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THE WEATHER: lUtn and cooler Tuesday f Wednesday fair, cooler southwest portion. THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN CITIZEN WANT ADS SRINO RESULTS VOL. XXXIV, NO. 166. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS ; TROOP MOVEMENT TOWARD FRANCE IS ACCELEHATCD Speeding Up Measures 0 Taken After Battle of Picardy Began AMERICANS PLACED WITH THE BRITISH Training Is Quicker Because They Speak the Same Language GERMANS GIVE UP DIRECT DRIVE AGAINST AMIENS AND TRY NEW OFFENSIVE Bends or Bondage! American, French and British Troops, Strongly Entrenched and Equipped For Battle, Cause Pause in Former German Plans Allied Reserve Army SMI Held For the Proper Moment. 0 WASHINGTON. April 8. Trans portation of American troops to France already ia proceeding at live accelerated rate contemplated by the speeding up measures taken after the battle of Picardy began. Acting Sec retary CrOwell made this statement to day, but would give no details For. military reasons the extent of the increased troop movement has not been made public. Brigaded With British. Following the conferences between Secretary Baker and' allied officials, orders Were given unaVr wrrieh a Brit ish official statement was Issued say ing that American forces were to be brigaded with British troops in order to hasten American participation In the ' war. Officials explained today that the process to be followed was similar to that adopted In placing American troops in the front lines with the French for training. It . has been estimated that thirty days' training of this character, with American battalion units assigned with the British organizations will fit the newcomers for active duty at the front. All divisions now moved from this side are composed of men who have had several months of prelimi nary training and who neeed only final instruction to take their full share In the fighting. Training Quicker. The training process will be quick er with the British than with the French, it la believed, because the language difficulty does not exist, A t-rican units will find every Ornish veteran an Instructor, and there will be no need for interpreters. t was indicated that the new plans ill for a more extensive training -irniA with thA KrlHah nnri nrmv jw-tn has been the case with General shlig's original force. There iabiy will he no attempt to set up American force within the I "ffj si ranks, as has been done with th :''.loh. , - - Anericans are to be withdrawn v ' j ra'ned and turned over to Gen-t- ' is'llng as a part of hie army. I .v.ll share fully with their Brlt It o'lirades the battles on their f: ; and the belief here is that they v I not be drawn as long as there Is pr using neeil for their service with tin British lines. TO ASK FIFTY MILLIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF IETE Facing American, French and British troops strongly entrenched and well equipped for battle, the Ciennan army has for the moment given up its direct drive against Amiens. After utter repulse in his efforts to smash straight through to his objective, the enemy now is attempting a new maneuver which is intended to broaden the field of action and reduce the menace of a counter -offensive that would nullify all the gains, made by the Teutons cince March 21. New Offensive. Reports from the battle line in Picardy disclose the first stages of this new German offensive aimed at either side of the salient in the allied lines. From LaBassee canal, in the north, to the sectors cast of Laon, the great artillery forces of the enemy are thundering, with the bom bardment deepening at places to the intensity of drum fire. The length of this front is approximately 120 miles. North of Lens, east of Arras, along the new front run ning through Bucquoy to Albert, south to Montdidier and thence eastward past Lassigny to Noyon to a point far be yond Chauny, the Germans are hammering the allied lines in an attempt to break the defences and pierce them for the infantry assault which mav.be expected at any time. Fight Uphill. On the western "elbow" of the salient in the allied lines the Germans are forced to fight uphill. Their ad vance across the lower ground along the Somme, Ancre, Avre and Luce rivers has carried them up to a parapet of hills which sentinel the road to Amiens. Attacks along this natural bulwark have netted the enemy only lnsignin-. cant gams at a horrible cost. At points the Germans have gained, but these gains have resulted only in the formation of sharp salients which are swept by rifle and machine gun fire and tem pests of shells whenever enemy troops are seen formiilg for an attack. There is a wholesome respect in the German general staff for the allied reserve army which, as yet appears to have been drawn upon lightlv to meet the Teutonic at tacks. The attack on the French lines southeast of Chaunv is for the purpose of removing & menacing salient for the gaining of better protection to the German left flank. Assault Going On. This assault is still going on and it has made consid erable progress. The Germans, struck through the lower forest of Ooucy and have reached a point south of the vil- SECRETARY M'ADOO IS ACCORDED MOST ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION AT RICHMOND WHERE HE SPEAKS FOR LIBERTY BONDS Greeted By State and City Officials and Addresses Audience That Fills the City Auditorium to the Doors Makes Three Addresses During the Stay la Richmond and Leaves For Raleigh, When He Will Speak Again Today. CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.) One of the Proposed New Yards Will Be Located at Wilmington IS "GAMBLE" AS YET : WASHINGTON. April 8. Fifty million dollars will be asked of con grass tomorrow by Chairman Hurley of the shfpplng board for develop ment of concrete shipbuilding. The plan Is to establish at once five gov ernment yards, two on the Pacific tioast and three In the south. As yet concrete ships are admitted frankly by experts to be "a gamble," because the behavior of such a vessel tinder load in heavy sea is unknown Success In the experiment Is not guar anteed, uui uui . nuiirj 1.11 u uoiieiai XTanaW-Ai fix. nf tfiA Fjn.rnnpv Fleet, corporation, held that In the present emergency every possible means of adding quickly to the ,ton nage available for war purposes mould be utilised. ' Greater chance of success is ex nected from the operation of con Crete tankers because the liquid load win constantly seek a level and not entail the strain on the ship that a solid load would do In a heavy sea. Qhe concrete ship "Faith," build on ie Pacific coast for private account, almost ready 1o undertake voy age. Engines probably will be In stalled by May 1. Preliminary re ports of the launching of the Faith, which was witnessed by R. J. Wig. of th shipping board. ha.ve been very enthusiastic as to her possibilities. M. Hurley, Mr. Plei and Mr. Wig conferred today at the capltol with Br n at or Mecumber ana Simmons. bo'h of whom are understood to have agreed that experiments on a large pxite with - the new construction rhwld be msde as soon as possible. The $B0.0000,009 requested will bs pns-nt almost entirely for ships, . as h yard can be built for perhaps "s.000. The yards will have from four to seven ways each.' Locations l-v the west and south, will be sought t avoid moisture and cold which re tard concrete pouring. Sites for the plants already are tin ker consideration ; and will be an nounced shortly. The three In the ' roy'h . probably will Include one al irady planned for Wilmington, N. C. asportation laciiittea ana easy ac ts to cement and sand will govern the selection. ' A', PCREJuY LOCAL, .'v . LONDON. April' . A Retrter dis patch from Moscow says the Japanese diplomatic mission has issued a state ment, guaranUsrlng that the landing i of Japanese forces at viaaivosto is GERMAN GENERAL STAFF ATTEMPTING TO EXPLAIN CHECK ON WEST FRONT Correspondents 1 Instructed to Re-assure German People on Situation BETRAYS DISMAY WASHINGTON, April 8. A digest of German opinion on the situation in Picardy, given In an official dispatch today from France,- says the German general staff Is Instructing the mili tary correspondents to reassure the country and with - over emphaaized explanations Is betraying the dismay of the puJilic at the . prospect of a check of the. great offensive. The dispatch follows: "Among the descriptions of the war and the notices in the newspapers the different currents of German opinion produced in Germany by the offensive can be denned. There is first the anxiety caused by the extent of the losses. The general staff charges the Wolff bureau and the military correspondents to reassure the public and to put them on guard against the enemy communiques. "The staff no longer upholds as on the first day that the losses of the as sailants had been minimum, but it now affirms tnat tney are normal and proportionate to the results ob tained. Then the anxiety which the halt of the offensive excites. The general staff explains to the im patient puDiic wnai oimcuiues uie transports are encountering in . sup. plying the army, difficulties which have been augmented by the bad weather. . . It recalls the success of the preceding days and describes the de moralisation - of the enemy armies. the exhaustion of their- reserves. "These over.-emphaaixed explana tions and encouragements betray the dismay of public opinion in Germany, which begins to tear a check of the great German attempt on the west front." ---....- IING AT VLADIVOSTOK CREATES EXCITEMENT IN RUSSIA Peoople's Commissioners Hold All Night Session on Situation COL. ROBINS PRESENT ED ATKEVPON ENLISTS. . WASHINGTON, April l.-Edward N. ' Atkinson, of Ashevllle. came to Washington today to enlist In the 100th engineers' corps. He will go into training Thursday of this week. J. M. Donald, formerly citisen 01 Ashevllle but more recently located ' TTursly a local moment ana aeciaring " D- -" "" - -bat It object will oon bo ftaUllled. mienioned a a captain. MOSCOW, Saturday, April . (By the Associated Press.) The Japanese landing at Vladivostok has created great excitement in Moscow. The people's commissioners held a session which lasted throughout Friday night, considering the situation. M. Ten itch sr In, the acting commis sioner of foreign affairs, summoned the French, British and American diplomatic representatives to the foreign office for a conference. Colonel Raymond Robins, head of the permanent American Red Cross mission to Russia, attended un officially. Consul Grenard acted for France, and R. Lockhart, of 'the British embassy, for Great Britain. M. Tchitcherin made an emphatic protest against the entry of foreign troops into Russia and expressed re gret that the entente permitted auch action. He said the only solution was the immediate withdrawal of the troops. Although without official advices from their governments concerning the situation at Vladivostok, the rep resentatives of the three countries expressed the opinion that the situa tion was purely a local one, re quiring temporary policing, and not a general movement of allied troops into Siberia, as the - commissioners seemed to believe. All three gave It as their opinion that the incident might bo settled satisfactorily at an early data. The Russian papers of all parties generally express fear that . the Vladivostok movement la the first step in ' the Japanese occupation of Siberia, an idea that has been preva lent in the Russian press constantly for many months. Th Siberian centra! executive of the workmen's and soldiers' deputies Immediately organised a red army to resist the Japanese and has protested against the landing of forces as un warranted Interference, 'apt Justified by the insignificant Incident at Vladi vostok. ". . RICHMOND, Ve., April. 8 Secre tary of the Treasury McAdoo was ac corded an enthuslastio reception when he arrived here this afternoon to de liver three addresses In behalf of the Liberty loan. -.' . Mr. McAdoo wast greeted by state and city officials .and this evening ad dressed an audlencO which filled the municipal audltoriumito the very doors. The. ecr$ar4t was,, accom panied by Mrt.1tfAr daughter of President Wilson. After speaking to the Insurance men in the afternoon. Mr." McAdoo was taken on an automobile tour of the olty and suburbs, the trip includ ing a vislt'to the battlefields of the civil war. He and Mrs. McAdoo were guests at dinner at the country home of Jotm Skelton Williams, controller of the currency. Marine nana nays. Preceding the meeting in the audi torium the marine band of Washing ton gave a concert. Mr. McAdoo ana party ieii men- mond at :40 o'clock for Kaieign, n c wh.r he will SDeak tomorrow, He will spend the rest of the week tnurinr the south in the Interest of the loan. in hia iirs nere loniani mr. McAdoo said that he was not daunted by the recent happenings on the Eu ropean battie-nems ana mm n ih "its-hteet fear that all this horde with all their brutal and des picable methods of warfare upon de fenseless women and children can break that western front." "The peace of the world," he aaldt "can never again be secure until the whole German Ideal Is destroyed. That Ideal Is a repulsive and impos sible Ideal if civilization Is going to progress." , , Mr. McAdoo declared that a year of war had disillusioned thoss who held a high regard for Germany "whose purposes have been unmasked until he stands pilloried at the bar of civ ilisation." Business Criticism. Ths secretary answered criticisms that the interest rate paid by the gov ernment on Its war bonds Is too low by saying: "I do not believe that It is necessary to raise the rate of Interest on the bonds In order to sell them. I do not believe that the American dol lar Is a fugitlvs and must be chased by high rates of ' Interest when ths government's credit Is behind them. "We have got to make It clear to every- man, to every woman, and to every child that while It may be true that they could Invest their money In something else that would pay a larg er return, they can invest their money In nothing else so full of blood and necessity as a government bond. "We have got to make it under stood that when a government bond has bean bought, the patriotic thing to do is to keep It.";-. . : ... - Mr. McAdoo chtraoterlsed" ths-Hf insurance act as the "most advanced and humane legislation that has ever been enacted by any government. In his address to the woman's com mittee of the fifth federal reserve dis trict this afternoon. Secretary of the Treasury W. G. McAdoo said: Critical Stage. "We are in a very critical stage of this war. I am not daunted by it as I know America la not daunted by it It only means we have got to set our teeth and do this Job, and we are go ing to do It so long as we can depend upon the women of America to sup port the men In equal part In the great struggle that lies ahead. I hope you will continue this work with the same enthusiasm that you have begun It and I don't Want you to feel that be cause thle loan has started off with such acclaim and eclat. It la already subscribed. Let us not be over-confident. Let us not stop when we have reached our quota. Let us go forward and make the quota three or four times as great If It Is possible to do It. And let us at the same time make the number of subscribers to these bonds three times as great as It was before. There Is no answer that will carry auch discouragement to the enemies of America and civilisation as that twenty millions of American citlsens subscribed this time for Liberty bonds. We can get the 20,000,000 If we stay In the fight and make up our minds to do It. If we do this It will mean 'that the loan will be widely distributed, that It will not strain the resources of the country. That will mean in addition that we will have not $3, 000,000,000 but 14,000,000,000 or $5, 000,000,000 to help our gallant men In this supreme test of ail time for the liberties of the world." NO ESTIMATES. WASHINGTON, April 8. Esti mates of dally Liberty loan subscrip tions will not be given out during the campaign by national, district or local headquarters, under Instructions issued tonight by Secretary McAdoo. Instead the treasury will gather from each federal reserve bank figures on subscriptions actually filed with them. together with receipts from the initial nve per cent payment, and a tabula Man -of these will bo made public eacn day, - Local committees may compile similar report of subscription turned Into local banks., and glvf.eu thr. suits. Over long distance telephone from Richmond, Va Secretary McAdoo authorised this statement: -No Figure. "In order to remove the risk of inaccurate Information and of over sanguine and misleading estimates concerning the amount of subscrlp tlons to the Third Liberty loan, no figurea will be given out for some days, and then only figures as to the actual amount of subscriptions . of ficially filed with the federal reserve banks. The danger of relying upon optimistic estimates and unofficial subscriptions will thus be avoided. "This Information will be mad public beginning at an early date, when the department will be pre pared to give accurate figurea. After the plan has been developed, the fed eral reserve banks will report to th treasury department th amount of subscription actually filed and those reports will be given out daily. The federal reserve banks will simul taneously announce th amount of such subscriptions officially filed In their own districts and will permit local , committees to announce the amounts of subscriptions officially riled. , Asks Co-Operation. I ask the co-operation of news papers and Liberty loan committees throughout the country in th policy aoove inaicatea, wnicn is or vital lm portance to the object we all have in mind In making this Liberty loan an unqualified success." Ths nsw arrangement renders valueless the system developed by the Liberty loan organization after weeks of work to gather from each city, town and county at the close of the day'a soliciting an estimate of sub, scrlptlons gathered that day. Officials explained that the danger EARL OF READING ENDORSES SPEECH Of THE PRESIDENT Says That Only by Porce Can the Central Powers Be Crushed AMERICA FIGHTING FOR ALLIED CAUSE Ambassador Points Out Ex tent to Which XT-Boats Have Been Discouraged (Continued on Page Two.) GO TO FRANCE AT ONCE wmmW si Will Join General Pershing as Ordnance Officer Part of Policy. WASHINGTON, April . Brig dier-General C. C. Williams, ordnance officer of the American expeditionary forces, today was ordered to Wash tngton to relieve Brigadier-Genera Chas. B. Wheeler, acting chief of ordnance, who will go to Franc as ordnance officer with General Persh ing. Thl is in line with the re- mntlv announced policy of the war department to give general officers on duty her a tour of service in France to famiUarle them with actual condi tion at the front In making the announcement. Act ing Secretary . Crowell said that th condition . being mad v undr this policy arr dictated largely by General Psrshlng's recommendation. Officers who have had experience oa th oth er aid nf a r.aiura fitting them for importan; -wj here, are eent back as thsy can ba rpar. Oeneial Pershing thus controlling his staff and being able to bold men whom he needs. I The acting secretary said ho had not heard of any prospective geneaal reorganisation , in the war .depart ment. , "Of course," . be added, "we ar trtlipr to Unprov as w go alqn." T mm IS REVIVED German Expert Says That Western Country Has Been Underestimated, WASHINGTON, April 8. Word that American reinforcement are moving to the support of the allies In i'lcardy, has revived argument In uer many over the efficacy of the subma rine and drawn from Captain Perslus, military critic of The Berliner Tage- b'.att, the comment that after being persuaded to under -estimate America German opinion Is undergoing ' a change. As official dispatch from Switzer land today reviewing the latest dis cussion quotes Captain Perslus as fol low: "We wer at first a good deal per suaded to under-estlmate ths partici pation of America in the war. we begin now to note a change of opin ion. It la beyond a doubt that It would be well to curb at the present time, these more or less fantastic vagaries of persons discussing the sub marine war. We cannot for the mo ment estimate when the United States will have ready the millions of men which her population will vermlt her to rats, but It ia certain that Amer ica will In the vry near future sao- ced in amassing armies which will constitute a very valuable aid for our enemlea." Captain Peraiu expresses . wttnout great conviction, the hop that th prevent offensive will attain a result which will frustrate ths plan. ' TESTUTMNJNDIAN MSE Former Secretary of State Is Called by Defense at Trial of Hindus. WASHINGTON. April . President Wilson's pronouncement at Baltimore, Saturday, that Germany' challenge can be met only with force, wa m phaslxed her today by th Earl of Reading, British ambassador and high commissioner. In an address be fore the national conference of Amer ican lecturers. t "Only by fore can Germany b met, and with that fore she will be met," declared Lord Reading. : At an other point he said: "America stepped Into this war, and with it a whole new plane of thought was raised. America fought, and wUl fight only for Ideals of world democ racy." , , frequently Applaaded. t Th ambassador waa frsauantlv an plauded by th audience composed largely of speakers gathered her for a conference preliminary to launch tng a new patriotic soeaklna cam-: paign. Addresses were delivered by th Belgian and Serbian minlatera. George Creel, chairman of the com mute on nubile information: anA John Barrett, dtreotor of th Pan- American UniOn. ..:'-y: ' In explaining the entrance of Graat Britain Into the war. Lord . Readlnar aid hi nation oast her lot with th allies becauss she could not stand by ana see tn - smaller nations . suffer from Germany's aggressions. H urged the fostering of a spirit of elf aacrlfic. -.-, s. "I th kaorlflc worth itf" h ask ed. "Yes: worth It again and again. It I worth ft if w realise that we ar fighting for liberty and Justlo. This war Is a challenger of brutality to Justice, If th allies win and they assuredly willlight and Justice will triumph, lend all your, aid and all your . jaw ., jt. - v - BUDmartn Alenae-... , Whll admitting th seriouane of ' th submarin menace, the ambassa dor pointed out that .Great Britain ha transported million of fighting meen across th seas with a low of only 18,100 of them, Including . h to wounded men who . have a-one down with torpedoed hospital' ship, Th cargo ship have suffered heavily, . he ald, but England ha been abi to move mor than lio.ooo.ooo tona of commodities over-aeaa deanlta tha U-boat. : .... ,5iiiT5:H Both Great Britain land America, re working feverishly on their ship ping program, said the ambassador. not with any idea of .taking prelim!., nary steps towards a post-bellum commercial rivalry, . but to provide great fleet to take men, munition and supplies to France. . Minister Micnaiiovitch. of Serbia. declared that hi nation mad vry effort, suffered every humiliation, in order to avoid the present war. 'When on the I3rd day of July.. 1914," said th minuter, "Austria ad. dressed to Serbia th well known uU!j ; (Continued on Pag Two.) KAISER HAD HIS EYE ON ; PARIS WHEN HE STARTED PRESENT GREAT DRIVE Expected His Men to Be Fighting in Open Forma- ! tion Second Day I IS DISAPPOINTED . L ' 8AN FRANCISCO, April 8. Wil liam Jennings Bryan has been served with a subpoena calling him to testify for the defense In th trial here of a group of Hindus and other charged with conspiring 1n the United States to foment revolution against British ruls in India, it waa learned her to night. Th former secretary of state will arrive Thursday, according to a telegram received by United States Marshal James 8. Holohan from th United States marshal at Topeka, Kas. - Th subpoena wa served upon Bryan at Little Rock, according to th telegram. He will bo asked con cerning his book "British - Ruls In India." and also concerning certain phase of th Indian question that cam up during hi tenure a secre tary of stats, it was said. STEAMERS COMMANDEERED. CHICAGO. April I. Frv large passenger steamers plying on Lake Michigan have been commandeered by the navy department for war usee, according to word, received from Washington. The steamer taken ar: Theodore Roosevelt, City of South Haven, Manltou, Virginia and Puri tan. ; ' . 1 .- WASHINGTON Apl. J. Statements . of Oerman prisoner have convinced French military-critic that 'th real objective of the great German offen sive was Paris and that so far from expecting checks which would make Amiens th goal of bloody and un-. decisive battles, th Teutonic high command sent It force forward prepared for rapid advance In open warfare. - r "In order to alleviate the march of the troops," say an official dispatch received tioday from If renc. "live ' order wa given to prepare for their-, departure and to organise the convoy in such a way a only to carry with them what wa Indispensable. . The; loading carriages, th munition to be carried, th equipment and arming of the men all had bean carefully plann ed a well as th distribution of map of th country to ba Invaded. The men were to carry reserves of food,-' enough to last two day and two flasks, th "usual food for a day, fol lowing them in rolling kitchens and -provision for thro day la company : ? convoys. . r "In short every arrangement show that th German command had de- olded to resort to open warfare, It is certain that th military sttnatioa ? after mor than fifteen day of opera-', tion la on of extreme disappoint ment to the German eomrnaad.' - ; STILL A LIE. PARIS . April . Th offle . of Premier Clemeneeau ba issued th following statement? - - "A diluted 11 1 still a n.' count Cssrnln told a 11 whan he said that some time before th German of fensive began rrmir uiemenoaau eauaad him to be asked If he was ready to open, segouatlons aa upon i ' what basis. V