Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 291, Lebanon, Boone County, 6 September 1917 — Page 1

LEBANON DAFii REPORl bR. i ER I BOONE COUNTY . ' day: fooler tonight north portion. ' ' VOLUME 25. LEBANON, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1917. NO. 291. I . :

ATTACKS BY THE

Powerful Offensive Stroke" Against Italians Breaks

Uown. DESPERATE HANI) TO HAND FIGHTING Tranches (handed Hands Time After Time (,erm.ins Aid The Austrian. I It; ll.f ii..'....iJ ." V PAWS. Sept. Ml along the French battle front, from the Somme lo the" Voes mountains the ureal ,-uns '' thundering in a mighty artillery duel. The Trench war othce today reported unusually ha rannonaJen on Ihe hcighl. norlh of the tisne rier. (Verdun front and the ttneand on both hanks of the Virus rier, (Venlu front and the Woe. re plain). French raiders "lenetralod a German trenrh north of Kheii.iM. rt Ihl fsreraerfoioil eii.i LONDON, September ti. German airmen bombed 3 hospital', b.d ind the British linen on Tuesday night. Field Mar-hal Mailt reported in official dispatcher I' the ir oflice today. I Hp Iht rafceniltluaol Ven t Brrrl.'f I KuMK. September . Attempt' !i the Austrj-H-jngariati. to !.! h . counter rifensive en the Cai-o f a tet'.u where the ha'ian aim.e& ..t nearest to Trieste, failed enlin! suid dispat.hes from the Italian b: :. of fdine tmlay. Alain e. by i.teary advance of the Pah ms in " r Bainsinia plateau . eetor and the fopture of Monte San I'.ahriele. the - Irn.Hnniri.r.un eomnand deei.led .!,- cn a powerful rounter stroke. It i reported that tlernitin troop.; t used well as Austu-Hun-v After a severe hombiir.hnent nf th Italian front ad the way from I tagnevizia to the Adnatic Sea a ths tance of six to etifht miles the A;s tro-Hun infantry attacked in n as. i formation. On the line of Rre-tov,. a-Kon!.- -the fihtinc; was furiou.-. Trenches changed hands tune alt--time. The men fi-uirht I a! t' bren.-.t, usinif knives. bauneM. r'u -musket butu and even stnr.es f . weapons. Finally the Austro-H'i : were driven bark, leuvinir maiiy d' .o behind. Ajrain and aKatn the A i-tio Huns returned to the atta.k iJ fresh troops and it was not ntit,l nf ter seven assaults had been .ra-ii that the Teutons uave it ui. I".' great aafrihees of bloesl and i-I'tI irained the AuHtrian-Hutufur'aes at only one point -the sector ot H.. Violent bombardments were r ed from ihe district of Monte Daniels, on the southeastern edi the Bainsizza plateau. In th-t' trict and at Monte San dahrie t'Oo prisoners have be n taken b Italians in 4S hours. As one r. pendent said, this was a line ! day present for Lieutenant fie Cnint f'adorna. the Italian eonie er-in-fhief. The generalti-simo hrated his 70th birthday on Tues Italian airmen were busy laet n git and numerous militarv estahlishmen-. were brnibarded behind the Austt Hun(r:n.an front. RUSSIA NS It KTR E ATI NO. Oermau Army Has Advanced I rom 30 to .15 Miles From Ik.ina Riier. m ' ? v.. , COPKNHAGEN. .Sept. fi.Northeast of Ri((a, on the Kastern front, the Germans have advened from the raoture of the Russian town of Unity to thirty-five miles from the Dvina river. Advices from Berlin today resoled Kremon, on the main highway leading toward I'etroirrad. All along the coast of the Gulf of Ri(ra the Russians are being presaesl back, despite the rr-sistance of their rear iruarda. Feara for tha afet7 of the Ri -s.ins Kaltif flet have ifreatly Infreaied diirina; the past twenty-four lioun. The Cermana arc driidnir toward Revel, which Baltic port miut b taken before a direct offensive aramst Petrograd feold U aodertalceo. The ad-,

j vanoe guard of the (ifrman armies is ; about two hundred and ton miles fror Urvnl. Petrograd ndvieos quoted Russian ; naval officers ns saying that the PuI .-inns piohahly would destroy the ; ships uf tie Baltic fleet themselves i tit-furs" they u'uuld allow them to fall j into the band.- of the CeiTnans. I Aeroplanes and submarine ate be- ! ing. Used in Kifut uuuntities to cot oik rate with the German land forces. A report that a number of Russian , .' omen soldiers had been captured bv

el-mans readied here today. Prelepotts, however, had the famI! ittalion of Death ' (compose! S' me v.nroen) fighting ob'.ut one ed md" away from the K.ga hund CHINESE 1 ROUPS. Will he Sent lo the European Bailie field, ii is tnnouno d. 'If i:.e ..(,. s.iloe.l . .. ...-(.... SAN FRANCISCO, Septee.her C, -China tv prepating to -'id t,ei,i .vt USHH) and IS.'KHI locked troops fror, t.er northern province to Futope, ac vortl! rifcr to a cablegram received b :he "Chinese World" of tt-.i citj. The troops are titled w.th moo-rr equipment and in. lude -evera', (.in pan,.-., of ski by young- ( )n Allies Have Turned to America to Lead in the Aerial Warfare. It V 1XW M. CHI'It' II. VASH1NM). S-pt.-ri!r.rr .- h.ivtThe international aeroplane stai dd l"'ld, just oiiramzed with Ul-eat .' j Wa-h nirton. j f-K ",'rl'"' ": ' 'd is tr. !" "s hlfhe i!h reports of tin- fl I'll.' ailied nations, th:, IT to brini? air fihtinK ttitbi s to l ith in1 ab parts I ifV 1 1 1: k ! the l . Tins niakus Anvrra U.e irr"flte-t of air fihtmir material th. has ever known, it i;- the p!i board to make t.o a'tempt t .rdi7.e enK-nes. On the oth of Ihe craft tr.utiufiicturers w;,l le called bllMil their etiKin,.- w,h ;ai materials. AmericH's i-tandaid for ste iriiim .mm and wood ued m has ai ready been vt a.-, the dized idard The ard b. h.pti all alia Ame ,'oimil that Ami mometers. romp ks, thereras an. I !en.-es are superior. They ran he manufactured in great .piartiia-s, at short notice by American f wt. n. s. Standardized accessories have been adopted for all allied air figi.'ihK mavilli, the oard hard : hat the. rr.e inten-i p.ane : decid.-d n;.J rnr.i.l ad vances in air figl.'-rs w,T come from America. An Amer Eria. Pa., is i Frank G. DiiTin, of he hoard. mhers are F. G. K tanaea; . h. apUin A. Pom ice of England; of Italy: Lieat. M. .Vignot, of rrancr; rapt. J Herck of F rance and A B. R iger and S. ('. Payne of England. RESTSITSCASEON I'nited States Will (iive no Fur- i ther Explanations uf War Aims. lly ialfraifleaal ,Vea- rr(c.l WASHINGTON, Sept. S.The United Statea has retted its case on Pretident Wilacn'j note to Pope Benedict. There will be no further explanationa from any administration official of the country's war aim. The next move mutt be b Germany and the Pope. From now oa this country will eoati&u itf war preparatiena. ,

Liberal Element in Empire Seems to be Gaining: (. round.

STRONGER DEMANDS ARE BEING MADE Reform Element Booming More Outspoken and Insistent The Man of the Hour. AMSTKIUMM. Sept. j.Sontiment m favor nf reforms which will "make f-r peace," is suvepm thrtiH(hout 'itrmaiiy. IK-Kpito -TTort ot the in--(irwi newspapers tn still the k'TT.ani fur reiiflju.-ttm'.'r.t th1? 'lement n jfHintr.jf ground ilatly. In rfn;t'juence it already is rertia that ith the re-onvenir.K of the lieu luta tl.p iustion t"f reform anil it plti'attun to peace pnponas f..rr.'.J t the front IHjinanils tliat the German fur their own snke, repudrnt the pantiermaniitic proifrjim and insist that 'h reichstui? take into its own hamls 't.n'ftion of the National foreign t t'iiry. are coming ftom ntany houitph. To jii tlie only aiitument that the !''THf!vativ'H atifi tiie war party has h. t-n ahle to muster has been that I'rt'-itlent WiNnn has mtrfercti in th(- internal! affairs of Germany and ti. it, in C'lttiunce the nation must rr..iin:am a united front of oppotti tn fo reform. And, with the constantly njf pinch of hun'T and cnd. 1th th. aita Ine inifly danirer ous and a fcfeneul re. . i? ition the.t the war must x on to ! bitter conclusion, thU arKUt) int fowinir .ti.-reuiintfly futile. Matlnas Krsbeiitet becomes urn ire tie man of the hour, n He t'ha And th.. h.wir..- th closely elare he he aituation acomphsh the overthrowPet hmnn n - J I ol I weif.s sncees many inontiw are tias-e-.i. Only One Hope. Krzberer leader of the cathohe cent'T in th.e reichstai knows that Pope Benedict has pledged himself to huig ;. b-.ut peace by ( hnatmas if hat is humanly possible. And he knr.ws. as does the Vatican, that there is not the slightest hope that o"ace can come so long a? the military chiefs can dominate f.ermany s lore.gn policy. Krzberger will demannd when the

rejehstag rec..nven"s that the reform me ,tan.1 program be resumed where it was ai.standard an.loned before Dr. Vifhaelis was f-.r mater- elected chancellor. In this connection advices received here indicated that I be used Krzberger will denounce Dr. Michsehs board has for his failure to take a positive stand

on the peace program already adopted by the reirhstag. It is then expected .hat on behalf of the fMhnlir and Soealista group a demand will be ...), that the entire reform prog-am. v.-iuding the making of the rhancello-: re.oonsive to the reichstmr instead c the emiieror, will be put through, ,ni4 c..nnection it now seema likely that a general eb-rtion on the sub ject w.th an; ngen.enta made that all soldiers c. e-v where shall Vote, will be demati ii d.

Very few arrest were mm'.-. T'ds RKPORT.J. CONFIRMED. ,was by the direct orders ..' the .-it- .. torney-general. He will not be satisV. S. Government Reeeivea Advice as tied with prosecutions under minor i statues which call for slight punishto the Condition! in Germany. m,nt of the adv0,at f ,...,.ason. . BY JOHN' EDWIN NEVIS.' ! stead it was admitted at the d jiartm. ;.rer.,f'i-.s ,ve garter.) ment today all of the seize,! corres-

WASHINGTON. Sept. -Advice. , . , , ,. . , ... ... ... , . of the reform sentiment in Germany , . , , . - i .- , have been confirmed in confidential . , , . reports from American represents- ' .- , . , lives m Kurope now besois I resident U'-i . n't.. i ,. j administration to hope that the end of German ahaolutism may ba in light. The information coming here emphasiiea the gigantic effort which the German military caste is making to stem the tide of reform and return its holding governmental machine. The inspired newspapera, following a program laid out for them by the government, are emphasizing the German victories in Ruaaia and the fall of Riga as an indication of the complete victories that will come if German will stand fait. ' And as a top U the people general! v these same paper are openly boasting that th Russian train sapply ahortly will be at the disposal CONTINUED FROM fAGJ TWO.

Now for That Job Across the Pond

5- T I fJ,, LEARNS SOURCE hi JJ 11! i The 1'. S. Government Gets Valuable Information. SEIZl'KK OF HOOKS I'XEXI'ECTKI) STItOXK Federal (irand Juries Will he (Jiven Evidence Secured by (iovernmenl. ( By t Hffrnqtefll WASHINGTON. The I'mted States ir. s in Psseion of fa c.u.-iveiy the sunport of th lh(, v..rl. an Indu jrandlsts This was the n day's series of m the headquarters ral oriranization.ledgers and accov er intimate pape .hj.f t i of th. day exjierts ar" tn(1 i to learn the which' has been fomenting di-ord "' to its . The re ult. of!; ,hp ramifications of th k."'" ' ""' Raids Only Curtain Raisers. ' Vesterd: ' raisers to ' aga:nt th id the P0"ne "p ce,u and presented to grand junei ith th. i resuest that the indictments to be ro . , , , . turned Bhall charge the mnximutn ' , , , ,. , crime or crimes possible. In this con- . .. , i . .u u ! nection it was pointed out that the , , , t ! genera conspiracy laws, coup e with ; ,he ,Pion, 'a will give the government latitude, to prosecute many who now consider thpmsolve" immune. Several federal gfand jury investigations will he in progress within the next two weeks in nearly every section of the country. The department of justice agents will present all of their evidence and the federal attorneys will, as soon as indictments are returned, demand speedy trials. "We want quick action and will get It now," an official of the department aid today. Chief Justice Harry Covington of the Diftrict of Columbia, who mado an investigation of the 1 W. W. for Preaid- WUaon, will report th result of kit inquiries to the president tat thi afternoon.

-'J-'.j ' ' WA 'U rl? J,

K A1SKK EM'iStSStS :iM:ti: in tiii: i.m i rv or s'.i'imkcts I'lrtli, thanks to St li.M A NINES' 0i. of British Vessels De-lr. Since M.inh 1. Tolal. Tui. i.iiMmN. i,t :. inn British st.MOishin i n ihtnaiin-s l.i .la! of Pntlsl, vessels . Inch I up to 7n , it President W ilson Believes That Session Should End hy Octolwr 1. !! I WA.-IHSiiT' . 'I'-'ileill V." lis on is nip. 'irnnie.it ; c-x mown ril the while s connnre-1 lln he will hav the sionrd leader. ope Hi. i 111- pi nl -nt and his adv thai ndjo ent i mlil be made b Oct. .h.-r 1. They purlieu larly ib-sire that this b- bronchi about so that the members of both houses can cer back to their own districts and help inlonu ,he p.-ople r .11,,proeress being made against Germany. It is pointed out lhat the bond and revenue measure is w.dl on its way to enactment nnd advices have been received at the white bouse that there will be no oruanlzei! H'-publif an oppoiiton lo an early adjournment. PLANT TIED I P. Iffy fA sterna Nans! ffrir Bmritt. KANSAS CITY, Septombr 6.-A strike of 2,000 employes tied up the entire plant of th Cudahy Packing Company here at noon today, stopping the filling of large war contract. The strike was called notwithstanding the announcement from Chicago ihia rooming of a general ti cent an hour raise in wage.

NFXT REUNION r 10 TO BE AT AITIOA 'Annual Gathering of Civil War Survivors Comes to Close. OFFICERS CHOSEN" AT ; MEETING TODAY Twen'.y-one Veteran- in Attendance Camp l ire Held l.at Ninftt. Of thent in l-.g he'd Or, ago, raf.t.iin J. P. Hodman (..,hran g:;' run: aecretaiy, Isa.i ;i,arr,5pot t ; treasurer coughrry, of Attica. PRISONERS ESCAPEFnur .Aw Their Way Thorueh Roof of Illinois Jail. flv le r,..il,.,nnl .V'TI ' HFI.I.KVU.I.F. III., Sept. f.. Sawing their way through the roof of the St. Clair county jail here tndav four Piiso.o-rs 53.-i.Hd- The a-aker-i"? of Sheriff Mrlton frustrated a wholesale delivery of a score or more prisoners, many of them held in connection w;th the recent East St. Louis riots. Using bed sheets as a rope the men slid from the roof to the ground. Henry Smith, alleged buiglar, was arrested shortly nfter his esca(e. The others who are still at large are John Myers, safe blowing; Robert Hoffman, larceny; George White, burglary and larceny. WOMEN JOIN 5TRJKFRS. OMAHA, Neb., September 6. Fifty women joined th packing house striker here today where 2,000 are out today, including mora than 1,500 at Armour plant and mora than 00 at Codahy'.

Soldiers BccomiiKf Angered at Anti-War A ct it itios.

TROOPS (JETTING HARDER TO CONTROL KuptiriK ort l'liiinmiils Scale May Num (ht iir I'nli'ss Anitatoi are Supinessed. WASllIM; m. Sept. . -The Mhi:it:op i. ;:! ii' fi.. :n Hie anti-war and pro-O'-ii-ail Kf;.tin throughout the I'lliled Slates ...vtiemely seiiinjs. I ! w:.s a ll'iitle.l l.'Oil at the white t'Hee ;',n;i ii;i.i.!.lH'Ot nf JUtll'e toi e -Ceneral of the presi. 1 v. ... ,1, e, ' lo .lu. ah- :t enn. i..Lcr. ofliciiii.s say, win s H-roii-boul Ihe omn- ' of hand and take the then- one eontnil. Al-i.'l''':i;-units and of laid have reported that lien ihsc.oiui.' ha. prene'i ( r-,. ,in a ram-i-nit I'iti war omtors. is i.- i . i il. It previ'ks w.-.t. the I'.teil!,. i.at tee tr ,y , , ntllation n t1. orkinn t-iient; Neiiroes. Pi. I.:.t. n-i the negroes of the -( Lh to -to 1le,ii .vrnins! the trov- , ,i.,.i, ..t. I have empHasived the en. ok d hi'sl St l oll.--, ill ('lieslec. Pa . and ..thr newts in the North ns -in,!" I'.... " i, "t-ev.n.ir iotf niton on the : ,,t ..! the w ,i. . t . nva.n rediten lie r.e, t a condition of seini.r v,-.. 'p.! thb. ai.-oe-.ent bns c:i. I ti , 'ch tinnhle ai--, ng the more igf.iont or ti.,. m.j. ,-. in the south, . si.eci.iily th" in Ihe vicinity of the it. at rirmv cnii.pei.'iit In add tion. I W. VV i,i!-.mi.ei , ).-.ve been try log to I. nee the tier'"" s i-ito tlieir or- ' ,"i-'n! ...II t,li..!;M, lirgiinieilts that ...!.ii'!i, Hi tins t.n.e will mnn that ,,.,,..., ri!,, rnforee the doctrine All of has created a situation Is say must be met imii,.ing on an enormous i,. ,!. . off. .i! gtitiir . i ; , ! on.' t' eir trials . s.r. . ..n l if necessary io'n-.g el eertanl specific enlar tri.'.ps will be used. j).e to I ri, bed. , to prove pi.Mil,- I i 0- 'ieiaU r. fii.e.l point blank tolay , ih-c-is , the still lis of Mayor Thomp,n of l.irairo. Details of the aetivi.s ,,c tee nivr now are in the .in. is of Attorney-General Gregory, 1- o, ultimo:.'!' on vacation, personally II decide 'ii:j. shsll be done by the . l."al aiit'ni.ri-i.-:' in Chicago. A cooiph-t" report "f the activities f the I. W. W. together with an ejtL.tiation of it., methtels was present,i t. I're- dent V.'dson by Judge lariv ( "..v ,-i.'t. n this afternoon. The nrn't h.'er v ,; fiiinish the basis nf r-.nfeienee bet.ve, i Covington and jur DM Mil ftll?l No Braver Troops in the World, Pei-lares Thomas Nelson Pate. !;. ln1rmiti M'Jl V.iri Scrrlcc. I LONDON, September fi. High t.,iay by Thoma.- N'ei.son Page. American ambasas.lor to Rome, who is enroute to the Ital'an capital from Scotland where he h.i.- been spending a vacation. The Italian ;.r..y U f.ghting with all its benrt and s -ii." doc'ared Mr. Pare. "No other rruntiy has done; more than Ita'y on the field of battle. Amidst the worst the I'aliana hae had to force their way up the step of the impregnable mountain under a gruelling tire, but they achieved it. It is only now that the Herculean task confronting Italy in this war is being understood . "There are no braver troop in the world than the Italian and they showed great endurance as well a courage." .