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THE ASHBVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER: Fbrvoaat for North Carolina: Fair Thursday and probably Friday. CITIZEN WANT ADS " , BRINQ RESULTS VOL. XXXIV, NO. 252. AS1JEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS INDEPENDENCE DAY WILL BE OBSERVED AMERICAN TROOPS SMASH REPEATED AND DETERMINED OF T GERMAN C0UN1ER ATTACKS AS NEIIERME Exercises in Many Other Lands to Celebrate the Occasion TO , S. C; Desperate Effort of Huns Shows Import Noted South Carolinian Died Early Yesterday Morning ance Attached to Positions Captured By Americans Germans Lose Heavily Here s Hoping! BODY SENATOR TILLMAN BOUGH TRENTON 'SSL mmi jr POREIGN BORN WILL RENEW ALLEGIANCE Patriotic Celebrations Ar ranged in Almost All Cities and Towns in Attack Against the Americans. (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) WASHINGTON, July 3 American Independence day will be observed to morrow as never before. While the ' people of the United States are gathering to salute the signing one hundred and forty-two years ago of the declaration of freedom, exercises will be held in Great Britain, In France, In Italy and In other lands to commemorate the birth of American liberty, to the defense of whlcti nation already has sent a million men overseas. President to Spook. In this country the day will e the occasion of a renewal of al legiance by the foreign born and President Wilson will be the honor nHt of a committee representing SO nationalities on a pilgrimage to the home and tomb of George AVashlnqr ton The president will deliver an addrees which will be read simul taneously at demonstrations through out the country and which has been cabled for reading and publication in foreign lands. Patriotic celebrations have been arranged in virtually every city and town In the country In which native born and foreign Dorn win jum, while the day will be mad') a gala one at all army and navy training run-ins and stations. No small part of "he day's celebration will be the launching on the Atlantic. Culf pnd Pacific coasts of 100 merchant ships and fourteen tcrpedo boat destroyers to challenge the Germaa sea wolves. Begun in France. The celebration of the day already ha begun In France with a great dis play of flags- This will be followed by exercises tomorrow throughout -..that country. Along the front whero American iroop , toiii.miw baelt of the trenches at supply depot 1 nd army camps renewed significance will he given to the Fourth of July demonstration by American soldiers. In- Great Britain exeroUes will be held In London, Liverpool and other cities and American soldiers and sailor will be guests of tha municl palltles at dinners and entertain ments. Ii; Italy the public schools will be closed and all employes or the gov ernment will be given a holiday. In Rome a celebration attended by gov ernment and municipal officers will be held at the monument cf Victor Emanuel, after which a proctmion will form and move to the home oi the American ambassador, where a speaker will offer the greetings of the city to the American ambassador. Demonstrations also will he held in Turahi, In Florence, in Genoa, In Naples, In Perugia and other Htles. In several South American re publics the day also will be observed. The state department was advioe.d to day by American charges that to morrow will be a national holiday In San Salvador. Peru and Nicaragua. American troops standinir at Vaux, northwest of Chateau Thierry, have completely smashed repeated and determined counter-attacks by the Germans, who sought to oust the Americans from their new positions. That the Germans have tried desperately to reverse the deci sion in the battle is an indication that the occupation of Vaux .is viewed as important by the enemy commanders Shelling Americans. Over the lines held by General Pershing's men there has been bursting a storm ot steel trom the German can non, high explosive and gas shells being intermingled in the proiectiles hurled by the toe s cannon. The Ameri cans, however, have not yielded a foot of ground, and, when the enemy has attacked, he has been permitted to approach close to the American lines before a storm of bullets has cut through his ranks and broke his attack. As the result of these assaults the Germans have lost very heavily, the ground being. covered with their dead and wounded. They have, in addition, lost many prison ers. The battle is still being fiercely waged. French units are said to be engaged in the region of Vaux, but it is probable that they are not very numerous. French Hit Germans. The battle at Vaux has seemingly absorbed the most of the activity on the western side of the salient running north from the Marne, but far up toward the Oise river, at Moulin-Sous-Toutvent, a little village east of the edge of the De Laigue forest, the French have struck the Ger man line over a front of nearly two miles and have pene trated to a depth of approximately half a mile. Prisoners to the number of 457 have been reported captured. The British were unable to retain the positions they seized on Sunday near Bouzincourt, north of Albert. After a terrific bombardment, the Germans succeeded in recapturing the ground. On the north side of the Picardy sector at Boyelles and Moyenne and in the Lys sector, &t JL3 .takerisoners in raiding operations. Italians Shift Attackf The Italians have again shifted their attack, and this llJllc Jlttvc uliuscli mc x iavc xiunt iui a ucuiujuouauuu kjl their strength. After a bombardment which reached drumfire' intensity, the Italians crossed the Piave north east of Capo Sile. In spite of the flooded areas before them, they made some progress, which is admitted by Vienna, and captured 1,000 prisoners as well as taking "-icrcrow w n twin' mnmnwr wt kj"os,v3i--i,v. ' J r . 1 FUNERAL SERVICES SIMPLE, BY REQUEST. AMERICAN SHIPPING NOW EXCEEDS TEN MILLION TONS WHILE RECORD FOR PAST YEAR IS THE GREATEST IN U S. HISTORY In Addition to Tcnnage Permanently Under the S an and Sttlpes, America Controls Great fltt of Du.ch Shipping and O.her Vessels Operated Under the D nclon ot the Navy Neatly Hundred Ships to Be Launched Today. J (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.) SOME CIVILIANS WILL BE PERMITTED TO ATTEND NEW DRAFT REGULATIONS FROM THE EXEMPT GLASS Are Employed in Shipyards and Places Could Be Easily Filled BEING PREPARED PHILADELPHIA, July 3. New draft regulations which will take from the exempt classification! thousands of men employed In shipyards are be ing prepared at Washington, accord ing to Lieutenant Colonel J. S. Easby BmKh, representative of Provost Mar shal General Crowder who Is In this city Investigating selective draft con ditions. The new regulations it is said", are designed to place in military ler vlce men who are now exempt simply because they are working in shipyards and whose places can be taken by men in other deferred classes under the "work or fight" order. Actual ship builders and technical men will not be affected by the new rules. The plan is favored by Howard Coonley, vice president of the Emerg ency Fleet corporation, who said to day that no effort was being made to claim exemption for employes of the eorporatlon other than those whose places cannot be filled. TWO INDICTED. ROCHESTER. X. T.. July . 4- Lewis Longwt.'l and Hector Bor- deaux, foremen at the plant of . the Curttsa airplane and motor corporation at Hammondsport, 4- were indicted this afternoon by . a federal grand Jury, charged with -f v sabotage in wilfully making war '--material In a defective manner. 4 4 Judge John R- Haxel held the 4 two in. f l.,vV vwla. wmvu IW r- T 4 ralgnment at Jamestown, next 4 4 Tuesday., . 4 4 Preference Will Continue to Be Given to the En listed Men SHORT LINE RAILROADS REMAIN UNDER GONTRO OF THE ADMINISTRATION TO OPEN AUGUST 1 WASHINGTON. July 3. Orders re trlctlnr annointments to omcers training camps for th army to en listed men have Deen moainea, i wan lfmrnert today, and under a re- viH nlan shortly to be announced . . . . , ill n.t 1 1 a llmitea numper oi uivumno admitted to the five central officers training camps at which new classes 111 be taken In every monm Preference will continue to be given to enlisted men, however, In making appointments and civilian applicants are to be admitted oniy 10 mane up the quotas. The camDS will be located In con Junction with the five replacement divisions. The three Infantry camps, which will be much the largest, will be at Camps Lee, Va.; ooraon, ua and Pike, Ark. The first of the new centralised classes will open August 1 and only enlisted men will be ac cepted In that class. The field ar tlllerv school will be at Camp Tay lor, Ky., and the machine guns school at CamD Hancock. Ga. These two will receive their first classes July 15, and also will take in only enlisted men for the first class.- The course for infantry and . ma chine run officers will be four months, and for artillery officers three months. Men selected for the latter brancn will necessarily be those who have had previous educational advantages. So far as enlisted men are con-, cerned all branches of service except the coast artillery, signal corps and labor units will be drawn upon for the central camps. The camps will be open to civilians between the ages of twenty and forty years. Applications may be made to the military officer in charge of the reserve officers' training corps unit in the school or college nearest to the applicant's homo. While men ot draft age are eligible as civilians, it Is pointed out that they would have a batter -chanc to enter the officers' , training camps If they war In the army. The same is true ot older men. Will Keep 653 and Relin quish About 1,300 Others INCREASE MEN'S PAY WASHINGTON, July The rail road administration announced tonight that S53 short line railroads had been retained under government control. All employes of these lines will re ceive the 'wage .awards made to em ployes of the steam roads and others will be compensated under the general contract. Control of approximately 1,300 short lines, terminal roads and main line feeders finally has been relinquished by the railroad administration which was given until July 1 by the original railroad control act to turn back to private ownership, roads operations of which by the government waa not re garded as essential. In the meantime congress passed a joint resolution ex tending the time for turning back the roads to next January l and providing that control of short lines should not be relinquished while connections or competing lines were continued under government control. Some senators have contended that this resolution would permit of roads relinquished again being taken over. A delegation of senators, headed by Senator Smith of South Carolina, call ed on the president today to urge that ha not veto the joint resolution which now is awaiting his action. The presi dent was understood to have told the senators that he had not reached a Anal decision and the first would con fer with the railroad administration officials. At the railroad administration It was stated that some of the roads re linquished might-be taken over again under contracts to be arranged by the ners. Each case, however, will ha decided upon its Individual merits. It was explained. With 117 main Una roads already having been retained. the number now under government control is Axed at 730. - They Include bait Unea, wharf corporations, subur WASHINGTON, July 3 On the eve of the greatest ship launching day In history, the bureau of naviga tion of the department of commerce announced tonight that the fiscal year Just closed exceeded all previous years In new ships built In this coun try, giving the United StatJW a mer chant marine of l((,040,sjl gross tons and numbering yearly 80,000 vessels. In the twelve 'njbrithe ended June 30, there wer , iJM TWBRSM 1,430,793 gross tons' numbered, by the bureau, more than double the output of German yards in peace time. Great Britain's production in the same period has not been made pub Ho, but in the year ended May 31 amounted .to 1,404,338 gross tons, or about seventy per cent of the normal annual output. Ships Under Control. In addition to the merchant ships permanently under the Stars and Stripes, the sea-going fleet of cargo carriers controlled by the United States Includes 200,000 tons of requisitioned Dutch ships and 404,700 tons operated by the army and navy as transports, hospital 'ships, supply transports and other auxiliary craft, besides yachts and similar vessels under 600 tons employed in consider able numbers In military and naval service. One-half of the fiscal year's output of ships was completed In the last four months. The total Included 263 sea-going steel steamers of 1,034,604 gross tons and 167 sea-going wooden vessels of 213,088 tons, the remainder being vessels for the lakes, rivers and navigation show , that In the twelve months ended June 30, 1917, when the renaissance of shipbuilding had Just aianeu, mere" were completed in American yarda', i,D30 shlpa o 47, 147 gross tons, , i" i.i i j . Another twelve : months saw ' the number. Increased to 1,64 ships f 312,663 gross tons and Jn the year Just ,ended . the tonnage output was nearly doubled, while ths nnmh.i. nf shlpa grew to M23. Instead of small craft for domestic transportation, the yards now ate building ghfcat, ocean unuea mates and Latin-America and ine orient. Nearly Hundred More. The launching of nearly 100 ships tomorrow, a declaration of American Independence of foreign merchant marines, will be attended with words of appreciation from President Wil son, Chairman Hurley, General Persh ing and the Americans fighting in Europe. "We are all comrades in a great cause," declared the president in a message to be read In every shipyard, in the presence of an army of loyal workmen, second In size only to the fighting army overseas. "Your em ployes will doune the kaiser," Is Mr 1 Hurley's enthusiastic common whn- uBiierm rersning. whose vim of Italy. They will dousa the Kaiser, tr mat, inese ships mean sorvice 10 our neighbor nations ranged on democracy's aide in Latin-America. Thunke and hearty good wishes from 2lrVSf51!J.nI mWU- Let ua all go back Friday morning to .work for greater: records. , I believe you will -har4 our, satisfaction in June figures i uumpjeiea ana delivered! ' vvmpuea,' snowing 380,400 tons -vvum.jj ui, in service during June." flMitoMttVim And, a4M0iMka.4)E8rawXa NAMElfc'4," to France and later to establish new f "wA8HlNTO.V, July I. Nam. of lines, of communication betwaan ih the fuurteen tornado hn.t L...!7 "! I DKST nounoed tonight by U navy dOpart ment as follows: . Bethlehem union olant. Ran tv.n, SmT"'? "cK'. M""-"nir, Orldley, -rane. Mart, tngraham "W DOn NtVI HhlnhllfMln. Dry Dock company, Newport News inn j. nomas, naraaen, and Abbot. Dfcn i :rmP"f 8n shipyard, Philadelphia the Upshur and Elliot. eimenem Fore River plant, "'"i tun Maury. THINKS MATCH ARRANGED. JOPLIN. Mo., July 8. Jack Evana, manager of Jack Dempsey, heavy- WHla-ht nna-lllat nnrtim.. V. .... .. comDlete - - . , a l . . sr,,m,ie pubuc k. With such backing w. ,.. l --'r" ;Wf to win builders. President Wilson's meaa.ra contained In this letter to nhi,m.. Hurley: , I am very gad to tak ceieDrating the launching All hail American ehlp- part In of the domestic transportation, except one!'"), " ? , you concrete aea-golng steamer 'of 8.42T mk' 0','he following message: I - in leeung tne gross tons. Even this record production, how ever, undoubtedly will be eclipsed in the fiscal year Just starting, for many new yards are just beginning to get into full operation and the great fabricating yards have not yet begun to add finished ships to the cargo fleets. Losses sustained by the merchant marine Included for the last three months were 82,049 ton of sea-going vessels. Including ten of 14,707 gross tons sunk by submarine off the At lantic coast in May and June. The growth of the shipbuilding In dustry in this country In the last two years ha been a close rival of many businesses which have given America Its reputation as a great industrial ; nation. The records of the bureau of and that twenty per cent of the pro ceeds, together with all of th motion picture rights and all of the concession receipts will be given to war charities. Kearns said that it was his under standing that the city officials had ap proved the bout. 1.111 A . . ... . an in mm aevouon wnlch the men in the shipyards have exhibited in com pleting the fleet which Is to b launched on the Fourth of July and I hope that you will convey to them my congratulations and my pleasure in feeling that we are all comrades In a great cause.' " The appreciation of the shipping board s chairman is contained in this yards8"1 e"t the management of all "Our historic launching today I a new declaration of Independence. It i,5?at. W 11 " '"'J' America's stride. The big splash will go around the world. Your yard helped make it. Tour employes are behind Persh ing s men, behind the faith of France the dogged courage of England, th BURNS WINNER. NEW YORK, July 8. -Frank! i) urns, or Jersey city, out fought Pete Herman, of New Orleans, bantam- weignt cnampion in an eight round bout at Jersey City International league park tonight. Burn weighed 120 pounds and his opponent a pound lighter. THEY'RE OFF. A LAKE PORT, July 4,--The first of nearly 100 ships which will be launched today in Ameri- can shipyards in celebration of th Fourth of July slid down the way at 12:01 this morning at a shipyard here. Tha v..t . a steel steamer of 2.400 tni h i. a named the "Lake Aurlce." E 'Peculiar Circumstances" at Syracuse, N. Y., to Be Thoroughly Probed. SYRACUSE, N. Y July 8. A double investigation was under way to determine the cause of the fire and explosions which killed at least sixty workmen. Injured more than three core, soma probably fatally and de stroyed tha T. N. T. plant of the Semet-Bolvay company at Split Rock, near here last night. District Attorney- John H. Walrathe said several "peculiar circumstances including the breakdown of the water and lighting systems would be tbor. oughly investigated. The company waa engaged in manu facturing T. N. T. for the United State. Ten buildings were destroyed and other damaged. Th property loss is said to be in exceaa of 11,000, 00. Tha factory will be rebuilt with out delay. The full extent of tne a waster did E BY Quentin Roose-elt Among the Fighters Against Hun Squadron. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, July 8 (By the Associated Press.) During the aerial fighting to day four more enemy machines were brought down. Victories are claimed for Lieutenants J. H. Stephens, New York: K. L. Porter, Dowaglae, Mich. Ralph O'Neill, Denver, and Maxwell Perry, Indianapolis. All told on Tuesday and Wednes day the patrols from American pur suit squadrons in this sector engaged In about twenty combats, bringing down seven enemy planes. Two American aviator were lost and on waa seriously wounded. Among th airmen engaged la th OFFICERS RE-ELECTED HI THE JOT CLERKS North Carolina Association Ends Meeting Cathey on Program. Secretary Daniels Names Destroyer in Honor of Late Statesman WASHINGTON, July I. Accome panted by committees from the senat and house, th body of Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Car Una, who died here early today, .left Washington tonight at 7 o'clock for Trenton, S. C, where funeral service will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Services will be conducted at the Presbyterian church, where HsJ body will He In state from the time ot Its arrival early In the afternoon. ' In observing a request Of Senator Tillman, the funeral services will ba simple. None war held in Washing ton. . iv (Y'V'; Accompany Body. ' Senators and representatives ' ae. oompanylng the body to Trenton were: senators ismiin, or ooutn Carolina; Swaneon, ot Virginia, uaj Unger, of New Hampshire; Lodge,. Of Massachusetts; Penrose, of Pennsyl vania; . Overman, of North Carolina: Nelsoh, of Minnesota; , Smoot, . ot Utah; Pomerene, of Ohio; Fernald. of Maine; Phelan, ot California; Star ling, bf South Dakota; Owen, ot Okla homa; Trammell, of Florida, and McKellar, of Tennessee. 4. :;-- Representatives Lever, Byrnes, Ragsdahv Whaley, Nicholls, Doml nlok end Stevenson, of South Caro linat Padgett, of Tenneas; Vinson, of Georgia; Butler, of Pennsylvania; Walsh, of Massachusetts; Fess, ot Ohio; Elliott, of Indiana; Morgan, ot Oklahoma; ' Langley, of Kentucky; Williams, of Illinois; Austin, of Ten- ' nesse, and French, of Idaho. - , Secretary Daniels waa unable to ac company the party, tout aent'a his personal representative Rear Admiral MacGowan paymaster-general of tha DESTROYER NAMED tilXMANl'' WASHINGTON,' Julr I Secretary Daniels today named new torpedo boat th Tillman In honor of tha lata Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, . of South Carolina, member of th naval affairs committee for nearly twenty. four years, ana chairman of It tor five years, ' , Secretary Daniels said In making the announcement; 'During these later year, in feebl health,' he has given . himself un- tintedly to the work of increasing the navy, often permitting-his seal to overtax his strength. He died aa truly at his post of duty as any officer or sailor in the war ion. Therefore is fitting that a destroyer should bear the name of a loval flahter whose victories strengthened thai' navy. ". ty;,.-..'.. The country owes a lasting debt of gratitude to Senator Tillman for the development of th navy. He had the vision of a powerful naw and lived to carry through measure that have enabled It tn raanh Ita --. high state of efficiency and the legis lation he championed will aiva to America a fighting navy worthy of (Continued on Pag Two) VIHTUflL SUBJUGATION OF POLAND PROPOSED BY THE TERMS OF fiERimM Aims of German Govern- ment Are of the Usual Modest Variety GERMANIZE POLAND (Special to The Citisni.) RALEIGH, July 3. Th. North Carolina Association of Superior Court Clerks, In rounding up the work of thl annual convention reelected th officers who served last vr , Wrt.h..vl" Be'ch th P' tor th 11 convention. A special legis lative committee was named by Presi dent C. C. Moore, consisting of W S. Stevens. W. P. Byrd. W. M. Walker J. N. 8111s, and Vttruvlous Royster' Heard an address by W. M. Grant of Greensboro on a uniform system. He spoke for W. M. Harris, of Wilming ton, who could not attend. Special addresses Included J. J. Barr.iw clerk for Frankllng "Filing Court Papers," J. H. Cathey, of Buncombe. "Simpli fied Bookkeeping and Accounting," C. M. MoCaughan. Wina'on-Salem. "Handling Trust Fund." This after noon th visiting clerk inspected the for in filling th camp the preference ban electric Unea, union deaoU. nd daylight when search of th ruin dia- iwaater aia a-.i-- .. a..ii. pv.it moon m """ '' upa ins not become known until . long after " " ' , . . Supreme court library, th hall of hi - i . , - I BOB " kvwun auwuvtw ATTyrm .nil mm flllna aAMM tf . k youngest son Colon! Theodore Omom and th fllln roous of the m- WASHINGTON, July 3. German proposed to settle the Polish question by the virtual subjugation of Poland, say an official dispatch today from Swltserland quoting the semi-offlclal Augsberger Abend Zeltung. ' Th alma of the German .'government ara ummed up by the newspaper as fol lows: . "First, the frontier of Poland will be determined definitely by th Ger man high command. r- Second, the Polish army will not go beyond vo.ooo men and every at tempt at new armament will be con sidered aa a casus belli. ; Third, th central power will en- Joy for fifty year In Poland tha treatment of the' moat favored na tion. Fourth, the German mark will be for fifty year th only Polish money having an Invariable legal tender. "Fifth, the Polish government will accept all Inhabitant of Poland for public function without distinctions a to religion. Thl clause Ik meant ' to prevent th exclusion ?f Pro-. Germans and. Jews. , . , "Sixth, th right to assemble and complete freedom. of th press will be assured to subjects of th power. "Seventh, th Polish authorities will be obliged to support a Germaa school in every town or villa where live mora' than ten German-spaa king ' children. ; "Eighth, tha subjects of th cen tral powers will In no ease be Judged , by Polish tribunal, but will depend entirely upon their owa ewasular always will b given to nlit4 brlds corporation aleaad th bodiea. Booaavet- tars X atax. lurtBdJcUoa." - ...
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