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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
Mitchell WINS BACKING OF
~ Y. COUNTY COMMITTEE;
BENNETT LOSES 843-223
GERMAN RAIDER
PACIFIC WRECK
Seeadler Stranded After Sink
ing or Capturing More Than
Is Vessels Since December.

WAsHiNGToN, Oct. 4.-Further opera :
lions OF the German sea raider Seead-
Ter tSea Eagie). which has destroy ed
or captured more than fifteen vessels
since she left the German coast last
december. were revealed tonight when
ehe Navy Department received a mes
sage from Tutuila. Samoan Islands, tell
ing OF the arrIva! there oe the master
and three sailors OF the missing Ameri.
can schooner c. Slade.
The despatch quoted the Slsde's skip
per. Capt. Hador Smith. as saying that
the Seeadler had stranded on the coast
OF Mopeha Island in the South Pacific
and had been aba ndoned. after destroy
Ing the Slade and two other American
schooners.. the Manila and the A. b.
johnson.
Capt. Smith said his vessel was cap
tured by the Seeadler on June II and
that the vessel was destroyed by FIRE.
the crew being taken aboard the raider.
Previously. on June ~. the German
ship had captured and destroyed the
Johnson. and on July s she overhauled
and dynamited the schooner Manila.
The Seeadler then proceeded to Mohepa
Island, reaching there July 81. On
August 2 the raider went aground and
was abandoned as a total loss only after
the Germans had worked for days to get
her OFF the rocks on August 81 the
commander Of the raider. Capt. Lieut.
Count Felix Won Luckner. embarked
with three officers and two sailors In
a motor sloop. provided with machine
guns. rifles. bombs and supplies for two
months.
The remainder Of Seeadler's crew went
ashore, and on September they cap
fnra1 tho ErarCh arhnnnor T.nf hon 4
out of Tahiti Society Islands. The Ger
mans left on the schooner with machine
guns. rifles. bombs and supplies. leaving
beh nd them twentyseven white mel
and seventeen natives marooned on tn.
island. Capt. Smith says these men are
In great need of food and water and to
secure relief for them he and the thre:
sailors embarked from the island In al
open boat on September 10.
The Seeadler, a vessel of some 2.s0G
tons and mounting two guns. was one
OF number Of raiders that slipped out
Of German ports and past the guarding
British feet in the latter part Of 1915
The outside world received Its firs,
news OF the work of the Seeadler OF
March 81, the day after the French
bark Cambronne put into Rio Janeirc
with os5 men from the crews Of vessels
sunk by the raider. She also brought
word that the Seeadler. before releasing
the Cambronne had sunk the following
vessels Antonin. French sailing ship
The British Yeoman. a British sailing
vessel; the Buenos Ayres. All Italiar
sailing vessel; the Charles Gounod. &
French sailing ship; the Duplex, 3
French sailing ship: the Gladys Reyle
British the Horngarth, British th'
Perce. British; the Lady Island. British
the Pinmore. British; the La Rochefou
cauld. French. and the Brithjoanes
British
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
SOLDIERS MAY WORK IN SHOPS
Proposal to Trnnsfer skilled Me-
cha nics to MunitiOn Plants.

WAsHINGroN, Oct. 4. - Detailing OF
skilled mechanics In the National Army
to the war industries without diseharg-
ing them from military service was
urged upon President Wilson to-day by
Representative Madden Of Illinois. who
pointed out that hundreds Of employers
holding war contracts are handicapped
by scarcity of workmen.
The President promised to ask Secre-
tary Baker to investigate the question
after receiving reports from the Labor
Commission now In the West.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
FEW FRENCH VESSELS SUNK.
u-BOats Send Down Only Six ships
In Week.

PARIS. oct. THE weekly report of
losses 10 French shipping by submarines
and mines shows that five vessels of
more than I 500 tons each and five OF less
than that size were destroyed -Four of
the smaller ships were lost in the pre-
ceding week Five vessels were attacked
unsuccessfully, one of them in the pre-
vious week
Six fishing vessels were sunk. two of
them in the preceding week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
EARLY VOTE ON COAST BILL.
senate Expected to Act nt Once On
shipping Measure.

WAsHINGroS. oct. 4.---Enactment he
fore adjournment Of the House hill per-
mitting foreign built vessels to enter the
American coastwise trade is planned by
Senate leaders
President Wilson sent a letter to-day
to Senator Martin, Democratic leader,
stating that the bill IL urgently noceS-
sary. in view of the shortage of coast
wise shipping and Senate leaders ar
ranged to get the bill through the Senate
Tomorrow. if possible. without amend
ment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
Tobacco Fund Army
Gains Many Recruits

THE SUN TOBACCO FUND
campaign by the American Junior
Naval and Marine Scouts con-
tinues to gather force and pro-
ducc results. There was a demon
stration of approval at the Hip
podrome last night. During the
day six more Scouts received
medals. Buy one of their songs,
"For Old Glory" 1t costs only rs
cents.
That was a fine entertainment,
that benefit concert tea at the
Vanderbilt Hotel yesterday after
noon. The funds box at the Har-
ris Theatre brought $40 at auc-
ton for a single night, and
woman visitor from Columbus,
Ohio, paid ST. to hear Raymond
Hitchcock sing just one song. It
was worth It, too.
Lots of things are on the
boards for the immediate future.
There's a baseball double header
Sunday AID golf tournament
next week, among other things.
Read about them on page ?.
Daily reminder: Every coupon,
every certificate deposited in a
contribution box in q Schultz or
United cigar Stores box means
more smokes for the soldiers. And
how the fellows Over There do
enjoy tie smokes!
WARNING! THE sun TO-
BACCO FUND kas no connection
with any other fund, organization
or publication. II employs no
agents or solicitors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
CHDQUERS COURT FOR PREMIER
Sir Arthur II. Lee Gives $500 Acre
Eststs ~ O0cial Rssadencs.

LONDON. Oct %.--It IL announced that
Sir Arthur Hamilton Lee. director of
general food production. has offered his
1900 acre Chequers Court estate In
Buckinshamshire to be used and main
tanned in perpetuity ~ the oficial coun.
try residence Of British Prime Ministers.
David Lloyd George. tho Prime Min
istsr. in a letter In answer to the offer
Of air Arthur, approves the plan and
has authorised the donor OF the estate
10 take whatsver steps are necessary 70
bsins II trast iQto saistsnoA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
HUGE AIR LOSSES.

7Ol 'Planes Lost or Driven Down
In Month In West.
Special Cable Despdtch TO The Sun from the
London Times.
Copyright. 1871 all rights reserUed.
LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE Times an
nounces that 70< airplanes and seaplanes
were brought down or driven down on
the western front In September.
This 10 a higher total by nearly 900
than was reached in August, 1t COM
pares with 4S7 In July. 713 In May and
TT In April.
Tho Allies. according to claims from
German headquarters. lost 2%2 machines
last month.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05

WASHINGTON. Oct. 4.--The conference
report on the last Of the big war appro-
priation bills for this session Of Congress.
the s7,75S,l24,O0O deficiency measure,
was adopted by the House to-day sfte,
brief discussion, and tho bill nov ID
ready for the Presidents signature
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
CURACAO RADIO PLANT OPENS
Gets wireless News Direct From
Nauen, Germany.

WrlIEM srAp, Curacao. Oct. "a wire
less receiving station has been completed
here and began operations to-day Com
muncation was established with various
important stations, The daily newspa-
per to-day publishes news from Nauen.
Germany
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05

The station at Nauen is the principal
distributing point for German wireless
propaganda, From this station Is sent
the service OF the Overseas News
Agency. which was received at Sayville,
N v, until the United States entered
the war.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
Help, Cost 81 Money Has Risen.

WARRINGTON, Oct. 4.-The cost of
making money has risen more than Sc
per thousand sheets, the Federal Reserve
Board announced to-day. Changing
labor conditions and material costs" at
the BuAesu Of Engraving and Printing
are responsible.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
RECORD TOLL OF U.BOATS.
More Lost In Past = Months Than
Ever Before, Says Britisher.

LONDON, Oct. "A high official OF the
Admiralty said to-day that more German
subma rine boats had been sunk in the
last three months than during any SINH
lar period.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
$4,000 TON CRUISER
DRAKE TORPEDOED
British Warship Reaches
Horbor and Then Sinks.

LONDON. oct 4,--The British cruiser
Drake has been torpedoed and sunk. &C
cording to an Admiralty announcement
tonight
The Drake was torpedocd Tuesday
morning of the north coast OF Ireland.
She reached harDor. but then sank In
shallow water.
One officer and eighteen men were
killed by the explosion The remainder
OF the ships company was saved.
The Drake was of l4,l0o tons. She
was built at Pembroke in 1901. and had
a speed OF twenty y-three knots. Her
complement was 800 men.
A sister ship of the Drake. the Good
Hope, was sunk In the battle of Coronel,
Chile. in 1914 with loss of Ss7 men.
The Drake was we'll known in eastern
American waters, having several times
visited United States and Canadian
ports. She was the flagship of the fifth
cruiser squadron which attended the
Hudson celebration In New York in 1909.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
Positions Of "Great 1mpor-
tancc" Won. Says Field
Marshal Haig.
FURIOUS BATTLE is ON
Three TputOn Divisions of
$1,000 Men MOwn Down
by Barragc Fire.
ALL OBJECTIvES TAKEN
Climax to Great Drive Is EX-
pected to Be New linden
burg Retreat.
LONDON, Oct. 4-More than

I ,ONDON. Oct. 4.-More than
5000 prisoners have been
taken by the British in the new
drive which was begun this morn
ing east of Ypres in Flanders
over a front of eight miles.
were won. including positions
characterized by Field Marshal
Haig's report from headquarters
tonight as of great importance"
The Reuter- correspondent at
British headquarters in France
says:
To-day is one of the great
days in army annals. The victory
is being proclaimed as one of the
greatest since the Marne."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05

Continued on Fourth PAGE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05
BOIo Connections Probed.

"Is It true that he had use Of a special
wire from the Ministry to the provinces
"Did he communicate. ny its means
with his family mt Biarrltz?
Ibid Bolo. Immediately following the
resignation OF Messiny as Secretary o,
War, In 1914, go to Biarrits?
us II true that. upon arriving at Riar.
ritz Bolo told the most discoura gins
news Of French defeats. that the defea,
of Charleroi was decisive and that the
Germans were going TO be In Paris In q
few days."
NJ. Peret. Minister Of Justice. has sent
o. ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-05

Confused on Third Page.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-20
American Sailors Saue Survivors,
of British Ships Sent to Bottom,

assigned an official photographer te
take pictures o. anything desired by
the howspapermen,
Many pictures were taken showing
the American tars fraternizing with
the British sailors. The Americans
presented Q splendid appearance. be-
Ing 90 fine body Of fighting men as
could be found anywhere.
Although there are no wartime re-
strictions on the sale Of liquor in this
part, the saloons are not the rendezv
GUS of either the Americans or Brit
ishers.
National Game Played.
One OF the diversions Of the Ameri
can tars Is initiating their British col
leagues into the mysteries OF the
American national game.
When the correspondents arrived in
the port they were taken to the beau
tiful old English home where Admiral
Sims has his headquarters. The house
is 800 feet above the town and from
the wonderful gardens. which sur
round it, several American destroyers
could be seen riding at anchor. The
admiral chatted with the newspaper
men for half an hour after which they
we're taken to inspect the harbor.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-20
MASKED YECGS
[consinued From page one.

Continued From Page one.l
said. except they seemed uncertain as
to whether the robbers entered the end
door OF the car, or whether they ap
peared suddenly from behind pile OF
boxes.
Both declared that after they were
bound, one OF the robbers fitted a dup
licate knob into the safe dial and open
ed the strong box without apparent
difficulty. 1t lie customary for express
agents to remove the knob of safes as
precaution against robbery after
valuables have been counted and lock
ed inside.
Knew In Advance.
Because OF the seeming ease with
which the robbers obtained their plum
der, 1t was asserted by the police that
they must have had advance informa
ton of the shipment of coin, OF the
character of the safe and perhaps OF
the combination.
After the robbery, the masked men
dropped from the train in the yards
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-20

Some, to please interested friends
tried Var-ne-sis, with the result that
today they are well and strong, having
no further use for the wheel chair
or crutches, they have given them to
me to add to my collection. What
Var-ne-sis has done for these people
1t will do for others.
am continually producing evi
dence; publishing some remarkable
recovery from chronic rheumatism Of
the joints brought about by Var-ne-sis
and l feel that it is more to the inter
est Of sufferer to take Var-ne-sis than
it is to me. The longer one put off
taking Var-ne-sis the longer they will
suffer needlessly.
Send to w. A. Varney, Lynn, Mass.
for the Story of Var-ne-sis. It's free
Get Var-ne-sis Now at Thistlethwaite
Drug Stores and all reliable druggists
--Advt
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-20

that all such means of transportation
be operated as q unit, the owning cor
Iorations being paid just and fair
compensation which would cover nor
NAL net profit, upkeep and better
ments"
These Recommendation are approx
ed by commissioners Davies, Colver
and Fort Chairman Harris dissents
on the plan for transportation pool.
except as a last resort, and suggests
instead that during the war the pres
ident be authorized to order rail and
water transportation agencies to give
preference to shipment OF coal, coke
and other commodities in the order
of their importance to the public vel
fare"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-20
THE BASE OF THE AMERICAN
IN BRITIHH WATERS.

THE BASE OF THE AMERICAN
FLoTILI4A IN BRITISH WATERS,
June s0.-Two American destroyors
have returned here with 80 survivors
Of two torpedocd British ships. The
ships were sunk at the farthest point
westward In the Atlantic the U.boats
have appeared since the ruthless cam.
paign began and the response Of the
American destroyers to their 8. o. 8.
was more than hundred miles away.
When the warships arrived on the
scene they found the ships were gone
and for many hours they CROPPED about
N the dark In search Of the survivors
The crew Of one Of the sunken ships,
81 IN number. was found In one life
boat while 80 survivors from the sec
ond ship were picked up from two
small boats. Four sailors from the
latter ship were killed by the explos-
Ion OF the torpedo.
Men Are Praised.
Admiral Sims and other naval Of.
ucers met the destroyers on their re-
turn and complimented the comman.
ders on the work. American CORE
spondents were present, having been
Invited here through an arrangement
between the United States and British
governments. The British admiralty
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-20

The above photograph represents
! small part Of the large collection of
wheel chairs, crutches, canes and
photographs Of the Varnesis Exhibition
room, 140 Boylston ST, Boston, Mass.
Thousands from all parts of the
country have called to see this re-
markable exhibition and have ex
pressed wonder at such an array of
evidence. The name and address of
the former owner and sufferer of
each wheel chair, crutch or cane on
display is attached to each article
and one thousand dollars Is offered if
they are not as represented. w. A.
Varney said:
The people who used these wheel
chairs, clutches and articles exhibited
here, were in very bad condition as
you can readily understand. Many OF
them were helpless and were told that
they would never be any better. They
had done all they could and nothing
would reach their case.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-20
GOVERNMENT
fcontInued From Page One

ers of various grades of fuel be paid
their full cost of production plus a
uniform profit per ton with due
allowance for quality of product and
efficiency of service); and,
"Second-That the transportation
agencies of the United States, both
rail and water, be similarly pooled and
operated on government account un.
der the direction of the president, and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-20

and disappeared and no trace Of them
had been found. They left the two
messengers bound, back to back, with
one end OF the rope passed between
their teeth as gag. Andrews In
whose car the robbery occurred, man.
aged to release his bonds and freed
Smiley. The money stolen was con-
signed to banks In Omaha, Neb.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1917-07-06
CIVIC LEAGUE.

The Civic League was enter
tanned at the home of Mrs. ID. G..
Payne, on last Thursday. A
large membership was present
and report a very interesting
meeting. After the business SEES
sion. Mrs. Faulkner, of Ashville,
N. c., and Mrs. DR.. Anderson, OF
Boston, gave interesting and
helpful talks on Red Cross work,
followed by a short lecture on
Feeble Mindedness" by DR.,
Anderson. making US realize the
great work being done in differ
emit localities of the country and
of what must be done in Ken
lucky to improve matters.
The Club met this week witt
Mrs. X. w. Cole.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1917-07-06
Prominent Visitor

Mrs. George T. Weitzel, Of
Frankfort, KY, is in our city,
visiting Mr.. James D. Black and
daughter, Miss Gertrude. Her
husband holds the rank of Major
in the U. S. Army. Heretofore
he has represented the United
States Government at the capitol
of Nicaragua, one of the Central
American states. Also in Mexico
and Constantinople. Major Welt
eel is an alumnus of Yale, and
speaks and writes a half dozen
different languages. He is an ex-
ceedingly accomplished gentle
man, and in all probability he will
be called by the Government :
go to Europe within r.
future. english lady;
Mrs. Weitzshdon England, and
was bQ~a number of years in
Paris. She writes and speaks
with fluency the French and Span
ish languages. She has Travelled
over the world a great deal. She
has, with her husband, visited
every one of the belligerent coun-
tries in Europe. They were in
Constantinople a considerable
time. She has been in Switzer-
land, Egypt and in portions OF
Asia.
She is a very attractive CONVEX
sationalist and fluent speaker be-
fore an audience. 1t is delight
to hear her give an account OF her
travels and experiences in the
countries named. In addition to
all her many other accomplish
ments, she is an accomplished
and pleasing singer. She will re-
main in our city the guest OF Gov.
Blacks family some days, and
then join her husband whose
headquarters are at Washington,
D. C. We welcome her with open
hearts to our city, and bespeak
for her a pleasant time while
here. 1t is fortunate for any
community to have as a visitor
such a cultured and Travelled lady
as Mrs. Weitzel.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1917-07-06
NEWS.

There does not appear the reg
ular column of oil news this week
as the fellows who attend to this
item of news have failed to show
up this week with their usual
contribution. We will have lots
of it next week. and in all likely
hood, some that will be real inter
esting.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1917-07-06
Physicians Statement

Williamsburg, KY, July 3, IT.
We, the undersigned physicians
make the statement that the
wife of w. M. Rasner is very ill
at this time and will not likely
live many days as it is impossible
for her to get well.
G. A. Moss. M. D..
L. b. Crowley. M. D.,
C. A. Smith. M. D.
| submit the above statement
from doctors in Williamsburg as
to the condition of my wife, as
will not be able to attend all
the speakings on account of the
condition my wife is in, and my
enemies will be telling that | am
off the track but | know that the
good people will not vote against
me because my wife is so sick
that | cannot attend the speak
ings.
My name is fourth on the bal
lot and | expect to be your rep
resentative.
Yours truly,
w. M. RASNER.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1917-07-06
Iron and Steel Made Rust Proof.


II iron is placed In weak SOLUTION
Of phosphoric acid a coat Of insoluble
ferrous phosphate is formed on It.
which an oxidizing agent makes black
and basic. II there Is more acid phos'
phate, salts of calcium, magnesium
bsrium or other alkah earth metal In
solution It win react much less violent
ly than when free phosphorus acid Is
present. By using hydrated manganiC
oxide and afr as oxidizing agents In
the presence Of this acid phosphate
layer OF black ferroso ferric phosphate
is formed OF suitable thickness, rem
deripg the metal rust proof.-Populal
Science Monthly.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1917-07-06
E. J. Miller for Surveyor.
To the Voters of Knox County,

To the Voters of Knox County,
/ am a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for the office
of Surveyor of Knox county, and
come to you asking your support,
| have never held an office in the
county, nor have any of my rela.
tives. | have always been a re-
publican. and likewise my people,
and they are among the Oldest
set of people in the county. ~
If nominated and electe;' you
do all in my power :" VIII nave
such an officeraVlng cast your
no regrne. i
votannot see all the voters OF
he county, before the election,
ut will see as many as possibly
an: and | take this method to
ct you know that | certainly will
ppreciate your support in this
ace.
Thanking you in advance, | am
Very truly yours,
E. J. MILLER.