Licking Valley courier., 1917-10-04

days for the sinking Of the Peruvian
bark LOrtOn in Spanish waters last
February.
The people of Argentina have been
stirred to increased Indignation by
the serious strikes of railroad men
and other workers, which have been
accompanied by much violence and de-
structiOn of property. These strikes
are admittedly fOmented and financial
ly supported by Germans.
Haig Resumes His Offensive.
Having spent the first part of the
week In consolidating his gains and
beating off the desperate cOunter-at-
tacks of the Germans, Field Marshal
Haig on Wednesday resumed his Of
fensive In Flanders in the Ypres re-
gion. In u few hours his men had
occupied ground to depth of more
than 1000 yards along most of the
front involved, and were In posses
sion of the Tower Hamlets ridge, were
beyond the bloody Polygon wood, and
had taken most Of Zonnebeke, the vii
lage from which they We're driven in
April. 1913. The Germans made tre-
mendously strong counter-attacks dur
Ing the afternoon and evening. hut In
vain. The results of the offensive, at
the date of writing, are pronounced
most satisfactory.
Very heavy losses We're incurred by
the crown prince In futile attacks on
the French along the Chemln des
Danes and north OF Vcrdun.
Four air raids In two days were
made ON England by the Germans and
about score Of persons were killed.
Both airplaneS and Ieppelins took part
Ia these raids and aerial torpedOes
were used. The chief result was
renewed demand by the British press
for repriSas. In several bombing ex-
peditions the allied airmen did great
damage to German establishments In
Belgium. Monday night the German
aviatOrs clevcrly bombed French
camp Of German prisoners. killing two
and woundIng II. They probably
Thought II was n hospital.
Steel Prices Heavily Reduced.
Ey Il voluntary agreement made by
steel producers with the war indus
: tries board and approved by the presi-
| dent, a scale of quotations was estab'
lished that reduces prices of steel by
about one-half These, according to
Elbert II. Gary, are fair and reason.
able, though far below the eXpecta-
tions of the manufacturers. The pri-
Ority committee of the war industries
board issued an order that In all cases
preference IN orders for iron and steel
and their products he given to con
Germs turning out materials actually
necessary for the wars conduct Man
urncturerS Of articles clnssed MS lux.
urieS are the first to feel the effects
OF this order.
The federal labor trouble medintOrS
are n busy lot of men these days, NC
sooner was the big strike of iron work
ers ut san Francisco settled than the
lake scnmrn voted 10 strike, and next
the swltchmcn OF the Elgin, Joliet \
Eastern suddenly quit, cripplipg the
mills or the United States Steel cor
pomlon at South Chicago and Gary
Also, mnchinstS employed by the gov
ernmcnt In navy yards and arsenal'
made new demands for more pay nnt
the hituminouS coal operators and min
ers could not agree on wages. II wa
u relief tn learn that the lnternatlOna
brotherhood Of Leather Workers de
tcrmmed to prevent all strikes In ii
ranks during the war
For Second Liberty Loan.
All preparations were completed las
! week for the campaign TO float the sec
ond Liberty loan. The bonds, whiCl
viii, bear per cent interest, viii h
l advertised by posters, by every post
I MASTER railroad, express and TELEGRAPH
I I manager aud every Schoolteucher.
= letter win be sent TO every furmsr II
u the country and Speclul mlsslve vii
Il 20 tn II selected list of n milliol
I wealthy ugriculturalists, They will b
g urged to invest us much Of the pre-
= cceds Of their harvest MS possible L
u the Liberty bonds, Window cards
mailing StlckcrS aud automobile stick
J. rrs will be distributed by the mi
: llnnA
r The senate passed the SS,000,0O0,00
Il war deficiency hill, and the house an
Il senate conferees completed their wor
II on the great war tax bill.