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LIBERTY LOAN
TOTAL 15 OVER
$3,000,000,000
$1,230,000,000 Subscribed in
“Liberty Day” Drive.
CHICAGO GIVES $50,000,000
President Wilson Starts Day With
Personal Subscription of $15,000
—New York Total Put at
$935,000,000.
Washington, Oct, 25. —Other dis
tricts did not live up to the lead set by
Chicago in Liberty day subscriptions
to the loan, but here are the latest offi
cial and unofficial figures up to early
yesterday aftwnoon:
Official Unofficial
Boston ...$205,700,000 $260,000,000
N. York .. 737,719,000 935,000,000
Phi la 54,940,350 250,000,000
Clev'l'd ... 192,769,600 250,000,000
Richm’d .. 73,543,000 115,000,000
Atlanta ... 14,410,450 35,000,000
Chicago .. 204,865,000 390,00,0000
St. Louis.. 53,417,050 115,000,000
Min’p’s ... 71,250,000 90,000,000
Kan. C 29,973,000 100,000,000
Dallas .... 19,252,950 50,000,000
S. Fran.... 73,247,300 125,000,000
Totals ....$1,731,088,000 $2,715,000,000
Storm conditions crippled telegraph
ic service and reports are delayed, but
It is believed that the subscriptions
carried sales up to and perhaps be
yond the $3,000,000,000 mark.
Washington, Oct. 25. —Treasury offi
cials are confident, with hundreds of
millions in uncounted subscriptions
still to be reckoned, that “Liberty day”
subscriptions from all parts of the
country had raised the second Liberty
loan to at least the $3,000,000,000 mini
mum, with prospects that the final to
tal of the outpouring of gold Would in
crease this figure.
Unofficial conservative estimates
compiled by the responsible officials
were that the Liberty bond sales in
the early hours of the day reached
$1,230,000,000.
These estimates, based upon incom
plete reports, brought the unofficial
loan total thus far to $2,731,088,000.
President Buys More Bonds.
President Wilson, who proclaimed
Liberty day, started the national work
with his personal subscription of $15,-
000. The president’s subscription
aroused the greatest enthusiasm. It
was his second —he had purchased a
SIO,OOO bond in the first loan. Almost
upon the heels of this announcement
came one that General Pershing’s ex
peditionary force had purchased sl,-
500,000 worth of bonds; that the vari
ous branches of the army had sub
scribed to more than $47,000,000 worth
and the Red Cross $500,000 worth. And
then came a telephone message from
Annapolis that the forthcoming ad
mirals had purchased $107,350 of
bonds.
N. Y. Estimate $935,000,000.
1 New York, Oct. 25.—Official sub
scriptions reported to date by the fed
eral reserve district show $823,578,950
subscribed with the unofficial estimate
placed at $935,000,000. Largest sub
scribers were: First National hank of
New York. $10,000,000 additional; Irv
ing National bank, $10,000,000 addi
tional ; Farmers’ Loan & Trust com
pany, $8,000,000 additional; John D.
Rockefeller, $5,000,000 additional; New
York Trust company, $5.000,000 addi
tional.
$50,000,000 for Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 25. —Chicago sub
scribed $50,000,000 to the Liberty loan
yesterday as its answer to President
Wilson’s plea to make Liberty day the
greatest day in the nation’s history.
U. S. ARMY TO FIGHT SOON
Yankees May go Into Action This Win
ter-Cold Weather Will Not
Stop Drive.
Washington, Oct. 24. American
sroops are ready to go into action on
■the western front and news may be
■expected at any moment now that they
have received their baptism of fire.
The American regiments will parti
cipate in the fighting throughout the
winter operations and will be heavily
re-enforced in the spring.
These are the inferences drawn from
Secretary of War Baker's weekly re
view of war operations on all fronts.
Issued here, which discloses that the
allies will not go into winter quarters
but will continue their terrible on
slaughts on the enemy without inter
ruption.
This means that as soon as the
American troops are deemed sufficient
ly trained they will be moved to the
firing line regardless of the season. It
is inferred that the American troops
are ready for action.
808 FITZSIMMONS IS DEAD
Former World’s Champion Heavy
weight Pugilist Pneumonia Vic
tim at Chicago.
Chicago. Oct. 23. Courageously
fighting till the final bell, Rob Fitzsim
mons. former world's champion heavy
weight pugilist and one of the great
est fighters that evt r held a world's ti
tle, died at the Michael Reese hospital
here. Death was caused by an at
tack of double pneumonia.
MME. JOSEPH SIMON
Mme. Joseph Simon, wife of the
French minister of finance, is one of
the most charming and interesting of
the foreign women who have accom
panied their husbands to Washington
when the latter were chosen as mem
bers of various missions. Mme Simon
has been entertained extensively.
U. S. DESTROYER CASSIN
WON FIGHT WITH DIVER
Warship Which Was Torpedoed Con
tinued Battle and Forced Sub
marine to Flee.
Washington, Oct. 23. —It was an
nounced that the American destroyer,
which had an engagement In the war
zone with a German submarine, and
got to port under its own steam after
being damaged, was the U. S. S. Cas
sia,
The Cassin was torpedoed while on
patrol duty on Tuesday, October 16.
Gunner’s Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram
of Pratt City, Ala., was killed by be
ing blown overboard by the explosion
and his body was never recovered.
Five others were injured, but not se
riously.
The navy department made this of
ficial announcement:
“The destroyer recently mentioned
in dispatches made public as being in
jured by a torpedo, was the U. S. S.
Cassin, commanded by Commander W.
N. Vernon; executive officer, Lieut. J.
W. Maclaran; junior, officers, Lieut. J.
A. Saunders, Lieut. L. R. Agrell, Lieut.
R. M. Parkinson and Assistant Sur
geon D. W. Queen.
“While this vessel was on her patrol
station a submarine was sighted on the
surface about five miles distant. The
Cassin Immediately proceeded at full
speed toward the submarine with her
crew at their battle stations. She
searched for about thirty minutes,
when the commanding officer, Com
mander Vernou, sighted a torpedo
about 400 yards away, headed to strike
the Cassin amidship.
“The officer rang for emergency full
speed ahead on both engines, put the
rudder hard over, and was Just clear
of the torpedo’s course, when it
broached on the surface, turned
sharply toward the vessel and struck
the stern of the Cassin. Fortunately,
only one engine was disabled, thereby
permitting the destroyer to remain un
der way, circliug in search of the sub
marine.
“After about an hour the submarine
exposed its conning tower long enough
for the Cassin to fire four shots. Two
fell so close to the submarine that it
was forced to submerge immediately
and was not seen again. The Cassin
continued to search until dark, when
it was taken safely into port.
“Vice Admiral Sims states that the
behavior of the officers and the en
tire crew was admirable. He com
mends the British navy for prompt
and efficient assistance rendered the
Cassin.
“Admiral Sims gives special credit
to Commander Vernou for his vigil
ance and prompt action which prob
ably saved the Cassin from total loss,
and also Lieutenants Maclaren,
Saunders and Parkinson, for their in
genuity in effecting temporary re
pairs.”
CHANCELLOR MICHAELIS OUT
Resignation Placed in Hands of the
Kaiser—Vice Chancellor Helffer
ich Ousted.
London. Oct. 25. —A wireless Press
message from Amsterdam asserts that
Chancellor Mlchaelis has placed his
resignation in the kaiser’s hands.
The opopsition to Chancellor Mi
chaelis has been growing steadily dur
ing recent months in Germany. It
started wit l the effort of the majority
socialists to obtain some definite state
ment of Germany’s war aims, and grew
more formidable when Mlchaelis evad
ed the issue. It reached a crisis when
Michaelis and Admiral von Capelle.
minister of marine, gave out the news
of the German naval mutiny in what
socialists soon saw was a trick to gain
a weapon by which Michaelis and his
junkerite supporters could crush liber
alism in Germany.
Amsterdam, Oct, 25.—A Berlin offi
cial statement says an imperial decree
has been issued, transferring social,
economic and political tasks from the
ministry of the interior to the new im
perial department of economics.
Vice Chancellor Helfferich is re
lieved of the administration of the
ministry of the interior.
THE VILAS COUNTY NEWS, EAGLE RIVER, WIS.
FRENCH CAPTURE
8,000 GERMANS
IN GREAT DRIVE
Smash Enemy’s Lines to Depth
of More Than Two Miles.
PERSHING IS UNDER FIRE
Several Important Villages and Three
Forts Taken During Advance
North of Aisne Yankee
Flyers Participate in
Attack.
Paris, Oct. 24. —In one of the swift
est and most dashing blows of the war
the French troops smashed through
the German lines north of the Aisne
to a depth of more than two miles at
bne point, inflicted heavy losses on the
enemy and captured more than 8,000
prisoners and 25 heavy guns and field
guns. Several Important villages also
fell Into the hands of the French, ac
cording to the war office announce
ment.
French Capture Three Forts.
The French achieved one of the
most important victories of recent
months’ fighting when they swept for
ward, capturing Allemont, Vaudesson
and Malmalson forts.
Premier Painleve announced the
drive “as a most important success.”
French forces now have reached the
brickyard at Chavignon, overlooking
the Laon plains.
With the French Armies in the
Field, Oct. 24. —The Lafayette esca
drille of American flyers is participat
ing in an attack on the Aisne deliv
ered in great force by the French
Gen. Pershing Under Fire.
American Training Camp in France,
Oct. 25. —General Pershing accom
panied one of the French generals as
far as the second German line in the
French attack on the Aisne front.
He was with Gen. Franchet d’Es
perey, at first observing the attack
from a favorable post some distance
in the rear of the French front line.
Then General Pershing suggested go
ing into the French trenches.
This they did, but General Pershing
was not satisfied and went on through
the shell fire into the first line of the
captured German* trenches and then
into the second line. General Persh
ing’s imperturbable attitude during
this time is the talk of the French
army.
Several American intelligence offi
cers watched the successful attack
made by French troops on the front
northeast of Soissons. The Americans
saw crowds of German prisoners pass
ing to the rear.
ALLIES TO AID ITALIANS
French and British Troops Re-Enforce
Cardona’s Army—Great Battle
Impending.
Rome, Oct. 25. —A great battle Is
believed to be impending on the Ital
ian front. French and British troops
are arriving to re-enforce General Ca
doryia’s army. The troops, which are
arriving from France by train, con
sist of many artillery units as well as
Infantry.
Berlin, Oct. 25.—An Austro-German
offensive has been instituted on the
Italian front, army headquarters an
nounced. German and Austrian Infan
try captured the foremost Italian posi
tions near Flitch and Tolmino and in
the northern portion of the Bainsizza
plateau.
Rome, Oct. 25.—The Austrians have
concentrated strong forces on the Ital
ian front for offensive purposes, army
headquarters announced. A large pro
portion of these troops are Germans,
and the war material employed is
likewise largely of German origin.
The war office announcement declares
the enemy blow will find the Italian
troops “steady and prepared.”
4 ZEPPELINS ARE SHOT DOWN
German Airships Which Attacked
England Are Destroyed by French
Gunners and Airmen.
Paris, Oct. 22. —Although at first It
was thought that the visit of the Zep
pelin fleet to France was an independ
ent raid, carrying out the threat made
in a German wireless message to de
stroy Paris in reprisal for French air
raids on German towns, it now is gen
erally believed that these eight Zeppe
lins, four of which were destroyed or
captured, were returning from Eng
land, that they had lost their bearings.
London, Oct. 22. —Twenty-seven per
sons were killed and 53 injured in the
British vaid. Lord French announced.
The material damage done by the
raiders was confined to houses and
business premises.
U-BOATS FAST PASSING AWAY
Figures Given Out by Shipping Board
Show Big Reduction in Losses
in Ships.
Washington, Oct. 24.—The rapid
passing of the U-boats effectiveness
was strikingly set forth in figures
made public by the shipping board.
The statistics, compiled from records
covering six months, show that of
every 200 ships sailing in any of the
submarine war zone, one is attacked.
One out of every 125 attacked is sunk.
MISS FLORENCE J. WADE
Miss Florence J. Wade, youngest of
the federal reserve chairmen of the
women’s Liberty loan committee, has
achieved remarkable results in her
campaign in the St. Louis district, her
home. She originated the plan by
which any person may buy Liberty
bonds on a payment of 1 per cent of
the amount subscribed and of 1 per
cent a week thereafter until the bonds
have been paid for.
NEW ARMY DRAFT
ORDER IS ISSUED
Registered Men Divided Into Five
Classes—Next Call Due
in January.
Washington, Oct. 22. —New draft
regulations, postponing the physical
examination of the remaining 7,000,000
draft registrants until they are called
for military service, and assigning the
men to five classes, thus determining
the order of their call to the colors,
were announced on Saturday by Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder.
It was indicated that January 1 will
be the date of the next call.
Under the .new regulations it will be
possible for a registrant to determine
whether he will be called la the first
500,000 additional men to be sum
moned, the second 500,000, or later
contingents.
Here is the new system in a nut
shell :
Five classes of draft registrants are
established approximately as follows:
First—Men with absolutely no de
pendents.
Second—Skilled farm laborers or
others slightly less available for mili
tary service than the first class.
Third—Skilled laborers and men
whose work is deemed vital to war in
dustries.
Fourth —Married men with children
whose families are wholly dependent
upon them for support.
Fisth —Cripples, mental defectives,
and those specifically exempted from
military service.
Registrants will be assigned to one
of these classes.
Under the new system local boards
will send out to each enlisted man on
its list a questJonaire or catalogue of
queries to be known as “No. 1,000,”,
going Into minute detail as to the fam
ily life, responsibility and adaptability
of the individual. These questions
have not as yet been made public. The
individual fills in the blanks with an
swers and returns the questionnaire to
the local board, having seven days in
which to do it.
After that the local board decides in
what class to put the selected man,
notifying him of its verdict.
GERMANS ARE DRIVEN BACK
Teutons Fall In Attempt to Land on
Esthonlan Coast—Kaiser Loses
Six Warships.
Petrograd, Oct. 24.—The Germans
have made an attempt at a second
landing on the Esthonlan coast. The
war oftice announces that they were
driven away by the Russians. The at
tempt was made near Maisekull
Manor, eight miles north of Werder.
Two German dreadnaughts, one
cruiser, 12 torpedo-boats and one trans
port were put out of action by the Rus
sians in the fighting around the islands
In the Gulf of Riga last week, but
their ultimate fate is unknown, says
an official statement issued by the Rus
sian admiralty. It has been estab
lished that nt least six Gennan torpedo
boats were sunk in the fighting. The
Russians lost the battleship Slava and
a large torpedo-boat.,
Berlin, Oct. 23. —More than 1,200
prisoners, a number of guns and large
stores were captured on Dago island,
the war office announces. In nine days,
the statement says, Oesel, Moon and
Dago islands, the key positions of the
eastern Baltic, have been acquired.
RIOTERS SLAIN IN AUSTRIA
Police Shoot Down Hungry Crowds
Clamoring for Food in Many Cities
—Munition Plants Wrecked.
London, Oct. 24.—The Austro-Swlss
frontier has been closed owing to the
serious Internal situation in Austria,
according to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Berne.
Several munition factories were
wrecked in recent food riots in Vienna,
Presburg, Brum and Laibach, the
rioters beifag mostly women, the ad
vices state.
The police report, according to the
reports, fired on the crowds, killing
and wounding many persons..
NAMES OF ANTILLES
DEAD ANNOUNCED
Official List of U-Boat Victims
Cabled by Pershing.
67 DEAD AND 170 RESCUED
Report Received at Washington
Throws No Light on Circumstances
of the Attack—No Torpedo
Sighted.
Washington, Oct. 23.—Sixty-seven
lives were lost when the army trans
port Antilles went down last Wednes
day by the torpedo of a German subma
rine. 'The official list of casualties,
cabled by General Pershing, shows 67
lost, total survivors 170 and one unac
counted for.
The casualty list shows that not all
the lost were Americans. The fire
men, of whom many were probably
killed by the explosion, came princi
pally from Spain and Portugal. Some
of the noncommissioned army officers,
among the American troops lost, were
men of foreign birth and now have
mothers living in Germany, one in Ber
lin and the other in Oldenburg.
No Submarine Sighted.
General Pershing’s report throws no
new light on the circumstances of the
attack and so far as is known neither
a submarine nor a torpedo was seen.
The list of enlisted men and others
from the middle West follows:
Private Ernest Eggert, infantry;
nearest friend, Miss Edna Barnett, 522
West Thirty-fourth court, Chicago. Pri
vate John Bright, infantry; nearest
relative, Mike Bright, 1241 Lake street,
Milwaukee. Private Arthur Erhart, In
fantry ; Ferr.vwash, Newport, R. I.
Sergt. Otto Kleber, infantry; father,
Paul Kleber, Moullische strasse, 2021,
Berlin, Germany. Corporal Abraham
Swartzberg, Infantry; New York, N. Y.
Private Roy Cottrell. Infantry; moth
er, Mrs. Alfred Cottrell, Clinton, Ind.
Private Lee W. Nelson, Infantry; cou
sin, Max J. Nowaczyk, 41 Prescott ave
nue, Grand Rapids, Mich. Private Jor
gan P. Lock, infantry; Kansas City,
Mo. Private Carl G, Morsell, Infan
try ; father, George Morsell, Vester
broglie, 47 Copenhagen, Denmark. Pri
vate Burrett Hamilton, Infantry;
Grapevine, Tenn. Private William L.
Faust, field artillery; Stony Creek
Mills, Pa. Private Edward L. Echel,
field artillery; address unknown.
Private J. McLaughlin, infantry; Wo
burn, Mass. Private Neptoln Bobin,
transport worker; East Savannah, Ga.
C. L. Tusburne, electrician, U. S. N.;
no address. H. F. Watson, electrician,
U. S. N.; no address. J. C. McKinney,
seaman, U. S. N.; no address. J. W.
Hunt, seaman, U. S. N.; no address.
Private Melvin E. Bradbury, medical
corps; Boston. Mass. Private Guy R.
Bosworth, medical corps; Milburn, N.
J. Seaman E, Eriksen; sister, A. Nil
sen, Lake Myles, la.
SENATOR HUSTING IS BURIED
Wisconsin Congressman and State Of
ficials Attend Funeral at May
vitie.
Mayvllle, Wis., Oct. 25.—The funer
al of United States Senator Hustlng,
who was accidentally shot and killed
by his brother Gustave, on a hunting
trip last Sunday, was held here, the
interment being in the family plot at
Graceland cemetery. The active pall
bearers were members of the Blue
Wing Hunting club, of which Sena
tor Husting was a charter member,
and the honorary bearers included
Senator La Follette and the 11 Wis
consin congressmen.
The religious services, held at the
home of the late senator’s sister, Mrs.
Belle Lamoreaux, were conducted by
Rev. Frank B. Dunkley.
Among those who attended the fu
neral were Governor Philipp, Lieuten
ant Governor Dithmar and delegations
of members of the legislature and
state and federal officers.
Business was suspended throughout
the town and flags were at half-staff
all over the state.
SAVE OR FACE BREAD CARDS
Food Administrator Says Hoover Will
Act —Drastic Steps Will Be
Taken.
Chicago, Oct. 23.—“ The people of
America either will save and serve
with Hoover now, or, a little later
they will stand in line with bread and
meat cards, as they have to do in
Germany, with police to keep them
in order.”
This was the statement of Harry A.
Wheeler, national food administrator
for Illinois, In amplifying the order of
the food administration for meatless
Tuesdays and wheatless Wednesday’s
in all public eating places.
COAL STRIKE LAID TO I. W. W.
Department of Justice Will Be Asked
to Prevent Further Agitation
at the Mines.
Chicago, Oct. 24.—Federal authori
ties are not only to be appealed to for
an adequate coal supply for Chicago,
hut the department of justice Is to be
asked to hunt down I. W. W. agitators,
socialists and other pro-German pro
pagandists who are inciting the coal
miners to strike. This is a precau
tionary move to prevent another walk
. out.
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Activity of Russian Women.
As Russia was the first country
where women were given control over
their Inherited property, and as Petro
grad has had for some years the larg
est medical college for women In Eu
rope, it is not strange that women
have taken such an active part in the
military campaigns. In all the revolu
tionary movements the women stu
dents have been more dangerous per
haps, to the government, than the
men. It Is believed that the majority
of the women amazons are revolution
ists and that their military experience
was sought for the opportunity It gave
them to spread their doctrine.
An Army Dentist.
A gunner of the Garrison Artillery,
who had successfully passed a black
smith’s course, was home on furlough,
wearing the hummer and pincers on
his arm, when he was accosted by a
civilian, who asked what the decora
tion was for.
“Oh,” replied Tommy, “I’m an army
dentist 1”
“I see,” said the civilian. “Of course,
the pincers are for extracting teeth.
But what is the idea of the hammer?”
“Well, you see, it’s like this. Soma
of the chaps are a bit nervous, so we
use the hammer to chloroform them
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