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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
T. R. CALLED KAISER
COLONEL FORCED ARBITRATION
ON VENEZUELA AFFAIR.
Former President Reveals Inside Story
About Ultimatum to Ger
many over Fleet.

Chicago. Sept. 29.-Paintng Ger
many as the arch foe of the world, as
nation drunk with power and with
the sword as its God, Col. Theodore
Roosevelt on Thursday told the inside
story of the Venezuelan incident, when,
as president he gave Germany three
days in which to get its warships out
of Venezuelan waters or face Il fight
with Dewey.
The story was told in the spur of
the moment at n luncheon given for
the colonel at the New Morrison hotel
by the local branch of the National Sc
curity league.
Colonel Roosevelt said:
II let Hay write a reasonable mum.
Der of notes. Note writing is not a
form Of mental exercise that | am de
voted to. Finally told Hay that
would handle 1t myself | told the Ger
man ambassador to come in, and
said.
""This Venezuelan business has gone
far enough. We don't want TO let II
come to "A point where it will make
trouble between our countries. You
have your fleet down there, and we
must have an understanding that you
cannot take possession of single foot
of Venezuelan territory
Then Colonel Roosevelt explained
that he had sent Dewey with his fleet
To the West Indies on a friendly
cruise, and notified him to be ready tc
sail at an hours notice.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
MlCHAELIS ASSAILS WILSON
Chancellor Says Statement of War
Aims Would Prejudice Questions
at Peace Farley.

Amsterdam, Oct. doctor Mi
chaelis, the German imperial chancel-
Tor, in a speech to the main committee
OF the reichstag, said that Pope Bene-
diets peace proposals were inspired
by moral seriousness, pure justice and
neutrality, which things We're lacking
in the replay made by President VIII
son to the pope.
Justifying Germanys refusal to state
her war aims, Doctor Michaelis said
such action would only have confus-
Ing effect and would injure German
interests.
We're Germany to state her war
aims, the chancellor asserted, it would
prejudice the complex questions to be
discussed ut the time of peace nego-
tiations.
The chancellor strongly attacked
President Wilson's reply to the pope,
which, he asserted, merely bound the
German people together more firmly.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
|. w. W. CHIEFS HELD
WILLIAM D. HAYWOOD AND 9TH
ERS ARRESTED AS U. S. FOES.
Men in Many Cities Face Arrest for
Advocating Sabotage-169 Men
Named in indictments.

Chicago, oct. 2. Government
agents raided the headquarters of the
Industrial Workers of the World at
1901 West Madison street and arrested
William ID. Haywood and 80 others.
The arrests followed the return OF
indictments by the federal grand jury
before Judge Evan Evans, in which
l6S persons We're named.
Among the leaders of the l. w. w.
arrested in the raid were:
William ID. Haywood, general secre-
tary and treasurer Richard Brazier,
Chicago, Spokane and elsewhere
member of general executive board {;
George Andreychine, Chicago, Duluth
and elsewhere manager publicity bu-
reau, Chicago Ralph II. Chaplin, edl-
tor and manager Solidarity; Vladimir
Lossielf. Chicago; Bert Lorton, Chi
cago manager Recruiting Union
Charles Rothfisher, editor A Bergum-
kas, Chicago and Cleveland; Charles
Plain, Chicago ana Detroit; Herbert
Mailer, Seattle and Chicago.
Inc evidence preSenleu w inc bluh"
jury revealed farreaching plot to
obstruct the government in its prose
cution of the war. The report says /;
Boiled down and stated in a few
words, the propaganda of those de-
PENDANTS consists of these assertions
we are going to take possession of
the industries of this country. i. Be
cause we want them. 2. Because we
need them. 3. Because we are in this
crisis possessed of the power to put
1t over.
in addition, there is running
through all these endeavors n pro-
nounced opposition to the support of
the war in which this country is en-
listed"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04

Oklahoma City -- Sam Williams,
banker and ranch owner OF Purcell.
Okla, was shot and instantly killed in
crowded Main street here. O. G. Pat
terson, lawyer, surrendered to the po-
lice. The shooting is said to be the
outgrowth of feud.
Mineola-Run down by motorcycle
on country road. Earl b. Brown, an
aviator of the Twenty-third squadron,
in training at the aviation corps field
here, died in the field hospital from
the injuries inflicted.
Youngstown William +. Mag. own.
er of the German language weekly
newspaper, the Rundschau, has order
ed it's publication suspended until the
end of the war.
Peoria - Miss Ruth Law claimed a
new woman's altitude record when she
went up in her airplane 14,700 feet,
The previous record Of 1880 feet also
was held by Miss Law.
Petrograd- arrest of seventeen
agents of an important German mill
tary espionage organization Is an
nounced The agents are all of Swe.
dish nationality
London -- A big German munition
works at Immishofen, near Constance.
Baden, was destroyed by fire. accord
ing to dispatch from Geneva.
Petrograd- committee of public
instruction has worked out legislation
providing for obligatory fundamental
education for all Russians.
San Francisco - Frank G.. Oxman,
Oregon cattleman, was acquitted on n
charge of attempted subornatlon OF
perjury in connection with the trial of
Thomas J. Mooney, sentenced to death
for murder as one OF the preparedness
parade bomb conspirators in 1916.
Amsterdam-T main committee Of
the reichstag, dispatch from Berlin
says, passed on first reading the bill
creating the post OF imperial vice.
chancellor.
Denver-France has sent war or.
der here for half a gram of radium
The delivery is TO be made in twelve
monthly installments.
Poteau ~ Cleveland Push. Indian
desperate. who murdered his brother
was shot to death in a battle with q
posse. Push killed his brother with
an axe. and fled with the dead man 8
widow
Charleston Philander Knox, Jr.
son of the former secretary of state
was married here TO Miss Josephine
Pool. This Is Knox's second marriage
his first ended at Reno.
Wrightstown = One of the barracks
at Camp Dix was destroyed by fire No
one was injured. An Investigation tc
determine the origin OF the fire was
begun
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
MAY SOLVE SHEEP PROBLEM
People of Upper Michigan and Wis
consin Interested in the "More
Wool" Movement.

Marquette, Mich, Sept. 29.-The
More Sheep, More Wool" movement
begun in Chicago during the Great
Lakes Wool convention September IL
and II will produce definite results ut
Menominee, Mich. October TO- when
Frank Hagenbarth, president of the
National Wool Growers association,
Salt Lake City, Utah, will confer with
Upper Michigan and Wisconsin people
who are vitality interested In the sheep
problem.
Mr.. Hagenbarth, during the Great
Lakes Wool convention In Chicago on
September II and II, said that the
grazing question In the western states
was In a serious situation and that the
sheepmcn would either have to go out
of business or seek new fields. The
law permitting persons to homestead
on $40 acres has brought about the
acute situation.
The safeguarding business has been
given Il thorough test in the cutover
land of Wisconsin and the Upper
Peninsula Of Michigan. and has been
found very profitable. II has been diff
ficult, however, to get the larger graz
ing people of the West interested in
the middle western districts. Local
people argue that the food products
for sheep are richer and more profuse
here than in the West, that freight
rates are much smaller owing to the
shorter hauls to Chicago markets, that
less feeding will be necessary In tran
sit and that there will be must less
loss of weight because of the shorter
hDul
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
Perfectly Ridiculous.

Its too bad that you broke your
doll" commented the caller.
This doll Is not broken" corrected
the child gravely.
ooh, Isn't It? ! thought that was
the doll that used to cry Mamma =
when II was squeezed.
"Thls is the same doll. But you
must remember that was several years
ago. She Is much older now. You
don't expect a grown-up young lady
to cry Mamma = when she Is squeezed
do your
The caller had TO acknowledge that
whatever she expected, 1t probably
wouldn't take place.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
Grain. Provisions, Etc.

FLOuR-Spring wheat. special brands.
in wood, sll 10 per Dbl. hard spring wheat
patents, 95 per cent grade, In tute, sil.oo;
straight in export bags, $lo15; first clears,
$1,000 in jute; second clears $50; low
grades, s75olp6.0o fancy soft winter wheat
patents, in jute, 5000. standard soft win
ter wheat, patents $40 10, In Jute; standard
hard winter patents. s10.75 In jute; first
clears, $40 co. in jute; second clears In
tute, $9.00d9.6O new white rye, 1000: new
dark rye. $9.40
HAY-Choice timothy old and new. 1923 90
m240O No !. s2t 5Oll2 50; No. 2, $40. 00df2l 90;
standard, 205OH21. so; No red top and
grassy mixed, siS,0o6f196O; light clover
mixed. .2ocOq2oO; heavy clover mixed.
SIS O0d20 90; clover hay, $lS.Ooq20cO; thresh-
ed timothy. E2Ooql6oo
BUTTER-Creamery, extras, 45l4c ex-
ira firsts, 43c; f1rsts 41hQ42hc; seconds.
4o1sa41c; ladies'. 396391ac; process, Ahc;
packing stock, S7dSSc.
EGGs-Fre.h frsts. 9sAS6Sc; ordinary
firsts, 35Q351hc; miscellaneous lots. cases
included, 35GS5l@c; cases returned, 34a36c
checks. country candled, In2Sc; city re-
candled. 29a3Oc; dirties. country receipts.
22d2Sc; No ! recandled 29qS0c; city re-
candled. 311S2c extras. nQ42c; refrigera-
tor stock. 34Q35ihc.
LIVE POULTRY-Turkeys lsc; fowls.
2od23iAc ROSTERS. lie; spring chickens.
22c; ducks. 1SlGl9c; geese. 1l4lSc
ICED POULTRY-Turkey 22f,c; fowls.
23G231bc ROSTERS lSQlshc. spring chick
ems. 22Q23hc: ducks, lsc geese, lc@l5c.
POTATOES - Minnesota Early Ohios.
s1.O0a1 .0s per bu.; Wisconsin white, 5000
los; South Dakotas. St05@112.
CATTLE-Good to choice steers. sl4005
1870; yearlings, good to choice, I'll 504l700
range steers. $9.5oQl4.35; stockers and feed
ers. SS00Q9 %; good TO choice cows, 5000
1000; good 20 choice hefers. 50. 001l0 Is
fair to good COWS. s675fT.25; Gamers. s.. 20
$3.50; cutters, $5.506625; bologna bulls,
50. OoQI7. 90: butcher bulls, E259l0oO; heavy
calves. s7.5Oa12oO; good to prime calves.
S120oGD16.00.
HOGS-Prime light butchers. SIS. 75al92 rs;
fair TO fancy light. tls5N91s.cO; medium
weight butchers a1Qi250 lbs, $40. 100 10 80;
heavy butchers, 25oQl4oO lbs, $l9 0oa19 55
choice heavy packing, sls75919.lO; rough
heavy packing, 3lS.OCa1s.75 pigs fair to
good. s14Joa17OO; stays. siS5O419.s5
SHEEP-Good to choice wethers. 5000
6l250: good TO choice ewes 50 0of1l rs
yearlings. s12 5Oa1450; western lambs. good
10 choice, s1S.0OlI1S. 40: native lambs good
to choice. ST. OOals.9O; feeding lambs. SIT rs
Q1S 25
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
Timorous Lover.

A woman went into store for pair
of slippers She asked the shop as
sistant to get her pair about size 10,
and she wanted them squeaky.
"They are for my father" she added.
"Squeaky miss? I'm afraid we have
not got any of that kind"
Couldn't you make him n pair OF
squeaky ones?" asked the young wom-
an. There is young man who visits
me frequently, and 1t would be very
convenient for him to know just when
pa Is coming downstairs"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04

My small cousin was telling me Of
some naughty trick he had played on
another boy. and after he heard my
opinion of II decided to tell his mother.
"Why. Lawrence" | said II should
think your conscience would prick
YOU"
"What is a conscience2' he inquired.
"Well, conscience | answered. sis
the thing that says, No, don't do that,
when we are going to do something
naughty"
He thought he understood that all
right, but finally he said. But what is
the thing that says Yes, go ahead and
do Exchange.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
27 KILLED IN TRAIN CRASH
Thirty-fve Seriously Injured When
Passenger and Empty Troop Train
Meet Head on in Oklahoma.

Kellyville, Okla, oct bodies
OF II negroes and seven white men
and three Indians have been taken
from the wreckage of ST. Louis & San
Francisco train No. Z, which colllded
head-on with an empty troop train one
miles southwest of here on Friday. 1t
Is believed that several more bodies
still are In the debris Three of the
negroes were women. Thirty-fiye per
sons were seriously hurt
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
Being Just to Husband.

MoIlie had very pronounced ideas
regarding the rights and wrongs of her
sex.
Don't you think, Sallie," she asked
one day of her dearest friend, that a
woman should get mans pay?"
well replied Sallie after a mo-
ment Of elaboration. ~ think she
should let him have car fares and
lunches out of it."-Youth's Compan-
eion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04

Of the Albatross type D-3. Without
hesitating he bore down on them. At
that moment enemy patrolllng ma
chimes, soaring at a great height. np-
peared suddenly and fell upon Guy
nemer.
There were 40 enemy machines In
the air at that time. including Count
Won Richthofen and his circus division
Of machines. painted In diagonal blue
and white stripes.
"Guynemer must have been hit. Ills
machine dropped gently toward the
earth, and lost track of It. All that
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
pershino Man Hit From Air.

Washington, Oct. /. The slight
wounding Of First Lieut., Howard +.
Heating Of Philadelphia, medical corps.
Turing an mir raid on the night of Sep
icmber "a. was reported 70 the war
department. by General pershlng.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
FOUGHT AGAINST GREAT ODDS
Captain Guynemer, Famous French
Aviator, Went to His Death
as Befitted a Frenchman.

The last fight Of Captain Guynemer,
chief Of French aviators, and the man
who had 80 individual victories against
German flyers to his credit. Is de-
aeribed by comrade in the Excel
slor The comrade Is quoted as fol-
lawsi
Guyfeper slghtes sve machines
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
u. s. Battleshlp PefIoated.

Washington, oct 3.-The navy de-
partment authorized the following an
nouncement: "Thc baitlesaip of the
Atlantic fleet which went ashore last
week on the Atlantic coast has been
refionted"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04

We offer $4,000 for any case OF catarrh
that cannot be cured by HALLS CA
TARRH MEDICINE HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE is taken internally and acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces OF the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price 75c. Testimonials free.
y, j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
/. N. seliaman, Banker, Killed.

New York, Oct. Isaac n. Selig-
mar, member of the International
bon5lng house of J. and W. Seligman
x Co. died from fractured skull re-
celyed in an unknown manner while
horseback riding.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
Minimum Of Waste

mo waste, now, ma no waste. We
all gotta help"
you attend to your own business"
snapped ma, with some acerbity. THE
only things | throw away are tea
leaves and egg shells"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
MARKETS
Milwaukee, Oct. 8, 1917.

Milwaukee, Oct 3, 1917.
Butter - Creamery, extra, 44c;
prints. 45c; firsts, 4O@4lc; seconds,
37Q39c; process, $4,000; dairy.
fancy, 40c.
Cheese American, full cream
twins. 26Q26hc; daisies, 271a02Sc;
Young Americas, 271aQ2sc; long
horns. 2SQ2S15c; brick, fancy, 304a@
Sic.
Eggs-Current receipts, fresh as to
quality. 34Q3Sc; dirties, seconds, ESQ
&c; checks, 24@26c.
Live Poultry 49, Fowls, fancy, 81 Il a
22c; ROSTERS, old, 15Q16c; spring
chickens, 22hc.
Corn-No. 3 yellow, 1.96@1.97.
Oats-No. 3 white, $4,000; stand
ard, $4,000; No white, 5SQ59c.
Rye-No. 2, 1.S9Q1.9O; No. 3, 1860
1877.
Hay-Choico timothy, 2100@22,00;
No. timothy, 19O0@200O; No. 2 tim
othy, 17OOQ1S.OO; rye straw, 5000
9.25.
Minnesota or Wisconsin
early Ohios, sacked, on track, 95cQ
100; homegrown, out of store, 1.05Q
Ito.
Hogs-Prime heavy butchers, 1890
61950; fair to prime light, 1880
1910; pigs, 1000@17.25.
Cattle - Steers, 7.S591275; feed.
ers, 8.60Q9.75; cows, 4.75Q9.25; heif-
ers, 6O0Q950; calves, 14.50@15.50.
Minneapolis, Oct. 8. 1917.
Corn-No. 3 yellow, 1.90Q1.91.
Oats-No. white, 56Q5Sc.
Rye-1.S7Q1S8.
Flax-3.3003.35
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
U. S. WarshIp Runs Aaround.

Atlantic Port 0ct, LA United
States battleshlp is ashore on the At
lantic coast, according TO an announces
ment of naval authorities here. The
vessel Ii said TO be In no immediate
danger.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
Rail Strikers Golnq Back.

Chicago, Oct. 1.-Rairoad unions
whose men employed by the Elgln,
Joliet 4 Eastern railway went on
strike, whipped number of their
members into line and induced them
10 return TO work.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
Kills Ex.Wife and Self.

Kewanee, H.. oct. IN. X. Under
wood OF Washburn, ILL.,, former Ke-
vance man, shot ana killed his dit
yorced wife, Myrtle Sudan, AS she
stepped from train with Ira Snow
and then killed himself.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
New u. S. Loan to England.

Washington. oct 3. - A further
credit OF S5O.00O,000 to Great Britain
was extended on Monday by the gov
eminent. This brings the total adj
vanced to Great Britain thus far M to
81 $40 100000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
Happy Thouahts.

"What was uppermost in your mind
the first time you went over the top'?"
81 seemed to hear someone saying
Doesn't he look naturalT"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04
How'd eorne Asks Libel.

London, oct david Lloyd-Gcorge,
the premier, Is commencing proceed
lngs for libel against newspapers
which announced that on the occasion
Of an mir raid the premier left London
for his Walton Heath home.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04

| can say is that the machine was not
on fire."
Captain Guynemer was frequently
asked by Daniel Vincent. then under
secretary OF aviation, to come to the
rear and place his talents as an inven-
tor and his vast experience In war
flying at the disposal Of the air admin.
istration Guyncmer, however, invari-
ably refused. being unable to bring
himself to give up the fascinating, ad-
yenturous life Of an air fighter
Hinges Of true friendship never rust.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-04

one of the benefits of a vacation is
to discover how well the firm got along
during your absence.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-12-14
WAR lsoLATEs FALkLANDs
Ensland Buys 1ntIrs Wsol Prodvs.-
The government Puts Bounty
On Rata

Port Stanley. Falkland Isisnds.-
The war has completely isolated IN,
Falkland islands from the rest OF IN,
world a. far a. commercial intsrcours,
is concerned. In spite Of the fact tha
the islands are the naval base Of IN,
Brtish feet for the South Atlantic anc
South Pacific.
Since March 10 Of this year not q
single ship has stopped az the Falk.
lands on Its journey TO England and
correspondence for Buenos Aires and
Montevideo has been sent by way Of
Punta Arenas while passengers for
Buenos Aires or Monteudeo have had
to go around Valparaiso on the Pacifis
liners and then cross the Andes BY
train TO get to their destination.
The British government has bought
up all the wool OF the Falkiands. CIV
ing the owners % per cent above pre-
war prices. Some Of this wool sold az
high as 90 cents a pound.
The island has become 20 oyerrup
with rats that the government has Of
fered an English penny q head for all
those killed
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yearly still calls thousands to herself
lat that = stl,Fnl time
Those desiring out door recreation
VIII fird II In and around Mobile. in
abundance Small steamers ply betwcoa
/ her suburban health resorts. beautiful
Fairhope, Battles Wharf. Point Clear
Magnolia Springs and other attractive
spots which are made more BEAUTIFUL
ny Natures hend and where health
giving ozone Is freely given from thu
Gulf of aIexico.
In addition Mobile has excellent golf
linls. a tino Country Club. plenty Of
good fishing and automobiling over
roads that cannot be surpassed.
Old Mobile is unlike any other city oil
the Gulf She has her own attractions,
az we'll as those OF her surroundings
A fey weeks stay there and ming.ing
with her peop'e cannot be but welt
spent. She is also city OF Clubs, and
genuine hospitality A Tourist Welcome
Club. among others. heartily welcomes
all visitors to this city OF de Bienville
and dIverville.-Carlyle Porter.
Mobile IL located in the beautiful
Gulf Coast region and conveniently
reached from the north by the superb
steel passenger trains OF the LOUIS
WILLIE s NASHVILLE RAILROAD
For free beautifully illustrated boob
let descriI tive OF the Gulf Coast, ad
dress r. o. PuSEY, G. p. A., Louis.
Vile. Ky. (Adv.)
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-12-14
TERRIBLY SWOLLEN
Suffering Described Az Torture
Relieved by Black Draught.

Rossville, Ga. Mrs. Kate Lee Able. Of
This place, writes: "My husband Is an
engineer, and once while lifting, he In
Iured himself with piece Of heavy ma
chinery, across The abdomen He was
so sore he could not bear to press on
himself at all, on chest or abdomen. He
weighed l65 lbs, and fell of lntll he
weighed ITO lbs, In two weeks.
He became constipaied and Il looked
like he would die. We had three different
doctors, yet with all their medicine. his
bowels failed to act. He would turn up,
aten-cent bottle Of castor oil, and drink
It two or three days In succession. He
did this yet without result. We became
desperate, he suffered SO. He was swol-
len terribly. He told me his suffering
could only be described as torture.
sent and bought Thediord's Black
Draught ] made him take a big dose.
and when Il began 10 act he tainted, he
was in such misery, but he got relief and
began TO mend at once. He got well.
and we both feel he owes his life 10
Thedford's Black Draught."
Thediord's Black-Draught will hello vol,
70 keep fit, ready for the days work.
Tryiti Nc-i3l
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-12-14
SUNDAY.

Military interest centers at presen,
on the Italian front, where the Central
Powers are declared In Rome dispatch
es to be developing their maximum
military effcrt Of the war. The terrific
struggle still finds its focal point on
The Asiago plateau, where the Teutons
are tying to force the passes which
lead to IN" Italian plains The bravery
OF the Italian troIrs who have sacri-
feed In mssIves ~ laIRe numbers In
blocking the enemy advance. has kept
the holding line intact. however, as II
receded. Even the heaviest enemy mass
es thrown against the defenses, seem.
inglY regardless of losses have not
Fufilced to effect a break in the chain
Of strong positions III which the Ital-
tans are now continuing their stand.
The audience which attended the
Gridiron dinner last night in Washing
ion was the most distinguished ever
assembled at dinner In this country,
tile resident of the United States, the
Vice President. five Ambassadors, nine
Foreign Ministers, the Cabinet, heads
of the various War Boards and many
othei men IF national note in business,
finance and Industry being In attend
ance. Patriotism was the prevailing
spirit Americanism and democracy be-