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r Hun Troops Effectually Close The Gulf of Riga I
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3 GERMAN DRIVE FOR
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3; RUSSIAN CAPITAL
si.is SEEPlS FlVIrifiiil?
58.60'
Sl Islands f Oesel and Dago Seized and Railroad
t Line on Mainland Built to Point Opposite Island
I ; Near Shore Land Expedition to Petro-
H grad May Be Next Move.,
da " PETROGRAD, Ocl. 13. The Ger-
?g!9q1I 1 mans landed detachments yesterday
gyjrtj on the coast of the Gulf of Tagalph, on
'. (Mm tne nortn of Oesel island and near the
7jj ' village of Serro on the southern part
sMll as isnd, the Avar office an
" 8161 nounces. The -Russian coast battery
" TfA is silenced by German areadnaughts.
RW Official Russian Statement.
Sjg PETROGRAD. Oct. 33. The Ger
; i$p mans are working stubbornly to clear
' t i the entrance to the Gulf of Riga near
Jfl r Courland, says todayte official state-
all menL The activities of the enemy in
: I landing forces were rendered difficult
? I J" nolcs constructed by the Russians
k Ut find bv ba1 visibility. The garrison of
' tl K Oesel is fighting German forces which
landed thnro. Thp sf ntpmnnt envc nil
I measures, have been taken against
the invaders.
LONDON, Oct. 13. The Germans
have landed troops on the islands of
Oesel and Dago In the Gulf of Riga, ac
cording to a Reuter dispatch from Pe
trograd. Oesel and Dago islands are at the en
trance to the Gulf 'of Riga and provide
easy access to the mainland over small
intermediate islands They are off the
coast of the Russian province of Es
thonia. Dago island is about 200 miles
from Petrograd. Its positions derives
additional Importance from the fact
that it, is almost at the mouth of the
Gulf of Finland, at the head of which
is Kronstadt, which defends Petrograd.
Oesel island is nearly 100 miles north
of Riga which the Germans captured
recently. The landing of German troops
in Esthonia would threaten the out
Ilanlcing of the Russian hue and nrob-
equlHf JlljJy compel a retreat on a wide sec-
. m tion of the' front if, indeed, it did not
HJSjl open the way to Petrograd itself. A
cotojy railway line follows the coast all the
thcBjf way iron Hapsal, opposite Dago island
ir'ifuSr t0 Petrsrad.
Mj Oesel island, the larger of the two,
iE&r is -15 miles long and has an area of
llaiSr 1010 square miles and a population of
3 about 60,000. It has a difficult coast
!line in the form of precipitous lime
stone cliffs.
Review of War Situation.
While the British offensive has
come to a momentary pause with the
gains obtained yesterday everywhere
held, a situation latent with big events
has developed on the Russian front.
The landing of German troops on
(he islands of Oesel and Dago, at the
Gulf of Riga, is reported today from
"Sijll Petrograd. From the shore's edge at
! Hapsal. opposite Dago island, a rail-'
1 road line runs direct to RovaJ"the
( Russian naval base on the Gulf of Fin-
; I land, and thence on to Petrograd. The
2 islands in question, have themselves
j i been bases of no little importance to
't the Russians, especially for airplane
? : activities. Their seizure would un
1 r doubtedly hamper Russian scouting
; ; "work, effectively close the Gulf of
'i ' Ruga to Russian use and apparently
$ ; offer an excellent starting point for
M a land expedition to Petrograd. if one
m i should be contemplated by the German
jm command.
fV. The lateness of the season has seem-
affiSr et t0 PreclU(ie anv attempt by the Teu
tons to make a drive toward Petro
all grad this year. It has been pointed
out, however, that such a move prob
ably could be carried out with com
parative ease at present with the'Rus
sian armies in their admittedly disor
ganized state, whereas next spring
there is a governmental promise of a
Russian military regeneration after a
winter's organizing work along new
lines.
In Flanders the heavy rain which
stopped Field Marshal Haig's drive be
fore all his objectives were attained,
was continuing today, increasing the
depth of the sticky mud through which
the British had been struggling In their
advancos. The mud evidently was
hampering the Germans equally for
they failed to deliver a counter-attack
during the night
On the French front thn chief nr.-
I tivities have been in the Aisno region.
The German crown prince made sev
eral attacks last night on French posl
tions'on this front. Ho was met with
effective resistance by General Pc
tain's forces, however, and all .the as
saults were repulsed.
Crown Prince Forces Defeated.
PARIS, Oct. 13. German forces last
night made several attacks on the
French positions north of the river
Aisne. The official statement issued
this afternoon by the French war
office says that all the assaults were
repulsed.
Heavy Rain Stops Fight.
LONDON, Oct. 13. "There was a
heavy rain throughout the night,
which is still continuing." says today's
official statement. "No counter-attacks
by the enemy have. rlm-plnnprl
thus far on the battle front. On the
rest of the British front there Is noth
ing to report."
Germany Supplying Potatoes.
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 13. Germany
has offered to supply a certain quan
tity of potatoes to Denmark. In ex
change, however, Germany will ex
pect Denmark to supply her with arti
cles of which she Is In need.
No Famine in Poland.
COPENHAGEN. Oct. 13. The Ger
man administration of Warsaw has
issued a denial of statements that fa
mine conditions prevail in Poland. It
asserts there is an abundance of food
in the rural districts and that the
people in the cities are adequatelv
nourished.
British Gains in Flanders.
BERLIN, Oct. 13. The British
gains in Flanders yesterday amounted
altogether to about one and one-fifth
kilometers at two points where the
German lines were broken in two, the
war office announces. The British are
said to have suffered heavily.
British Seize Important Junction.
LONDON, Oct. 13. Occupation bv
British troops of an important junction
point flanking the German line of re
treat in German East Africa was an
nounced by the war department. The
British have occupied Ruponda, and
are pressing the rear guard of the ene
my's main body.
ENGLAND READY FOR
REPRISAL RAIS$
London, Oct. 13 The morning pa
pers suggest that the government is
ready to begin carrying out reprisal
aid raids on Germany. This belief is
based on the assignment of Lieutenant
General David Henderson, director
general of military aeronautics, to spe
cial work and the sending of Major
General W. S. Brancker, director of
the organization for the army, to a
command abroad.
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ATTORNEY (GENERAL
JOINS THE ARMY
LONDON, Oct. 13 Sir John Simond,
former attorney general, the Dally Mall
announces, has been given a commis
sion in the army and has joined the
British forces In France. Sir John
gives up a legal practice said to be
worth 20,000 pounds a year.
1 Enormous German Losses
I In Flanders Campaign
I I COPENHAGEN, Oct. 13. An intima
Lion of great losses sustained by the
Germans in their attempts to stem
the British attacks is contained in the
latest comment of Lieutenant General
Von Ardenne, military critic of tho
Tageblalt of Berlin on the Flanders'
campaign. He refers to the German
losses at Mara-la-Tour and Gravelott
In the Franco-Prussian war, averaging
five-sixths of the officers and one-third
of the men of the guard and Branden
jMp burg regifcicnts engaged, as classic ex-
amples in German military history of
extraordinary casualties suffered wtth
qut affecting the morale of the troops.
The general says these losses aften
are far exceeded in the present war
and in tho Flanders' battle they have
been so great as to induce the mili
tary authorities to abandon the usual
rule of not referring to them, feeling
that the sacrifices of Prince Rup
precht's troops have been such as to
entitle them to extraordinary thanks
of the fatherland.
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Reichstag Adjourns Leaving
Latent Crisis Behind Chan
cellor's Retirement Forecast.
MADE SERIOUS BLUNDER
Loses Support of Conservative
and Pan-German Element
Von Buelow Favored.
COPENHAGEN, Oct, 13. Tho Ger
man reichstag adjourned, leaving bo
hind it a latent crisis which political
observers believe will lead sooner or
later to the retirement of Dr. Mich
aelis, the chancellor, without a follow-,
ing. Although other parties are less
actively in opposition to Dr. Mlchaolisj
than the Socialists, not a voice has 1
been raised against tho Vorwaet's
slogan "Michaelis must go:" I
Recent arrivals from Berlin report I
that current gossip there Is that Mich- i
aelis can scarcely last a month. Tho I
chancellor's blunder In springing the1
disclosures of the alleged naval plot j
against which, according to the Nation
al Zeltung, he was strongly advised,
and his failure to make headway
against the reichstag majority is said
to have lost him tho Conservative and
Pan-German support.
The speeches at the concluding ses
sion of the reichstag must be read in j
a iiui ui me e.xpecuiiioa icai, mo aays
of Michaelis are numbered. The speech
of the radical deputy, Hausraann, con
tained passages intended to launch the
candidacy of Prince Von BuqIow which
is being pressed as vigorously as pos
sible. Prestige of Chancellor Shattered.
The Pan-German Lokal Anzciger,
the National Deutsche Kurier, the
Catholic-Germania. the radical Tage
blatt and the Socialist Vorwaerts
agree that the prestige of Chancellor
Michaelis is shattered and his posi
tion so shaken that his deposition Is j
imperative. The Kurier suggests that i
a change in the chancellorship has!
been temporarily deferred on tactical
grounds, to avoid the impression that j
there had been a surrender to Social-!
ist pressure. "Virtually the entire press!
sneers openly or covertly at the chan-!
cellor's attempt to get clear by
shoulderincr the rosnonsibilitv unnn .
Vice Admiral von Capelle. It Is
pointed out that the chancellor himself
went virtually as far as tho minister
of marine in the introduction of tho
subject and the subsequent debate.
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General Ardenne pays a grudging
and belated tribute to the achieve
ments of the British tanks which, ac
cording to his verdict, though quick
uctims to the German field artillery
under good visibility, are ablo to deliv
er a most effective enfilading fire from
their machine guns whenever they are
ablo to approach the infantry lines un
der cover of a curtain of smoke or
gas waves and are not to be taken
lightly.
NATIONAL ARMY
MEN JUL GAPS
; Transfer of 78,000 From Can-
tonments to Bring Guards
Up to War Strength.
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ORDER MADE PUBLIC
Division Commanders Are Re
quired to Report Number
of Men Needed.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. Tho war
department made public today details
of the ordors providing for the trans
fer of 7S.400 men from national army
cantonments to the various national
guard divisions to fill them to war
strength. Slate quotas In this process
will be determined upon the basis of
congressional representation and so
far as practicable, the drafted men
from a state will bo assigned to na
tional guard units from the same.
state.
The divisions of the national guard
forces showing the great deficiency in
men are the 30th; 10.000; 31st, 15.000;
39th, 9,000; 33rd, 6,400; 3Sth, C.000;
40th, 9,000. ' '
Tho orders in l)arl auchorize the
commanders of the 34th division to
call upon Camp Dodge for 3,000 men
from Iowa, Minnesota, and North Da
kota, and upou Camp Funstpn lor
2,000 men from Nebraska and South
Dakota; 36th division "to "callipo'ii'1
Camp Funston for 3,000 men from
Missouri and Kansas'; '40th division to
call upon Camp Lewis for 3.000 men
from Jalifornla, Nevada and Utah, ann
upon Camp Funston for 6,000 men
from Colorado, New Mexico and Ari
zona; 36th division to call upon Camp
Travis from Oklahoma and Texas.
Commander's to Report.
Commanders of tho national guard
divisions are directed to state the
number of men required from the
commander of the national army can
tonment, on whom the call is made of
the number of men of special qualifi
cations needed and the dates on
which the levies can be received and
accommodated at the guard camps.
Paralleling these orders instructions
have been sent to the divisional com
manders of the national army to fur
nish the men as required and also
to make the following transfers be-
t.WPfn flip nntinnnl nrmv pnnlnnmnnlc
I Cantonment Transfers Ordered.
Camp Gordon: To transfer all re
maining white men to Camp Jackson
and receive in return 8,000 white mon
from Camp Devcns, 7,000 from Camp
Upton, 5,000 from Camp Dix, 6000 from
Camp Meade and 3,000 from Camp
Lee.
Camp Pike: After all remaining
white men Tiave been transferred to
Camp Jackson, to receive 3,000 whues
from Camp Custer, 2,000 from Camp
Grantr- 2.000 from Camp Taylor, 5,000
from Camp Sherman. 8,000 from Camp
Dodge, 3,000 from Camp Funston and
4,000 from Camp Travis,.
The effect of those transfers will
be to mobilize at Camp Gordon 2S,000
men from eastern games to form the
new '11 vision there and at Cimp Pike
to assemble 27,000 men from the
middle western territory to reform
that division.
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PEOPLE SIGHING
FOR 1ST ROLE
Germany Suffocated Under
; Heap of Official Prescriptions
of Mock Justice.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 13 During the
debate on the censorship In the reichs
tag on Thursday, says a Berlin dis-
nafr.h Dnnntv TTalnrinli funilot- laid-
"We are remindod of the worst
times of the old Roman empire of Ger
many. We are suffocated under a
heap of official paper presprlptions of
mock jusllco, injustice and arbitrari
ness. People sigh 'who will free uo
from this deluge of evil paper:' Con
fidence is ruined by the manner in
which tho state of sjego is oxorclsed.
Situation Rapidly Growing Worse.
"Homogenlty is lacking in the im
perial leadership and tho higher mili
tary leadership. The relations be
tween the Gorman gqvernment and tho
trade unions is becoming worse and
worse. It is a scandal how the paci
fist leaders are deprived of all their
rights at a time when roat conces
sions are being made to the govern
ment's pacifists."
After a strong criticism of the
methods of tho press bureau, the
speaker continued:
"It was not lack of men but of
equipment that was responsible for
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GERMAN SPY NOW HELD IN PARIS HAD
aHLLIONS TO SPEND FOR DEBAUCHERY;
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Bolo Pasha.
Investigations conducted by Attorney General Morton E: Lewis of the
Activities in this country of fiolo Pasha have revealed the existence of a
German corruption fund of almost incredible proportions which was em
ployed by von Bernstorff and his associates in an attempt to debauch the
press and influence congress. Complete details of the activities of Bolo
Pasha will be sent to France through Ambassador Jusserand. These will
be used against Bolo at the trial for his life before a court martial. ,
the outcome of the battle of the Marne.
"It looks as if there were elements
in Germany working for an open con
flict between the government and
parliament."
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CONGRESSMAN IS'
QUITE OUTSPOKEN
PHILADELPHIA. OcL 13. Repre
sentative J. Thomas Heflln of Ala
bama, speaking at a Columbus day
celebration by the Knights of Colum
bus here last night, declared that any
man who is not now giving his whole
hearted support to the commander-in-chief
of our armies and navy is a
traitor to his country.
"If we arrest a man on a streot
corner for haranguing a crowd against
this country's participation in tho
war," said Mr. Heflln, "we ought to
arrest a inembor of congress who does
the same thing on a larger scale and
causes the nations abroad to think
there is dissension in the United
States."
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CANE GROWERS WANT
A HIGHER PRICE,
NEW ORLEANS. OcL 13. Members
of the executive committee of the Am
erican Cano Growers' association, rep
resenting all branches of the sugar in
dustry in Louisiana, last night pre
sented to John M. Parker, state food
administrator, a statement to- be for
warded to federal food administrator
Hoover, in which it was asserted the
price of 7.25 cents a pound for refined
cane sugar as agreed upon by best su
gar producers was too low and would
allow ntuc or no margin oi prom uo
planters. Louisiana raw sugar, it was
figured, would bo worth about 5.8 cents
with refined at 7.25 cents.
A price of 5.8 cents for raw sugar
would be an Increase of 47 per cent
over the average price during the
year before the war but, according to
"the statement, cost of production since
i has increased approximately 126 per
cent. Should planters receive no more
than 5.8 cents, the statement said, pro
duction would be greatly decreased.
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O'GORMAN STANDS
BY THE PRESIDENT
NEW YORK, Oct. 13. James A.
O'Gorman, former United States sen
ator from New York, one of the "little
group of wilful men," who voted
against the armed neutrality bill, made
a stirring appeal for patriotism and
support of President Wilson In an ad
dress here last night at a Columbus
day celebration.
'This war In which we are now en
gaged," he said, "will put the loyalty
of the American people to the test.
Every citizen Is called upon to do his
whole duty in defending our cause, in
upholding the hands of our president
and in supporting our army and navy
who are preparing to fight our
battles. Every American citzen must
stand under tho flag with heart and
soul, doing his best for his country
and tho eternal principles of right and
Justice for which it stands."
An autonomous Polish army is al
ready in courso of organization on the
French soil and its ranks have opened
to Polish citizens who havo wandered
abroad in search of freedom from the
oppression to which tho Polish nation
has long been subjected.
This force is to bo entirely independ
ent of any other army, all its officers
and men being of Polish birth or de
scent. The nuclous of the new army
is composed of Polos who have sorved
In the French-army since -the bogin-
Germany Stronger Eco- I
nomkally and in Raw I
Materials Than I
Enemies. I
FINAL TRIUMPH SURE I
Submarines Sinking I
Snipping Faster Han
Enemy Can Build. I
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 13. Admiral
von Tirpitz, former minister of the
German imperial navy, interviewed by
the Brunswick Landes Zeitung, is
(quoted as saying:
i "We can continue to expect a final
triumph over England as long as we
I continue to sink vessels faster than
! she constructs them. A submarine
war success cannot be expected
quickly, however, but if we pursue our
aim firmly we shall find after some
months that our position for negotia
tions with England will be quite dif- IH
Says England Desires Negotiation. jJ
"England desires negotiations now
while her position is comparatively
favorable. The decisive factors are
the shipping losses suffered by the
entente and by neutrals who expose
themselves to our U-boat war.
"No definite time can be fixed for
our success. Economically 'and as re
gards raw materials, our position to- IH
day is stronger than that of France
or Italy. How far England will be
able to make her supplies last cannot ;H
be predicted.
"But the decisive factor is that
while we supply four-fifths of our
economic needs" from our own pro
ductions, England has to fetch four
fifths of hers from overseas. IH
"We are now at the fateful hour of H
our existence. Germany cannot main
tain her position as a world power jH
against England unless her position
is founded on might." IH
AUSTRIA TO RAISE
HUGE WAR FUND
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 13 The budget
committee of the Austrian lower
house, according to a dispatch from
Vienna, has passed a provisional six
month.s budget, Including an author!
zatlon to the government to raise jH
war credits up to $9,000,000,000
crowns. Il
The budget also includes a supple
mcntary motion by tho Socialist party
authorizing the government to use
100,000,000 crowns for tho improve- IH
ment of the condition of railway men. tH
Polish Volunteers Take I
Places in the Allied Ranks I
FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE,
Sept. 26. (Correspondence of tho As
sociated Press.) A now flag is soon
to bo unfolded on tho French front
that of Poland. The silver eagle on
a blue field la to take its place by
that of the French tri-color, the stars
and stripes, the union jack and the
battle flags of the other allies and be
neath Its folds will fight Polish volun
teers from all parts of the world, In
cluding thousands from the United
Statos.
ning of hostilities. In Paris alone, five
hundred enlisted at the first call while
Toulouso, furnished 450, another 450 i
from Abdovalle, Doual another 300 and ;
Marseilles 100 besides many who Join
cd up in other cities.
Much encouragement was given to
tho movement by. reports from Ainer
ica that Poles residing there had ex
pressed their willingness to Join the .
ranks of the new army, and it is hoped
to obtain many recruits from that
source. Il