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THE WEATHER 2 PAGES' MAIL EDITION Fair tonight; colder Wednesday. Ashe v ill e s Livest N e w s paper VOL. XXII NO. 259. SIXTEEN GERMAN FIGHTS SHIPS LOST LAST TWO DREADNOUGHTS PUT OUT OF ACITOm PETROGRAD REPORTS Russian Admiralty Announces That Germans Lost Two Dreadnoughts, One Cruiser, 12 Tor pedo Boats and One Transport Germans Claimed to Have Taken 20,000 Prisoners and 100 Guns. . Sixteen German fighting ships, including tivo dreadnoughts, were put out of action by the Russians during the actions last week in and around the islands at the head of the. gulf of Riga. The Russian admiralty says the ultimate fate of the. larger ships is not known but that it has been established the Germans lost at least six torpedo boats. Overwhelming superiority of the German naval forces told, however, and the Russians tverc forced to retire with their units intact, except for the battleship Slava and a large destroyer. The Russians are now protecting the southern entrance to the gulf of Finland where it is reported German submarines ivere observed Sunday. GERMANS MA KE BIG CLAIM. Oescl, Moon and Dago islands are now completely in the pos session of the Germans, who claim also the capture of 20,000 prisoners, 100 guns and war material. The Germans also have reached the mainland of Estlionia on the Werder peninsula tvhich juts into Moon sound opposite Moon island. An unofficial report from Stock holm says that the Germans have . gathered, a large number of subma rines und destroyers in the' waters around eastern Denmark' In anticipa tion of an attempt by an entente flej to force Its way into the Jialtic to aid the Russians. Minor operations undertaken by the French and British yesterday from I'oelcapcllo northward to the llduth olst forest were most successful. Heavy casualties were -indicted on the Germans and Field Marshal Haiti re-' ; ports the capture of 200 prisoners. East, of Foelcapclle Knglish troops captured strongly fortified buildings and redoubts on a front of about a mile and a half and southeast of the village other appreciable? Kains were made. From the Ypres-Staden rail way to the Houtholsl forest the I'.iit ish and French advanced their lines on a two-mile front beyond (ho south ern boundary of the forest. The southern defenses of the forest and other strong points were lost to the Germans. .Near the center of the at tacking front, astride the Ypres-Sta-den railway the Germans made coun ter attacks and succeeded in chocking ' liritish attempts. Herlin officially says that on the Meniu-Vpres road southeast of Vines "strong liritish attacks broke down completely." The German Losses. I'etrograd, Oct. 22 (delayed). Two German dreadnoughts, one cruiser, twelve torpedo boats and one transport were put out of action by the Russians in the lighting around the islands in the gulf of Riga last week but their ultimate fate is unknown, says an offi cial statement issued tonight by the Russian admiralty. It has been es tablished that at least six German tor pedo boats were sunk in the lighting. The Russians lost the battleship JM.ivn and a large torpedo boat. Admiralty's Kinu'iuoiu. The admiralty staff in its review of the lighting says that the Russian units fought excellently against the superiority of the Germans. The state ment reads: "During October 21 important ene my naval forces, together with trans ports, were sighted by our outposts in the gulf of Riga. In Moon sound the enemy seems to be clearing the water of obstructions which we laid down. There was no naval action during the duy, but enemy submarines were dis covered in thu gulf of Finland. "As the naval operations in the Hal tic isles have now ended, It Is possible (o review them. The task of our fleet In this region was, with the organized position of Moon sound as a base, to prevent tiny attempts to seize the gulf of Riga and Moon sound. So long as the German Hoot only employed in such an operation elements of minor importance as In 1016. namely, two dreadnoughts, our naval forces could cope with' them. 'In 1915, although our position in Moon sound was organized incom pletely, we repulsed successfully all attacks, and the enemy during three day' possession of the gulf of Riga suffered losses so grave that he was obliged to depart. A similar attempt in 1910 with unimportant forces failed completely. "In the recent operations the enemy employed thu major part of his fleet and his overwhelming superiority en abled him to carry out debarkation rapidly and successfully, Our fleet only was aide to do its best to hinder these efforts and to Inflict maximum losses. With this object w delivered u scries of attacks, using all the naval resources in our possession, "As a result of those operations the neniy lost through mines, submarine attacks and artillery fire, two dread noughts, one cruiser, twelve torpedo boats, one transport and numerous mine sweepers, all of which, were put out of action. '-Their ultimate fate Is unknown. We have established the actual loss of piily six enemy torpedo boats, two of which were of the small type and w ere sunk by gunfire, in com bats or. blown, up by mines. The wreck of the torpedo boat T-(i9 is-visible on a sand bank in Kassar bay. Further, our coast batteries sank four enemy torpedo boats. "Our losses are the ship of the line. Slava and a large torpedo boat de stroyer of the Grom type.. The -efficiency of our other sh'-s has been maintained completely." German torpedo boats of the T-60 class were built in ISO, displaced 14") tons and had a complement of Hi men. They hail 154. feet in length. j The Russian battleship Slava, whose ! loss has been reported previously, dis i placed t3.51f! tons. She had a coin I pletnent of X25 men and was 370 feet ! in length. The Russian destroyers of I the Grom type were built in 1014 and I displaced 1,110 tons. They had a com I plcment of !3 men and a length of i 321 feet. ' Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 23. The official route of the Bank bead high way from Atlanta to Memphis will h through Austelle, Ga., and Heflin, An ' niston and Talladega, Ala., the more 'southerly of two proposed routes be tween Atlanta and liirfningham. ac- cording to recommendations of the I pathfinding committee, just announc ed by President Plowman, of the Hank head Highway association. On the lap west of Birmingham, the high way will continue through Walker and Marlon counties, touching the Fayette county line, in Alabama, and thence through Tupelo, Miss., Glen field, Holly Springs, Victoria and Capleville into Memphis. 101 -BOUT London, Oct. 23. A Joint Scandina vian protest, it is expected, will he lodged against the German sinking of the neutral steamers under convoy in the North sea last Wednesday, ac cording to a dispatch to the Morning Post from Stockholm. A dispatch to the Dally Telegraph from Stockholm Says that the Swedish press, even the pro-Gerimin section, speaks very sharply against Germany. The Svenska Dagbladet describes the Incident as one of inexcusable brutal ity. Trying Druft lU'slslers. ' Ardmore, Okla., Oct. 23. It Is ex pected a jury will be obtained in the federal court today for the 170 alleged draft resisters who were arraigned yesterday and pleaded not guilty. At torneys estlmato the trial will re quire from three to six weeks. tF Mtv liftr Stales To day's New s T o d a y N o ASIIEVILLE, N. Defendant in Court Clad in Uniform of Surgeon of U. S. Army New ; Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 23. Clad in the uniform of surgeon of the United States army reserve corps, Br, William J. Condon, of New Bruns wick, was placed on trial here yes terday charged with murder in con nection with the death last February of John V. Piper,, a student at Rut gers college. Dr. Condon, who en tered court accompanied by his young wife, entered a pica of not guilty, af ter which a Jury was quickly chosen. The prosecutor in reviewing the circumstances of piper's death told how he came here from Vermont to take a post-graduate course at Rut gers and among other things tended furnaces including Condon's to support himself and his wife and children. It would bo shown, the prosecutor said, that Jin the night of February 17,. Piper was shot while on his rounds not far from Condon's home, that a gunshot was heard at the Condon place, that the .body of Piper was concealed In the Condon cellar and j later taken by Dr. Condon in his au- tnm nf lilf. tn 1hu "Hivtmi r ivhnro it u-aa found. ' .:'; The body was removed, the. prose cutor charged, on the day Condon left here to go to a medical training ramp I at I'ort Oglethorpe, where he was arrested later. THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION Columbus, O., Oct. 23. The people of Ohio will vote on a referendum on the presidential suffrage iucs( ion at the coming November elections, ac cording to a decision handed down by the state simreme court todav. The I suit, brought by Ohio suffragists, to have the proposed referendum on the Reynolds presidential suffrage act, passed by the last general assembly, annulled, today was dismissed by the supreme court. This decision ends a long standing dispute between the suf'li-'igists n nil anti-suffragists regarding the validity of over 711,001) names on the referen dum petition circulated last year, the suffragists claiming thousands of these names were fraudulent and many of them repeated on the peti- j tions in several different counties. A New Member Joins the Taft Family l ' if sis . v , i;t'J 41 5i L One of the happiest days In the life of former President Taft was the day or the wedding of his son to Miss Eleanor Kellogg Cl.ase of Waterbury, Conn., to Sergeant-S'-ijor Taft, of the United States army. The new mem ber of the Tuft family is shown here with her husband and the former in-resident. C, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1917 u mm LAUNCHES ATTACK AISNE REGION French Infantry Dashed Forward Along Front of About Three Miles DE LA MALMAISON IMMEDIATE OBJECT Taking of This Fort Would Aid in Attack on Laon What may prove to be an operation of first rate.-'importance was initiated by General I'etain- early today It. the Aisno region northeast of Soissons. Along a front of approximately three miles the French infantry dash ed forward, attacking the salient in the German line which curves about its southwest keystone,: the fortress of Laon. Fort De La Malmaison; the German stronghold, which bafiled the French in last spring's attack, barring their way to the westerly end of the Chemin - Des - Dames, is apparently one of. the immediate objectives of the offensive. For days past the big French guns have been hammering this front heavily, both the Paris and Berlin reports indicating that some major movement was In' preparation. Good progress was reported early in the. day by General I'etain, tli'e French forcing their way forward along the whole front of the attack. The taking of Fort Dc La Malinai son would materially aid in the push ing of an attack on Laon in an at tempt to turn the German line in this direction, although it has been con sidered probable that the main blow in such an attack would be struck further to the east where the back door rriad to Loan offers superior tac tical advantages. Retain Ground Won. Virtually all the ground gained in yesterday's offensive in Flanders has been retained by tho entente forces. At only one point in the southern part of Houtholsl wood were the Germans nlileto regain any ground in counter attacks and here it was only a single British post .that was pushed hack a short distance.- The ground won was consolidated along tho remainder of the front. On Fastorn Front. On. tho-eastern front the attempted German operations on the Ksthonian mainland north of the gulf of Riga apparently have not progressed as fav orably as the naval prelude and the fighting for possession of the outlying islands. I'etrograd today reports that an ef fort by the Germans to effect a second landing on the coast about eight miles north of Werder where they first put troops ashore was frustrated by the Russians. t To morrow LIBERTY DAY, TOMORROW, PROCLAIMED BOTH STATIl AND NATONAL HOLIDAY ubeWyloan today's figures show Officials Hope That the Three Billion Dollar Minimum Will Be Reached By Tomorrow Night Avalanche of Subscriptions May Bring Campaign to Successful Close Workers Making Mighty Effort to Reach the Five Billion Dollar Maximum Washington, Oct. 23;- The Liberty Loan was still lagging today, on the face of scattering unofficial estimates to tae treasury department. . Officials were, hoping that ttie $3,000,000,000 minimum would be reached by tomor row night when the heavy anticipated volume of -Liberty day sales would be in hand. Officials announced there was little information at hand to lead them to believe that the $r, 000, 000, 000 maxi mum would be reached, although they thought the sum might possibly he taken by an eleventh hour avalanche of subscriptions. "Conviction is felt in many quar ters," the treasury department an nounced today, "that the three bil lion mark can be reached by tomor row night. Solicitors, spurred on by their failure to make desired gains yesterday, the. first day of the last week of the campaign, began anew to day with intensified determination. It was thought that if the loan total sub scriptions could he brought by tonight up to approximately $2, D0U, 000. 000 or $r00.000,000 more than is in sight at present, there might l e a chance to reach the $3, 000, 000, 000 mark by to morrow night, the close of Liberty day.. "Liberty clay returns, heads of some district committees believe, mav reach $1.(100,000.000. If they approximate 60 per cent of this sum they probably will send the total for the drive above $3,000,0(10.0(10." . Indications pointed more and more, officials said, to the conclusion that only a tremendous response by the en tire nation, with hundreds of thou sands of small subscribers, and many large subscribers participating, could bring the total anywhere near the maximum quota. Among subscriptions reported today was one of $10,000 from inmates of the West Virginia state penitentiary, ("ash was paid for these bonds. This was the largest subscription reported from any penal institution. Xch York Itoliiiul. Xew York. Oct. 23. With Liberty loan subscriptions in the New York Federal reserve district $472.00(1,011(1 behind schedule, feverish activities marked the campaign here today to raise the quota of $1, 500, flou.ooo"-before the books close on Saturday. To New York, Oct. 23. Sugar refiners, wholesalers and retailers met at the local offices of the federal food ad ministration today to work out plans I for an equitable distribution. of the su gar supply in New York city. The supp'v has dwindled so rapidly, it is said, that the shortage here will re main acute until February. Commissioner of Markets Marko W'ifz has fixed 10 and 1 I cents a pound as the maximum retail price and has Issued a warning that if retailers take advantage of the situation to boost prices they will be cut off from fur ther supply. Washington, Oct. 23. Investigation by the department of justice has con vinced ofllcials that the campaign of misrepresentation which lias been ad vising householders not to can surplus foods on the ground that the govern ment, will seize them, is part of Ger man propaganda. Not only does the government lack authority to commander household canned goods nnd supplies, hut. It never has entertained any Idea of doing so. The food administration is doing everything possible to encourage the canning of food on the ground that it would lessen the drain on the com mercial supply ot foodstuffs. Every D a y tal subscriptions at the close of busi ness yesterday amounted to $715, 000, 000 a gain of only $65,000,000 for the day. Final plans were made today for the Liberty loan parade, tomorrow when it. is expected that at least 100,000 per sons will march, The Italian 'army aviators, who flew to Mineolfi, L. I., from Newport News, Va., yesterday, will hover over the marchers and bombard the spectators with 50,000 Liberty loan pamphlets. Chicago Not Pessimistic, Chicago, Oct, 23. Campaign man agers for the second Liberty loan, analyzing reports today from the sev enth federal reserve district, declared themselves not pessimistic over the number of sales but expressed some anxiety over final results. With the finish only five days' off re ports indicated sales of $1X5,302.900 which represents 26.5 per cent of the maximum allotment, of $700,000,000 for the district. .' In Cleveland District. Cleveland. Oct. 23. Subscriptions to the Liberty loan in. the fourth Fed eral reserve district this forenoon amounted to $181,250,000. The quota is $300,000,000 Boy Scouts Working. New York. Oct. 23. Boy Scouts of America in the first day of their four day campaign on .behalf of the second Liberty loan obtained pledges total ling close to $3,000,000, according to returns received today at the organi zation's national headquarters here. This achievement far surpassed that of the first day of the scout campaign for the first bonds, and James E. West, chief scout executive, predicted (hat by Thursday night more than $50,000,000 will have been raised. Reports today from 5X cities and towns throughout the country showed subscriptions amounting to $2,9X0,700. In New Kugland. Boston.' Oct. 23,-T-The New Kngland subscriptions to the second Liberty loan passed the $200, 000,000 mark to day. Overnight reports showing $19, 990,001) subscribed yesterday brought the grand total to $205,743,000, New York, Oct. 23. A British tank, similar to the giant war machines of this character in active service in France, reached this port today on a steamship from Kurope and will be set up here as a companion exhibit to the German submarine which re cently arrived, to stimulate Liberty bond purchasing. The tank was lashed on the forward deck of the steamship,, being ton large to be placed in a hold. A British army officer and eight, men were In charge of it during the voyage. CAR SERVICE RESUMED Chattanooga, Oct. 23. The street car service with 20 cars in operation on half hour schedules was resumed this morning after one week's Idele ness. The compuny reports that 40 or 50 of the old union men retuitned to woi k today and that they are se curing recruits dally and will In u few days be able to resume full schedules on all lines. No trouble accompanied the operation of the first cars and none Is anticipated. Xn Civil Service loqulreil. Washington, Oct. 23. An executive order published today excepts civil employes of the training camp activ ities commission from civil service re quirements and directs that those who have heretofore been paid from pri vate funds be paid from government appropriations. in the Year" PRICE FIVE CENTS Practically All Governors Have Responded to Ap peal Made by McAdoo MRS. M'ADOO LIGHTS LIBERTY BON FIRE North Carolina Contributed Relic That Will Be Used in Fire Washington, Oct. 23. Liberty day, tomorrow, will he ii state as well as national holiday. The interest in the day stirred by a telegram sent out by. Secretary Me- , Adoo, virtually all governors have proclaimed the day a holiday. Re sponses of residents of the various states to the proclamations have been quick and generous. Arrangements have been made to hold meetings in all parts of the country to urge the necessity of buying Liberty loan bonds. Thus far not a single gover nor has declined to proclaim Lib erty day a state holiday in part at least. SoniP; found it inconvenient to make the entire day a . holiday, so they made a holiday of the afternoon. Arizona and Oregon will have only half holidays. Almost every governor who replied to the secretary's telegram added a few words of encouragement for the loan. - The signal for the lighting of Lib erty fires throughout the country will be given tonight when Mrs. W. G. McAdoo, chairman of the woman's Liberty loan committee, lights a bon fire at the Washington monument,, using for the purpose a candlebraum which belonged to Napoleon Bona parte and containing a trench candle made in Quebec. Faggots to he lighted by Mrs. Mc Adoo are of wood from historic places in many-states. Among the relics contributed by the, different states to the fire here are pieces of wood from the birth places of Presidents Wilson, Cleve land, Jackson, Johnson and Polk. Illinois contributed a piece of wood from Lincoln's old home and Missouri a piece from Grant's log cabin. Other contributions are: North Carolina, a piece oi wood from lower Cape Fear, scene of the first armed resistance of the stamp act in 1765; Arkansas, a piece of the flagpole car ried by Colonel Archibald Yell's reg- j intent in the Mexican war; North Da i kola, a shingle from General Custer's j headquarters at old Fort Lincoln, and t lorida a piece of wood from the fa mous Do Sota oak at Tampa. , SECRETARY W. G. M'ADOO Nashville; Tenn., Oct, 23. William .-; Ov McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, will speak here tonight in the Interest of the Liberty bond campaign. Arriv ing early this afternoon he will hold a conference with men and wopicn of 33 counties who have been active in the work of selling the bonds. To night there will be a torch light pti rade followed by a pageant and the ceremony of lighting the Liberty fires on Capitol boulevard. Mr. McAdoo will make nn hour's talk and then leave for Atlanta. Washington. Oct. 23. Production of American news print, paper for the nine months ending September 30, nmounted to 050,847 tons, as against 2 ,1 , 1 St 7 tons for the same period last year, the federal trade commission announced today. The figures are based on reports from 36 companies operating more than 56 mills. Imports, chlelly from Canada, for tho first eight months of the present year totalled 358,1 6 tons, compared with 318,091 for the same period in 1316, while exports this year fell from 53,302 to 42,455 tons. Favors Government Control. Washington, Oct. 23. Government control and operation of coal mines was suggested to the fuel administra tion yesterday in a telegram from the president of one of the local unions in Illinois having 8,000 member. l
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