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WEATHER FORECAST North Ca rollna Fair ton i ght J a nd Thursday, except rain Thursday In extreme west porlonv " 1 South CarolinaFair tonight and Thursday. FINADEDITION VOL. XXIII. NO. 358. His Laconic Report Leads to Expectation of an Early Offensive. MACEDONIAN FRONT AGAIN HEARD FROM Bulgars "Cede" Ground to Allies Greece Expected to Actively participate in Fighting on Side of Entente All the important infantry action last night in the western war the atre, was confined to the French front, where attacks by the Germans in the Ai?no and Champagne sectors, as well a.; in the Verdun region, v: -'e repulsed by General Petain's troop.... There is promise of a speedy rc-j newal of the activity in Flanders, j however. Field Marshal Haig, for in stance, sends from British headquar ters today one f" tr.ose laconic re ports tluit so frequently .have preced ed the ju'iio'Sie attacks on that fron "Nnthin.r ot special interest to re port," has mount in several of these cases that the British guns had opened the'r terrific gun fire prepara tory to an attack. The German high command apparently is anticipating a renewal of the British drive, as the latest Berlin statement in reporting the intense artillery activity in Flan ders said no infantry attacks had tak en place "up. to the present." There has be i a spell of compara tively good weather in the area east of Ypres where the British steam roll er is nushine its wav through the German lines. Thus the '.British tors apparently have bv en able to col - lect sufficient information to enable their artillery to pursue its work with its usual precision and telling effect, while the mud fields presumably have dried out son: what with e cessa tion of the rain. An admission of pcL":ibite signifi cance was contained in the German statement on the .Macedonian front' situation received lat" last night. Sev eral villages in the Struma region on the right flank of the allied lines northeast of Saloniki, have been "ced ed" by the Bulgarians to the British, lie-"'' a r-nnounces. mere has been notably active pa- F-ente armies in r...e.iet ..miieaiii trol activity bv tho Macedonia recentlv, and it seems pos- sible that some aggn-.-'sive use is fin-1 ally to br made of the huze force the Allies hnve hid m'-em bled tbere Tor many month--. Sur-h a move might be made in anficipnfion of a Bulgarian attack on i he Saloniki armies of the Allies to which Germany is reported to have been urging King Ferdinand, j hmperor Williams visit to Sofia nas been connected by one of the German newspapfrs with this reported pro ject. Greece might now be expected to aid ihe Entente in repelling suchf an attack or in pushing an offensive. A declaration of war by Greece apainst Bulgaria in fact seems to be expected .shortly bv the Central pow- frs The f.erman naval and military chine is obviously proceeding with vapi.nty to carry out its program oi r;iirir.p- cnmnlpip rinminanrp in the - (;,-.!t T3io Tf'v.nC on r,F roei is. lan.l. off the mouth of the gulf, already in iv grasp. Berlin's announcement of (!!. completion of the conquest tol- i"ahi snoitiy tne staiemeni, lruni rvi- ln ;i tnnri. witi, th0 T?n-3cian fnrres on ''id' Mini lit-: iVllriolcXll wai J nu t'i .t ah w romainort hsi h' .u penned up on the Southern pen- ' rb. " vh terminates in the town f't S. i. and this evidently has now - -iLi. nil tiiu "iu ' i '.vept clear by the Germans. .Ml i. ' i.i ui lur- uc i iu tin t,.. . i, i . . . . . r i v. I s .-.-1 n i crrpvipfl nf the Gorman service.. li i ncra-red in the onerations. even A . . r,j T r Zeppelins being on hand, to . . .. . . . j ni;.:;!: -,b. rvations. The Faisfiian nav- I :or; arr- now bearing the brunt nf ',. r, anCP to the German ef '''.'' iiii'l f etrograd -reports their pa trr'l , keeping in touch with and lii'vint: fiicounters with German tor Pf '!n craft, fi' rliii (joes not admit any losses in ' i m'-nts north of Oesel is in which the Russians reported ' .v c, i in an torpedo craft sunk and ,w' damaged, while conceding the Io . o, r,nr. Russian destroyer. Furth- iore, i'eirograd today reports that dreadnought struck- a mine - -" rc r rr" ' nd on October. 12, mak- in;: !f, ' c f1 ? :ll.vla :r- ui in-' m he ultimate fate ot th j '''''ir. hij) i ) being known .. WC?H,n fd1l.,N?L?;,ty Min'-r.ia, N. y!, Oct. 17. Mrs. Bianca I'" S niiu-q inriitH ho nn n ryharcrw ot limino,. fr,r. ,hr,;T,cr v.Qr Vinah-infi ' : V .rt U,t:8: "UI.mK WiBi'r. Lii-;t : rjH.i m ti in" ru-,ioav of their son on l! ;f nleadd not guilty through her seM 'torney here todav Trial was he first week in November. 4 CONFERENCE OF ALLIES. (By Associated Press). 4 Washington, Oct. 17. While of- r ncial announcement is being with- held, it is practically certain that I kjLdica win uc icyic- t Jm c r-n 4- - f Vi I ii ii ... "l dl1 lu uauons at war against 4 Germany, which probably will be 4 i 4-held in Paris. 4 ' J Secretary Lansing today author- izeu tne statement tnat it dennite- ly had been decided that there 4 would be a conference and that 4 the United States was consider- 4 1 aeiKCTCoV-t i", k 3 I 4 possibility that it would be decid- 4' i ed to do so. 4 4 4J 4 4- 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 "4 GERMAN AVIATORS BOMBARD UGY 1 ' Ten Persons Killed and 40 AY IJ : I M:ki.' nuuuucuinaouMgma dently some who fail "to understand! Raid. ithe gravity of the situation, and whoj (do not hesitate to advocate strikes at j (By Associated Press.) Ithe present ime as a means of fore-! Paris, October 17. Ten persons; ins: the government to at once de-1 were killed and forty wounded in a cide whether the wage increase agreed! , ; ; '.. bec-'bardment of Nancy last night by to at the meeting recenly held atC6mmittee Will Hear Evi-Must be a Reduction in Con German aviators, the war office an-. Washington by the operators and min-j '1 I oFolUttf-'Q fncf, I sumntion to Mfeet no.mces. On Mondoy and Tuesday crs of the central district should just- ; tienCeAn 1 Ollctte S Vase sumption to IVieet twenty-five German airplanes were destroyed by the French or com-; avia-iPelled to land in damaged condition ThcoEiraunicatton - follows "At 6 o'clock last nigftt enemy avia- tors bombarded Nancy violently. Nu-' merous victims among the civilian population are reported. Ten were killed and 40 wounded. "On October 15 and 16, five German airplanes were destroyed, four by our Dilots. one bv SDecial cannon. . ' - : I . 1. 1 i Lilt: w' l LV7i aim iiimcio " i i "In addition 20 enemy machines fell as tnat under no circumstances damaeed within the German lines lnlv,j tu r t the course of eight aeriarcombats. (united States at the present time b- "Our bombing squadrons made a d to , diminish number of expeditions. Numerous! If either the operators or thp min - projectiles were dropped on military ers attempt to bring presSure upon me establishments at Voikingen, railwav.to reach Pa decision. I shall nostnone stations at Thionville, Mezieres-Le3-jit Metz, and Woippy and factories at Ha- . rt-s gondange, and Rombach nrr nrnn remain i IFFICEBS F II SERIOUS C H : ; R G L Accused of Brutally Assault ing and Whipping a Private at Camp Wadswprth t . Spartanburg, S. C, Oct. li. Captam ma-;Howard E. Sullivan, commanding bat - !tery D 105th field artillery, New York j 1" 'J' and 4 of his non-commissioned f officers will face charges at Camp" 'Wadsworth today of having bratally 'ccaitPH and whipped Private Otto r,vc,,Qlt Tho nriva nrvv.-din:r to the story told by other parties, had i been ui and should have been in a ' . n n i . st xj , r,f 9 minor I infraction of miiitary rej .g alIegcd tnat at GaDt: ,-.r)(. fniir nffirprs ?m riii l l. lit! VVCLhS ftuiiij vi. - gulations and ain Sullivan S direction, four officers took Gottschalk tr the rear of the kitchen tent, threw . - i i . , ,t -a utr ; rVi an1 thpn rampn mm im iuiu a uun., j ... i,.- ,v, i,Q wqc- scmh- 'o a- vain uuuoc ""cj " u - pri with Eand and then beaten with . ... Eri.ivn.o. Military omciais at mo camp icm U discuss ,.the matter toaay otne. than to say that it has been officially reported to General Philips, command ing the 27th division. TEN CONGRESSMEN EN ROUTE TO EUROPE (Hy Associated Press.) Washington, Oct. 17. - Ten Con - gressmen, traveling unofficially, but rarrvinff snecial nassoorts, arranged n ri for hv the State Department, are onition, i: that "the city larmer is aomg ; , 0 tn Eurone to visit the war - j fronts and fraternize with the parlia representatives 'of the Al- liiiu ' r , montnrv renresentatives ui mc i- Tt, hn nartv are ttenresenta- Svcb Dale of Vermont; Taylor and Timberlane, of Colorado; Hicks, ot .'New York: Johnson, Dill and Miller, nf WflRhinston: Goodwin, of Arkan-r .TJ t' fnrm.r tativ0 stont. of Montana, and Ross L. Hammond, a Fremont, , Neb., editor, a.nd others. . - ' J WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, WED, NESDAY AFTERNOON, OfcT. 17, 1917. TEHFEBEHGE WITH GOAL SUPPLY 'ILL BE ALLOWED Fuel Administrator Garfield: hssues Warning to Opera- j tors and Miners. GOVERNMENT MAY TAKE OVER MINES Men are Urged to Consider the National Emergency and Resume Production May Use Power. (By Assoclater Press.) Washington. Oct. 17. Federal Ail-: . . , , , , , , mimstrator Garfield today warned1 ' cuai operators anu miners, nete strikes have occurred 01 ire impend-. " ---- - .. i r i J : i C i. . : ed to be threatened by strikes. : A,. , ... T . ., ' After a conference with John P.; White, president of the United Mine ; worners over striKes canea or im-. pending in Illinois, Ohio and Indiana, j Mr. Garfield sent a telegram to oper-; ators and miners alike giving notice;. that the government would deal most! ol1 ... TnB ,ntnn ,3rLZ rr;: rfw ; r " ' l ernment prices to meet wage increas es After a conference, Mr Garfield sent an appeal by telegraph to miners and; '.operators to consider thenational em-; jergency and resume production. j Ihe tucl aammistratoi s tewgraiJ (follows: "American citizens engaged in .the :; mining ui I'uai, wutiiii upeirtiuis ui miners, are for the most part mind- ,ful of the fact that our country is at h war, and that the burden rests upon: .them to produce the coal needed with-! out interruption, uut tnere are evi- iv i0 covered bv an advance in the Drievs fixed bv 'the President. JOIN "The matter has been submitted to.i, ,''.. (By Assoeikte ls,t"" Arno nr. A nit rntieernert arPPTneeferf tn i ert-rvrerato T nm fHvinp- 1 - iTnmfHliar 1 n( pin4e attention to the Question 1 Fanu hope to reach a decision at an ' cariy date. The only circumstances within my control which will delay !nqt decjSi0n will be the violation of tne STiTit of the arrangement be-' U r. rv,;no, mi;oll i and use whateVer powers are neces-i sarv to COmoel the production of coal ! bai y lu cuuipei tne piuuutuuu ui lual to meet the country's needs." FINAL SESSION OF SOOTR'S CONGRESS Ninth Annual Convention of Southern Commercial Con gress Ends Today. (By Associated Ptcss.) , New York, Oct. 17. The Southern ; Commercial congress closes its an nual convention here today with sev- pa sectional meetings, a reception at Columbia University and a luncheon 'in honor of W. P. G. Harding, gov- frnor of the Federal Reserve Board, and F. W. Norris, of the Federal Farmj t t- oan .ot.ra. t The woman's auxiliary meeting to ' day will be addressed by -William D. TTnehaw rF Atlantic. pnH Tadv Aber-! jr. r.'.-r.jif1oTit nf ihe Tntprnatinnal I Wn ' n rnnrrns, Refnre the en- . ,, ,.c,rr.u s"""s . resources or uie ouuiu anu mtm ue-i . . . j- 1 , c-i..ii- j iu-!- .1 elonment alter tne war, wm oe uis-i V eiuuiiifill. m ici vic ai , vv in uio hv T, TI P,;,pkpiond Dr. Rav ilTn nJi,;?; JIUJUll r. XicHJUll, Ul LittJ umiciouj 7lttsburgh, and others. . At tonight's session of the Con gress Ambassador Boris Bakhmetieff, ; i of Russia;' Frank A. Vanderlip, w. v. G. Harding, Hamilton Holt, .of New Yorkt John Clausen, of San Francis-1 co, and L. S. Rowe, assistant Secre- f. -y of the Treasury, will deliver au- ! c --nses: ' f.1inrte T. Park, nresident of the 'Jatinnal Emergency Food Garden! i Comi iission, addressing the agricul-j 'tural section, said the South was j j break ig all records in food produc-tVj his - bit. as never before. Alluding, to Alluding, tojArixia. what har. been done in this cennee- Jhile in Lie war of, 1875, these prov tion in ViFgipia, eKntucky, Miss's- ;nee were ceded provisionally to wv-n biptu uiiu other -States, particularly through, the co-operation of women Mr. Pack said: "Thfi F5outbT is doing her bit. Well njayjthe rest of the country look to her recor da""1 remember that geo-iof Rsen-.tranhicallr - r.i;.T be a South. and a , North, -but fr6m a patriotic-point of - view, the war sardeners know no boundaries. - : - - FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE SOCIALISTS flFTE! IGlELIS'SCILPi Threaten to Oppose New War Credit Unless Chancellor Resigns. ! (By Associated Press. 1 Amsterdam, Oct. 17. (British Arl ! miralty per Wireless Prcos). A Gcr- man Socialist ' newspaper unys the Socialist: have decided to vote against the new war ere .lit of !., j 000,000,000 marks wh'ch is io bo s::b- 1 mUtc a to the l:lclt' i Dccetubf-r, j unless Chancellor Michaelis resias. ELxCt-r.t. for the' independent Soo::il- I isfe, i-epvesenicd in the Reichstag by abcut 0 deputies who broke av?.y 'roiti the paity last year, thp Soeial- ists have Miopcrtcd i-y Gorman sv- . , .,, rrnsncnl through tae war and volcd 1 ILi. Hie Well cecair. l-'C.eCtlOn Oi tile rnfrf. C!nrinli".f hrfv r',r . 1-? --v.Vi - woina represent v. ser.-;tii uiviSion, m- 1 the Sccial i;emoerat:; ana ,ic, ... e -- s-cL..t? have 108 seats, a grer.tei than any other party. the Indencnt Socialites combined number Admiral von CaoePe' m'ent in t1- Rechsa- of the n break ia the German navy with his . . ,.. T , , luoiiiuduuiio HIUL Uliee lliueuenuenc the movement, arrayed against the government the whole Socialist party, : already displeased with the attituds Rekhst resolution ana by his hV,r,t ' nf nnn - Tho Vorwaerl of Bcrl5n f great Gcrman Sociali::t or5dn dec!ar. .j - P!lotlnnftl. tnat tne 'socialists woulu oppose him vmreientingly - l stpoiemeiit of IIIESTICAIIONi J - INOVember ZC. ! - W ashmgiOl 0t. -.Alfr Further in v e&uga,iiuu nuu me accuracy 'u siaiu- nients made by Senator LaFollette in I n's St. Paul speech will be postponed Intii November 26, when hearings will j'oe helu Chairman Pomerene of the in- I vestigating committee announced to- da- At that time the committee plans to call witnesses, including former t - r Secretary Bryan, who will be asked if ; he endeavored to have the President prevent the Lusitania from sailing, as the Wisconsin senator alleged. Sen- 'ator Pomerene denjed that the tern-j i oraiX Postponement of hearings i had ! an7 significance,, the action . being ,n of the committee to visit their home f atoJoo Kr,- Pnnowcc. r... ,-,t-c ! IV U . I v VOUsi r 1 V V V IlT O IIX ' I December. I Chairman Pomerene said that when ' ran i the herrings are resumed, Senator La- CICOTTE REVEAI ,S I Follette will be given an opportunny ! "QHIlMt - R A f I QFPRFT i to cross examine witnesses or make OiiiWE. XLuL OlwrvJu k any statement in his )wn behalf that : ihe may desire. He declined to say, Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 17. The secret ; whether Secretary Lansing and other of Eddie Cicotte's "shine" ball is that ; government officials would be called to 'there isn't, ahd never has been such j testify. 'a thing. i I ft k a tnvth Hevise.d fnv its nsvr.hn- SECRETARY BAKER IN CLEVELAND (Jiy Associated tn-ss.i I Cleveland, O., Oct. 17 Secretary j j Baker addressed a mass meeting; nere today in support of the second j peculiar way to make the batsman Liberty loan. His message to the think I was doing something to it. I thousands who heard him was of the j wasn't reallv, but others thought I enormous money neds of the country iwa Felsch started the talk going at m its fight for the freedom of the st. Louis got Fielder Jones all work .orld. 'ed up about it, and tne first thing we Subscriptions at noon amount to ' knew the .shine ball was an eglaD. $76,000,000 for the Fourth Federal Re-ilisned fact in most minds." serve msirict. KM MO CH IHII FRIENDLY j , n to be Ke - DU: ls lill 11C4 LlV- ivciauuiis .., 1 A' Cm. D 1 uuicu ruici a urcuK. Oi . Se Yea ven rs. . j (By Associated Press.) Lima, Peru, Oct. 14 The Peruvian .,and Chilean governments are repOrt- ed to have arranged for the simul- taneous re-estpblir-hments of legatiops at Lima and Santiago. diplomatic relations between Peru and Chile were severed in 1910 owing the long standing dispute over pos- ession of the provinces of Tacpamd vnxia. After the defeat of Peru by Cniio by Peru with the understanding that after ID years a plebscite should be held to determine whether Jthey should revert to Peru. The j plebscite vas not held( partly because revolutionary outbreaks in Peru, and the . conflicting . claims for the provinces have been' for many years a source or friction between these na tions. .. lillKS 1 THE SPECIAL TAX However,, of the $17,500,000 Due, Government Has Col lected $10,000,000 VALUE OF ENTIRE FLANT DEDUCTED Some Manufacturers Put Down Their Plants as Worth Nothing The Voluntary Payments , (By Associated Prpss.1 Washington, Oct. 17. Internal reye- nu; agents have reported that eva sions of the special tax of 12 1-2 per font h.v mnnitimi manufacturers Imvo tnrallofl cn so rar, approximately $17,000,000. More than 10,000,000 of that sum already having been recov ered by the government. The amount of fax voluntarily paid by the munitions manufacturers last year was approximately ?26.300,000. rns, notified them that in many sum actually due the government c i ui luc mciuuun ouiu lv uovi; es was to charge off a large percent- age. of the value of a plant under fhe bead ot depreciation, in some cases to have been deducted from the prol it.f thp nnnoam inrn ing made that at the end of the war the plants would be of no further use. ti10 nracti k caul t n-ivo hnon miun general, ana to nave oeen toiiowed oy some of the largest manufacturers. . Isobar shortage BECOMES SERIOUS . ' Conditions. ' (By Assopiateu Ticss.) Washington; .-Xteto--'; lTTfeo" "Food "umujiouaijun luunj 0.-1110 iu American people to reduce the con- sumption of sugar in order to miti gate the effects of the shortage which threatens to extend over the Eastern States.. No relief is in sight before late in November when the Hawaiian and Western beet crops reach the market. Failure of the general public to ob- I serve conservation recommendations and the -export of product to meet French needs, are chiefly responsible - the situaon is iird t (Smce retailers have eceived then Zv I n,. there is no reason, it is said, foi a rriep fldvannp f linn? the temnor- UV.-.UC3 a. ary scarcity. Jogical effect. This admission was made by Cicotte today while passing through here with other members of the new world's champions. "Han Felsch and I framed it on the training trip," said Cicotte. "The idea was to rub the ball in a GONCRESSMfl AT. STATE FilRl ! !Miss Jenette Rankin Spoke 1 -p j T t lUUfty J-CiiiWi ciLy in - . i, uovernmeni. :r 3y Assoclatea Press.) ! Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 17. Escorted i by women marshals, mounted upon I horses,.' "Miss Jeanette ,Rankin mem- ber of Congress from Montana,, head-. ed a parade today . through the prin- cipal streets of Raleigh to the North I Carolina' State Fair grounds, where i she delivered an address on "Democ-j ing of ' the contestants day after day, racy in Government" at the dedica- (the interest of the public is gradually ,tion of .the woman's building." jtfncreasing." The total votes cast have Miss R.ankin touched upon recent (been larger almost every (ay, and labor troubles in Butte, and asserted . more and more friend's of the candiT the striking men there are led by a 'dates' are faking 'part in the voting, "group of men who are serious mind- Some of the candidates have already ed, earnest, loyal workers." "It is passed the 55,000 mark, others are .unpatriotic, for labor to strike with-'V-ery near that mark," and those who out just cause," declared Miss Ran- afe farther down the list could easily :Jun, "but it is equally unpatriotic far they have made, calls in quest of sub capital to take adavntage of.; men f scriptions would place them there, v'hose patriotism causes, them to con- Every candidate has friends who are tinue to work under conditions that mean that, they are. daily unnecessar- ily risking their lives and the support of their families. DES FOYERS -ui 4 4' 4 4.. 4 4 4 f ' , 4 FIGHTING AROUND OESEL. 4 s . (By Associated Press). 4- v- sian war office has comdetelv lost 4 1 touch with the Russian forces on 4 the Island of Oesel, it was official 4 ly announced today. i" . Naval skirmishing is continu- ; 2 ing in the waters around Oesel 4 4 island, off the Gulf of Riga, Rus- 4' 4 sian patrol ships having had .en- 4J 4 counters with German torpedo 4 4 craft. ' 4. 4 A fleet of Zeppelins is report- 4 4 en nvpr Mnnn cnnnH nnrtliai af -.f JS. 4 Oesel island - One German dreadnought which ran into the Russian mine Held, defending Oesel island, on Octol her i? ctrur.ir rr.inQ Vl X .Known. - . , . , ... . . . - v NO COMMISSION FROM CIVIL LIFE .General Bliss Stops Issuance of J Commissions For Awhile, at Least. r - T. i TTT 1 . . ' t wusiiiiigion, uctooer 1Y. General . Blis3, chief of staff of the army, has abruptly ended the practice of com missioning officers from civil life to ihe staff corps of various branches of ? the army and calling them into active nery' to' na3 neatly improved.V Ong . ;;vj Kp, i i r crew saw a spar of a sunken hip the v .' i seivice before actual need for their j other day which they at first ; though services exists. ; was a periscope and - shattered it at Indications that the practice has 2,'900 yrds, ' 'mu ' grown out of all bounds, particularly L New ideas also have beenand ar;;,--in the medical, signal and quarter-' constantly -being ;worked out,'.withtv-.'i;.r, 1rt, , . . r , ..view to rendering the work i of "tho, 3 : V masters .corps, led the chief of staff .l SUDmarine increasingly diffcnl- f For i 'r to take his action, . I instance, two officers working-on de:.'( The effect of the order will be to ; signs for new destroyers T have, s inHJvj holdup temporarily a number of com-i?duce$ toaJ n ea5i5 missions, including those of many men f:aarille game; !Si!ii:6thers:h.aye feug-'ti i " ui me aying corps, wno nave graa- uated from the ground and fivinc schools. In no case, however, will any j here, each destroyer has taken many "V' L man whose services are needed, fail turns at patrol duty.' This means five V ' to get a commission eventually. j or six days away from port in varying U The expansion of the line of the " fcinds of weather when the routine if -; V army was carefully worked out byj'"eat, sleep, stand watch and get "sea- ' the staff and carried out in such a j sick." -" ". ''"'r f:-: jvay that there are few instances! Occasskmally this rdutine Is broken .1 : where even a charge has been made 1 5by the call to general ' quarters, usual-1- that political or other influence had j ly caused by the presence of a U-boat . anything to do with the appointment j or crew of a torpedoed ship. .:.;Y$ : of an officer. i Every destroyer has to its credit at.'L'-'S-- in the stan corps, however, every ; department had been besieged with I requests to commission men who were regarded as having peculiar qualifications. Hundreds of commis-1 sions, it has heen said, have baen is-i sued with the understanding that; when a place developed which the holder could fill, he would be assign J ,ed to that duty. A Subscription Paid This Perio Win Diamond Ring or Oth e .jbe Sure of Winning Until Cast and' THE PRIZES. $775 Briscoe Automobile-. FOrd Touring Car. $200 in Gold. $100 in Gold. $93 Furniaire Suite. $75 Columbia Grafonola. f 50 Merchandise Order H- Fuchs Depar.tmen At J. W. ment Store. 1'5 wrist vvatc $25 Wrist Watch. Two $60 Diamond Rings. Ten per cent, commission to i' all non-winners, who remain active, - on money or new sub- v scriptions. V 5 With the constant changes that I are oocuring in the published stand- willing to assist' her, as soon as theyjes know that their aid is. desired, a fact that many,':t)f the candidates have learned, to their great delight, as PRICE FIVE CENT& MA VE X ft: During the Five Months, They -;! C Have Steamed 875,000 r.t Miles. i - MOST EFFECTIVE IN FIGHTING U-BOATS American Vessels in European . W aters are Kendering iitrecr tive Service in Rescuing People and Combakihg?; t (Associated; Press Correspondence); LhBa41f AmerItcan- FlotUTla B'1:. VJfJ' IT' 3 " v, m ! ?0nths o .acte servif that. ..they ! have seen in the war the American , i : I peace. And what makes the figureI M Tall the more impressive, is that :th'ey v Vt" ! :have been reached without the' losi; tr: ! fgie life, or a very serious mishap to any of ..the units. " . . ; " v-fil The Americans can claim noi4all part of the credit for the gradual de-. -I' crease in shipping losses. First " Of all, the addition of their units ; to the.; allied forces, patrolling as they do, an. ! ; area as large. as that bounded rough-v . ' v, ' ly by the great V formed bj$Iew .''1 V! l!York. Detroit and Knoxville was cer- . taiu to make life leS3 comfortable .tot0 li i. ulu iif Al nic Jn.iir L lytxuzy cx im plied all the tactics of the long ex 'i :f perieneed British and in.Vsome'fiii j'?l: 'Stances improved onthem. Alt'; de 3 i stroyers added to their equipment: qtrnvorc! finnan, r n rnoir pnni.nni0Ti.n ..... j 1. 1 XT J t : '.v1. W' oepin . cuarges anu uuier uevices.:);.-;:i:- s Then tne crews learned soma-more about the blfsincss of smoke screen- A't.'k ing a merchant fleet while they; beat ;' uu. uie aiiacKing suulu.cuj.ub wiia.guu. . fire and depth charges. Their gun- gested changes in gun .nnng..';j i-g;iV-.; in the neriod' of active service over least one encounter with a subma- ; rine, while some Of the more, fortun--; ate have stalked .two or three undeW.i; water craft. At" no time, -however, .V have ' the submarines shown . fight " They always avoid a meeting.1 :'" ' ' ,:; The depth charges-are feared most t: by the U-boat commanders. , These ! weapons, as announced recently 'by ' " (Continued on Page Eight) ' : 1 d Will Help Your Favorite r Prize No Contestant Can ; "j; Last Vote Has Been Counted. they have made calls in qust of sub-7 : scriptions. There are some , who , are so interested in'.certaia 'jandpv-,::-. dates that they have not waited for -them to go after their , subscription. ;. . but have come into the office. and - ' paid it and -asked that " the ; votes', be credited to a certain candidate, ' if : you have not given your subscription':' to your favorite; NOW-THIS : PE- v - RIOD is, the time. - Look at the list of candidates and if your favorite's name is not among the, leaders -then ' give hor a yearly, subscription-and ; . put. it t.here . ' . , ; - . 'A !SM' y.': As was auac ttneed in the., begin ning, this is not a. popularity ; or ?a ' 'T' beauty contest and neither? of thesd qualities will make a winner ,The vH winners will- be those vno -keep" busy until the close. ' While many of the candidates have done excellent work,.'- yet there 4s .-' room for still greater effort and the v majority of the candidates will , find, " V ! when it is : too late,, that they have rested on their oars, , 2elievingihat Y Ihey had the victory , won,- when Jhey t should have been oujt hustling I for; subscriptions. The ; winners in ? this : kind of a ;contegt can jievef 'be" ,'surp A that .they have won until the judges count the votes and ' award the prizes'; at the close -: of the contest. Each i candidate who wants , one-f i the priz should: do, hec; best;. this period,; to. secure ' as " many of "the '$15 ; clubs as possible. JVV''H:-v""" ?:'t : i (Continued on , Page Seven). .v . ': r 1 1 I'."';;! J Wi .r'';-1 ! v : 1 r 1' t r at' i , ' ' ' )" M '