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' -i - WEATHER FORECAST' - . " iortn Carolina: l-air tonrght ani Wednesday, except probably, local rains in northeast. Warmer tonight in north; colder Wednesday. v . i ISPA ? " . -a a; ,a-AAA , -v -i A . 7-vV-V1- - '- - ' . - . a - ca, EDITION TCI VOL. XXIII NO 364. In the Recent Engagement With Russian Fleet at Gulf of HRiga GERMANS MASSING WARSHIPS IN BALTIC In Anticipation of Attempt of All.oo to FnrrP FntranrP Allies Make Gains on West-f ern Front Aerial Activity t' Increased Artillery Ac tion Fifteen Gorman fighting ships, in rliNlins; ivu dreadnaughts, were put out of iK'iiin by the Russians during Tne acion l:'.st week in and aiv'l ih. islanii- ir the end of the Guli oi Hii. Ti ' Russian admiralty says ili, n' : ' 'r fate of the larger ships is no! known, but that it has been es-tabl'-b ! the Germans lost at least six torpedo boats. Tho overwhelming superiority of how- tii1' ui i inau ix ci t ai i. w i v c;o tuiu, iiu v j ever, and the Russians were forced to retire with their units intact, except for rlip battleship Slava and a large dps trover. The Russians are now protecting the southern entrance to ihe Gulf of Finland, where it is re ported German submarines were ob served Sunday. OseL Moon and Dago islands now are completely in the possession of the Germans wlio claim also the cap ture of 20,000' prisoners, 100" gun and war material. The Germans also have reached the mainland of Esthonia, oh the Werdef jpeninsula which just into Moon sound opposite Moon island. An unofficial report from Stockbolrh says that the Germans have gathered a larce numbo of submarines and de stroyers in he waters around East ern Dniv.n'.k in anticipation of an at tempt by an Entente fleet to force its way inio the Baltic to aid the Rus sions. Mukt i p oration s undertaken by the French : nd British yesterday from j. PoeUaiulle northward to tho Houth-i nulsi forests were most successful. Heavy - ,ualties were inflicted on the Ce ;.:; ns and Field Marshal Haig reports capture of 200 prisoners. East of Poelcapelle English troops oapiun-rl : . I I VJ LL f-y I J 1U1 IIULU J UllUlllft I anc r- ion'ots on a tront ot aDorn a, milM and a half and .southeast of the vill !ie ' :!,er appreciable gains were made. From the Ypres-Staden rail way n. -he Houthoulst forest the Biiii !i lv;)nced their lines on a two mile fronf beyond the southern boun dary of ihe forest. The southern de-i fenses of tho forest and other strong j wini ; wore lost to the Germans. JNear the center of the attacking front, astride the Ypres-Staden railway, the Germans made counter attacks and succeeded in checking ' British at tempts. Berlin officially says that on the! Mt rdr-Vpr.. road southeast of Ypras "stroncr British attacks broke down completely." Neither Field Marshal Continued on Page Eight) LIBERT JL VLsJ T"-i " "So jsjonmiated in the Liber ty Bdhm-' Sacrifice Some- thing V7 'Nellie, a V eteran of the French Front Dies of Battle Wounds (By Associated Press.) Washington, Oct. 23 Nellie; the celebrated war dog, brought to this country by the Belgion mission, is dead. The passing of a member of the mission itself would scarcely cause more brief among them. At the first battle of Ypres, Nellie trotted faithfully along beside her owner, a British officer, into the rain of shrapnel and high explosive shell with only the thought of be ; - ; :oar her master. He fell. She, only wounded wandered about No Man's Land until picked up by Major Osterreith, of the Belgian First reg-i ment of guides, to whom she trans ferred her allegiance. In the trenches, for many months, Nellie lived with the Belgian regi ment, always ready to "go over the top" with her new friends. Twice she was wounded by shrapnel, but she was a wire hair fox terrier of breed ing and character and never thought of deserting. Whe4 Major Osterreith came to this country with the Belgian mis sion. JScllie .ame along, . and thou sands df Americans have seen her twinkling little eyes and her stubby wagging tail acknowledging their at tention and kindness. Now Nellie is dead. The cause Drobably was a combination of . wounds and age, but she always will be remembered by her comrades as a real heroine, who went into mattle without faltering and was faithful to , her friends to the very last. GOOD CAMPAIGNING BY BOY SCOUTS rBv Asscciated Press.) 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- $3 000.000. according to HUg ui"'v f ' f returns receiveu iuuay xl zation's national hearquarters here. ; This achievement far surpassed that ; of the first day of the Scout campaign j for the first bonds. I ! FRANCE'S WHEAT NEED ' PS A DOG HEROINE line Dtcccn tuiiiv I IHil I Hi ill HUUH I FOR COMING YEAR . VANTAGE (By Associated Pres..) FOR THE GERMANS Paris, Sunday, Oct. 21. The pur-; chase abroad and transportation of (rvr As,BOciati Pross.t about 122,000,000 bushels of wheat and London. Oct. 23. The Germans last other cereals is one of the problems night attacked one of the newly cap of France for the campaign of 1918. tured British positions :in Flanders Four hundred thousand tons of ship- and forced back the troops holding nin" a month, wUl be required for the it, the" war office announces. Else importation of Supplies the country where the British gains of yesterday must get on tW outside. have been maintained. VICTOR Y. 'i i . PEACE iWfriShnll Rave, it Is dkid Subscribe WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, TUE SDAY AFTERNOON, LIBERTY BONFIRES ARE TO BE LIGHTED Ihe Signal Fire From Wash- ington Monument at the Capital LIBERTY BOND DAY GENERAL HOLIDAY To be Observed in All the States Relices for the Na tional Bonfire Wood From the Cape Fear (By Associated Pr-B8.i Washington, Oct. 23. Liberty Loan Day tomorrow will be a State as well i ".as a national holiday. Their interest in the day stirred by I n leiegiam sent out Dy secretary mc- Adoo, virtually (ill Governors have j proclaimed the day a holiday. Re sponses ot residents ot tne various States to the proclamations have been quick and generous. Arrangements Vi n xrck lr-nn moQ t r Vr1rl i-ii n. it" m tr i -1 all parts of the country to ur?re the 1 necessity of buying Liberty loan bonds. Thus far not a single Governor has declined to proclaim Liberty Day a Sate holiday in part, at least. Some fosnd it inconvenient to make the en tire day a holiday, so they made a holiday of the afternoon. Arizona and Oregon will' hive only half holi-i days. Almost every Governor who replied to the President's telegram added a few words of encouragement for the loan. The signal for the lighting of liber ty fires throughout the county will be given lonigm wnen mib. w . . j. l nir.. TXT l -r- I Adoo, chairman of the Woman's Lib erty Loan committee, lights a bonfire at the Washington monument, usin for the purpose a candelanrtrm which once belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte and containing a trench candle made in Quebec. Faggots to be lighted by Mrs. McAdoo are of wood from his toric 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, Cleveland, Jack son, Johnson and Polk. Illinois has contributed a piece of wood from Lin coln's old home and Missouri a piece from Grant's log cabin. Other contributions are: North Carolina, a piece of wood from lower Cape Fear, scene of the first armed resistance 'of the Stamp Act in 1765; Arkansas, a piece of the nag pole car- - rjed by Colonel Archibald Yell's regi- j ment in the Mexican war; North Da kota, a single from General Custer's headquarters at Old Fort Lincoln, and Florida, a piece of wood from the fa mous Desoto oak at Tampa. CIVIC EMPLOYES OF TRAINING CAMPS (By Associated Press.) Wash'ngtin, Oct. 2... An executive order Dubi'hed today cozceaU oivil employes of the training camp activi-'. ties commission from civil service re-! quirements and directs that those who have heretofore been paid from pri- vate funds, be paid from government appropriations Y Today. ALL OVER COUNTRY FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE 'J- millions. ;of Pounds of "4 SUGAR HIDDEN. 4 (By Associated "Press). Buffalo, N. Y., Oct 23. Feder- al secret service? gentg "today 1 reported to Washington the dis- covery in a Buffalo warehouse of 4 millions of pounds, of sugar in 'j bags and in barrels marked "top crust flour." Sfv 4" Notations on the packages in- olcated the sugar; had been com-4- s L, IeL eral agent who .iade a survey) i of the contents of the building, 4 it fiT a ll0.: SI Around immense piles of sacks containing the sugar, the I-'ed- ? eral agent said newfound a screen 4- 4-of other articles while some of the containers "marked 'top 4f sprinkled over the outside. 4- W, -- 4 4 4 4 ,4 4 4 GOAL PiHRS COiEIMO si Meet to Hold Conference With M Garfield on uationf r. Sit- Pittsburg, Oct. 23.-?Coal producers from every field in the. country were assembled here today ',to . disc"srs im portant questions in connection with the coal industry and , to hear an ad- dress by Dr. H. A. Garfield, national fuel administrator. "1 The problem of transportation which the coal men assert ' is one of the opuses of shortaere. i v receiving' att.en-! ivic-.tion The inefficiency, of labor, re-, " " -Z.7 T gardless of whether union or non union, is another phase:4hat is being put forcibly before the ibperators, and the actual necessity ..of -the industry i co-ordinating as a unit id uphold the government in coping', -with the pres- Jent coal crisis is stiltj -another feature receiving attention.- 1 1,, ? While these questions have been given attention by local Organizations of operators in the individual fields, never ueiure nag- uat,nni.in -ibuusio i tV ;r" ,j x i (u Dr. Garfield, who was to make the chief address of the day,, has been a?: sured by the coal men that he will receive the co-operation of the oper ators and what he had to say to the meeting today was expected to out-' line tlfe government's policy toward ! , -a tne coai men. LABORERS Ordered Strike Non-Union Labor Double Pay for Over-Time (By Associated Press.) Watertown, Mass., Oct. 23. -Iwol thousand union laborers erecting 12 1 buildings at the Watertown arsenal were under union orders to quit work tiday, in addition to 800 who struck yesterday. The men object to the em UNION nil ai WORK piuyiiieni oi nuii-uuiuu liiuui uj uue uL,metres. l lie crews are made up most the contractors and demand double iy of Dettv officers who have under pay for overtime work. L. C. Chadwick, representative of the local union, asserted that the strike was not called "to hinder the government in any way, but for the purpose o protecting ourselves against the breaking- down of our wage and working system.". Col. T. C. Dickson, commandant of the arsenal, said that the union lead ers had refused to put their demands in written form so that they could i be forwarded to Washington. Government officials today declared that work on the new buildings at the1 r.rsenal here had not been seriously , delayed by the strike of union men employed by contractors. Not more than 250 men, they said, had respond ed to the strike call, issued yester day. GERMANS ANTICIPATE ATTACK IN BALTIC (By Associated Pioss.) Stockholm, Oct. 23. The military critic of the Svenska Dagbladct as sumes that Germany is anticipating an attempt by an Entente fleet to x a x 1 n.U!. force an entrance into the Baltic in, consequence of the German sue ! cesses in the Gulf of Riga. He says , that never since the war began has : such a number of German destroyers j and submarines been stationed in thej it contends that Sweden cannot give neighborhood of the Belts, the sounds up this trade even under the threat of between the islands of Denmark and j iosing her imports from America and the sound between Denmark and Swe- it is confident the government will as-den- ' sert Swedish rights. . . irorr-'-MJ PADimr "If the Parties in Swedish Rigs- rKr..cn LArUKlj ' dag believe American plans will be MANY PRISONERS 1 abandoned when men cherishing j greater sympathy for the Entente en- (By Associated Press.) , tered the government' says The Nya Paris, Oct. 23. An attack was made Dagligt Allchanda, "their illusion will by the French early this morning on the Aisne front, northeast of So:s-to American commands the situation sons. The war office reports that j as between Sweden and Germany will considerable progress-Was made along; be untenable. - On the other handiim the whole battle front and that. nu- less Sweden yields, she will get no merous prisoners were taken. . - j imports." . - OCTOBER 23, 1917, . THE DEATH KML OF THE ZEPPiM Disastrous Results of Recent . . Raid With Th iese Craft ? THE NEW MODELS OF IMMENSE SIZE : f Unwieldy and Hampered bvi i u mPea Dy . wmas unven DacK Trom I France 7,irirh l L1 :Z T" A 1 A. ' 1 x if 99 iTr ri nil h i iday of October 20 in the disastrous !( 22. Friednchshafen is in mourning raid over England, according to offi i over the loss of at least four Zeppe-jcial cablegrams received in Washing- lino in the raid on England, accord-! ton- hni; to advices received here from LA" Frn s exultant over what . T , ithe dispatches declare to be the great- Swiss towns on Lake Constance. The!est defeat ever administered to an air majority of the crews of tho destroy- fleet since the beginning of the war. ! ed Zeppelins lived in Frledrichslinf- The gratification is more intense be- ! en, where they received their train- cause !t is now known that -this Ger-1 j lug. The King of Wurttemberg has'i::la.n raid was an attemPt to carry out 'sent messages of condolence to the families of the lost in the raid. ,IC1ir aays Derore- . On that occasion, the German gov- ; Tne Swiss newspapers express the. ernment sent out a warning to both opinion that the disaster in France is France and England of dire punish- a death blew to aircraft of the Zeppe-.nient iin tyne. 1 The Swiss newspapers express the micrmation received here are 760 f-et long and 78 feet in diameter. 1 ' 1 They have eight engines developing 2,000 horse-power and are able to keen ! in the air 50 hours with a crew of 20 men and a Toad of projectiles. Failure of Raid. Paris, Oct. 23. Official examination Of the crews of the Zenelina cantnr " -'" xjvm ed in France on returning from the raid over. England shows that the ex pedition consisted of 13 airships which left singly from three depots on the; night of October 19. The raid waa!MB a n expected to last from 20 to 25 hours. ! The raiders made for the English ! coast, which was recognized -by light-! -houses. They were hampered con-' J WAV in v yi Ibldli ail L-l aircraft guns and by numerous search lights which caused them to drop al- mnc! oil i ...v, They were caught by a strong northeaSterly winds and when they attemntpd tn rptlirT, tn thpir h u- " , . , , ' their sistent ;7HT f T 1 s of the French dropped to the airship which fell intact into the lower altitude, her commander believ- 1 J T V . i (LI l.l L LI W T. . IIVZL litll I I I II t. I 1 1 I r- I I TT. Ill ing he was over Holland or Westphal I ia. The crew waved white flags. "It was not until after 8 o'clock in the morning that the commander became certain he was over France and at the , same time the Zeppelin was sighted 1 by French airplanes, which forced it to land. A little later the L-50 passed over! the L-49 which was then on the! gromd surrounded by French air-i pianes. me 1j-ou maneuvered: tor a landing in a neighboring wood, to give the members of the crew as good an opportunity as possible to save them selves, but one car was torn off. Part Of the crew escaped by means of parachutes. The car. afterwards was destroved by means of sDecial. Distols firing inflammable charges. The L-49 and L-50 belonged to the I super-Zeppelin class, measuring 65Qj feet. Their volume is 55,000 cubic j gone a special course of instruction. They were clad warmly in furs and leather garments. Subscriptions at Cleveland. rnovoioT,H nhin n.t 9-? A0r.vin J tions to the Liberty loan in the I Fourth Federal Reserve District this forenoon amounted to 'fici, 250,000. ! The 'quota is $300,000,000. AS TO S Mnat Country INot to Uive up j 1 raae W ltn uer- many (By Associated Press.) Copenhagen, Oct. 23. Comment from Stockholm newspapers concern ing the policy of the Unied States to wards neutrals is quoted by The Ber-!' lingske Tidende. The Artonbladet j sayS that the exchange of commodi .ties betwen Germany and Sweden, now commises only absolutelv necessities. be shattered. If Sweden gives way ycu ws siauneueu uv me yer-i c head-winds. At dawn the L-49, : ence wim men ana women ot couu- i i .,-.... ,...nannn mvmm mm fn n 1HLULI1 THESUBSCRlPTIOJSi TO LIBERTY LOAN J BELOW REQUISITE FRANCE EXULTS . OIER DEFEAT i Of Zeppelins in Recent Raid. 111 1VC11L 1 Planned for Great ! nofvif (By Associated Press.) Washington, Oct. 23. Germany probably lost one half of her total ef- fective fleet of super-Zeppelins on th a ieariul mreac or vengeance mane ! to follow what the Germans de- Clarea to be unwarranted and m- human attacks by British and French aviators upon peaceiui uerman vowns. ReDrisals were threatened in tin offi-1 Reprisals were threatened in an offi- icial German communication which in Part reads "For every brick which falls from peaceful German homes, whole rows of buildings will be overthrown in Paris" Fatal Railway Wreck. (By Associated Press. Athens, Ga., Oct. 23. Central of Georgia passenger strain running Ma- Con to Athens was wrecked near here woraham w killed and his srremar i Worsham was killed and his srreman perhaps fatally wounded. - - CFpDCTAPV ftyf' AIVVl AT NASHVILLE tary McAdoo will speak? here tonight in the interest of the Liberty bonQj campaign. Arriving eany ii ! of selling the bonds. Tonight there will be a torch light procession fol lowed by a pageant and the ceremony of lighting the Liberty fires on Capi tol boulevard I nnnn ho is fsrnpctAri tn hold a r.nnffir- l ties wrno nave Deen active in tne worK Secretary McAdoo will go to Atlan-iwas ta from here. J - ' - : -f 1 , i ;tX) i InnTiinnnu ifim i n r n in ! "11 I I II II I II II I II III I III hA HJ AT Dt H i DAY AT GiTEST OFFIl! .-. All Contestants Will Participate in "Battle of Ballots' 'This YS7 1, Will n;J Y;v and May Determine Wiriers of Two Automobiles X and Other Prizes 4 4 4 4 4 v TODAY'S LEADERS 4 .. .. 70,435 . . . . 70,230 70,150 . . . . 70,075 69.960 4 . . . . 69.820 .... 69.400 4 . . . . 69,250 2, 4. 4 4J Pauline Underwood & Mrs. A. C. Sessoms O' Flizahfifh Rnllard Sallie Garrell . . . . S Nettie Lewis i Ruth Teachey . . . . ! Bertha Allsbrook .i. Bernice Martin . . 4 . Three new leaders today. There will be much rejoicing in 1 Wilmington today, when the many ' fricnHc r f "IVTioa Paulino TTnrlovwnrkri liit,uuu vyi. undo uuiiuv iiu . see her name in first place in The I ! Dispatch contest. The people who port vere distressed because her name was aown in me list yesieraay. She demonstrates today that she is in the race, and in to win. LumbertOn also has cause to re joice. Mrs. A. C. Sessoms, who is their candidate, is in second place, and a close second at that. Mrs. Sessoms has had her name among essoins nas naa nex name among the leaders , on two different occasions previous to today, but this is the first time she has been so near the top. Friends of Miss Elizabeth Bullard will be glad to see her name among the leaders again today. All the other names on the "Honor Roll" today, are the came as yester day, although there has been a shift ing of positions. . Miss Sallie Garrell, Tabor, is fourth; Mis3 Nettie "Lewis, Chadbourn, is fifth; ; Miss Ruth Teach el. .Wallace, is sixth: Miss Bertha Allsbrook, AUsbrook,S. C, is seventh, J ?nd Miss Bernice Martin, Marion, S. C, is eighth. ' Everybody is getting ready for the big rush next Saturday, when the sec ond period of the contest and thS competition for the 460 Diamond Ring will come to "a close. Saturday will be a big day atcontest headquarters, .r . : -j.. : ? ' --t'' ' , ' - X ' PRICE FIVE CENTS To Reach-the Three Million- Minimum by Tomorrow Night - STRONG EFFORTS ONE TO BE MADE ARE TO BE MADE Ten, Thousand '" Dollars Subscribed By Peniteniten-S tiary Inmates and Cash Paid -1 by Them (B.v Associated Press.! Washington, Oct. 23. The Liberty Loan was still lagging today, on the C face of scattering unofficial estimates V to the Treasury Department. Offi-r i eials were hoping that the $3,000,000,: 000 minimum would be reached by to- morrow night, when the heavy anttcP Dated volume of ' Lihertv T)av nnlnn ;..v v 1 w ould be in hand. . i , Officials announced that there . was . ," 4 , little information at hand to lead them to belief that the $5,000,000,000 maxi mum would be reached, although they thought the sum might possibly v be v ; taken by an eleventh hour avalanche ; y; of subscriptions. , .:ff uonvicuon is ieu in many quar-. tt. v. t,, -n. ; '' lxo, luc J. i caoui j Liciai uucuu . CL.XX nounced, "that the $3,000,000,000 mark V,: can be reached by tomorrow night, vv Solicitors, spurred on by their failure : , to make desired gains yesterday, the first day of the last week of the cam ?;V paign, began anew today with inten-fAgv sified determination. It was, thought that if the loan total subscribed could v be brought by tonight up to approxi- ,,v mately $2,500,000,000, or $500,000,000 ' more than is in sight at present, there . might be a chance to reach the ZjC2'--000,000,000 mark tomorrow night, "the .' close of Liberty Day. . ' ! Liberty Day returns, heads of some!;';;:;i district committees believe, cmay ' reach $1,000,000,000. If they approxif' h$ : mate 60 per cent.: of this sum, they ;- : j probably will send the total for tthef 's! Officials said, to the concluslohthatv V oni tremendous response by' the.) J f1; entire "nation, with hundreds ofi thOU-v; ; sands of small subscribers, and nmny ' large subscribers participating,; Conld V, i 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. Cash was paid for these bonds. This - the largest subscription - report- ; ed from, any penal institution. rnH niamnnH Rinor :i: - if Dame Rumor can be relied upon. 4iAll of the candidates are hustling to secure as many of the big ballots for . 140,000 votes , as possible by 9 o'clock . Saturday night. ' We wish to say once more that the ' special ballots issued on subscriptions and the extra votes for each $15 r worth of subscriptions do ' not have A to be voted this week. They can be . held until the last day of the contest, A and their value will remain the same. ; It is only the subscription orders and ' ; the money that have to be turned In f by next Saturday night, in order to count toward the special i prize Jand ;A receive the high second period extra , ' votes. '. . . '0M ?' - "In time of peace prepare for war.V:A There is a bit of good, hard common ; sense in this quotation. Just who the; ; A author of this line was, we do - not A know, butwe do know that some of ;the A candidates in the contest have:'; adopted it as their guide' and slogan,5 , and that not even Uieir most intimate friends know what they have conceal ed for a defense to - be used In ' the closing 4ays of . the), "battle ot "ML- lots." . '' '. .. -.v;nA;AAA There is not a popularity or feety. A contest, as was stated ki th, Irtt an- A nouncement, and- neither of C these A; qualities will produce the ' winners. The ones who wim will lie those who A keep working steadily for' subscrip-;;; tions during the remaining days of the contest. ' Those who made an' ' early start were fortunate, but t to ; maintain their standing they will be; -' compelled to work hard from now unA til the end. Do not lose, through over-A: cpnfidence.,-r-"!:-:i -.-: ' 1" -.';t:;-S;AA The candidates living . outside ot Wilmingtonvcan mail their subscrlpA tions any ime Saturday and even ) i' though they do not; reach . the contest A Department; untH , Sunday1 or Monday, ' i they will be credited as "second . pe- J. riod business, and wilt count toward . thel special prize ; and the ' second ' pe- v riod ."club"' votes. : ' ' A A A, r ; Vi!. -ft: -..': . ,'3 , :t i r m
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