Wooster daily Republican. (Wooster, Ohio), 1917-12-20

              iorn wnti jrzif-It to UU jpm dp -not bate ! to watt till tomorrow morn I taf papers. Woos terDaiiiiRepubl ..THE WEATIIKR. Rain to-nigaif "turning rto anow Friday,' colder 'Ftl-day. 1 .. - WOOSTER, OHIO THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1917 Price 2 Cclj ICAN -Vol XXXI, No. 169 BMIK' Fan-Germans Boast lirld Mle Tkeir Bto WIMX REGROUPS FORCES IN VEST BEFORE BIG DRIVE BEGINS Men Who Have Endured the ... . . . , uaraest rignting are fiacea in Qsict Sectors. Iialo ft, 20.- There was n henry Iittnatt bombardment of advawowt tifttlxh. positions in the I'nNWhtffKlaln district during the yfeUt awl tocluy, tie-cording to an unrvmiiccment by the war office. Xenr la-riant the Hrltfsh repulsed a Gcrnmn mid. Iomton, Dee. 20 Germany is re-grouping her forces on the western front under the rover of heavy artillery fire and raiding activities carried oat with large forces. Information received today shows that German soldiers who hav? been under the hardest fighting strain are being sent to quiet sectors while troops fresh from the eastern front are' being pushed into zones where hostilities are the hottest. There is no decisive sign yet where tiie much heralded German blow will fall, although military critics generally be-Itv If an offensive is undertaken at all It will be either on the Franco-R'jlg'an frontier or el.se in the Champaign district of France. (The champagne lien between RheJms and the Argonne forest and the increasing artillery fire of the ttermtit In t t h t d iM r Let toget her wH av -conthuM raW-4iwlfeirteiM!ht-4 the Germans" may strike there). . .The Russian soldier sent to the western front were posted in champagne. Inflamed bv the revolution some )f the Russians mutinied and had to be suppressed by the French with machine guns. Since September nothing of an official nature has been said, about the Hussions, but the general impression is that thev have geen broken up into smail groups and scaheted along ilie line where they can be used but can do no harm. Advices from the west Flanders frunt todrty stated that the-German artl'lery is very active in the district around Pa:i.sehan daele imlicat-ine that it may be part of Von Hindenbtirgs plan to try to recapture this Important key position from the Ihltl-h. rinee the British took l'as-schendaele early last month the Germans have made sporadic and unsuccessful efforts to bend back the British line. PLAN TO GIVE FARMERS HELP War Council Sets About Task of Solving the Farm Help Proposition. PLAN - Washington. D"C. 20 Mi'itary plan? for a long war have led io the rr'-vr.Mnn hv the new eo-oi dinatod wir councol of a constructive program to isHue larger production of Rtp! erons on American farms. The threatened shortace of farm labor is the first proh'm offiriols hp.ve sent out to solve. This shortage will prnv diea-trous to next years production according to officials unless a huge, agricultural army is raised and put In the field The war cou'icil has approved a program which calls for a country wide recruiting campaign by the ile-rsrtment of labor, veivlng as a clearing house, through which labor employment agencies of every sort may round up the unemployed as well as the mip-employeA for service on the farms A BRIGHT SPOT IX TODAY'S XKWS It was a polite burglar that robbed the room of Miss Kate Rommers, of Cincinnati The mau bad entered her rorn. takins MD Po"-- mera met him In the hall of the rooming house a moment later. Ho raised his hat politely in arswr to what he was doing - In ber room and said: "Pardon me. please, but I see that I am in the wrong house." H walked out deliberately. And then the woman found that ah had been robbed. bi'ht rki cross MKMBKRSH1P Can ten, Dee. 20: Donald Watson was given a silver dollar by Frank R. Willis, former governor. Did the boy put it in the bank and keep it as a souvenir? lie did not. He spent it right away in becoming a member of the Red Cro.ss. DIVISION IS NEAR1NG GOAL FOR RED CROSS Cleveland, Dec. 20 The Juke dixit ion of the American Red Cross j which includes Ohio, Indiana . and Kentucky is within 31)0,000 members of its quota with four days rc-nialninr the.Xnias membership drive. Reocits today to division headquarters here indicated that the membership for the three states now stands- at 1,307.000 while the division ijuota is 1,000,000. Ohio's gain Wednesday, reports show, was at least 75.000. Thirty six chapters are reported to have passed their quo'as. OF THE BUZZARD More Slight Advances are Made in Teuton Invaders of Italy. Rome. Dec. 20. Furious fighting in the midst of a howling blizzard has marked the activities of t h- past 4 8 hours on the Italian Trout . In the sector of Monte Asolone, the Austro Hungarians began a series of attacks with ,great masses of troops and were able to advance slightly but the gain was of no strategical importance. The assaults were launched after a terrific bombardment carried out through ajnow siorin o severe that the gun'ners could see oiily n few yards. Owing to the scarcity of cotton and wool in the central empires, Austro-Germans are unable to fal! back on their old trick of putting white uniforms upon their troops so that they were hard to distinguish against the hackuround of snow. The invaders have redoubled their efforts to force a crossing of the Fiave river evidently fearinc that their plans to drive through the Venitian Alps will prove a failure. Picked troops were thrust across the pontoon bridges at the point where the Austro German line lies nearest 1 Venice, but after getting across the stream they were held at the water's edge and suffered severely from the Italian artillery, which had the exact range. Heavy artiilor yduelling continues over the greater part of the front. OHIO NEWS Clcv-la'-.d Triisi''!'., ofI'.ablwiii-W.-il'ac" coPeg" w:M corduct an in-v'MiE".iion I" learn whether eharuf-s iif 3iiti Amei icani-im lodred againf t jfamltv mciiiijeip arr true. Cflunibiis A million dollars mortis ned"d to complete the $2.H00,0oi) all Ohio educational jubilee fund being sought for the four Methodist co:lce"s of th state. The eani-p:iiT rioff..- ttt niidnigbt Toledo Harry h. Didierty New Vorl; lma"cier who controls the To-lnto Rail.vays and Light Co., says hither fires must he allowed If !rit car en;plcyfs are to be erant-d nioie piy. Columbus Kvrv soldi"! at Camp idan. Ala., will receive a Xmas gitt. Ihe Coliimbu" chamber of commerce giv $1,000 and the Cleeland chamber of commerce $1.-Sf.O to take tare of "Forgo; ten" sol-dterr.Culunibii All'tate depailmenti will be closed, Xn:as holidays from Satnrday toon until Wtdnesday at the siifgcstion of Gov Cox. London, Dec. 20 Premier Lloyd George told the house of commons today that the German submarine war has failed. vf "The number of ships sunk by the stipfnarines ships is growing larger and larger" Lloyp George marines is on the increase, and the output of new ships is growing lrager and larger" LloyfJ George told the members of the house of commons. j Touching upon America and the allied war council Lloyd George said this "will loofn big- in !the future". U "The collapse of Russia has caused widespread disappointment" he said, "but there is a consolation in the loss of hundreds of thousands of German prisoners and valuable German possessions during the year. Ll'yd George was not greatly optimistic in regard to the military situation. "It would be idle to contend, that the allies' hopes are as yet realized" he said. ; Geneva, Dec. 20 Pan Germans have thrown off their mask and now boastfully admit that the German plan has been to rule the entirHvorld. The Deutche's Tages Zietung, quoting an eminent Pan German, says: "We are not making all this sacrifice of blood for a transient peace. What we desire is a peace nf We-dlirflt.inn.'V m; . . I tie ran German states ne is "nappy to state 111.' T -1 jtne war canapproacn a uesireu ena ana inat com- navai vessel three yean ago, is nav-iprete'vctofls'p6ssibleTLet us' resmne.'Be'said, mg punty or exiten.e..t in m war 1 Vta f iono nf f Yin artnnVt rf i vrn fVrti- RicTvio i.l- one. lie is a niembcr of one of the dictated his law to the univerfe. TWsplan and mjCZZZZl STS. - other will lead Germany to a happy peace.. God ipllK senders and sailors of- torpedoed i i r i . i i - 1 1 hi win cause uermany to other nations." FARMERS WEEK TO BE A BIG EVENT HV C. S. II 1 1 1. PI!, Diicitin', Am bull oral llxtension Service, Ohio State t'nivi city. Columbus, Dec. 20 The sixth animal Farmers' Week will be held f the Ohio State Fniyerviiy college f agricii'ltfe at Columbus from January "2S to February 1. The popularity of this ecivt has grown to such an extant that last year over 4.0itn farmers were in attendance. Special att( ntlon will be given to rural problems develoj ed by the wa r. (ver one-half of the comities it: the I'nited States are employing coui'ty agricultural audits. In the 2. '(' agi iciilt'iral counties of th-country more than l.r.OO have agents. In Ohio, 2H of the countiei are emplevinc uch ai-'cnts at pree-ent. and Fulton. - Green and L iw-r "liee are te;i'v to nndeitake this v or k . Twenty-one other counties nv started oi iraniit.it ions lookin? toward employment of an agricultural agent. In order to (tliuui'lte th" four-we, Ks" course d lirvitl'-' to be held a the Fnivr'ly co'.le'je of from Jan. 7 to F-h. 1. firm of Mt eino:i la; Ii.teret i:. in farm-Ohio Stale agi Iciill ure n husine;-off reil to lo-ir inv ipiall.'n-d ticr-on the aiiioun; Pf.pv-.yry to ioi'i expenseo. Loans will h tdde for on" vear ith th" oiitl'in of renewal of h ilf the amount for i second yenr. The chamber of Coiiimerre i,f te. Vernon is recciv-i'is , a nidini i"iiu T'ie eslliuat'd niM of th" cour.'e is J.'O. Mow about priininc tne orchani . .More time i availaMe now on ino'i IVit iiis th mi at any other ti.ne. I)cal ' and diseased wood also should be re moved. Many alert termers .-re row buy-'7: ' ;'' fThliers. -K.-e.ls. ''Id'.-j lll-ll'- .lll'I Hill" . ini'll' .' ".'.lllri ll l.'ll Vl M"i llt llI'.- iih.mI net uorin" F.v.rv indieat lull I r 1 . is that thev a'e fellowii'.' ti e vvi- t m U'"'. Frfiuht hipieents 111 en - doill.tedly be mil-h slower than 11-- tial. ard lute or.lermz l boun.l lo.iie i,!iv, ai.d If I'm not home there resi.lt In eiuijarrassineiit. Cl-v eland- Food anthoritie, " drive a.iin-t iioiH"wives with boar.l.rg si:s:Lr, charged C!e.-lar! -Action of Acid on in!., p.oving a birth ntry dated lxS was written in the family bible I-ss than a year ago, coi:rl.f.d C. M. Koch of onngtown of j-eleslepplng the draft. I . i . . . . - . J1 J1 .1 11 . ruie oenencentiv over a i GREEK TROOPS ARE FIGHTING Paris. Dec. 21). Greek are now fighting with the allies i .Macedonia. French and ISritlsh of-fclers have overhauled Ihe air corps of the Greek army and advices received today said that Greek aviators are seeln',; constant service. Some of them have taken part hi raids over Constantinople and tliej Dardannelles defenses.' Three ofj the Greek aviators have been decorated by King George of Kligland for recent exploits. An unofficial report has been received from Athens that General Sarrall. commander in chief pf the allied forces in Macedonia, has been succeeded by General Guilimet, but1 it lacks confirmation. THE SINGLE FELLOWS GIVE UP FURLOUGHS C-ii'in Siurnian, Ohio.. December. 20 In oroer that their married pair, who have little tots at homeawait-In.- .-iai.ta Chins, might have a better cli-i'ice inanv nit'c ' men vohmfii-il"' wit'elrew l ! ir' reoue.stn for pa l-le t'ie older was receiv ed , ... ,. , .in , h uriii'" V 11 i 1 n """" from Washington curtalUim tbef"' ., . . nvmVr of ChriMmi.s passes fiom 110 i bv i i.emy submarine. They had to ivc per rent of He camp's pop-! been fi.-hinr nil siinuner and were uition. j retnrniiii; lioiue when attacked. j Mihk'i eds of sobliers rushed to ' h" tel-7ranb offu-ts to wire iiome th" nev s v In n tin order icaclien ih" anions iini's. i II w:, n ton."!, liroi.os.it ion lol co-ipinv c:-!!(!avdcrs to pare dow l J tl.ejr list, o'i 'inallv placed at about men to tie rorin;.?iy. to 12 or I ;! tuen. In praciicaUv all i;,ai"'"' j "I y,. j,r till lo " " lll-iled n j hif-kv private to his c.iptai". j "Thr s J;..k. ai:d llllle June, , !ii! V'.Ti't lie j V v"-:Mit 1 to ramt on the porch ruel shout flirouyh the win- it. in- " "' He him pau No. I " f honncil lis tn1. The captain complied. Tb '.i.t that over 4'.0 new ifieer. f-h from a -15-dayfur-lo-ich. have arrived amy esse up the restrictions .a little amonr the officer,. PaHFs slso may be issued to sonr of the men who ran get away and hak to camp Ihe Same day. RIG WAR IXSIRAXCF. Camp Sheridan,- Ala., Dec. 20 The 14."th Ambulance Company, of Canton, has set a record among Ohio guardsmen for war insurance. Kverymie of the officers and men has taken out a. $10,000 Insurance policy. About 85 per cent of the policies sold to tlie Ohio soldier boys are for the maximum amount of $10.- 000. A hostess house is to be built here by the Young Women's Christian Association, so that women relatives of soldiers who come to camp will have some place to stay. ItIG l ARMF.IVS IMPOSITION Toledo, Dee. 20. - Plans haw been formulated by the National Farmers'-' Imposition to organize a million dollar corporation and build an immense exposition building here, with an auditorium, lodge rooms, gym. dance hall, 200 hotel rooms, indoor athletic track and quarters for livestock. OHIO BOY HAS LOTS OR THRILLS ASWIRELESSMAN Cincinnati. Dec. 20,- l.arry I llreckel.- 'Cincinnati youth, who be- ..,., M .,,, nn a , ' uiups n- saw large imnHpri sunk and took purl in rescuing sailors alter the torpedoing of the Ameti-ican transport Antilles. In a letter, to his mother he wrote; 'We had a little bad luck a few davs ao when the enemy torpedoed a large transport which was on her I way hack to the stales. We were I I I ..I I .1... I. ..It. (...uul. (( lose uy iiioi Knir nn ne le ! I""-"' trooiislble, and we succeeded III getting her 1 into a port safety befoie she sank. "She is alright now ami nanny worse off than before she was torpedoed Many of her crew took to the life boats and some perished w hen a boat t limed over j One who has never seen the ex-I plosion of a torpedo against a ves-I sel's side call little realize w hat a force It has "I saw ber the Instant after the torpedo shuck and was almost enveloped in a cloud of black, thick smoke and spray "She did not list at all and was able to conl inue under her ow n steam. Her oiiiiers and crew Muck to Ihe ship and k' pt her going. "There is a hole in her side large enough lo drive a couple of hay wagons through. Part of the torpedo wa" thrown upon ber -deck and some kepi pieces ot it for souvenirs "The Anlilles is the first ship they ol from us. and I hope it is the last This ship went .down In a very shori lime and left thousands afloiit, either hi hie lileboats or swimmlui; with lite lulls. We rescued many of them and cave them some of our ,ovvii clothing !i- Hoy were, for the j mo i i;irt, hcantily clad." "We have just returned horn sea. VA e v. ( i " lort imnte lo savr rieiicu . . - ...I I.... .,1.1. "The rew took tln ir small boati , sl,i,,;,rine then sank their ami C' ship. Thev were adiift for some . i . i. . .i , i .. .. Ihnie i.e:orr r. o . "We also saved two dots, one a .,rf.,. d,trk Newfoundland and a I n ,Up The birne one. was j,,,' llir,, MI l. mmll ni. a fixed up till . bought the sin.ill OIK- from the l-'n-n. hmen for a mascot, lie is a i,,te u ,ut he will be V.TV little pup now. as big as the other in a few months. We have named him 'S. O. S.' "Now- don't worry, and if you do. why just think of prandfather. how-he did bis share in the war of 'Git, and say to yourself that the family is still In the game and doing our best for the great old C. S. A. There is not a man in the force over here who would not willingly give up bis life for our loved ones at home." ANNEXATIONS TO BE GIVEN UP BY AUSTRIA AS MOVE IS MADE TO BRING SPEEDY END OF WAR The Hague, Dec. 20 Threats that Austro; ., Hungary will give up annexations and indemniTi,,,. ties were contained in a speech which .counts Czernin, Austrian minister, made before'' the- Austrian parliament, according to dispatches" received here. Count Czernin said the central powers are ready to enter into peace negotiations at once, and forecast that formal peace offers are shortly to be made to the allies at both Berlin and-Vienna. - .' ', OUR OWN OHIO Alliance When a storeroom in he rear of the telegraph office, at i he I' n it.ylvaiiia depot waa cleaned out, . e iv,hb;ts and sis bunnies a re (' - ( .'oil. The pair of rabbi : . " ; 1 c lei"d through a hole in !!' :h i- av I si'til.-d down for wilier hoi; ('Keeping. Toledo This illy's Indian population! was Increaseed M 1-3 per "eel vvhen a papoose arrived at the 'oiue of Joseph and Manllu Carson, ull-blooded aboriginies. Columbus Prisoners at the state i'.cnitent lary may . W net, ,t .woA-Kj bj1 the rlate' 'boiird 'or 'ndnutiijlwitjoir making cast Iron posts with enameled signs to he located ill. all Ohio loss roads, lo give directions. BOLSHEVIKI DIG TRENCHES AT PETROGRAD Copenhagen, Dec, I'll,--With Pe-trograd under martial law, the llolsheviki war office Is making preparations lo stand Hlege in the event the counter - revolutionists are able to draw near. Advices received here today naid that trenches were beinn dug several miles from the outskirts of I In-city and thai artillery was being mounted where it could sweep the city's main approaches. The fact that slronu lorces of I'kralnlan troops have reinforced the Cossacks is apparently causing the liolsheuki regime consider,'! hie concern. GERMAN PLANES ARE SHOT DOWN IN A HOT RAID London, Dee. jn !;riii-h airmen ban- conl 111 lied their raid- on III" German military works ai liruges. Tuesday li'hi lie- airnn -tr dropped bombs on liruges and on -the air dome In ill' the city. Fire hroke out j at Unices, and two German ma-j dunes wincii I lew out over th':' Prilish lines' vv. re -hoi down. Tvv. lot eolil lol and had to descend One Drili-h ma bine js missing. "AERIAL TANK" LATEST IN WAR . . 1 Paris. Dec. ti An "aerial tank"j is the latest. The Matin publishes! an article by Deputy I.asies saying that armored bombing aeroplanes! constructed after the same principle of the land tanks should be put into 1 ik.i. aa. SOI.DIKRS IV CRASH I R.ltimosc. Dee. 2' - Thirteen soldieis were injured today in a collision between Klectric cars about ton miles from Baltimore. ' 4 PROFITEERING TO BE MED Sensational Revelations Believed Near Involving Big Meat Packers. Wahlsgton, Dec. 20. SensaJ tional revelations regarding profiteering by food dealers were prom ised by the federal trade commission, today whim that body commenced its hearings in the president' fool prlconvestjgaUon, - ' Francis J. Heney of Callforlui' was In charge and called witneBtierf. to tell of the methods alleged tov have been employed by the big Chicago meal packers in turning ,the wiir to their advantage by the bid . ding up of prices of meats and packing house products. At the opening it became apparent that the commission does not intend to put any of the packers on the stand themselves. To place on the stand meat packers against whom the com-mis.sion has damaging evidence would give them Immunity. Th adoption of this course by the com mission was interpreted to mean that the government Injtends to prosecute any food dealers guilty of exacting extortionate prices for food under the cloak of war conditions. WILL MAKE MORE OFVONLUXBURG PAPERS PUBLIC Washington, Dec. 20. It WUS , 1 i ed today that more papersbe-loiu'iii;- to count von Luxburg, for-ni: r; in charge of the German em-lia at liueiios Ayres. whotraiiB-t'liited iuierestnig dispatches' thru Co Swedish diplomatic channels, were made public this afternoon. SOLDIERS CAUGHT ON UNGRANTED FURLOUGH Cleveland. Dec. 20. Nine soldiers are under arrest and federal authorities are searching; for the remaining Hi of .'.."i soldiers .who left Camp Slieinian without leave Ioj spend the holidays at home here. The lugitives will be taken back; 10 camp to face court martial. A lilMGII T SltT IV TIIK li.VVS NEW! r Th- family of Gilbert T. Mor- g. n-iern ..( Tilfin was awaken- -i oic night by fumes of 1 s:uoe. They thought the house ' was afire . Fire chief Harris and his ' t i u -1 v crew soon were ort the ' M-e'e. ' Investigation showed that n : can offijardines. n box of patent 1 pan'ake flour, some com flakes ' and a can of salt, all in one mixture, had caused the smoke. ' Nothing else burned. 6 Now Harris is wondering whether the fire was due to some chemical action. i