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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 1 Nov 1917, p. 2

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COL Eft SWrnTON ̂ ' J/ AU8TRO-GERMANS FORCE WAY THROUGH MOUNTAINS; CAP- TURE 100,000 ITALIANS. m;"*v. ON ITALIAN SOIL Announces Evacuatlon~df tJaliP '^c, clzza Plateau--Pressure of the En. emy Forced Move--Big, Gains ill, *.' ' Berlin, Oct. SO.--The Austrlaife and ikrmflns have forcod tlieir way (hrbugh the mountains'to the plains of ' lK)rthern Italy, capturing the town of . 0lvidale, the war office announces. The city of Goritz, on the Isonxo, has be^ri captured. * The number Of Italian pHsoners, ao- .'•!iK:#rdin|? to the report, has be^fl ln- jfcfeased to more than 100,000. d Rome, Oct. 29.--Evacuation by Ital- Ittn troops of Balnsizza plateau was officially announced on Friday. The pressure of the Austro-German drive that sector forced the move. "From Mount Maggiore west to Auz- '• we have withdrawn our boundary, •••:-:-jitacuatfng the Bainsizza plateau," the ^liatement Pajd- 'T. -Bainslzza plateau was the main fruit of General Cadorna's great drive last i August. His forces conquered the great' mountain peaks forming the western boundary of this high ground--Monte j Santo. Monte San Gabriel and Kuk-- j and then drove the Austrians ahead of them across the comparatively level Upper ground. . It is not clear from the official state- :-Jjient whether all of the Bainsizza pla­ teau has been abandoned to the Aus- ; tro-German forces or just that portion •round Auzza. ENTIRE ISONJCO FRONT 'HAS Cfy* * LAPSED, ACCORDING TO BERLIN. , , '•.•», THrttf iilV IS^DMAfED REPORTS INDICATE SECOND }$. SUE IS OVERSUBSCRIBED. ALLIES CONTINUE BIG DRIVE p-itish Storm Positions Near Ypres-- ; * French Wade Through Two Rivers ! and SeizePosta. ?rXim(lo!i, Oct. 29.--Operations with limited object! vse were undertaken by the British and French armies in Flan­ ders early in the morning, and, not- Withstanding great difficulties caused* by weather and bad ground, consider­ able progress was made and valuable positions taken on the greater part of the front attacked, says the British official communication Issued here on ^Friday. The communication says that aore than 800 prisoners were cap- tired during the day's operations. ..Paris, Oct 29.--The French troops are continuing their successful drive the Flanders front, according'to the war office statement issued on Friday, The number of guns captured since the 23rd inst. totals 160 ajid 200 more pftsoners were taken during the morn­ ing. The village of Draisibank, Pape- goed wood and a number of fortified forms were capturedQiy the French in an attack launched on the Flanders front Hundreds of prisoners were taken. The French forced a crossing of two riversr wading through water Bp to their shoulders. U. S. SHIP FIGHTS U-BOAT tfteamcr Battles With Submarine Until Americaw Destroyer Comes to the Rescue. '• -'?Vs ' k£> ' A French Seaport Oct. 27.--Escap- t" 1 ittg from a German submarine after bitter fight lasting nearly four hours, With seven of her crew wounded, two * ' ; flf them seriously, an American steam- " J ft of the Luckenbach line arrived here from an American port. The timely in­ tervention of an American torpedo- hoat alone saved the sliip from being aent to the bottom. The stubbornness ; <rf the battle is indicated by the fact , : tfrat the submarine fired 234 shots at •* the steamer, which responded with taore than 200 shots. 1M- TAKE SIX ESCAPED GERMANS -A?--#Hsonera -Who- F!«d FromFert Mc- p|| ^ Shereon Are Captured by U. S. . O'1, r Agents and Soldiers. fe', *, Atlanta, Gal, Oct 29.--SI* of the ^;;/^en German prisoners who escaped ^•l^ijrom the alien enemy detention camp at Fort McPherson Tuesday night were Raptured by agents of the department 0f justice. Five were taken at Sur- rency, Ga., and the sixth, .Tnhann ^delhart a noncommissioned officer, -was arrested here. Means That Bond Issue Actually Will Be for $4,000,000,000 Instead of $3,000,000,000. Washington, Oct. 30.--The second Liberty loan. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo announced on Saturday, Is an "overwhelming success." There seems n<»f the slightest donbt that the maximum quota of $5,000,000;- 000 was reached. "It is a great honor." saK! the sec­ retary, "to be able to announce that the second liberty- loan 1ms been evidently greatly oversubscribed. It will be several days before final figures can be given. The challenge of the German kaiser has been answered by the free people of America in unmis­ takable terms." A total of $5,000,000,000 will mean that the bond issue actually will be for $4,000,000,000 under the plans to al­ lot subscriptions equal to the minimum of $3,000,000,000, plus one-half of the excess up to the maximum quota. It would not be at all surprising if the total would go as high as $5,500,- 000,000. , The numW of subscribers, official? estimated, will be at least 8.000,000 and may g^. as high as -10,000.000. Indications are that soldiers had sub­ scribed $75,000,000 and sailors $6,000,- O00. GEN. PERSHING UNDER FIRE American Commander Goes as Far as The .Second German Trench With t'-'-y French Officers. ! American Training Camp In fnlftce, Oct. 26.--General Pershing accom­ panied one of the French generals as far as the second German line in the French attack on the Aisne front. He was with Gen. Franchet d'Es- perey, at first observing the attack from a favorable post some distance in the rear of the French front line. Then General Pershing suggested go­ ing into the French trenches. This they did, but General Pershing wqs not Bntisfied and went on through the shell fire into the first li^ie of the captured German trenches and then into the second line." f HITS U. S. NAVAL PROGRAM Dr. Dumba, Former^Austrian Envoy, Declares United Urates' Plan Is Merely Bluff. Amsterdam, Oct. 29.--A dlsjifetch re­ ceived here from Vienna says that Doctor Dumba, former Austro-Hnn- garian ambassador to the United States, .in--a--gpeeeh-4«- the reichsrat asserted that the giant naval program of the United States was mostly bluff., % IFIRE RAZES POTASH PLANT . . * Blaze of Mysterious Origin in Utah ! : 'Causes $250,000 Loss--Two <-• i * Men Injured. . Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 27.--A lire of mysterious origin destroyed the , " monster potash plant of the Mineral ;IProducts corporation at Alunite, fire |\ itolles southwest of Marysville, ttJtah. causing a loss estimated at S250.000 j^hiark also has CAMI> IN LOAN LEAD Subscriptions at Rockford Canton­ ment Total $1,883,200 at » v Last Count Camp Grant* Rockford, 111., Oct 29. --Camp Grant's total Liberty loan sub­ scriptions are $1,88:1.200. This keeps the Rockford cantonment in the lead of the 16 National army divisions, i and the possible loss of one life. DOLLAR SLUMPS TO 83 CENTS A . Copenhagen Reports German Mark as Depreciated 53 Per Cent- Low Record. Copenhagen, Oct. 29.--The dollar continues to slump and If Is now worth under 83 cents lierer The German •fuelled a low record, a 53 per cent. Ait Roads Covered With Columns In Disorderly Retreat--Rome Says ©rive Into Plains Hp|T Been Checked. . Col. E. D. S win ton recognized at In­ ventor of the British "tank," la in Washington wftli Lord Reading, lord chief justice of England. LOAN OVER 5 BILLION 4 , Royal Macon, Palm Special in Crash. Ga., Oct. 29.--The Kansas City special and the Royal Palm, on F{fV the Southern railway, collided head-on ' at Reeds station, 11 miles south of Ma- jy;. - con. A fireman was killed and an en- ulneer seriously injured. Fined $50 for "Traitor" Act. ^ Chicago, Oct. 29.--Louis Hunsberg- - er, 4317 Prairie avenue, a waiter, was fined $50 and costs for knocking a Llh- :erty loan subscription blank from the hands of Hobart Stewart a salesman, on an elevated train. - Bandit Killed in Bank Raid. ^ Bellinghatrt", Wash., Oct. 27.--One f&bandit was killed and another captured t»y citizens after the two men had held . up the Farmers and Merchants' State bank at Edison, near here, and shot • Patrick Halloran. ( depreciation Colonel Roosevelt I* Fifty-Nine. Oyster Bay. X Y., Oct. 30.-- Colonel Roosevelt said here he had forgotten his fifty-ninth birthday untU telegrams of congratulation began to pour in "At my age* birthdays do not «tatter,M he said. Eight Flyers Killed In Training. Washington,N^t. 30.--Seven acci­ dents have cost el^ht lives so far In training America's n^v air army, It was officially announcedN. The percent­ age of fatalities is said\(p be very smatl. Berlin, Oct 31.--The Austro-Ger­ man troops invading northern Italy are standing before Udine, where the Italian headquarters have beeu lo­ cated, according to army headquarters announcement The third Italian army made a brief resistance to the advancing Teutonic forces from Wippach to the Adriatic. This army is now lh retreat along the Adriatic coast Cormons has been, captured and the Austro-Gerlnan foops are approaching the frontier of the Italian coast re­ gion. The number of prisoners is in­ creasing. , - The Italian front is yielding north of the sector which was pierced in,the Teutonic attack, the weakening , ex­ tending as far as Ploecken pass. . The entire Italian Isonzo front has collapsed, the statement adds. The second Italian army is retreating to­ ward the Tagliamena. All the roads are covered with columns In disorder­ ly retreat, the crowds comprising both soldiers and civil population. Berne, Oct. 31.--Twenty thousand Austrians and Germans have be£n lost so far In the drive against Italy according to information from Aus­ trian sources, received here. Rome, Oct. 31.--The Italians are checking the advance of Austro-Ger­ man.s into the plains of northern Italy." tRe war office announced on Monday. The Italian troops are fulfilling their duty and all movements ordered by the general staff are btfing carried out, the statement says. The announcement follows: "All movements ordered by the gen­ eral staff are being can-led out regu­ larly and the troops which are oppos­ ing tjie enemy are fulfilling their duty by keeping In check his advance into the plains." DEADLY "CALLING CARDS" READY FOR THE GERMAN TRENCHES "WHITE CAPS" BEAT PACIFIST H. 8. Bigelow Seized in Kentucky and Punished "In Name of Poor Bel­ gian Women and Children." Cincinnati, Oct. 31.--Herbert S. Bigelow, pacifist' leader, who was whisked away by his white-clad cap­ tors on Sunday night, was located on Monday near Florence, Kyi He had been taken into a wood near that place, his clothes had been removed and he had been thrashed with a blacksnake whip. The party of men that adminis­ tered the chastisement was dressed in "long white robes resembling J^hose de­ scribed as being worn by the renowned Ku Klux Klan." Previous to "12 lashes being applied to his back" one of the party, accord­ ing to the report, raised his hand com­ manding silence, then read from a pa­ per he held as follows: A "In the name of the poor women and children of Belgium this man should be. whipped." After the lash was applied BJgelov^ was turned loose and directed^o^ai^/ Cincinnati. „ Bigelow was removed to a hospital shortly after his arrival here. His friends issued a statement that it fs not believed he Is in a serious condi­ tion. "When the others were gone a con­ siderable time my guards alsdflWt me, telling me not to go away for tmjnin* utes," " . . : \ CAOORNA TO CHECK DRIVE Washington Officials Believe Italian " Commander Will Stop Austro-Ger­ man Advance. Washington',' Oct. 31 .--Word from Rome on Monday that the Italian line was holding against the terrific assault of the Austro-German forces was re­ ceived by official Washington with eager interest and frank relief. \ Satisfaction was found also in the announcement from London that steps already haVlNieen taken by the French and British to support the Italian front. There w«s no indication, of what op­ erations that announcement might ftoreshadowj - . -ICvUi accepting the German claims' at face value, many officers* here be­ lieve General Cadorna will be able to check the drive if the morale of his army was not shattered. The announce­ ment from Rome that all elements of the Italian forces were obeying orders of the general staff was viewed as' set­ ting at rest, for the time at least, the ^gravest fears for the fiu^i outcome of the struggle. ss&m mm This is the American' transort Antilles, formerly of the Morgan line, which was torpedoed and sank by a Ger­ man suhmarlhe while homeward bound from France. Six y-seven men perished. v PHOTOGRAPH OF A GERMAN AVIATOR SURRENDERING IN MIDAIR ; 1 . ijl * > h"1 wmm W----' s ' * ¥SS¥:S:?f; mmm ' V ' i mmm * • This extraordinary photograph, considered by experts the most remarkable aviation photograph yet received in this country, shows a German aviator in the act of surrendering to his Frqnch captor. The German is seen standing in his machine with his arms raised as a token of his surrender. The picture was made by Lieut. Reni^Grassal of t-lie French army. The pilot of the captured German air raider is making his way to earth to save his lire. In an­ other combat Lieutenant Grassal was killed. GIRLS AS SUBWAY GUARDS HOW THE KAISER APPEARS TODAY $2,000,000 Philippine Sales. ; , ^Ifsnlle, Oct. 27.--Liberty day was ^celebrated generally throughout the 'Philippine islands. Total spbscrlp- ;;;• tions are now $2,000,000, or double the ' y amou||^ul>^£rU'^d to tUf Jkst Liberty Three Years for Sedition. Mank„to, Minn., Oct. 21).--A. L. 8u- garman, St. Paul socialist, was found guilty by a Jury In the federal court here which tried him on an indictment charging "seditious remarks tending to cause treason." Raid on England Fails. London, Oct. 31.--Hostile airplanes endeavored to carry out a raid on Mon­ day night on the southeast counties of England, but none of them was able to.pusx the outer defenses, according to an official communication. 8even Below Zero in Montana. Butte, Mnnt., Oct. 31.--Moutana is experiencing effects of a midwinter blizzard which during the last,, few days brought 15 inches of snow to Butte. Seven degrees below zero was reported In Helena. Princeton Erases BernstorfPs Name. Princeton, N. J., Oct. 29.--In view of the revelations recently divulged by the state department, Hernstorff's name has been stricken*from the roll> of rriucL'toij university as a doctor < law*. Summons Secretary Wilson. San Francisco, Oct. 31.--Secretary of Labor Wilson was asked on Monday to come to San Francisco immediately to seek to avert a threatened strike of organized electrical workers scheduled for October 31» y\ Congressman Martin Dead. Chicago, Oct. 31. -- Congressman Charles Martin, one of the most pic­ turesque characters in the political lif< of Chicago, died here on, Monday, had been suffer̂ tmn Ouibefaw Ja, several yean. 1 ' The girl subway guard Is here at last. Everyone knew it was coming, no one when. She made her first appear­ ance on a Brooklyn Rapid Transit sub­ way train clad In the regulation blue and brass and all the other trappings. Her name is Miss Catherine Moloney, and she officiated on one of the new­ est style subway cars, whereon the doors, three of them, -are opened and closed with the pressing of ar button. Mental Immunity. •Before that colleague of yours gets through he'll say something he'll be sorry for." "I have my doubts," said Senator S^orghum. "It takes a considerable de­ gree of intellectual perception to en­ able a man to know when It's time to • ^ 5 * ® ° r r j f . " , , . ~ J , ! . A Risk you vhen you engage these chorus girls? Manager--11 ow can we help^t? We j love the wuit jtaito tfiejn'a* Kaiser Wilhelm, the man who set the world aflame with war, as he looks today. He is thinner than he was before the war and the lines in his face show that the archenemy of civilization has suffered some of the pangs that he has caused humanity. His flgure^has lost some of its military carriage, and In this photograph, unlike those of the past, he Is making no effort to concetU the short left arm. On the kaiser's right is his son, Prince Eitel Friedrich who is holding some of the iron crosses the kaiser bestowed on this occasion to his troops. On the kaiser's left is General von Kinkier, The photograph was made on the occasion of the kaiser's recent visit to Tarnopol. A Nut Himself. "These almonds look good, but aren't they rather high?" "These are genuine paper-shell al­ monds, madam, and yon know how pa­ per products have g*one op." froaton Transcript 1 : A Sad Case. «I was always unfortunate in love." "How so?" . "Whenever I wanted to merry for trlrl turned out to b6 -too The Way to Use Them. "These nomadic tramps lead a regu­ lar vegetable life, begging from door to door when they're not sleeping." "Then if they lead a vegetable life, it is up to the housewives bef from to can the beats." c , Quick Defense* "There's entirely too imicti colortc in this soup." "Now there that's where I get you, for we haven't a bit of it left in the Loading trench torpedoes for transfer to front lines. These are adiong the many pdwerful engines of destruction ;devlsed to spread terror and "nerves" among the German soldiers in the trenches. These winged messengers of death are among the most feared missiles serving democracy's cause on the fighting front > t AMERICAN TRANSPORT ANTILLES. SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE * MOTHERS Prepare for Trouble! When 8r girl becomes a woman, wl a woman becomes a mother, and wl a woman passes through the changes off" middle life, are the three periods of ; life when health and strength are mosfe^"' needed to withstand the pain and dis- tress often caused by severe organio disturbances. 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