Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 26, Number 34, Lebanon, Boone County, 7 November 1917 — Page 1

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THE REPORTER IS THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN BOONE COUNTY. WEATHER EULLLTEI Fair tonight and Thursday: lisi! change In temperature. .11 ltf j VOLUME 26. LEBANON, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1917. NO. 34.

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CONTESTS EVERY Cavalrv. Covering Rear of, Ketreat, lMiinjf ureal Fighting. British (;rxs now DOMINATE ROl'LERS (iermans .Make a Determined Stand to Prevent lirili-h I rom Capturing the City. ! the ;l(Titftl Xr" VnVe.i IMRIS. November 7.-French artillery lire broke ui a German attack on the riuht hank of the Mouse near l.achaume wood and raids northet of Rhein-s ere repulsed. Ilie ar oftire statement today at.aiiunced. n th' llrm ! S'm S t i e. I H FRI.IN, November "."The pursuit of the enemy continues in the mountain and also on the Venetian plains." said tialay's official report on the Italian front. It adds that thousands of Italian prisoners have been taken. (Stf the nfermitfoioil .V ROME. November 7. ral Cadorna's retreating Italian aimy is stubbornly contesting every foot of ground as it nears the Plave river. here the crucial battle with the German forces is believed inevitable. The Italian cavalry, covering the rear of the retreat, is matching it.skill and experience against overwhelming odd,, 'pie ravwlry is succeeding in the Italian plan a play for time. The war office announced today that the Italian line had withdrawn to the Liven river in gotd order. The statement adds that enemy bridges over the Tagliamento river were bombed. j That Genera! Caoorna plans at least j one more engagement with the everincreasing enemy hordes before taking an his battle formations along the Plave river is the concensus of; opinion among military authorities1 here today. The stand at the Plave. cnly seventeen miles from Venice, cannot be taken for several days, it was pointed out. Such a temporary physical impossibility will necessitate additional sacrifices by the most wonderful of all Italian units, the avail y. Advices from the Venetian front

today tell of the arrival of fresh; early Monday morning with the loss enemy troop, bringing up the total ! of one officer ana twenty r-alisted enemy front to more than 1 .000,000. 1 en waa received by the navy departThe enemy hordes now inr'udc (;er-!ment with deep regret, but not with mans, Austnans, Bulgarians and I surprise. The daily repot u sent to Turks. jthe department by Vice Admiral Sims Venice is undoubtedly the enemy I have M ""'cials here to believe that ohieetive. military critics now admit. 1th German submarine warfare was

General Cadorna's apparent objec tive is to delay the Plave engagement as long as posible in the hope of receiving all possible aid from the British and French. The I.ivenia ia between the Tagliamento and Plave rivers, practically mento and Plave ivers, practically

,77""" , "iof the Carn.c Alps tn the Adriatic Sea.

, l,, . " ,r from the Plave and approximately 25 j miles from the Tagliamento. It is at this point where militar y - expens preoict that i.enerai ano.na ; rlnns anether stand before making ; his most powerful resistance at the I Plave. He will do this, experts say, j to play for time in which to fully fori tify himself at the Plave. j The interview ing space between the 1 Tagliamento and the Liven in rivers is ' laiiniinriy reierreei to as tne "Mot-

lano oi m:i. me country is a net-1 or the American soldier, out in order work of drains and canals, causing j to keep the gravity of the situaliem Blow progress by pondevul! armies, j from itawning upon the German pooi pie in its full significance. GERMAN'S MAKF STNI. The semi-official press of Germany has ridiculed the iele-a of the Uniteel Seek to Stop British Advance Upon ' States being able to send a rcpect1 able fighting force to the front. Am-,ioullrs-I erica 'a participation in the war has B tui Inttrnitiimn: Htrt Reiriee i I been minimized in every conceivable LONDON, November 7- The Ger- j "l3"?": ""J1 " ! l !"" ? rJaT mans stand with their backs to Roul- of bluff that he admiralty is benders, evidently determined to makJ.ng every effort to keep our troops their stand at that mest important I f"lm- r uT(nr,;nr. .!,. 1 i . ... .... . - . i Tina full information han been laid base until thel.st vestige of hopeu, th(. niiy Hep8rtmtnt by v,re JTTwu , u"! Admiral Sim. with' the result that Chendaele there remaina little or noth-; e war rnBfi avIabl, t0 1,(1, tn to atop th Hig ruah to Roulers. ith th, iubmarine, fa beinr added to

oui nve rnnes away. In th opinion of Eritiah military i

uthoritiea Half now entertain Roul- SimI fcsil reported to th deer as hi next objective. Th e.ty i partment on th action of the Ammost Important to th enemy as its) ees-figliUr and their ireners! eapturn would later metm loss to j conduct which luta ben viewed with th kaier of hia chief baoe for ub-j admiration by th British oud French.

1 marine oticrations, Ostend ami Zeebruggca. Again liar, the Canadian contingent ! .covered itself with glory. Overcom-' ' ing the stubborn enemy resistance, ', ; these valiant troops not only captured ' j Pas Chenelacle hut rushed to a point 800 yards beyond its center. 1 The civil evacuation of 1'asa Chentlaele took place csvoral weeks ago. i Reports from the Flanders front' 'relating to Huig's victory include the! ; capture of hundreds of Germans who I

continued through today to arrive at the pri-on caws. j With the fall of Ta Inele. the hamlets of Mess.'! Market and Ceeborg also were taken firm the enemy. The British official statement after making mention of the fact that "the enemy katl been ordered to' hold this important position at all "Before mitt-lay all our e had been rained and a numhe otters taken." of pri Dispatches from the front todny aid that British kne range guns already have begun the t.oim.a.ebrnnt of Roulers. Field Marshal Haig lei.onej that the British were today i ..I:,,.l!.itini? their gains announced ye; tenlay. A I'r itl-h raid far Oueant n-.-jltr-il in the capture of Ge priFIVE A HE HI KT. ire on Fourth Honr of the illard Motel in Louisville. .i Ihr lf,.,i,i Vr .-.. , ,., I.OUISVII.l.K. Kv.. November 7. inl Mr hurne ! when he was attempt ire woman tr;l.ed by ti jdiinare is e-tin at"d ut HORSEMVN SI K IDES. i Jame Tharker Shoots Thr'ouwh the Hi art. Him-elf I l-AFAYFTTK. : Janu s Th.icker. known horsemen i. -hot him,, i let into hi i:f'j , hoi,es at aP of the states of l'i Ind.. in the 'f to.la Indiana Loss, However, Causes Little Surprise Vice Admiral's Report. in, th, ,, iui .- i,,,-t., WASHINGTON. D. C, November 7 ! The sinking of the American patrol; boat Alcedo by a German submarine '. more intensive than ever before. Vice Admiral Sims had reported j that since the presence of American i troops in France in considerable j number pecame Ktiic.in to jerr.ian that every effort was being n.ade to sink troop transports and as a result the war inn literally swarmed with undersea craft and that attacks were much greater frequency. Thp prnttinn hnnl .,ffor,,,,, tr;ln:. ports and merchant ships ca 3U)(I;M to t1(, American fore, ,b aWri being steadily ic rryimW(h th(1 wsut tra, t(w have not Wn ,0 ,anr.g as formerly, shots are frequently exchange d, hut the lewses of both sides have been comparatively small, the opinion of naval r-ffieera here Germany is ele-iermined to keep down the transportation of Amnrie-un tre.ops Vnt only is this heinv Heme rai ue. count or me Known tignting aonity American overaeaa forcea ,. , k. done.

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ELECTED IN N. Y. Judge Hylan is Chosen Mayor of Greater New York. SlFFR VGF WINS IN THE EMPIRE STATE Results in Other States and Sections of the County Wet and Dry Issues. tlj thr iifr.-ii.ifi'iiiif .Win Serrtrr.) NFW YORK. November 7. Dentorraev's ramiidato, Judge John F. Hy lan. today stood elee'fd to the mayor-' '' "f (fr-ater V'W ork by the lughugest plurality ever granted tn an he cit hi, With only 27 eiec of missini; the . dt-late's plulalit ov. Mitehe, hi, n.-nrest ' Wis",. Previously ality ever given a ca in d:-f'(t- out : - lemot rttic i'an Mnvor J..hn I h- Xi'.' largest plur candidate was foil Mitchet carried th' years ago h city by IJI.'.'OO. Judge Hvian ..we.t th cratic ticket into "TVe ' demociat:. have comp1' ioh-' of the bf d of . nut ment. in which tion of the cii vested. v tictua govern The strr-ng race n ade I Hillquit, Sih mils', v. hn r: anti-war plutfomi, was one feature, of the flection, wi trie's n i -,ing Hillipnt h:. I::9.2n. a, agninst MH.IHS1 f polled Mitehel and ol.ft.Vl repiiidu an ( Hill.iuit c; assembly fur Wt M. I!" andnlate. lined twelve of the city's distrvts as against eight for Mitrhr-I and 4J for inett did not carry any. as part cularly strong in Hiihiui' list Mat la'tan. id the arts of th" Broi sbuig and Rrowi The State Flection. in ate ectio outs city wa, centered today iv of M. F. Lews, repuhv genera! by defeat of P. the demoeratic candidate ce. The race turned cut --ided victory for the reiiiinee a- upstate voters deci-uve rrajoirtv. I for that oft' turn, indie;! a p'u' llity i re counties j bis favor, le. Monroe ; thi if b. tt. than lolled u heavy AUiany, hauand Oneiidnga ajont;i lauqua. K j c. unties g the republican candil.iiiiO more votes than w.-ie polled for his enponent. Hod:on', supporters had counted on NewYork City to give him every support hut re'urn, indicate that his majoirty in the greater city will lie !e-s than lo.OOfl. hnster R. MrLouphim and R. njanun F Caidoza, the two candidates for court of appeals, seeuted nearly -t as the indo by both parties SutTrage Carries. Pic great state of Ne w York at lay to hurl nearly 2 .000 .000 thi its Woman sutfragi has won in .New York and latest indieations are that it carried by more than 80.000 votes, aft. i sixty -nine years of continuous effort; sincr the first woman suffrageconvention was held in the United States. I New York is the first of the great i states to grant women the ballot, and having won their fight, th 1 suffragists i will turn f ,ne mpire state no their attenlinn terward a fe-deral amend.-nent to enfranchise women throughout the United States. Mis. Norman I). R. White-house, chairman of the N'-w York state women's suffrage party, said today: 'The state woman suffrage party h- lea.ted iti: hra.-lquarteis fui auolheryear anel w.ll join with the national sulTrage party to fight for a federal amendment which will enfranchise all of the women in the Unite.) States." Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, chairman of the national suit rage party, predicted that every wemnn in the country will be kiven the ballot within two more years. The first (Tort on th part of ths New York women in behalf of iiilTrage waa made in 185.1' by Susan B. Anthony, and little handful of women who invaded Albany to urge "woman' right. '" Th Initial tkleeation made but a alight impression on the iegialatu e and delerationa which followed

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from year to year met with slight enjcoutatfement until 18J. when the sufi frnge hill got a majority, but not I a con.-tiututtonal majority. BOOSTS SI FFRACK. ew York Flection liesult Mark Toarrt Votes for Women. iff? tfir lnt"-nnti-nnl .Wirs Sferrire.i wa.si!i;tov n. c v.i..h.u -The "news from New York" tndav stirrei! official Washington. The declaration of the empire state for suffrage marks the beginning of the em to organized opposition to votes fot women. j Politicians who are students of i events agreed on this fact today. Only one thing will prevent favorable action by the coming session of con-' (iress on the Susan H. Anlhonv nmenil;nient and that will be the action of ; certain suffrage organisations that i have advocated militant methods in j the capital. If they continue their j demonstrations the;, will furnish an evcuse to certain representatives and 1 senators an excuse which they have been looking for- to vote against the amendir,nt. The tesult in New York undoubtedly gives needed votes in the house for the Anthony amendment. Advocates of the measure all ainng have claimed that they had sufficient support in the senate. And veteran politicians pointei( out today that w hr.ed up for suffrage. New York 1 congi"-,, could veiy w c II afford to vote against, extendir.i: suffrage to the trmamder of the states. These men will he candidates for re-election next fall and they will have to justify their attitude on the Anthony amendment to tile women voters of I their distr cts. Hurried Cunfcroii That this result is recognized was seen in hurried conferences here between leaders of the anti-suffrage movement. When it hecame apparent that suffrage had carried they beEaii getting lilt' touch with earn other hy --.ire and then to decide what v id be (lone. While .o far an agreeicent has no! been reached it is certain that the fight against suffrage will continue along the lines that it is a state is.-ue and as sui h is not a matter for congress to ai t upon. This has ben the expie-.ed view f the pre,ident. although a' all times he has wholeheartedly sympathized with suf

frage, but it was considered certain .Republican ticket. As each ward rehere today that this "measure of de- portted the si.eof the Republican vicfense" for opposition congressmen was 1 ton- ,rw until it was finally estab

.buried by the New Yolk voters. I It is und-istiieal that a conference I of suffrage senatois and representaI 'ive-s will ne held in about three weeks (just be-fore eonifiess meets for the long session and at that session an agCONTIXUKD ON PAGIO SIX Russian Premier Tries to Head OlT New Attempts of Maximilists.

;kerensky facing i Asms eras

Iqumcs exceeded all expectations. j t,al theJ. hnii lM,en rhl,ed. The An- - There was considerable comment in 'person police report one case where a I the crowds on the streets and the woman irave the robbers fiftv cans of , th h(.M c. ,c.., ,9turps ,d offifM last iRht m tte7 Zm!To hand PKTROGRAD, November 7 Prem- manner in which the election had Irf-cn j Thi raid of bol.l thieves was a part ier Kerrnsky.is today facing anothet I conducted in Lebanon. There was no I of the sy stematic campaign of false;erii.U3 !!.. The new attempt of evidence of bitterness in the -trugfrle i ho.l which has been maele bv urn-

tne aiaxnniiisis neaoen ov ia-on i ro-1 tzky to gain control of the government threaten, to provoke another "'''t-'u'"?-' iv.- i , all the Council of Workmen' and Soldiers of Rusnia lias demanded that the PcJ.rograd council, which ia headed by Trotiky be auppresaed by military force. The Central committee urged that all of the leaders be arreited. Trotiky haa issued a manifesto declaring that all function nf th fnverument tmiat be tamed over to th workmen' council. The provision1 government ia in continuou session.

A CLEAN SWEEP

HI Elect Their Entire Ticket Including the Councilmen. I PLURALITIES RUN AS HIGH AS 186 Paul 0. Tauer Had the Highest Plurality Hex Stewart Re ceived Highest Vote. Lebanon Republicans swept everything before them Tuesday electing their entire city ticket by pluralities ranging firm '2'i for ward councilman to 18('i for mayor. The successful candidates were: Mayor, Paul Tauer; clerk, John O, c""- ,r,a Reginald Stewart: councilman-at-large, W. H. Winn and Alfred M. I.ofland; councilman first ward. Harry A. Hurt: councilman second ward, ChaiU'S R. Miller; councilman, thitd ward. Ira Boyd; councilman fourth v aril. Klmer Stark. These on mi ' rr.i jnp ' I'll at enth day of January, 1 The total vote cast at the elect ' was ltrvt. The vote on mayor ,hov I the follow ing distribution of that vote. Tauer, Republican, 7M; Myers, Dcmoirrat, r.65; Hamilton. Socialist, 137. 1 ' I largest plurality on the Republican : j ticket. Reginald Stewart, the candi-1 ! date for treasurer, led his ticket with' la total of 7(17 votes. Allied I.ofland, Republican candidate for councilman at large was second with a vote of j '. ;,,.',.. i..; 1...1 i The hard light wa, between William Smith and John O. Cason for rhik. Smith v.as the only Den-ociat candidate that curried a single ward. He carried his own ward, the third, by a majority of eighteen. Ca,on carried the first ward by 9, the ,-econd by '(', and the fourth by 19. Ca,on won by a majority of "ti in the lty. Stewart for treasurer tarried the lilst ward by lt the second by Hti, the third hy ,'lfi' and the fouiih by 48. TauotV plurality in th- Inst ward was in the second 7:!, in the third it and in the fourth f.J Harry Hurt wa, elected councilman in the fir-t waid by 2"! plurality, Charles R. M.ller in the second by :i7, Ira Royil in the thud by 2:1 and Fliner Stark in the fourth by 40. 'ote Soen Known.

The anni-unren ent of the vote came : bum and Richmond, the Indiana State - Jewett, Republican, was elected maywithin a few minutes after the polls Council of Defense will make a d.- r ;s that the total vote cast was aurclosed. The l-.rst ward to jepnrt i te-rnuned effort to locate the dis.-enn- priingly -mall. Out of a total regis-

ided trend toward the lished that thei a ha dbeon a clean ep. The Republicans were highly elated over the er.-ult and were es-1 pe.-cially gratilied over the fart that eery man on ten ticket yeas elected. There was considerable interest in the outcome of the election anel the Reporter office t'-lephones were kept ringing almost constantly eariy in the evening by persons ycho desireel information as to the election result. After the leical result had heen determined, attention centered upon th" Indianapolis and other elections. The Reporter supplier! all ,t.e information about elections in which local people were interested. Bulletins were pr-st-H tbp inelows and read to the d in the office anel supplied to all phone inquiries. The interest in all of the elections was surprising. 1 he number of infor trie vnrinu olTices and apparently 1 the of feeling prevailed among jth(, rivi(, candiUat,H. It wai mt of i the quietiest campaigns Lebanon has The following ia the official vote ca,t for all the oftieea hi the Lebanon city election: MAYOR Firtt Ward . Second Ward, , ..ISO ..2U

Third Ward 7...1..5 HO Fourth Wand 1H5 184

751. 565 137 First Ward 157 I Second Waid 248 i rd waui no i4 114 ;:s Fourth warn i-n Total I First Ward . ! Second Ward ..1.12 . .22S 1 y0nx va','rt Third Watd Total 701 COUNCILMF.N AT l.ARGK First Second . . . Third Fourth . . . Total . COUNT! Hurt, R. .. Holloman. 1 ll'S 111 l:: -MAN FIRST WARD ill. Hurt's pluiahty COUNCILMAN SFCOND WAR1 : Miller. I: ' n; Fills, D 1 1 1 (ialvin, S , Miller's plurality COUNCILMAN THIRD WARD d. R 1 Weit.el. ivnctm. Hovd COCN't plurality I. MAN FOURTH WARD Stark K. ler, D. ket S Stark's plurality Federal Agents After Persons Responsible for Pro-Merman Activity. 11;, ;i lnrV,-,,ljo,i.it e INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., November! .In addition to the specific r-- porta f ti-uitorous activity at Albion. Au nators of falsehoods intendi'd to give aid and comfort to the enemy, in other parts of the state. Members of the protection committee of the .-ounty councils have been given positive li - ree-tion to secure names and date which, will be turrieel e.ver to '.he sew 1,11 j crel irents of the I nited States gov,M for prosecution. Agents of the pro-German propa - ganua which seeks to obstruct ttie American fooel conser-vation campuin in Indiana have been active at Anderson. Twei men ami a -.yoinan, representing themselves as government agents, robbeel several families of canned fruits and other productsloreel in cellars. Threatening hou-ewives with arre-st for "heiarding'1 foeel, tuffs in war time, the theives entered the homes and maele off with parts of the stores in many cellars, the women being intimidated sand later failing to report the leptedations of the ka j xgrnt Not ntj: thp pi,hrc. jnv(.st,Htj started were the women awa-e ficnimn agenciea in the effort to inHo.-. Amei-iean women fo believe llo.t the iroverntnent ia seeking to seize a part of the stored products in the homes. Boone county reports an attempt in that county to frighten housewives and discourage the conservation movement. A fake inspector" apparently aent by the kaiser, called on a Boone county hourewif, represented himMlf aa an agent of the food admin titration, nd boldly demanded that he be permuted to inspect the good store of the family. Finding a quantity of canned fruit the "psnectoc" forced th woman of th house to pay a "fine" f & for "bearding food."

3,592 MAJORITY

Shank Finished Second and I i Miller a Poor Third I in the Race. OTHER RESULTS IN THE IIOOSIER STATE .Municipal Elections Show a Few I Surprises Features of ! the Election Results. tti'j fie InUrnttiuHitl ,cft fierfict.) INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. November ?,--'! he municipal elections in Indiana, with conflicting issues in many cite,, did not bring many surprises. The ,'ivii"tii of well organized poltl cal force, v,a evidenced in the dec tion f ir mayor of Charles Jewett. It Public-Hi, Indianapolis; i-e-rlectiot i li.-n 1 1. Democrat, at F.vansvill. . Fllann.ili llulley. Republican, nt Mai ion; W. S. Cut hull. Republican, Fort Way no. ,,nd re-election of J. It.

Ilollotl, ,,t Au-lcrson. 1 .May.-r Collin Hunch m Muncie Ira.lo I defeated ile Republican nrpani7av ---tion winch had the support of the Mdi" eletaent. Hut in most cities

i" the "v.et nn-i "dry issue pre-linal.-d the "div" candidates won. iiini-er l-iiriii.e. a colored physii. wa eiecte.1 eouncilman ,n Inu. poll's. he Socialists eb cte.l mayors of Ki el tl is City. .ted a Remili eshe in mayor years. fir-t tn I'ntiik Lamento, Sect, !:,i, who was .-.bulled from the privti- e of law In fansville for opposing the draft law id 'leiidinir soldiers in F.urope, got Jio votes against T(l'H) for Hosse. He

ISK had been counted a factor in the rare. 1 IS In Marion the Socialist candidate uu10 ret the done by running second. The Socialists elected two couneilmen. The 4(1 Sisialists also polled heavy vote in Foil Wayne and Anderson. The So,ciaii. t candidates, however, did not show the strength expected of them in several cities. i Ma. or .'anies Gnssom. Democr

and fiieml of Dorin Roberts, ' ' down to defeat before Charles Hunt Republican. It is claimed to be morn! victmy. Dr. Y. W. Zimmerman, lleiiub! Van. yvon ea-ilv at Richmond. William F. Hoelges. Republican, nrnbably was elected at Gary. Mayor R. O. Johnson failing to win as an Independent. Isa:ie Wright. Republican, misted Mayor Stidiror tn Kokomo. and !.,,.. I'enohii'-in won in j)gnnIndiaiiapolis Flection. One of the outstanding features of the ic..ult of the Indianaimlia city elce. tion vesterdav. in which Charles W. tration of apuroxirnntelv 73,400, only : :,,)iy votes we-- cast for Mr. Jewett; i j ,,w shank, his home rule opponent; .K Miller, the D"eimrratie randidate, an, William II. Henry, the Socialist ; nominee. Making literal allowance for the vo'o east for the candidates of (ll ),,,,. miner paities. it is lielieveel that the t .ta! will fall far below o4,000. , '- os that L'O.IMiO voters failed total til n fo was 21.202, as ink. and 11.207 plurality over Miller ik was 3 :. Hi, leael over Miller o.th'.V Shank ran fh-ti;', ahead of r. Th- remainder of the Republicity ticket, ine-lu'ling couneilmen, elected. CLOSE IN OHIO. Mil! Fate of Prohibition Hengs in the Balance Official Vote Necessary. lry "ie Ittlfin'tlinnit .Vci' rrrief. ( LF.VF.LA ND. November 7. In'', cations eatly this afterneHin were thi the fate of prohibition wnuld not b known until the very late returns are in. With onlv M77 state precincts n-i.-sing. tile drys were leaehng by f'.2 viti-s. These feu"!-' 'i-'if uiioiTiciai. The woman's presidential measure has been iped otT the statute books by a -been i heavy majoi MEETIN.f; AT ADVANCE. Y. M. C. A. Ilanqurt Scheduled for Advance Thia Evening. A meeting in the interest of the Y. M. C. A. mirvemcnr f-r the American aoldiers will be; t '1 this evening at the East Christian church in Advume. Previous to the meeting a banciuet will be served by the laelie of tlie Rod Cross aoeiety. An enthusiastic meeting i being looked forward to.