Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 26, Number 6, Lebanon, Boone County, 4 October 1917 — Page 1

Lll IN LOOXE COUNTY.

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Field Marshal Haig Sends Heavy Force Against German Lines. ASSAULT DELIVERED OVER A WIDE FRONT Attack Delivered at DawnBritish Make Satisfactory Progress, Reports Say. lif tUrmnHt,nl '- svr-fr.i LONIMIN. UctobrT 4. The btlle of Flanders flared up with terrific burst of fiirhting today when the llritish renewed their offensive nd gained important ground east of Ypres. As I result of thi vicious thrust, which folloscd a long and violent bombardment of the Orman positions, the Herman hold upon Pass Charidacle Kidge is seriously menaced. With thi strategic ridge in their posses, aion, the Britih will be in plain sight of their main objective in Belgium the aeiiure of the tierman submarine banes at Oslcr.d and Zeebrugge. Nut only did the Geamans loot important posi lions, but lost many men in killed and prisoners as well. Latest report! said that the fighting continue. The Russian offensive in the Riga section of the eastern front is still in progress, but no new offensive uf derisive nature had been received from Petragrad up to the lime thia dispatch was written. (fly th Imltrnatitmttl Yew jVrrH-e.t PARIS, October 4. French airmen are making reprisal attacks every night on Herman cities, Frankfort on main being bom-haidi-d last night for the second time the war office announced today. tB9 tkt lttnatinal im Serrtcc., LONDON', October 4. Satisfactory progress was made when the British against renewed their offensive on the West Flamleis front this morning, the war office reported at noon. Following a miirhty bombardment that rocked the earth as though in the grip of an earthquake, iFiehl Marshal Haig sent a heavy forre agaim-t the Herman front east of Ypres. The assault was delivered Wide front north of the Yprwa-M.. road and north and south of the YpresRouters roal. The British plunged forward in the misty dawn, stumbling through shi 11 ! craters and irreat, ragged furrows j where hurstinir nroie-ti!cs h;it l.toc. S ally plowed the fc-round into a series of uneven trenches. The wrecked front

line tremhes were soon in the hands l1''1 heen '"w'nt h'Ut leave r,,i tht of the British. 'h" Ilv, of F" -' vi"agtThere was heavy fighting all alone ' e' An inv.ft.r:ii.n w.ii the front over which the attack waheld and it was discovered th it tne delivered, for the Germans resisted ammy had bought the mi-da! from a stoutly but eouhl not -withstand the Frenchman for live finer. . then British thnjst Isolated machine gun ; et forth upon his rnieer of io i .-,ri. stations inflicted some losses up. jThc aummy was sentenced to live d v on advancing regiments btit the ; in the (juardhouw. Fnglish losses were very far less than ! lst week an Am'-riian nf.' the Germans. Many German pri s-j agency circulated a dispatch under a oners were captured, and at last re-1 Paris date stating that an American ports, prisoners were still trickling ; private, hailing rum (lavtoo, i i.d through to the British rear. i been awarded the Croix de Guerre .'or Thia latest drive in the battle of bravery "having saved the lives of a Flanders is part of the British cam- j number of French villapera by throwpaign to force the Germans from Pass I ,ng a German bomb into a stream beChandale ridge back upon Uie Bel-1 ( ;t couij expbxle." arian plain, w here there Is no hilly j ; ground to give them shelter. - .

IN POTATO BUSINESS. itv of Chicago Preparlnr ( F.nne in Husiness on Large .-scale. (S IftczNfernsttimid Vi-n rrir.) CmCACO, October 4. The city of Chicago la preparing today to go into the potato business on an extensive A recommendation that the city es tablish a beard to be known as the J municipal food staples association and loan this board 2(K)(1flO with which to buy potato for sale to poor families of the city has been ma le tn the ri'y r-imeil by Its finance committee. Tht I 1,

REPORTER TO POST BULLETINS DURING THE WORLD'S SERIES.

The Reporter will give iU readers ami the general public the complete rr ports of world's series games, besides special feature service. Huiletins will be displayed every day a game is played. C LAIMING TOO MUCH. Hermans Hae Wrong Estimate f Amount of Shipping Sunk. IflV thr lntrrrHnlKttrt fierrtrt.) LON DON', October 4. The German boast that nearly one million tons of alliixl shipping he"ig destroyed by Herman subinat tries ewry month is at least 50 per cent too hiarh. according to a statement made today by hign naval authority. It was declared thai Herman submarine cnromni"lt.rs are misleading the Orman government as to their achievements. The rurolier of British ships sen' down IaM week was the lowest since the rtithlees I -boat waifnie heE.'.n. according to the admi:aity "ii'ur-s. Eleven vessels ,J more than ! .Its') tons and two of less than that tow.gc were sent down. HAS ISKEN POSTPONED. Demonstration For Neutrally 1o bStaged in Buenos AiriVttct. li. Iffy ISC nVrsifl'.s'W ;evt fi 0-. i bceno.-i aikks, o.tobu 4 tkidemoristiiuu n in favor of comimtei' neutrality with Hen-iany, n-i.-in.ill set for Saturday, has been puti,omuntil 0')'-r li. Thi date is s-gr.i-Scant as it is rop-.rted that Pro. idem Irigoyen w ill resign upon tht.t late. -the first anniversary of bs .-Icctioo-on the ground of ill hialth. The sttike situation continues i.nrhanri'' with the gi vernincnt maintaining e dvo attitude. Heroic Sammy" Imprisoned on Credulity of French Paper and is punished. BY NEWTON C. PARKE. ( ! Iffr..iltiail r Sr-rr.-r 1 Fl FX I) H V. A 1 Q I" A lil K l( S i v TH F AMKU1CAX FOKCF.S IN IT..V.M K October 4. A crtnin privat thi 'first sammv hem'' is serving timi in the guardhouse toay afr'r bat hir e. n the light of publicity for sevcra lays und reeeivirg the adoption ot' all tha French gii's in the v : ;,ce near the camp. To a reporter of the Paris edition of a New York paper this priv.de re laled a thrilling lmy of low lie hu' picked up a bomb drup(cd by a i',man aeroplane and tiirw it oto a river before it could exphxlc, thusaving' the lives of a group of vi'!:ig In reward. i-ad the priwe, he was awarded the Croix de Guerre (the cross) hy a French con n 1 wli-. happened very convemer ,he " J1? ""'",r nrinl.-d ihe ,t..r, P'n'ntIy . m '"Ht . ",,,r"f " :'h picture ?hoving toe saromy his medal displayed on his che-t. The American officers, stianire te s;ty, never hetinl anything aHo'it the award of the iredul. but thev -lid relistinrtlv that, a eert.iin Private 01 ino L nite.t Mates u.r m'rj CHAMPION JOY RiDER - CHAUEEEUR tA ih llnuiHont .Vein Bfrrtt ) - i.MWANAI'OLIS, Ind., Drtoher 4. Charley Jay was today voted the chawpion joy-ridef of lndlanapcli by tb polico. At an early hour thn morning Charley it'-'-id.d to act as chajft.'r to a bv Jnterirbn car. Ho e ,,r i y out f t,, . i. ' n ml ii . - i . An e,.

THE LIBERTY LOAn "HAY EE EREATLV

' OVERSUBSGRIBED! Indications Are That the i i Amount Sought May Be More Than Doubled. NEW YORK MAY TAKE OVER AMOUNT OF LOAN Metropolis is Alone Expected : to Subscribe Five Billions The Campaign Opens. (9j( th lntrntitvjat A cut 8m VVASHINGTOX, Oct(.hT- 4. Al-f though the st-cnij hbortv loan will be ; ftjliy flubs-enhed if -HKt,(n)0,WHi it." tfrc-re(i the govfrn.'.nt. inrlii-ntions i 'imv are that fnm six U fight iiK;i)n.-t may 1(, lent to the rtntwl ' Siati's by t:s pmnlf. I- rmv, Vw V-m k City a Ion a tot:.! nf 5;".,HHj,it(X).tiirO i 'NipM'tefi ant! :U! othiT M'ctinra of the rountr? ar1 on tiHr irifif U? to :hc jrveat centric of popu'iitif-ns ihfir it:itt .tt. w ii not irn'it.tT tln lull ihfMp'a.tn of the l.il-.ert; Fian m-.ud th;) t rvrry man, woma ml rhiUi in the I'nitC'i Statos inns rrv th ((ov,rmn4'nt nearly $;!(. T "ol! up a siihsriiht.nn of K.0iK ,'MK.- '! Ki w-juM iwun $(. out of the vck-; if every man. Wdinpn, :iiif chil'l. Thu ! a man with a wife an.l thn-e rlnhirr-n.l hp normal mo-i-'iii fatn;!v, wttuhl havo i Jo I' m! the C'V-rnni.'nt'S! V) to suh'cr.lH! I ho loan ami Mot) to run iho : total up t th (K'sinwi .fs.fwwvoouo.i ! n:a''K, J-nr any olr-r country this ; Anuhl ap(hl,.r to be pc'f'ioaPy an im- j tm-Mbilitv, hut statistic revta! iba 'hf- wealth of e," -h mar., woo. an, arvi ! cJ.ild in thr pat'-in, i apornx 'rarl' j "J..Vh.i, so a $.00 lonti to the j-'vera -j mint wnuhi not ho unior.snmthV. ' The British Loan. Great Britain's last l"an was on a basis, whiih, if aiplnd to t!;e population and wealth ot the l.nited .states, vouid be tantamount to a lH.iHI0.'Xn) liKI loan and ye!, th.- funds asked by !be (T"Vi'ri-in'-nt to p- ..sc utc tne war tmrr.'t (icrinnny were t'orLhcomin(. On an averaare ever moil, woo-tan, md chdd in t; com-liy a'r ady ha lent to the e'lics to help them tiold their lines at'.'.iit lh prussi.m invader. Ioirinir the next six morlhs, ach indivehwl in th.' p.ittion must lord 'o these brothers in amis a' least JS. r.oio. Knr te l..ol of ti;e avetae IHlllv of ,e.ins tfl can S.Ji this nnths d in The pnveinn this rron people, st loan wi dir :! fm thi larr proportion of th .,,!., r, bed by barks. Tiie u'-vern-o-ent ib-si i es that the hanks of the coi'ptrv be left as free as possible f ,r emeiiri-ncv fin tncinff. and so docs not 1'mouiaL'e them to invest tN'ir "i'n re-.orccs in the bit? loans. This idaocs the birder, directly upon tb Inutile and in e-eiy city and county. a I'K-al cor.ioittee is now injrs and f the people, so that the arm.i !.e i,ava of the L'ni'ed stat' ot c ase fighting. s and need PAROLE REVOKED. Tliomherry Ke!urn-d is' Ltihistrial Schixtl. e Th Tib'-rry's parole i'-ii'doy and lie wes t:i I'lai'ifir'.i by I., f. Smitlison. Thornberrv uas a-ic.-teil on a rhurev of stealin a n vdver from John M. ('onger's placn, The boy admitted the theft and to'd the officers he had hod the weapon in the basement of the I'al e barber shop where he had been employed a.- a porter. The volver was found and returned to tht owner. Thornticrry denied In "f : broken into and ransacked the 1'al.ice barber shop the other night, ACTS AS THE OF A TRACTION CARi call was sent In and the polite took up the pursuit. The car was fnllowd i.o ?iomhvnle hy the police, but missed the car. Another squad of policemen stopped the car at tlis o'jtsliite of tne city m Joy was reiurupg Hn jr-wil to have mw. tl

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s-y i LA45 jciie ? ' ,Mav Tnko I p the ( onfjcritin of J.arollotte s I ttcranccs. MAY NOT AWAIT THE SENATE INSTRUCTION The Si'tiatorx Keinif Warned Hy Conitilucnts 'That Something .Mast He Pone. Irtji th lntrrnaH"iill rr ft WAslllXfJTON, October ve i ieati in to determine lltto of Si LaKolloUo. inipacha st: one nifnt f'.r sedition hfcaine i nrobatiility today follow inif sesdon of the senate pnv-l cb'i'ti.jii.s comuiltcc. The ( will niHi-t atinin toinorrow to dicide tinally what acti. take. it 11! The committee todnv bis-ame clearly of the opinion t'mt It ha? authoi il) to n-.,ike an inestigution ithra;t M'pcilic insirucii.'ns from the senate. At ti'inorrow'n .s,'sion, it probably wilt finally Ix- diculcd if and when the in-

'COKMHiEECFM '"::;', 1 hand cut off in ! !! SENATE PAY fIAKE -1 "'-.V "' ENSILAGE CUTTER !

JiifMSMTiijft':!'::'.' ' is ill! ! tne executive commrt,,: of I he tr-; ,

rk to t vestigation abould be made. PIfcusninrssion revealed a growing sertin.ent in

favor of an invo-tigarion to satisfy .the demands pourirg into the s. nute itor .Senator LaKoibtte's expulsion.

Many loembeis of the conimiHeo took j the position that tie (kinand for acjtion was becoming Loo insistent la he tn ignored. Kv'en senators rspeeially I friendly to Senator l.n Kollettc wera j not oppo.-od o the investigation be:m 'cause they boiieved it would exonerate oi- him and silence the cfanior for his

"!'t!l Kcsolution of Censure. The advi.siihiiity of letting Senator Lal-'ollrtlo down with a sharp reprimand in the form of a resolution Th, i,ltrA,i, ,i,m of Bu,h a rr,ution in the Semite at this time. However, would stir uu bitter disscn-ion and prolong the session indefininTy, It was feared On the other hand, the priv ib-ges and ehx-tions committiM1 could conduct the investuration after the adjournment and be ready to make its reoemmendatir-n just as soon a congress convenes in December. fienatfrs are beinff warned hv their tttuents every day that they will have dimctilty in explaining to the folks at home" tmle&s they luke some action with regard to Senator F-aFoll-ette. An investigation would serve as an "alibi." ms of be" tbinU Heanwh'le, i-nator IjiFollcttc was srepnring to break the silem-e he has t mau.Ui bis eo ed regarding the d mandi m. He I) .ni tr t.ik wr or tomorrow wim a r.ed si .ch an v x for

Their Boy In Uniform

no5Mr johh in uniu"ij - yftiFORM--- f i mitv 3? LITIGATION COSTS OVER Sb.j MI LE NOW TOTALS OVER S.'i,nnO ClUCACO. October 1.-Three years a:o Joseph II. Morris and Janes A. Dir. io, farmers, (cot into a dispute over the ownership of a mule tt,,rt!i $:.. Litigation resulted and it is estimate.! today th.-it the cost of curt proceedings rising out of tl c suit has re iclie-l a total of .rt.iJ'ht. Ti;rue months airo the mule died, hut the litigation did n..t end. Now attorneys for M'-m.-i hae asked for further cootinuam'c of the cist until after tne war because Morris i.s fighting in Trance. hi rr iiMit: AT0TALDF$27,000,000 Slate Department Officials Say German Ambassador Spent That Sum Here. Cfty Ihr Intfrnnttttrtvl Ve,f4 cri'tcc.l WASIIIN'JTON, October 4. That Count Von B.-rn-torfT, the Herman ambas.-.'idor. exjiended the enormous total of '-'T.OOOiO'i in the I'nited .states trom his arrival heie foljowir.g the outbreak of the war until he was sent back home was revealed for the first time hre today. State department oOicials d-clar'-d tint this was i.bout the figure. A good pnrt of the money was utillred. they said, for legitimate purposes, part of it in purchasing rw materials for ur after the war. All information concerning trio amount which is known to have been illegally expended was refused by the drpirtment So fur as the revelations made in New York regarding the expenditure of funds by the suspected Herman agent, Holo l'asha, are concerned, officials of the department of justice and tin slate iteiwrtment said tonviy limt they are conclusively proven. It was explained, however, that so far as is known none of tho money handled by this agent, waa user) to influence any American newspaper. Holo's object, it was stated, plainly was to try to government in French publications. Herauee nif of the evidence against Holo I'aihfi has been turned ever t the French government, oflic ols would not comment on it. It is d tint the tiroof li so cotnulete of ii0 '.nba's emilvment bv the Ger- , , o'.o t: t 1 ".-'i - . , : ... d li r -.

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lost ph S RoIh rt of Clinton Township Severely Injured. IS BROUGHT TO THE J WITHAM HOSPITAL! I Wound Dl t ssed Here hy IjOraL Pot-torn Accident Occurred Near Elizaville. Joseph S. Roberts, of Clinton town- ! ship had hs right hand cut oiT tthout ' U::;tl o'clock this morning in an en j filatfe rutte'. while at, work on tlw farm of C. T. Miller northwest of; Kli.-aville. The hand was cut otf at :he Dr. Tin ' called and gave first aid. 'I he injured man then rushed to the Wjtham hospital here wh'-re the wound was dressed by Dr. Herma A. Hoi k and Dr. Di laski Smith. OVER JAMESTOWN. Military Riplane T'assrd Over That Town This Afternoon. A military biplane passed over Jamestown this afternoon about two o'clock. As the plane did not make any stop the reidenta o f the place were unable to find out a definite information concerning the place anrl it? destination but were rather of tlje opinion that it was en route from the Dayton, O., aviation field to the field at Rnntoul, III. Such a machine stopped last evening at Cuniherind near Indianapolis and was still there tins forenoon. WILL RAISE FUND. Knight of Pythias Lodnes tribute iif.,000 fur .Soldirn lo Con- ' Relief. iPy 11 Intrrmiliontll ,Vfir Srrrtcc.) 1 INDIAN A POLLS, ln.L, Ortolwr j Knights of Pythias lodges of Indiann i will raise a relief fund for soldiers of; l6.0OO, it was announced at the state meeting here. This is part of a national fund of $.'IHJ,(HW. GRAND JURY INDICTS WOMEN'S FASHIONS i Uu lf slcr.((iiiI Scirs Sorted FREPKRICK. Md., October 4 Women's fashions stand indicted, by the Frifilerick County ttrand Jury at least, women's fashions us they are ir.i-rvr: if. vd.ei ltiiU if--

ing Pamo Fashion before the bar of ! Amsterdam tortsy told of great prepjustice, the grand jury recommeiKleiL arations which are being made in Hera curfew law for Frederick and ad-! m" to combat the hostile aviators vised that no children be admitted to when the British awl Frencii get the.r the three moving picture theatres of eampaigi of rennsai m full . this town. The grand jnrv stiir(ref,t.ii i It is suptfd that on effort will b '.1st it would be muh t'-r lor the : made to danm-e the Kmn? worcs at,

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TIlELKPJIbj.., CAMPA!G!ISTA::IS

4 1 U 1 I, Ad ertising Matter is Distrihuted Over Entire County. , SPEAKING CAMPAIGN BEGINS NEXT WEEK Svhrdulf Not Vet Made Out general t'lans for Drive Discussed. ; The Liberty Loan eampnipn in Boone county is to start today with the distribution o advertising matter all over the rounty. The orcanir.alion will see that po-ters, hnmlbills. Window cnids, und circulars are broufrht to the eyes of every cituen before tho end of the work. A meeting of thn Kcnrrnl committee was held at tha f irst Nutmnal hank yesterday afternoon far the pie e of amtitfcing defufls. t'luilcs Koibes, of the llnor.e t'ounty State Hank, is at the head of the adverti-inj; committee. Ha h? s appointed all of the editors of ( IbioTie county ttewspniiers memb: of the committee, w ho are- to see t: each ibiy sotoelliiiiir concerning t!. bond issue is used in his news colI umns or editnrinlh, Virgil liuntin wilt lie in clmrpe of the advertisinff Z peech-ti!aki((r enmpaitrn will lie inaupturaterl. Tha schedule has not yet been made out. CO. H MAN WEDS. C R. Carney Uainni - SHis WiM Diikerson for Hia Brtile. " 'ordin It. Carney and Miss IHscl Itirkerson were married at the Fnrmors State Hank hv the Key. Homer Dale. The groom in a member of Co. II, nnd toe bride is a daughter nf Sir. I and Mrs. A. O. Dicket son, Soutb of j U-banon. Mr. Carney who is home on In f tn lough will return Satasxlay to : K.ist Chicago. m: S A NEW TRlTCKIVxme County Furchasea Another I ruck for lse in Hauling Grave! The Hoone county rnn.miasionera h:ive put'dia-d aoo'lier auto truck to be used in ti e hauinig of gravl upon the roads. I ins wond trurk Is similar to the first ami has a capacity of three and one-half tons. It cost about f :t.',f. Delivery is to be made November 1, AVIATOR CAPTURED. Member of Lafayette F.sradrille In Hands of Hermans. Ih't Ur InttfnnlUtnnl A fraV.t OKNKVA, October 4. An American aviator flying in the XafnyetUs escadrille of the French army has been captured hy the Hermans, said IE 'patch from Dusseidnrf today quott th" Heneral Anzeiser. The name of the American was not given. HI KIM IS S00NT0 BECREATED Will Have Charsc of the Air Reprisals Against Germany Huns Prepare. ip.y ffic olcrsiliusnl Vor ,-ri.) LONDON, October 4 A British air ministry, which will hav charge of the air reprisals against Germany, i (iper announcement today. This same newspaper, in making the statement, said there had been long been a c man.l for such a minisrry as well for reprisal attarkj on Herman cit' From all inductions, the war in . air is onlv beirihninc find advii-en fro. F-en and tbM ; the sane tn ' it :i. t tciTnii