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NOT TO STOP DRIVE IN FLANDERS • y ' • . »»' . » WASHINGTON EXPERTS DO NOT EXPtCT COLD TO BTOP - OPERATIONS. ENEMIES TO GET NO REST Weekly Review of War Operation* —Allies Have Men and Material to Overcome Natural Obstacles—U. 8. Troopa Take Part i nßattle. y WttshiuKton Military expertu here do Dot exited winter to hall the great allied drive aguinm the German* In Klantior*. Secretary Baker's weekly review of war operation* dUc'lofto* the beiict ol ttie war Uepurtmei. that po tency of material and men will enable the Urltlwh .and French commander* to triuniiih over natural olmtuc.o* unl continue furring the «timy backward without waiting for apriiiK The bticw louche* for I he firivt time upon Uiu American expeditionary forces In Frai.ce, declaring the men, liter three months Intensive training, tire In efliclent lighting trim and splen did physical condition. In dwelling upon the lraj»ortanee of the lni.TR le of Flanders and it H effect upon the morale of the Germans, the war secretary declffres it apparent that the Gorman high couimund planned the recent cxjK-dillon against the Rus sians In the Klga Hector In order to bolster up morale and meet Impend ing Internal difficulties. My extending her line* in the east, he adds, Ger many ha* merely added to the length of her line of coinmunfcattons and Increased confidence In the final allied victory. The review covering tho week end lng October 20. follows: "Our men in France, after three months intensive training are In splen did physical condition and efficient lighting trim. They have readily be come acclimatized at.d now feel at home In the war none. "Our troops have met with the mowf warm hearted and enthusiastic recep tion on the part of the armies and people of France. "The health of our men overseas Is reported us excellent. "The week Just closed has been one of relative quiet on all fronts. Bad Weather Prevails. "Ihwl weather already prevails along the western front, wintry oondltlotiH will soon set in and the terrln will become increasingly difficult for at tacking, troops. Nevertheless, the po tency of allied material and men, the accumulation of the technical means of com twit, ni.d the preparations which have .been going on for many months will make It possible for the British and French commanders to triumph over natural obstacles, and with few short intervals we may expect the of fensive to press forward. "It is not anticipated that the allies will go into winter quarters this year. "Tho full importance of the batfle In Flanders Is beginning to be reveal ed. in order to appreciate the real significance of tliiw engagement and the effect It has had on the morale of the German army Htul the German peo ple, we niUMt consider briefly the German attacks In the Riga sector, In eluding the capture of Oesel, Dago, and other minor Islands of the Kin ninh gulf "While no attempt should be mnde to belittle the Importance of the po sition* gained by the enemy, we can not fall to record that It IK apparent that the Hermans undertook thin ex pedltlon with a view to bolstering up the morale of the country, more par ticolarly in order to be able to meet the impending internal difficulties which threaten to culminate in a re newed cabinet crisis In the near fu ture. Anything for a Victory "The Cerman higher command has Invariably picked out a weakened ob jective, in order to be able to record a success which should be of political rather than military value. The nsl amis of the Finnish coast In the hands of the enemy in no way offset the re cent allied 'victories in Flanders. TO PROSECUTE WAR UNTIL VICTORY IS ACHIEVED London Premier Lloyd George anil the chancellor of the exchequer. An drew Monar Law. were the principal speakers at an imposing ilemonstra tion In Albert hall to inaugurate the autumn campaign for national econ omy. The premier declared that the magnitude of the enthusiasm gather trig in the fourth year of the war was the best proof of the determination of this country to prosecute the war until victory was achieved. Will Not Buy Mexican Silver Washington Negotiations Under which this government had agreed to purchase 6,000,000 Mexican sliver pe sos from the Mexican government, to be molted and coined into subsidiary silver, were declared off. Mexican representatives were understood to have signified tfteir acquiescence in the arrangement, but acting under In structions from Mexico CJtjr. they pre sented new phases, whlcn resulted in the withdrawal by the United States of Its offer. The necessity for' such a purchase has passed. , , ' CRIG. GEN. JERVEY Brigadier General Jervey, now sta tioned at Charlotte, N. C., I« In com mand of the field artillery of the Forty-first division. HI BAY IN THE MOON SOUND CORDON OF GERMAN WARCRAFT BARB EGRESS TO GULFB OF FINLAND AND RIGA One Russian Battleship of the Old Type Is Sent Down and Several Others Are Damaged by the Supe rior Ships and German Guns. Apparently contingents of the Rus sian fleet—in all about 20 warships of various classes —are bottled up In Moon sound, with a cordon of German warcraft barring their egress north ward hack Into the Gulf of Finland or to the south Into the Gulf of Riga Urave, hut outclassed by reason of superior gut. range and heavy ton nage, the Russians gave battle to the Germans and attempted to force back the enemy armada off Oewl Island Standing far outHlde the Hhell wine of the Russians, however, the Kutrs of the German dreadnoughts sank the battleship Shiva ii relic of the days before the Rusao Japanese war—and so badly damaged that the Russian flotilla was forced to seek re fuge In Moon smtt.d lying between Moon Island and the Kuteohnja coast. Immediately seeing their advantage tho Germans, according to the latest German official communication began Intensive operations against Moon Isl and. hammering Its eastern shore bat teries until they were silenced and al so attacking the Russian guns on the mainland, putting them out of action. Moon Island was captured and the Russians took refiwo Inside Moon sound. Thereupon the Oermai.H threw war ships to the eastern part of Kassar bay, lying to the north of Moon Isl and, apparently closing the imssage to the south in the Gulf of Riga. Already the Germans have attempt ed to attack from the north into Moon Hound, but the Russian guns have held them back Buccasfully. Among the German warships attacking the old line vessels of the Russian fleet were at leaat two dreadnoughta of the Gros ser Kurfuerst type—vessels displacing '{5,000 tons, aa against 13,610 tons for the Slava. A majority of the crew of the Slava was saved by Russjan tor pedo boats when the vossel took ita thiol pluug CONSPIRACY TO DEFEAT LOAN TO BE INVESTIGATED McAdoo Aroused to Activities by Pro-German Workera. Washington.—The government set In motion tlio machinery to apprehend and punish pro-German workers who have started an ornanlzed campaign in more than a d07.0n states to defeat the liberty loan. My telegraph from Salt Lake City Secretary McAdoo authorized the is suance of a statement here calling up on all banks upon which German pressure has been brought to bear in an offort to induce them not to aid the loan to rc|>ort the circumstances to him and promising to prosecute to the limit of the law the "disloyal and traitorous persons" making such at tempts at Intimidation. HOOVER GIVES NOTICE THAT "CORNER HAS BEEN TURNED" Washington. Food Administrator Hoover gave notice to the public that "the corner has been turned" In high food prices and that most of the essen tial commodities should continue to show reductions between now and the end of the year. At the snmo time he pointed out prices are not going down in accord with wholesale reductions, and intlmiated that the con sumer himself might correct this by bringing proper pressure to bear UNION MEMORIAL AT VICKSBURG DEDICATED Yicksburg. Miss. The dedica tion of the union naval memo rial at the national military park was tii£ principal feature of the program of the national memorial reunion here of the blue and gray. Congressman V'enable, of Mississippi, representing Secretary of the Navy Daniels, made the pr«*ftiitat#4on address and Capt. W. F. Rlgby. secretary of the park commission, accepted the memorial. The memorial is a grailite shaft 125 feet high. :HU*Y "■*-> - > v -.-v. • r .• r - , THE ENTERPRISE WILLIAMSTOW. WORTH CAROLINA ZEPPELINS SHOt DOWN 111 FRANCE FOUR CAPTURED WERE RETURN ING FROM A BOMBING RAID OVER ENGLAND. AIRMEN BURIED UNDER CRAFT Airplane's Superiority Dver Dirigible It Again Proclaimed by French —No Bombs Were Dropped by Raiders in France. Paris.—Although at* first It was be lievced that the visit of the Zeppelin fleet to France was en Independent raid and the first st©t> toward carrying out the threat tmade in a German wlre- JeHH message which said It bed been decided to destroy Parts In reprisal for French air raids on German towns, it now in generally believed that these eight Zeppelins, four of which were de- Htroyd or raptured, wre returning from nglar.d and had lost their bearln*s owing to fog and probably had lost touch with their wireless communlca tlollH. Tho log book of the Zeppelin which landed Intact shows that she hat) been to Kngland and prisoners from three other airships confirm this. One of the men captured said It wan the lack of gasoline (hat forced hla Zeppelin to descend. The raid is widely ed hy Frei.ch observers as being defi nite proof of the superiority of the airplanes over the Zeppelin. The day of Zeppelin for bombardment one expert said, Is over The sudden resumption of the use of the German dirigibles Is explained by the theory that the raid ing Zeppelin* belonged to a new type which lately had been reported to be In the course of construction at lAka Constance. Of the four Zeppe!!ns loot, two were destroyed and two wore forced to de scend. The two dlsAblod arlahlps. un de rattack by aviators and ant l air defense posts, descended In the Saone valley and were forced to land In the neighborhood of Slsteron, In Passes- Alpes The crews, after sotting lire to the airships, attempted to flee, but were taken prisoners. Ixu.don. —Reuter's correspondent at Ilrltlsli headquarters In France tele graphs that the four Zeppelins brought down In France were airships that hnd taken pari In the raid on Kngland. It Is believed, adds the correspond ent, that the fifth Zeppelin was de stroyed at Hourbono les Pains. (This probably refers to the Zeppelin brought down at Hambervlllers, near the Alsatian border) "There wore 11 Zeppelins In the original group that appeared over French territory. Hooter's correspond ont telegraphed later, and they scat tered over various parts of the coun try whn attacked after a general warn Inn was sent out. They dropped no iMinihs In France. SENATOR HUSTINGB DIES FROM ACCIDENTAL SHOT Accident Occurred While Brothers Were In Boat at Ruth Lake, Wisconsin, Duck Hunting. Milwaukee, Wis. United States Senator Paul O. Dusting. of Wiscon sin. died at a farm house near' R.vih Wis, as the result of wounds accidentally indicted upon him with a shotgun by his brother, Gustavo, while hunting fucks Senator filiating recently returned to hip home at Mayvllle after the dose of the extra session of Congress, where he was one of the leading sup porters of the administrations war program. With his brother he had gone on a hunting expedition to Hush 1-ake an 1 the two were in a boat when the ac cident occurred He bad sighted i* Hock of ducks and called for "taiu brother to lire and at the dlsehafg;? of the shotgun he io«e slightly,; re reiving the full charge of the gun In his bacK. lie was rushed to the farm house, where all efforts to save his life were unavailing PAMPHLET OF PRESIDENTS FLAG DAY SPEECH PRINTED Washington. President Wilson's flag day address, with annotations developing and explaining the Presi dent's references to Germany's world wide Intrigue, the lust of the Teutonic military caste for conquest and its plans for throwing a belt of power across Kufope into Asia, and the help lessness of the German people them selves, has been issued in a pam phlet form by the committee on pub lic Information. RUSSIAN PEACE PLAN OUTLINED BY COMMITTEE Petrograd.—The Russian peace pro gram, as drawn up by the central ex ecutive committee of the council of workmen's and soldiers' delegates In the form of Instructions to M Skobe leff, ex-minister of labor, its delegate to the Paris conference, consists of IB articles covering the hole ground from Panama to Persia. Article XI demands the "neutriliiation" of the Panama canal and A tide IX calls for the restitution of Qtrtnan colonies. HAROLD BRADDOCIT.' ~ Harold Brad dock, vice preaident of the American City Bureau, and an ex pert organizer of chambera 'of com merce, la* director of the $1,000,000 campaign for war llbrarlea in every cantonment and training camp in the United States. SHOTS DAMAGE U. S. BOAT AMERICAN TORPEOOBOAT DE BTROYER ATTACKED SOME WHERE IN WAR ZONE. Although Millions of Miles Have Been Covered This Is First American Warship to Be Osmaged.—Expect Naval Battle in Baltic. Although American torpedoboat de stroyers have covered nearly a million miles since the United States euter.id the war, crossing the ocean, convoy Ing vessels and chasing submarine*, only recently has a German submar Ine succeeded in damaging one of them. The attack occurred somewhere within the war tone, but, though the destroyer was badly damaged, she able to make port. One man. a gun ner's mate, was killed, being' blown Into the sea by the force of the ex plosion of the torpedo Five other men were wounded. The Germans are entirely in pos session of tho Island of Oesal, at tho head of the Oulf of Ulna, and the Russian forces still (here are cut ofT from communication with Petrograd naval engagements continue In adjacent waters Pernau, an Impor tant gulf port north of Klga and due east of Oesel Island, has been combed hy German naval airships GERMAN AGENTS MAKING EFFORT TO DEFEAT LOAN Organized Propaganda In Alt Parts of the Country, Washington—Pro German agents in the I'nlted States, accordng to reports to the treasury department, have di rected their energies toward defeating the Liberty Loan. Their organized propaganda has borne fruit, from Min nosota to Texas, it is asserted. In scat tered localities where weak efforts have been made not openly, but by in direct methods to dlacurage subscrip tions ■ Official recognition of the propa ganda against the loan was voiced to day by Colonel Herebert iM. Ixird, rep resenting the war department, at the war risk insurance conference at which the details of the new sailors' and soldiers' Insurance law are being explained to ofTcers and enlisted men from the various cantonments "There nas been an organized ef fort," said Colonel Lord, who was chairman of the meeting, "to discour age and defeat the loan " This effort he added, has been made by "seeking to misrepresent the pa triotism of the new national army." An offical account of the proceedings of the conference, which was behind closedyioors, issued by the treasury departnmnt, reads as follows: "In eflimncing refutation of the slander, which was to the effect that the men of the new natoinal army op posed the war, Colonel Lord announc ed that subscriptions from the army for Lthe loan already aggregate $26,000,000 and that some of the subscriptions were written in foreign languages "The announcement caused great enthusiasm among the delegates from the army and navy, marine corps and coast gunrdfrtattending the conference* 500 of \jomu swarmed up to the plat form following the address and sign ed war insurance applications, all of which, except forty, were for the max imum of $10,000." TWO KILLED IN FATAL WfcECK AT SPARTANBURG Spartanburg. S. C— In a wreck here on the Piedmont $ Northern, an elec tric lnterurban line* two persons are known to have been killed and 16 known to have been injured. The dead are: Corporal Arthur C. Wright, Battery B. Third FieJjl Artil lery, Buffalo, N. Y. W. Jesse Edwards, Cabins, 8. C., a ■killed laborer elnployed at Camp Wadsworth. *• TRANSPORT IS SUNK BYGERMANTORPEDO PROBABLY SEVENTY LIVES LOBT WHEN AMERICAN TRANS- PORT IS TORPEDOED. SHIP WAS HOMEWARD BOOND Number of Burvlvors Is 167—First Tragedy of the Sea in Which Amer ican Ship Engaged In War Duty Has Been Lost. Washington.—The American army tramu>ort Antilles, homeward bound under convoy, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine In the war *one. About 70 men are missing and probably lost. All the army and navy officers aboard and the ship's master were among the 167 survivors The miss ing are members of the crew, three civilian engineers, some enlisted men of the navy, and 16 of 33 soldiers re turning home for various reasons. Neither the submarine nor the tor pedo was seen and the transport, hit squarely amidships, sank in five mln utes The tragedy of the sea, the first In which an American ship engaged in war duty has been lost, Is the first of its magnitude to bring heme "to the people of the United States the rigors or the war In which they have en gaged against Germany It carries theljargest casualty list of the war. no far. of American lives, and marks the first success of a German subma rine attai . H on \merlcan trassports. That the loss of life was not great er Is due bo the safeguards with which the navy has surrounded tin transport service, and the quick res cue work of the convoying warships Secretary Daniels announced the disaster In a statement based upcn a brief dispatch from Vice Admiral Sims which gave few details and did not say whether It was a day or night attack. An accurate list of the miss Ing cannot be Issued until General Pershing reports the names of the army men on the vessel and the Hat of the merchant crew Secretary Daniels authorized the following announcement of the An tilles disaster: "The department Is In receipt of a dispatch from Vice Admiral Sims which states that the S. S Antilles, an array transport, was torpedoed on October 17 while returning to this country from foreign service. This vessel was under convoy of American patrol vessels at the time. "The torpedo which struck the An tilles was not seen, nor was the sub marine which fired It. The torpedo hit abreast of the engine room bulk head, and the ship sank within five minutes One hundred and sixty seven persons out of about two hun dred and thirtyy seven on board the Antilles were saved About seventy men are missing. "All the naval officers and officers of the army who were on board the ship at the time were saved, as were the officers of the ship, with the ex ception of the following: Walker, third engineer officer; Boyle, junior engineer officer, and O'Rourke, Junior engineer officer. "The following enlisted naval per sonnel were lost: E. L Klnzey. sea man second ( lass, next of kin. Thos M Klnzey, father, Water Valley. Miss.; J W. Hunt, seaman second class, next of kin. Isaac Hunt, father. Mountain Grove. Mo, R No. 2, Hox 44; C. L. Ausburn, radio electrician first class, next of kin, R Ausburn, brother. 2800 Louisiana avenue. New Orleans, La , and H. F Watson, radio electrician third class, next of kin. Mrs W L Seger. mother. Rutland. Mass v "There were about 33 of the army enlisted personnel on hoard, of whom 17 were saved. The names of the missing of the army enlisted person nel and of the merchant crew of the ship cannot he given until the muster roll In France of those on board has been consulted. As soon as the de partment Is in receipt of further de tails concerning the casualties, they will be made public immediately." BIG PURCHASE OF SILVER IS MADE FROM MEXICO Washington.—Six million Mexican silver pesos have been bought by the treasury department at 88 14 cents an ounce, for minting Into half dollars, dimes and quarters The treasury act ed when faced with the necessity of buying silver for coinaxe ata steadily Increasing prices, which at their height brought the value of the metal dangerously close to the minted value , CONSPIRED TO DESTROY SHIP AND IS ARREBTED New York. —On a charge of conspir ing to place an explosive on a United 'States converted transport, formerly a German merchant liner, CJiarles W. Walnum. believed to be a German, Was held without bail by a United States commissioner for examination on Oc tober 24. Walnum claimed to be, a Norwegian and Baid he had taken oat his first naturalization papers In this country. He pleaded not guilt? and Bald he was not a spy FIVE CLASSIFICATIONS INTO WHICH MEN TO OE DRAFTED WILL BE DIVIDED Shows Order In Which They Will Be Called To Service. Every Man Registered Is Included. Washington. The fire classifica tions into which men awaiting draft will be divided, under the new regis trations. approved by President Wil son. have become public much before the time planned by the provost mar shal general's office and are here pub lished. It was discovered that what was to have remained an official secret for a week or more was divulged at a din ner in New York \ which Secretary Baker and Provost Marshal General Crowder attended The provost mar shal general discussed the new regu- latlons. without intending to make public the classification, but some members of n New York local exemp tion board, thinking to elucidate the general's speech, printed the classifi cations oti the back of the menu card. The classifications are as follows, and show every inan registered, to which class he belongs and in what order the dependant classifications will be called to service: Class 1. I—Singlel—Single man without dependent relatives 2 Married man (or widower with children) who habltuilly falls to sup port his family 3 —Married man dependent on wife for support. 4—Married man (er widower with children) not usefully engaged, family supported by Income Independent of his labor. 6—Men not Included In any other description In this or other classes. 6 Unskilled laborer. Class 2. I—Married1 —Married man or father of moth erless children, usefully engaged, bnt family has sufficient Income apart from his dally labor to afford reason ably adequate support during his ab sence 2 —Married man—no children—wife can support herself decently and without hardship. 3 —Skilled farm laborer engaged In necessary industrial enterprise. 4 Skilled Industrial laborer engag ed in necessary agricultural enter prise Class 3. I—Man1 —Man with foster children depend ent on daily labor support. 2—Man with aged, infirm or Invalid parents or grandparents dependent on dally labor for support. 3 —Man with brothers or slaters In competent to support themselves, de pendent on daily labor for support; 4—County or municipal officer s—Firemen5 —Firemen or policemen. I . 6+ Necessary artificers or workmen In arsenals, armories and navy yards. 7 —Necessary custom house clerlf. B—Persons necessary In transmis sion of malls 9—Necessary employees In service of United States. I 1ft —Highly specialized adminfstra tlve experts. | 11- Technical or mechanical experts In industrial enterprise. 12—Highly specialized agricultural ! expert in agricultural hureau of state or nation 13 —Assistant or associate manager ! of necessary industrial enterprise 14— Assistant or associate manager of necessary agilcultural enterprise. Class 4. I—Married man with wife (and) or children . (or widower with children) dependent on daily labor for support and no othei reasonably adequate sup port avai'able. | 2 —Mariners In sea service of mer chants or citizens in United States. 3—Heads of necessary Industrial enterprises. 4- Heads of necessary agricultural enterprises Class 5. I—Officers1 —Officers of states or the Uniteo States —Regularly or dulv ordained min isters. 3 -Students of divinity. 4' —Persons in military or service. I s—Aliens5 —Aliens 6—Alien enemies. 7—— Persons morally unfits B—Persons physically, permanently or mentally unfit. I !> —Licensed pilots. FLIES FROM HAMPTON TO NEW YORK CITY Mlneola. N. Y.—Carrying eight pas sengers. Lieut. Sylvia Resnatl arrived at the government aviation field her# In his Capronl biplane, completing a flight of about 325 miles from Hamp ton. Va.. in four hours 11 minutes 808 FITZSIMMONS DIES *FTER FIVE DAYS' ILLNESS Chh ago —Robert Fltzslmmons. for mer champion heavyweight pugilist of the world, died at a hospital here after an Illness of five days of pnen monla. The former champion became ill while appearing in a vaudeville theater, and his ailment was at first diagnosed as ptomaine * poisooiog. ," v Later It was dfscovered that he wa* suffering from double (lobar) pneu monia and physicians declared that lie could not live. r~ j
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