P0SIT1SIHM Take. About Mile of Terrain North of the Scarpe River. 1 ARTILLERY DUELS ON REST OP FRONT Italians Forced to Give Way by Austrians Near Gulf , of Triest. 1 ANNUAL MEMORIAL EXERCISES HELD BY conPederateveterans IN CONFEDERATE SECTION OF THE ARLINGTON CEMETERY erans and Daughters of the Confed eracy, In to' Confederate sec tion of Arlington at the foot of the monument raised to Dixie's dead by of mention. Registration was com pleted virtually without disorder: cer. talnly with only a small part of the disturbances that usually characterize national elections. General Crowd." tonTght outlined tn wome what 1 tTollow-th great enroll- crowded, the gtOj JiVand -hear th ment: - - ? eulogies pronounced . on ; those who wiiir,,, mr" tne compie- dled for tn j-j Cause. Flowers nun pi inw iirsi wen aennea sitin i . . j r the execution of the Selective service were strewn tothe graves, special law" he said. "The actual recording wreaths belnr placed on tha tmh nt nas Deen practically nntsned tn a single day, but the arrangement and copying of the cards, their segrega tion Into appropriate groups, the publication of lists and the rarnerlnir in of delayed registrations will con--1 sume a week or ten days. In the meantime, the machinery of the reg istration Is being readjusted to serve as machinery for the further execu tion of the law. This work is pro- the unknown dead. Tribute to Women. Bishop Collins Denny, of Richmond, Va., paid a tribute to the women of the south through whose efforts the memorial shaft was erected and to the generosity of the north in so readily granting the request for the placing of ceedlng rapidly and should be com- the statue In Arlington, declaring "it pleted colncldentlv with the tying UP or tne loose ends of registration When this is all done, regulations governing the Jurisdiction of the local boards will be issued and the ma rhlnery will then be ready to proceed (Continued on Page Two) ITALY'S WAR AIMS ARE DEFINED IN STATEMENT MADE BY SIGNOR NITTI Did Not Enter War for In demnities or Annexa tion, He Says. AND BAKER SPEND MOST STRENUOUS DAY IN STATE Visit Three Places and Ad dress Big Audiences at Each. EIGHT OUT OF EIGHTEEN GERMAN AIRPLANES ARE DEGREE FOR BAKER. ITALIANS IN U. S, WASHINGTON, June .Italy's war alms were defined In- -a state' ment today by Francesco ' Saverlo Nitti. former Italian cabinet officer and a member of the war mission. . "Italy did awt enter the war for in demnities or annexation," he said. "Italy entered the war for the pur pose ' of rectifying , our frontiers in order that the liberty and freedom of Italian subjects living under the Aus trian yoke may b J won. Italy's war la a war for independence and for hu manity. We are fighting for the same cause." : Mr. Nitti, a professor of economics at the University of Naples, discussed with authority and interest the report that the commission had reached an agreement with the American govern- ' ment regarding the status of Italians ef military age in this country. "There must be more than 250,000 Italians in. the United -States who ars liable for military duty, but they are ' for the most part over the age limit of your conscription law. as the great majority of our young men ?broad re turned to Italy at the outbreak of the war." RAliEIGH, N. C June 6. Visits to three places in North Carolina, with addresses to big audiences at each, made this a strenuous day- for Secre tary of War Baker and Secretary of the Navy Daniels, who left tonight on their return trip to Washington. Secretary Baker visited the tate to deliver the annual address at the commencement of the University of JNorth Carolina, Secretary Daniela to conduct patriotic exercises at the commencement and to deliver the diplomas to the graduated. At the state university the honorary degree of f.T. D., was conferred upon Secre tary uaker. that degree having been 'conrerrea upon, secretary Daniels a few years ago. The same degree was also conferred upon Captain 8. A. Ashe, historian and author. The. two secretaries also delivered addresses at Durham in the afternoon and at Raleigh at night being greeted by big and enthusiastic audiences at each place. In each of the addresses made by Secretary Baker and Secretary Dan iels expressed high gratification with the result of the selective draft reg istration of yesterday, that despite the fact that there had been talk of dia aftections, that none of this was in evidence. Each paid high tribute to the splendid spirit of service shown by the self-registration of men for war service. Secretary Baker saying that this gave proof of the strength of the strongest though the loosest constructed democracy of the world, In which each of the people is free to express himself. - - At night in Raleigh the two secre tarles made brief addresses from the portico of the governor's mansion to a great crowd assembled at a Red Cross garden ' fete. The value, of humaritarian work was emphasised. Secretary Baker . declaring the ideals which carried this country into war British were Ready for Great Raid Attempted by Germans. RAIDS FREQUENT. , is here by consent of the nation, by the act of your former foes. These men met your petition- for the war rant to honor your dead, not with a challenge to a contest in a forum or In field; not with tha sting of the taunting conqueror but with a knlgbt llness as honorable to them as it was generous to you." Expressing the gratitude of thd south for the action of their former foee, Bishop Denny said: "The south will not stint her appreciation nor her praise." Emphasizing the spirit of fraternity and until existing now between the two sections, Bishop Denny declared that "this monument Is the eeal of a fraternal union. . Now not simply does the blue touoh the gray, the two are interwoven. America .s united." The yeung men of today. he said, will remember the heroism of their fathers and will emulate their example and are ready to sacrifice their all for the Stars and Stripes. Roll of Honor. The roll of honor of Confederate veterans was read by" Adjutant-Gen eral William E. Mickle. Religious songs were rendered by a choir ac companied by the band. A display of a human nag on" tne Washington monument grounds by a,- 200 school children under the auspices of the Southern society, drew a large crowd. Survivors ef the famous Mosby raiders held a meeting today and formed a permanent organization. Veterans and. visitors . continued to come In today and estimates placed the number of veterans In attendance at 10.000 and the number of visitors at:100.000, nearly double tha site df thf pre-reunion estimates. " "Over , 00ft yeteranswere TegsHr4 M union station and more than 7,000 badges distributed, a rush order for S.000 more having been placed,, so each veteran will have a souvenir from the reunion. Over 4,500 of the old soldiers are being fed : at each meal. Buildings are being rented and cots placed to take car of the overflow and manv citizens are-throw win, of Roanoke, commander-in-chief for next year. MOCK SESSION OF SENATE. WASHINGTON. June . Nearly one hundred Confederate veterans from Georgia held a mock session to day In the senate -chamber. Escorted to the .chamber; by, Senator Smith, of ueorgia, one member of the delega tion took 'the seat occupied by the vice-president while the others sat. at tns desks used by the various sena tors. . A spectator In ths , gallery yelled "ipeecc'V and Senator. Smith called the attention' of the presiding oinoer to me laci mat mere was com motion In the gallery, a rule vigor ously enforced in the senate.. A num ber of vlsltlna veterans spoke, one of whom,, "nominated Senator Smith for ing open their homes. EvTythlng ;draUYng visitor, to the floor of the py.iuio "" " J T eenate, even when that body is not In session, is strictly enforced and it is said that . this is tha first session of the kind in history. of the guests by local committees and citizens. Walked from Atlanta. Arthur Pope Murray, who -was a member of Kemper's battery of Alex- and Vice-President Marshall. A de- . , from his home In Atlanta, 900 miles. NORTH CAROLINA FIGURES. 4 for the reunion. , . , . . .v . ii- ! RALEIGH. June a. At 1 8 the climax of their hopes, ths parade fclock tonight sixty counties had un Pnn.vlvanla avenue tomorrow it telegraphed official returns on and by the white house where they J tne selecUva draft - reglsttloi -,ui w- ....i.w. h t.M.nt wn.n t showing a total of 122,882, Si and Vice-President Marshal. A de- J nn"T "fJ02, 0V?I th V 1 fmrhm.nt from the local post O. A. R.. it "lmn "mate for these coun- will th federates. National guard organlza tlons and the young men training officers In the Fort Meyer camp, also be In line. Governor Stuart of Virginia, ac companied by the cadets of the Vir ginia Military Institute, reached here chment from the local post G. A. R.. fie. Td Vbut foot- thT.?,Mv t 111 act as escort to General Harrison. :J ""' '"Vh.S0""!, f e commander-in-chief of the Con & KT XSi TZoZtt cer? t mtnr ulnly PaM the 2M00 mark In ni eTand total. tonight for the parade tomorrow and ,T fiKvlrv irTTTrr, w Tnnwann T on Friday will go to Gettysburg to at- 't 8EEN KILLED IN TORNADO. tend the nnvelllnr of tha Vlrrlnla (I " . " i -a kwi TvrruKT i. r n vr - a. - .....v. uMkr. .(I U . .una -w tend the unveiling of the Statue of General Lee. Veterans cleared a circle near their camp where several would dance the Seven persons , were killed and -f "inch da mare rinnn In h. ,-h f Wright county apple belt to- 4 old country square dance while some , night, when a tornado swooped one picked the fiddle. They enjoyed down - between Mountain Grove themselves like boys on an outing and and Norwood. All wires- are spent much time lying on the cots un- down and only meager reports der their tents renewing war time ln have come from the stricken die- cldents and events. ; trlct. ' At their session today the Sons of a. Veterans re-elected Ernest G. Bald- 4Ve- LONDON. June . Tho British troops have captured a German po sttlon north of the Scarps river over a front of about a mile, according to the official report from Headquarters tonight . . . .; The French steamer Crenoque gave battle to a German submarine, whloh was trying to approach her tn a heavy sea. Four shots from ths steamer sent the U-boat scurrying be neath the waves. Artillery Duels. From the North sea to the Franco Belgian frontier the entente allies and the Germans ars; engaged In artillery duels, which are especially ' violent around Dixmude and betweea Steen straete and Het Baa and In ths region of Wytachaete, south of Ypres. On the north bank of the Scarpe liver to the eaat of Arras, ths British have captured from the Germans trenches over a front of about a mile and mads 12 prisoners. The Germans ars heavily attacking the French troops in , the region between Solsaons and Khetms but except on one sector they have everywhere been repulsed with . heavy casualties. North of the Che mln Dee Dames some trench elements were captured by the Germans. Again there has been lively fighting In ths air between British and Germans In which sight enemy machines were shot down and eight others drive down out of control. . Ths BrltlsU themselves lost seven machines, Italians Give Ground. - In the Austro-ItaMan theatre the Italians have been forced to srivs ground bafore violent attacks by tha Austrians south of Jamlano, which lies a short distance from ths head of ths Gulf of Triest. The Vienna war office claims the capture Of 171 Ital ian officers and , 600 men in this fighting. . All along ths front the Aus trlans,are heavily shelling Italian po- sltlons. with the Italians replying vigJ orously. 'v Eighteen BritlsB ; merchantmen wre sunk by mines or submarines . last week as compared, with nineteen the pratflous week., according to British admiralty announcement , IEIS STEAMER AFTER BATTLE Running Fight With XT-Boat Ends in Destruction of Latter, - REPORT RECEIVED. IXTNTWIN, Juno 8. Eight out of eighteen German airplanes that took part la yesterday' air raid on Essex and Kent were driven down by Brit ish adrmen. Four of these were to a certainty completely destroyed, whilo two others are believed td have been put totally out of commission. vi me eignteen machines that started in the raid two were brought down near the British coast after having dropped then bombs, as re- ponea in me omcJal statement The remaining sixteen were engaged bV ten naval airmen from Dunkirk, who in a- great battle over tha h.- T Succeeds Arthur J. Balfour, Who is to Return to His Duties. TORNADOES CLAIM TOLL OF LIFE AND PROPERTY Missouri and Kansas Visited by. Series of Cyclones Twenty-Four Dead. KANSAS CITT, Mo., June 6. Tor nadoes last night and early today spread death and destruction through rural districts of Missouri and Kansas! LONDON. June Lord North- stiffs s tka -miamt nt tVi at ttrar H stroyed two mors of the Germans inet has aeoented the position of head ana a rove aown another four, two I of the British war mission in tne unit of which. ifnrHin. .v. led States in auccession to Arthur J, . v wo vi..ciai re- i . - . . ,, , v.. x,i.. -R.nnrt. nnlrht A an... port were mmnl.t.1. .... .. H"""""' r .-...... ... - r J UUt UUl DI KC- I - , W 1 UOn. t - I T ... x--l.1lff.'s tmmU will Ha After the lesson of the Folkittnne 1 co-ordinate the various British mis, raid, ths British were sions and to act in concert with the - -;w terday's visit and from the moment the Germans left the Belgian coast they were engaged, first with patrols over the channel, then with the land forces in England and later, on their return, with the squadron of airplanes from Dunkirk. r -, , In addition to these romn - eive actions, a warning was given tns inhabitants of ths districts visited and they were able to take to cover, so that the casual tie, whlla nnit... able, aggregating twelve killed and thirty-six wounded, were much small er than In ths case of Folkstone, which had no warning. Anti-alroraft gum and atmlan.. urewaea in Keeping tne raiders from ths military and naval centers, and ths casualties occurred chiefly in missions of the entente allies and . of the American and Canadian govern ments. - He has made many visits to the United States and Canada. - , Lord Northcllffe is well known as a iwrlter and newspaper proprietor, He controls among othsr Journals, The London Times and Iondon Daily Mail. He ha a controlling interest tn great New Foundland paper mills and the imperial paper mills at Grave send, near London. He has long taken an active part In British political af fairs and recently has been engaged In vigorous support of Premier Lloyd George's horns rule for Ireland policy. '. i ' 1 THE WEATHER. WASHINGTON. June . Forecast with Germany were those of Justice small town, and .villages, oa which Kdar S VsS3I i sadlllberty lor all mankind. from war. dropped In.rialn.LaL. ' lZ umnsrai-, killed In Missouri and nine in Kansas, The number of Injured has reached approximately 150,. and , estimates of the property damage place It any where from $1,000,000 -to $2,000,000, The greatest loss of life apparently was in Boone county, Missouri, where the tornado, dipping, here and there as It raged from the southwestern to the northeastern corner, . claimed eleven persons. ' In Carroll, Charlton and Ray counties, further west four are dead three at Richmond and one at Whttam. - a In Kansas ths deaths totalled sight In ths country southeast and west of Topeks, One other was killed at Ssvonburg. near Iola, where the tor nado appeared early today. The course or tne tornado was marked by odd Jumps. Ping it ap peared near Topeka, early in t:.e day. and then came to eau'.U again In Kay count MiflMatty aBocUjr psior mid-. WAR REVENUE BILL WILL NOT BE READ.,6. FRIDAY Consideration of Measure Will Probably Not Begin Until Next Week. WASHINGTON June . Consld eration of the re-drafted war tax bill will not begin In the senate until next week. After nearly two weeks spsnt in revising the house bill downward, the senate finance committee todav aoanaonea its plan to have the meas ure ready ' Friday. Instead, Chair man Simmons said, the commit tee hopes to complete its revision Sat urday. Decisions on Important taxation questions still pending were deferred' tooey, details and minor - tax rates alone occupying th? days sessions. Rates on incomes and excess profits are to be left to he last. It ap pears probable that both as adopt ed by the house may be changed and increased In some respects. Any reve nue needed to make a total levy of $1,600,000,000 probably wt:: be se cured by Increasing the Income or ex cess profits taxes. " ' The documentary stamp section, to be considered tomorrow, probably will be little changed. As to ths tax upon publishers, which also may be settled at tomorrow's seas inns, com mittee sentiment apparently . favors adhering to the tentative decision for a two per cent advertising lev and ttlacxjMsvtagate' -' WASHINGTON, June i.A - Ger. : man submarine is - believed to have been sunk by an armed American steamer in a running fight lasting aa hour and a half, In which thirty-flve shots were fired by the submarine and twenty-five by the steamer, i An of-. nciai announcement by the state de-' Sartment today says the isteamer's nal,hot "apparently struck tha sub. marine, which raised clear out of tha water and stood stern end up for a few seconds." Then she disappeared." The' department's announcement' follows: ' . , The department of stats is advised' by telegraph of an engagement be. tween an armed American steamer and a submarine. ' The guns of tho' steamer were manned by an American, naval crew. The submarine was first seen at about 7,000 yards. She had" a six-inch gun forward and another; aft. Sh flew no flag. . . s "Upon sight of the submarine, ths steamer hoisted the American flag' and waited for about ten minutes. As the submsrlne approached the steam er fired. . The submarine responded. -The steamer kept a speed that would i not permit the submarine to corns, within range. Then followed a fight lasting for an hour and a half. The1 submarine came to a distance of about , $.800 yards. By that time the stibma-I rlne had fired thirty-five shots and", the steamer twenty-five. The last shot ' of ths steamer apparently struck the : submarine, which raised clear out of , the water and stood stern end up for ; a fsw seconds. Then she disappear- , ed. The captain of the steamer and ? the commander of the guard bellevaT , that the submarine waa sunk., Ths -steamer suffered no damage." THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN Circulation Yesterday City '4,606- Suburban . . , 4,683! Country. . . . . 1,739 . Ntttpaid . . .11,028 Service . . . . , 195 Unpaid .88 Total '. .V. .11,311 V.
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