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THE WEATHER: Rain Mooters Tuesday falg. and somewhat cooler. THE ASHEMLLE. CITIZEN CITIZEN WANT ADS BRINO RESULTS VOL. XXXIV, NO. 165. ASIIEVILLE, N. C, MONpAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS I LEGISLATION ON WAR QUESTIONS IS o BEFORE CONGRESS Measures Are Designed to Make Nation's Powers 1 More Effective SEDITION BILL HAS ROAD IN THE SENATE Military Bills Have Right of Way in House, Be- ' HP ginning Today WASHINGTON. Anrll 7 With the nation entering the second year of war, congress work this week on Im portant legialation designed to make Its powers more effective at the battle front and at home. While the houae glvss right of way to bills extending the draft law, and other army legislation, the senate's Schedule jncudee Jlnal disposition of several 'bills aimed at German spies nd agents. Further consideration also will be given the Overman bill, Increasing President Wilson's au thority to reorganize government de partments.. , ' Sedition BUI. TIu sedition bill, 'penalizing pro German utterances and attempts to obstruct the army draft and Liberty bond,' sale's,, temporarily has right of way In the 'senate, which will resume debate tomorrow. Its 'passage Is ex pected within a few days. Other bills, which probably will go to the president early this week, are the measured extending espionage laws to enemy alien women, and pro viding $10.0.00 fine and thirty years' Imprisonment for destruction of war material or acts of propaganda cur tailing its production. Conference re. ports orv both bills were approved yesterday by the house and now await action in the senate. Beginning tomorrow military bills .vill have the right of way In the ouse. ." Draft Quota Fight, he pr nclpml fight Is scheduled foi ' Thursday over the bill changing ir:ift quotii from state popula- to the number of men in class nother senate bill to follow, .1 there Is less opposition, Is (.-quiring registration of youths .jng twenty-one j years o age j. Juno 6, 1917. i.wfe.toy -tha-house' tit -senate .ol;' 'men t to the agricultural ap-a-iailon f.bil, mcressing to $f.lO bust el the. .government minimum .arsntee for durftiK tlie i red let ed. GENERAL F0CH PATIENTLY WAITING RIGHT MOMEflT TO ATTACK GERMAN FORCES Brilliant Leader Will Not Be Drawn Into Any False Move Where Moves Mean So Much Will Strike With His Re serves at Moment Selected by Him. Yes, Father's Getting His Exercise. But The second phase of the great battle along the Somme, I 1 s al 1 m I I . f 1 ' wmcn me uermans ocgan on inursaay lasi, nas cuea down. It lasted less than three days, aiul the fighting has resolved itself into more or less isolated engagements in which the French and British allies have more than held their own. The attention of the Germans for the present is mainly directed at the. lower end of the battle zone, which apparently they are attempting to enlarge for the purpose oTvgtijng elbow room in which to move their vast masses or Tfys. Biding His Time. Meanwhile General Foch, the commander-in-chief of the allies is biding his time, meeting the German assaults with powerful resistance, and here and there conforming his lines to the necessities of the battle. It is confidently hetated at Paris that Foch will not be drawn into any false move where Tach move is of such vital importance but will strike with Ins reserves at the moment chosen by him. There may be some significance in the report that the German emperor, after a conference on the western front on Saturday with his chiefs, Von Hindenburg and Luden dorff, intends to proceed to Roumania. At the outset of the great German offensive, when it was sweeping the allied forces before it, notwithstanding their tenacious resistance, Emepror William, it was announced officially from Berlin was in supreme command, lhat announce ment was regarded at the time as evidence that" the em peror expected a complete and decisive victory. Since then, however, British and French and American rein forcements have come up. Sharp Local Fighting. The British on Sunday engaged in sharp local fighting at various points and repulsed German counter-attacks. Tliey also drove off by artillery fire two German attacks launched in the neighborhood of Bucquoy. West of Noyon, a German detachments which had ga4np4 1 forced out by a counter-attack. Another attack at (invesnes was re pulsed, but the German efforts along the Oise to enlarge r wheat also is expected their previous gains were continued in the sector between e oe I Oiiaunv and Barisis. Here the French commander v. .a. man Baruch, of the' war in- 'haunv and Barisis. Here the French commander deem- rtwstr.es board, will confer tomorrow i ru 1 1 u"im7 w n. KJl""""J r" w.tn the senate military committee Dared, and thev are bpinir held stronelv. of war material r rni as ' ... ;.x; s. ' The official communication from German . head- regarding problems production, and especially the housing Themi.itary committee now plan. I quarters deals with the events of Saturday, when strong virtually continuous inquiry into British infantry torees stormed the uerman positions vaMany e'mbrs'of'bdth branched of 'around Beauniont-Hamel and Albert, and French di n.irfl,? ,5rp.ab,8ent makl"R Pcechesi visions "brought up from other fronts" attacked the Ger- In the Liberty loan campaign. , . , . , i mi RECOMMENDS II PUBLIC INVESTIGATION OF THE SALE OF WOOL TO Germans , , Buying Wool Through Dummies for Hoarding, Is Declared PROBE IS THROUGH' 3 NEW YORK, April 7. A public Investigation to determine whither any of the wool purchasing operations of the Deutchea bank of Berlin, were such sa to cast doubt upon the present loyalty of the American and British firms and .Individual concerned was recommended by Alfred L. Becker, deputy state attorney-gsneral In a re port' made public tonight on the re nins or the inquiry recently conduct' ed hero. The report will be submit' ted to the department of Justice and th; war trade board. While most i of the " transactions dealt with In the report occurred be fore thd) I'nlted States entered the war, German Interests within the laat ear. according to the report have sen secretly buying wool through dummies" and hoarding It. No esti mate. It was said, could be made of the amount, of Wool stored in this country and the British colonies but it was believed to be considerable. Wool valued at $2000,000 reached Germany through tha persona in volved in the alleged conspiracy,-the. The Investigation conducted by the attorney general s ornce concerned al leged dealings of the bank through Forstmann-Huffmann company and the Botany Worsted mills of Passaic, N. J.; Charles J- Webb and company, Philadelphia; Alfred Everett. Cspe Colony; Ernesthausen, Ltd.. Calcutta and F. 8. Smith and Son, New York. Julius Fonstmann, president and organiser of the Forstmann-Huffman company, wrote in December, lllf, according to Mr. Becker, that through Privy Councillor iAttoert. commercial attach of the German embassy, he had ; received an additional order for ,,600,009. pounds of wool for. account of a Germs a stock corporation known the WoH-Krtege-Bedarf. "It has not been possible." said. Mr. Booker, "to ascertain lust what the function or ui wou-Knege-tieaarr war. Literally translated, the name meana "Wool War Supply, Inc.' or Wool Supply for War." It may be perhaps Inferred safely that this fa a kind of - aaml-offlelal . syndicate de signed to control the wool supply of Germany through tha war-'4 mans on the western bank of the Avre. These engage nicnts, according to the German report resulted in failure ui the allies. Attack Repulsed. On the other hand, Field Marshal Haig's report says that a German attack on the British lines opposite Albert, Saturday, was repulsed and that British counter-attacks nun lloMGvaw. I WHT ' FRENCH MD BRITISH TENACITY HAVE UPSET AMBITIOUS PLANS OF GERMAN HIGH COMMAND IN BATTLE OF PICARDY b Now The EaeniYetetmlned to Giln Some Sort of Success af Any Cost, Is Hurling Misses of Men Fotward In Attempt to Capture Limited Obiecllvcs General Improvement In Strategic Position of the Allies Is Noted. DIED YESTERDAY AT NEW YORK CITY Noted Tuberculosis Special, ist Succumbs to Pneumo nia After Short Illness FOR MANY YEARS DIRECTOR AT WINYAH Deceased Physician Enjoy ed International and . National Reputation WASHINOTOtr, April 7. French and British tenacity have upset .the ambitious plans M the German high command for the battle of Plcardy, says the war department's weekly military review tonight, and now the enemy,' determined to gain soma sort of success at any cost, is throwing fresh forces into-the battle in an effort to secure limited objectives. Be cause of this, th sluatlon Is expect ed to remain uncertain for some time to come. . ,f4 J General Improvement In the stra tegic position of the allies t noted, and eviemr 46larelht Under Oeneral Foch thaaUlad military ma chine Is worklnffcmooihly and effi ciently a atatamltig the -German assault. There is o mention whatever of the American troops reported hurry lnr to the Jront to Join the British and French. "At the opening of the third week of the German offensive, we find that the enemy la still far short of attain ing his principal objectives," says the review In part! "It la now evident that the German high command contemplated over whelming the British at the outset between the Olse and the Sensee and driving a -wedge Into the Franco British forces. "The enemy fully expected to achieve a decision in the field in the course of one great battle. The suc csss of this plan depended on being able to obtain a break-througlh of the British front and advance so rapidly that neither the French nor the Brit ish reserves could come up in time to close up the breach In the line. - Hoped For Quick Victory. "Evidence of prisoners tends to con firm that the enemy hoped to gain the line of the Somme by the even Ing of the first day of the offensive As a matter of fact it took the Ger mans ten days to cover the ground they expected to overrun within forty-eight hours. . Trjie German. jMgh : command u now throwing fresh forces Into battle In a effort .to secHitu4tevsMsi limited objectives.- , "The German offensive has not spent itself and owing to the de termi nation displayed by the enemy to gain some sort of a success at no matter what cost, the situation will continue uncertain for sometime to come. However, the general stra tegic and tactical position of the al lies Is becoming more favorable. Fierce fighting continues and hostile unita have penetrated westward to within Ave miles of the main line of the Paris Amiens railway. Allied Forces Massed. "Allied forces sre massed to check the Invaders Jn this area. The French have extended their lines northward, which will enable to the British to secure greater depth of concentra tion. "There has been relatively less ac tivity north of the Somme though ths Germans have made a number of se- rlous attempts to encircle Aires. N "Allied aircraft" has been particu larly active throughout the week not only in maintaining superiority In the air and keeping the sklea clear of hostile craft, but more especially In bombing enemy dumps, convoys, trains and rail heads. British escadrllles did fine work in dispersing German Units -going Into action with machine guns. "A number of American transport sections have taken an actlv pert in the battle and the American aviation "Our .own ' force have- beri '"reta' tlveiy busy. LTnder the cover of a heavy barrage, the enemy raided one of our outposts in the Woevra area and tile increaes of artillery activity is noted In this ssctor. "Our troop units have taken up a tiew position In the line and are oc cupying well prepared entrench ments along the Mouse hills south of verdun. ."In the Italian theatre there baa been an increase In hostility. "Reports continue to 'be -received indicating that the enemy contem plates launching an offensive thrust. The Austrian armies with the excep tion of a few units operating in the l ursine or in, the western area, are now in tne Italian tneatre. it is nos. ime mat me enemy win inmate an Offensive. "In the eastern theatre various lo ul conflicts took place." Relatives and friends throughout , this section were painfully - shocked yesterday morning when It was an nounced that Dr. Silvio Von Buck, for many years the director of the Winyah sanitarium, this city, and a prominent specialist In tubercular re search work, had died at the Mc Alplne hotel. New Tork city, at 4 o'clock yesterday morning, after an illness of only four days his death re sulting from pneumonia. Mrs.1 Votl. Ruck, his wife, and his daughter, , Miss Silvia Von Ruck, the only child, were with Dr. Von Ruck when he died. In addition to these the-deceased is survived by his father. Dr. Karl Von Ruck, and his mother. Dr. Von Ruck left Ashevllle for El- mlra, N. T.. a week aao Saturday. ' where he was called on professional ousiness. two days later he went to New York city, where he was Joined by his wife and daughter. The first ' intimation of illness came in a letter received by the deceassd's father last Thursday, when lt was announced that the son was suffering with pneu- . mania. - ., For many years 1 DK Silvio Von Ruck was associated with hie father,' Dr. Karl Von Ruck, In the manage- ment : of the Winyah sanitarium, which the father founded here In ' lilt, He was born at Kent, Ohio, -forty-two yeara ago, and came with , his father and mother to Ashevllle 'at the age of thirteen, v He received his, medical education at Ann Harbor, Mich., where he graduated,' and later went to Berlin and Vienna for a post graduate course. In collaboration with bis father Dr. Silvio Von Ruck compiled and publishsd - several volumes dealing with tubercular re- search, the last of .-these being . "Studies In 'Immunization Against . Tuberculosis." He shared with his . ' t CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.) TRY TO SELL BILLI HALF OF LIBERTY S Aviator Will Ply Across State "Bombing" Va rious Cities En Route OTHER FEATURES NEW TORK. April T. With the third Liberty loan campaign well on its way tinder the impetus of the spectacular features of the opening day, the loan committee for the New York federal reserve district bucKlea down today to its task of selling 11,600,000,000 worth of bonds, I6U0,- 000.000 In excess or us omciai quota An army of Z.Z00 speakers, in cluding bankers, laborers, club' wo men, . farmers, politicians, actresses and clergymen, addressed meetings today .throughout the district, speak.-lne- in thirty-four languages. A twenty-day airplane flight across the state will be made by Lieutenant Joseph C. Btehtln, the youngest American member of the LaFayette escadrlU. Suiting Thursday he will bomb" the stata with loan leaflet. The committees tn New Tork and other cities are planning for April 27 a, parade of mothers, wives, sisters and daughters of soldiers and sailors, who ' will carry thslr service flags. Women entitled to display the largest number of stars will oe msae. cap tains and leaders of platoons. " Ensiss J. E. Flsner, u. s. w.. k., and who now la doing duty in foreign waters.- has sent In a subscription for 1160.00 worth of bonds, the loan committee announced. Laat year he purchased' two patrol boats at 11, 000 each and leased them to the gov ernment at one dollar a month. Nineteen regiments or tne New Tork state guard, numbering 26,000 men. have been ordered by Adjutant General Charles H. Sherrill. to parade here tomorrow night to arouse en thusiasm In the bond campaign. OF ALL WnRjOMMODITIES Will Be Central Directing Bureau for Advising the Chairmen PREPARING POLICY TRUI Secretary McAdoo Will Di rect Railroads and Talk For Liberty Bonds. WASHINGTON, April 7. Formal announcement was made today by the war industries board of Its functions and policy under which the board and its chairman, Bernard M. Baruch, virtually will control the production and distribution of every commodity essential to the prosecution - of the wsr. The recently created requirements division will be the central directing agency through which the policies of the chairman are to be carried out. Through this division the various pur chaslngagsnciss of the government and the allied purchasing commission will fill their wants of raw materials and finished products. Thssa agencies will submit statements of their re spective neede as far in advance as possible. The task of filling orders will be delegsted to spsclal commodo tles divisions of the boards. . , Where - no shortags exists the re quirements division will recommend the affected department purchase In accord with established practices. It will let alone what Js being success fully done and Interfere as little as possibis with the - present normal processes of purchase and delivery. - Through Information gathered, by the new division. Chairman Baruch, will determine : a general industrial oollcy. according to today's announce ment, by which the requirement of HI American - ovvrnmvni ua iq allies can be met If orders and deliv eries are ' systematically allocated. Shortage of material Is declared to be frequently not actual but a result of poorly planned distribution. - WASHINGTON. April 7. The main headquarters ot the government rail road administration for the next few weeks will be "Car 102," traveling over thousands of miles of msln tracks and shunting from siding to siding. It is the office car of Director. General McAdoo, who while touring the country as secretary of the treaa ury speaking on behalf of the third Liberty loan, will continue active supervision over railway operation. Arrangements have been made to use. railroad telegraph wires to keep- Mr. McAdoo in constant long distance' touch with general neaaquarxers in Washington. "Car 301" is ntted up as an office, with desks, typewriter stands and a dlctaphons. Inside. Mr. McAdoo will be railways mansger-f on the platform outside, speaking for the loan, he will be secretary of the treasury. ALLEGED BANK ROBBER CAPTURED AT CHARLOTTE Police Declare That Frazier Has Confessed Recog nized From Photograph. PRESIDENT REPLIES TO KING. LONDON, April 7. Replying to greetings on the occasion of tbe annl veersary -of ths entry ef the United States Into the war. President Wilson has telegraphed the following mes sage to King George: r "Permit me to express my warm gratification. Tour generous messags has been' received and I assure you H is with the greatest satisfaction that the people of the United States find themselves aide by side in this final war for free self-government with such stsadfast and indomitable asso ciates.. . "Psrmlt me also to assure your majesty that we shall continue to do everything possible to put ths whole force- of the United States into this great strugle." ; -, MAT MOVE CZAR.' T-OVDov. Aorll 7. A Router's Limited dispatch from Moscow con firms the report recently published In the Petrograd nswspspera that the Bolshsrlk government has decided to remove the. former Imperial family from Tobolsk to a town in th Ural mountains. This action Is to be taken because af ths possibility of inter aatipaal complications la Siberia. CHARLOTTE; N. " C. April 7. Thomas Frailer, alleged to have robbed a bank in San Francisco re cently, getting away with over $10,000, was arrested while walking along one of the principal streets of Charlotte late today by Detective Bradley, of the city police depart ment, who recognised the man from photographs sent out from the Cali fornia city. Fraxler had been stop ping st a leading, hotel here, with his wife and two children. Detective Brsdley said tonight thst Frazier had mads a confession to him, admitting that hs was ths man wanted in San Francisco and telling him where a majority of the $10,000 could be found. The police officer did not di vulge the alleged location of the money. Frasler's wife and children expressed great surprise that he was implicated in any crime. San Francisco officers were advised of the arrest, and Frazier is being held In Jail pending Instructions from them. Dsta in the hands of the police concerning the robbery shows that a reward of $260 was offered for the spprehenslon of Fraxler snd ten per cent of whstever part of the stolen money might be recovered. NO CONTEST OF CODICIL OF MRS. BINGHAM'S WILL No Contest Either Over the Collection of Inheritance Tax by Kentucky. ROME CELEBRATES. ROME, Ga., April 7. The for msl demonstration planned for todsy In behslf of ths third Lib erty loan hsvlng been sbandon ed because of opposition of the Rome Ministers' association to a Sundsy rally, a thousand cltlxens this afternoon marched in a driv ing rain in a parade of protest. A band was sscured and a large crowd quickly gathered for the demonstration. Following the paraded a meeting was held at an auditorium and the mlnlstsrs cored for their action. .The mlnlstsrs wars also ssverely ar raigned in a sermon this morn ing by Rsv. H. F. Sauraenig. pastor of. SL Peters. .Episcopal church. .1 IjOUISVILLE, Ky., April 7. -There will be no contest of the codicil to the will of Mrs. Robert Worth Bing ham, formerly Mrs. Henry M. Flagler In which ahe bequeathed to her hus- ban'd Judge Robert Worth Bingham, of Louisville, $6,000,000, it was an nounced todsy by a Louisville attor ney connected with the disposition to the estate who refused however to be quoted by name. The attorney aleo said there would be no contest over the collection by Kentucky of the .Inheritance tax of from $1,600, 000 to $1,000,000 or enough to liqui date the state debt Whether there will be a contest by Judge Bingham of the will itself which-left the bulk of an estate ap proximating $00,000,000 to Mrs. Bing ham's nlecs Mrs. Louise Wise Lewis, Is not known. It Is not believed, how. ever, by those familiar with the situa tion that be will institute any action of the kind. STATE OF SIEGE. MOSCOW, Saturday. April . (By the Associated Press.) A state of slsgs has been proclaimed at Kharkov, capital of. the province of Kharkov, 434 miles southwest of Moscow. Ger man forces are approaching Kharkov. A proclamation Issued by the Bel she vlk government says the eoldlers of ths first revolutionary detachment at Orel are outlaws snd sre to bs kspt under srrest as traitors to the revolu tion oa account of their dishonorable behavior. wide' reputation int; this country BS; well aa, abroad. When ha took complete charge of the Winyah , about six or seven years ago Dr. -, Silvio Von Ruck mora than doubled the capacity of the institution, and' tts laboratories wsrs equipped " by him. with every scientific facility. Hs ! was an earnest and enthusiastic stu dent, and his untimely death inter rupts a mission .which, had a most 1 promising futtirev ;?-:'. i ; v Though of a somewhat retiring dla- position, the deceased's friends wers legion, and he was ever popular with all classss of cltlsenshlp. ' He wag a I- , ways a generous donor to public and . charitable movements, no worthy ap peal bslng presented to him In vain. : In the Una of his duties aa director of the Winyah soma of the- most . prominent men in American business a and political life passed under his hands, one United :' 8tates Senator ' some years ago publicly testifying on the floor-of the senate chamber to, the merit of the young doctor's work. Much sympathy was expressed for the deceased's parents and family In local1 circles yesterday when the news of Dr. Silvio Von Ruck's death became known hers. ' The deceased was a member of sev eral fraternal orders. No funeral ar- : rangsmsnts hava yet been an nounced. , OF U. S. ENTRY INTO WAR Devote Long . Articles to Various . Opinions ' 1 as to Results - VOLrNTEERS REACH ENGLAND. LONDON. April 7. The first con tingent of American volunteers for ths Jewish regiment of tha British army have arrived In England. They wre entertained today by ths Very Rev, Joseph H. Herts, chief rabbi ot the British empire. They also will msst the Zionist Isadora LAVDJNG FIELDS SELECTED. WASHINGTON. April 7. Landing fields have been selected for the New Tork-Philadelphta-Wsshlngton asre mall service, and Hie postoffloc de partment snnouncsd tonight that tbe service will start not later than May 16 and probably earlier. BLAME PRES. WILSON, AMSTERDAM, Saturday, April 0.. Nearly all the-German newspapers received here contain long articles devoted to the snniversary of tha entry of ths United States Into the war. - The Taegllsche Rundschau says Germany lost her last chance to keep the United States out when she failed to prevent President Wilson's re-election because of his anti German leanings." "But." says ths newsoaper. "it Is well to remember thst Mr. Wilson will soon come for-i ward with another peace proposi tion." ; The Kreuse Zeitung says: - ' "The U-boat was a useful pretax! . for America to enter the war and wa supplied it. It enabled President Wilson eeffectuelly to conceal his true war motives.- - We thoroughly mis-:' read American sentiment." The Berliner Tageblatt refuses te believe American help can bring vic tory to the- entente. Continuing, It says: ' ' . - "America's economic assistance now has . passed its senlth. Ths , sslsureo of German, Austro-Hun- fa. r tan, Dutch and Swedish shipping sggregating S.OOO.eOt tons constitute-, the entente's laat reserves, which in, three months probably . will bo dis posed of by our U-Boata, Then ths . entente will be faced with the final question whether new constructioa ran keep pace with ' losses ; by . ' hosts." ' ' ' .s The Weser Zeitung says Amei ica hu fallen short of ths entente's ex aetationa and cannot fulfill them.
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