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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER UNSETTLED. CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS' VOL. XXXIII, NO. 273. ASHEVILLE, N. C,MONIAV MORNINU, .ll'LY X, 1U7. PRICE FIVE CENTS 3 FOOD MEASURE MAY PR ESI D EN T WROTE WEEK Conferees Will Start Work on Senate Bill on Tues day Morning. AVIATION BILL TO GO TO WILSON TODAY GERMAN AIRPLANES MAKE ANOTHER DAYLIGHT RAID OVER BRITISH EAST COAST Eight Killed and About Twenty Wounded As Result of Raid Better Defense Arrangements Enable British to Drive Off Raiders In Short Order Rivers and Harbors Ap propriation Bill Comes Up in the Senate Today. WASHINGTON. July ! Th! Kk may see the long-cor.tetf d ad ministration food control bill Anally perfected In congress snd nt to 7'resldent WlUon for his signature. Senate and house conferee on the measure, which pnrd the senate yes terday, expect to go to work Tun lay. Their principal difficulties will be over the prohibition question ni th senate amendment for a board rf food administration of three mt-m-frers Instead of an Individual admin istrator. Predict Prompt Action. Leaders tonight predicted prompt action, which probably will be fol lowed bv disposal of the first food Mil. also. !n conference several weeks, awaiting dii-posal of the control measure. The 1840,000.000 aviation bill passed by the senate yesterday to fo to the president tomorrow the capitol it awaits only tne turea of Speaker Clark and P real dent Marshall, will break all speed appropriations. Tomorrow the senate will take up the rivers' and harbors' appropriation hUl and the house will convene to re ceive conference reports on the rail road priority shipment bill and that increasing the Interstate commerce commission. Shcppard to Try Again. Daring the week Senator Sheppard will try ap In to get up his resolution for national prohibition amend ment and he has high hopes of mus terlng the necessary two-thirds vote. The prohibition question as Involved In the food control bill meantime will delay senate consideration of the wnr tax bill, for the finance committee will not return It to the senate until congress finally acta on the food con ference report. " determining- how much revenue may be expected from the liquor traffic. Legislation to amend the conscrip tion law so as to subject sltens to the draft, probably will be passed during" the -week. is At slrna- Vio.e- Its perfection records for blst PLANS FOR LOCUTION OF Will Be Nine Camps Instead of Eight Under New Arrangements. CHANGES ARE MADE. . WASHINGTON, July 25 A com aplete revision In the plans for loca tion of the second officers training camps to open August 27, has been decided on by the war department as 6 result of a re-inspection of the sites previously chosen. Under the new arrangement there will be nine camjs Instead of eight, fort MoPherson, Ga.; Fort Logan H. Roots, Ark.; ana Fort Kliey. Kas.; De lng dropped from the list and Platts burgh Barracks, New York: Fort Niagara, K'New Tork; Fort Snelling, Minn., and Fort Sheridan, 111., added. The Fort Myer, Va""; Fort Oglethorpe, K3.: Fort Benjamin Harrison, In dians., Presidio, San Francisco, and Leon Springs, Texas, designations re main unchanged but a reassignment of stater personnel among the various camps has been ordered. "Soma of the locations orlgltally ordered are objectionable for various reasons," said a report on the subject transmitted to Secretary Baker by Adjutant-General McCain. "Fort Mc pherson Is already over-crowded and has poor facilities for training camp work. Fort (Logan H. Roots is de cidedly unsuitable and Fort Riley, Kas., is objectionable because of the scattering of the buildings; further more, it is to become a large can tonment. The elimination of these three points necessitates a change in the rig' 31 plan. The plan recommend ed i 50ve is Better suited to existing etrui. 'ures. no new construction is requi ed. Men in training camp will be much less crowded tnan at present. The assignment of state quotas Under the plan includes: At jort Myer New Jersey. Dela ware, Maryland, District of Columbia and Virginia. At. Fori Oglethorpe North Caro lina, South Carolina, Tennessee, ideorgla, Alabama, and Florida. LONDON', Julv 22. Another davliarht raid, carried out over tke east coast of England this morning, resulted in the repulse of about twenty German airplanes after they had dropped a number of bombs over Felixtowe and Harwich, killing eight persons and injuring twenty-five. An alarm was sounded in London, but before the Ger mans could reach any point near the city they were at tacked heavily by defending squadrons of aircraft, which sneedilv caused them to chance their minds and beat a hasty retrent. So far as has been reported, none of the '"rermans was brouzht down. Official Account. The following official account of the raid was i.-sued: "A squadron of enemy airplanes from fifteen to twenty-one approached Felixtowe and Harwich at 8 o'clock this morning. Some bombs were dropped, but the heavy hre from the anti-aircraft defense caused the enemy's formation to split up. part returning overseas and part returning south, down the Lssex coast. The latter party was heavilv engaged by gunfire all down the rjssex coasi ana nnany proceeded nomewara witnou dropping more bombs. The raiders were pursued out to sea and heavily engaged by our airplanes, but the visibility 1 1 Al ! li1 f 1 i- was jow ana me aimcuiues oi ODservation were very great. The Casualties. The casualties at Felixtowe and Harwich so far are eight killed and twenty injured." Ihe morning broke bright and sunny, but a thick haze soon appeared and at about 8 o'clock the enemv ma chines were heard and were seen flying high and fast to ward the coast, lhey received a hot reception from the improved defenses in the shape of anti-aircraft gunfire and were nardly well over the coast before their forma tion was taken up. Thev drotred bombs hastily before etreating. Observers say that the gunfire which fol lowed the section which went down the Essex coast reached a pitch of unusual intensity. It was the move ments of this squad which caused the firing for the first time ot new warning signals m London. Reports of heavy firing received from various quarters Jl A. A 1 A A 1 11 j 1 maicaie max ine authorities nave made considerable lm provement in the defenses since the last raid over London. Lost in Haze. Today s attempt lasted barelv two hours. Thousands of persons turned out along the coast when the British planes went up, in the hope of seeing battles in the air, out uie cuuiuaiaius soon disappeared m tne naze. A correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph com pany telephoned from the Isle of Thanet that warning signals sounded in a numoer ot coast towns and that firing was heard soon afterwards. A number of airplanes which were already in the air proceeded in the direction of the An Evolution of The Green Apple Season t 'V r;:; - , TK'V; "i : DANIELS EXPLAINS INHAT! OF U-BOAT ATTACK Inclusive Reports Reached Navy Five Days Before Published Message. LETTER ADDRESSED TO SENATOR TILLMAN Says Statement Was Pro. pared as Soon as Troops Were Safe. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) SUSPENSION OF EFFORTS NOT DESIGNED TO I IN E Special Railroad Commis sion Issues Letter Ad dressed to Officials. AN UNUSUAL STRAIN. WILL CARRY SUPPLIES. WASHOTGTON. July 22 An nouncement was made bre tonight that the Red Cross mission to leave lor Roumanian will take with It quantities of medical supplies, serums, vaccines and the most urgently need ed foodstuffs. .The sum of $200,000 Jiaa been provided from the Red Cross "humanity fund." Twelve doctors and twelve nurses will be attached to- the mission, which 1s to be headed by Henry A. Ander son, of Richmond. Va. It will be the third of the. kind sent. abroad, one eing at work now in Franca and &. pthst is PA the. waj Jo. Ruasla, NEW TORK. Julv 22. Su8DnKlnn by the railroads during: the period of the war of "all efforts not designed to help directly in the winning of the war," is urged by the special Com mittee on national defense of the American Railway association, in a letter addressed today to Public Ser vice commissions and all state, county and municipal authorities throughout the country by Fairfax Harrison. chairman of the committee. The present emergency has Im posed upon the railroads, says the letter, "a very unusual strata in transport, men, food, coaL munitions and material in augmented quantity. This burden, while cheerfully under taken, requires every ounce of ener gy, every untt of rolling stock, every dollar of capital, every bit of sup plies ana coat which the railroads can supply. "Therefore this committee earnest ly recommends that during the war the railroads be required by the pub' lie authorities to make improvements and carry out projects involving the expenditure of money and labor only when they are absolutely essential for war purposes of public safety. The prevailing high interest on money, the difficulty of raising money in com petition with the tax free issues of the governments the excessive cost of supplies suad labor, the delay in ob taining material, the possible block ade of traffic, and the diversion of la bor all contribute to make non-essential construction undesirable dar ing the war." The erection of new- stations and the elimination of arrade crossings. the committee thinks, are among the THE EEBffl REICHSTAG This is Newspaper View of His Recent Conference With Members. FRENCH AND RUSSIAN FRONTS STILL SCENES OF THE GREATEST MILITARY ACTIVITY IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR WA&KINOTON. July 11 9er. tary Daniels. In latter to the senst made public today, explains at length the Information on which he bated his statement of July I regarding submarine attacks on the American expeditionary force, and reveals that Inconclusive report of the encounter had reached the navy department flre days before the statement was issued. The secretary wrote In reply t Senator Tillman, chairman of Use naval committee, who sent a letter of Inquiry, after a resolution had been Introduced In congress requesting that the department submit the text et . Rear-Admlsal Oleaves' dispatch en the subject. The resolution was sol passed. Defends Statement. In his letter Mr. Dsnlela defends . the statement and assures the naval committee that the text ot the Oleavee dispatch la subject to Ha in. French Are Givlpg Great Exhibition of Their Defensive Tactics and are Holding the German spectlon, although it obviously cannot i om maae puonc, Attacks In Check Russian Line Is Beginning to Crumble In The EastCrown Prince's Forces Make Fruitless Attacks On French The French and Russian fronts con tinue the scenes of the greatest mili tary activity. In France, In the region between Solasons and Rhelms the French have again given an exhibition of their tenacious ability at defence, like that which held the Germans back from Verdun; the Russian line In Gallcla apparently is crumbling by reason ot the disaffection' of some of the troops and the vlciou Lsailft tbeermaas and the Austro-Hungarians, especial ly the Germatis are throwing gains t It Another Fruitless Effort. Notwithstanding the heavy losses the Germans had thus far sustained In their attacks along the Chemin-Des Dames in France, they again Bun day made fruitless efforts to defeat General Pet&in's forces, delivering at various points attacks with large el fectives among whom were fresh re- lnforcements. From Bplne De Chev- regny to the south of Corbeny, ap proximately twelve mills, the artillery of the crown prlnod pounded tne French positions mercilessly In the early morning after Which the leash was slipped from the Infantry which attacked on several sectors only to meet with a galling fire from the French rifles and machine guns. Often thA Annmlnr trooDe came into hand to-hand encounters. Several tes the Germans reached the Cesmeates plateau, but each time were driven back suffering enormous casualties. Only at one point, on the California plateau, were they able to gain a foot ing and here the position is still in dispute In a stubborn battle for supremacy. Russians Give Way. With the continued forward press of the Germans in the region of ZIochoff. Gallcla, the Russian line on the front south of Brezesany is be ginning to give way, according to the latest German official communication. The Sereth bridgehead near Tarnopol, has been reached by the Germans and at several points the railway runs ning from Tarnopol to Kozowa has been taken. The Russians in their retreat have set flre to the town of Tarnopol and villages to the east. Should the Russian line immediately south of Brezany give way, it Is prob- j able that the Russians will be foreee to retreat from the region of Hallci M. Kerensky, the Russian premier. wno personally commanded the Rus sian forces when they started their of fensive In Gallcla early In July, again has gone to the fighting front, prob ably in an effort to nut down the dis affection among the troops and have tnem race the enemy again. A proc lamation Issued by he Russian provl. sloual. government, .rernrnlrfia. xao-es- rlousneas of the situation and an nounces that it Is Its duty to throw.tts enure sirengm against tne roe ana defend the administration against counter-revolutionary attempts. Bmperor William also is reported to have started for the eastern front. Again a large force of German air planes has visited the east English coast, dropping bombs. British aviators, rising to attack, scattered the uermans ana pursued them to sea. One of the Germans was brought down. Eleven persons were killed and twenty-alx Injured by the bombs dropped by the raiders. WHOtiE STRENGTH WEEDED. PETROG-RAD, July 22. The pro visional government baa Issued a proclamation to the nation setting forth the seriousness of the situation, declaring that Its first duty Is to apply Its whole strength against the for. elgn foe and in defense of the ad ministration against anarchical and counter-revolutionary attempts and outlining Important reforms through out the country. The proclamation reads: "Citizens: The fatal hour has struck. The German emperor s ar mies have broken the front of the national revolutionary army. This terrible operation has been facilitated by the criminal levity and blind fa naticism of some and the treachery of others. At this fateful moment when, taking advantage of the gen eral confusion, the hidden forces of counter-revolution can raise their heads, the remodeled provisional gov ernment clearly realizes its heavy re sponsibilities. It possesses, however, full and nrm confidence in the strength of the great Russian people ana in tne rspia recuperation of the life politic, now that the contagion, which has shaken the national or. gaolsm. haa manifested Itself and burned Itself out in an acute crisis, Lead to Recovery. "The government firmly believes that the crisis will lead to recovery, not death. Strong in that belief, the government Is ready to act with th energy and resolution the exceptional circumstances demand. The govern, ment regards as Its first and capital task the application - of its whole treagta-e. theetnrgTla against the foreign foe and to the defease of the new governmental regime against every anarchical and eounter-revolu tlonary attempt, without hesitating to take the rigorous measures In Its power. At the same time, the gov ernment reiterates that not a drop of blood or a Russian soldier shall be shed for any foreign end as already proclaimed to the whole world. The proclamation proceeds to state that in accordance with the declare tion of May 19 the government In tends to summon the entente allies to a conference In August to decide upon a general orientation or the allies' foreign policy and to co-ordinate their actions with regard to the application or the principles proclaimed by th Russian revolution. At this confer ence, Russia will be represented. In addition to diplomats, by representa tlves of the Russian democracy. SEEK OHIO GIRL. Late In the afternoon of July I," wrote the secretary, "the welcome news cam that the last ship of the convoys and transports bsd reached Its destination in . safety without sc. eldent or injury to men or ships. The navy department had Known tqr nve days prior to their arrival that two attaoka by submarines had been made. You may Imagine, therefore, the unspeakable relief to me which news announcing the arrival of the last shlD brought. , ' - . As soon as tne news was com municated by an officer of the depart, ment I hastened to the war depart. ' ment to apprise the secretary of wr, ot tha fact, tor. I knew ba, .loo.:' was Informed of tha attacks. - - - - . , Statement Prepared. At once a statement was prepared . and given out that evening, which I knew would intensely gratify all Americans. The message of rtoar.. Admiral Oleavea, announcing the at tacks, or course, naa not neen given ' to the public, and consequently it had been spared anxiety. Tha tacts were stated not In the very words of the Gleaves cablegram, for it is the lm- memorial policy -ot the department in time of war not to employ the lan- 1 (Continued on Page Two.) , SHIM DECLARES STATE OF WAR EXISTS WITH HAVANA, July 22. The Havana seoret police are searching for Miss Ruth Armstrong, formerly of Youngs town, O., who haa been missing since last Wednesday. Miss Armstrong came here about three weeks ago to Uuke a position as governess. Just prior to her disappearance, she In formed the family with whom she resided that because of tha Intense heat she was going for a walk In a park nearby. She took nothing trom ner room, an ner belongings oeing in tneir usual place. WITXi WELOOME SQUAD RON. BUENOS AIRES, July 22. Tha minister of marine Is making ar rangements with the American am bassador, Frederick J. Stlmson, to welcome the American squadron on Tuesday. Delegations representing1 tne government and tne people will go down the harbor to greet Admiral Caperton. Nine Steamers Are Seized and Teutons Are Under Arrest. OBJECT OP ACTION. IS STILL BLUFFING. COPENHAQEN. July 22. Em peror William's conference with the parliamentary leaders Friday evening- is treated by the German newspapers received here, as an earnestness of his determination hereafter to maintain and cultivate closer relations with parliament, perhaps as the beginning of a new era of common work of the people and parliament and the gov. ernment and the crown, although the simultaneous warning is uttered against attaching any excessive woigm to in meeung. The proceedings took the line of in formal conversations between the em peror, and the members of reichatag. the emperor, as usual, prescribing the suDject ror conversation. The em peror evidently aimed to impress his auditors with the great success of the submarine warfare, which, according to the Vosaische Zeitung, he described as working beyond all expectations and bringing nearer England's sure destruction. The exhaustive details related by the -enmeror perhaps af fected the representatives of the left, who, when Dr. Michaelis in his reloh stag speech Thursday, referred to false prophets who had done the fatherland a disservice by setting a definite date for Great Britain's end, maliciously shouted in chorus, "RM ferrich," referring to Dr. Karl Half-, ferleh. vice-chancellor. Emperor WHliam eeama to have paid htss attention to tha question of reform. The Tagehlstt says he avoid ed politics, while another account save Philipp Scheldemaan, the social ist leader, tactfully refrained from pressing- him, .concerning. ; political T T FOLK STREET CAR MEN TO STRIKE TODAY The New Premier Will En deavor to Stop Disaffection Among the Troops. , LONDON, July 22. Premier Kerensky has again started for the front at the insistance of the central committee of soldiers' and workmen's delegates, according to a Reuter dis patch from Petrograd. Dispatches from) Gallcla report that the Breech in the Russian line Is eight miles wide and ten miles deet. The Bourse Gazette says tnat at a meeting of delegates from regiments at the front it was re5lved that it had become imperative to turn over all authority to M. Kereneky. National Organizer Says They Will Quit at 10 o'Clock This Morning. 3S. Kerensky as minister of war, personally led the Russian offensive which began on July 1 and swept everything before It uitLsome of the regiments became mutlnoua and re fused to obey orders. It Is evidently the hope of the central committee that tie may acaln Instill the fighting spirit into the soldiers of Russia. - INSTANTLY KILLED. KNOXVTIiLE, Tenn.. July 22. Mr. and Mrs. Chaa. D. Proctor, ot Morrlstown. Tenn., former residents of Flint Mich, were almost hi star try killed when an automobile in which they were coasting down hill enffoute home trom church collided with -a Knoxville aad BjistoA at o grade, crossing, ... ;' NORiFOLK, Va., July 22. National Organizer H. J. 8hea, of the Amalga mated Association of ctreet and Elec tric Railway Employes of America, tonight notified Major Klze superin tendent of police that the conductors and motormen of Norfolk's street railway system would quit work to morrow morning at 10 o'clock. He gave this notice, he explained, in or der that the police could be pre pared for any emergency. Rhea explained that the local trac tion company. In granting an increase In pay last week, had stipulated that the men must sign an agreement to work two years at the scale arranged and that those who refuse to sign would be considered as tendering their resignations, effective (Monday, July it, at 10 o'clock. Shea declared that fulfy half of the men had refused to slgn'the agreement and that all nn5n men would quit work when these men retire tomorrow morning. Ho pre dicts a complete tie-up of tha trolley service of the city. TO FTR-YISH NEWS. WASHINGTON. July 1J. To assure the folks at home of news of Amer ican soldiers serving in France, Adju tant General McCain will establish; a new division in his office to gather the i eafeanaUoa for trUnda and relativea. ELKS' BIG WAR FUND WILL BE USED FOR HOSPITALS! Hospital Units Will Be Supplied and Will Be Equipped by Order. NEW TORK. July 22. The $1.- 000,000 war fund to be raised by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, will be used In establishing base hospitals behind the firing lines, in taking care of the families left be hind, by soldiers and In aiding dls- bled men to learn a new trade or a profession. This announcement was made here today by John K. Tener, chairman of the war' relief commis sion of the Elks, in a report submit ted to the grand lodge as a result of his conference a few days ago with H. P. Davison, chairman of the Amer ican Red Cross. The 400,ooo mem bets of the organization will be noti fied that they will be expected to supply the SI. 004,000, which has the unanimous approval of the grand lodge. The hospital units to be established by the Elks and which will be desig nated with the name of the order. will be maintained by the govern ment and the American Red Cross. Each hospital staff will be made up of twenty-six surgeons, sixty-eight nurses and 150 orderlies and will cost about $80,000 to equip. THE WEATHER. LONDON, July 22. Slam , has de. clared that a state of war exists with Germany and Austria, according to a Reuter's dispatch from Bangkok. Nine steamers, aggregating 19,000 tons, have been seized. The object of Slam's declaration Is to "uphold the sanctity ot Interna tional rights against nations showing contempt for the principles of hu manity and respect for small states." All Germans and Austrians, the dispatch adds, have been placed un der arrest and their businesses closed. eiam. the "Land of the Pres." a kingdom of southeastern Asia, has a population variously estimated at be tween 5,000,000 and 1.000.000; It is probably something more than 8.000. 000. Universal liability to military service on the European model now Is In force in all the provinces of Slam tncludtng Bangkok. The peace strength of the army Is about 12,000 men while the navy consists nominal ly of twenty-one, all of small size. In peace there are 5.000 men. available for service afloat beside a reserve of 20.000. In the nineteenth century regular diplomatic relations were established with the United States and the Euro pean nations. WASHINGTON. July 12. Foretfjjt for North Carolina: Unsettled weattfj Monday and Tuesday, probably ocoe atonal showers, .... THE SUNDAY CITIZEN Circulation Yesterday City . ... k . 5,290 Suburban . . .. 2,687 Country ... : ;. 1,096 Net paid . : 9,073 Service .. x ... 'm 205 Unpaid .: ; t.; t 93 Total . . . . 9,371
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