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ft PEACE NEXT YEAR - — ♦ ONE MORE YEAR TO WRECK POWER OF THE TEUTONS EXPECT INTERNAL BREAK MUTINY AMONO U-BOATS; TEUTONS FIBHT AT POLA BOND SAIi FALTERS W««hinxton Hftars of Serious IMs- TREASURY SAYS OUTLOOK IS Ran tom Froat Woakonod to Proront Official Hoports to Washington Indi cato Need of One More Summer ‘ ‘ ' • r, % ‘ • ' * " ‘ ' 1 . ■ *] * i . • • CampaiKn, Says New York Times —Marked Growth of Democracy in Germany—Mutiny in Navy Impor tant. v When will the war end? Govern ment officials, representatives of the Allies in Washington, high officers of the army and navy, and others concerned have been trying to find the answer for weeks : It is now possible to say that, in the light of information re ceived from agents of the Tnited States abroad and ' from all re liable sources of opinion, the rath er general sentiment is that the OntraJ Powers will fare defeat and be prepared to make substan tial concessions for peace with the end of the next fighting season— about this time next year. The government la preparing for military activity of at least three years, but while preparations will not be lessened In any degree, there la a conatantly growing feeling that Germany and her partners can not hold out beyond the winter of IMS. Well Informed offlclala any that It la not well to be too optimistic, as the situation is foil of uncertainty and they are reticent In making predic tions that contain any degree of poe itlve statement They believe that the way to wla the mgr Is to keep everlastingly at It aa lopg as tier BMP IW TUT la thU spirit the program I* going forward aad II la aet b*)onct~tb# mark lo my thsi the (‘eatral powers will he as tool shed whee they roam la feel the force of Amertcaa military aad aaval aseth turbances Among Central Powers’ Navies. Official diplomatic dispatches re ceived at Washington Thursday re port mutinies In the Austrian navy and clashes between Austrian sailors, and crews of the German submarine fleet base at Pola In which officers on both sides have been killed and which resulted in a decision to change-the basBrof the German flo tilla. ' , Despite the attempts of the Aus trian admiralty to suppress the news, it reached Washington, coming by way of Berne. The Austrian crews are said to have revolted under ill-treatment of officers and bad food, while the clash with the German submarine NOT VERY BRIGHT NOW FOUR MILILION SHORT Cadorna Inflicting De cisive Defeat, Official dispatches received at Washington state that the Italian high command has learned the Aus- Uro-German command ha« dec'ded to • | move forty divisions, approx*aial v iy ^ ^ 800,000 men, fropi the Russian to Nine Days Close the Campaign and the Itallan front Many Millions Must Be Subscribed!, lately it has been de ter “J“®d that - large forces of Germans, Bulgarians if Government is to Meet With Ex- and Turks had appeared on the ' I Isonzo battle line. According to the pected Support—Doubt is E*-, written statements of German and . * „ . . Austrian military verities, is consl<J- pressed at Raising $100,000,000 a ere(1 the m08t (janggroug jn Europe D-y ' from the Teutonic standpoint. ** I Despite this great enforcement of With 15 working days gone and the i 80 nzo front, Italian dispatches only nine more to come, Liberty bond 8ay Gen. Cadorna, commander-in- crews was caused by the overbearing! 8a ^ es w c r ® believed by treasury offi*, chief of the Italian armies, proposes conduct of the latter. clals to have just touched, the $1,- t0 continue throughout the winter The dispatches say the tension be- 000,000,000 mark, a result which offensive against the Austrians, tween the Austrian and German h* 8 l^d them to wonder if the $5,-j Xews coming from Austria Is far crews became so alarming that ex- 1 000*0o0,000 hoped for could be at- from optimistic. Austria, according traordinary measures were taken to tained in the final days of the cam- reports, considered well authenti- prevent a recurrence of the fighting paign. Seated, is at the end of her man- between them, which includes the j “Committees In almost qvery part power. The latest evidence of this is decision to move the Gilman sub-, of th© country still wire encourag- apnearance of men sixty years marine flotilla from the Austrian | that they can make tfteir maxi- 0 f a g e an( j more on the great battle base at Pola to another point fur-1 mum totals,” says a treasury state- f r0 nt along the Isonzo. They are ther south on the Adriatic. The ment. “Possibly they can. but either igndstrum, called into the trenches fighting between the two sets of they are concealing their actual sales because of the lack of other reserves, crews is described as having been 1 —which is not believed to be the Austria has no more civilian re- sanguinary. - | case- or there must be a most un- g^rve to draw upon. Every man cap- This news of the mutiny in the ©*Pf<*ted spurt in the Qffing ’ a fo|e 0 f bearing arms Is In uniform. Austrian navy, received in the capi-j Especial figures reported to the )j ow serious her situation now must tal Thursday, almost at the same treasury department representing me- be is evidenced by the fact that as time as the Ambsterdam dispatches tual sales at the close of business f ar back as the late months of 1915 reporting further mutinies in the Monday place the total at $r»2H.2I.O,- ll | lo was forced to call upon Germany German navy—this time among sub- *- r >0. or little more than half the j or an< j Bavarian troops were marine crewa—created a profound II.believed to have baan »<» n t to her assistance. Numbers of Impression among American naval subscribed These ftgures do not In- Bavarian prisoners were • taken by officers and among other officials «lude the result of the two days can- Italians, although Germany was who have been watching the sites- Minneapolis district and place the BO | a | time at war with Italy tlon with expectation since the first amounts in other districts far he** | The moat serious aspect of the alt mutinies la the German fleet were sum reported unofficially, djion from the Austrian viewpoint reported a few days ago. j T** totals follow: _ ^ is that la order to hold her Isoato The first signs of matlny la the* n n- nWw York, nae against Cadoraa’a powerful Germau fleet were regarded as most I Philadelphia, blows they will be forced to with —- ■ ■•wsM.wpna* 'SUBS ON OMAST I —^— U-BOAT BLOCKADE EXPECTED TO BEGIN VERY SOON GERMAN BREABNAUifTS BATTLE RUSSIAN FLEET Twenty Slav Warships are Gantfhi Fight With Germane In. Gulf of Riga. WASHINGTON INTERESTED Al U reli- iwtftfc. hath mil- M Many, indeed ef the reports that are rennet te Woshtagiae from geterameal agents oh mod gl«e the tm presume the! things ore g- ag hndty fee One many and Anatrta He« M In renttsed ihoi the tendear? el three agents Is In lay stmas on In* fesmnimn eb*rh eh ewe the t'entml pa ■ see te be In the threes and that oHhsngh the wnMlpnrny of them m earerienre has sOewn that there ir e net he* aide In the cues ef ties men? nod the eat lees earertnied with her in the war Per metanre arrnrdlng te a eng •eeitsm made h is am denhted that German? has amdr mnrh ef the eft- peeitien in Ihe nor emend bv dma ter Im Peiiette end his pertfMl fel lew mg la this renal r? It Is nett ends reined the I the In Pottette ef fort In oeoben the pnrtirfpmmn ef the net Ion tn Ihe greet etregglr nasenats te nmhlng ia the fare of the pmrtmir d* terminal ten ef the great mafentv ef the Amertren pen- pie le fight Ihe war tn n finish Gee- tnaet is -Hr op r»*.-n In Washington, has probably ran- etnred a large pert Ion ef the reen try's pepnlntien that appealtien te the war is very marked In the rotted Atatee. so marked that the W*ttseo ndmlntetration will he forced lo withdrew from active participation at an anrl? day Officials are therefore goardtng against be leg misled aa to conditions In Germany, ns they understand that Germany Is being misled ns to condi tions In this conntry. With the dan ger of over-optimism In mind, they are applying the arid test to all the Information that cornea to them about the state of affairs In the Cen tral empires The sifting process has been thorough, and Is considered free from the tendency to exaggerate, and the opinions that have been deduced are therefore regarded as worthy of credence. This government is now convinced that the leaven of democracy is work ing in Germany. To-day the predic tion was made in one of the best in formed governmental quarters that by this time next year the growing demand among the German people for a larger participation in the man agement of their government would have become effective and thus af ford the basis for German compliance with President Wilson’s dictum,, in dorsed and subscribed to by the En tente, that no peace is possible until Germany’s methods have been re : formed to the extent of permitting the German people themselves to furnish the guarantees for the ob servance of peace terms, which the president will not trust the present rulers of the empire to fulfill. •The mutiny among the seamen of Germany’s grand fleet is a case in point. All the evidence reaching the state department indicates that the outbreak was due to the inculcation of the spirit of democratic revolu tion among German sailors. Confi dence is.grow’ing that Chancellor Michaelis will soon be obliged to step down. One of the features of the sh unt ioo is that tin- Prussian autoo rary I s resisting the effoti Inward democrat lint ion. It l» felt that this failure of the autocracy ^o rrallie Ihe danger of the unrest am«H»g live peoplr will lay the fouadatioa for a smkfea exyvl*»%i«»a . that will have momraioas result* harawar ««# tl» awddrwursa, |wM a» the IU»s»L*a rrvolwilow gal—I Hm- ha* endured little* of the hardship of rampaigaiag IHtpatrhaa abroad however, confirm the opinion of Amertcaa aaval offtrwm that It prob ably wav daa la part at leaat to tbo ^r»actaro. 93l.tM,t*#, IMIMM drafting of teamen for aabamriaa crewa a aervlrw which ha* come to bold terror* for the (»ermaa teaman k*wtwee fue bwrnaee of thw lafWalbto Itritlab poi ^ toy of never making any aaneoare- la 9* eMMMWh- meat whatever of tho fate af ra# viace the beginning *’f »b« driw tnrwd nr Inal rrewa ef the German t tot a her I, the daily gaota aerrtta ry aahavervihlee Thm twapeate aa ta In nrhlovtng the deaf red total af •*. tho fate af rwmradea who go oat * by Oriohor IT. tho loot neve* to ho hoard of again wae on- grown larger ported te andanniaa the mamlo af Taoaday night M 9990^9^ ll It, , IBVBMVttV R^t • imSm I',..... ,,4 »♦•••• true crew* arw regarded In naval ^he grwai rirrlae aa af mnrh •cgaiftoanr* par *•••• ^ ttoalarly whoa rwamde*wd m the tori ^nl report* error in the New Yard ef the extreme aMaotiea of Aeeina. K ** t **- l*Wvelond P wheee fighting fwerwa are at the Haataa City dtotftota i«- at af eihat» f i-« . from New Yerh and I , ^ ^ thee their toUto In ha |tIS.POO.ewe and above •••««<«#•• reapettlvely 11 tevvlaad bet mere tbaa •Ti.tOO.. toiMW 1 VVit*of»ew^vMI Irhmond. Hf.dtldoo, Atlanta, toniied mma^antlnim holdiae the ”• Chtmgo. Pit.I< • ’"t; ia lioenla aad Hereegovlaa aad Kt l-4>air •4.SSI.8PP; Kaataa City, Herbta Any farther withdrawale Holla® I* •-0.300. Pan (fom theee front* woahl enable the Itallaet to ttnbv herd tn lUoaia and Mmegovtaa *• It baa already ®** fr .of 7** reported they are plannlnn to do and far ParralPa paa Allied army laaarh a blow oat of Paloalhl It la believed, however, thal rampaigo by the Itailaaa ia Hoaa and Meraanavtna la more likely than a Balkan campaign The aehmariae •Ataatlen IP tho Aogoao Aon la haooa to ho moot soria ea and tho AIIlee have had trwmeodeaa dlfftoalty I ippiie* «• Parr all math tm «p •wffw-veot matertato fe a grant campaign Winter hoe already deeeended I the meonfalae where Cadorna. mann ing bto forcee to the hoot etraiogto advantage, to preparing to rweome h»a operatiowe a gal net the faHertag liondon Gets Berlin Wlreleaa Press Message Predicting Such Action— Cuba and Canada Also to Be ; \ Guarded—Officials are Inclined to Credit Report, and^f^pval Com manders Get’ Customary Instruc tions. According to news from Berlin in an undated dispatch received by the British Admiralty through The Wireless Pretui, Germany is expected soon to declare the coasts of the t'nited States, Can ada, and Cuba war zones. * The greatest Importance Is attach ed in Washington to the brief V.'ire- less Press message’ from Berlin as serting that Germany is expect >d soon to declare the coasts of the Tnited States, Canada, and Cuba to be naval war zones. Past experience convinces officials In Washington that Wireless Press messages of this character previous ly picked up have usually been fot lowed by formal announcement frog the Berlin government of important hostile action. A««utning that the newt fnutt Hrrlla la aulhrwtir, of ficials wR»uhf wot be Marprisrd lo licwr Mina of the appearance of tier nova sabmartaea operating off the Allaatto meat. Pull confirmation of Ihe Berlin warning will he Interpreted aa an lire that Graad Admiral von Tirpiis who retired from Ihe head of Ihe wrr i «1LB •srlhe «1 The railed ffeelet tael admiaie t*atiea Thervday atghi teal Joha p White. prweAdeat of the l atted Mtae U wrkem af America, le Ihe Middle WetSeea reel ft eld* where ibeeeeads •• ef aimers are gattttag wwrh aed threw tea tag the aat tea's reel sap* ply This aneve ram* as a cliasaa to thirty-els hears* dtsrasalea ef gev- era meat seizure aad operat lea of ihr ml act |f Mf. White ihroagh his powerful aaioa roaaertleas. la aot able lo grl the misers bach le work. It le believed I ha I federal hs^tiag of ihe aatloa’s feel will follow at RiOrV set mare thaa M 8 ’ PPg.PPP aad while aa flgaswe far the eaitoe Kaaaae City district are avaMhl able. N is baowa I hat ttoaaha alsaa t has seherrihed about IIP.PPP.PPP gvmolar dtocrepaariea doubt less e%i*i m ether Ptoirtrts hel few thlah they are se grwai as le tadlrale aa arlaal apprwsrh to e«oa ihe miai CONGRESSMEN TO El ROTE MHew le % hdl C gwota for ihe couatry, ll.eee eee.ePe by Ihe eleee ef Ihe drive m -The bright eel spot la ihe ram* *• ■ 1ir *P T im paoga appeared lo he la Ihe aerth •tales af MiaaseaU. North ragreeeatollvea af the All Tea Rsvemhet* af Ceagraaa. travel lag ig aaefftrial rayamy hel carry- tag special passport* arraagad for by tho atate departamat. are aa the he ear freals aad fraieraiae adMi Mta par hsmaa* aestera Dahota h- Mtk i*«h^t* ss 1 to r. »- where Ihe sales farree begaa eorb for Ihe first lime Monday Orders stataa for Ihe removal of stale faada from beaks pel glvlag (heir hearty ro-operatioa la the sale. M was offi cially reported Taeeday night la- Alihough Ihe fuek admlalsiralloa ar# * however, that gaf< the la aa optlmiatlc as the gloomy oat* look warraaia. ao effort la made lo coareal Ihe crisis. Dr. H. A Gar field Thursday refused to add say* thing to his statement of Wednes day. in which he threatened to “take nny step* ne« era or op* government Into higher wages or ment of this order will be un •ary.** Army sales continue that the boys la more than in In the party are Hsprwseaiatlvee Dale of \ sc moat Taylor and Timber lake of Colorado Htoks of New York Johnson lull and Miller of Washing ton. Goodwin of Arkaaaav Htcphen* of Nebraska and Parker of New Jer •ey; former Ke;’fear a tat Ive Htoul of Montaaa and Haas I. Mammon, n Freetnont Neb . editor, and others The visit Is a development of the recent cabled and personal lavltg- khakI had boncht tl0 ®* of f$*—■thtlm members of tend* «he British and French parllameats to Indicate * n n«* inrt ^Rt-iM-1 to Speakers throughout the country are f,,r * lo, '’ ,r sffiltsiion of the parlia* ■irtssTT” If either mln-| u ® ll, K l * 9 example of the soldiers. »«ntarjr bodlea of ihe Allied govern- raio.h try to coerce the "ho *re wIHlng tb'aarrlflce both ment * inirt h 11- h«»r wa»4>« nr ’ their lives and their dollars for the af BrIUah, French and Italian capitals. President W’llson did not favor higher prices. * • • . ^ m^de-c*the l rn C c"o» ,, tou<-h Pr w < !th B the y »?my < >>n*re*» officially accepting tho In- coal miners of the Middle West as subscription situation that the toUl ! V .^t on* ^*! simply ‘‘running wild - His .dm..-;**11 ru. wOT. abo^ * 100,000.000 ^I.nfTriSSJ: Finn that union officials appear to • ,ore ine ar *y e c, ° 8e8 ‘ . . 1 nthor ™ jL have lost control of their men was 1 Statements urging the people of ? n h f . ,, "!, P »non U MomhLr. of t’nited States Mine Workers is re- the countr y t0 8ubscribe were l88ue<1 t0 / 8001 !: .. Me I nbe 1 r# „ ^, tho garded as one of the best organized, Secretary Houston and Samuel P art y wiU V18it »**nKland ( Belgium, and most powerful unions in exist ence. If the officials can not handle these men, comment.ran, the situa tion must indeed be critical. “The union leaders have never at any time countenanced any of these strikes,” Mr. White said. “The men are simply running wild. Officials are doing everything in their power Gompers. France, Italy and Switzerland' and “Every man, woman or child who b °P e to h© hack in Washington In wishes to feel he has had a part in t * nie f° r opening of-Congress in bringing about the wider liberty ^©©©nibef. which is coming to the world through the war we are fighting,” Mr. Gom pers said, “can be assured he is con tributing directly by buying a bond. An investment in one of these bonds GOING TO EUROPE to keep the men in line, but the men * s an investment in liberty with a .... • • • .1 n i« o-v*** ♦ V* w% I An 4 4-h ** are disobeying orders and going out. sure return on the money invested. upon as a sign of fear on the gov ernment’s part to risk the ..disclo sures of a public hearing. Conditions in Austria are encour aging from the viewpoint of the In a statement addressed to the farmers of the nation. Secretary Houston said: ■ “It is every citizen’s duty to pur chase a Liberty bond if he is In a position to do so. South Carolina Officers to Be Train- ed in France. United States and the Entente Allies. The new emperor is apparently afraid that lie will lose his crown unless peace comes Soon. • ■ • It is well know r n that Austria is sick of the war and would go to ex tremes to bring about a cessation of hostilities: $he fears that if the Al lies win, a fear that has sunk deep into the Teutonic heart, revolution in Hungary, probably spreading to! to do all in his power for the nation the rest of the empire, will follow. | in this day of trial. He will not only with the result, that the Austrian labor to produce the necessary food- crown will he thrown into the dis-* stuffs hut also will contribute gen- <.iril Should the Central powers | erously of his means to make it pot- win the Austrian emi front* the likelihood ful Germany would make Austria a na*m) nation. This gov** foment Is. prepared to drive smashing blows into the Ger- mah deleftwith the resumption of The six training battalions of the Fifty-fifth Depot Brigade, formerly the First, Second and Third Battal ions of the First Tennessee Infan- The nation’s task;try, the Second and Third Battalions is a serious one. It intimately 1 of the First North Carolina Infan- touches each of us. , It faces you and I try, and the' Third Battalion of the me. If we do not win this war we Second South Carolina Infantry are must prepare ourselves for grave | to be Incorporated with the- regular changes in our institutions and to regiments for their respective states lead a different sort of life from thatfand a)l their commissioned officers which we had planned to live—from!of the rank of captain and above are that which our forefathers died to,to leave for France as soo nas trans- give us the right to live. - iportation can be provided. according “I know that every farmer wants ;to unofficial information Thursday. tfwtwii wit y 14. ItIP. to Admlrml voft Cipslto. wbom» tton was ftftftoitftrml ft few 4aVs ago bfta agaia gftlftag ascwftdaf y la Gw* man admiralty matter* It la coftsldartd etlremtly aigaifl raft! tfcftl immediately after tftw aft ftwftftewaseftt of twft Capwlto a retire ■seat voft Tlrptts broke tato prist • ttP a predictlaft ef tbw ftaal tn ampP ef tPw eabfttftrifte aad ft etate msat tkat Owriftftft? was 'ftwo a* tftw fatefal bwftf af Par eatatsare * daaa apaa tbw Pweto af tPw eaa Tirptu »a lew mw word trtoPlaa ibroogk tPaA (isrmaay raa Pa aaaMP ed aawa awwa tw Per taro tPw Amwri It 'la Nit tbai tPwro aaa t tag tPw impwriaafft af I Pew MTPwa Ik tea late Tawada# aigPt M tews *og pwfttwd tPat Admiral Haary T Maya, tommaadlMg tPw AtPtoMN PallPmPlp fiewt wPw Paa |aai rataraad flpaip Mka Lea 4ft■ ftawftl rwferao - mlgPt bare broagPt ettft Ptm awm* rwwD Peat ml boat af Gwramay a swftmarifte yi«a* ParraCary imamta wPwa ewm- mafttooted wltP at Pto reaiPwawe late Taeodft) ftigbl ftftftertwd tPat tPm proa* diepatrft wm» tPa firwt la time tma Pa Pad Pad af aa eatwwaswa af Germaaf • campaign of frtgPtfal aaaft WPwa Pw wa* ftftPwd w Pet Per Ad* moral Mayo Imd PrwagPt »wrP la* format mhi from LaaPwa Mr I male la replied Ml Ike ergative Tbw eerr*- tary woald aot roaimeat aa tPw Lea doa dlftpatcP Admiral William P Heases. cPiwf of tPw Bares* of Naval operatioa* wko Paa at ao tlam si ace tPw war begaa dlarouated tPw aaaampttoa (bat tPw aavy mast be prepared te meet aay tsddea surprise asovemeat from Germaa raiders or sakasariaea. was told rf the Herha diapatcP lata Taeaday aigPt If* Pad ao corn- meat to maka. bat aald that tbla was (be first he bad heard of a change of German aaval policy calculated lo make shlpa plying along the American coasia Ihe target* of Ger man submarine*. The news wirelessed from Berlin may be a naval bluff intended to alarm the public on this aide of the Atlantic, or It may be a war ruse out for the purpose of interfering with the steady movement of American troop transports to France. If Ger many is correctly reported aa seri ously contemplating the submarine blockade of American coasts and has permitted this information to be sent broadcast to be picked up by the British Admiralty, it would not be surprising if word of the presence of German submarines in American waters should soon prove the sub stantiality of the radio threat. Whether false or true, the news will be treated as seriously as if of ficial notification had been given, and instructions will go to American naval commanders to be more watch ful than ever, and troop transports, whenever dispatched, will be warn ed to be constantly on their guard. So far as constant watchfulness is concerned, the threat from • Berlin will not greatly alter the situation, for the warships patrolling the coast have already been instructed to act on the theory that German raiders or submarines may show up most un expectedly. There have been repeated reports that submarines had approached the Apparently contingents of the Roe* sian fleet—In all about 20 warship* of various classes—are bottled up hi Moon Sound, with a cordon of Ger man warcraft barring their egreM northward back into the Gulf of Fito- and or to the south into the Gulf of Riga. Brave, but outclassed by reason of superior gun range and heavier toa- nage, the Russians gave battle t* the Germans and attempted to fore* back the enemy armada off Oeael stand. Standing far outside tba shell zone of the Russians, however, the guns of the German dread- naughts sank the battleship Slava ~ a relic of the days before the Itu Japanese war—and so badly dam aged other units that the Russia* lotilla was forced to seek refuge Im Moon Sound, lying between Moom sland and the Esthonla coast. Immediately seeing thetr advan tage. the Germans, according to tha latest German official communica tion, began extensive operatioaa against Moon Island, hammering it* eastern shore batteries until the? were silenced and also attacking tha Russian guns on the mainland, cut ting them out of action. Mooa sland was captured and the Rus sians took refuge Inside Moon Sound. Thereupon the Germans threw warships to the eastern part of Kaa- sar Bay. lying to the north of Moo* Island, barring exit from the north ern entrance to Moon Sound sad also rushed contingents to the south of Moon Island - apparently closing the passage to tha south la the Gulf of Riga Already the Germans have at tempted to attack from tho north Ir to Mooa gonad, hat the Reaeiam suns have held them keck eecoean- fnlty. Among tke Germaa warsklpa ate* tha etA^S*wwweae4a of rirw Raeriaa dreadaaegkts ef tho Oraaaar M faorat typo veeaele displacing 1 ••• tone ae agalaat ll.klt teas tha Mav*. a majority of tha c • f tke gla«a was aated hf llaai t«>rpe4o koala whom tke veeeat t lie Deal pleage The Germaa# have take* is arinmeta amd IP game wa Isiaad. the Merita war efftee The Meariaa naval fnesae Im tha Oalf of Riga have keen trapped kt tho Osrmsaa oeewrdiag to tha an •alts are tying m tke ef Kaaaar hay anrih < ••ror'would con- sibJ.© for the men at the front to that all-power- achieve victory.’' ad The Ceemeo swve.* asarsi • - lag In the ad views* rose king M* ash tag t ten hne msd hashed tm mo pornaafie* eg flmrflaMsc mnmhnre pf fhn hosrib-1 •sag flap ennamg the mnismy Ml the« Ami hp gpdammg MM* anal ed An as- j tk< li ve fight tag <MNMea * next! Frcetdent \N >s |a drier*! e*e tho cenfltot to a finish * . Secretary Ian#*, just hark from .a Liberty* bond lour of the Middle We it. told President Wilson and tke cabinet Tuesday that ike Middle W eat was determined to 4o iU par) TRAIN HELD UP BY BANDITS One I'asM-ugrr Attempts Resistance and is Wounded. Tm Hr la Peru of final aaaoeacn ihhridL ftt la prartk , Mto t suaed gtatdi ed for the part tot patkan of kefftp a fto^H aa a%ti a* the,lain t ha snwwnragMM raperia fapaesnpAad at tha cetmaag <s mg ad Caoemh! 8 rwenioarw anrwe ef all (he natisma at to this *tam > iiasif that amaahui Ckhraadki whach peg | wUi ha tons a fNkrial' Bandits early' Monday held up a Creek Railroad train, en route (|om Salt l4lke to t»old Hill. Xerada. robbed the passengers and wounded f’i'hartes Hzrber,*of Salt t^sk»* City, a ho attempted resist anew, A posse sent Is la on the bandits' trail ally cor- j Areswdimg to reports the robbers ' wttt ha Jam pod on the tram ametaea miles maim* vnnth af MTamimmy # near the t tahr war Nsiaia Weadsry They ransarhod ihty the matt ns«ashna ami them rehhed 1 m af Altl aidllwn wiles >tly ft Gee mariaas. enty i tag eoe af tham wtth a The aitacft wrrarvad oithA Mm war aaa* I hat though tke iaatrayor wag badly damage she was able U seek* port One man. a gaaaara' wstd. was kill ed. being ou.es taia (ka aa* by tin yeda Five other man warn wooaded The dead moa to Gam and K tn grams, gaaaers amio. of Pratt city. Ala He was Mowa t.wrboerd by the esplosioa and hi* body was awt News of tho taridont. wktok on- rarrod Ortohor If. was flashed to the nary department by Vice Ad miral Kims A detailed report from Admual Kims Is being awaited by tke department This la the first lima aa American warship has been kit by tke enemy. Destroyers convoying troops and merchantmen have engaged &abma rines and are believed to have ac counted for some of them, and tho ships patrolling the European ship ping lanes undoubtedly have had many an encounter of which noth ing has been heard, but until Tues day none had been touched by a boa- tile shot. Naval gun crews on armed Ameri can merchantmen have not been wo fortunate. One officer and thirteen men have lost their lives, while four men now are in German prison camps. In all the navy has lost one offi cer and sixteen men—the only men in America's fighting forces actually killed in action. . COURTMARTIAL OFFICER Officer Accused of Mistreating Yei York Private at Spartanburg.' A courtmartial has been ordered in the case of Capt. Howard E. Sul livan of Battery D, One Hundred and Fifth Field Artillery, charged with directing and personally witnessing the whipping of Private Otto Gott- sr-halk of his company, (’apt. Sul livan was plat ed under arrest and is confined to tbd limits of' the regf- coaHt. but these havq never been [mental camp. Lieut. J. rfcC. Oron- suhstantiated. After the most re cent of these rumors were circulat ed. nearly a month ago, on the basis of reports made by incoming mer chant steamers, a careful investiga tion made hy the navy department tion was made by the navy depart* ment. It resulted in the statement from Secretary Daniels that since the beginning of the war ao report of the presence of a Germaa n-boat along tke count of tke t’alted Sta’eg had beea substantiated na is in command of the company. NITRATE PLANT LOCATED l*rearfc warsklpa deafrwyad two German sakwirtaws A* Ae wans sea MadttN rraanaa A Ae Urn wswa af ■ssutdiug A f M tbs trip? af Sheffield. Ala., Wins Site for One of the l*l«nl* Aathorijrd. •Sheffield. Ala. as a site for one of the nitrate plants for which Uoa- ****** appropriated wan aaaeuhrwd Tuesday hf the war de- psrtaMWf The site is aa Ae Tt * r peer Mpari A'ttMMttl arid IS . hef ween Ae