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THE ASHEILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER: FAIR. CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS VOL. XXXIH, NO. 363 ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNINQ, OCTOBER 22, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS' OF- Patriots-Whxh Kind Are You? ENGINEER AND HIS FIREMAN KILLED ANTILLES REACH IN ZEPPELIM HAID SUBMARINE BASE Four Brought Down in German Report Says City PORT IN FRANCE Torpedo Struck Ship in Wreck on Southern Takes Franco Had Been Was Bombarded From Early Morning Killing Place Near Town Named for Dead Man. ; j to lungiana. ine ea. Men in Berths. SUPERIORITY BRITISH BOMBARD SURVIVORS ROM AIRPLANES SHOWN OT END " 1 - . I W MOST WIN THE WAKI &UY A NEAR LARMAND, VA. L TWO DESTROYED AND RUSSIAN FLEET IS TWO FORCED DOWN MOVING NORTHWARD Believed Day of Zeppelin Whether to Escape or to as Bombing Raider. Give Battle to Germans Is Now Past. Is Not Known. PARIS, Oct II. Although at first BERLIN, Oct 21. (British ad It wti believed that the visit of the I miralty per -wireless press.) The Zeppelin fleet to France yesterday- was an Independent raid and the first j step toward carrying out the threat taade In a German wireless message which said It had been decided to destroy Parts, In reprisal for French air raids on German towns, it now is generally believed that these eight Zeppelins, four, of which were de stroyed or captured, were returning from, England and had lost their bearings owing to fog and probably had lost touch with their wireless communications. Had Been to England. .The log book of the Zeppelin which landed Intact shows that sne naa oeen 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 pro- Belgian port of Oetend. which la a submarine base of the Germans on the North sea, has been bombarded from the sea, it was announced by the German war office today, houses in the town being damaged. SURVIVORS PRAISE CAPTAIN OF SHIP Submarine Not Seen Either Before or After the Explosion. - Russian Fleet Moves. The Russian Riga fleet han atartari northward from Moon Sound possibly with the Intention of endeavoring to escape through the tortuous channels and maze of islands lying-between them and the Gulf of Finland. Or, it is possible that the Russian arma da, although far Inferior in gun power and tonnage, has sallied forth from the sheltered waters where It took refuge last week, to srlva hat tin tn th dreadnoughts and other craft com prising tne ucrman fleet. Left Wreck of Slavs. claimed by French observers as being flotilla is contained in the latest Ger" deflnite . proof of the superiority of I man nfflpii'.taam. L.w the airplanes over the Zeppelin. The RUSBians left behind the wreck of the uy 01 Aeppwui i oatuesnip siava, which waa sunk In one expert said ta over The sudden Iast Wednesday's battle, and four ad resumtytlon of the use of the German I ditmnai van,.!. , ,,.. dirigibles is explained by the theory j since the naval activities in the Gulf '' "". " vt""" i 01 mra Degan.- II the Huiulnni ar. endeavoring to make their BSRfLOA. in. stead of offering battle. doubtlaaa their ' destination la Reval. tha p- sian fortress situated on the Gulf of nniana in northern Esthonia. Meanwhile the German li.v. tured in- its entirety the Island of to a new- type which lately had been reported to be in the course of con struction at Lake Constance. No re ports have yet been received that any damage was done by the Zeppelins or that bomlbs were dropped anywhere in France. Of the four Zeppelins lost two were Das-n wins- at th. ..i. . " destroyed Jjndtwo were forced to trance to the Gulf of Finland, and descend. -Tim two f disabled airships, I ,Jso the Island of Schtldau, situated una or uuii-i otmhwukiu I oetween Moon island and the Es- fienoo puu), mkobuiu i -um d- , moman coaet in the Gulf of Finland ne valley and were forced to land! Several hundred prisoners were taken the .neighborhood of Blsteron. in on Dago Island to be addd tothe ttng fire t .i&ftalrshipa, attempted to flee, out were taken prisoner. Pint Brought Down. The first Zenoelin brought down fell at Saint Clement, seven and a - half miles south of Lunevllle, and not at , Rambervlllers as reported. The Zep- oelln was first seen at :06 a. m. traveling with two other alruhlos against a wind" blowing ten or eleven miles an hour. An ann-aircrart post flred a volley and the Zeppelin arose with a bound. A second volley pierced the envelope and. the airship, burst ing Into flames, took a vertical posi tion and crashed down at 6:43 a., m. Five mangled corpses were found large number captured during the past, week ob-0w1 aliilajs. -w-w vnnn Bomoaraca. British naval craft htm k.i. bombarded the port of Ostend. Bel gium, which Is being used by the Germans as a submarin h. irv. Berlin . official communication inn numerous houses in the, tnwn damaged by shells from the naval guns. . - On. the lighting front In Belgium, heavy artillery activity . mi h n. of the British and French continues, with the Germans answering spirit edly -on various sectors. No infantry Actions have taken place,, except In the nature -,. of reconnaissanrm. " Tn around the. wreck. Bodies of other j Champagne, near Mont CarniUet. and " "". eraun sector at several points iiioio jubo nave oeen violent artillery duels. In Chamnairna . n.... delivered somewhat heavy infantry attacks against the French west of Mont CarniUet, but were repulsed. There has been brisk fighting between iuo uttriwis ana AllHtrlpn. In .v.. members of the crew remain burled in the smoking mass. No bomb's wore heard to explode. About 8:20 p. m. the Zeppelin L-49 (Continued on Page Two.) Fl (Continued on Page Two.) A FRENCH PORT. Oct. 21. Sur. vivors of the United States transport Antilles, which was sunk by a Ger man submarine last week while being convoyed on her homeward trip by American warships, were landed here today by auxiliary vessels and are being cared for by the American con sulate. Some of the men have been lodged In local hotels and a few have left for Paris. Killed In Berths. The torpedo struck the ship at quarter to 7 o'clock Wednesday morn ing. Many of those on board were killed in their berths and others while dressing. The explosion killed the en. glneers, oilers, mechanics and those of the crew who were In their bunks be low. All the survivors praise the captain of the Antilles and the members of the gun crew, who stuck to their posts, while the officers searched with field glasses for the submarine until the waves closed over the ship. When the Antilles sank forty - or fifty men were at the stern. MoBt of them leaped fifty feet or more Into the sea as the stern rose to a perpen dlcular position and some were drawn down by the suction or tne sinning vessel. The submarine was not sighted either before or after the explosion. The sea was running high at the time. - LIBER ft LOAN ROUNDS INTO THE HOME ' . . I , ........ , r v..': i , i i STRETCH WITH SUBSCRIPTIONS OF ONLY FORTY PER CENTOFJIAXIMUM REQUIRED Carries a Handicap, Unwittingly Imposed by Friends of the Loan, In the Shape of Statements that the Treasury Department's Reports Are Short of Actual Subscriptions by "Several ' I Hundred Million Dollars"-Plans for Week , V WASHINGTON "ON, ct ' The Llb- maklng It difficult to save the crew I erty loan campaign swings Into the and Dasseneers. Some survivors, .-,. ..M.nh olmging to debris, were in the water r: " Zn. ? an hour before they were sighted by 0on ot onl7 IMTI.POO.000 or slight- the lifeboats. ly under forty jler cent of the hoped - .-" " for maximum. la the final spurt to NAMES MADE FCBUO. l,.h o.....- names and emergency addresses of tonight, it carries a handicap, re the three engine, room officers who garded aa unnecessary, in the fornt of were lost when the army transport widespread reports that the total, an. Antilles went down were made Public 1 jJi-dLswji ghjNy-niavyesHim v.&iQmUar'J1tifritmmt ci,.- ant Ainmtrh mantioned I are actdallT below the ' totals raallv only their surnames.' xney are: subscribed. v., A. Walker, third engineer officer, I : rPKIa. Wat. 14. J ..II Mm. 1a..u.J N Boyli,1uXr engineer o? unwttUngly by the loan', best friends, fleer, 'mother, Mrs. E. Boyle, County who have come to believe, In many Louth, Ireland; J. O'Rourke, Junior instances, that the treasury depfcrt- engineer officer, sister, B. O'Rourke, .f,,fc.....i,fcm,.IW.,. New Tork city ".vv. i" The department tonight was await- subscriptions appear less "by several ing the complete casualty list and the hundred million dollars,' than : the survivors' story of the attack. The raa,j returns. No such practice, It was ?mPLel? T.iJl nrh0. emphatically asserted tonight, has ."u'rvlvors are checked the muster Polled. .Jhe totals. official and roll prepared at the Frencn port r i - -"" -- ", embarkation. of official and estimated subscriptions sent dally by wire to the treasury, WfflNGTON. OcJ : 2i:-All hands nd r not altered. 5 Juggled or re- . 1 MllUnw an naV.I t.rV1,A 1 u wwh. Derlshd with the lost American transport Antilles, torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine Octo- :,er 17, came witnin tne ecupc m mo (Continued on Page Two.) BY U. S. President Lyman Powell of Hobart College De- y'scribes Scenes. KILLED' Br BROTHER, GUSTAVE Shot While on Duck Hunt ing Trip Near Rush Lake,Vr;2. TWO WERE IN BOAT. WHAT U. S. MUST DO. NEW TORK, Oct." 2 1. President Lyman Powell of Hobart college, who has Just returned from a tour of 'Eng land .nA Vr, nr. wh.ru ha wai Mnt to Investigate 'conditions as a repre-J MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 81 sentatlve of the Presidents Associa- United States Senator Paul O. Husttng Hon of Colleges and Universities of the ot wigconsin aa at . . nl,.j In .n .trip... h.r. tn. I ?l ,8C0n8" aled faiTO . hOUBC day, declared French villages and Br Rush Lake, Wis., late tonight as towns recently evacuated by German the result of . wounds accidentally In troops have been sacked beyond de- fllcted upon him with a shotgun by his 'he.need of an effective army to mother, Gustavo, while hunUng ducks protect America rrom sucn atrocious i . conquest as I have Just seen in north. L Senator Husting recently returned ern France Vnd of such air raiding as ? hte ?m at Mayvllle after the Exaearerated Renorts. "Ever since the latter part of the first week- of the drive," reads the treasury department's statement to night, "almost three weeks ago, ex aggerated reports of the-total amount of subscriptions have been published dally In connection with stories that treasury department figures were bearish to the extent of several hun dred million dollars. "The ' policy of . the department throughout the campaign has been to publish the latest official figures at hand exactly as returned by the dif ferent federal reserve banks and to make public without changes esti mates forwarded to Washington by heads of , the various district com mittees. '.. ' "Committee chairmen throughout CIA. rl....,J n...-l I tne- country nivo ueon aanou v.u uwia Strongly CenSOrea xCepOXX their estimates on what they know TO De ine xacie, anu, insuj.ar. aa known at the department, they have done so. "The situation tonight, therefore. according to the best Information that the department possesses. Is that the sales to date are about $1,000,000,000 short of the minimum and $3,000,000, 000 short of the maximum quotas set II NOT NEARLY AS ROSY AS GOVERNMENT PAINTS IT Shows Potatoes Only Satisfactory Crop. SHORTER RATIONS. for the country by Secretary McAdoo at the very outset pt the campaign. i Vigorous ElTorw. . , ''Vigorous efforts will be made In every district between tomorrow morning and next Saturday noon, to raise the $5,000,000,000 total. , The $$,000,000,000 ts being lost sight of In the fight for the higher figure. ,"On of the strongest arguments to be used In the" closing days of the campaign will be the figures for the seventh .German war loan, Just made public - ' . "After more than three years of war and with a casualty list estimated at 8.600,000 persons the -German peo ple, exclusive of soldiers, have sub scribed $3,107,600,000 to a loan. Nothing would give the Kaiser and all other ; enemies of this country- more pleasure, it will be pointed out,' than for the people of the United States to fall to subscribe to a greater amount than this to the second Lib erty loan, when they have had only one previous .loan and virtually no casualties. 'The general outlook for the sale is good. Only two disturbing elements appear; the apathy or certain rural communities of the middle west and south, and over-confidence,; bred by unrounded optimistic report of sales, , ,v liberty Day. "Liberty day, next Wednesday, doubtless win see a flood of subscriP' Hons. The country will celebrate that occasion made a national holiday by president wuson, as it nas not .cele brated a holiday in many years. Nor will all its enthusiasm go up In ap plause and speeches. It will be a sales day, as well as a day of oratory and display. Communities in all of the twelve districts of the country predict that the sales tor that day will outstrip any other single day In the history of either the first or second l oan. , , "Liberty day sneakers Include former. President Taft; former Vice President Fairbanks, and Secretary Redfleld and . William J. Bryan and practically all cabinet members. "The boy scout campaign, which began last Saturday with $00,000 workers in the field, will continue un abated until' Thursday night. The scouts reported good progress.. "Recapitulation of sales made through different organisations of ner. sons of foreign birth or extraction show that great numbers of so-called German-American bodies, including many who supported the first loan, LIMITED PASSENGER SIDE-SWIPES LOCAL Dead Engineer One of the Most Trusted on South-, . ern Railroad. are striving hard to make the second loan a success. "Speolal efforts are being put forth by many sooieties to thwart the pernicious and. seditious attempts tot from head to foot, his left lev .ri.h Intarrara with' th. mnnM. . 4t. ': u.9 ki. ,. i...... ... ." ....... whwvww V- . . " I du BL,,U J I.ll, J., Ill MrYlMMfl ,1. nil. V CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct It,' Frank Larmand, of Larmand.. Va- one of the most trusted engineers of the Southern railway, and his fire man, James L. Johnson, colored, of Alexandria, died this afternoon at the University hospital from Injuries sus tained early today when a northbound passenger train, the New Tork." New Orleans Limited, slde-swlped a north bound local, Just as It was clearing a siding near Larmand, two miles north of Orange, a town named for the dead engineer. James O. Pollard, of Strasburg, baggage-master of the lo cal, was also injured. , Nearly all the occupants of the sleepers were thrown from their berths and many were badly bruised. ' Occurred at Cave's Cub The accident occurred at th nnrth end of the awltah in P.v.'a Put t. local, which had taken a siding to al low a northbound train to pass, at tempted to follow It into the north- bound main line. : Refara it nnnM clear the siding' the limited dashed aiong ana its engine demolished the local's baggage car. , The two nassen- ger cars toppled over against the em- uaunment wnue tne engine and first two coaches of the limited turned over on the southbound track. finned tndcr Engine. Engineer Larmand waa nlnnari tin der his engine cab for forty minutes. wBspite me ract tnnt ho was scalded Interfere loan. "Approximate 250,000 elerarvmen today: urged the purohase of Liberty bonds in sermons dwelling specifically with the loan and its nurehaaaa. Tha Star Spangled Banner also was sung In almost every church in, tha coun nr., ' GERMANS HfTRRrrRTRK'. - NEW YORK. Oct. II. Two theu sana . men, women and children of German birth or descent grouped around the Carl Schurs monument In Central park today reaffirmed their auegiance to tne United States and pledged themselves to aid to the end in waging wsr against "the enemies 01 uoerty ana freedom." The meet ing which began as a Liberty., loan rally ended es an imnresslve natrlotli ceremonial when the throng Joined In singing "The Star Spangled Banner." in singing 01 tne national anthem, a. numoor not on tne program, was begun without prompting from their elders by children assembled at the oase oi me statue of the amurlcan patriot of German birth. The childish treDie rose to -a triumphant cha.it as men ana women toon up the -strain, v "Give and give to the limit of your means," and "let us carry on the war to victory," were some of the pleas of the . German-American speakers wincn movea tneir auditors to cheers. Frans Slgel, son of Genera! Sigel of Civil war fame, who presided, moved nis ancuence to a nign pitch of en thusiasm when he said: "It is not. necessary for Americans of German blood to reaffirm their patriotism; for our sons are lined uo snouiaer to snouiaer in aerense of Justice and liberty! the same orln. clples for whloh Carl Schur fought." George Sylvester Vtereck. editor of VierecKS' Weekly, formerly "The Fatherland," said that "Americans of German birth or descent have never failed Uncle Sam ; they will not fall nim now." . In another part of the park 20.000 persons attended a Liberty loan meet ing held near the captured German U-boat loaned the .Liberty loan com mittee by England and which - has been renamed the "U-Buy-A-Libertv Bond." Approximately $160,000 was subscribed by 840 persons during the meeting. I have witnessed in and about London, ow la the most Imperative thing in the history of this country, said he. ''The army must go 'over there' and strike before the army from -'over close of the extra session of consresa. Where he was one of the leading sup porters of the administration's war program with his brother he had gone on a there! gets an opportunity to come I nunung. expedition to Rush Lake and over Here, or we are lost. r I lnB two were in a noat wnen tne accl "If vou Deode here could see half 1 dent occurred. He had sighted a flock of what I have seen in two months! j of ducks and called for his .brother If you could see With your own eyes I to ore and at the discharge of the the terrible conditions for only a I shotgun he rose slightly, receiving the day the question in your minds then j full charge of the gun in his back. He would net be how much money you I was rushed to the farm house, where could spend for Liberty bonds or con-all efforts t save his life were un- trlbute to tne itea uross, out now availing. little you could live on so that you . Paul O. Hustlnr. democrat, of Ma. could give all the rest you have to vllle. Dodge county. Wis., was born at these causes." ., ) Fon Du Lac, Wis,, April 25, 1866, and Dr. Powell described the fate that removed with his parents to Mayvllle Deien wis iuwii ui vMiuijr, m mo i in i7b, e attended tne common Aisne, department . of France. , The I schools of Fon Du Lao and ' Dodge little city, he said, was of 10,000 in- counties until his sixteenth year, when naoiiama. -, , . - j -. j i us went to work as clerk in a genera! me uermans were nox .content .tore. He was afterward emnloved with the misery they . already had 'Acaused," ha said. ' "First -they dis Vmntled the glass factories, then they herded all the young women ' and young men into a parking space, and selected the roung men for service of one sort or another behind the lines. "Then they lined tip the young women according to rank in- beauty. The "highest official chose the fairest uMm.lt Th. fta.t hl.hMl nf. fleers made their, selection, and finally the common soldiers took their pick. At the time I arrived in Chauny only . 100 or tne original jnnatutante were left, and Jnese were old - men in the postofflce and railway postal service. He entered the University of Wisconsin in 18 US and in December of that year he passed the state bar examination and commenced the prac tice of law at Mayvllle, Wis., in which he had been engaged ever since. He was elected district attorney la 1902 and again in-1804; in 1000 he; was elected state senator from the Thirteenth senatorial district and re elected in 1V10. He was elected to the United States senate in 1014 to succeed Isaac Stephenson. His term gad of office would have expired March 3, COPENHAGEN, Oct. II A strong ly censored official report of the dis cussion of the food condition by the budget committee of the Prussian diet, the session of which was' held behind closed doors, shows that ex cept for the potato crop, which prom ises to be satisfactory, the food situa tion is by no means as rosy as the government has been trying to paint it. . The grain situation Wi such that the only -hope, not certainty, could be expressed that the bread supply will last the entire year, and In any case the present bread ration can be maintained only by the use of surro gates, further affecting the quality of the bread, for which flour now Is milled to ninety-four per cent, of the grain. PLOT TO FORGE MINERS OUT ON STRIKE 15 BARED Police Claim It Was Direct ed From I. W. W. Head quarters at Minneapolis. HENRY ETTA, Okla., Oct. II. A Conditions have not permitted (plot to force the 1,600 coal miners In Improvement of the flour by less ex haustive milling. -:, -Vi ; Bread and potatoes will be the hulk of the ration, as the meat allowance will almost certainly be reduced. Milk and butter will be available even in scantier amounts than now, and even Infanta' milk allowance has been re duced. 1 The socialists who demanded -an open discussion, announce hat .'hoy will speak freely when the debate on food is held In an open sesuioa of the diet LIVES LOST DURING Rl Nine Merchant Vessels and Two Destroyers Lost in Raid. this district out on strike directed from I. W. W. headquarters In Min neapolis, was bared here today, the . Be police allege, by the arrest of Earl Ebert, l years eld, alleged I. W. W. organiser and draft : dodger. A letter carried by Ebert, and pur porting to be from W. P. Neff, na tional secretary of the I. W. W.i or dered Ebert . to make every effort to keep the miners from their work. Some of them were out on strike last . LONDON, Oct. II; One hundred and fifty lives were lost on Wednes day when five Norwegian, one Danish and three Swedish vessels were sunk by two German raiders In the North NT F000 FOR FAMILY OF FIVtGOSJS IN WEEK Comparative Prices of Va rious Cities , in IT. S. Dearest in Chicago. -L ( British admiralty statement on Sat urday stated that a total of 1S5 officers and men of the British .destroyers, Mary Rose and Strong Bow were lost when these two vessels were sunk by raiders. The Mary Rose and Strong Bow were convoying ; the merchant' men when the attack occurred. Advices from Budapest say that the l...ir tnr . ,tmv Wore John P. White prospects for the passage o the cabl- Bna Fuel Administrator Garfield, or nets franchise' reform bill are slight I dered the western strike postponed owing to the adverse attitude of I until mediation had been tried aaaln. Count Andrassy, who has sent a me- I Ebert carried in his pocket scores mortal to the king against the meas- of pictures of prominent citizens of ure. The , Wekerle cabinet, whose I the country and also pictures of W. D. fate Is bound ftp in that of the meas ure, la thereby placed In a critical position. .-- : . ; ? . ,. FRENCH MINISTRY UNEASY. PARIS. Oct II. The French minis. terial situation today remains uneasy. Opposition to M. KIbot. the - foreign minister in the Paiulere cabinet, per- Little, the I. W. W. organizer lynched recently at Butte. "Martyr" was In scribed on. the back of Little's pic ture. -4ther photographs of railroad wracks were labeled "our revenge." According to W. W. Melton, chief police. Ebert carried a fake sailor's license and a registration card No. lie, a number which has been called tor ziaarvice. KNOWN DEAD. CHRISTIAN! A, Oct II. The Aften postea has definitely ascertained that sixteen Norwegians, seventeen fiwedes and eighty-seven Englishmen were killed in the convoy action on Wed nesday, but adds that the total num ber probably is much greater. The entire crew of one steamer, consisting of eleven men, were all killed but the captain. Twenty men from the Wts tur were saved, but of the crew of the Wlkander only the captain and third officer were saved and the remaining seventeen are believed to have been killed. Ot this number three were jromen. NEW TORK, Oct 11. A compari son of food costs In the principal cities of the United States, made publio byl mi neaitn department i nere - toniant. i shows that the ' Cheapest-: wholesome dietary for a family of five, consisting of man, wife an i three fhlldren, costs $9.11 a ,week in Chicago, which is mors than tn any other city in the country.. The same standard dietary costs $.6T a week in New York city. $1.15 in New Orleans, $9.14 in Boston and ' $0.11 in San Francisco. . .The average for twenty-four cities and towns In the United States was IMS. t "The menus ' provided at , these figures are not especially tempting," the report says. A really palatable dietary will cost approximately twenty five per cent more than the price just Quoted." ' , . . CHEVROLET WINS. directed the work of tha reii am. M. lived for three hour after reaching the hospital at Charlottesville. Tlma after time he repeated: "It was not my fault; they gave me a clear board.' Engineer Larmand had A record of thlrty-Hye years as an engineer with the Southern and many times had been called upon to handle the presi dent's special over his division, On many occasions he had hauled President- Roosevelt - from his hunting lodge. Pine Knot in this county. The Southern's double track was blocked for more than twelve hours, and all trains were detoured. RUSSIA WANTS PEACE RY RIGHT BUT NEVER WILL E, So ' Declares Premier Ker- ensky in Opening Pre liminary Parliament. WARMLY APPLAUDED. PETROORAD. HaiHritn v. YW ft . ' Premier Kerensky, on opening the Russian preliminary parliament today in Tne marmsKy palace, made a ring ing speech in Which he said: VHussla walUs peace by rleht. but we never will bow our heads to foroe.' . This declaration ; was .... warm Iv an-- plauded by the members of all unlit I. cal factions. The premier, who has Just recovered from a recent illness and , was ellarhtlv n&l. ntnna m a. raised dais in the sreat audlanna hall .- His address was largely confined to an explanation or the, mllltarv . situation and a declaration as to the necessity of saving the country. He said: "we must fight only to save the country." " ' . Tne Bolshevik! left only occasionally pplauded. Premier Kerenskv in the course of his speech paid an enthusi astic tribute to the valor of the Rus sian sailors, but said he could not say as much for Russia s troops on land.' .After his address th nremler of fered the presidential chair to Madame - Hreebkovskaya. the "grandmother of the revolution," as she is the senior , member of the preliminary parlia ment She received a great ovation as temporary ; chairman, and after a ' speech invited the assembly to elect its president - M. Avskentieff, chair- s - man of the exeoutive committee of the council of peasants ; delegates,' was elected president by a majority of $8$. THE WEATHER. WASHINGTON. ' Oct. II .Forecast j for North Carolina: . Fair Monday and ' luesaay, moaeraie norm w nortowesi winds. , t. - NEW ORLEANS, Oct II. Louis Chevrolet won two out of three auto-, mobile racing events from Barney Oldfield here today. The fastest time for a mile was 48 l-C seconds, made by Chevrolet during a ten-mile event All races were en a dirt track. THE SUNDAY CITIZEN Circulation Yesterday : City, . . Suburban . Country . . . "Net paid . Service . Unpaid . 4,677 2.284 1.216 8,177 ' 224 392 8.793 Total . . . Buy a LTberty Bond.
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