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I VOL. XXXIV, NO. 351.
ASIIEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY MOKNINOOCTOBEK 12, 1918.
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TURKEY AMD AUSWIA ACC
SOLDIERS DIE
TERMS
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ACCORDING TO AMSTERDAM
REPORT GERMANY HAS BEEN
N 0 TIFIED OF ACC EPTANCE
While Arijiies of Central Powers Are Flying On Wings of
necessity Toward Some Haven of Safety From Talons of
Allies, Austrians, Hungarians and Turks See Ultimate De
feat and Accept Presidents' Terms
ENEMY IS GIVING GROUND
ALL ALONG BATTLE FRONT
SFamous Chemin-Des-Dames,. Which Ger
I mans Believed Was an Insuperable
Barrier to Advance Horthward of Sos
sons, Is Being Evacuated
TEN OFFICERS AND
102 ENLISTED MEN
REPORTED MIS
Buy Another Bond
I
Were Lost Through Sinking
of American Steamer
Ticonderoga
(BT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
On the wings of .necessity the Germans are flying
eastward from their old battle positions from Douai to
LaFere and northward from LaFere to the Meuse river.
I Their, flight is toward some haven of safety from - the
Qalons of the allied hawks which everywhere4 are
aenacing them.
s-.;Af?wwHJel .there havp. Jeen. sejijybrodciurther-J
reports tnat Austria-nungary ana rurKeyf seeing mat
the trend of events spells ultimate defeat, have informed
Germany that they will accept President Wilson's peace
terms. Notwithstanding the advantages that are being
achieved over the common enemy on the battle fronts and
. the peace feelers in the air, President Wilson, Secretary
lof State Lansing, Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo,
J and, in fact all the high officials of the government are
iwarning the American citizenry that the situation still
lis critical and that every one should rally to the support of
. the fourth Liberty loan.
Enemy Giving Ground Everywhere.
All along the battlefront the allied troops are ad
vancing. From the south of Douai to the east of Laon,
the enemy everywhere is giving ground eastward. The
; famous Chemin-Des-Dames, the ridge which the Ger
mans had believed to be an insuperable barrier to an ad
vance northward from Soissons, is being evacuated, while
in Champagne and along the Meuse river farther eastward
the French and American troops are pushing further for
j ward northward their lines in the great converging move
ment which is fast driving the enemy from Belgium and
the greater portion ot invaded France toward his own
borders.
Douai now is completely outflanked by the latest
operations of the British, while between Cambrai and St.
Quentin the British and Americans are still chasing the
enemy.
French Cross Oise River.
To the south of St. Quentin the French over a wide
front have crossed the Oise river and, in conjunction with
the retirement of the enemy from the Chemin-Des-Dames,
are forcing the Germans to give up the St; Gobain forest,
the bastion at the bend of the line where it turns east
ward and also the stronghold of Laon, the keystone of
the entire southern German line.
While from the war maps it would appeal to the
casual observer that the Germans in this bend of the el-
rDow are luceiy to be cut on, it seems more probable tnat
Wthey will be able to use the railways and high roads lead
ing in all directions from Laon, like the main branches of
a spider's web and effect their escape, without great losses
in prisoners. xrz
neaping uu
NORTH CAROLINIAN
IS TAKEN PRISONER
Harrowing Story of Bru
tality of Crew on Big
-Submarino-,
a
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. Ten offi
cer and 102 enlisted men were lost,
two officer were taken prisoner, and
three officer and fire enlisted men
were saved In the sinking of the Amer
ican steamer Ticonderoga by an ene
my submarine in mid-ocean Septem
ber 10, the navy department tonight
announced. A number of enlisted
men of the army were aboard the
Ticonderoga. No announcement has
been made as- to losses among the
soldiers.
The Ticonderoga, formerly the Oer
man steamer Camilla Rlckmer was
eastbound and at the time of the sink
ing had dropped behind her convoy
because of engine trouble. The ves
sel was torpedoed without warning
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TURKEY HASMAD
E:
DEFINITE PEACE'
OFFER TOM
Proposal Has Not Yet
Reached Washington Of '
ficials, However
MOVE HAS CAUSED '
NO SURPRISE HERE'
Report , From Amsterdam
States That Austria :
Also Accepts Terms 4
AMERICAN TRANSPORT OTRANTO SUtllt
IN COLLISION WITH STEAMER KASHMIR
WITH PROBABLE LOSS OF 372 SOLDIERS
t
Following Collision In Horth Channel Betwteri Scottish and Itlsh toasts the
' Members of Crew Being Crushed to Death v 'V
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.)
CELEBRATION OF LIBERTY
DAY. EXPECTED TO 9IVE
IMPETUS TO LOAN DRIVE
Only Thirty-Seven Per Cent
of Amount Has Been
Subscribed
NO HOLDING BACK
Nevertheless the retrograc
gity must have a strong beam
9ftr new line the Germans m
and on their still- relatively f
and Verdun to the Swiss bordc
a great part in the driving of t
Des-Dames. ; T
' - East of Rheims, the Suipiy
i the French at numerous plaq
-forest which now is held by t
1 the Germans are in retreat a)
f ' towns and villages have been
"VYmericans. East of the Arg'
-'Valley the Americans are, still
Tne retreat of tne enemy
iof the western line from Doua
XCONTINTJED OH
WASHINOTON. Oat. 11. Celebra
tion of Liberty day temtorrow throoiwh
out the nation Is expocted by fourth
Liberty loan tnanaigera to send mm
oaim"palrn forward wih a Jump from
the 12,269,876,200 total, where he
reword stood tonight This represent
ed an increase of $245,000,000 over
yesterday's total, and included few
ubsorilDtions reoorded today, follow'
lnjt President Wilson's appeal for an
oversubscription to give the loan
world significance.
Public nveLlTirg and parades, ar
rang-ed for Liberty day, have been
cail led oft nearly everywhere because
of .the Influensa epidemic, but tfh'OU
sanda of voTuntewrs have been enKert-
ed for house, to house canvasses.
Stores will close for 'the day or naif
the day, In many cities. Im Washing
ton must government departments
trill suspend business to permit em
phyyes and officials to give all hlr
energy to the loan. President Wilson
wHl participate In the celebration at
Ier I or It ana Beoretary McAdoo at
Ghtcag-o. f.
1 Oonnmernttos; on the day's eh o win;,
the treasury review tenteht said:
"In the tmca ot high official pleas
ror imicea suipport or tne wen and m
phatio deolarattons that peace talk
hovld not oawia a slackening of sub
orlblm;, this result and the -outlook
for the success of th loan is distinct
ly disappointing."
h aWl Ampriitano ' Rumor reaohinw headquarters to
ll ami Ainericaiia,, tn&kHAtng suspicion tlhat actual
ijkm. w wwi9 iiiiu ummwi wctv viii-
thioally denied by the treasury.
.Tbs review adds:
y- "Briefly stated, the sttuation tondgnt
is that ISI2.000.000 must b sub
scribed -on every one of the remarnin
seveo working days of the loan, 4f the
total asked by Secretary McAdoo i te
bs obtained."
Only thirty-seven par cent of th
Six MUloa has i been raised.'
Rtdimond iUetricts subscrtotioiis to-
might totalled 191,011,660, thdrty-foor
ent here of neces
Itability of what
e to stan4 upon,
jonts an Belgium
jtalians are .taking
"from the Chemin-
s!
is been crossed by
tt of the Argonne
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.ii ana Lxaericana;:
nber of additional I "f
nv me . j?Tanco-
along the Meuse
jing satisfactorily.
Je thirty-five miles
outheast of the St.
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A BRITISH PORT. Oct. 11. A
largs nusnbsr of American troops
have bee lost as the result of the
sinking of ths transport CM rant o in
the North ohannel between the Scot
tish and Irish ooats. In a collision
widh ths steamor Kashmir.
The Otranto after the collision was
dashed to pieces on the rocks off fhe
soutth Scottish coast with a probable
loss of S72 American soldiers.
Three hundred and one men wore
taken to Belifast by the British de
stroyer Mouiisey, the only vessel
which made an attempt at rescue in
ths terrific gale when the Kashmir,
another vessel 4n the convoy, wiffh the
Otranto, rammed mhe Otranto amH-
tfhlns.
Seventeen mn were picked up altve
on the Scottish coast.
Of tho 699 American soldiers on
board the Otranto, 310 wore landed.
Seventeen were rescued alive at Islay,
leaving 372 unaccounted for.
Battllno; Heavy Seas.
The Otranto and the ether vessels
of the convoy were battling with the
heavy seas and high winds Sunday
morning. The storm was so severe
and the Visibility so bad tlhat the
Kashmir, a former Peninsular and
Oriental liner, craened wta t)he Otran
to squarely amidships.
The Kashmir backed away badly
damaged but was able to make port.
As the bows of the Kashmir were
milled from the (Treat holes in thj
Ids of the Otranto the waiter rushed
In but for a time it did not serve to
stop the englnea The Otranto tried
to proceed but maie no ineaaway
against the gajo in (her crippled con
dition.
Within a short timo the water pot
out hr fires and the Otranto drifted
helplessly toward the rocky coast of
Islay 4sland where 'most of the Tus
can la victims met their deartihs.
Rescue Work.
Thirty mirnutes after the crash Che
out of the hasa rn answer to ths dls-, decks of ths vessel suffered broken
tress calls of ths Otranto. When the bones or otherwise were hurt. Those
destroyer maneuvered to get along
side. Captain Davidson, of the Otra i
to warned Lieutenant Craven, otn
mandiing ohe destroyer not to make
ths attempt. When it was seen that
Craven would make the attempt any
way the men were ordered to remove
their shoes and heavy clothing and
try to saw themselves as host they
could.
Ths destroyer stood off about a
hundred fest and then gradually
came nearer, against ths great jdds
of high waves and the wind, which
threatened momentarily to carry her
entirely away from the Otrwnco or
dash her to pieces agvJssU the side of
tne wounded vessel.
Ran Into Rocky Coast,
The Otranto struck ths rocks Sun
day night south of Sallgo bay, Islay
island, an uninhabited section, where
the coast line In many places rises
straight out of ths water to the rocky
peaks many feet above. As the de
stroyer neared the side of the Otranito
the men began to uonp from thirty
to forty feet from her decks. Tho
more experienced sailors of ths crew
of the steamer had better success than
the soldiers, many of whom had never
seen the sea until this trip.
As the destroyer steered toward ths
side of the steamer many of the men
leaped too quickly and missed their
reckoning and dropped between the
boats. Some of these disappeared
In tfhe water, but ethers of thorn were
caught and crushed to death between
the boats which had been lowered to
act as buffers. The destroyer was
badly battered.
Jumped from Vessel,
The captain of the destroyer, each
time It was brushed away from the
side of the Otranto, again would push
near enough for many more men to
Jump to the deck of his vessel. He
described as a veritable rain the rvuvm-
Brttistt destroyer Mourwey, herself I ber of men landing on the destroyer,
damaged by the heavy seas, appeared I Many of those who reached the
who missed th deck of ths destroyer
went to almost instant dsath. Four
times ths battered destroyer cam
alongside and each time the previous
scenes were repeated. At ths end of
ths fourth trip shs had 10 Americans,
284 of th crew, thirty French sailors
and ons British officer on board. Th
boat was full, and having don all
possible, she started for port.
Hough Trip to Port.
Th survivors saw th Otranto drift
ing helplessly toward ths rocks as
tney pulled away toward the Irish
coast, .Th coast destroyer barely
had time to send a brief message
when her wireless was carried away.
The little overloaded vessel had a
rough trip to port.
One of the American - troops on
board the Otranto pictured th seen
when th vessel collided. Soldiers
lined the deck a thousrh on narada
and t-the word of command stood at
attention like1 statues. They never
wavered, remaining there In military
formation, exemplifying during th
crisis the noblest traditions of th
army for heroism and disclpUn. Th
same thing, said the soldier, applied
to tne seamen.
Numbers of bodies today were being
washed up rapidly on th shore. It
was reported 175 had been counted at
noon and nearly all of them had been
identified.
Orders to Jump.
A seaman on the Otranto described
the most tragic moment of the
disaster as that whan the ordsr cam
for ths men to Jump and save them
selves. Th destroyer looked a very
small boat alongside ths former Orient
liner and many landsmen among th
American troops thought themselves
safer aboard ths larger vessel. This
was fatal to many of them.
Th victims ara to be collected at
the most suitable place and burled
Will )
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TURRET MAKES PROPOSAL.
4.
LONDON, Oct 11 Turkey has !
4- mads a dsflnit peace proposal
to President Wilson, according -fl
to reports In circulation bars, . ,
-
4- LONDON, ct 11 Aostrla-
Hungary and Turkey har
4- formed Germany that they will
accept President Wilson's psaos
terms, aocording to a dispatch
4- th Central Mow from Anatar-
dam. . . ,
NOT YET ARRIVED. . !
of psaos on ths part of Turkey, t
porttd In London dlspatoh, had not '
been received in Washington tonight.
Stats department officials sxpressed
interest In th reported mov by th;
Turkish 'government but fate$.po!.
ttvsty thiftao ''proposal has ,rach4
thm. v; 'iX
At ths Spanish mbassy, which ha!
charg of Turkish affairs In th United
States and through which 'any psaos j
proposal from Constantinople ttn
doubtedly would ' btriunUttd,: R
was said no Intimation had eom from '
(CONTINUED ON PAG TWO.)
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SENATE COMMITTEE !!)-
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(CONTINUED-ON PAGE TWO.)
Business Or Occupational
Tax Passed by House Jt
Is Accepted
ft
FABMEBS INCLUDED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 Ths senaH
finance committee in revising th war
revenue bill today approved a buelnsss
or occupational tax. Hous provision
placing a tax of $10 on all person
"engaged tn any trade, business or
profession" ,whos gross rscelfWS s
ceed $1,500 were adopted after being
amended so as to Include farmer
whom the hous had exempted. An
nouncement was made that amend
ments which would furnish som rs
lief to farmers would b consldsrd
latsr. ,; ..,,,,,..41-).'
IIII SLfGAR
Only Half of Monthly Allot
ment May Be Purchased
at One Time.
NEW TORK. Oct. 11. Amsnded
regulations governing the distribution
NO SIGN OF ABATEMENT
OF
Epidemic Has Now Beach
ed Practically Every Port
of Country.
WASHINGTON. . October -11. Ths
epidemic of Spanish influenza whicl
of sugar, effective October IS, until fhaB reacnea practically every section
which retailers can sell only a half !of th country, oontlnusd today with
monthly allowance on a basis of two
pounds a month a person were an
nounced oy tne leaerai . iooa Doara
today. . t-
The only exception to in new reg
ulations, it was explained, is that th
federal food administrators of any
tate may authorise th delivery of
the full monthly allotment of two
pounds per person at one sals where
it would work extreme hardship to
onrnel bi-monthly parchasea by fam
ilies living tn remote districts far re
moved from the. nearest stores. - "
KUTLSTER KKKPCNg
BUDAPEST, (via Basel. Oct 11.)
Dr. Alexander Wekerle. th Hus-
jirlmn iwfnM m1n IW anmillBMWl his
resignation ansx- m auoiSBCs wswi, zit.vvv, pnumvu m i
no slxns of abatement. Detailed re
ports as to Its spread among trs
civilian population were not available
at the public health service bureau
tonight but officials said nothing had
been received to Indlsate that tn
malady bad even reached Its peak.
New cases of Influenza in army
camp showed a dsclins in the twenty
four hsurs sndlng at noon today, but
pneumonia cases increased over yes
terday. Influensa cases reported to
the surgeon-general of th army num
bered 12,024, pneumonia ease 1,824
and deaths 191. Yesterday's report
showed 12,111 new cases of lnfluenxa,
2,7(7 new cases of pneumonia and
ggt deaths. ' Th total number of in
fluensa cases at camps sine th be
ginning of th spldemlo ha reached
THIRTEEN MEN LOSE LIVES
IN COLLISION OF VESSELS
Lieutenant George F. Par
rott, Jr., of Kinston,
Among Those Lost.
WASHINGTON, Oct lLIn col
lision between the United States de
stroyer Shaw and a British tss1 on
Oct 9, two offleers and eleven enlist
ed men of : th destroyer were lost.
Thirteen other members of th crew
were lnjurd. Th collision oocurrsd
in British waters.
The destroyer .was able to maks
port under her own team, ths navy
department said tonight la announc
ing th collision, wmcn according to
reports, was caused by th jamming
of ths destroyer' steering goar.
Lieutenants ueorg Jr. carrot, jn.
of Kmston, N. C, . and John D, Ed
wards -of Buckro Beach, Va, Ver
ths ofDcsr lost.
SAlXONHOrBa RESTBJCTJED.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 11-Bsoaos c
ah 'ptdem1oi ot Infiusnsa, salooa
hours wars odaa tastrlotsd to atjjg
a. ro to 4:10 P. n mndsr Jni
In considering th special tax seo- h
tlon th committee accepted, with
jome changes, house imposts on brok
ers, proprietors of amusement places,
tobacco manufacturers and buyers of
new, or used automobile and motor
sycles. Sections levying excise taxes
upon the capital stock of sorpora
tions were temporarily passed over
but these may be taken up Monday.
The house tax of $100 on broker
was cut in half by th committee
which amended th section so that th
ial of a stock exchange seat for las
than $1,000 would be exempt from
federal tax. House schedules taxing t
'proprietors of theatre and other 1
amusement places on th basis of seat- I
Ing capacity as well as the section !
'evying $200 against owner war ao- .
k)pted. Th provision exempting .
Chautauqua, lecture lycsums. agrl-1
cultural and industrial fairs and ex-
ibltlons under th auspices of rligt j
ous or cnaritaoi association as t
dopted by th hous also was ac
cepted. Tn proposed ten per cent
tax on sight-eelnc automobiles based
jpon thslr gross recelpU was amend
ed so a to place a fiat tax of $19 oa
aaoh ear seating mors than seven psr-
iions. A new section was added Dxing
n. rats of 110 oa each Dassenxar antoa
inobU seating sot less than two par-
ions nor mors man seven asea s
pobJls seavsyxnos, . ,
Impost against tobacco ttuurnfao
tanra wra approvad wtlheot amnd
-. Boon un posts on new or used atrto
atoblle other than electric to be paid
r th purohsuser were rsduosd bns-isJC.-
Ths eemmtttM also reduced the
A slaotrio automobllM Crsm IS
er Mraspow as provided tn ths
&4 to $ and th wstght tax from f
real gnat
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