Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 26, Number 30, Lebanon, Boone County, 2 November 1917 — Page 1

THE ItnrORTER IS THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN BOONE COUNTY.

WEATHER KULLCH-J Generally, fair tnnlghl and Sam day, warmer tonight. tL-ii HallN 'H JL. ih. M VOLUME 26. LEBANON, INDIANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1917. NO. 30.

A GREAT BATTLE

Opposing Forces Are Being Aligned For Desperate Conflict. THE ANGLO-FRENCH FORCES ARRIVE Combined Forces Arranged to Meet the Attack of the I Invading Finees. j (Sp .Ir-nolies-ll .Veicl Serrlre.) ROME, November J. Kin Virtor and Premier Orlando are making a personal inspection rf Ihe Italian front, it announced here today. The presence of the ruler and the premier at the front in believed to forecast the beginning of the mighty battle that in expected along Ihe Tagliamento. All reports from the front today emphasized the fart that General Cadorna ia ready to make his atand against the German and Austro-Hungarian arm). IBu th 1nltr9Hnnttl tri flo-.lee. I.OMMIN, November 2.-1 urIher successes by the British troopa operating in Palestine were announced by the war office today. "We now hold a position covering Beersheba on the north." tlannouncement read. "We conducted a successful raid elsewhere. A large number of Turks were captured." ( ts Intmnlunal Xrwl Serrtce.i PETROGRAI), November 2. Ruasian airmen have bombarded Tarnopol successfully it was announced today. Fires and eploaions were observed. All of Ihe Russian airmen returned safely. iBt ls lAlrrnttnnt Xeiet Sercire.) LONDON, November 2.-French re-inforcements have arrived at the Italian front, according to official information reaching here today. They have joined General Cadornu's seend and third armies on a new oa'tie front, probably along the Tagliainito ; where, it is believed here, the n ost decisive battle in the history of the war is soon to be fought. Official information says that the welcomed troops found that the personnel and material of the retreat, r.g forceg to be in much better condition than might be expected aft their . recent experiences. Officials here bdieve that General Cadorna is entertaining two plans for battle. One is along the Tagliamento provided the enemy has not made to deep an inroad from the Carnic Alps; the other is on the Plavo river vl ich lows westward anil which alread) is bristling with strong fortification.-. Military authorities here say the reported losses of the Italians, mentioned only in the official statement issued from Berlin, as causing little apprehension. They point out that the Italian army, boasting of more than Tnon.ftfin men, can stand the lo-s of 180,000 men. Heartening news is seen in the fact that all of the big British guns loaned to Italy were saved. The arrival of the Anglo-French re inforcements also means that tn, enemy will face the heaviest lire yet to be encountered in an attack against the Italian forces. The eyes of F'irof -U are now on the Fourli plain, where the combined forces of Von Duel and Markensen are soon to clash r the Italian-Anglo-French forces. (w OF FIOHTI.vc. Activity la RcaHmerf on the Southwestern Front. I Bp Ike sUrmllo.,,1 Sem Kerrirt.) , PETROCRAD, November 2 A renewal f fighting activity on the southwestern front was rapertett today by th war effir Naal th villig of Popelary, German fnrrea drova ha.-k Russian advance guardi but the Russian conn-

ter attacked. ith reserve forces, and j won bark their portions. Russian artillery has silenced Ger- ! man artillery in direction of Grand j I'orsk.

ON THE WEST FRONT. Pritish Improve Their Position it Relilt of Minor Operation. IB lc lain ii.ilh.nol Vert Bcrcloe. i LONDON. November 2. The British have imi.rovul Ik..- ..,t.... south urn! west of Pa ChenHaele and southeast of I'oskapelle as the result of minor operations, the war office announced today. PENNIES AND DIMES HEING Tl'RNEI) OCT ! RAPIDLY BY MINTS ( the Htrrnntiunal Vsirj i ciee.l WASHINGTON, November 2. New problems have arisen for the U. S. mint aE the result of the stimulated business activity which have attended upon the war. Haymond T. Raker, director of the mint, today ordered th.it Ihe vaiious plants of the Mint, orpciute all day .Sundays to tuin out the needed coins. For some time the mints have been working on a 24hour schedule but tins his proved inadequate and Sunday woik must be resorted to. The immediate needs, according to director Raker is for pennies and dimes. The Denver mint has for several months been mmufacturing dim now has turned to the exc production of pennies. Phil Adler (iels Missive From fncle Who Tells of Life in i London Dunns; War. Phil Adler has received a v.-ry interesting letter lion, his und", S:.u' Valentine, from London. Among other things Mr. Valentine write' "Viturally the principal item of eonveisation in this country, as with you. is this terrible war. We aie a'i hmkoig forward to tre time when peace will be declared, but not Iwfore the inhuman Huns ha'-e been annihilated. That I am Mire i also the is, r,f your great country. Kvetvth'ng seemfavorable for that and I hndid nevei be surprised that tney aie making overtures for peace on our tein-.s. "I ondon and -urrountiing dMlncts have been greatly ahiimed t tiie fre quent a-r They d ti ' :n" " "unahitants, tho London and I i ands of i eve taken time hem rienre for the tm.ry Nearly every memlw family have moved twent to ti.irtv miles away. Several of us r tied at Surrey, a lovelv stiot a teen miles from London, i Thames. We all dreaded tl moonlight nights when the came over. The bulk of tl.i who cannot leave London, lak .in fiflaiders people in cellars and in the tubes of untie ground railways, whfie they are cor paratively safe. "Still, London lifi on much i ts ami nth' usual with the amus. na avocations. i "We are looking an United States for the helo which she will fu shortly and we are sanguine that the barbarians will then be wiped out of existence." GET "TRUST" IDEAS fty rae International Norn flerrfre.l FORT I.UITO.N, Col., November 2. The little brown men from the Orient are rapidly acquiring up-to-date methods of the big trusts. With ithe market at an extremely low ebb. the Japanese cabbage growens in Weld county suddenly refused to sell to their American customers. With a strangle hold on the output. I hrewd Japs ran the price of cabbage from twenty-live to si'y cents a hundred pounos neiore tney nnaiiy loosened the "restraint of trade" so ithat the cabbage buyers could sue I ply shipment! 'for. previously contracted LEAVE FOR FRANCE.

LOVnOV. November 2.-TI,. Am.in..tio B,.s.i. o. of tha w.,-'

wiran congressmen who are br U sea the war hava left for Franc whera thev elan to visit th British! front. While thr. th American party aj - will rlsit the American soldiers now in training in the trenches and

t camp.

RUSSIANS HAVE NO INTENTION OF QUITTING THE WAR

But the Allies Must Furnish ; j Active AsSlsta nee. AID IS NOW BEING GIVEN TO RUSSIA Several British Destroyers and Submarines Have Gone to ! Her Assistance. (By l.e rfrn.o(ii.nl .V WASHINGTON. I. I Srrrin November -.- Russia is not out of the war, nor has she any intention of iiuitting. i' was stated heio today following pub- ! ii at ion of statements attiihuted to Premier Kerensky that Russia has the tight to expect her allies to now shoulder the burden of the conflict. While no officials here are blind to the fact that the situation in the ioiturcd new republic is not satisfactory there is notliir.tr to indicate, they declare, that a separate peace would tie concluded with German) . Kerensky has contended ail along that the allies must have patience and above nil furish etive sistani.e. nee is now being ren allies although t ma) before its effect can hi And vi.I peits agreed that repi rted hv Kerensky that England Iped the new i .-public hv rshiis is not justified. iding Theie was no possitdhty of -ending the grand fleet or nnv .-oetioti of it. it w as point" d out. be. ause : of the ei. trances to the Baltic are mined and rmirl, of the sea inside the entrance. Or':; yesterday the sicking of a Gern'n wafshiii by 'iermany's own mines was reported Several Hi it th destro ers and submarines have gor." to the assistance of the Russian and beyond tliis England could do nothing v ports po d out. artillery not I' kod for by Xperts here, but It w is felt and still is that even without fighting the Russian troops could k"ep enough Teut engaged to make it posil her fi bolster up mts Lansing's Statement Later ti e secretary issued thi Witig foimal statement: -fyiP s,,n-vUiry i,' state said: "' !.,. idisohitelv nothing in th patches received 'rum Russia, n information derived from an source whatever to justify the ,r " tnr ' pression created hv the Washington Po,t todav principally by the headI ne. 'Russia Quits War that Russia is out of th- conflict. the full interview- with 1 ling o' cislcy. of which the paper published only an abbreviated and prelimin ary account itself shows that the headline is unwarranted. Our ow n advices show that the piovisionat government in petroyrad is attacking with energy te pioblem- confronting it. Reports leeeived from I'etrotrrad by mail and telegraph sinev 'ha' Piemier Kcrenk ,.r.d his government, far from yie'ding j ... inent, detei r still animated tion to organ--es in a "hole cany the war comn'etion. A' .vernment. like , rendering all Ambassador Sp'aks. be lemnrd of the publication. Boris llakhnetieff. the Rus-an ambassador, made a burned visit to the state department and immediately upon his return to the embassy issued a statement declaring that a great in.ustice bad been done Russia. Tie ambassador's statement fol"Ti Washington Post, hv its par tial publication of Premier Kerenskv's 1 interview has entiielv misinterpreted ' Ihe real sense of the declaration of the Ru minister and has done Russia great injustice, giving the penpie or America an impression uppnaed to be truth at every point, Ru is not out of the war. and has no in - Unr ion of quitting. No word I" K'r - i'":'::-:;!'! r:"rar,t11WI I' , " i.., , I S he most amratictlly declarad that ll-.le i v. aa a ridiculoua ftuastion to tk. "Aiirie from ths f-u-t that th rich. ,!ication of th Waehlngton Post i 1 only an abalract tf a few aentencei , from th nremiei'i interv ew even ; tli part of it tc.'hiished A

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and most injurious headline by which ; it was entitled. ''What Premie Kerensky expressed ; was only a feeding; of the Russian peo-

pie that aid and support be extended to them and that the encouragement of the allies is justified to a nation that has borne such heavy burdens and is now in a period of fundamental readjustment. , "No word in the interview was intended to express any blame or sarcasm against allied action. "A cable received lately shows the leal military conditions of the Rusmalicious assertion that Russia is out of the war is the facts given by this cable that we are holding at the present time on our front a hundred and forty-seven divisions of enemy troops." The Russian embassy officials were asked to what extent were justified the rumors that great numbers of German troops had been withdrawn from the Russian front to be sent to the Italian theati-e of war. Kmbassy officials answered by (lis- j playing an official cablegram in which Gen. Dessrno, representative of the! Russian army, British headquarters, j commanded the following informa- t tion: "Four German infantry divisions 1 and two Austrian infantry divisions ! were withdrawn from Roumania and' f':l'icia immediately pnor to the attack on the Italian tront. At the same time a few German divisions were transported from the French front. "The total quantities ' of enem troops being maintained at present against the Russian armies a- K8 ier:nan lllianuy linn i-r verman cavalry divisions; Ii3 infantry and 11 cavalry Austrian divisions, and seven Turkish and Bulgarian infantry divisions, making a total of 147 enemy R I. SSI AN ELECTION. German Intelligence Rtireau Active!) Preparing to Take Part. (ft ic i.lrni.lli..'l Vr,r. X .'lee. I PETROGRAI). German intelligencr piepaiing to take p to the Russian cor according to the N Documents in pos November 2. The ' bureau is activelv -tituent assemhiv. ..voe Vremya. session of the Pus- 1 sian government, the paper s-ays, reveals the atundn).' fact that Ger-1 man spies will endeavor by money anil connections to develop a strong agitation for extremist plans, conclusion of immediate peace and against all constructive plans of the provisional guvTakes Port of Chancellor Ac cepts Demand of Reichstag Majority. AMSTERDAM. Novenihci-2- Count von Hertlmg has accept".! the post of chancellor, according to advices front Berlin today. He has also been made premier of Prussia, it was stated. Coincident with the announcement that von Hertling had taken the post after it was reported that he would decline it word was received that Dr. kar! Ilelfferich has resigned as vice chancellor ami minister of interior. Herr von Waldow, food dictator, also is reported to have resigned. Herr von Bayer, progressive leader, is expected to become vice chancellor. Th new chancellor is reported to hav accepted the demand of a majority of the Reichstag that the pro. I Prussian electoral reform will be carried out. He spent the entire nay yesterday conferring with Ileirlitag leaders. Following these confeiences, he left for Munich for a few . . .. Indiana Leads in the Number Food Plede Cards Turned in. iMficlat tc l.'b'lfnn IhHb tfcp, Ur. I WASHINGTON, D. C, November TTi'T'T r0""" thrT,.5h ! out the United Ftatea have aignect the 1 jfood pledge tarda distributed by the ! f0!' "'''"'-fHon it wh annoonre-d IT '' . Til . . : V ' I l: i io. tr a m-ki : ond with 146,046. California ia third i I with 132.9. 1 I Th. .dm.ni.tmtinn in bv nuestioni to why corn and ootato ( f mur ta t ahipned to Europ to

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Fuel Administra tors to Supervise the Supply REPORTS FROM THE DEALERS REQUIRED County Administrator Will Make distribution Based on These Reports. ! till lCiiri.iil(I. .VCIH kYr-llrV. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Noven 2. t'ounty fuel administrators he notified every Thi'tsdav of prospective amount of coal that tie given th f -'rda for the next week retail dealers will to county administrutois on th of the community. The count) administrators w make an equitable disfltttl'lf : ; . , , V 1 system i by State today. It was suggested that pi f dies tie limned to one ton o that no family be al'oved I winter suppiv at this time. :j IS IN A Tl'RMOIL. Disloyalty (barge xainst Prole Stirs Illinois I niversilv. I'l" 'ivtui in i CHAMPAIGN. 111.. Nov The I'nive.sitv of lilinoi, n.oil here today, following y . Keriick, an agent pnrtment of justice, that group of professors and soiaM tractors at the university are disloyal, a:i.l a sweeping investigation prohahly wi'l ! be ordered. j President James withheld any statement regarding the charges made by Kenirk until the matter is oftVaily brought to his attention. I: is understood that a special ineetmj of the board of tnitsees will be called t.) ilis-cu-s tiie situation. Keriick is said to have declared that unless the pedagogues rl.aigod are dismissed he will ask the government to take action against them. Dr. C. A. Cole, tssista-it professor of history, who is on.' of those accused hv Keriick. said today: "I sm very sorry there has been ai,y qjes tion of my loyalty. There is not the slightest foundation lot th- idea. I am now, as I have always been, a loyal supporter of the government of the Cnited States." DAMAGED I5Y I IRE. at Itrooklyn Sustain l.na of .T..MW. IB.. . f-Hfi.,ol Win AWrler.l NEW YORK. November 2-The Champlain Silk Mills of Brooklyn, which have been opcruting day t.nc; night on war orders, were seriously damaged by tire early today. T1l', concern manui'actuies silk lags for g' vernment gunpowder orders. Ti damage, which includes two ot'o r concerns in the same building is o.timated at . J."..i"HI. Defective wn ,,g was said to be the cause. HOGS GO HIGHER. Prices Continue Their I paird (limb on ( Inn co Market. tPy Ihr Jtilernnlinntt'. .Vit Rrrrirtj CHICAGO. .November 2. Hog ' eontinuefl their tipwaril climb in the market here today, opening at price t , langing fioin '.'o to :i0 cents hiche f;thl yesterday's dose. Top hogs s.d at $17. ings is prices. A scarcity of gio. oefe: .1 responsible for increa- i sTuiNnr.NT nrLr..i. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., November 2 Stringent rules of the state board i M ' P- ill CO in - or neaun, iieaignrv to make the milk tod. b SUlt, Hih Commit ,loner ; j w Hurt swrtv-flr. per cent I of the 4000 deaths of infants annually Ha "" POSTMASTER ARRESTED. rrvtv tit o D.t. i offic irunectora todav arrested Job

County

IF. Jnhaan. postmaster at Pekin. onlarit trb. expert powder maker, was!

et -en he i 'id to hav fi ,

TQ BEGIN AT ONCE.

Trial of Gaston B. Mean to Start ImmediatelyMeant Wins a Point. ! t rMool Serrlre.1 CONCORD, N. C, November 2. Gaston B. Means, under indictment for the murder of Mi's. Maud A King, won the first tilt of his tight for life todav when Judge V.. II Cline refused the motion of Solicit' Clement for the removal of the trial The trial will begin immediately. Means beamed his satisfaction over the decision. He smiled at his attorney and turning towards the pertators smiled broadly. Immediately Judge Cine rapped for order. "I shall not tolerate any signs of approval or disapproval in this fi.il." he declined in crisp tones. "Thero shall he absolute quiet in this courtroom and justice will proceed with nc evidence of approbation or disappn f-ation from any concerned." BALLOTS PRINTED. Vnd Votiuit Machines Sit up Preparatory to ( it) Flection. The vo'ing 'oming city i: ,.ie being print I ed hv the e I Australian svs 1 t'ce and the piet V.'ILL OF R. K. BAns ADMITTED TQ PROBATE Provisions of Instrument Exj eculrd May l.'i. 1!17 Other Probate Court. The ill of P. H. Matts in which ted to probate that $:.(ioll be put on g and the interest be used f. tenance of bis fattier, a placed at bir rathr'.' i First National Bank to his absolute necessities, tor to be the judge as to ties; and at tile death $:l,iioo to so... cattle, ts to lie s Ii. w mid fair hog-.-Id a of debts, voivaindci of vised to Ins widow; .- light to -ell Ihe land in ship and the Texas p lies:, es. The widow is cent! ix of the w lil iv lnc I-".. 1 !'l 7, and w !ii. soi Wilson and II. M. Lai'. (liber Prob. Elma J. Bonw.il w gu.u.lian ot l-ioyil R. B. Patte with ai tiWi.oo, v ( nual rei was aj..r FOR THESE HENS POMONA, Cal . N. cination of chickens, University of Califo pert. Bom, id tried hy He his r.Kfl hens, is a rema l.jt of Hooveri-in. a-cording to alio has repotted that scratch so energetically that he has to feed th. than formerly. The poultry association here also advocates vaccination, a-seiting it prevents disease, causes the fowls to lay more eggs and gives them an astonishing amount of "pop" to .-cnitcn I for a living. GOVERNOR CONDEMNKD. PFNSACOLA, Fla., November I Claiming that Gov. Catts has ati tempted to "di-tnte eoelenl rind in - i fluence judicial action and to substi tute executive will, caprire and policy for the constitution and laws of he state, the Pensacnla bar nsso- ' cation today unanimously adopted a , Gor. Cxii. itffiwl the artMmt , ! Judge Jones in the matter of the pe - i tition of J. C. Hillyard, a service club ! Proprietor. , J Injunction to pre - rent we slierirr from raiding his placa or interfering with his business. POWDER MAKER KII.LEO. PEORIA. III.. Nove.olier 5 Run. PEORIA. III., ! inatantly killed today hy an explosion tat th Western powA-t mill near E4 - search.

THE PRINCIPLES

Hoosier Teachers Crged to Give Patriotic Instruction. STATE CONVENTION AT INDIANAPOLIS Patriotic Trend to All the Addresses Given Before Annual Association. (Bji t'ie fsiersorl.isiil Win err(e.( INI'I ANAPOI.IS. I'd.. November . The piiiiciples of democracy and .oriit rreedon. should he taught in he sciiu.i't at all times, and at ;hit Sine ehnld ! particularly emphni.eii. Thousand nt school teachers tti ntliug h: .-tate c'"Twwtian were oid by speakei today. There is ia"i"tic trend in the entire program of th teche We inu t t the .lad; his with th he best all around mil. we must eonoik of the school 'eiU of our country," I.. Roberta, of Purdue university. APPROPRIATE POSTERS ial I lesigns For ( Ihe Work of Li mver.lion We cal Hoya. ers have l.eon made by tw.i I. .M.I boys. Rov Fields and Ear'- . under t lie direction of M:s II. nib'), instructor in art, a. ial feature for conservation T the haal hoard. The po.te.'a original and appropriate deni deserve a lot of praise-. Th-ro on tuiin. one a soldier writing t, another with serious face I n letter and one with two an snldieTs guarding the Amer1 ig. E.uh poster has on it nog conctrnirg conservation, -ter.. heictofoie used hav? been lational heiihiiart( rs Bnd these . by Lebanon boys bring war to home. M EM HERSH IP C A MPA IG. al Hoy Scouts lo Arrange For Campaign in Near Future.. I! of the local itoy Sroats nre'rest.d to repoit at th1 Central i-tiali chu'.:i tl ' .'enillg Ht 6w'l ak. aod lo hi log U,. i, Ull,ti. X i-mU-rship led. Her OIltniHSt'!' campaign is to be inaugshel Richardson is now of the Lebanon troops, ow about bftp enlisted m ition, divided into two liortaiT horses. nnienl Purchased Head of Animals Twenty-on. Here. Unit"d States government agent in Lebanon yesterday lookmg ev er horses for military purposes. About twenty-ope head of fine horse v. eie purcha.-ed by the agent for the government from Cahe Davis and Fa I Al!,n. The horse, included rlvalry, bgiit artillery, anil heavy artillery type,. Tbev were shipped to Chicago tmiav. ST. VITUS DANCE IH'j Itt? tnt'rnali'tnal Xftr.t crcce. NEW YORK, November 2 Little iir.gs iike walking in one's sleep or i-ing afflicted with St. Vitus' dance ave naught to do with a man's abili- .' to light in the new national army, jied a io..il examioii.g beard ircer.tWhen a stalwart candidate informed the boarI be was afflicted with both "aliments" memliers winced. c,f,, that he was "ril" for wrv.ee. , "But I might get some night and walk right into the enemy' 'camp." argued, th, applicant. "Then the St. Vitus' dance wil' 'come in handy,' said a board membe ; "You can jumu right out again." ThauaM for th Mamma. Ia th morning iihea taou are alua- ! rousing thee, let thin thought ! Piwot: "J am rising .i J wan aork." Ma.xo Aurellns,