Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 26, Number 29, Lebanon, Boone County, 1 November 1917 — Page 1

THE REPORTER IS THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN BOONE COUNTY.

Von .Matkcnscn and Krobatin Striking Hard at the Italian Lines. OPTIMISM RULES THROUGHOUT ITALY Entire Nation Now I nitetl liehind Army Opposing I he Invading Horde-.. I Ki; llf ''" " '' ROME, November l.-llal's arm) i no Iohb. r rrtrea.ini!. In patches from tin Ironl today de. chr.d that 'he adanr.. of the (,rrmin and Ausinv. H unitarian troop it. being brought to a halt at every point.. (.in. Cadoina has effected hi movements with a wry r-ui all lows of mm. the dispatch.' ,-aid. The indication are (hat a great struggle in impending. The Italian commander is ht ticved hire to hate brought up the inajir part of hi reserve Iroops to the. Taglianunto river and that he will no longer give ground before the Vitemy. The HaPan army leader has repliid to Premier Orlando's telegram of yesterday, assuring him tnat Italy's soldiers will reps-l (he invader. I! urged " the premier and the country to have confidence. 13? A IsteraflHosnl Xrvg Strru-e.i LONDON. November 1. Genera! Cadorna'a Italian army faced a double menace today as it fei! hack upon the Tagliamento river for what may prove to he one of the greatest battle of the Von Mackens striking forth at two places to crush the Italians. Geeral Von Krobatin's nw Austrian army is hammering at the Kate of Gemona, 25 miles north of dime, i Military authorities here believe this move is intended to effect a crossing of the Tagliamento river at that point. light perriLt the outflanking of the Italians and force thern to fall back to the Piave river for their Htand. ! Von Buelow's Gfrn--an army L- rushing r itthestit'drH from 1'il'np It is believed this move i intenuwl to cut off, if possible, the Italian retreat, from the Carn and th" .--oiiihprT: i Isonzo. Reeanilesa of these moves the tftn- : eral belief prevails here that Onorai ( adorn a has anticipated .u h conditions and is making h.;U:r hi retreat accordingly. Coupled with this belief i. the confidence in the Krench anH linti-h to land reinforcements at the scene of ihf impending battle in time to as.-i-it the Italian forces in stopping the en?my attack. Advices from the Italian front today were to the effect that the Krubatin army wax let than four ndies frcm the Tagliamento river and proceeding rapidly as possible to that point. Plenty of Optimum. Advices from Rome br.sMed wth optimism caused by the rush of allied troops and the financial and shipping aid hurried Ny America. All Rome betieven that General Cadorna's retreat is being carried out in full ;ic- . ' ' , n Huch ndroitneifK as can only refltct cn-drt on the greut Italian leader. : via,..,. i . u-4 1 cr-duloun over today's announcement by Berlin authorities that MackmBe:irti army h;t ca'ttured l 'fl fHHi urtoners and um guns in the iaxt eight 1 days. Confirmation of isuch succesej has not teen ifiitued from official hettd' quarters at home or from the Itaiiar front. A feature not V overlooked, mil- i

tiu.t ua!!..,i.t.i hue point out, is that i htted witii a fontact inrt-tnt".""".!' Italy is united behind the army und ; fuse, so that the bursting charge is th new premier', Orlando. Through-, detonated by a five pound pressure on out entire Italy, expressions of con-! the nose of the projectile. Sinking fidence in Orlando are being heard. I piece of newspaper would set oil Military authorities refuse to believe ', the charge, that the morale of the Itaiiar, forces! wh(,n the h(, bursts, jt hurls forhave been impaired permanently as-j war(1 tittiut fifty small bombs the srting that, according to most recent . - , , .-t.;Ai.

idvire-, perfect order prevails among , the Italian troops. ARTILLERY ROirTS ENK.MY. , . . , Brltrsh C.ners Break up German In. fantry Attack. ( lunmml tn.i LONDON, Nawtmbav 1. Brit'' artillery, which ws appareirtl?

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VOLUME 26. pare, for an ulUu k, rout A a concentration of etvmy troops in th vicinity of Tans C'her.ttaele, Held Mtirri.al : Haig reported today. Enimy artillery fire east and north- : oust of Ypre was very active. CREDIT EXTENDED. United Slate Loans Great Itrilain . $I2..00.000. ! 10 tkt tnttrnalimtl Seirt Serrlct.) WASHINGTON, November 1 . TJie United States today extended to Great Britain a credit of $4:W.'XK,Wn. the largest loan yet made by this country to any of its allit-s. The loan brings the total th.it ha r.wn loaned to England to S I .H.it.iWH),0. To all tlie allies there has been loaned S.'!..H.4t).(MI0. REPORTS GRATIFY. Figures Show U-hoal Toll i " ly Leist-nina. ( ftl thr fsren LONDON, gi-utitication w er the latisi U-boat to!,. ( ships Wife si.'l than the week sunk last w wmlei x tre-e American Transport on Return Trip Attacked by German Submarine. vs!iini;T( nil i :c :;n ti an port arte from Admiral m nit In an) the i laged a, tary or only slight!' port under her mention was made of secretary'.- t:i.i;i. in The follow .ng ...tut oriiod bv Secu-taiy "The navy .l.-partrt a disantch that the '. it Kinl.ini ning fntii was torpedoed foreign water slight and the pi.rt under her lard a undo of tl...- torpedo seen." TRIAL BEFORE JI RV. of Paul Knslih n. dtorse rowel I up Ytr Keartnir. The casp f TjiuI Kmrli.-li ajrami-t Ooree I'nwll wa.- nn tr;j! in the Hnone eir.uit c'irt tu.iav hfTur a jury. The rase ?!nvv nut tt an .Titomobile df-al. BY H. C. WALKS. Ittj tin "'iit'iO'""il Vni-i Zrnltr. PARIS, Ortobi-r l'l. by maii-Thi relay hell and the hot , ... are , ,al"st '"""i' fnehtfulneni. They h;r ng biimi entioi.s ir ha''P just madl appearance on the western fronl and it is believed the allies are al leady making prepaiations to follow s,uil an(1 Pa ans in then own kind. The relay shell is jixteon inches in diameter, roughly snd is f.red from a naval type Skoda gun. with flat trajectory and high velocity. It ii W,VM fly foc, rfi,,anfe an(, rXfloAc at touch. The effect is much the same as with shrapnel except that the bomb are a great Heal more deadly. ieacn one oursi.ue into iwervo to mhuBdrw, parU ,,, mMl!ring 'bit of iteel for a dittanee of many 1 yard. yy - bombs are dropped hy j",eraan uiators. They are provided

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LEBANON, INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1917.

BE( UNITED STATES R Food Administrator 'As sumes Control of 20 Basic Food Products

CAN NOT SEND TROOPS. LICENSING SYSTEM ' FFFFCTIVF TOD W !JPn Official IVcIare it Imponi- ! ble for Hit Country to Give Aid.

Greatest Powers Lodged in the Administrator May Reduce Prices. I fly He Intr, ,iImib.iI cirn Oerelee.) WASHINGTON. 1). C, November 1. Ilrrbert He became tle forMl nation toda food administrator a.-.uni"il absolut iontrol of twenty baic fmd products under the riirid licensing system and more than 100,011(1 concerns, includmi? meat packers, cold storage men, mill-1 -is, earners, imin dealers, manuTac'arers and disti'ihuturs itiich came unior the government's jurUdk-tinf in its war on waste and high prices. , I.'itder the licensing system in offeit 'eginning todav the government, thru Administrator Hoover, launches ts fiit big smash against exorbitant '.rices for foods. Greatest powers arc lodged in lite t'uod administi-ator who can 1'evke licenses in the event of ailure of dealers to conduct their af-f'.i'-s in tile mapni'f dictated by the 'Vewt control act. L'nder the prps'dent's proclamation practically all middlemen 'landlir.g foodstuffs, as well as all realers doing business in exce.-s of lon.oiiii a vtar ran ope ,e, liceese gn.nted In IV idminMay Kffect Reduction. Administiato Hoover said today hat he expected wit 'in a short time to effect mate: i.'tl reductions in the retail prices of foods, as well a to eliminate wa-te and excessive profi'.s, m the in'portation, manu'iicture storage anil distubntion of food products. Wh.Ie the law ve-ts no power in he administrator to tix retail prices h.- will wield absolute power over the tetailei by controlling his source nt -tinpli- . Ii'spectori wi'l be knt lit v oik in all parts of tin country in the campaign to detect retails charging excessive prices. Fveiy dealer caught in the practice of chuging -nore than n fair p'ice will be cut off f-nm further supplies. Assisted by a coips of legal experts Mr. Hoover said he would set o'lt immediately to stop all speculation L'nd hoarding o." necessary foods. It will he the policy of the fonl ndminirtration to make examples of Ihose ".ho are fitst caught in flagrant violations. A .10.000 fine or two years Imprisonment, or boh. is such licensed men or fi guilty of conspiring to prevent orremfnt of th" food control law

icers on patrol. The party was ambushed by tierwhich makes them go mans w ho opened lire. Some French air after striking the j "Hirers were wounded, but it is be-

th uml. special fuse attached ses the bo-nibs to burst w hen it has rrarbod ti e P'tinacle of its bound about six feet in the air. In French towns behind the iines dropped bombs upon, there has I" lt upon, there has been the ground indicating no mark there the bomb landed, but death and lestruction has been wrecked in a cir - le around the spot, vhere the force if the explosion was ,.iif ,.f .ri..i (....ik. and a!! aGulden ,;'lh . ...hher bs.nvthe.i ubber beim used and the pro - jertiles are wrapped round and round with rope, making them resilient. By exploding in air, the force of the bomb is not wasted in tearing a hole in the ground, but scatters its damage round ahi ut at a certain heigth from the earth. Inasmuch as the targets of the raiders are always buildings, the bouncing bombs achieve the maximum damage. The bombs arc: weighted so that the end with the rubber pad will strike the grouttd fi.st. The impart with the earth sets in action the time fu which detonates th bomb a fraction of a second later when the bomb has bounded into the ac.

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CLOSES FOR THE WAR. The Elgin Hoard of Trade ()uitn Muninew Temporarily. ( l f(rl' "ct Serrtrt., CHICAGO, November L At the request of Food Administrator Herbert i C. Hoover, the Elgin Board of Trade. which for yearn nan been the agency I through which butter prices in the ! middle wei-t have been established, hat : been closed for theduiation of the war. 1 Administrator Hoover, in rei)ueting i that the board clte, announced that I market condition would not be perI niitted to govern butler price during j the w ar. I i !u (lie infe SAN KKANTISCO, November 1 "Japan can not send an amfr to Russia ' or to aid the allies on the European fronU," declared B:,ron Tanetaro Megato, head of the Nipponese Financial commi.ion that is here today to secure American cooperation in developing the resources "f the Orient. Lack of transports make ai: army move impossible, he said. ARE LOST EVERY WEEK 1 Brit!jh officer Savs the Suhma- . rine is (iradtially I5eini( Conouered. lfl Ihf Inlf annuii'il -Vrlrf fT AN ATI ANTIC PORT, N' Kive tieinian .- ibmai ine.s ne beeek by hrench liriti-h e. He ing tui-ed or sunk every v the .' naval Ri: mil , accoiiling to ofllcer who has reported would not permit his name to he used. "In the past twelve months I have had the good forttn e to bag seven myself,'!- he said today, "and that is not a record for an oihcer by any m-aris. Thp the l'-boats The best the on thp surf: the speed of greati; aggelat.sl. do is about I '! knots The depth bomb is proving one of the greatest means of destroying them." L PM Americans in Party Attacked. Hut None Injuud New Order Is Issued. . I fly th slerSrtHBot eim Ulrri-ii-e. I A MKRK'AN HEADyL'ARTKRS IN FRAN! K, November 1. There is liu tie chance that the adventurous spirit

found'0' s yu'ig American major or cap-

I tain will result in tim leading a party into "No-Man's-Land." ' . .. , . , !no battalion company commanders tie permitted to go out with patrol par - uniess such orders come withu the line of duty. In some instances the Datrol has been led by a corporal or sergeant and in others by a lieutenant. On a recent night, an American lieutenant accompanied French o!lilieveil that through the return lire. r two t.eimans were killed, inesday was marked by clou.iy low hanging ctoudu and a cold, cind. which has infii blowing Monday night. The snow was I skies 1 rn" till 1. in the (renehen in noioe ' " . , . ,' . " ' ut 'Pr " 1 head.,..rters nia'; The boys in the trenches lose no op portunity tn praise the work of the in1 fuPPbes on the first trip to the fr"nt- . Th s'lPP'V P'M as excepj front. The 1 """" " " ' u "' " olu The divisional quartermaster first arranged to send supplies to the village immediately In the rear of the rear line by rail, He then sent by motor truck three days' supplies which were placed in a storehouse near the front, thereby insuring plenty of food in case of delay on the part of the railroad. WED IN FRANCE. WASHINGTON, D. C, November I. Private Joseph E. Couture of Burn sid-s. Conn- died of pneumonia in j rranc wi October J, Gen. Pershing , rept(!d to tb war tlepartntnt twdif.i

COMMITTEES ARE-"-" 'ONSEN FUR THE fllC. A. DRIVE

fieorge T. Miller Named as Chairman of the Organization. TEAMS SELECTED FOR THE CANVASS Names of Men Who Will Solicit Vor War Fund Apportionment of Townships. Y. M. C. A. War Kurd cam pa offic have chosen the various com mitters winch ate to take charge o'" the big ilrie beginning 'oi'mi.er 11 The officers are: lieoite T. Miller, chairman; t B. Smeiser, secretary and J. W. Witt, treasurer. J. W. DeVol has been selected as a member of the State War Kumi Campaign committee, and Mitchell Till. itson has been chosen a mi inbei" of the Stn'e Y. M. ( . A. War ("ummittee fo Mcid 11" Mr. Ti dl ha iharg.ofthe. . and young me ing the ill if. Karh memi.i mittee has iie of the evi-ci:!.' i.nd each is to so- that 'I..IV is a-' cr gani7.-ltion perfected Ti e exeni' ve comnrttee and the member.- respective territories are- as toilo.vs: Marion. W. II. Parr: Jackson. C. A. Parkin: Clinton, F. M. Servien; Sugar Creek. A. I.. Ward; Harrison, K. C. (i'llliot,; I nion. R..y Adney; Kagb. ). II. Car-mk-hael; Jefferson. W. J. DeV.d; Wa-hingH.n. II. (,. P.ronn: Woith. It H. Kent: Perty. W . T. Hooter.. Tl'e publicity committee is compose i Jesse Hatteiton, rhai-man; Hen V. e. id the te:, i capt.-ti iiships. of l .eii- . id ( Vote 'I he Teams. : for Lebanon a The tea fob Northwest sect man. captain; Ha Kellv, Klhert Perk ; W. T. Calliiue. (.'a orl-Lcuis AckerT I'arnall. W. J ns. Morns Ritchie, ire Havis. ( hail.Miller and Walter n - -John I! Miller. Mcfl sect t antain: Lester June. A. II. .lores Ha me st Lew i,, lien Coombs. Harrv Hurt, Irwin llrown. t iu Davis, -lohr -l.me . W. P. (ll'lendorf. Lee Hratloe. s--..uthe1,-t sei tu.n A. 1.. Hogshire .ai.'.iin.'Wir.:..-- Jnr.-f. Ct,,.. r..rl,e. William Orear. Sr.. W. H. Smith Stanley Jones, Kail Higgins. Kshn Armstrong. I-'re.l ponald-on. A. I! l-'elker. Fiank W.lev. AI. I.oflan. Southwe t serf inn- H. M. Coulter raptuin: Phi! Adler. P-arles King Stan' Wlntaker. Jesse I'av. v. Han Lenox. I.orn Shannon. Rr:i7.u Jim Davidson. Pert Miller Shoemaker, J. W. Shumate. Center, outside of Lebanon west section Pritehard V Hrowti, Northichanan. captain; William Berry, Jim Prnffitt ' . 1 ' ' " . ' . . p N'oithw cantain; Forest Duff. John Reynolds Southeast section Klmor Sr.uk eapta Pearl Muston. Lloyd Sicks Ora Brock, Floyd Boyd. Southwest sivtion Tom Kersey eapt.'lin: Monroe Mush. Ara Maggard Frank Hart. W. P. Van Hu-s. These captains and many of thi' men from ail over the county are wantid to go to Crawfonlsvlllr to the bamiu.-t Saturday night. George Miller has tickets and any one wanting to go report to him. The Apportionment. The apportionment of ei as follows: h to ; Lebanon and , CrMk and Center twp Jackson Kagle ... JefferRon Worth .. . .Vlfl ' HMrri,0'n Chntnn . Washington Union THE CORN" CROP. 1 Yield This Year In Estimated at ! 2HO.00O00O Bushels. tht IntrrntHnnul Mevl UtrtrtetA ! CHICAGO. November 1. The corn crop of the United States this year is timated at approximately 3.2sO,000,flyfl bushvi in a report issued today - , by B. W. Snow, crop expert. The aver'are vield per acre, lerrardlesa of fitiality Is estimated at i"2 but'hel. Frost Hamegtt to tb crop proving

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more severe than vaa at first nup ; poted, according to the report, and ex tends aa far south at lennesn considerable part of the crop, j-pe- : eiully in the Northern part of the j belt in so oft that growei are forced j to turn animals into it without hu.-k- ; ing. The greater part of the fro--t j damaged crop run be secured, the re- ; pert declares, it properly handled. 1 An ample aupply of sound nirr . chuntahle corn is available. t CRY FOR REPRISAL. Air Raids on London Brings Renewal of Demand. l falentatiiH LONDON. N'.ive. for reprisul air raid grew stronger tod; night's attack on tl The weather fav cloudy enough Ic moon ;,t times. No oflxial statei f Srtca Wrrrlee.l nber 1. The c follow count r ing la em lued early t..da on the clan casua'ties cuusid by the rai'l-1 war ofl've n-poit shoitl) aft raid pr. jft gun in t.on.lo nt the ... chines In EKILLEi Twenty-two Injured in Last Niyht's (Irrni'in Atlark on lit itish ( it v. iffy thf Inttrntittn IDNIHtN', N'.ven mis weir killed a urcd in last night ' ions of London an. an of Knghiiui, it ..unced this aftern 1 w as state1., was her I - Kigbt pr d twentv-one i The da slight. wige Seven groups . i.erman aeiop.ane.i in the ra.d. Only a few of the ines succeeded in getting through ndon. They dropped a few bombs p southeastern and southwrs'ern . but the diimarp and casualties light. tirand Jury Returns True Hill 1 Against Him on ( harge of , Slaying Mrs. Maude Kini;. ... it.' I iir, CONCORD, In.ton P. Mi N. C. ober ! stands today .ndlcted b the grand jury of the ni'lider of Mrs. Maude A. King on the night of Augu-t ll'i at ionrlv llln.-k-w elder Springs. After three days ..f deliberation the grand i'.n;. at this morning filed into the ding :,?, tar mcourtroom, the foreman . s I nnai raining in his band the b,l! of m dictment against Means. Interest was tense. There was no' a s'.i,nd in the whole courtroom " foreman Farrar stepped up to tin bench of Judge F. B Cline and report ed with a iidivonng voir-, "the gran, jury of Cahartu rounty ftnd a t'.' b.ll' of indi'tment against Gaston P Means." inin n f.tl e (.r i rm d befo the hern ep.e--er.til the it to Me hack m the mbers oi" Me isld'.rahly tlv cited. Tl.e c"uit-vyde-l as usual for

the report came within a few ir.inute, after the oiienmg of court. Means v-i-. enshin ;.rraigned immediately and entered a sj.lea of not guilty. There will now enf t.niiO i sue a fight, over the scene of the trial l.fiOO ' between the attorneys on both sulci. l.ooo ' k.v! PLEA OF (UTLTY.

:,n Cenrge P'amblett Acknowledge H ofl i -,n (lU'H of Charge of Incest. (leoige Bramblett, sixty-two yean old. residing south of town, was ar raigned in circuit court this afterneon on a charge of incest Ho en tered a plea of guilty. Action n rase was deferred until late tin

temoon. The prosecuting witness in 'argMy increased snmur'n since news the case is Brambletts stepdaugh-atne of th Italy reverses. .Vl.iny adter. -oitinnnl vessels soon will' be avaijahla for thin traffic. Coal shipments ARE SUBJECT TO CALL. j destined to Dalian ports now are being sent from Atlantic ports at the mt ! WASHIN0TOV. November l ,f approximately 200,000 tons a Men within the draft sge who join i month. Within a shn-t time, under the

j National Guard orgstmationa ow bei-.ig formed in several , tate are

ubject to call for duty with the na-1 rate of ilOO.WHJ ton a month. Twentytio'.al army, the war department i five more vessels are to be pressed tttrule;! tedaj-. ' tn service to meet Italy's coal aecdi.

V.EATIin? M"' : ; . Generally fair tonight and r'' lie,hlly warmer I'ridar.

CITY CAMPAIGN QUIETEST IN YEARS War and War Activities Ab sorb Practically AH In- ! tcrest of the I'uhlic. CANDIDATES MAKE A PERSONAL CANVASS Lack of Interest in Electioa Forecasts Lv.ht Vote t'hnnue in t)ne Ticket. and activities incidental a'.-'iheil about all the -t, that Utile . hmul a, lung city cl.'ctu n whirli Pil.ii, ..f t',. to b. held next f'. ampaitn now neaniiu I-:" the nuieiest ever I 'I, anon. Tha presa., that a very fcirht ' .. d. m whuh case the ' t the i'lgg.vt per '!! I.k.dv of the gum esent, each n light by ass as it i , i .-ut prisint; ,- nositively of 'ting the fact wry nt nt-n that tin. . lion in wot oth. bring otit tst. V.ting m,. Inn wtll be used an ill cttii r ele.-ti.ins tint pnntisl ballota will b,- provi.l. d for emivg-ncy. These ballots wi'l he ,,t. ted tomorrow. (loe cloinge h:;, iwen made in the Sin aalist t cket. l-'r.iocis Long, cn.li date for rounrjinan-nt-laige has withdrawn lioi.i the tiiket and Korest laugliril has been named to tiil the varum v on the t "..t. It"th th.- Ki pui.b. nns and HeMocrat today announced their officials for Wnr.1 - Ji'dgn, Kiank Hutrhilei k. Roll il'iams; sheriff, re.i; poll book iio'dc'r, lte id Ward--Judge i,.--ell l!.tt (..: F. A Stark; sheriff. Milt , llert Rowan. Fart..!, i-i. h.- nolder. Jan ! I... h Fo.lltii Wanl-Judge. L. W. K: ' ; lieik. Abe Ailmfln; sheritt, S. W.-.ldion; poll ho.ik holder. Will Orear. Ifcrmocralic. l-iist Ward. In-pector. John Hiher; j,,,!,,,. Fail ll'gg'iis; clerk, Will Virtue; sheriff. K. II. Shockley. Second V anl - Insiwctor. Henr . Kernodle; jii'ige, flhailes Churrb; clerk. Hugh M.ittix; sherilf, J. H. Third Ward--In..pector. R. T. Ashiy; judge. J. M. pavey; clerk, Floyd Worrell; sh 'rltf, F.rm-st Lee. Fourth Ward-Insoc-tor, Wm. It. i ox; judge, A. I!. I clerk. Lew l id.b; sheriff. (,.-nrgo Walter. Mi QVE ITALY AN I'uel Administrator Garfield Announces Plans Lor the Relief of That Nation. Iff tht IntrrnnHtnnl .Vera Jwrlcc. WASHINCTON D C. November 1. --Fuel Administrator Garfield announced today that plane today were en- complete to supply Italy with all th-' ihe coal she w ill need. af- Shipments have gone vard ; orders iwnied by the fuel adm.nistra. tion coal will be going to Italy at th