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GERMANS PAID FOR VICTORY. FIFTEEN OF Till IK WARSHIPS WERK PUT OUT OF ACTION BY RUSSIANS. Fate of Largo Ship* Unknown Hut His ToriMslo Boats Were Sunk? Ml o n- Operations m I nimv. Fifteen German fighting fdilps. In? cluding two dreadnoughts were put out of action by tbe Hueluna during the actions last week around the end of the Oulf of tllga. The Rus? sian admiralty says the fate of the larger vessels Is unknown, but it is definitely established that the Ger? mans lost six torpedo boats. The overwhelming superiority of the Ger? man forces told, however, and the Russian forces retired with the loss of hte battleship Slava and one large destroyer. Oesel. Moon and Dago Is lsnds are completely in German hands. The Teutons claim the cap? ture of twenty thousand prisoners, a hundred guns and a lurge amount of war material. They also reached the mainland on Esthonia aud Werder Peninsula. An unofficial report from Stock? holm says tbe Germans gathered a large number of submarines and de? stroy er v off Mustern Denmark antici? pating an attempt of tho entente fleet to get Into tbe Baltic to aid tbe Rus siana Minor operation! by the allies in Flanders have been generally success? ful. The Germana retook one po? sition that bad been newly won by tbe British. French attacked this morning on tbe Ateno front. Paris reports con? siderable progres In that section. The French attack on the Alsnc front may be a major operation with Fort De La Malmaison as the ob? jective. This fort baffled the Frencn at their last spring utti.ok. ! t . reduc? tion would simplify the attack on Laon. Petrograd reporta that the Oarmano failed in their second effort to Und troops eight miles north o.' Werdsr. LOST HALF OF FLEET. Zeppelin Raid Over England Wnw Costly to Germany. Washington. Oct. 23.?Germany probably lost half of her effective fleot of super-Zeppelins on October 20th In the raid over England, accord? ing to official reports. SOLDIER KILLS HIMSELF. Ruf us Kcarsey, Whoso Home Was lu Dillon, Takes Own Life. Greenville, Oet. 12.?Rufus Hear? say, Company F, Ono Hundred and Nineteenth Inf? try. whose home s In Dillon, committed suicide thb morning at Csmp Sevler by cutting his throat with a razor. f Kearsey appeared at roll call this morning and also at mesa, though he atated that he was sick and did not eat anything. Ho was found about ten minutes after mess In a dying condition. He enllated in the Nation? al Guards July 29, his age at that time being given as 23. His nearest living relative is hia mother, Mrs. Ha? rsh G. Kersey, whose home is In Dil? lon. Mental derangement Is given aa the cauao of the act, Kearaey hav Ing been under obaervatlon on this account for some time. COTroiN MONEY IN BONDS. Two l armer*? sell gop Dales and Intcet $20,000. Columbia. Oct. a*J.?Being unable to serve their country on the field ol battle, two farmers of Chester coun? ty decided to "do their bit" in aome other way. 8o recently, they sold 200 boles of cotton for which the> received 920.000 and put the entire IMJggeds In Uberty bonds. The following letter received from Mr. ftobert Gage, chairman of th. liberty loan committee in Chester county, tells tho story We beg to advise that MrCandhss Ft others. P.. F l> . Chester, have re? cently aold H| hales cf cotton anu took 120.000 In liberty tonda. These young men are Just a?.< v.- tin- drafi sge and felt that if they did not ;< across they would come across.' ' This subscription cum?- du. < - from tho furnier and ' feel the in? formation may he of value to ynu in helping others to tuke similar steps." SIZE OF WIAS p\< K \GF.H, I'oMtofttcc Department Announce* linkt on MM ??f RMtUsjeg to Pruncc. Washington. Oct. 22.?Christmas presents and other gifts fron Imme for soldiers m Fram e must ?>,? Hun' ed to seven pounds, the postofti. i department announced t >d i\ Boy Scout* Sell Bonds. New York. Oct. ::i.?The Hoy Scouts ohtaiucd three million in Lib* erty loan pledges on the Rrsl day ol ttmir i ngpnlgg acsofdlng t<> the re? port of fhe national he i d -1 aa rtera. This Is far In SSesSJ of the fit t gays work on tho (Irst Issue. FIGHT THROUGH WINTER. M0ilTAllY IXFMKn expect lDIU KS OPElt.NTING A<iAINST GERMANY to continue. Potency of Material and Men Will ratable British and I'rcuch Com? manders to Triumph Over Natural Obstacles In Waging Great War. Washington. Oct. 22.?Military ex? perts hero do not expect winter to halt the great allied drive against the Germans in Plunders. Secretary Maker's weekly review of war ope? rations issued tonight discloses tho | belief of the war department that J potency of material and men will en- i ablo the British and French com? manders to triumph over natural ob? stacles and continue forcing tho en? emy backward without waiting for spring. Tho review touches for the first time upon the American expedition? ary force in France, declaring the men, after three months' intensive training, are in efficient fighting trim and splendid physical condition. On dwelling upon the importance of the battk* of Flanders, the war sec? retary declares it is apparent that the German higher command plan? ned the recent expedition against the Kassians In the Riga sector in order to bolster up morale and meet Impending interna' difficulties. By extending her lines in the East, he adds. Germany has merely added to the length of her line of communica? tions and Increased confidence in tho final allied victory. The review, covering the week end lug October 20, follows: "Our men in France, after three months intensive training, are in splendid physical conoition and effi? cient fighting trim. They havo reallv become acclimated and now feel at home In the war zone. "Our troops have met with the most warmhearted and enthusiastic reception on the pert of the armies and people of France. The health of our men over seas in reported as ex? cellent. "The week Just closed has been one of relative quiet on all fronts. "Bad weather ictually prevails along the Western front, wintry con? ditions will soon set in and the terrain will become Increasingly diffi? cult for attacking troops. Neverthe? less the potency of lj| arms for com? bat will make it possible for the Brit? ish and French commanders to tri? umph over natural obstacles and with few short intervals wo may expect the offensive to press forward. "It is not anticipated that the al? lies will go into winter quarters this year. "The full importance of the battle in Flanders Is beginning to be reveal? ed. In order to appr eciate the real significance of this engagement and the effect it has* had on the morale of the German army and tho German people we must consider briefly the German attitude in ?M Klga sector, including the capture of Oesel, Dago and other minor islands of the Fin? nish Gulf. "While no attempt should bo made to belittle the importance of the positions gained by the enemy, we cannot fail to record that it is ap? parent that the Germans undertook this expedition with a view to bolster? ing up the morale of tho country, more particularly In order to meet impending internal difficulties, which threaten tc culminate in a renewed cabinet crisis in the near future. "Tho German higher command has invariably picked out a weakened ob? jective In order to be able to record a ruccess which should bo of politi? cal rather than military value. The Islands of tho Finnlnh coast In the hands of the enemy In no way offset the recent Allied victories in Flan? ders. Sound strategy demands that no such diversion of forces bo un? dertaken at so crucial a moment. "If tho enemy had any confidence in being able to stem successfully the tide of the Allied advance in th? west he would throw every ounce of his strength in the balance In Plan dors, and. if passible, by crushing the allied army, brin* about "peace with victory." which the Germam have made their objective. ''Germany by intending her lines in the anal, has mere f added to th< length of her lines of communiea tlon; thus the events in Russia toda\ Should cause us to have incn asiuc confidence in iinai Ailed victory, "Along the western front trench i n Is, if wdl as the usuai artillery duels, are repot f. d. Isolated eoun let attacks wer.- conducted by the enemy In inch a manner as to indi? cate that no real succsss was sxpect? ed. bot merely serve to keei up the iggileslvi sinnt of the troops, It is evident that the tenable punishment by Allied artillery lire || beginning to have a decided effect iloni tir- weit? ern front. "Never heforo In any series of en? gagements have so many German di rtslons, after brief sncounters, been withdrawn and replaced by fresh troops. Deserters from German ranks NEW DRAFT RULES. FIVE CLASS DIVISION FOK KEG ISTE11ED MEN. Classifications Become Public Much Before Time Planned l>y Provost Marshal General's Oilicc?Would Have Remained Oflicial Secret for Week but for New York Dinner. Washington, Oct. 22.?The five! classifications into which men await? ing draft will be divided, under the new regulations approved by Presi? dent Wilson, have become public much before the time planned by the provost marshal general's office and are here published. It was discovered today that what was to have remained aji official secret for a week or more was divulg? ed Saturday night at a dinner in New York which Secretary Baker and Provost Marshal General Crowder attended. The provost marshal gen? eral discussed fbe new regulation* without intending to make public the classification, but some members of a New York local exemption board, thinking to elucidate the general':: speech, printed tho classifications or. the back of tho menu card The classifications aro as follows, and show every man registered to which class he belongs and In what order the different classifications will be called to service: Class 1?1. Single man without de? pendent relatives. 2. Married men (or widower with children) who habitually fails to sup? port his family. 3. Married man (or widower with children) not usefully engaged, fam? ily supported by income Independent of his labor. 5. Men not included In any other description In this or ether classes. t>. Unskilled laborer. Class 2?1. Married man or father of motherless children, usefully en? gaged, but family has sufficient In? come apart from his daily labor tc afford reasonably adequate suppor. during his absence 2. Married man?no children, wife can support herself decently and without harship. 3. Skilled industrial labor engaged in necessary industrial enterprise. 4. Skilled farm labor engaged In necessary agricultural enterprise, Class 3?1. Man with foster chil? dren dependent on daily labor for support. 2. Man with aged, infirm or invalid parents or grandparents dependent on daily labor for support. 3. Men with brothers or sisters im competent to support themselves, de? pendent on daily labor for support. 4. County or municipal officer. 0. Firemen or policemen. C. Necessary artificers or workmen in arsenals, armories and navy yards 7. Necessary custom house clerk. 8. Persons necessary in transmis? sion of malls. 9. Necessary employees in service of United States. 10. Highly specialized administra? tive experts. 11. Technical or mechanical experts in industrial enterprise. 12. Highly specialized agricultural expert In agricultural bureau of State or nation. 13. Assistant or associate manager of necessary industrial enterprise. 14. Assistant or associate manag? ? of necessary agricultural enterprise. Class 4 ? 1. Married man with wif ? (and) or children (or widower with Children) dependent on daily labor for support and no other reasonably adequate support available. 2. Mariners In sea service of mer chants or citizens in United States. 3. Heads of necessary Industrial enterprises. 4. Heads of necessary agricultural enterprises. Class I?1. Officers of States or the United States. 1, Regularly or duly ordained min? isters-. 3. Students of divinity. 4. Persons in military or naval ser? vice. ' Aliens. ?j. Alien enemies. 7. Persons morally unlit. 8. Persons physically, permanently or mentally unfit. !?. Licensed pilots. Mr. and Mrs. ED, W. Vogel have re? turned from Barnwell, where they attened the funeral of O relative. taken in the Allied lines have become Increasingly numerous. "An Interesting summary of troops movements In the United states ?hows that since the present mobili? sation began 914,198 persons have hern transported by the railroads for the War Department, of whom 286, 81 r? wer<- transported In standard oi tOUrietS Sleepers, the remainder in ordinary dav coaches. This vast movement ims been conducted by the railroads of the country without ? ?Ingle serious accident) and the coop? eration between the rollroads and department has been most eordlaJ iiiul effective." NO SIGNS OF PEACE. LLOYD GEORGE SAYS ONLY TERMS NOW POSSIBLE WOULD MEAN ARMED TRUCE. Declares Way to Shorten the Strug? gle is to Prepare for a Long War. London, Oct. 22.?"I have scanne 1 the horizon intently," said Premier Lloyd George today, "and can see no terms in sight which will lead to en? during peace. The only terms now possible would mean an armed truce ending in an even more frightful struggle." Premier Lloyd George and the chancellor of the exchequer, Andrew Bonar Law, were the principal speak? ers at an imposing demonstration in Albert Hall this afternoon to inaugu? rate the autumn campaign lor nat? ional economy. The hall was crowded, while on the platform Were many distinguished men, including the members of the cabinet and die ailie '. diplomats. The premier said he had hoped the enemy's terrible power might be hroken by next year, but the tem? porary collapse of the Russian mili? tary power had postponed this hope. Butt time is on the side of the al? lies, he said. Time once was neu? tral, but two things had changed this, namely, the advent of America and the increasing failure of the German submarine war. Tho allies were working in tho greatest harmony, the premier con? tinued. He said they are on the eve of the most important Interallied conference ever held, at which for the first time representatives of Americ t and of the Russian democracy would be present. He stated that the con? ference meant to determine the ulti? mate issue of the war. Mr. Lloyd George said that "Bolo ism" in all its shapes and forms should be looked out for. "Beware of people who try to sow dissension, distrust and suspicion," he said. "The enemy is trying to rattle our nerves*. Keep steady and we will win." The way to shorten the war, said Mr. Lloyd George, was to prepare for a long war. He added: "I am not going to predict when the war will end. No man in his 3enso? would prolong the war an hour longer than is necessary *o secure a lasting peace, but it must be a lasting peace, not a prelude to a more devastating war." The premier said all eyes must be kept steadfastly on the groat purpose of the war, which was destruction of the false ideal which would have in? timidated and enslaved Europe if it had triumphed. "Our real enemy," he continued, "is the war spirit fostered in Prussia. There will be no peace in the world until the shrine of the war spirit in Potsdam is- shattered find its priest? hood is dispersed and discredited for? ever." The war, said the premier, wad terrible in itself, but more terrible in the possibilities it revealed of new new horrors on land and sea and in the air. It must be settled now, once and for all, he declared. If the war should be renewed after thirty year:* more of scientific application, it would mean the death of civilization. Brute force must be dethroned for? ever. To realise what the advent of America meant, the premier went on. it was necessary only to look on the rapid growth of the little British army. America was now starting and its resources in man-power were twice those of Britain. British shipbuilding, said the pre mier, had increased four-fold and America had done likewise. Germany laughed at the declarations of China and other nations, but these declara? tions meant that most of the world's food and raw material were under the tlag of Germany's enemies which could reduce Germany to im? potence and desolation. Chancellor Bonar Law, referring to nir raids, declared it was impossible to prevent them, but Great Britain would make them as cosily as possi? ble. He added: "Germany has carried out a kind of aerial warfare which is detestable. We would avoid it if we could, but the enemy is determined upon it; so be it. Our enemies will find that what they gave us will be returned to them in full measure, pressed down and running over." Mr. Bonar Law asserted that for many months tin' British air service has had priority over every other in arms supply. During the last month at the front the British had dropped 8,000 bombs behind the German lines and the Germans had dropped on'y about l.OaO behind the British lines. "In otic month." he added, "our airmen in Flanders did damage Ij the enemy far exceeding all the dam? age thoy have done to US in all theit raids." London now has women street car conductors. Yep; tiny belong to the Iure sex,- -Amb rson Mail, M'ADOO AT ATLANTA. SECRETARY OF TILE TREASURY MAKES LIBERTY LOAM ADDRESS. Only Traitors and Fools Lacking in Hearty Support of the Government and in Buying Liberty Bonds. Atlanta, Oct. 24.?Germany's ef? forts to keep American ?hip* off the high seas through her ruthless sub? marine warfare was a direct blow aimed at the prosperity of American farms and of American business, Sec? retary McAdoo declared in his Lib? erty Day address here today. After reminding his- hearers that America went to war in 1812 to vin? dicate her right to the freedom of tthe seas and had steadfastly main? tained it since then, he continued: "Why is that right so essential to America's life and security? It is because we have always produced more than we can consume at home. And the very prosperity of our peo? ple, their very life, in fact, depends upon their ability at all times to sell that surplus in the open markets ol the world." The German emperor "had been led by disloyal people in this country to believe that America never woulc* fight," the secretary of the treasury continued, "and that any transgres? sions of our rights would be met simply by protests. "Had America submitted and kepi her ships off the seas, discord and discontent among American people would have followed, Mr. McAdoc said, and the German emperor by on< stroke of his pen would have accom plished "more destruction upor American farms, in American factor ies and in American business house: and to American interests all ovei this land than he could accomplisl with all the armies and navies of thi German empire." After telling what stoppage o American sea commerce would hav< meant in loss to cotton growers o the South, and of Germany s efforts ft Involve the United States with Japai and Mexico thraugh the Zimmermai intrigue, the secretary turned to ruth lets submarine warfare, and recite* the stories of helpless men and wo men being drowned at sea. "Some man has said, or is allege* to have said, that America had n< justification for this war with Ger many," the secretary declared: "I there be an American, 01 any man ii this land whether he is an Americai or not, who knowing this record, say: that we did not have justification foi war with Germany, then yellow blooc flows In his veins?he hasn't any ret; blood in him." Mr. McAdo denounced those indi viduals who would make peace witl the kaiser's government and the "al leged peace societies" in this country The latter are merely "German wolves masquerading in tho hides of Ameri can traitors," he declared, whih some of the former are deluded am simple people and "some are in th? pay of the kaiser." The secretary, who has completed a tour through the West and South? west in the interest of the libert> loan, said his trip had convinced him that America is awake to th< fact that this country is waging a war for self-preservation and know* that when the strugg:e is carried b a successful conclusion the liberty o the United States will never be imper? illed again. After describing the liberty bond which the government is selling as having the entire country's guaran? tee of the safety of the principal?the money invested in it, the secretary added "but America cannot assure her soldiers of the principal?their li\ es. "The soldier does not ask the gov? ernment to guarantee him safety," said Mr. McAdoo. "He expects to die if necessary, but he has a right to ask the civilian population to do this much for him?to arm him with the best gun that American money and American ingenuity can devise, a gur that will shoot faster ami farther than any gun yet made, and give him the best bayonet that can be forged by America's skill and brawn. "It is the only chance he has for his life. That is all we can do for him. Isn't he entitled to it?" The $5,000,000,000 raised through the second liberty loan will be de? voted chiefly to this, the secretary said in closing and "we shall end this thing forever, and Ami idea's liberties will never be imperilled again." XO "MOVIES" ON SUNDAY. Columbia Council RofttSOS Gen. Bail? ey's Eeqgsjst. Columbia. Oct. St.?By an unani? mous vote of the members present, Columbia city council, at its regular meeting this morning, refused the re iiicsi of Major Gen. U Bailey, com? mander of Camp Jackson, that mo !ion pictures be allowed to be shown In the various Columbls theaters on Sunday afternoons PLOT IN IRELAND. LLOYD GEORGE f* AYS BERN STORFF IS AIDING IN AT? TEMPT TO INCITE RE? BELLION. Ursen flu us aunt Act?I>cciare8 Young Men are Being Drilled In l'rcparation for Secession Revolt. London, Oct. 23.?In the course of a speech in the house of commons today Premier Lloyd George declared the government was aware that ar? rangements were again being made partly by Count von Bernstorff, to land arms in Ireland. ' The premier said that the govern? ment could not possibly forget what had happened only eighteen months ago. These speeches could not be treated as excited speeches delivered by persons of no consequence, which would end in nothing. "In order to save those poor peo? ple who honestly believed they were doing their best for their country, from being persuaded by others," continued the premier, "I thought it essential that the government should take action, not provocative action, but firm action. "There are three things the govern? ment ought to make clear in the in? terest of Ireland: First .incitement to rebellion cannot be permitted; the Germans nearly landed arms for that purpose eighteen months ago; We know that arrangements are being made for arms to be landed again, and we know that it is partly done by von Bernstorf^. Second, a thing no government can permit is organiza? tion for rebellion." After referring to the drilling and the marching going on in Ireland and the exportation of Devalera, the pre? mier declared that what was going on in Ireland was a substantial at? tempt to enroll and drill thousands of young men?who in England would f I have been compulsorily enlisted?in preparation for rebellion. The third point was that there was a deal of talk in Ireland among the Sinn Feiner leaders, which said the premier, did not mean home rule or self-government, but separation or se? cession. 0 There was a demand for sovereign independence for Ireland, declared the premier. "We had better say at once that under no condftion will Great Britain jpermlfc anything of, that kind." In the house of commons today Henry E. Luke, chief secretary for Ireland, said that last February the British government had deported prisoners from Ireland because Oer? many was offering a helping hand to the Sinn Feiners. Mr. Luke declared that the recent troubles in Ireland had arisen be? cause the convention was doing well and the Sinn Fein leaders wish it to fail. He said the government in* tended to lo its utmost to prevent criminal acts with such intention. ] ARRESTS IN NEW YORK. Sinn Fein Leader and German Asso c.tq Held. New York, Oct. 2C.?Liam Mel? low es, one of tho recognized leaders in the Sinn Fien rebellion, in Ireland, on Easter Monday, 19 16, and an as? sociate, Baron Dr. Max von Reckling hausen, a German subject, are un? der arrest in thi3 city, it was an? nounced today by William J. Flynn, chief of the United States secret ser? vice. The arrests were made on the eve of an announcement by Pre? mier Lloyd George in the house of commons ^that the British govern? ment had knowledge of another plot to land arms in Ireland. MellOWCJ is charged with obtaining false papers to enable him to leave the United States as an American seaman. Yon Recklinghausen, styled by Flynn as a "patent engineer with no little ability," has been turned over to federal authorities for internment during the war. He is declared to have been an intimate associate of Sinn Fieners. A statement issued by Flynn said papers* found in von Reck llnghsussn's rooms and on his person show definitely that large sums of money had gone forward to France for ultimate German purposes. Mellowes was arrested Monday night in possession of a seaman's passport made out in the name of Patrick Donnelly." and which, it is declared, he intended to use to re? turn to Ireland. After the failure of tho Irish revo? lution last year, Mellowes made his ira] to the United State by shipping as a coal heaver, according to Flynn's statement. LOAN TO FRANCE. Another Credit of Twenty Million Ad? vanced. Washington, Oct. 23.?The govern? ment today advanced another twenty million to France, bringing the total t i ed its to an the allies to two billion, seven hundred and seventy-eta mil? lion.