The evening world. Newspaper, November 1, 1917, Page 1

E CENT tn Greater Hudson County, Yor! 3. TWO. CENTS cluewhere. Copyrtant, , 117, by Co, (The New York World). ‘The Prev Pi _NEW YORK, 1 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1917, - Circulation Books Open to All." 22 PAGES ONE CENT in Greater New York and Hudson Soantyy N. 3. TWO CENTS 30,000 TEUTONS KILLED BY THE ITALIANS ) UBOAT'S SHELLS SLAUGHTE R MEN IN UFEBOATS LEAVING, —TORPEDOED BRITISH VESSEL DD scsteor of East i East W ales Tells ow Germans Poured Fire at on Crew. « <A EWARD DIED ON SHIP! Submarines Sank Steamer After One Had | One of the seamen who was on the British steamship East Wales when It ‘was torpedoed near Quecastown on Qet. 14 told to-day of the one-sided’ battle that ended the career of the ship, how the Germans shelled ts that put off from the ves- ing helpless men.” The mao 1d the story is George W. Fin- of Baltimore. Ho sailed on the “Wales from that port with a of mules and steel, which was eafely at Southampton. “We were on the way to Queens- tepn,” said Finnegan, “for a cargo, and on the night of Oct. 13 we saw a freighter torpedoed and sunk, but we ‘were too far away to get caught that time. We carried a stern light, and Bis is probably what lost our ship, (for at 6.30 A. M. on Oct. 14 a sub- marines came up suddenly. We be- \e¥ed It to be the one that had sunk the freighter the night before and had followed us all night to get a good shot by daylight. “Mncluding the horsemen, who were eoturning, there were fifty-one mea aboard. The submarine began shoot- tag, and the third shell took away the wireless and injured the operator ‘Then the bridge went. After that the steering bad to be done with the emergency wheel and with no steam power to help, And just at that time amother submarine came alongside , amd Began shelling to help the first one. “We took to the boats, twenty- right men in one and twenty-two in other, for the third boat had been 1L0SS OF UBOATS IN THREE MONTHS ASBIGASIN S16 Commons Also Also Told of mendous Gains in the Build: ing of British Ships. LONDON, Nov. 50 per cent. of the German submarines operating in the North Sea, the Arotio and the Atlantic since the beginning of the war have been aunk, First Lord of the Ad- the House of Commons Eric Geddes, miralty, in to-day “During the last quarter,” he sald, as they lost in 1916," The output of merchant shipping in the first nine months of this year, ha said, was 123 per cent. highér than in the corresponding period last year. ‘The Admiralty had decided that four be necessary. He announced that Britain's miralty is to be reformed through in troduction of civilian officials to han- die Administrative details, freeing naval experts to handle strictly stra- tegic work ° He declared that Sir John J First Sea Lord, would hereaft vote his time and attention wholly to naval and staff matters. He added that it was necessary that a civilian Lord be appointed to succeed Sir Francis Hopwood. ———> PERSHING PORTRAIT TOO iat to bits and the steward refused te leave the ship. sight just then and the subma- us ind both hit and sank the ship. » The patrols fired at the submarines, Put the distance was too great, and Bb hits were made. As the East Wales began to sink rapidly, steward came on deck, waved goodby to us, and went down with the ship.” DEMAREST ASKS $100,000 | IN SUIT OVER WIFE'S LOVE Charges George D. Smith Fur- nished Home and Gaye Money to Perlabelle Whi “George F, Dema gaid to be wioter, to-day filed sult in the Count a pro Clark's office against George 1. Smith, charging allenation of the affectte f his wife, known pr yas la belle Whitney. lamages of $100,000 afe asked. Smith was served with the simmons and complaint while dining « Delmonico’s last night Demarest alleges Smit) has furnished for Mrs, Demarest in New her large aluable horse One of the sub-| the | FLATTERING, HE SAYS narines them aha ang at the | General, However, Compliments poate, and a shell hit the boat I| . " E ri } Wap to. It took the head off one man, | Mile, Resco, the Artist, at Milled two others and wounded five.| Paris Exhibition. I didn’t notice what became of the} PSE ether small boat, for a patrol came prepared to leave. ontemporary artista which opened “Bach of them launched a torpr e to-day, Albert Dalimier, Under while the patrol was rushing toward |Secretary for Fine Arts, made @ tour : if Jof the gallery with Gen, Pershing, fol | lowed by a number of American artists, (Including Ridgway Night and Henry | Harrison, each of whom has three jpaintinga in the exhibition After looking at his portrait Gen Vershing turned to Mademoiselle Resco and complimented her, saying his criticism flattering only — ‘LIEUT, HARDEN WOUNDED, | PERSHING REPORTS WASHINGTON, Noy, 1 Ms Hes H. Harden, al Re Corps, of the American Expe forces, suffered a moderat wound In the lower left lew on Ge hing cabled the Wa y have been the Lieute 1 to have been wounded in Harden's mothe ren, No. 44 Miusin Stree Mngton, \ Gen. hing to-day repo he death vate Joneph 1. Couture, in France Qot. 26, of pneumonia, Hix mother js Emily C, Couture, No. #0 Hammond Street, Burnside, Conn, 1.—Between 40 and! id Sir! “the Germans lost as many submarines | new national shipbuilding yards would | Ad- | 5 | rallroads be granted Was that the picture was too} BiG STOCK SLUMP LAID T0 ORGANIZED COUNTRYWIDE RAD Advices Sent ent Broadcast to Sell Steel Short—Prices Below Year’s Low. Wall sinking spell to-day, Street exper need a severe prices of many important stocks going to the lowest of the The level year. the away ulse of the market, % which sagged points to 93%, closing at only a fraction better. | New low records for the year were ve. {made also in Reading, Anaconda and Midvale, while all the leading railroads were down toward the bottom of the grade. Mercantile Marine preferred stood for a long time as the bulwark of the market, but it, too gave way at the end for a loss of four points. Reports were current that large Canadian accounts were liquidated on account ef the troubles in Montreal markets. Liberty Bonds held excep- tionally firm, the new 4 per cents sell- ing at par and the 3% per cents, after @ drop, rallying to 99.80, In explanation of the slump the! Wall Street Journal news ticke: hinted significantly at inspired prop- aganda, saying: “Indiscriminate ad- vices have been sent all over the country to sell Steel common short Stock Exchange authorities are al- | ready cognizant of the source of these advices, Telegrams and letters were sent in the face of general knowledge that the Exchange was trying to curb short selling. It is probable that the severe break in Steel to 96 was due | principally to scare-head instructions to an of large and small in- vestors.’ | The Chamber of Commerce to-day | adopted a resolution urging that the increased rates increased James Speyer army commensurate with the | cost of transportation banker, addressing the Chamber,| sald: “Railroad stocks listed on the Stock Exchange have depreciated in| value $1,400,000,000 from Jan, 1 to Oct. 1, 19) When the war began there were eighteen railroad stocks selling above par, Now there are only eight of them left.” (For Stock Table See Page 2.) ee AUTOS KILL FORTY-TWO IN CITY LAST MONTH |Report of National Highways Pro- tective Society Shows 30 Chil- dren Were Victims in State. Eighty-eight persons of whom thirty | were dren were killed on the streets |and highways of New York State, in- cluding New York City, last month by |automobiics, according to the report of the National Highwa Protection | Soctety In this clty forty-two persons met their death by automobile. five by sur face ear and three by w ” as com- pared with thirty-nine by automobile, four by surface car and eleven by wagon, in October, 1916 During the " 6 persons ere killed by bil by trol and Jersey; 12 were ki at hie ade ¢ ngs in New York State and 6 in d Dateh Cruleer Loatted States Vort The T rived downward | slide was led by United States Steel, | HEART OF LONDON BOMBED: ~ BRITISH BREAK UP AIR FLEET ATTACKING IN SEVEN RELAYS Only Three of Great German Raiding | Squadron Reach English Capital —Eight Dead, 21 Injured—Boy | Scouts Give Alarm. | LONDON, Novy. 1.—About thirty aeroplanes, in seven groups, took part in last night's air raid. Three of them penetrated to the heart of London, says an official report to-day. wicivronel RICAN (hs tae | BITY OF BEERSHEBA CAPTURED BY BRITISH official announcement follows: | impostatit Victory Over Turks in “Determined and repeated attacks were made upon London last night by | Palestine ‘Reported by London War Office. groups of hostile aircraft. The first, group of raiders crossed thy Kentish) LONDON, Nov. 1.—The City of Beer- sheba, in Palestine, has been captured coast at about 1040 P. M, and pro- | ceeded toward London over Kent. by the British, it Is announced officially, The text of the War Office statement |They did not penetrate far inland, | |howevery but turned in an easterly direction and dropped bombs at varl- | jous places on and near the coast. “Meanwhile two more groups of \aigare were steering toward London tb) along the south bank of the Thames, ,, (1100 | Allenby A dangle hy Pind The sky was half to three-quarters |lyj,.n, ‘ores in Daye) reports, thet covered with thin low clouds Which tacked Beersheba yesterday morning. rendered extremely diMoult observa. | whi! our infantry attacked the de- ion of the enemy machines, None the |f leas their altitude was correctly cal culated and they were broken up by burning. mmonenant, tito ; barrage fire on the southeastern out- ana Fe gh Rescciea . oe emg skirts of the metropolitan area at! ning i, spite of determined resistance about 11.50 P. M., where some bombs | by the enemy.” were dropped “The fourth group of machines which came along the Thames estu ary, was turned back about halfw: London. Meanwhile the fifth « crossed the Essex coast 4 A. M. and steered toward London by | way of the north bank of the Thames. | |Some of these raiders were « the town from the west southwest mounted troops made @ turning movement through the approximately forty milea southwest of Jerusalem, When the operations in Palestine halted last British had pushed up the coast from the Sinal Peninsula to the on the coast in Southern » virtually parallel front, of Hoersheba ~ Beersheba is yto Ng about 12.15 turned | |back by the outer defenses, but one | WOMAN CHARGING $50000 or more penetrated into southeast} London, where vomve were droves, THEFT SENT TO BELLEVUE “The sixth group followed along the ame cours: quart an} : oe oar gets =A cane |Mrs, Davis, Guest of Great North- penetrated into the southeast out-| ern, Said Robbery “Didn't skirts of London, where some bombs Matter,” Detective Asserts. were dropped Meanwhile one or} more enemy machines dropped) Mrs. Helen Minerva Davis, a hand- bombs in the southwestern outskirts |*’Mely wowned, attractive woman of of London. ‘The seventh group.) nnty"three, who has made her home which approached along the sou eat 67th street eae werinin reine bank of tho Thames, was disper iring the past #ix years, was taken by gunfire before reaching the outer ,, Bellevue Hospital for observatio “In addition, individual raiders a on. tacked the Kentish cc e Last Saturday, 1t alleged, M “| midnight an 1,30 o'ch avis told the tel management § indicate that each group ¢ 1 was about to be married 8 Thornan'a| of three or four machines, the tot Short ward there Was @ number of raiders engaged be wily and boye from about thirty Of this total or Fifth A shy about three machiney su va pa actually penetrating int ‘ i Ye i of London 7 uiders — W Shi ree harassed by our gunfire during eee ten tai ha wholo of their fight, and were « gle 31 teats | attacked by our alreraft 0 PNGe . Ay A feature of the raid was the ap- ¢3.990,000 in amy o- ghelnnd cane Kae pearance afterward of 300 or 4 f alieas lag Boy Scouts as bug soundin tr Wy Head } Naval air vod th SEAPLANE STARTS AGAIN. pelhoek alrdvome y Ma - offensive pa 1c Jiewt. Adame! Piytag Krom Sewport 1 One oth iy » w ’ sto New bork ut Adan rf started ) iatgley la, N.Y AM ay. in « Mallon plane ity ow npanied by a i a eine BeNNEET-CROMSEY, gent COOPEM UNION 10-NiGUT.—aave ‘dred per strong, TORPEDO STRIKES HOMEWARD BOUND U.S. TROOP SHIP Finland Only Slightly Dam- aged and Able to Return to Foreign Port. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—The trans- port Finland was recently torpedood while returning to the United States, but was able to return to a foreign port under her own steam, The Navy Department received a report of the attack and Secretary Daniels authorized {ts publication. The Navy report does y whether there was any loss of life or injury on the Finland. This official announcement authorized: “The Navy Department has received Cespatches stating that the transport Finland was torpedoed while return- ing trom foreign waters. The damago to the ship was slight und ahg rn- turned to port under her.own steam. The Finland was under escort, but no sign of the torpedo or the submarine was seen.” The Finland the second trai Port to be attacked while returning from its mission to Europe. The An- Ulles, on Oct. 17, was torpedoed and not ts munk with the loss of sixty-seven lives. The despatches to the Navy De- partment regarding the attack on the Finland stated that no submarine Wan seen, as Was the case in the at- tack on the Antilles. Whether the Germans are using a new system in hiding their assaults on transport ships is a question puzzling naval authorities, The Finland ts a 12,700-ton steam- er, commanded by Capt. Jensen. She was formerly a Red Star was built by Cramps tn Philadelphia in 1902. She ts 560 feet long, ——$—>—_—_— SPIES IN BRITAIN GIVE U BOATS WORD OF SAILINGS Sir Richard Cooper Says Ships Thus Destroyed Have Been Sunk Without Trace, LONDON, Nov. 1 Sir Richard) Cooper, in urging the alteration of Great Britain's naturalizat laws tn the House of Commons to-day, declared that the German soy system wax more powerful In some cases In Europe than an army of a million men Sir Richard added that man submarines had obtained | nation from enemy aliens in this country concerning omy ing British ports, many of which ha been sunk with ce Sir George Cu e Hom cre tary, In reply sald the m tan gerous spies in England, deca they had MADE 10 TO GReaT BRITAIN Brings the Total Advanced to the Allies 1 Fa ; \ ' wo w Dring lon » Crean to $1,460, and tal loan, Tres P Aart Nner and] GADORNA ELUDES TEUTONS: MOVES ALL OF HIS ARMIES BEHIND TAGLIAMENTO RIVER — Italian Commander Reports Troops Are Determined to Conquer— Moves 1,000,000 Men Back in Three Days. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—Thirty thousand German soldiers, including two Generals of Division, were killed in the great battle on the Bainzilla Plateau, according to cabled reports received here to-day. It is further stated that Gen. Cadoma is pushing reserves rapidly toward the Italian front with every prospect of checking the enemy's advance, Assurances of British and French support, which will be imme- j diately forthcoming, have been given by a War Council held in Pasis | yesterday, ROME, Nov. 1.—The Italian forces under Austro-German attack in Northern Italy have effected a withdrawal to the line of the Tagliamento, with the Third Italian Army nearly complete, the War Office announced to-day. ——___________4 BERLIN REPORTS TAKING 60,000 MORE ITALIANS Total Number of Prisoners Now Placed at 180,000, “Thwarting the plan of the enemy by the rapidity of their promptly- decided-upon movements and by the brave resistance of the covering units which have detained his advance,” says the official statement, “our troops have effected the withdrawal on the Tagliamento, in spite of the extremely diMcult strategical and logistical eon- ditions, The Third Army is nearly 4 beautiful example of strength and unity. [A despatch from London says there has been no wholesale stam- complete, | pede of Italian troops, ‘The move- With 1,500 Guns. | ment of 1,000,000 men, with their | stores, within thre days, necea- BERLIN, Nov. 1 (Via Lchtbnien| sarily was accompanied by hard | ships and there individual ut never @ panic, Instead, a great army has retired In wonderful time instances of re The Austro-German forces invading | contus' Italy have Increased the number of prisoners taken to more than 180,000. They have captured 1,600 Italian come through intact and 6 colors flying, able and he foregoing information was of- fight when Gen. Cadorna ficially announced to-day by the! the word,} Geese Went OF: “The Ist and 2d Cavalry Divisions The German statement mays the) aig especialy t | Teuton 14th Army yesterday gained | Goo and Novara and. the untiithe | snother great victory. aviators are wor of mention to the ortions of the Malian retreating | ie ttion and gratteads che oe forces made a stand at the Taglia- tr ’ |mento River. 7 bridgehead pow bade lust nen! tame tions at Dignano and Codriopo were jeaptured by the Germans. pas cs re . — a {Dignano proxi iF || ication, eausing & few ee feen miles nearly du of a iolie the, evita ied ™ Wdine directly n the Tagha The: army: i# rminedte ae mento Hiver. Codlorpo 1s about | 114 conquer-to avenge the the same distance from Udine, Tuln demulleee ck te Bid slightly more to south and ia Pi Tada lh located on the river Tagilo, about | {TS nol ‘elation a five miles distant from the Tagtia- ' ‘a mento.) |"Let the country have coufdence,* The Austro-Germans penetrated |G © adorna acluded the rearguard positions of the Itallans ' Yrlundo to-day cabled he east of the lower Ta nento, | President Wilson Italy's appreciation where they cut ¢ id captured 60,- | 9% Aierica’s sympathy in her hour 000 Itallans of trial The text of the message wae Portions of the enemy army,” say ot made pubi t port and at the Tag se ES] wos ont 0 TTALIANS ON NEW LINE the Fr i t 1 Hoeven" EAGER TO STRIKE BAGK bk of the ner” Ho affred i AT TEUTON INVADERS ting thence toward Udine via He tole, Posauvlo and Lavariano, to! OO Eg til flee Ne Om « r tb at of bin T i Ce ie r t ue World.) Army to the western bank of the LONDON, Noy. L—Reuter's gorres liamenty, sp ta in front eables 4 t will for vietory pe c J cupably directs f it toads | eS ¢ the German and Austro-Hu wur ‘4 ory here ga 1 onsen fOh8e He adds which even in th present war rarely “asain to offer have been tained,” and are confident of th lity to