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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-11-20
Austrians Beaten
Back at River
In Desperate
Encounter
CORPsES LINE ou,,nitt. 7
[By The Associated Press ]

i IL 81
j Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Nov. 1s.-OelayeO-The Aus
trians who forced their way across the
{, Piave river above Zenson have been
thrown into the river. drowned, bayo
neted, killed, or captured, until now
! not an enemy remains on the west
bank at that most threatened point
/, The fight was one of the most fearful
chapters of the war and one Of the
! most glorious.
! Details of the fight have been
gathered from eye witnesses who saw
! the fearful carnage through Friday
night and yesterday and who stayed
/ until the whole west bank was cleared
except for the corpses on the shore
and in the foreground.
BOTH ARMIES DESPERATE.
The wounded we're so numerous
that many have not yet received sue
cor. The enemy had staked every
thing on getting to the west bank OF
the river and the Italians staked
everything on keeping him on the
eastern bank. This nerved both to
desperation. The Austrians made the
first move Friday in two separate
crossings a short distance above Zen
son, first at the village of Fagare and
then an old mill called the Sega mill
near Folliha.
Several circumstances enabled them
to pass. They chose a place where a
sandbar ran. in mid-stream, giving
them landing and dividing the main
stream into two small shallow cur.
rents. Also there was a heavy mist
screening their movements. They car
ried material for an improvised bridge
with uprights and with iron plates for
flooring.
ADVANCE THROUGH MIST.
This was about o'clock in the
morning and in the mist at that
early hour they got across the
second narrow channel to the west
bank. The last ten feet the men
waded across in water above their
waists. In their surprise rush they
swept past four Italian machine gun
batteries, capturing the guns and driv
ing tie Italians back into the village
of Fagare.
Here the real fighting began, as the
Italians had now recovered from the
surprise and they fought like demons
It was hand to hand fight through
the streets of the town with no place
for artillery or machine guns and the
Italians using bayonets. hand gren
AIDES, knives and gelatine torpedoes
The Austrians held part Of the town
near the bank with the Italians on the
land side.
BODIES LIKE SEAWEED.
The Austrians tried to throw a line
around the town and succeeded in part
on one side until the Italian batteries
to the north got range of the line out
side the. shelter of the streets. This
line was the first to be demolished and
then the Italians on this side of the
town advanced cheering, hewing their
way. The enemy held at first, then
began to seek cover and finally broke
as the Italians pushed into the town
hack to the river. Some plunged into
the water and sought to get to sand
bar near the center of the stream. All
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-11-20
SICKNESS KILLS
BAGDAD VICTOR
GENERAL MAUDE, BRITISH CON-
MANDER IN MESoPoTAMiA,
is DEAD.

London, Nov. 19.-Major General
Frederick Stanley Maude, British com.
mander in Mesopotamia, died yester.
day.
An official announcement issued to
day says General Maude died in Meso.
potamia yesterday evening after a
brief illness.
General Maude, who was the captor
of Bagdad, was rated as one of the
most brilliant commanders of the war.
After a. series Of British defeats in
Mesopotamia he was, placed in COM
mand last year, won an unbroken
series Of successes and last March
captured Bagdad.
DROVE FOE FROM DISTRICT.
With the opening of the new cam
paign this fall he pushed up the Tigris
more than 100 miles beyond Bagdad,
his operations being designed primar-
lily to defeat the expected attempt of
the Germans and Turks to recapture
the city
General Maude was 53 years old. He
had distinguished military record
before the war. He took part in the
Sudan campaign in 1885 and served
with distinction in the South African
war.
WOUNDED IN FRANCE.
Prior to taking command in Meso-
potamia, General Maude saw service
in France, where he was wounded. He
was mentioned five times in the des-
patches and made commander Of the
Bath.
From 1901 to 1904 he was military
secretary to the governor general of
Canada and later private secretary to
the secretary Of state for war
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-11-20
IOWA BOYS ENTER
ARMY AIR SERVICE

Omaha, Nov. 19.-Seventeen men
have passed the physical tests and
been accepted for aviation service and
thirty-seyen for the balloon service, ac-
cording to an announcement made at
Fort Omaha today. Among them are:
Walter NJ. Brainerd, Des Moines. and
Walter NJ. Mansfield, Cedar Rapids. la.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-11-20
WOUNDED IN FRANCE.
,DES MONIES FIRE
ENDANGERS WORKERS

Desa Moines, Nov. 19.-Six girls and
a nur1 oeri of men escaped with DIM
Guilty When fire wrecked the building
occuplD I'd by the Sherman Box and Pa
per company here today. entailing a
loss estimated at $4,000. One man
was sill, tiy burned.
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NEW TEIJTONICA ASSAULT MENACES ITALY
HUNS FORCE WEDGE
INTO LATINS' LINE


places of safety
interiors the beautiful churches
padded Cuttings piled sandbag This
the most
buildings In Venice
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-11-20
SMASH QUOTAS
IN Y WAR DRIVE
DISTRICT AND COUNTY WILL
EXCEED ALLOTMENT; FINAL
REPORTS THIS EVENING.

District and county quotas Will be
smashed to smithereens when the
final reports are made tonight at the
closing meeting of the campaign for
the Y. M. C. A. war work fund. Coun-
ty Chairman T. II. Foster has called
the meeting for 1880 at the CONNER
cial club and every worker who has
participated in the campaign is ex-
pected to be present and report what
he did during the past week Tor this
fund.
The reports thus far in and an esti-
mate of what is being done today, will
show the county having gone over
the top with a rush for the quota OF
$4,000 is already exceeded by at
least $4,000 and the indications are
the $4,000 will be gathered in today.
The districts quota Of $4,000 is al.
ready passed, for information received
by Secretary Hudson this morning
showed more than $4,000 already in.
It is the work in the country out
side Ottumwa that is particularly
gratifying today, for the rural COM
munities came through fine. Yester-
day or since the last report there was
$1,000 raised and total for the out.
lying districts Of $500 has been re-
ported.
RAISE $16s At BEAR CREEK.
One instance of how they seized
upon the chance to help is seen in
what some Of the men employed at
the Bear Creek mines did the latter
part OF the week. One Of those who
handled the work there called upon
Secretary Hudson at the Y. M. c. A.
Saturday evening and turned over
four pages of names and s169.50 as
the subscriptions taken at the mines.
He said that no one had canvassed
the mines and that he and another
man took lists, one going below and
the other taking the men on the sur
face and all the employees gave some
thing.
MEETINGS IN COUNTRY.
Meetings were held in Blakesburg
and at Miller chapel yesterday. DR..
F. E. Day spoke at Blakesburg where
1910 was raised and at Miller chapel
Newton Roberts and w. H. Powell
were the speakers and $32 was raised.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-11-20
At Weakest Point
On Upper Piave
Italians Are
PushedB Back
COUNTER NEAR Aslkc0
IAssociated Press summary:l ]

ASSOCIATED Press Summary
Heavy masses CT Austro German
troops are being thrown against the
Italian lines between the Piave and
the Brentain in an effort to drive
wedge between the Italian armies de
tending the Piave line and those to
the west, in the Asiago region. Com.
paratiyely rapid progress has been
made in this operation within the last
day or two and it is becoming clear
that the main Austro- German effort
is centered at present upon what IS
probably the most vulnerable point IN
the Italian defensive line.
Quero, on the upper Piave. about
fifty miles from the coast, was taken
by the invaders, who subsequently
pushed the left flank of their line
west of the river considerable dis
tance south along that bank.
WHOLE LINE IMPERlLED.
Further west the massed offensive
movement has carried the Teutons to
Monte Tomba, some five miles south
west of Quero, and they are attacking
the front between this eminence and
the river with force which the Ital-
ians are finding it hard to cope with,
despite their most desperate efforts.
Should the Austro-Gernlan thrust
be carried much further here the en-
tire upper Piave line, from a point
near Conegliano, approximately thir-
ty-five miles from the Adriatic will
be in Teutonic possession and 1t is
difficult to see how the Italians in
this case will be able to continue their
hold on the southerly stretches OF the
river. which at present they are
bravely and successfully defending.
ITALIANS MAKE DRIVE.
In the eastern Trentino the Italians
have begun counter offensive on the
Asiago plateau, which already has
netted them gains. It is not appar-
ent as yet, however. that this move
ment has sufficient strength to consti-
tute any menace to the Austro-Ger-
mans operations further east.
ITALIANS LAUNCH ATTACK.
Rome, Nov. 19.-Italian forces have
begun an offensive on the Asiago
plateau and have occupied advanced
elements Of trenches, the war office
announces today.
Further attempts of the Ausro-Ger-
man troops to cross the Piave have
been stopped.
On the front. west of the Piave,
south of Quero, great numbers OF Aus
tro-German troops are attacking the
Monte Monfernera and Monte Tomba
lines. The statement follows:
CAPTURE 2os GERMANS.
Last night there was lively artil-
lery activity between Lake Garda and
the Astico.
ION the Asiago plateau the enemy
made violent concentrations Of fire on
our positions at Monte Tonberecar and
Monte Badenecche, without following
up with any infantry attack. Our par
ties in new offensive operations reoc-
cupied advanced elements of trenches
capturing six officers and 202 men.
South of Quero enemy forces in
great number are attacking our Monte
Monfenera and Monte Tomba lines.
PlAVE LINE FIRM.
ION the plains the vigilance of our
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-11-20
RUsE SAVES U. s. SHIP.

NSSe SN Wv ~ Ss SssssFs
An Atlantic Port, Nov. 19.
Fires kindied on the matches
Of an American freighter saved 1t
from submarine attack recently,
according to officers Of the steam
er which arrived here yesterday.
Shortly after leaving Euro
pean port, a U-boat was observed
approaching. The captain or
dered small blazes made on the
matches, using material almost
non-combustibie but which pro-
duced heavy smoke.
When the submarine came
close the steamer was stopped,
the captain told the U.boat COM
mander that he carried explosives
and that on account Of the fire he
was about to abandon ship. The
submarine Immediately departed
its commander evidently believ-
Ing an explosion was imminent.
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K RA!
five u-BOATS
SUNK IN / DAY

London, Nov. 19.-Five-
German submarines were
destroyed on Saturday.
Premier Lloyd George made
this announcement today in
the house of commons.
The premier said he had
no further fear of subma-
rines.
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sRIroNs RAID FOES LINES.

London, Nov. 19.-"In the battle
area during the night the enemy artil-
lery was more active" says today's
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AMERICAN SECTOR MORE QUIET
[By The Associated Press.1

by Inc ASSOCldteQ TTeSS.
With the American Army in
France, Nov. 1S.-(Delayed)- )-Artil-
lery fighting and patrol activities con.
tinue on the American sectors. The
infantry has not taken part in any en-
gagement and for the past few nights
the Germans have not been coming
near the American lines, apparently
having learned It is dangerous to do
so. Nothing Of special interest has
been reported from the front during
the past twenty-four hours.
PREPARE FOR WINTER.
Preparations for winter we're begun
actively today by the American
troops. Various units have been or
dered to cease drills temporarily on
account of this work. The principal
tasks are found in the towns, where
the soldiers are billeted in buildings
which are draughty and in soWe
cases damp. The weather has beeo
cold and wet for the last few weeks,
and the troops welcome the oppor.
tunity to provide for their own com.
fort. J
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ARr,lLERY JN.puEL,

\ Berlin, Nov. 19.-Artillery fghtihl
of great intensity is in progress along
the northern end Of the western front
from the coast to the Ypres sector
armv headquarters announces.
after violent waves of fire early
IN the morning the artillery activity in
Flanders was small until midday
says the statement.
with increasing visibility the fir
ing was revived in the afternoon. II
Increased to great violence in some
sectors between the coast and Bece
laere.
"On the Russo Galician and Mace
donian fronts there were no large
military operations"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-11-20
WILSON WILL MEET
TRAINMEN THURSDAY

Washington, D. c., Nov. a.
Counsel for the eastern railroads
informed the interstate commerce
commission today that In addi-
tion to the increases sought in the
pending fifteen per cent advance
rate case the roads soon would
apply for further increases Of fif-
teen per cent In class and COM
modify rates and probably for ten
cents ton increase on coal and
coke.
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CASUALTY LIST GROWS.

: :"
Washington, d. c., Nov. 19.-Gener.
III Pershing has reported to the wal
department that two men were killed
in action November 13. Three were
wounded seriously and four received
slight injuries.
SERGEANT JOHN F.. CZAJKA.
father, 1901 Twelfth avenue, Milwau.
kee, Wis.
PRIVATE STANLEY JANOy1CZ
sister Sophia Giebutovicz, East Bos-
ton.
SEVERELY WoUNDED:
PRIvATES EARL q. AURAND,
mother Emma Aurand, Harrisburg,
Pa;
FRANCIS BLEvINS. father Mack
Blevins, Eckman, w. Va.
EDWARD F. CAHILL, mother Brid-
get Cahill, Bakerton, Pa.
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED:
SERGEANT JOHN A. LOGAN,
father Charles Logan, Mount Carmel,
Pa.
PRIvATES CHESTER JOE. JOHN
SON, father Samuel Johnson, Forest
Hill, La;
PRIVATE ROBERT L. REDD,
mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Redd, Burney-
vile. Okla.
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In the eastern Trentino the Italians
have begun counter offensive on the
Asiago plateau, which already has
netted them gains. It is not appar-
ent as yet, however, that this move
ment has sufficient strength to consti-
tute any menace to the Austro-Ger-
mans operations further east
Arizona republican., 1917-07-22

direction of the conservation commis- sion. Forest Ranger Wesley Fadden is in charge. Seeing their work Miss Marion Bigelow, a young woman who has recently completed her seasons school work, said: q can plant trees just as well as they can.''
 The pay for this service is $250 a day. Miss Bigelow applied for work, and succeeding in convincing the ranger of her sincerity and ability was signed up by contract The other workers watched Miss Bigelow with interest and after the second days trial were so impressed with her work that men began bringing their wives to plan and incidentally earn s15 q week
 The women's work was up to the standard and it is likely that when next seasons planting is started there will be as many women as men to work. The women look upon this work in the nature of an outing. yet they are earnest and their work, thus far, has measured up to the mems both in speed and quality.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-22
WAYS II AVOID
 DANGERSFROM
 LOOSE WHEELS

Everyone knows that loose wheels on any vehicle should be frightened, but heretofore that job has been slow one, usually necessitating the enforced idlness of the automobile or other ve hicle for a half day or longer. And the work has always been that of a black smith, quite expensive compared with the method devised several years ago by Californian.
 This method requires the injection Of a liquid compound, called "Spoktite," into the cracks at the hubs and felloes. Anyone can do this. as the preparation comes in handy spout can
 As soon as the SpOktite is applied, 1t penetrates the wood and sWells it to it's original condition of tightness. In less than an hour after application, the wheels are as tight and solid as when new. And quite unlike any other method. this one keeps wheels tight.
 For his use Spoktite is put in what it's manufacturers term shop sizes These are three in number: Quart, half gallon and gallon cans. The gallon size contains enough Spoktite to tighten seventy wheels, the other sizes have capacities in proportion, of course.
 This product is manufactured acOrd- ing to a secret formula by the Liquid Wheel Tightener company, whose fac tory and general offices are located at Modesto, California.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-22
MACHINE GUN PTS
 MADE OF CONCRETE

The Germans, having sounded the knell of the permanent concrete fort Tess with the destruction of the de- lenses of Liege. Namur and Antwerp, have now themselves adopted the con- crete and steel construction in the field. This is observable in certain bIockhouses and pits for machine guns which form the subject of an illus trated article in the Scientific Ameri- can.
 The pits or concrete field fortressos are particularly ingenious. These con Gist of three independent, circular pits, irregularlV placed. A large suhter- raneH chamber is used for the stor- aee of ammunition from this three flights of stairs lead to the pits. Tho chamber is connected in turn with the trench system iy q long subterranean .aesage way. Each pit has domelike to9 which rises only 9 few feet above He surface of the ground. A narrow horizontal slit breast high, circum- scrihes each fortress: through this one man operates a machine gun.
 The emplaCements are of course. concealed as far as possible by brush, debris or the art of camouflage. since, once the Allies airmen locate them. they become artillery targets and are soon demolished These pits are used to a lesser extent by the Allies whose field Notifications are generally much less elaborate and permanent than those of the enemy-doubtles because the former do not anticipate remain iTg long in Statu so to sneak
Arizona republican., 1917-07-22
|S
 UP IN FRONT IN
 ENDURANCE RUN

The Stakeholder pilot car. the official trail bjaz of the now famous "On to S.. Louis" overland tour of the San Francisco Advertising club, arrived in St. Louis Sunday, only three hours be- hind schedule With the Studebaker pilot car was another Studebal CT driven by a private owner from the Golden Gate. Only one other automo- bile kept company to the Studebaker cars upon their triumphant entry into the southern metropolis, the ba dance of the caravan having droped by the wayside long bef f)-e. Tnis word has Teen received oy the Harmon MGtCr company. local agents for the Studa . baker
 A caravan of fourteen automobiles left San Francisco at S:30 o'clock the morning of May goth. carrying dele gates from the San Francisco Adver- Using club to the convention of the ad- men at St. Louis, which opened June g. A short ceremony was held at the city hall shortly before the cars started for their long trip. Mayor Rolph handed the delegates a letter to Mayor Kiel of St. Louis before officially starting the caravan. The big idea of the cross country caravan was pri- marily to boost San Francisco as the place for the 1919 convention. The delegates were well armed to put it over uccessfully-and they did.
 Chester N. Weaver, San Francisco
Arizona republican., 1917-07-22
2OO MILLION bU. WHEAT, OUR NED

Americas and Canada g task in feed ing the Allies this coming year has re- duced itself to a problem of fairly sim pie proportions. The latest available figures on the wheat supply are eX tremely Illuminating. Roughly, we have or can plan upon one billion bushels of wheat this crop season. Bad weather may somewhat lower that figure, of course. but the conservative estimate, allowing a little for the un- expected, comes approximately to that The amount is totaled thus: Carry Over 100000. 900: United States crop, $50, 005, 900; Canada's crop. 2500 900.
 Now by rigidly enforcing economy it may be possible for North America to get along by itself on something like 55G, ,000, 900, although that will mean "privation loaf" Furthermore, 90,000,- GOO must be saved for seed, and fully 50,000,000 for a safe "carryOver" We can, then, export something in eX- cess of 300, 900, 900 of bushels, from which we must deduct certain amount for inevitable losses by submarines
 Let us be optimistic and suppose that we are successful in landing the full 0.000.000 in France and England and Italy. Practically all other sources of supply are cut off from the Allies ex- cept North America-Russia and Ru- mania because of military conditions, not to speak of internal disorganiza- tion; British India and Australia be- cause of the shortage of tonnage which makes the Tong haul" impractical; South America because of bad crops that have caused her surplus to vanish. The burden then falls on this 300. .000,- 900 of our own. But France and Eng land and Italy, even pairing down their consumption to the lowest possible level, need at least 500,0O0,0O0 of bush els of bread grains over and above their own production. In other words, we may be able to supply then with 60 per cent of what they must have Where is the other 40 per cent com- ing from? That is the problem which confronts Mr. Hoover and the food ad- ministratiOn board, and it will be in capable of solution without the patri- otic cooperation of every citizen of the country.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-22

At the first sound of the bomb ev- plosions, which the English have come to know so well, men and women lie flat on the ground. This reduces the casualties from flying steel, timbers and bricks when bombs find their marks and explode. And the after math of an air raid is both sad and funny.
 When German airplanes began bombing Folkestone some days ago. a theatrical manager producing a musi- cal show had his beauty chorus lined up to rehearse big number" The sound of bombs sent the girls into a panic. With their skirts pinned above their knees they fought to get out the single stage exit. The manager blocked the door. lined them up and marched them out to the lawn of a public square.
 Lie flat on the grass he ordered. keep calm Never mind your dresses. II you're going to be hit by a bomb you can't dodge it, but the bricks won't find you out here.'
 The girls obeyed while explosives crashed around them. The show had no casualties, though bombs tore up nearby streets.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-22

charge of the Studebaker pilot car, says the roads for nearly the entire distance were next to impossible Yer itable seas of mud were encountered from Lovelocks Nevada. to Fort Bridger, Wyo and. for that matter, practically all the way into St. Louis. with hail and rain storms en route to add to the discomfort of the intrepid Californians
 At the Utah boundary 400 automo- piles and Governor Bamberger re- ceived the caravan escorting it tito ogden. At Salt Lake City many of the cars were in a sorry plight and were shipped on to Denver by freight The two Studebaker cars, however, kept gamely to the task before them, continued to blow their way overland.