Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 26, Number 28, Lebanon, Boone County, 31 October 1917 — Page 1

THE REPORTER IS THE j , -4 - 1 A . K if . fi , i . ; J V -4 v , - ; ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP- ' 1L-1 ILJjLJL I N O' 1 N ; 1 4 A L L-4 A k 'S ii. .. JFR W ROONE COUNTY. I - ' . I VOLUME 26. . LEBANON, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY .OCTOBER 31, 1917. , NO. 28.

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ITALIANS RETREAT

H Fall Rack in Orderly Way on Lines Already Prepared. f.REAT RATTLE IS EXI E'JTEI) SOON Reinforcements For Italians Will Aid Them in Their Stand Against Enemy Forces. tttu th feraafl..sil trt Pent.t HOMK. October .11. G.ncral Cadnrna is fast lining up hi forces for a determined stand against the German and Austro. Hungarian armies along the Tauliamenlu river. Dispatches from the front this afternion declared that the Italian commander is master of the situation now and that he is checking the enem in fffective fahion. Italian cavalry forces continue to harass and hold up advance detacknienis of tiie Germans and Austro-H'ir. Newspapers today point to the fact that the l.rrnur h-tve ceased citing the number of prisoners captured. It is declared that this shows that the Italians have recovered from laeir lir.d panic and that the enemy is not making the progress that thrv did for the first day or two ol the drive. Great confidence is expressed by all of the papers in General (adorna. The gravity of Ihe situation ia not minimized but the writer4 express great faith in the Italian leader's plan of campaign. tH tht IntemQIiimnl tit tfrrrfee.l LONDON, October 31 KrjtIsh losses on Western front in October total M.5..6. it was announced today. Of these 17,1 15 were reported as killed. 61.410 as wounded and 5.000 as missing. ifig the InlTnnWmtl Stw fter.lcf.l LONDON, October :U. The oy: of the world are turned today on ;h Venetian plains in Italy centering on the Tagliamento river, where there is every reason to believe the greatest battle in the history of the war n will be fought. The Teutonic army, already in possessicn of I'dino, today .continued its' march toward the river. Anothei German movement is on the north where Von Buelow's forces have almost reached the upper Taglinr.iento. Alone; the Tagliamento nwr mid rot far from L'dine, On. 'adnrna'.forces are slowly retreating. Hu ning thetr bridges behind t'nem, exercising a rear guard check to the enemy and fording the swollen stream wherever possible, the retreat is s.,w hut certain. In the meantime British and French assistance is being hurried to the scene of the impending conflict. Everywhere, military authorities ay, the political effect of the enemy's drive is rapidly becoming apparent. The political viewpoint brings out the determination to sU;n.l firm and save Italy. Will Art as Boomerang. Added to this determination is t'i" belief in military circles that the Teuton drive will qot as a boomerang to the enemy. It is now generally Relieved that the big spiing drive which would otherwise Is? late on acount of th waiting for the full strength of , nut this winter regardless of weather conditions. j It is pointed out the blow will not I be as forceful as prrpose.l until spring ' hut thnt because of Italy the allies rannot alTord to postpone action. Gen"adoran, it is believed here, hai already reeeived positive assurance of assistance from French and Itriti-h Bourres and that with such aid he will b able to turn rout into victory. Rome cflieinls accept the loss of Udine logically and placidly. Thy maintain th evacuation of the fornier military bate was early planned and exeeuied a planned. It ia pointed out that scarcely a i

veutige of the eitv w left to th in- j school. The organisation hs devel-1 rende'ed to th federal and Ute v eling enemy and that veuation was j oped wonderfully under Coifman, and Jgovernmenta is exempt from taxariade in time to bunt certain briiijthe concert was most txcclk-nt tion. Persona collecting; ths tax

ami otherwise cheek the enemy's advance. Recent rains have swollen the river and military authorities declare thaf with the ltuliun forces already across, the enemy is yet to encounter great hardships before ready to engage the fateful struggle for supremacy on the Venetian plains.

SWITCHMEN'S DEMANDS. To Ask for Wage Increase Refusal May Mean General Strike. Ifti IU, lutrrnatlninl r:rt Herrlcd CHICAGO, October Ml. Members of the Switchmen's L'nion of North America are preparing today to submit to all railroads m the I'nited states demands for a r-0 per cent inorta.se hi waiies. according to a 'lection re-tched at a conference of the union here. A nationwide referendum spike vote will he taken if :!ie denands are not granted within tititty day., after submission to the rai'ways. 't he thirty days' notice h!ch rt list b v. ago may he taken up has in-i-:: uiven i bv the union. reused cost of living is riven by Heherlin of Huf.ilo, pi. it or the union, nun. I for the for tl' New Concern Will Operate Modern. Sanitary Plant Near I.ehanon. The I.eba has purcha,1 the ;. gravel pit the Klin. northeast of Ij hon and a moilerr, plant eouiped wi1 be a nunle! one of its kind, meet all the st.ite h-.w. an Hons ami will not e,,ve offe ors. b p. to- ; ;,,t , Dr. II. M. ment irisoee' serum plant of the romo, etate a modi ioodm't ,r at th folmer (rovetM. Thi ititow n pure i prooiirent m n ber The roVern w'll opmitary p'unt unking hog tankage high in prote plant will he of benefit to the community in many ways, a-notig tiim heing a conservation of grease atid hi.l.-s. which have hertfnre largely been permitted to go to vva.-te. LOCAL FUEL SlTUATiQN IS SLIGHTLY BETTER Eleven Cars of Coal Received Yesterday Helps Some More Coal is Cominij. F'leven cars of coal were Lebanon yesterday by In. and before night all had lie C. F. S. N'eal, county fu ived states that there if a lartre amount of coal headed for lbanon and -liould begin arriving in the nct day or two, hairing unforeseen delay-:. The sitim tion has taken a slight change for the Iw'ter. Citizens aie urged to make taeir fuel warts known to some l.e-al dealer or to Mr. N'eal. so that they can he supplied. POSTOFFICE lU'RNS. Building al Hoonoville With A II its ; Contents troyed. (Bn IA Mnrrtwflonai Ypvi Rrrrp-r.) I BOONKVII.I.K. Ind., fictoher St. i f;ausin)f lnss of $o Ul0i fir, destroyed 1 l1"' I'"1 "R'l,e hMi" tents, including mails, at Chandler, Ind., six miles west of here during the right. The fire is believed to set by robbers was found open. INITIAL CONCERT. High School Orchestra Gave Concert !

I lent to the amount which would beat High School Today. imposed if it receiver! payment, exThe Lebanon high achool orchestra, j in ,h cafu! of ''""'moditie, which . .. .. , , , are necessary for its use in th eonunder the direct, of Prof. Toleman, (Iucl of iu or lht hasinl.ali made Its initial publiu concert of th I of another line eonstitntin. a nai-t

season this morning befor th hirhlof the same railroad svntem. Serviee

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GO INTO EFFECT Tl

! Policies of re-iniime are exempt ' On marine, inland 'and tire insurmerican Public Must In-, ance, one cent on eack dcllar or frac

dividually Pi)? Down in Its Pockets. NEW TAXES TO FALL

ON AVERAGE MAN-" tax"bl" under another title of " 1 including re-insuranca policies. it"i Policies i.-s'ied by aiy corporation 1 exempt from the income tax are exEach Individual W ill Contribute PP,pt f,nm ti,e tax.

His Personal Mite to the 1'. S. War Chest. I:Y ROIiKUT B. SMITH. j Hy tt.r atrr'itiiiil Vest Krrrlir.) WASHINGTON, October 'il. I'.titining tomorrow, the Ametiean public must individually dig dmvn in its jeans and pay additional war taxe.vxpee'ed to yield -.1S.')00,iM) anThe going -t t imorrow ale u part of those by the -2,.Vi.-i.0fii'.u0o war nv enact, 'd b' congress in ng da K of the past session, the n w laves, are of a char-. the rage ill ha nothing to do wi of wealth." T!i programme of ta United State, fee! ill part in the war. ' :tr'it, passenger an por'atii m, pipe hue.-, and berths, tel. giap and ' effect of them s! ifht tfh tuxes elective at Itdi'lit tonight are governmeX ported trt net the ff" dotal the folio I- reignt tlansp, r Kxp'-'ss transiM.i fassenrer tnri Pipe tines Seats and berthTeh graph at.d I U' i 'CO polo. Club .lues Admissions . . . f 77.0110,'KiO in niHi.iioo 1,000 , I' I 70(i0,iofi ; otto 01M1 ; I.oOO'Mi'j UUP fuinisti lev .e. per cent oT the er i.portnt:.-n bv ta, I a c imt.etititin w ith 1 p-ht consigned I'nitcd States from olhe One cent tor e.u n iweniy e.oe.s .'.i fraction chaiged by express coinpan-. ie for transportation from 1 ne point in the t 'mted Slates to another. i Transportation Tax. Eight per cent of the amount paid , for the transportation of persons by j rail or water or by any form of me-1 chaniral motor power on a regular e-tablishcd line in competition with common carriers, from one point in j the I'nitcd States to any point in the I'nited State... Canada or Mexico where the ticket is issuer! in thei t'nited States. No tax is imposed on 1 eomntutation or seasi n ticket trip less than thirty miles. the fai not exceed j th'ity-tiv the amount paid : . b'-rtl-lleage or staterooms. 00k ued for ttani.i.mi.lation is purlovember 1. I'M 7, or jiaid, the conductor If portation c chased pri.i if ca-h fai or agent co'hi-titig the fare is re- ; quired to collect the tax. A picket j purchased before November 1, HUT. i

hall not be taxed if partially used'er blaze broke out in the Ilaltimore

nut other ill not be valid until it evidence that the has been paid. Five per cent on the aoiount paid F for the transjiortation of oil by pit 11"' nts for each telegraph, tele phone or radio dispatch originating in the United States where the rharge is fifteen cents or more. The foregoing taxes are to lie paid

a iloor by the persons paying for the services or facilities rendered A car

rier making no charge for transporting a commodity because of ita ownership theref, or for any other reaaon' is required to pay a tax equiva

lore required to make monthly re-1

1 turns and monthly payments to the federal government. ' The new levies upon insurance will j take effect in the following manner. On life insurance, eight cents on 1 each $100 or fraction of the amount !of the policy, except industrial insurance policies not in excess of $."00 . issued on the weekly payment plan, I in which case the tax is forty per ' cent of the first weekly premium tion of the premium' charged undei each policy including renewals, but not ircluding policies of te-insurance Casualty insurance, itne rent on each dollar or fraction of toe premium charged unih-r each policy (except the hill I including ie,-v, als, hut not indemnity and surety' bonds, which partnership or associ- : ation issuing such polxiea of itisur- ' ance is retjuired to make monthly i returns and monttily payments to th j government. Tax For Movies. Save y'tur pennies j ave Lhem ready when irket W'ltdow of' the tomoirow and you go to the fraction theieuvies ycu must to the governrei.dy to turn our movie CO.NTlNL'fc.I) ON PAGE EIGHT. Federal Aijents Proliini; Fire, i i Take Into Custody One Suspect. ifl.l Ih0 ; liriwlem.it Vr s,m..ci BAI.T5MORK. Octo-r SI -The f r. e of the drpai tir.ent of justice v jKJsjVthrown behind; invea'.igati nunched here Into the lire thr.t the water front, dest roving two P'ers and a llntish steamsh-p wah an osti ma!d loss of $r.0.(i.(iiio. Chief Gunner Kiownle;. and two sailors from the British steam-r Hange, v. hicli hurtled and sank, are said to be dead. Between twenty and -0 other members of the crew had not been accounted for up to noon to'lay and it is feared they too may have ! been lost. .Michael .1. hard, a cicrk. was ali One t.MlHV. 10 missing today. u-p'.ct was taken into custody I .He gave his name as John ". j ilitteiman. j 1 Federal agents are convinced that German agents are resnonihie. 'Ihe! fire broke out in five places sioiul- I taneously a few seconds after sovrial rockets wre seen to go u at dif ferent points on the piers. , ( Several men also were seen Her- '. ing frond he scene. Guards fired at: ing from the scene, t them were hit. is fired in I j The piers tiiat were destroyed were loaded with supplies for General 1 Pershing's army in France and the .-il-1 lies. Munitions made up a large part of the supplies. Positive Kvidenre Positive evidence that the fire was jof incendiary origin was given by the I j Baltimore 4- Ohio guards and fireI men stationed at the pier. These men - said that n few seconds before the 1 flames broke out in five sections of I the pier they saw what appeared to ; kets going up in haif a dozen pai.e, ,)n tl. pier. Muffled i plosions ! followed : id ti jatj.t ! The chief watchman of the pi.-; j stated that five minutes before the entire structure was in M.iinos he had 1 made a complete iound of the pier and i had found everything to be in usual shape. While the police were pu.-hing their investigation into the big (ire. an. .th4 Oh'io shops at Riverside park, about a mile from the scene of the first fire. This blaze was quickly extinguished without much damag.t. The fire was sti'i burning at several places early today hut it was under control The old immigration hi.ilding. which adjoins Pier 8, was destroyed. The Raltimore & OWe's great grain elevators are only a short distuncc away from the destroyed piers and the firemen's efforts were chiefly directed to keeping the blaze away from these. For a time it looked as though a still northwest wind would defeat their efforts but the flames were brought under control. The British steamer which was lost was the Kerry Rung of the Johnston line. Twenty or mote men jumped into th. water from the steamer, som of them being membera of the crew and others stevedores. It was believed early today that all of these execpt ten had been accounted for.

NEW PROGRAM IN SHIPBUILDING PLANNED BY U. S.

Government Will Turn Out Million Tons of Shipping in Four Months. ALL RED TAPE IS TO BE ELIMINATED New Goal of Government is Ten Times the Production of the Year of 1916. l?,7 th? lnlr,ntiittl Vcri .s'r.ai.f.l 1 WASHINGTON, 0. C. O.tober " - The I'nitei! States will tin 11 out I OOO.Oiin tons ot shipping ill the ne four months and by the eo-t of 1'Mh hf. not less than fi.iii0."0U tons will h.ivi been construrted, Chaitoiau Tur'ey of j, the shipping board, ami. iiiu ed this a!' ., ternoon. ' ; The new goal , ; i,i,, hu.ldini; wil' ,,, ne(essitate the operation of steel nlants and .shipyards it inaMiniim .-.ipacitv tin a -I hour basis "lte, ta lilll.nated rd the .-il ev rv sort to he u-.'S o, lahoi trv are 10 he d to meet the onnaee. lling lor vastppi lay by Chairman Huil.-v ether" c.iitcren.e lx-tv nent official- and the r if labor and shiphuildii lac mo-t Itnporta Attending we en of the lai At, antic i'.ki ipol,, ship th. riic le,ed utinowt co;-(..'ration v. it '.he govetrieient, as did laho.'s reorc sentatives, in n.".v plans formulate for greater proOuetron and incease effiriencv-. Ihe Neir ;. a fco,al of our c "Til ten the pto.ht;or hail-man H imfronted v ith e must apply ahi ivory ounce of our ive must he direct nmplishment the very imposed Ulioi forking together 1 t eve.ything hut ' cati uch 'Tvr-jlBBzS ta lie. V hat help the .:. Vynute. (-e will ge i;.,)a,, ,, lv.ir.ls. I Chairman Illliley lectured that the 1 greatest pos-uble sM-ed was no.v .siI sentia! in the shipyard and that every ; interest connected e 'th the great pro- ! jects now under vav. or tlm-.; to he I set going later, must work hereafter with a single purpose to make ships a vvinning factor in the war. MAY JOIN COLORS. Jim Dunn, of Ounn-McCarlhy lieadv to Join I'. S. in Fran Jim Purin, owner of the Cleveland American League baseball team and. a member of the lunn-M. Carth Construrtion ( omiianv which ha- built the new railroad from Frankfort to Indianapolis through thi- county, may , join the Lnited States army m 1-ranee. Mr. Ihinn has put the Punn-Mc-Catthy Construction Ci n pany at the disposal of the government and lie intimated today thai he would not he, sul prised were he to be called to the. front shoitly. j "I have put our company at the dis-. , , ,, ' - ,, i posal of the government without any string to the orTer." sui.l Mr. Dunn. : "It is fully equipped and organize.! to untlertake any kind of constiuction : work the government has need of ' hall not object if we are sent to join ( apt. Huston of the New York . Yankees, who now is with an enginoering regiment somewhere in SANK A I-BOAT. V. S. Ship Destroyed Submarine Before it Waa Sunk by Another I -boat. (B tht Interna'tanml JVetrs Ssreiee.)

AN ATLASTIC PORT. October .11. j to'Iiiy. The v-hooting took place when i The American steamer Lewi Luck-1 polrcr-man O'Connor rewnted remarks i enbach ent a German ,-ubmarine toialb'Ked tc have been mail by Olson to!

the bottom three hours before the vesi itself was sunk by another U-boat, survivors reaching hero today clare-L E.chard Duitiirte, third of'icr of

the torpedoed veesel, acted as spokes

man for the survivors, of whom wye . were 2fi. 'W Vf re fiist attacked about five I o'clock ofl the afternoon of October j II, he MifL "The submersible came to I the Minace nov 100 feet in front ofl us. The target was too good to miss ) and the first shot from our bow gun struck snuarely between the V -boat's j two peiUcopes. She sank like 4 ulummet. "Triumphant we steamed towi.,,1 the French cont. Suiidenly about ! o'cloik thai niirht there was a loud explosion .mil the whule ship trembled ; iiom stem to stern, it did not take j long to rea'ie we bail been torpedoed. . The I.U; keb:ich settled at once. Two j boats got i way safely. A third with ('apt. Watkins. the first ma'e and one It'r'r": ;MtH't!,.: ' wore thnwrrd. Wp wnre Hilcd up !t ;i irv-ff!at ship, J SEWING CLASSES. ! Notice tu All Persons lh'siri"; to liereive Instruction. All persons ih'siiing to enter tie' o he conducted during er by Ml nstruct.-r. l.auta I'.dts. voi :itional meet it! th. IhulsdllV 10 rlas-es w'll begin anl to Cook Car and Dinint; Car Were liurned I. list Niuht at Camp Near Mcehanicsbtirir. irihy t: i r-ia t.tlv him .id hut not a- u iitT.-rdi.l fEoOPLoB SEEK SOUTH OF LEBANON Several I'ersons Report Witnessing Flight Acrttss the County Last NiKht. Several pel aeroplane fli south of I.eb state that it The aviator ' flight, hctweet n report seem g high in th. on last night, ried a powerful s probably nms They i.ght . ng camps tool. 1 we-t -a- r at Co! iniitiij.- ; Ft NERAL Till RSDAY. Services for Ihe Late James s. i ell (a. be Held From Son's Home Thp ,,,,.,, f th ,. ,.,, j.,, s ., .... , ,, , , - Darne l wi be be d from the i.- i-'l-'nre "f "is m- SUrV Ihi'neil. on West Washington street at - p. r-i. Thursday and will be -on.' u'tod h, e pv' Wai'J, i.-si.-ted by t he ,.v. O. H. Cairno-h o !. The Knights of pvthi is lodge wi e. Hunal '! give its r-tuah--vill lie at Oak llili. I tlC ! TRAGEDY AT CHICAGO. CHICAGO. October 31. P..li.i-m.i Joseph O'Connor ia probably fatal wounded and V. illiam M. Olson, truck laborer, is in the hospital with three buliel wounds in his legs as result of a shooting affray here early Miss Alma fcanlan, the officer's com -

pardon. A. J. Gi itten. an apprentice and a marriage license w hich had been seaman from the Great Lake naval , issued October . 23 to the yourg oftraininT aUtioa -as tligbtiy woaaded i iccr aid Miaa Regina Glanckoff of

jby a Uay bullet.

REBEKAH LODGES

OF BOONE COUNTY HOLD A MEETING CoUntV GatllCrinR Here C Tuesday Afternoon and EvCrJnjJ. BOTH SESSIONS ARE LAKGELY ATTENDED The Piogiam Was Carried Out As I'ahlishcd New Officers Are EltTtod. .mnuad session of th I!el lodges was O. O. F. hall in this fteinoou 111.1t evening. 1 ere hugely attende-i es; and enthu.insm . fteogi.tm as puhlishoot in the afternoon. ii.,. II. inn t K. foeknov.,1. president of tHe. iii. was v eil received ; the U-h. k.ihs all ov- : ! pios.ious lollevving odicers weis c-iiity oignntr.ation: t ar'ie Cus.m, of Mesietary. Mrs. liosa -low r ; treasurer. Mrs. of I ehanon, atid a torn each lodge, liethe ,.,ge showed that ood w.-tk. ;.si.m the IM-kiih i-d on Mi Gayne! S. M.u tin and Mr. U" nd .Vis. Hi-rold Puchalian, by the egr.-i staff of l'urtty Beheliah ledge, o. 07". of Janiestown. in an excelet .mioiier. Short talks were mude ' v tl e ore idem ..nd oliiers and a so.,1 1,,,,,, wis enjoy -d. tt . lT.,weiet K Soelierhi'.'ir was thr.; ACTED AS SPECIAL Jl'DGE. irm v John W. HarnadsT Heard vidrnre in -e al Nohlesville, tl -toev Job W. llotnuday was in e terday acting as specsi case invoh ing the ctwright vear old girl. Ho iei.ee a id argument and " unoer ii'lv isement. . K1I1 tit J.v-epli.ne Pryor t in I hgure in the trial. Mr:-. Neri Cornelius and r fer t e custody of the 1 1-oy were divcrced aomft is daughter of Mr. jll'ltie i ;c I the ia.ter the grand ly of the f rded to the fother hut la' that the health of t ori.l M f.gh to gl . tut her to carp for the . Then f. Ilo.ved a modifiratir.ti ie court's oi.l. r and the little girl tinned over to the custody of the icr and its grandmother. Now r claims .Mrs. linker spends haif time in Indianapolis anil is not ig the child the attention it should ve and that the grandmother d on account of her age, A NEW RECORD. reipfs of atlle at Chicago Stock yards Highest K.er Recorded. sfersflfl ( IIICAliO, . I. rattle a i. the Chu 'Mote-.- set a le w it. Itereipts of stockyarils for irh reconl for one .ill,.! lod.l r to f ores made pubI rut i October 4ii4.0OO ecerved. The best ..-,.000 head, 1 'i. Septenitiei VISITING TEACHERS. of Itai eland School Faculty Visit Loral School. All of the tea. h imols were in t of the Wavcland city today visit- :. heols. Classes were f thei buildings. Jl MPF.II TO HIS DEATH. XKW YORK. October .'!1. Corporal .Herney II. Loveman of Supply Comnanv No. 1K7. I'. S. infantrv. Cm ' :umut,i to his death earlv i,kI eighth story ot a Ilroadwaj hotel. In his room was found a note .king that Lovenuin, Joseph and Loeb, liirmingham, Ata., Im notified. Among ! his effects were two wedding rings I. New York,