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J SHIPS SUNK BY
, GERMAN U-BOAT
-53 Oraates Havoc Off Masse-
_ chuset Coast
m ON BOARD | ARD ARE SAVED
Pesse! Which Entered Newport, R. I,
Saturday Afternoon, Spreads Terror
| #&mong Munition Ships of Allies.
Six steamships were torpedoed off
he Massachusetts coast by the Ger-
wean submarine U-53 which created a
sensation by drepping into Newpprt,
R. I., Saturday.
fhe vietims of the submarine were:
The British freighter West Point,
edoed and left in sinking condi-
pe Her crew of thirty were left in
nD boats.
The steamship Strathdene, also
Pitish, torpedoed and sunk. Her crew
of twenty were given a chance to take
8e boats.
The British passenger steamship
ephano, of the Red Cross line, plying
tween New York and Halifax, tor-
pedoed amd sunk after her crew and
passengers had been transferred to
Douts. They were picked up by the
Sauerican destroyer Balch.
The British steamer ingen tor
Podoad and sunk,
The crew -of the: Kingston ore
saved by - -ap American destroyer.
Jwo more vessels,.the Dutch steam.
% _Blobmersdyke and the Norwegians
@eamer Christian Knudsen were later
Mdk
The crews of both vessels were
ked up by the American torpedo
frrer” Drayton and brought imto
ports
Betors attacking these vessels the
gobmgrine had stopped the steamship
sas eof the American-Hawailen
fying the American flag. The’
was permitted to preceed.
Nantuckel lghtship, of which the
ewbmarine carried out its raid, is
@irty. miles from the coast aad well
ourside the territorial waters ef the
©nited Status. It is direstly in the
poth of wessatlantic stegmship traffic.
At least ten United States torpedo
Boat destroyers have left Newport to
up passengers and the orews of
¢ torpedeed vessels.
The ‘crew of the Strathdenme, nearly
all of them Lascars, were taken
aboard the Nantucket Jightship. The
, officers and men of the West Point
"esek to’ thel small boats after sum:
®oning assistance from shore.
The distress signals of the West
t wers picked up by the govern- 1
t radio station at Newport, R. I,
d immediately Rear Admiral Albert
eaves, commander of the destroyer
flotilla of the American fleet, ordered
wirtually all of his ships $0 the rescue.
%he West Point gave her position as
fifty - miles southeast of Nantucket,
But the navy officials questioned the.
a@ccuracy of this, and said that later.
geports indicated that the vessel was
more than ten miles off shore.
The booming of the: submarine’s
guns, apparently fired in warning, was
distinctly heard at Nantucket. But
where the submersible was at tae
moment these reports were heard was
pure speculation. It was plain, how
ever, that she had placed herself in
tke lane of passenger and freight traf-
fic and terrorized shipping along the
eoast.
In a flash after the first distress sig:
aal of the West Point were sent broad-
east, wireless messages were sent up
sad down the coast and far out to sea
warning ‘everything afloat that a Ger-
man ship was operating in the steam-
er lame. Bvery vessel equipped with
wireless was warned to make for the
three-mile zene, and the commanders
of merchant vessels of the .entente
gllies lost no time in shifting their
sourse.
Those that were following what is
known as the outside course turned
to the inside course that would bring
them closer to American land.
British gonsular officers aleng' the
New England coast, whe had been ad--
sed by the British embassy to warn,
tish shipping against the U-58 upon
Rer appearance at Newport, renewed
Qelr cautien on’ learning that the sub-
sarine had gone imto‘action.
Something like a panie possessed
the minds of shippers along the coast.
when the first reports of the torpedo:
fog was received frem the radio sta-
glen. The stories regarding the U-§s,
which appeared in the Suaday papers,
fad aroused muck speculation as to
@er mission, and the news that she
®ad attacked - British vessels traveled
fast. Anxious inquiries were made at
Ibe newspaper offices from seemingly
flmost avery one whosihad a friead on
Ge water or-owned n shareiof stock:
i» 8 merchant bottom.
The Frederick VIII of the Scandi-
mavian-American line, which is bring-
ag home the American ambassador
Germany, James W. Gerard, and
vs. Gerard, ie off New York. Agsur-
ance that the ambassador and his wife*
were on a meutral vessel was given
$e inquiring friends by the press.
The radio station, which at first had
¥en to the pewspapers. the news of
torpedoing and were slowly gath-
ing additional facts, were suddenly
sed to the press by an order from
e navy department. at Washington.
it was explained that everything
Bearned by governr nt stations must
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first be transmitted to the navy de-
partment before being made public.
The U-53, which anchored for three
hours in Newport harbor Saturday
afternoon while Commander Hans
Rose sent ashore cerrespondénge from
| Germany or the German ambassador,
Conant ‘von"Bernstorff, and exchanged
official calls with Rear Admiral
Gleaves and Rear Admiral Knight,
commandant of the Narragansett Bay |
station, slipped out of the harbor and
submerged ‘just inside the threemile
limit,
TWO DIE IN “PENNSY WRECK
Stoel Care Prevent La Large Loss of Life
In Oeflicion at Lewistown, Pa.
Two mgn were killed gad twenty
fajured when trains No, 6,
bo-
paraons
‘the Mercantile express,
traveling
tweea Chicago and Now Yerk, east-
bound ‘on the Pennsylvania railroad,
to another about a mile west of Lewis-
tewm, Pa.
The accident’ obourred during 8
heavy fog in which the engineer of
the passenger train was unable to see
the freight train. All steel passenger
coaches again saved many lives. All
trafic was delayed many hours.
The dead are -F. Stott Bichelberger
of Altoona, conductor on the freight |
train, and ‘an unidentified man, a stock
tender, riding on the freight train. Tn
WANT TARIF| ON BASEBALLS
Manufacturer Protests Jabs
Selling "Em Too Cheaply.’
News came to the bureau of fereign
and domestic commerce’ in “Washing-
ton of a Japanese invasion of the
‘American baseball = manufacturing
business which already has captured |
Canada and hag leaped over the tariff
trenches into ‘American markets.
A western baseball’ manufacturing
firm asserted that Japanese ‘manu-
facturers, despite a tariff of ‘40 per
cent, are selling five-cent baseballs in
this country for 30 cents a dozen.
LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN
Pittsburgh, Oct. 10.
Butter—Prints, 38%%@39c; tubs,
37% @38c. Eggs—Fresh, 37@38c.
Cattle—Prime, $8.76@9; good, $8@
8.60; tidy butchers, $7.75@8; fair,
$6.75@7; common, $6@6; common to
good fat bulls, $4.50@7; common to
good fat cows, $3@6.50; heifers, $56 @
fresh cows and springers, $40
Are
@86.
) Sheep and Lambs—Prime wethers,
$7.75@8; good mixed, $7.156@7.65; fair
mixed, $6.26@7; culls and common,
$3.50@5; spring lambs, $7@10.75; veal
calves, ’ $12.,60@13; heavy and thin
calves, $6@9.
Hogs—Prime heavy, $9.96@10;
heavy mixed, $8.90@9.96; mediums
and heavy Yorkers, $9.76@9.85; light
Yorkers, $9.40@9.50; pigs, $9@9.26;
roughs, $8.60@9.25; stags, $7.60@8.
Cleveland, Oct. 10.
Cattlé—Choice fat steers, ‘$8@8.50;"
good to choice butcher steers, $7@8;
common and light steers, $6@6; "fair!
to good ‘heifers, $86@7; good to. choice!
butcher: ‘bulls;
bulls, $8986; -
$5.50@6; fair to good cows, $4.75@
5.60; common cows, $3.50@4.50. _ '.
Calves—Good to choice, $12@12.50;
'$6:25¢@6.75; ' bologna
fair to good, $0911.50; heavy to com- =
mon, $8@8.
Sheep and Lambs~—Good to ¢hoice
springs; $10 @10:26;" fair to good, $8@
9.80; culls and common, $6@8; ‘good
to choice :wethers;, $7@7.26; mood to
choice ewes, $6.50@6.75; mixed ewes
and wethers, $6. 8@7;
480.
Hogs—-Mediums ‘and heavies, 99.76
$9.60@9.85; Yorker,
$9.60@9.65; pigs, $9;
stags, 98.
Chisago, Oot. 18.
Regs—Bulk, $9.40@0.80; light, $0.19
@10; mized, 0.06@29; heavy, $@
10; Troughs, $0@0.99; pigs, $6.75 @8.90.
Cattle—Native beef cattle, $6.60@
11.38; westersn steers, §6.16@0.40;
steckere and feeders, $4.78@17.76;
ocews and heifers, BI0PIA; calves,
$8@12.50,
Sheep—Wethers, $8.6008. 28; lambs,
$7.35@10.80. :
Wheat—Dec., $1.87%. OCorm~—Dec.,
78% ¢. Ounts-—Dec., 484s.
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800d to. choice cows,
culls, . $3509 |
roughs, ~ $8.60"
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Your di
of kerosene.
Dogs and Kerosene
You've seen a stray dog —thin, scary
and half-starved. Let some one take him
home and give him real food—he’s likely
to turn out to be an excellent watchdog
and a fine companion for the children.
Good food makes the difference.
It's the same with your lamp and oil
stove. If they're smelly, smoky and
bothersome—if you get hazy light and un-
reliable heat—you’re using the wrong kind
Give them
ATLANTIC
ahd you'll enjoy the fine, clear, brilliant
light and the steady, radiant heat you've
always wished for. Good kerosene makes
the difference.
petroleum obtainable.
by name.
Atlantic Rayolight Oil is refined to the
nth degree, from the highest grade crude
Always ask for it
It doesn't smoke, smell or char the wick,
« It"burns slowly—therefore is most eco-
‘nomical. If you believe in preparedness, -
sone. you'll load up a barrel of Atlantic Rayo-
GOOD RESULTING FROM
GOVERNOR'S TOURS
It is the general opirion of the
officials and othérs who made the
trips thru the differnt sections of the
State on the Agricultural Tours,
that the farmer and the people in gen-
eral have been brought in closer
touch with the work of various dep-
artments of the State government
and a great deal of good has been
accomplished. *
Secertary of Agriculture Charles E.
Fatton, who has introduced progres
tive measures in the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture and who
is now working out the marketing
problem with general success was very
much pleased with the result of the
tours Secretary Patton says:-
“The tours served as a means for
getting the people of the farming
communities in touch with the offi-
cials at Harrisburg and gave them
a chance to know personally those
with whom they are dealing in try-
ing to advance the agricultural inter-
ests of the state. The tours gave me
a broader insight into the conditions
of the farming communities and the
conditions under which some farmers
must work.
“One noticeable feature was the rea-
diness with which the farmers and
the people met us and talked co-op-
eration. They are ready and anxious.
_to be helped and they want to help
us in outlining the work which will
“ benefit them.
“The tours have been a means of
educationt as many of our farmess
Lave not realized the benefits which
can be obtained from the Department
of Agriculture and have not taken ad-
‘vantage of the many opportunities
open, to them . The tours will lead
to the good of agriculture all over
the State and have dreated a closer
feeling between the farmer and the
‘Department of Agricultyre.
“It was" a revelation to the visitors
to see the improvements everywhere
and especially were the eastern peo-
ple impressed with the advancement
the northern farmers have made.
There was, an evidence of good farm-
ing everywhere we went. I believe
tbat the gradual construction of good
roads is developing a tendency to fix
up the farms thinoughout the State as
many farm houses are now surround-
ed with as fine lawns as we find in
the cities and the building and fences
are erected and painted in such mod-
i ern fashion that hey} would do oat)
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to our large towns and cities.
“The receptions given everywhere
surpassed anything that we could
have expected and it is now our du
ty to meet the demands that our peo-
ple may make upon our services.”
D eputy Secretary -of Agriculture
C. E. Carothers who has charge of the
Farmers/ Institutes and the farm ad-
visory work says:
“The recent Agricultural Tour of
the State has impressed a number of
things on me and gave me a much
broader knowledge of the great nnd
fundamental interest and industry o°
‘our state by no other method conld we
have gained so complete a knowledge
of the general condition of the differ-
ent sections of ithe State relative to
its agricultural interests. No season
of the year could be more favorable
for such an inspection, having as we
dc so many different varieties of
soils adapted Ito the production of so
many different products, all of which
are being cultivated to a great extent
to produce that which is best adapted
to the different localities,
“One thing that impressed me most
in other words, unproductive land.
Why a’ great deal of this waste land
is lying in its present condition and
has been permitted to run down eoutd
be explained by its owners, yet when
we consider that in every section of
the State traversed by the different
tours we found splendid markets for
all products: of the soil, we believe
that a greater interest should be, ta.
ken by the farmers of the State and
that it will be but a short time until
there will be much less non-produc-
ing acreage in our fertile valleys.
“Another matter that impressed me
deeply was the scarcity of live stock.
Outside of several sections, but little
is found in the country traversed. It
should be the purpose of the Institute
State in. order that
Division of the Department of Agrienl-
ture’ to assist in. every way possible b
‘in its endeavor to encourage the farm.
ers in every way and to interest them
to such an: extent that they may find
it possible. to cultivate or graze every
adre of their farms, thereby inereas-
ing the amount of food. production and
livestock, so much needed: jn the
the products of
our farms may keep pace with the in
dustrial development.”
Children Cry
FOR FLETCRER'S
CASTORIA
was the unusual amounit of waste, or.
Wilson insists that he will never rec
egnize. government by assassination,
but he hasn't cut off relationg with
those who have assassinated Ameri
Cans.
The first President and the first Con-
gress that ever submitted to a hold-up
And, by the way, ‘nobody’ will ever
be able to claim this was a regular
Democratic Administration unless we
have a bond issue before March 4,
1917.
Betting on Hughes and Wilson is
dangerous both to Democrats and Re-
publicans. In one of the New Eng-
land states such a bet was made a few
days ago. The officers heard of it, and
they arrested the Republican on a
charge of robbery and sent the Demo-
crat to an insane asylum. Be careful.
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Driviag I Home,
Let us drive home to you
the fac. that no wash woman
can wash clothes inas sani-
tary a manner as that in
which the work is-done at
our laundry.
We use much more water,
change the water many more
ms‘ uee purer and mores
costly soap, and keep all th
clothés in constant motion
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RUMANIANS LOSE !
IN TRANSYLVANIA
Kronstadt Is Refaken by the
Teutons
ALLIES GAIN ALONG SBMME
All of Le Sars In Possession of Brit-
ish—Austrian Attacks on Italians
Fail—Allies Gain In Macedonia.
Kronstadt, in southeastern Tran-
sylvania, and its leading indus-
trial and commercial center, which
was occupied by the Rumanians short-
ly after their entry into the war, has
been recaptured by the Austro-German
forces, the Berlin war office an-
nounced.
All along the eastern line in Tran-
sylvania, the official statement reports,
the Kumaunians are falling back. From
the Geister forest the Teutonic forces
have pressed into the Al: valley and
fought their way forward.
A successful attack by German sea-
planes upon Russian transports off the
Dobrudja coast in the Black sea is re-
ported in an official German state-
ment.
British Advance en Somme.
The British lines em the Somme
front north and northeast of Cource-
leite have been considerably ad-
vanced, it was officially’ announced in
Augen:
A small part of the ground lost by
the Germans in the recent fighting
north of Les Boeufs was regained by
them ina counter attack. Otherwise,
says the official statement, the Brit-
ish held theif gains. They have taken
more than 560 Germaa ers. The
‘| whele. sf Le Sers is in British hands.
The success ‘af the Serbians in
egrrying Bulgariss pesitions north of
Pojar;: inthe | Midje Planina ‘region,
is desoribed: by Reuter’s Salonika cer-
respondent as important. The Serb-
fans, says the correspondeat, made
their. mew | advance, after stubborn:
fighting, putting the Bulgarians finally
to precipitate flight. The action con-
tinued ‘and the Serbians obtained a
footing on the Dobropolye ridge, a
very strong frontier barrier which the
Bulgarians are said to have consid-
ered impregnable, owing to its natural
strength.and the manner in which they:
had fortified it.
The Serbiars are reported to have:
captured a fairly large number 0°
pric- #_. and considerable booty. On
the repsainder of the front there was.
intens# artillery activity and progress
cn the part of Serbian advanced’ de--
: tachments.
The: repulse of repeated attacks by"
the Ausirians on the new Italian posi-.
tions on Busa Alta, in rhe Vanoi Cis-
mon valley, is reported in the state-
ment by the Italian war office. \
8-HOUR BOARD NAMED °
Three Men Will Consider Effect and
Application of New Law.
President Wilson has appointed
three men to the newly created board
which is to consider railroad legisla-
tion, especially as it pertains to the
eight-hour day.
They are General Goethals, former
governor of the canal zone; George S.
Rubles of the federal trade commis-
sion and Interstate Commerce Com-
missioner Clarke.
Observing the operation and effect
of the institution of the eight-hour
work day, the commission is author-
ized to conduct a general investigation
of “the facts and conditions affecting
the relations between such common
carriers and employees.” The task
will begin when the eight-hour law
i | takes effect, Jan. 1, next, and after an
inquiry of not more than nine or less
than six months the commission will
make a report to the president and
congress.
Pending the filing of this report,
and for thirty days thereafter, the law
provides that there shall be no redus-
tion of wages of the employees affect-
ed for the standard eight hours of
work.
WOULD USE PROUD NAMES
Defense Society Urges Battle Cruis-
ers Carry Titles of '12.
Suggestion that the new United
States battle cruisers—a new class
of ships for the navy—be named
for the famous old fighting ships of
American history is made in a letter
sent by the American Defense so-
ciety to Secretary Daniels.
The society says that in so doing
the secretary of the mavy “can do
much to preserve the noble traditions
of our earifer navy and to foster a
revival of true patriotiam which will
do much to arouse a sentiment which
will again plase our fleets im their
proper rank with the mavies of the
world.” The names suggested are the
Alliance, Intrepid, Comstitution, Con-
United States, Congress.
Richard, Indepeadence,
Koo Muet Stay on His Jeb.
President Li Yuen Hung of Chiea
3|has cabled Dr. V. K W
2 | Koo, Chinese minister to the UMited
3 | Btates, refusing to aecept his resigne-
g | tion from that post; declaring in the -
message . that the. preservation of
2 | friendly relations between the United
g (States: and China now is the greatest
¢ importance, and that Nr. Koos serv-
% | ises are indispensable.
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