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, 2-'.-.' , . - ' v t-i) - , v - i THE WEATHER FORECAST North Carolina--Probably rairv and warmer tonight; Friday fair in west, rain in east portion. South Carolina Unsettled, prob ably locJ rains tonight and Friday. NGTOM VV-ILMI FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE VOL. XXIII. NO. 359. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THU RSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 18, 1917 TTTVF Ml l TT SUPERIOR GERMAN FLEET OVERCmiES RUSSIANS' DEFENSE innu ui iv ili!J I VIU VI ill: i- 'mm . : V I PRICE FIVE CENTS. MS Ireno us Trouble Reported in Both Austrian and German Fleets SERIOUS DISORDERS IN TUTONIC NAVIES 1 han Go Aboard Subma- ESTRDYER HIT BY A TORPFOO Teutons Overwhelm Russians for Possession of Gulf of Riga FRENCH AND GERMAN TROOPS MORE ACTIVE CISCO FAC A FuLL F 111 Infantry Fighting on French? Front Report Thirty-Six German Machines Have Been Shot Down. Russian and German battleships had an engagement yesterday in the Gulf of Riga, the clash occurring during th pressing of the German operation aim ed at acquiring complete control of the gulf, which the Germans began re cently by seizing Oesel island off the entrance. The Russians seem to have put up a , DUl A-:--i- 1 - ia spiniea ngnt againsr neavy oaas ann Austnans Rebel Against Ler-; . , finally to have retired into the pro- mans and righting Follows : mencan t0 Uamaged and tected waters of Moon sound, just r.,vrr,ne Mntinv Rathy ne wlsn Killed by a .norm oi tne guir, alter losing tne bat- -Uermdns IVlUtiny Iatner J itleshin ?lava. an old tvne vprsrI .if i 13,000 tons, which, like the other Rus sian, warships, was vastly outranged Many Homes Without Coal and Prospects Are for Snow Tomorrow i (By Associated Press.) i Chicago, Oct. 18. Many Chicago homes and business houses were out of coal todaj and unable to get any and with a coal famine in prospect, the weather man predicted a cold wave for tonight, with prospects of snow tomorrow. The office of John E. Williams, fuel administrator of GULF OF R BY THE GERMANS The Attacking Naval Forces were Far- Superior to Those Defending BATTLESHIP SLAVA LOST BY RUSSIANS Old Type Warship Sent to the Bottom Ly Germans Ten Thousand Prisoners and 50 Guns Captured rines Illinois,, was flooc.ed . lit. J from consumers whose demands for RUSSIANS TRAPPED. -X- (By Associated Press). -X- Berlin, Oct. 18 (via London). -X-H- Tho Gcrnianr. have taken 10,000 -X-v prisoners and' 50 guns on Ossel -X-Inland, tho war office' reports. -X-The Rii.'is'an naval forces in -X- S50C ! S TRY Til GET TOEETHE Subscriptions This Morning. Tfl, A : 4.l.. D:i lion and a Half OVER $400,000,000 S NEEDED EACH DA T w A T a i -n v Kl annoi-Bieurress. aTll nut -nnned hv thp tipw German - An Amen- , , . , XT " , ,, iV.v Assot-iatpd Press.) Air.s; r'i;!Pi. Oct. 18. A Woeliino-tnTi (rt 1 Q . dreadnauarhts. Nearlv all the S ava s mutiny' an destroyer on patro1 duty in the,crew were saved. She had a comple- i war zone was tnrnpdnpd hv an enemv mpnt nf 89Fi -mpn nmo'i" i;oi'iii:m sailors at the Belgian1 , , , , , . i . ai" submarine Tuesday and had one man The Germans, the Russian account n.tona wno reiusea to go on wounded. She man- indicates, pushed their way into the h0 nfrpH tn ma Vp nnrt in snito nf Rpvprpigulf after having gained control of the principal channel and threw forward damage. (their lighter units. These were de- Vice-Admiral Sims cabled a brief ( tected by the Russian patrols and driv report of the incident to the Navy De-jen back by the Russian main fleet, part -- late yesterday. He gave which included apparently only two , , . ., , . .. . ' ' , old tjrpe battleships with a fairiv mod- f c .. uetails, but it is assumed there u r ern armored cruiser, the Bayan. was no fight and that the U-boat j The German dreadnoughts were soon m u:inios in the Austrian navy made good her escape after launch-.encountered by the Russians, however, i.-hes between Austrian sailors . . a torpedo without showing her- and by virtue of their long range, and c'.wvs ot the German suDmanne .they were able to stand off beyond fleet based at Pola, in which officers ,e . J reach of the Russian guns and pour & on boih sides have been killed and j Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly In- destructive fire into the Russian ves- which resulted in a decision 10 cnangc; gram was me man Kinea. ne was. sels, sinking the Slava and compelling coal had been turned down by the the Gulf of Riga have been trap- dealers. The latter have supplies ouf-! ped by the Germans,, recording -X-ficient for from tAvo to five days, and to the announcement. It says vr practically no coal is arriving from - German naval units are lying in -X-j the mines, owing to the widespread the eastern portion ot Kassar -X-strike. are- barring tho passage west- -X- Fred W. Upham, head of the I5fgest! Bay north of Oesel Island, aad I he saw no reason to alter his predic- ijxiiigs wul wiaeiy jlis similar Views 1 More Than 170,000 Clergy- men Will Preach Next Sun-j day in Behalf of Loan Chicago at Work 7 . . a . . J x Copenhagen, Oct. 18. The proceed-1 port of board rinr?, is reported by Belgian Daiblad. The newspaper say an ortk-er was thrown into the sea and 30 in 1 1 ; i :i r" rs were removed in hand cuffs : ' 1 P. I!.WS. Austrian Mutiny. S'rni, Oct. lS.-Official diplo 'jatche? received here today are barring ward. W'a matic repci" and v tion that within a few days business in Chicago will be paralyzed by tho lack of fuel. Even the gas cc:npany, which ordinarily maintains large sur plus supplies, has only a few dayj supply on hand. Garfield Waits. Washington, Oct. 18. The Fuel Ad ministration Avas waiting to hear the result of its warning yesterday to coal - -i A. (By Associated Press. "'i-i-: mgs of the convention of German .So- ly Si 500.000.000. one half t.h mlnlmmn ... . -X- ciaiists at Wurzburg, reveals slight quota of the Liberty loan, has beenf i prospects that the two branches of tho subscribed today, treasury ofiipials es-tif: ww;party will be united. Professions of timatea m the tace of unofficial re- J ! Voiron, Oc, 18.-A nava, battle sire to es.ab.ish, party unity are pre e " 'has occurred in the Gulf of Riga be-fuse but almost always are accompan-. "Many subscriptions have been- Ob- !; j twecn Russian and German battle-lied by scolding of the opposite side, tained within the last four days or ; ships, the war office announces. The and are based on the assumption that since the issuance of the President's. " I Russian battleship Slava was sunk. !,ninat? w, neciw0 ProclamaUon," said a treasury state- W i The Slava sank as the result of be-' . . . . . " ment. "Encouraged by the new inten-ii? S 1" inr: hit several times beneath the wa-by tne submission of one wing to the sified activity, committees declared I flictfltps nf thp nthpr 1 . , -t. . . , - ; l I 111 l . 11LU11! fill 1. 1 i w I iviii 1 V V J JL " " - . j , . . i the crew were saved by Russian tor the base of the German flotilla. j blown overboard by the enplosion the others to retreat. Despite the attempts of the Aus-i nd hig bod wrg not recoverod InJ The Germans made an attempt early trian admirality to suppress the news, I in the war to seize the Gulf of Riga, it reached here today, coming by wa , 8 oter- JlrJ' ctt lngranl',meeUng defeat in a naval engagement of Berne. T'he Austrian crews are lives at Pratt City, Ala. there in. August, 1915. The Russians said to have revolted under ill treat-: In accordance with the policy of reported the German losses as one ment of officer - nnd bad food, while secrecy concerning American naval dreadnought, two cruisers and eight tha of the German submarine ere wa operations theepartment;did not.di-v irpeda .iwAis cuak, the dreadnought was caused by overbearing conduct of:vulge the name of the destroyer O'r being tropedoed by a British subnia thp latter. $ ; the exact Place of the encounter. rine tben in Batic waters. Berlin The dispatches say the tension be-! None of the wounded was seriously admitted the loss of only one small tween the Austrian and German crews hurt. . They are Herman H. Pankratz, German warship and the damaging of became so alarming that extraordi- ' Runner's mate, St. Loms; V1H1am K two otners, while Russian losses were narv measures wfeHaken to prevent Merntt, seaman, New York City; declared by Berlin to be two gunboats a recurrence of the fighting between W. Kruse. fireman, Toledo; Patrick .and a torpedo boat which included the decision to uuueuge, oner, iew iur. iij, uiiu , Eerlin.s report today on yesterday's naval engagement claims the trapping jof the Russian naval forces in the Gulf !of Riga, declaring that German naval j j er and operate the mines if he con siders it necessary. they will do better yet. Gaining sub- j CeS : At yesterday's session Hermann scriptions of more than $400,000,000 a.1 v Mueller of the executive committee day from now until . the end of thova?;: said Alsace-Lorraine under no. circum- campaign may seem to be an imposfgl : ' The announcement follows: I stances could be made a subject of dis- Sltle tasK but it will be attempted."vrijv . "After depriving us of control 0f sion the peace negotiations, and New York, it was i announced, is try-; . : that these provinces could De wresteti "s fuwu,ww,uw uwrn'i'..'i night' i f T,, nnmnitMT, irvfoQi fore nisrht. (hicacn rpnnrtPfTN tht- -'' JLXIJ II U1U a VUilipiClClJ CX L ' L VJ L 1 a X w- " " v . ; many suoscnptions trom persons ot cr; ar na iri Vi tVin na inTi'c nrnHnrHnn of t ... .. , , , , . , 1 pedo boats though Administrator Garfield did not detail the steps to be taken to ter minate the industrial unrest, it is generally known that Congress has ; Irbe channel, the enemy at empowered the President to take ov-; penetrated thp Gulf nf Risrn v.-hprp fl.tinn .. w ( . fireman, Dundas,' t h lpi mov," the ' German submarine flotilla William Seinmer, from .he Austrian base at Pola to au-lHin. other point further south on the Adri- ,t TXTTI atic. The fighting between the two SUPREME COUNCIL sets nf en ws is described as having I UflWORQ POUR MORF the route out, north of Oesel island TP IMITV CCktX VClH nnAm i.-, . ! i'ound by enemy cruisers and torpe? " - 'PROFESSOR 'DEAD f tlo boats. Our ships- of the " line s i Grayhddanin and Slava and the cruis- (r,y Associate Press.) 'r Bayan went out. to meet the ene- Durham, N. C, Oct. 18. Prof. Wm.t mv in tne Gulf of Ritra and drove F. Gill, head of the department of j back his vanguard by their fire . They Latin at Trinity Coilege, who was tak-1 soon Pnr0untered the principal ene- 'dawn yesterday his naval forces were Dr. Eduard David, Reichstag mem-!smaii means were pouring m and that- rtflt, ; discovered by cur patrol detachment, !ber declared the war could not be country banks were becoming ;more p j ; . , , , . A ended by submarines. Germany had active. .-.iV-1 which was pressed back to Moon i u . , . i iir, , . . . . , j. " through - the operation cofr- the-lilioat, are workiagn harl'-ib -bcnast the l6rt;T? ne saia, . ana wouia jiot oe aoie to a telegram , irom tne reserve DatuC force peace upon England in a few , there to the treasury stated months, as the Pan-Germans claimed, Boston reported . a single sub3crip- or even in one or two years. 'tion of ,$7,300,000 by representatives of ? Binding Motion Rejected. ithe wool industry, made in less than Amsterdam, Oct. 18. Speaking of 10 minutes. Subscriptions continued"- en hi un i ips mv. ii pti mis r nnrn . i , i at a local hospital He wa? 43 vear . y ugul"ls "ulb anu engagea ineni. . tne Russian provinces of Courland fast in the Minneapolis district, ' where - o d and a native of Henderson? N c! n"CrGr Kui "vonio Philipp Scheidemann the the estimate of the total already sub-a whero burial will t:-ke place tomor- ? g lor . ,Grossei Kdrfuer&t Socialist leader, said at the Wurzburg scribed was more than $30,000,000. 7 row " ty (25.000 '.tons). conference: More than 170,000 clergymen I ': tt; e j.t j. i j. -.ti.t ii t j. j i . i or. n;n o n-rtWv 1 -- union ui uiese lerniones witn mruuKiioui rue country win npiivni. X. lUlCJUi Villi i-ilVi l.'v X 11 CI J1U,1H KtK. I I ,1 rt i J x 1, ? G'. j j 1 " - I . .. . i i nf thp Trinitv fniltv nfp ' '" Ll.v.wo .i , uermany, wnicn nas Deen uemanueu sermons in Denair or tne loan next W- units are m a position to commanai- i00. dances bevond the ranse ( ' CP , ICpCUlCUlJ, V.U1111U l. (.J V U11I.1UJ1UIU. KJUJUUO.J' 1. 1 1 Vi LllC OLdl jf? fClllg 1 C?U r II UtTX ' .' been sanguinary. This n nf mutiny in the Austrian navy, received in the capital today al- (By Associated Press.) Washington. Oct. 18. Olin tthus barring the Russian passage (Westward. The statement announces S. the capture of 10,000 prisoners and 50 1 L -9 1 T I his artillery range being much supe- Herr Scheidemann said provisional will be sung in .virtually every churc?rvS-- (Tly Afsoc-iated Press.) . 1 tu l""L uul "1U "n" A luu j regulation ot tne anairs oi tne prov- in America. Many churches, It Is re- ' His Thirteenth Victory. mo ;it el island. been more trouble among amp lime as the Amster- Wriht of piant Citv. Fla.. is one of guns on O (h'.rn (!i.-p:it' ties reporting further mu- four new actjve gbvercign grand in-' There hd tinies in tho C.ennin navy ihia time snprtors general of the " Supreme sailors ot am!,n hxw vine rr'-ws created ? 1 Council of the Ancient and Accepted to a repor proiour.il impression among American otf.-,,!, RUp cf Free Masonry fo naval oftif-rs and atnons other otii- 0tVlft i.ttioTi nf thp United where sailors who reiused to go rials who h:v" b.-.-n watching the sit-' gtates elected and crowned by the aboard submarines, threw one of their uation wi ll ex,,. fation since the first gupreme Council in session here, thus officers into the sea. Later 30 of the mutinies in he G n an fleet were re- :Drm&ing its total present membership mutineers were taken in irons to ported r !"ov d;iys aero. ;up to 25, thirty-three being the statu- Bruges. Th- fir - Sim:--, of niu.iny in th- Ger t complement. The other-three are Field Marshal Haig is still keeping mr.ii !!' t were regarded as most sig- F ed c gchramm, of Salt Lake City; j his infantry in their trenches on the mrirar,! -i ir-. unlike tho army, it has Marshan w. Wood, of Boise, Idaho, i lanaers trout wmie tne neavy Dom '"'ii:' : -itilc of the hardships ot and Alexander E. Cochran, of St campaigning. Dispatches from abroau. Louig hovever, confirm the opinion of Am- crii an n- ; ! ofHcrn. that it probably ( Qerm?ns to Hot Springs. N. C. was flu-.- ' ; ar'. at least, to the draft- (By Associated Tress.) ine of . fnr submarine crews. I Ran P ranciscoi Oct. 17. Approxi a service v.-; if h has come to hold ter-.mately 160 officers and men from the fire was smartest and reporting a rors for the German seamen because 1 seized German merchantmen who had successful raid on the Arras battle of the infirxible British policy of nev- been interned on Angel Island in San j front near Gavrelle. er rnakn- any announcement what-: Francisco Bay, started today for de-1 There has been infantry fighting on pve- , rhtp Vi? Mnvori nr' ln;r font inn npmns at. Philadelphia and the French front although apparently crews of the German submersibles . Hot Springs, N. C. Paris. Oct. IS. Lieut. Raoul L'.u- wne. in npite ot the clearly manifest-1 inces had been effected in accordance ported, already are showing Liberty -jySi i bery, of Wallingford, Conn., member ed superiority of the enemy, our ships j with the resolution of the Reichstag loan posters. -.-riSjt'5! of the Franco-American flying corps, 1 defended the entrance for a consider- main committee which declared ! Twelve thousand volunteer SDeakera 4 t':'r'' i I Trrlirv lido enrtrort -rnonv TTtfrrta n n1 rii. fblp t'TTIP ?lTld ntllv RPVPTP H 'A m fl oo nfyiincl o-n n ova ii pn o AltVirmcrJi V? i cm 'trrill molro T ilir,.... 1 rt . ; ''-'J:' e vjeimau ut eu, diuuuiug cently was cited in French army or- caused by the fire of his dreadnoughts , had German characteristics, he added, in theatres and other public assembty.'.f ! trom AmStei Clam. oc on "tnonmnoroMo riln " ia f nrOPfl ' 11 S tn rptirp intn thp Wfltprs nf:tlip norm one fnrmofl nnl V q sm rt 1 1 nnr-' nis fo nnltl tVip an A et V. 1nnn av. . ' . 'i a 1 , v 1 1 in (ill 1 ii i.viiu pii 1 n 111 v- iiiii 1 1 t ij - . . - . . . . . . fcjuAivi ii v. 1 iiiiiuu i-11 1 ii 11 w 11 1 fci ii' 11 iiii.. 2; j 1 fj 1 11. 1 v.i 11 11 1. 1 1 vuv ouu Ji. luc luAU n III ' ot an mutiny at ostena gaid by Tne Herald to have brought the Moon sound. As a result of sev- j tion of the population. 'paign. Heretofore they have spoken : down his thirteenth enemy machine. 1 (continued on Fage Eight bardment of the German lines con tinues. His report today throws lit tle light on the probability of an ear ly resumption of the British attack, mentioning merely the poinr? on the front where the German reciprocal The conference, by a vote of 284 to only twice a week. . .They are suppli- t 1 26, rejected a motion binding the par- ed with bulletins giving detailed ex-y; jty to vote against war credits in the planations of the loan and have. ."in-' rl'w-. Reichstag. .structions to answer questions. HS'"" A resolution was submitted signed, Cleveland Makes Good Report, & 'by 118 delegates demanding the res- Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 18. Subscrip- " . i j . . i? T-ii ji i . i: . : a ii. Tii a v . . . . loraiion oi rjeigiuxn anu pruivbuu tiuus tu tne juioeny ijoan la; tna. ;,'r against division of Alsace-Lorraine. 'Fourth Federal Reserve District today - jhad reached a total of $105,000,000,. ;more than one-third of the minimum r" of $300,000,000. I - , New England Coming Along. - " : . ! Boston, Mass., Oct. 18. New Eng- (BZ.AssoAia.ted-.?resS ? v, land subscriptions to the second Lib- -Mexico City, Oct. . 18.-1 no double ertv loan reached a grand total of ' -t import duty on parcels pos. between ?U5,385,000 today. - . the United States and Mexico which " , ' h.. bppn in effect since June 3. was ' DOUBLE IMPORT DUTY ABROGATED This suspense aa to the fate of com-: ratios who go out never to be heard of aas'in the m-.r;-Clashc: tri;:n cp. cles 1k:t tieiiiai ly Of tile ,. f exhai'. v.as cxpccied to undermine e of the navy. between German and Aus vs are regarded in naval cir as of much significance, par-; when considered in the light; 'emesituation of Austria.1 h'.lng forces are at the "point j '. ion. SERiUUS STATE RUSSIAN AFFAfRS not on a large scale. The Germans! .i 1 ii. . j P TT 3 ' i attacKeu nortneast oi veruun near j Bezenvaux but met with a repulse, j The artillery battle is still spirited in ! much of the Verdun area and on the ! Aisne front along the Chemin-Des-' Dames. ! Air fighting between French and German machines has been unusually (Continued on Page TSis'itj i f i t . I' 11 L' r e1 ii mi tiled, biinj-ouiit; co, waa TTD A MPUiCr DPPMBJI Second Period or Contest Will Close in Eight Diys Now is 'abrogated by a decree issued today, j rKAiMCrilofc, KtrUKM .1 rTT. .rl ! X T t- wm-rm I Hi-,.- i-.rni odtinn nf tVio ril irr?llatl-ir Q ' TiC A CI TT"5T7 15C"II the Time to Subscribe and Help Your Favorite Win One of the Valuable Prizes. I tun- protection of the oil industry, a' MEASURE POSTPONED decree was issued providing for a spe ! cial 10 per cent, stamp tax based up- ,'cn bi-monthly New York quotations. H'!"!' boost ycur favorite to the extent of i Sari then ; Fie,, ei'l S;, as.o.i !. r , rhV. ; ne; r! in t- "rh:-.5-r,f- cf Future Aviators. ''T'.v A f.s.iein t?a Prpsg.) Antonio, Texas, Oct. 18 Nine . ' r.s n in training at Kelly 1 ; '.in ' aviniors in tho Unit-i - ;;n-'y and 'rill the arronlanes! J:-ir r.re tn be used by the! ,..; fo avaiion interest in1 . .. r " . , . Al. ii winri - senbm 1 Domcmg raiuu jvtv ; " Vhev were to attack . f-om the air scatter-! i "' '. ;!ire. Anarchy Spreadnig, Gambling Wide Open, and Robberies Frequent (By Associated Press.) London, Oct. 18. The Times to to,r fiovntP- n r.nlnmn to a dispatc'i from its Petrograd correspondent s I) "V( t i" in !'ne biti,)n in;; i. : l.iiiiu i, for,. iiiin, i. the tate of anarchy spread ing throughout the Russian provinces. The dispatch mentions agrarian un orders in the districts of Hohilev and Saratov; rioting in Kharkov, result ing in the arrest of 50 ring leaders; street fighting in Kursk, and illicit distilling at Veronesch which led to wholesale drunkenness and the sev rine of communication between Tash- l. tiu ir advantage De- Kent, i ui-"' "" x IUC VVi i i, i -1 1- i Loading in Iowa. Assoriarod Prfss.) . Iowa, Oct.. 18. The h'-.Jding the lead today p-: from Monday's proni are little better . . . i t MT.m rU'.ECtiLiy less ui"1 aii v c-- ,. -trt ,i,r Ua. Qifld "r.nnditions ii v,ui no i ' . ie nnn suit can bo deter- with the ponce eaicum6 criminals, yuesuuuiimc iwuo night clubs are multiplying. Gam- bling is enormously on ine mca. re T!:,, Aid S( the ,,l Th,. ;; If, V;er Jaeol, W. ( Lditc on the Stage , o i ' it the resorts, the minimum stake be National Special at tne reoij i , ''i s ':f ''' '' will ''Vrp tomorrow mgnt wren !,; T. v. Tiickett speaks here v'tr1; have been designated 11 '!;e f.tr.ge: Miss Jenni - D. ' " f inirninnt Mrs. Bn J. i ass-htant; Mrs. J. Wallace' William Walker and Mrs, Hatch. 1 1 represented tu m)tor cars colliding and tram cars being de railed. Robberies are increasing, in fact, no one seems to care about any- Shi frnvrnment, he says, is com batting the malady -through the assis tance of district conmuu-w "The time has come to con quer or submit." "For us there is but one choice. We have made it." President Wilson. 'T'tall we be more tender with our t'ollars than with the lives of our sens." Secretary McAdoo. 4 THE PRIZES. $775 Briscoe Automobile. Ford Touring Car. $200, in Gold. $100 in Gold. " $93 Furnicure Suite. $75 Columbia Grafonola. 5,400 votes. What a great help a ! few such friends cculd be to a can 's didate. i Haven't you a- friend among the. !" contestants whom youy would like to' jLs:ust? Look over the names in to- J day's paper and" then give her your! 5 subscription and that of each of your 50 Merchandise Order At J. W. friends that you can persuaae to join H. Fuchs' Department t?ore. you. $25 Wrist- Watch. fr TWO SbO Diamond Rmcs. i testn.nt! in n hnnr h rln.-.o nn 4 front and any one of them is liable to Ten per cent, commissicn to take the lead, and then there are oth- 1 all non-winners, who remain ers lower down in the lists who have! active, on money or new sub- never yet occupied tl e top seat in the -i scriptions. STRIKE OF A.'G.L. CLERKS SPREADS (By Associated Presa.i " j Copenhagen Oct. 18. The Prussian -p ! Diet re-assembled yesterday to be met . 'by the news that the franchise '.-re- -I form bill which the Emperor ordered j submitted itt time so that new el?c- l I tions could be held under the new pystem, probably would not be ready ' before December. At best only , the 'r '-' (formal firs: 'reading is expected be- , I fore i Christ mas and there is little j chance thni the debates can be coa-" ' i eluded before the terms of the Dres- ' inrmsprs nf tho Flint ovnira ;. . i d L J nri L o i iv1 L .iicmoeis ui uie uiei expire mere are a goodly numuer io con-, rveponea indi rvocity mount The "Germania says that the "delay Clerks Have Joined and ' is due t0 the complicated studies con- i rr 11 I Ducted with the reform of the upper Utners to roilOW ! house and the re-shaping of election ' districts. The actual change in - the I8- Local j franchiSe rights has presented " few Oct. 2 4-' 4 'i Richmond, Va.,- band wagon who are liable to prore 'clerks of the Atlantic Coast Line rail- j diff culties , factors in the ckstnbutiom of the big , , x , . i - The m: prizes. r Ti,n fine',, i- f t-.:. ! it appears in each issue of this Da- ful winning their demands as a re- delay. ! raond Ring pc, iod w;ll --on b- n t Pcr and ycu be treated to numer- suit of sympathetic action being .tak-' Herr, Free, of the Conservative cd, and the $6J ring wilf be won Vy cus j? ftle a,nfl ener" en at other; points along the line'. I party' declaJ.e3 yesterday that there " i someone in the race within the next which wdl win in the end regard- . Roekv'Monnt. N. are fmn m Prussia to the ; ( eight days. No one has any advan- e ? w( B;ui Vuon m tne neia oi - - . ' . " ' xvtuiuS uaue. t tage over anyone else, so far, in the candidates. ported to have .walked out today and I struggle for this special prize, and Just ci-' in the day3 of Caesar, all those at other points may quit work, '.FORMER OFFICIALS '. lit is certain that the finish will be oids led to Rome, so now all roatls unless the Brotherhood 7 of Railway " TH RC" PDnGfrr1! TTETV (Joad to The D.spatch office where n,prka. iR re(,nffTli3! hv tho rfliirrtfl, ' - m'? , Every reader of The Dispatch ha-?.h subscriptions are turned in and J , s ' yT , . , x : v lor should have a particular friend ; the ballots cast to determine which ' T Ior.ffl0l Athens " MonXvOcS. The among these contestants whom he o: nc esrimaoie women ana -iris con- reiusuiemem oi a aismissea employe rnct w h. nrt.nf ' ' f the priz- testing for the prizes will have the are met. . ' - TiArZ: Just keep your eye on the score as a o"ca yyiiu ncui uu cl ouiac ucjc tins . , . .. , -j j t. xi. v which are opposed to the idea of "sui- week, said, today that they were hope- .Ha, rpfnrm nro icrht ot th. i close. . the .members of the cabinet of former; premier Skouloudis, with the excep- l,tion of Admiral Coundouriotis, was w,r. i iiKe to see win one or the p es or the $60'. rm which will be honor of being -winners. There is awarded on November 13, the night scarcely an individual in all this sec-' the judges count the votes, and we tion v-ho is not interested to-some i wish to remind you that great aid and encouragement friend by paying a subscription in ad-, lead the individual to give his; sutM0nfy $10,000.000, the . figure at -ll4th penil-'-code and 'the -law dealing'. Vance. If you are an old subscriber script ion and his mflnence to assist . o'clock todav beine $470 no onn. Half fti, miniof,ioi rnnnoihua ;o' New York Still. Prnqressing, New York, . Oct. 18.-Overnisht you can give extent in one or more of ., the con- mail and forenoon subscriptions push-Ouffes today by an investigating com rnent (to that testonts .and this is almost certain to ed;New York's Liberty loan total up :Mrttee; 4 Charges of the violation, of i to .the daily a yearly payment will ; his favorie to 'win. v ! of this tea J million came, from , the clocked into" by the committee before J (Continued on , Page Seven); Dupont De Nemour3 Co njpany. kit made its recommendation.' entitle your .favorite to 2,700 votes, p while if a new subscriber you can! , r - .--.,. , , - ; - - a v 1 ) J- .A I . - - . iv-,". 4 . ri '
The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Oct. 18, 1917, edition 1
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