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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
|VALOR DISPLAYED.
BY RUSSIAN FLEET
Vastly Superior Force Arrayed
Against SIavs in Baltic
Engagements.
GERMANS ON DAG0 ISLAND

Apparently tho Russian feet in the
battle In and around Moon sound. north
of the Gulf of Riga Wednesday, gave
L good account Of Itself against the
superior enemy. The Russian admiral
ty says the entire third and fourth
squadrons of the German high seas
fleet. and probably the fifth squadron.
took part In the engagement. Tho
three squadrons comprise two-thirds
of the German fleet.
The battleship Slava was the only
vessel of the Russian feet lost. while
the Russians accounted for two trawl-
ers. Three German torpedo boats were
sunk by striking Russian mines Tho
Russian feet withdrew into Moon
sound.
The Germans have landed troops on
Dago Island. which lies to the north Of
Oesel Island, and forms the northern
boundary of Kassar bay. What prog
ress they have made in occupying the
island has not been established. This
Is the last of the large islands In the
northern part of the Gulf of Riga yet
in Russian hands. and bars the way to
the Gulf of Finland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
PLAN BIGGER DRIVE
F0RL|BERTYL0AN
Managers In New York and
Other Cities to Multiply
Their Efforts,
PRAYERS FOR ITS SUCCESS

By the Associated Pre.s
NEW YORK. October 2o.-With the
liberty loan campaign entering on its last
stage. broadening OF activities marks
the d. we in the New York federal reserve
district today. The Boy Scouts or Amer
,ca took their places In tine ranks OF the
army OF workers and visited thousands
meet Oh Arpiahes from Aiineota was
prepared to lombard the city with loan
messasea and hundreds of special COM
49,.
mittees mace oirect appears TO CROWDS
in the streets, .hea,ers and department
.tores
,
len 'housa'o prayers VII Do OF
fered in New York state pulpits tomor-
row for the success of the loan. The
~
committee On aTFaHsehehIs LOT the
great liberty loan parade here next
week announced that fully 70 oOo ner-
-, -, -,
so"s ~ooio pe III Liie' eor'her fFesi-
don't William h Taft will address a
rally on the floor of the New York
e., 49,.
BLUM IAehahse heAs taoiioaS'
&c. D...
Observation-Disclosures oenonstration.
I,h.r,v loan hondbo,asre ~ ce-r,.n
-,
oiTen or descent Will meet tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
PRESENT ALLIANCE
CHATTING BULGARS
Attempt to Get in Touch With
Entente on Peace
Question.
GERMANY is MISTRUSTED
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN. October 20.-While
Emperor William and King Ferdinand
of Bulgaria have been exchanging as
surances at Sofia of the unsuitable
loyalty of Bulgaria and Germany to
each other and Of the permanent ma
ture of the alliance Of the two coun-
tries, Bulgarian agents abroad have
been endeavoring to get into touch
with the entente powers on the subject
of peace and subsequent relations.
Their efforts are declared to be in
spired by apprehension that Germany
and Austria-H Hungary. particularly the
latter, may not be overzealous in de-
Tending Bulgaria's interest at the peace
conference. as well as by a desire on
Bulgaria's part to escape from revolv-
ing In an exclusively German orbit
after the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
Views Laid Before Allies.

Tho Associated Press correspondent
is able to report that a Bulgarian rep
resentative recently sought and OBJ
tanned an opportunity in a neutral Eu-
ropean capital to lay before the entente
governments TIE special desires of his
country with regard to a peace settle
ment. and in one-sided conversation
explained Bulgarian aspirations to re-
gain an independent political status as
soon as the war was concluded and re-
sumo cordial relations with the entente
powers. AS the case was presented in
short. the central Europe idea of an
economic league in which Bulgaria
would play a comparatively minor role
does not appeal to the Bulgarian mind.
Attempts are also being made to get
before the public in America and In the
entente countries a defense of Bull
garian pretentions to Macedonia and
the Dobrudja. the suggestion even be-
ing openly made from the Bulgarian
side that Serbia should be compen-
stated with Austrian territory from Bos-
MIA and Herzegovina, a suggestion which
Is pointed to as illustrative of the atti-
tude OF many Bulgarians toward their
own allies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20

CONTINUED from First Pagel
/.rative need of subscribing to the
.uan.
All residents OF the section OF the
city lying between Rock Creek bridge
at Calvert street and the Maryland line
at Chevy Chase have been asked to at
tend a liberty loan rally at the Eliza
beth V. Brown School. Chevy Chase,
.. c., at O'Clock tonight.
Residents of Washington Of Greek
ancestry win attend a mass meeting
in the interests of the loan at old
Masonic Temple at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
Must Guard Gulf of Finland.

The Russian Baltic feet in it's en-
tirety could not face the Germans in
the Gulf of Riga without abandoning
the responsibility for the defense of the
nist of the Russian admiralty.
The Germans" he said. effected
landing operations on Oesel Island with
twelve transports. escorted by twelva
battleships of all types. five cruisers.
an enormous number of auxiliaries and
thirty destroyers. 1t was impossible for
our entire Baltic feet to meet the
enemy without abandoning responsibl-
i:y for the protection of the Gulf *
Finland
The count cited the battle of Jutland
as a precedent of the impossibiliry OF
using subma ines to au anita n
added that the Germans are using the
same troops that took Oesel Island to
attack Dago Island, thus showing that
they were carrying out their operations
with a minimum force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
Buy Bonds, Says Roosevelt.

Col. Roosevelt, in letter to Lynfor6
n. Dickinson. member of the liberty
loan committee at Darien. Conn.,. where
the former President is seeking relaxa-
tion at gymnasium and farm. declared
that bond buyers were not making gifts
to the government. but were doing an
excellent stroke of business for them
selves" as well as doing their country
a patriotic service.
THE bonds offer an absolutely safe
investment, the safest in the entire
world" the colonel wrote, adding: IF
II Is of interest, I may add that 1 am
advising others to do only what l have
myself done"
The first announcement of a corpora
tion paying dividends in bonds of the sec
ond liberty loan was made yesterday by
the Union Bag and Paper Corporation.
An extra per cent disbursement.
amounting to $4,000. will be made in
liberty bonds on November Is. A number
Of companies have paid dividends in the
FIRST liberty bonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
Several Large Subscriptions.

DETROIT. October 20-Subscriptions
to the liberty loan here has reached a
tota! OF s5I,fle.S0o, within less than S.
600. 900 Of the cfty's quota Recent sfih-
scriptions included two OF 81 DOC, 900 each
and another for $4,000 The Packard
Motor Car Company and the Michigan
Alkah Company took the two larger
amounts
ST. LOUIS, No. October 20-Dfrectors
OF the St Louis Union Bank have author
lied the purchase Of $4,000 600 worth of
noefty ponds on behalf of the bank This
is the largest single subscription rnade in
st. Louis al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
HELP END THE WAR SOON.
BUY LIBERTY BONDS QUICK

Ford turns over his great plant
to the government and then buys
10000, 900 Of liberty loan bonds.
Does he want the Germans out OF
the trenches By Chriatmast ho
certainly acts TINT way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
Chicago Reaches Minimum.

CHICAGO. October 20.-Chicago has
reached its minimum allotment Of $685.
oc0. 900 for the second liberty loan. accord
ing to unofficial announcement of the
campaign managers. and today prepara-
$3.50. 1000 900 before next Saturday. The
managers expressed the belief that a
mark Of 5000, oo0o 600 will be set In the city.
Reports from over the seventh federal
reserve district are regarded as optimistic
and those in charge Of the campaign be-
heve the maximum Of $500. 900, 600 will be
obtained
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
AMERICAN SCHOONER
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
Nine Men, Believed to Be All on
Board, Are Landed at
Mujia.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 20.-The American
schooner Jennie E. RICHTER of SAT tons
gross was sunk by Teuton submarine
Tuesday, off Cape villano. Spain. Nine
men of the schooner were landed today
at Mujia. The Jennie E. RICHTER hailed
from New Haven, Conn.
All Believed Saved.
NEW YORK, October 20.-Apparently
there was no loss of life on the Ameri-
can schooner Jennie E. Fighter, sunk
by a German submarine as the records
of the United States shipping commits
sioner here show that the vessel carried
only nine men when she left New York
September IL for Havre, France. in COM
mand Of Capt Stephen Black.
These included five Americans-Den-
MS O'Neill, mate, Boston; Albert T.
Young. seaman. East Boston; Charles
and two naturalized seamen, John
Grant of Nova Scotia and Alfred ].
Rowe of England.
The schooner, owned by the Shepard
& Morse Lumber Company of this city,
was valued at 100000. She carried $500
barrels of lubricating oil, owned by the
Vacuum Oil Company. The vessel was
built at New Haven, Conn, in 1877.
The Jennie E. RICHTER was a three
masted schooner and was built at Mad
ison, Conn, in 1887. She was last re-
ported as having sailed from a United
States Atlantic port subsequent to
August 80, after a voyage from
Jamaica.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20

tiles So he was called up to Tower
Hill and told to go right away from
there, to keep on going and never.
never to come back. There was some
thing impressively sincere In the order,
and Russell went In the jitney from
Admiral to Naval Academy junction
Russell stated to newspaper men, be-
tween bumps, that he was through with
Camp Meade forever: he was leaving 1t
fiat. 1t could get along the best 1t
might without him. and II spy burned
the whole blamed-only Russell didn'
say Misunderstanding up some night
nobody would be to blame but the big
guns who weren't able to appreciate
fervor of a young man who was wiling
to imperii his own life in the EFFORT 10
protect about 27,500 of his fellowmen,
| members of the National Army.
This Kitchen Was Clean.
This morning the weekly inspection
OF squadrooms, property rooms. mess
keen rivalry has sprung up between
the three companies of the 31Zth Ma
chine Gunners as to which gets the
highest compliment on the occasion of
thing as a rating, SO the only way the
boys know how they stand is by
watching the expression on the faces
of the officers who do the inspecting.
LdSl Sd TX "SNSi, oliC VI tiS ~
spectors attached to the Medical Corps
went over one of the kitchens with al
most a microscope. He rubbed white
gloved hands over the table on which
meat is cut: he ran the blade of a knife
along the cracks in the mess table; he
rubbed his white gloves into the cor
ners OF the big roasting pans; he
peered into every corner of the pantry
and the refrigerator. When he fin-
ished he turned to the mess sergeant
and said: Sergeant, / have not seen a
better kept or cleaner kitchen and mess
hall in this entire camp" It's no fair
telling which of the three companies
this was, but Sergt. Cass Schroth wore
a fourteen-inch smile for two or three
days after last Saturdays inspection.
F.G.H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
Policemen Making Canvass.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, October 20
Added impetus was given the campaign
in this city for the second liberty loan
today when $500 policemen started a
house-to-house canvass in the interest of
the loan. They expect within the next
few days to distribute 400 600 circulars
and subscription blanks.
The liberty bell is to be feature Of the
parade here on Liberty day, next We'd
nesday. Guarded by large detachment
Of sailors and marines. the historic relic
will be hauled through the streets in the
central section Of the city. Gen. Waller,
commander of marines for this naval dis
trict. will be marshal Of the parade which
viii include many naval features calcu-
lated to stimulate the sale of the bonds.
Total subscriptions in this district to
date. according to estimates of the liberty
loan committee, are in excess of S1oo,-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
Channel Is Protected.

During these movements the cruiser
Admiral Makarof and some gunboats
and destroyers in inner Moon sound
protected that channel and the mouth
of Kassar bay between the islands OF
Dago, Oesel and Moon. Some of these
ships remained throughout Tuesday
night near the coast of Oesel Island
and repeatedly attempted to make their
way into the eastern portion of kassar
bay.
The rest of the statement is a repe-
tition of the official statement issued
yesterday, In which 1t was announced
that two trawlers mad been sunk by
the Russian fire and that two enemy
torpedo boats had been sunk by strik-
ing mines in the Moon sound region
Thursday. 1t adds, however, that a
German torpedo boat escorting the
main squadron ran into Russian mine
and sank.
Zeppelin airships appeared in the
Gulf of Riga and the Gulf of Finland
Thursday night. according to an off,
cial communication. Twenty bombs
were dropped on Pernau. on the west
ern shore of the Gulf of Riga. Ten per-
sons were killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
Territory Assigned to Each.

The territory already assigned and upon
which the volunteers began their can
vass today is as follows: Connecticut
avenue to 18th street and L to NJ streets,
J. NJ Stoddard: 18th to 18th and E to F,
W. j. Eynon; 18th to 18th and G street
to New York avenue. Herbert Shannon
18th to 18th and H to l streets, Appleton
D. Clark; Pennsylvania avenue to II
street and 18th street to Lafayette Park:
18th to 18th and C street to New York
avenue, ". J. McNally; 9Th to It'll and G
to H streets. Charles Semmes; F to G
and 18th to 18th streets, w c. johnson
and John Dolph: F. to G and 10th to 18th
streets, Max Fisher; 9Th to 10th and D to
f streets. Tom Moore; 18th to 14th and
F to G. D. F. Harris.
D. J. Callahan volunteered to solicit
personally the employees of the Norfolk
and Washington Steamboat Company and
those of the Pennsylvania railroad and to
cover any other assignments which the
committee might designate Commits
sioner Brownlow. William E. Shannon
and G. E Dunkum will cooperate with
members of the committee who may call
upon them for assistance
To make il possible for every man,
woman and child in the District to sub
scribe to the liberty loan, the forty-three
banks and trust companies of Washington
will keep open until $50 o'clock every
night next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
Woman U. S. Employees Buyiue.

October Is had bond sales to their cred.
Il of S3S,55G- They had bought bonds
20 the value Of s23.500. and had sold
bonds to The value of $14.S50. They
are working at 1t, buying for them
selves and selling to those who VIII
buy.
A feminine employe Of the internal
revenue bureau sold one bond for
$40 900. In at least five Offices of the
Treasury Department every woman
therein employed has bought a bond
Cor herself. In two Offices individual
purchases for $1,000 IN bonds each have
been made by woman workers; in an
other Office a feminine employe has
taken over obligations for $500 in
bonds.
The bureau OF engraving and printing
has done its bit. An Investment Of
%, 80 in bonds represents the subscrin-
Tons of forty-fye women.
In the Office Of the auditor for the In
terror Department thirty-fve women
invested in the first issue Of liberty
loan bonds to the value Of s1O45d. nov
vested in the second issue to the ex-
tent of $3.50.
"The fact that the women of the
Treasury Department invested heavily
in first liberty loan bonds says Miss
Clara Graesou of the office of the con-
troIler of the Treasury. REPRESENTATIVE
in the Treasury Department of the
Women's Liberty Loan League, for
which they are sun paying, Is not de-
terring them from promptly and effec-
lively assisting in the sale of the sec
ond liberty loan bonds"
There are 256 women who have SUBJ
scribed to the bonds sold to woman en-
ploycs of the Treasury Department.
All persons of Italian blood in Wash
Ington are expected to participate in a
mass meeting to be held tomorrow aft
ernoon at 3 o'clock in Polls Theater to
aid the second liberty loan.
nr Fprico Castelif who has Just heer
commissioned a captain In the United
States Marine Corps. will preside Brig
Cen Guglielmotti. military attache OF
| the italian embassy. will explain to th<
audience the purposes and achieve.
/ ments of the army under Gen. cadorna
| The relationship of the liberty loan te
/ the Italian military campaign will b<
! explained by A. r. Pinci, who will in.
! terpret the aims of the United States
! in the present conflict. Mr.. Pfnci Is IL
/ receipt of letters and other informa.
| tion from American public men which
/ he will translate to the audience
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
Russ Story of Battle.

BY the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD, October 2o.-The Rus
sian ministry OF marine has issued the
following detailed statement regarding
the naval battle In the Gulf of Riga:
Tuesday night an enemy squadron OF
twenty ships penetrated the Gulf OF
Riga and at o'clock the next MORN
ing was discovered making its way
through the channels south OF Moon
sound The squadron included two bat
tleships of the Koenig type. Our de-
tachments under Admiral Bakhiren.
who hoisted his flag on the cruiser
Bayan, accompanied by the battleships
Grjdanin and Slava, steamed from the
eastern part of the Moon Island to en-
gage the enemy. preceded by torpedo
boat patrols. which withdrew before
the enemy.
AT $3.50 O'Clock the enemy opened fire
on our torpedo boats. and our detach-
ment, issuing from the channel. took
up formation in radius between the
Werden and Weiland lighthouses near
Moon Island. While approaching the
enemy the cruiser Bayan was attacked
unsuccessfully by hostile submarine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
Retirement Ordered.

AT 80 o'clock our detachrnents en-
gagged the enemy squadron. The fire of
the hostile dreadnaughts was directed
from a distance often beyond the range of
our old type vessels. At noon in view OF
the enemys superiority and the appear
ance of new enemy warships. Admiral
Bakhireff ordered the detachment to re-
tire into the interior of Moon sound Our
ships then turned northward and with
drew from the fighting.
THE battleship Slava, the last Of the
line and which had been damaged severe
ly under the water line, finally sank by
the head and foundered in the deep en-
trance of Moon sound. The remainder of
the squadron entered this channel Part
of the enemy squadron began to fire on
the Moon and Werder batteries and
silenced and destroyed them. Our vessels
suffered some damage. After Smelling the
batteries the enemy entered the southern
part of the kuiwast roadstead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
ONE BILLION MORE
TO MAKE UP LOAN

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-20
Liberty Day at Cantonmenrs.

Liberty day, October "a. viii be OBJ
served in all the recreation buildings
conduct in the Army environments
and encampments by the Knights Of
Columbus, representative of the Cath
ole Church in this work. according to
announcement by Col. ?. II. Callahan,
chairman of the committee in charge.
He has instructed all field secretary S
to make preparations for the celebra-
ton. The interior of the buildings will
be decorated, ard entertainment will
be given at hich speakers Will dis
cuss the need for supporting to the
fullest c tent the liberty loan.
There are 2 any men in the Army"
said Col. Callahan. who are able to
| invest in liberty bonds, and the knights
of Columbus committee on war activi-
| ties feels that it can aid the govern
ment in no better " ay than by arousing
| the interest of the men in these bonds
| at the recreation centers under our di-
| rection. We hope that our Liberty Loan
| day celebration will prove not only en-
| ter aiming to the men in the camps but
| that 1t viii also result In an increase
| of liberty loan subscriptions"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-25
5000 NAMES TO
WET PETITIONS
ARE FILED HERE

e. NJ. Williams. sponsor for
the referendum attack on the
state bone dry" law, which
goes into effect June 6. deeiar.
ed Friday that enough sigma
lures are In sight 10 Justify
him In believing that the nee
essary 22.7oo names will be
filed at Olympia in time 70
keep the state In its present
slightly moist condition.
Williams was TO file 5000 Seat
tie signatures with Registration
Clerk Gaines late Friday.
Il have a telegram from Spo-
name, announcing that 5000 names
will be obtained there" he said
More than 5000 are already filed
there. Tacoma will furnish more
than 1900"
II sufficient names are filed al
Olympia by June c. the state
bone dry" law will be suspended
until the general election. Nov. 5
1918. The bone dry" law passed
by congress does not affect states
such as Washington. which have the
permit system.
Williams still has many petitions
out. They may be found at the
Seward hotel and other places. lie
issued plea Friday TO those who
have been intending to sign to do
SO Immediately.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-25

and relatives. including his mother,
I'm hts last hours.
Rev. Petersen. the PRESBYTERIAN
chaplain. asked the condemned
man II he had any message TO
leave.
Il have nothing TO say to anybody
on this earth" Waite said. sharply
No Word for Mother
Nothing to say TO your mother
Nobody on this earth" he re
peated.
The execution was conducted
with mathematical coidness.
When the witnesses had filed into
the death chamber. squad OF
guards MAS sent for the doomed
man
The door opened. there came a
rapid ,rampling OF feet. then a
CHEEKY call:
Goodbye. boys"
80 long. Ariie."
Goodbye. Waite"
God bless you. Waite"
Il was the men in the death cells
Smile Lasted After Death
Waite strode briskly in. ahead OF
his escort. His eye was clear his
step jauniy. His face was wrinkled
In n broad smile. a laugh trembled
on his lips. when the death mask
was put In place.
He was smiling when they took
off the death mask and bore the
body away
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-25
new LAW CURBS
CENSOR CREEL

WASHINGTON. May 25.-The
Gregory espionage bill-with cen
sorship clause embodied--was for
mally agreed to today by house and
senate conferees.
The censorship clause makes Il
"A misdemeanor to publish the
names and positions of military
and naval forces of the L. S. and
her allies. Under the agreement.
administration of the censorship
will not be left with any board or
person. The modified censorship
will simply he law.
This is done to meet objection OF
many representatives and senators
tc placing censorship authority in
the hands OF the present govern
ment censorship bureau, headed BY
George Creel. II is expected to
pass both branches OF congress.