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VOL. XXVIII.
PLYMOUTH, N. 0., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26J 1917 '
NO. 17.
WINTER NOT 10 STOP
DRIVE IN FLANDERS
ERIG. GEN. JERVEY
'ZEPPELINS SHOT
HAROLD BRADD0CK.
TRANSPORT IS
FIVE CLASSIFICATIONS
INTO WHICH MEN TO BE
DRAFTED WILL BE DIVIDED
DOWN III FRANC
RY GERMAN TORPEDO
SUNK
WA8HINGTON EXPERT8 DO NOT
EXPECT COLD TO STOP
OPERATIONS.
ENEMIES TO GET NO REST
Weekly Review of War .Operations
Allies Have Men and Material to
Overcome Natural Obstacles U. S.
Troops Take Part i n Battle.
Washington. Military experts here'
do not expect winter to halt the great
allied drive against the Germans in
Flanders. Secretary Baker's weekly
review of war operations discloses the
belief of the war department that po
tency of material and men will enable
the British and French commanders
to triumph over natural obstacles and
' continue forcing the enemy backward
without waiting for spring.
The review touches for the first time
upon the American expeditionary
forces in Frar.ce, declaring the men.
After three months intensive training,
are in efficient fighting trim and splen
did physical condition.
In dwelling upon the importance of
the battle of Flanders and its effect
upon the morale of the Germans, the
war secretary declares it apparent that
the German high command planned
the recent expedition against the Rus
sians in the Riga sector in order to
bolster up morale and meet impend
ing internal difficulties. By extending
her lines in the east, he adds, Ger
many has merely added to the length
of her line of communications and
increased confidence in the final allied
victory.
The review covering, the week end
ing October 20, follows j
"Our men in France,'; after three
months intensive training are in splen
did physical condition and . efficient ,
fighting trim. They have readily be-'
come acclimatized and now feel at
home in the war zone. I
"Our troops have met with the most
warm-hearted and enthusiastic recep-.
tion on. the part of the armies and
people of France.
"The health, of our ' men overseas
is reported as excellent.
"The week just closed has been one
of relative quiet on all fronts.
Bad Weather Prevails.
"Bad weather already prevails along
the western front, wintry conditions
will soon set in and the terrin will
become increasingly' difficult "for at
tacking troops. Nevertheless, the po
tency of allied material and men, the
accumulation of the technical means
of combat, and 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.
"The full importance of the battle ,
in Flanders is beginning to be" reveal
ed. In order to appreciate "the real
significance of this engagement and
the effect it has had on the morale of
the German army and the German peo
ple, we must consider briefly the 1
German attacks in the Riga sector, in
cluding the capture of Oesel, Dago,
and other minor islands of the Fin
nish gulf.
"While no attempt should be made
to belittle -the importance of $he po
eitioI$i gainqfl fcy tbeenemy, wecarii'
not fall to record that it is apparent
that the Germans undertook this ex
pedition with a view to bolstering up
the morale of the country, more par-.
tlcttlarly Ifc ordered" be' able to-meet
the ' impending internal difficulties
which threaten to culminate in a re
newed cabinet crisis In - the near fu
ture, j ,, j i S i
Anything for a Victory. '
I'The German 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 asl
ands 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 and
the chancellor of the exchequer,! Ant,
drew Bonar Law, were the principal
speakers at an imposing demonstra
tion in "Albert hall tor inaugurate the
autumn campaign for national econ
omy. The premier declared that the
magnitude of the enthusiasm gather
ing in the fourthyear of the war war
the best proof of the determination or
this country to prosecute the war untr
victory was achieved.
Ijf ' 'V jVw&d? :&
- Brigadier General -Jervey, now sta
tioned at Charlotte, N. C, is In com
mand of the field artillery of the
Forty-first division.
AT BAY IN THE
CORDON OF, GERMAN WARCRAFT
BARS EGRESS TO GULFS OF
FINLAND AND RIGA.
One Russian Battleship of the Old
.Type Is Sent Down and Several
l 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
waferaft barring their egress north
ward back into the Gulf oj Finland or
to the south into the Gulf of Riga.
Brave, but outclassed by reason of
superior gun -range and heavy ton
nage", the Russians gave battle to the
Germans and attempted to force back
the enemy armada off Oesel island.
Standing far outside the shell zone of
the .Russians, however, the guns of
the German dreadnoughts sank the
battleship Slava a relic of the days
before the Russo-Japanese war and
so badly damaged other units that the
Russian flotilla was forced to seek re
fuge In Moon sound lying between
Moon island and the Eeteohnia coast.
Immediately seeing their advantage
the 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 refuge inside Moon
sound.
Thereupon the Germans threw war
ships to the eastern part of Kassar
bay, lying to the north of Moon Isl
and, apparently closing the passage to
the south in the Gulf of Riga,
Already the Germans have attempt
ed to attack from the north into Moon
sound, but the Russian guns have held
them back succssfully. Among the
German warships attacking the old
line vessels of the Russian fleet were
at least two dreadnoughts of the Gros
ser Kurfuerst type vessels displacing
35,000 tons, as against 13,516 tons for
the Slava." A majority of the crew of
the Slava was saved by Russian tor
pedo boats when the vessel took its
final plung.
CONSPIRACY TO DEFEAT
LOAN TO BE INVESTIGATED
McAdoo -Aroused to Activities
by
Pro-German Workers.
Washington. The government set in
motion the machinery to apprehend
and punish pro-German workers who
aave started an organized campaign In
moire than a dozen states to defeat the
liberty loan.
By 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 effort to induce them not to aid the
loan to , report 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
"theicornei" baa been turned" in hlgh
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 same time he
pointed out that retaill prices are not
going down "in accord with wholesale
reductions, and intimiated that the con
sumer himself mighf direct this by
bringing proper preface to bear.
FOUR CAPTURED WERE RETURN
ING FROM A BOMBING RAID !..
OVER ENGLAND.
AIRMEN BURIED UNDER CRAFT
Airplane's Superiority Dver Dirigible
Is Aflain Proclaimed by French No 1
Bombs Were Dropped by Raiders in
France.
Paris. Although ata first it was be
lievced that the visit of the Zeppelia
fleet to France was an independent
raid and the first step toward carrying
out the threat tmade in a German wire-1
less message which said It had been
decided to destroy Paris In reprisal for
French air raids on German towns, it
now is generally believed that these'
eight Zeppelins, four of which were de
stroyd or captured, wre returning from
ngland and had lost their bearings
owing to fog and probably had lost
touch with their wireless communica
tions. The log book of the Zeppelin which!
landed intact shows that she had been
to England and prisoners from three
other airships confirm this. One of the
men captured said it was the lack of
gasoline that forced his Zeppelin to
descend." The raid Is widely proclaim
ed by P'rench 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 Zeppelins belonged to a new type
which lately had been reported to be
in the course of construction at Lake
Constance.
Of the four Zeppelins lost, two were:
destroyed and two were forced to de-
scend. The two disabled ariships, un
de rattack by aviators and anti-air
defense posto, descended in the Saone
valley and were forced to land in the
neighborhood of Sisteron, in Bassea-
Alpes. The crews, after setting fire
to the airships, attempted to flee, but
were taken prisoners.
London. Reuter's correspondent at
British headquarters in France tele
graphs that the four Zeppelins brought
down in France were airships that had
taken part in the raid on England.
It is believed, adds the correspond
ent, that the fifth Zeppelin was de-i
a t trr aA af TmiTrTirk loa Raffia (Thia 1
probably refers to the Zeppelin
brought down at Rambervillers, near
the Alsatian border).
"There were 11 Zeppelins In the
original group that appeared over
French territory, Rooter's correspond
ent telegraphed later, and they scat
tered over various parts of the coun
try whn attacked after a general warn
ing was sent out. They, dropped no
bombs in France.
SENATOR HUSTINGS DIES
FROM ACCIDENTAL SHOT
Accident Occurred While Brothers
Were in Boat at Rush Lake,
Wisconsin, Duck Hunting.
Milwaukee, Wis. United States
Senator Paul O. Husting, of Wiscon
sin, died at a farm house near Rush
Lake, Wis., as the result of wounds
acci(cejcitally inflicted upon..b4mH with
a shotgun by his brother, Gustave,
while hunting ducks.
Senator Husting recently returned
to his, home at Mayville after the
close 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 Rush Lake and
the two were in a boat when the ac
cident occurred. He had sighted a
flock of ducks, and called for hij
brother to fire and at the dischargs
of the shotgun he rose slightly, re
ceiving the full charge of the gun in
his back. He was rushed to the farm
house, where all efforts to save his
life were unavailing.
PAMPHLET OF PRESIDENT'S
FLAG DAY SPEECH PRINTED
Washington. President Wilson's
flag day address, with annotations
developing x 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 Europe 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.
i Harold Briddock, vice president of
the American City Bureau, and, an ex
pert organizer of chambers of com
merce, is director of the $1,000,000
campaign for war libraries in every
cantonment and training camp in the
United States.
SHOTS DAMAGE U. S. BOAT
AMERICAN TORPEDOBOATV t j DE
,i,STROYER ATTACKED, SOME.
mi i WHERE IN WAR ZONE. ;
Although Million's of Miles Have Been
Covered This Is '' First American
" Warship to Be Damaged. Expect
Naval Battle In BaKlcV
i it jii - '. ' i t
Although American torpedoboat , de-
stroyers have covered nearly amiUion
j miles since the United States entered
tjhe j war, crossing the ocean, convoy
ing vessels and chasing submarines,
only' recently has a German submar
ine succeeded in damaging - one' of
, lt The attack occurred, . somewhere
within the war zone, but, though . the
destroyer was badly damaged, she was
able to make port. One man; 'a gun
ner's mate, was .killed, . being blown
inio the sea by the force of the ex
plosion of the torpedo. FiveJ other
men were wounded. . : -J
, t.The Germans are entirely In -pos
session of the island of Oesel,. at the
head of the Gulf of Riga, and the
Russian forces still there are Cut off
J0" communication with. Petrograd
Small naval engagements coutinue in
adjacent waters. Pernau, an impor
tant gulf port north of Riga and due
east of Oesel island, has been combed
by German naval airships. ,
GERMAN AGENTS MAKING
(i EFFORT TO DEFEAT LOAN
Organized Propaganda In All Parts of
the Country.
Washington. Pro-German agents in
the United States, accordng to reports
to the treasury department, have di
rected their energies toward defeating
the Liberty Loan. Teir organized
propaganda has borne fruit, from Min
nesota to Texas, it is asserted, in scat
tered localities where weak efforts
have, been made not openly,, but by in
direct methods to discurage subscrip-
. i i i
uons.
i Official recognition 'wf ' the propa
ganda against the loan was voiced to
day by Colonel Herebert M. Lord, rep
resenting the war department at the
war 1 risk insurance conference1 '"'at
which the details, of the : new sailors'
and soldiers' insurance law are being
explained to offcers and enlisted men
from the various cantonments.
'Tnere 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 beet 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
closed doors, issued by the treasury
department, reads as follows : "
' "In : convincing refutation of ;the
slander, which was to the effect that
the men of the-new natoinal army op
posed the-var,- Colonel Lord announc
ed that subscriptions from the army for
the loan already aggregate $26 000,000
and that some of the subscriptions
were written in foreign languages. .
f'The announcement caused great
enthusiasm among the delegates from
the army and navy, marine corps and
coast guard (attending the conference)
500 of whom 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."
PROBABLY SEVENTY LIVES LOST
' r .WHEN AMERICAN TRAN8- " ;
PORTJS TORPEDOED.
SHIP WAS HOMEWARD BOUND
Number of i Survivors Is ; 167 First
. Tragedy of, the Sea in Which Amer
ican Ship Engaged In War Duty
Has Been Lost, .... . ;
Washington. The' American army
transport Antilles, homeward "bound
under convoy, was t , torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine in the
war zone. About 7tTmeh"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, Borne enlisted men
of the navy, and 16 of 33 soldierB re
turning home for various reasons.
Neither the submarine nor the tor
pedo was seen and the transport, hit
squarely amidships, sank in five min
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 hcvneto the
people of the United States the rigors
or the war In which they have en-
gaged against Germany. It carries
the largest casualty list of the war,
so far, of American lives, and marks!
the first success of a German subma
rine attacks on American trassports.;
That the loss of life was not great-;
er is due to the safeguards , with
which the navy has surrounded . tha
transport service, and "the quick res,
cue work of . the convoying warships.';
Secretary Daniels , announced the
disaster in a statement based' upen 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 list:
of the merchant crew. :
Secretary Daniels authorized the
following, announcement of the An
tilles disaster: ( j
"The department is in receipt, of a
dispatch from Vice Admiral Sims':
which, states that the S. S. Antilles,
an army 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
tllles was not seen, nor was the sub-j'
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-Beven 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-
sonrel were lost: E. L. KInzey, sea-
man second class, next of kin. Thos.
M. KInzey, father, Water Valley,
Miss.: J. W. Hunt, seaman second
class, next of kin, Isaac Hunt, father,
Mountain Grove, Mo., R. No. 2, Box
44; C. L. Ausburn, radio electrician
first class, next of kin, R. Ausburn,
brother, 2800 Louisiana avenue, New
OrleanB.La-. and H. P. Watson, radio
electrician third class, next of kin,
Mrs. W.'L. Seger, mother, Rutland,
Mass.
j "There were about 33 of the army
enlisted personnel on board, 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 be given u,ntll 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 immediatJw " '
BIG PURCHASE OF SILVER
i IS MADE FROM MEXICO
; 'Washington. Six million Mexican
silver pesos have been bought by the
treasury department at 88 1-4 cents an
ounce, for minting into half-dollars,
dimes and quarters. The tyVact
ed when faced with the A of
buying sflver. for coinage a7adily
Increasing prices, which at their
height brought the value of the metal
dangerously close to the minted
value.
Shows Order In Which They
Will Be Called To Service J
Every Man Registered,, ,
,,, ., Is Included..
. Washington. .The five, classifica
tions into which men t 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. provos 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 York1 which "Secretary
Baker and Provost Marshal General
Crowder attended- The ,proyost mar
shal general discussed the new regu
lations,' ' without Intending " to make
public, the classification, but Some
members of a New York local exemp
tion board, thinking to elucidate the
general's speech, printed the classifi
cations on the back of the menu card.
The classifications . are as follows,
and show every man ' registered, to
which class he1 'belongs 'and in 'what
order the . dependant r classifications
will be .called to service:, i t ,
Class 1.
' i Single man "without dependent
relatives, - . i . '''.
. .2 Married man , (or . widower , with
children) who habitually fails to sup
port his family. "'"
3 Married man dependent on wife
for support, . .,. .
4 Married man (or widower with
children) hot usefully engaged, family
supported by income independent of
his labor.
5 Men not included in any other
description' In this or other classes.
6 Unskilled laborer.'
Class 2., .
, 1 Married man or father of moth
erless children, usefully engaged, but
family has sufficient Income apart
from his daily labor to afford reason
ably adequate support during his ab
sence. 2 Married man no children wife
can support herself decently and
without hardship. rj
3 Skilled farm laborer engaged in
necessary industrial enterprise. '
. 4 Skilled industrial laborer engag
ed InYnecessary agricultural enter
prise. ' CTass 3.
1 Man with foster children depend
ent on daily labor support. - -. - .
2 Man with aged, infirm or invalid:
parents or grandparents dependent on
daily labor for support. " ' ' ' '""
3 Man with brothers or sisters in-
competent to support themselves, de
pendent on daily labor for support.
4 County or municipal officer.
5 Firemen or policemen.--
6 Necessary artificers or workmen
In arsenals, armories and navy yards.
7 Necessary custom bouse clerk. 1
8 Persons necessary in transmis
sion of mails. . , .
9 Necessary employees in service
of United States.
10 Highly specialized administra
tive experts. . . .- ,
11 Technical or mechanical experts
in industrial enterprise.
12 Highly specialized agricultural
expert in agricultural bureau of state
br nation.
13 Assistant or associate manager
of necessary Industrial enterprise
14 Assistant or associate manager
of necessary agiicultural enterprise.
Class 4.
1 Married man with wife (and) or
children (or widower with children)
; dependent on daily labor , for support;
and no other reasonably adequate sup-
iport avarable. "'
2 Mariners in sea service of meri
chants or citizens in United States. .'
3 Heads of necessary industrial
enterprises.
! 4 -Heads
enterprises.
of necessary r agricultural - -
: i,, ., ; v. -
Class 5. " . V
1 Officers
of states or the United
States. ' ' r "( ' :
.. Regularly or dulv ordained min
isters. .. ... t .,,.
3 Students of divinity. . r
4 Persons in military or naval
service. . '
5 Aliens. - . ( : .; ,
6 Alien enemies.
i 7 Persons morally unfit.
; 8 Persons physically, permanently i
or mentally unfit. ,.,
9 Licensed pilots.
FLIES FROM HAMPTON
TO NEW YORK CITY
Mineola. N. Y. Carrying eteht pas'-"
senders. Lieut. Sylvia Resnat I arrived
at the povernment aviation, field here
In his Caproni biplane, completing a.
flight of about 325 miles from Hamil
ton, Va., in four hours 11 minutes.