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= | Cirenta Copyriaht, 1917, Co. ONE CENT tn & Hudson County, PRICE, TWO CENTS elsewhere. ede _ Liberty Loan Here Passes $700,000,000 Ma (The New York Worl tion Books Open to All.’’ | hy The Press NEW YORK, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1917. WEATHER—Unnsettied To-Morrow. “Circulation Books Open to All.’ 16 PAGES NT Greater New ounty, Nod ‘Two ¢ PRICE (Rent BRITISH AIRMEN SHOOT DOWN 19 PLANES - BRITISH FLYERS DROP TONS — OF BOMBS ON GERMAN BASES AND SHOOT DOWN19 PLANES LOSS OF U BOATS DOUBLED, SAYS LOYD GEORGE Premier Says Peace Now Would Mean Another and More Frightful Struggle. ——- Berlin Prepares Big Air Drive to Meet U. S. Part in War—, Zeppelins’ Loss Admitted. MANY BATTLES IN SKY. Fires Started in Teuton Works Near Saarbrucken and in Belgium. LONDON, Oct. 22.—British airmen carried out numerous attacks on Ger- man airdromes in Belgium and . Important objectives near Saar- , drucken, northeast of Me*s, Smtunday t IONDON, Oct. 3% ye scanned the horiaon intently,” sald Premier h o t Qad Sunday, The official statentent) |) y George: to-day, “and can’ 60 @ays nine German machines were! 1, terms in sight which will lead to brought down and that four others) enduring peace. The only terms now . were.driven down out of control. Six| possible would mean an armed other German airplanes were brought| ending in an even more frightful @own yesterday by British naval air- | StruRsle.” . Speaking in Albert Hall to an en- men, {t is announced by the Adml-| 11 oii, audience of 10,000 persons, salty. the Premier gaid ne had hoped the Advices from Paris declare Ger-|enemy's terrible power might be many 1s preparing a great air offen-| broken this year, but that the tem- sive to forestall America’s entrance; ary collapse of the Russian mw into the war, Prisoners declare the a ued aed ouaver pied he AS July production of aeroplanes in Ger=| 1, gag, Time once was neutral, but man factories totalled 2,000. A neW two things has changed this—the four-engined biplane capable of car-| advent of America and the increasing rying 660-pound bombs haa been de-/ failure of the German submarine war The allies were working in the vised, The British official statement reads a it harmony, the Premier id they were on great continwed. He “In spite of very moist weather the event of the most important further attack into Germany was! inter-allied conference ever held, carried out by our airplanes.) , at which for the first time repre A foundry and railway june- sentatives of America and of the tion ten miles north of Saarbrucken putsinn Posontary weve were bombed with over a ton of ference meant to determine the bombs, Very good results were ob-| yitimate issue of the war. served. Bursts were seen on the] -‘fo realize what the advent of foundry and the station, where a big] Amerlca meant, the Premier went on 1 snared. . it necessary only to look back on explosion occurr the rapid growth of the little British “Baturday the weather Army. America was now starting fine, but a thick haze prevented ob- servation for artillery. During the day we carried out bombing oper tions vigorously, A total of 238 bombs were dropped on the enemy's alr- dromes at Gontrode and Roulers, on the Cortemarck station and on hostile billets and hutments, One airdrome at Roulers was bombed from a low and its resources in man power wer twice those of Britain. More than twice as many Ger- man submarines were lost in the first ten months of this year as in all of last year, the Premier rted. The British tonnage monthly now is not much | more than one-third of the total height. One bomb was seen to hit) destroyed last April, and blow to pi a German ma-| British shipbuilding, ald the chine on the ground, while another! premier, had increased fourfold, and fell through the centre of a hangar.| America had done likewise, Germany “At night the enemy's alrdromes!jaughed at the war declarations of were again attacked. Aton of bomb>s|China and other nations, but these was dropped on the Ingelmunster alr- declarations meant that most of the drome and railway station and on the! world's food and raw materials were airdrome at urtral, At one of under the flags of Germany's fe these a direct hit was obtained which could reduce Germany to im upon a hostile machine endeavoring potence and desolation to leave the ground. “In the course day a tota nine German machines were down and four others were driven down | out of control, Three of chines are missing.” AMSTERDAM, Oct t four Zeppelins Is admitted in an offi- a ASSAILED U. S.; GETS 5 YEARS of Kraft, On Governe TRENTO. Soctalint Canal of Jer N. I our ma- The toss States Judge Dayis to-day in the cial statement received here from Ber- | ral Court here sentenced Frederic Kraft lin, The statement reads: of Ridgefield, N. J., a Socialiat and at “On the night of Oct, 19-20 a n Lads ane oe eer G marnon at airship squadron under Capt. Bi albeit spa NT Eh ult Ot Preusch von Buttler-Bradenfels t lank and ta pavia’ nian 4) 000, tacked with special success London, — Kutt was convicted of having violated Manchester, Birmingham. ytting- the Espionage Act In a speech delivered ham, Derby, Lowestoft, Hull, Grimis- at Newark. He ard this Govern by, Norwich and Mappleton (Middle- ment for participating In the wa ton?), On the to an adverse wind and dense mist, four airships, under Capta bert, Coolle, Hanger and Schwander, passed over the Frenc’. battle zone, where, according to French news, they were ghot down or forced to land, return journey, owing Stab- TO CUT OFF SUPPLY OF SUGAR DEALERS WHO BOOST PRES Frade Leaders and City Of- icials Agree on Rationi: | Plan for New York, Many more New York stores put The to up signa of “no sugar" to-day. of the up more raids frightened pubiic stock than their normal needs have drained the retall supply almost entirely, One of the largest chain grocery stores that It had no New restrictions were Imposed announced to- day It more sugar for by that other more fortunate stores, so only @ pound or two could be obtained by regular customegs. Ata of refiners, meeting sugar wholesalers and retailers, in office of Mar Moskow!tz it was agreed ‘should put earliest possible date to-day Commissioner there at the that be into operation at the a system for an equitable distribution of the availa- ble New York the trade sus Leaders of rin will meet to-morrow In the Federal 14 Administration offices, No, 111 Wall Street, to draft details lof the In order to keep down prices and curb profiteers, was ag by the refiners and wholesalers that any re- jler selling sugar above an agreed upon maximu during this crisis would ut off from furt supplies The e was left to Commissioner | Mosko who after further consul- j tation with rs, fixed the max|- |mum for ‘anulated sugar at 10 to 11 cents per pound The Commissioner tated that he found the prevailing price among the large storey in town to average 19 cents, 1 he thought the small stores who have to give credit and generally charge a little more than ents were entitled to ple in the New York area normally consume 1,000 barrels sug They must cut that uf” said James H, Post, ¢ n of ‘the Refiners' Committee of Food Administra tion to-day. “We have got to show some patriotism this emergency and be willing to share with each other. “There emang for sugar tn. France th i French people and wn American soldiers ure more need of sugar than we are, E teered to give up part r France, and we must d I look for the first new into sugar to come New York about 'U.S, RED GROSS WORKERS ~ BACK FROM ITALIAN FRONT Nov |Col. Georg iker Jr. Says Cadorna’s A Has Four | Mi Men er) at an American |port t drgo S. Baker who Ww © Ame Red ‘ He 5 1 W n V N as Brady, all of New York ! iT ' ” was t 1 1 W ida op ben nry BL Davi 1 American Wat Haker sa great admirn i wk being done by Italian A ans were rT H he bat- te fror ' aid there are 4,000,000 mer n Army and Tthat int 1 Jan pital here are | 000 beds, / | NEWYORK WAR | District Must Still Raise $800,- LOAN TOTAL GOES UP 10 $700,672.00 AS FINAL DRIVE 1S STARTED _ Russian Prisoners |} Loaded Into Boats And Then Fired On PETROGRAD, Oct 000,000—Nation Needs $500,000,000 a Day. the Li Loan had reached a total of $700,672,000 at 3.30 o'clock this after- noon, New York's subscriptions to 22.—A tele- erty gram received by the seml-official news agency says that Esthonians The day's increase to that hour was $48,047,000. nearly $800,000,000 still to be raised to reach the district's quota of $1,500,000,000, Treasury estimates show that $2,-| who have scaped from Oesel and Moon Islands, recently captured by the Germans, report that Rus- sian prisoners are being loaded into boats by the Germans, who tell them: “We have nothing with This leaves RESNATI FLYING HERE WITH B PASSENGERS SAM ATOR RESNAT: 000,000,000 has subscribed throughout the country up to date. This means that the nation will have been which to feed you. Go away.” As soon as the boats leave they are fired upon with machine guna, to raise $500,000,000 a dav for tie f proenomenntceneiinnaatsmaanmesesens Toon tothe. so0onaua000. rect vy DISTILLED SPIRITS LETIN. | Oct. 27, | BY WAR TAX BILL CLAUSE Prohibition Against Irhportation in Food Bill Repealed by Revenue That the country will meet this su- preme of Its confident belief of every one engaged | in directing the gathering of the na- test patriotism is the tion's second big war fund. Here in Measure, Is Decision. the New York district managers of F WASHING , Oct, 22,—The Bo- the loan have perfected their bond sacs st selling organization to the point !i¢itor of the Treasury to-day decided where the firmly belleve eve that distilled spirits may be imported resident of the district, which into the States notwithstanding the in the rest of th te, twelve prohibition against such importation tles in northern New Jersey, ar » ‘ ontained in the Food Bill. county in Connecticut, will i aor S aecuaeevenus All reached directly before Sat RESON NOR SOO EE Se) ee ati nightiby one of the thous “y|nearly two months after the Food 1 . . Bill, the Solicitor held, repealed the volunteer men and women workers wate See Teka road Who are spreading the Liberty Bond | fi) u/UOM Of Imi gospel [Bus ; Acting under the solicitor's inter- HO USE TO HOUSE CANVASS pretation, the Treasury Department THROUGHOUT DISTRICT. House-to-house campaigns in be- halt of the bonds have been ordered tora distilled has instructed all customa ¢ to importations of spirits held up after the passage of release in every locality, no matter how re- , ‘ head the Food Hill to the present time, un- mote. In this connection great re- | i alta ‘are (ex: ji e der the regulations which prevailed pefore t Food Bit v passed. of thousands of Boy Scouts, mhe|Pefore the Food Bill wan pass —— i MAN IN PRISON FOR LIFE BUYS A LIBERTY BOND 100,000 Boy Scouts Start House-| organization bonds during the Individual lid great work in selling spring drive subscriptions running into the millions are expected in t clty during the week. Ths wealthy residents of the city have fig ured to any great extent in the pres ent campaign up to th but! to-House Canvass of New Eng- | t agers of the loan a ir he maringers of thet land for Subscriptions, to them to provide a good sha f the $140,000,000 that must be forth-| BOSTON, Mass., Oct, The pur- coming every day hase of a $1,000 Liberty bond by a Standard Oll f New) man deprived of his liberty for the k bought $15, ),000 is ¥ aus s e k cmainder of his life was revealed to- ms A ny by workers engaged tn a drive to the , obtain New England'4 maximum mars F juota by the end of the week, Th pst “ ibsctiber is Nathan D. Allen, a “life a " rmer” at the State prispn b bi a ve out to save @ soldier” ts $420,0 - « gan under whieh more than Atlantic and Pacific Tea ¢ joy Scouts In New England $250,000 Peleris-Bu é 1 nel best this week to ald in $100,000 Consolidated find) days of the loan campaign. Mining ¢ $100,000 y# will make @ house-to-house Ating fa w Ind a vw of th communities and ship C'o., $5,000,000; ‘Thomas I n applications for bonds to the $1,000,000 nk of Montreal, $ uces designated Pacifi Steamshiy 5 An elderly woman visited a Boston Produce Comm ‘ ink to-day and produced $100 In emalt| 000 (ud 1H T ¢ 4 which she placed on a cashier's} $100,000. Jenic Charles D Con t « been waving this up for my fune- 000,000; Atianvio Iofinins Hl expenses,” she said, “bu ant to ude 1! 40 f bond to help along the Kalser's mire an Ma 0; Anna M. Hark $1 More Than 12, aertera| s Now tm Switeertar nn any. $ . HINGTON, O M q Ra : jerinan stenerters. have at) KW. Vand $:00,00 2 1, yf i ! i $500,000; 1 i s euavte | " $ al At THE WORLD TRAVEL BUREAU, fan Steamship : Avoade Puliteer (Word oi 03 Wark How, N, ¥ 1 KR s, reservationn, #8 via al) Made re ‘ + t asinine, Central aud Sout Amer c * Hage om vito day a4 might, Travellers’ checks and money (Continued on becond Page.) ordere (07 de, Telephone Hegkman 4000—Adrt, CASUALTY LIST Start Made From Hampton, Va., in Big Italian Airplane at 10,35 A. M, NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Oct Lieut. in his Big Capront airplane, Langley Field SA, M a fight Resnati, left near Hampton at 10. to Mineola, N. ¥ Resnati toc eight passengers. Two other It carrying one passenger, started a of the big Caproni, the first, a airplanes, an REYNOLDS, BAILEY. GREVE AND O'MALLEY ACCUSED OF ~ CONSPIRACY T0 MULCT GITY Grand Jury Returns Indictments | Charging Plot to Exact Excessive | Value in Sale of Seaside Park Site to City for $1,250,000. ‘NOT A TANGOIST,” MAYOR REPLIES 10 The Grand Jury appointed by order of Gov, Whitman to investigate charges of Irregularities in real estate pur- chases by the elty in which ex-Sen- ator William H. Reynolds and other friends of Mayor Mitchei figured re- ported indictments to Justice Goff to-day. {lle In a blanket indictment against ex-Senator Reynolds, Frank Bailey, PREACHERS’ QUERY _.o- | Vioe President of the Title Guarantee Also Tells Methodists if Reyn-|%"4 Trust Company and President of | olds Dinner Cost $140 a esas am, Apeclatees. WWillass am Greve, Vice President of the Realty Plate Host Was Robbed. associates and of the Realty Company, and Sharles O'Malley, a real estate expert \ President Neponasit | Mayor Mitch count! 1 rendered an a maclane, ciiseade by Likut. Be |of his stewardship to the Association| employed in the office of Comptroller leaving at 10 A. M, and the other, a/of Methodist Eplacopal Ministers of| Prendergast. Pomolio machine, driven by Lieul) New York, at a meeting to-day inthe] This Indictment charges the four Baie RSTn i peewee car. | *aaembly room of the Methodist Book| mentioned with conspiracy to extract rled attaches from the Itullan Em-|Concern, No, 150 Fifth Avenue, In-|from the Clty of New York an ex- Dassy at Washington and United entally the Mayor ussured the|°*#!ve value for the Seaside Park States Government oficial _|preachers he had never danced the| te *t West Rockaway by procuring. ON THE ANTILLES, SENT BY PERSHING Sixty-seven Lives Lost When the United States Transport Was Torpedoed. WASHIN' seven lives were transport Antilles nesday by @ torpedo from a submarine, The ofticla of en shing, show ther ualtles, cd and one unaccou f The casualty | the Ae men, of whom ‘ lost were killed by the exy pally from Spar Boe men of fore) were Germ n birt 1 ew mothers " know Following is | warded by G Civilian wer chil Sergt. Out Paul Kile 21, Herlin, ¢ Otto M t Mary Mi Germany Corpl. Abra ‘ f ¥} slate 19th Private MH. ou Sergt Hast re Roy « f (Continued on Tex false testimony to be adduced before the Condemnation Commissioners as to the value of the land, The elty paid $1,250,000 and interest for the property in question, ECHO OF $140-A-PLATE DINNER TO REYNOLDS. There {s an additional indictment against O'Malley charging him with neglect of duty in that he did not properly gather data which would give him a basis for a fair appraisal tango, for the reason that he thought the steps too intricate to master at his time of life "“L enjoy dancing because of the ex- the Mayor, must confess that the lure of erciae it provides," sald but I the tango never attracted me.” The refutation on the part of the Mayor that he spent much of his spare time at tango teas pleaged the|in his report to Comptroller Pren- preachers and prolonged applauss|dereast. O'Malley admitted to the grected the Mayor. Mr. Mitchet, in| O°" Jury that the only information he had upon which to base his ap- praisal of the property, which he val- ued at $6,000 an acre, was received from Greve. He also admitted that he made no effort to get information from any one else, and had inspected the property but once O'Malley also admitted that he had his speech, had outlined the work ac- complished during his administration and invited questions, The first of these touched upon bis alleged tango ord The Mayor was also asked to ex- plain his presence at the $140-a-plate re dinner given to ex-Senator Reynolds. | known Greve for’ many years, had | was invited by Senator Rey-| once borrowed $500 from him, and noluy,"" the Mayor sald, “because he| was one of the guests of Reynolds wished me to meet a number of min- ng men from the West. If tho ser- vice cont $140 per plate, all I can say on a trip to Arizona to investigate mining property which Reynolds was promoting, It was on this trip that that my host was robbed and that| the association known as the “Vaga- the dinner could have been duplicated | bonds of the Vagabondia” was snywhore at $15 per plate, at the most. | formed, getting Its name from Harry The expensive gift which you have| Payne Whitney's private car “The card Was presented to Senator Rey-| Vagabondia which they traveled 19 consisted of a first class suit|It was the Vagabonds that gave the A ntaining some ments for|$140-a-plate dinner In honor of use of an about to re-| Reynolds, which Mayor Mitchel fort wan one of the eleven guests, The other Indictment ROOSEVELT ON WAY HOME, | it» with pestury 1 ndictment filed In Ser charges Rey- jupersedes the tember by the Jury, which fled fal essions Graa that he had t had no Inte ve neral Name of Omwver ( Him in Bout, alleged in stating hi Refuses to ¢ Who BL TAMPORD, nn, Oct. 22—Col rest in the 1 lore Roosevelt departed from Jack | Seaside prop y, when he was called ooper's Health Farm this afternoon. |as an expert in behalf of the owners Ho we pobile and was a ¢ the prop the Neponsit Com- { m frlend William Wars | pany. As an expert Reynolds teatl- rs and Gustave ‘Nowks As | fled before Condemnation Board : 5‘ to his New Yoru in IIL that the property was worth Oa le Dvaiee sk 48, n wor Roosevelt declined to make pub. INDICTED MEN NOTIFIED TO na f the army officer whose APPEAR TO-MORROW. the left eye blinded | Ju Goff instructed the clerk of . © was President of the the court to notify counsel for the 4 a ficted men art specie: cllents pefore him at 10 o'c to-morrow. Bs-Disirias Attorney om Of rn. notices Were sent out and coun- ep een Ag sel rep 1 at 2 o'clock this after. nat the defendants would be on hand #t the appointed time to present Itheir pleas fer arrange for ball. nev noor A iy duy aged wel of heart failure seventy-five. } | | | 1