Piqua Daily Press (Newspaper) - September 10, 1917, Piqua, Ohio AS HIGH AS THEY CAN Attorneys for the farmers of cer county who claim crop damage against the state of Ohio due to the overflowing Grand in the summer of have carried the to the Supreme Court of the United States at Washington AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION AND SPECIAL WmE SERVICE Evidence Increases To Show That Dan Cupid Originated The Installment Plan Of Furnishing The Home BIG KANSAS order freight ing clerks of souri It Pacific to quit work today general order lor Fair and cool PIQUA OHIO MONDAY SEPTEMBER 10 1917 VOL H NO AS GERMANS BY FRENCH IN VERDUN SECTOR LONDON Sept Verdun I pulse Likewise says Berlin strong is the scene of heavy British reconnaissances souith of La fighting with the Germans trying to recoup their losses of the end of last week on the right bank of the Meuso but with the holding them back almost everywhere Over a front of nearly two miles the Germans following unsuccessful attacks Saturday night in the sector of the Bois des Fosses and the Bois des returned to the fray with renewed vigor especially around Hill 304 At some points French trenches were by the Germans but these they later were driven out and the French line was entirely In the around the Bois des Fosses the Germans left nearly 000 dead on the ground before the French positions At various points on the front held by Field Marshal Haig the Brit- ish have delivered successful attacks especially northwest of St Quentin where German positions on a of several hundred yards were captured and prisoners In landers the British guns are slil roaring in the mighty that has in progress more than a fortnight but as yet the infantry has not been loosed for the ing dash into enemy territory The Berlin war office reports tha northeast of St Julien the British an attack but met with re Bassee canal and along the Scarpe iver were without success There nas Decn a considerable the German advance in northern Russia due in large ure to the Russians stands at several points particularly on rent of the railroad line ing eastward from Riga Here the vanguards of the Germans and sian cavalry are engaged in fighting the result being that the invaders are hold back while the Russians are parng defenses in which to make a stand On the upper reaches the Aa river the Germans have thrown toon bridges across the waterway are gathering their onslaught Concentrations of mans also nave in the regions of and Dvinsk indicating that Prince Bavaria purposes an extensive operation against the Russians in this region On the end of the line in mania the Russians and Roumanians continue to hold the Austrians and Germans for no gains ing violent attacks when been preceded by heavy artillery fire Although terrific storms have en over the front the Heavy battle for Monte San Gabriels continues unabated with the violently attacking but witn trians still maintaining the position On the Carso plateau the battle has again lessened in only duels and patrol actions taking place ENORMOUS WAR TAX IS EXPECTED TO BE PASSED WASHINGTON Sept of three brief dispatches made public by the state department revealed another case of German intrigue this time directed against Argentina and involving the Swedish foreign officers in an apparent grave breach STATE WAR BOARD SAYS THIS TODAY COLUMBUS Sept bit WASHINGTON Sept senate is expected to pass the war tax late today Several further changes are ex- Strong fights will be made on the consumption taxes on sugar tea coffee and cocoa the 3 per cent on freight transportation the mail rate increases posed repeal of the sugar draw back and the provisions taxing cor- Up to How Argentina will receive tho j of people back home insult on her diplo- soldier in the field are YOU can do to win the war is to undivided surplus 10 per KEEP WELL Military efficiency rests on health matic victory Germany and apply it to not to joint the United Stages In the war or even to sever diplomatic relations is the subject of a good deal of con- of neutrality and diplomatic j Undoubtedly public They were messages to j ion in Argentina go far toward determining her action and not been time yet for it to lin from Count the German charge at Buenos Ayres forwarded by the Swedish legation there as its own communications Besides ad- To Sweden however the United vising that no concessions be j States and for ed Argentina in submarine action which will purge the they that tke government South American country's ships be of of knowingly having been Germany's tool m sunk without leaving official and gave information as to the ing and of certain vessels i any en- State department officials continue I on that KEEN DISAPPOINTMENT IS AT CONDITION OF CONSCRIPTS Sept disappointment in the condition of drafted men who have reached Gamp Sherman from various parts of the state intended to become a part of Ohio's quota Cor the new draft army expressed ters of Major General Glenn On reports from army who have already studied examination is blamed ever for existing conditions Volunteers are now being enlisted in here and ber already have been accepted most of them expressing ence for the national army to the national guard or the regular army Definite announcement was made from General Glenn's headquarters several hundred men it has been a place will be provided at that from 7 to 10 per cent of those sent on as physically fit by local draft boards may be sent home and their alternates summoned for service Much officials here today that men with serious bodily defects have been passed to the camp Haste and surprise was expressed by Camp Sherman where soldiers may meet and entertain who come to visit them This place of meeting in all probability will take the form of a club for enlisted men built and supervised by the training camp activities tion the Red Cross welfare ment equally responsible their policy of absolute silence re- j gar ding the exposure but it is plain they deplore any attempt to color the incident as forecasting a diplomatic break between the United States and Sweden No such development is even thought of at At the present it is wholly a ter between Argentina Sweden and Germany with the United States her allies and the rest of the world interested onlookers eager know how the most remarkable train of events will be explained or the three governments j Germany's probable action is more or less Anxious to re- tain the friendship of the few tions have not gone to war with her it is expected that amends will be offered to Argentina for the German charge's references to the foreign minister as a notorious and that Argentine ships be destroyed leaving any trace This might take the form of recall and a repudiation of his action the guilt was personal to some ular officials or that den's legation upon by Luxburg and supposed that at the worst it was lending the inviolability of its diplomatic privileges to an at- tempt to peace rather to recommendations that Argentine ships and seamen destroyed out leaving any trace Officials and diplomats entertain possibility have trans- mittei knowing needed seven men at home to feed him to keep him clothed and to ply him with munitions and ment Uncle Sam requires right living and his We must require at home Workers the same as ers must be fit You can add fifteen years to your life by right living Or you can lop it off by Disease germs have no better friends than those who sleep with their windows closed who tolerate bad food bad air decayed teeth alcoholism and the other average health means personal fulness either -in peace or war Agitation for a general discussion of peace after passage of the tax apparently has subsided None of the senators who have planned to discuss peace ar- ready Senator La is undecided when he will call up his resolution proposing a statement of American peace terms The president's reply to the pope's peace note has dissipated interest in peace debates Senate action is during the week on bills to curb I W W and other activities interfering with the conduct of the war The adjournment fever is in the air with general acquiescence in a YOUNGSTOWN Ohio Sept 10 James a former sheriff of tlie German word they were of tions to Argentina i comes the ex- planation officials and diplomats here are their that Sweden must disavow or responsibility and take steps to show her This may be difficult because of the internal in the circles because of the fact Sweden militarily a weak nation at the mercy of Germany at her ders and also because Sweden maj to adopt one course while many may wish her to take another is in the city a stab wound in the abdomen ed early Sunday morning at Southern park Friends brought him to the hospital in an automobile In talents of consciousness Thomas re- fuses to talk about the stabbing No arrests have been made speeding up endeavoring to reconcile desire at the capitol White House to close the month with the president's program with the and sailors ance as the principal stumbling block v Aside from the War tax the chief features of the program before congress The war credits deficiency the and the administration trading with the enemy While the is in con- ference the senate hopes pass the trading with the war credits bly within a leavine the insurance measure thet moth as the final features Senate endeavoring to secure agreement of leaders to postpone enactment ol the insurance until December on the theory that any American diers will be actually in the trenches by that time FOREIGN TRADE TOO TREMENDOUS superficial examinations rather than PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGE OF COMFORT TO THE ENEMY MIAMISBURG Sept Brenner 60 a farmer of burg was arraigned before the eral authorities Saturday night and pleaded not guilty to a charge of making and conveying false ments and reports with intent to in- with the naval and military operation of the United States and promote the success of its enemies Brenner said he would help defend the from invasion but was troops water ito fight ENORMOUS SUM OF MONEY BEING Metcalfe 9 years old daughter of the injured woman The machine was being driven by Mr Clemmons The party had been out for the afternoon and calfe and her daughter were being taken to home Just as the machine reached the crossing the Pennsylvania flyer approached fort on the of Clemmons to re- verse back off proved ing FAST TRAIN HURLS FROM TRACK NEAR CINCINNATI SUNDAY The greatest inspirational and exposition to be held in the world this industrial or be Dairy Show to be held in Ohio October IS to 7 inclusive This show has grown to portions in the last six years that it j requires an equal number of ings or more than to house the state fair given in the United The Ohio State Fair grounds has over of buildings all of are to be used in their entirety for the al Dairy show A coliseum costing and said to finest most and beautiful building of its kind in America will be dedicated for the National Dairy show Over half a million dollars are be- ing spent by Ohio to B AND 0 PLACES OTHER m SHOULD BEAR THEM SOLITUDE Sept tor expressed the belief day that the coal profiteers are ing to stir up strife and ment by circulating tho report in Ohio that priority order No 1 sued by Judge Robert S Lovett of the Ohio State Fair grounds in the Council of Rational Defense j greatest CINCINNATI Sept escaped death narrowly Sunday evening when an vania passenger train crashed into an automobile at avenue crossing in Linwood Mrs Catherine years old 5 Gardner place Linwood was thrown from the machine 30 or 40 feet against a telegraph pole and concussion of the brain cation of her right knee and ugly gashes back of her ear and on her head She may not recover Five other occupants of the chine were bruised slightly but injured otherwise They were Mr and Mrs B 5281 Miam avenue Mrs Mary Lovel and son William same address and Thelm have the effect to cut off the supply of Ohio industrial plants and public utilities and force them There never was any tangible basis for this said Senator and yet it has been far and wide until there is now almost a panic in certain tions of Ohio based on a fear all industrial activities will have to suspend Of course no plant will have to suspend for want of coal and it was never intended that the order should have the effect to stop or even to cripple industrial establishments anywhere It is very evident to my mind that these rumors are being circulated for a purpose and I be- lieve that it a few coal profiteers were sent to the penitentiary It would have a wholesome effect on the situation of all National Dairy shows Every foot of space in all the the of the National gians and Clydesdales will be shown by the leading breeders The prize list is almost as extensive as that of the International A nightly horse fair will be given in the new coliseum The management expects to make this the greatest horse fair in America Horses that are profitable for the farmer to produce will be exhibited showing them in active use Hunters junipers polo ponies cavalry lice heavy harness and de- livery horses will also be shown every night of the nine nights of the show There will also be 6 8 and 12 horse hitches Cattle parades and calf frolics will be nightly tures The whole will be ly patriotic in every respect The outstanding thought of this show is the potentiality of the dairy industry of its responsibility of ing the people of the We in this country may not ize the war is hearts may not be in unison with the people of the Central Powers of seeing their children die from lack of Notice has been received in this city to the effect that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company has placed an embargo on all local coal shipments north of Dayton Dayton is said has handled 45 cars of coal a day for some time time and a like quantity is given as the capacity of the Toledo from shipments The report was also re the action of the road has caused the Ohio Public Utilities commission to appea to the National Council Defens for a modification of its order with regard to priority of shipments tc the Great Lakes Columbus dispatches hint that th Utilities commission is inclined t blame the National Defense for conditions because the nations body is claimed to have failed to take cognizance of local conditions WASHINGTON Sept ports merchandise for July 1917 were valued a de- crease of compared with June the high record month but a gain of over July 1916 according to figures by the Burean Foreign Ddr Commerce of Commerce The imports for seven months ending 1917 against n 1916 Free imports in July 1917 -ere and dutiable im- For the seven months ending July 1917 the free imports were and he dutiable were entered free of duty in July amounted to 70 per cent of the total and in the seven months to 1 per cent For 12 months ending July 1917 the imports to against 000 in 1914 Exports of merchandise in July 1917 reached the lowest record since o February 1916 For of Xf July the exports of amounted to against in June 1917 and seven months ports amounted to against in total exporter for- ing July 1917 were at 2 2 0 00 the period against in 1914y the twelve months preceding the breaking out of war Imports of gold in July 1917 and in the seven months ending and -in the seven months ending July 19 Imports of gold were and exports in the 12 months ending July 1917 an excess of in j WHAT FALL OF RIGA MEANS TO the greatest optimist can to Smolensk and Tsaritsyn HOOSIER GOVERNOR IS RELIEVED TO BE FATALLY ILL Dairy show Dairy and creamery machinery farm and barn equipment active manufacturing exhibits dis- plays of tractors trucks and sure cars feed and forage exhibits will of the feet of space The United States department of agriculture through its dairy sion will have a very comprehensive display showing the facture of by-products of the dairy This exhibit will occupy half of one of the large buildings on the grounds The bo filled to over- flowing with over 1500 tives of the herds of Jerseys Guernseys Holsteins and Brown Swiss The heavy draft horse represented if we could see our own people fering as those of Europe then this thought would be brought home to us Twenty-six per cent oC the dairy cows of the country have gone to the slaughter in the last seven This certainly augurs ill for our ture Milk Vill become a luxury unless are to stop the sending our dairy cows to the slaughter house The mission of the National Dairy show to be held in Columbus Octo- ber 18 to 27 is to bring together the men and women of the dairy world and impress on them that a saving of our dairy herds today means the safeguarding and preservation the of children INDIANAPOLIS Ind Sept Governor Goodrich who has been ill of.typhoid fever for three weeks took sudden turn for the worse last night His condition is very The next 24 hours are ed to determine the outcome of his case He has been in an scious for several days governor suffered a Sunday afternoon His phy Drs Hunt and Sowders who were in constant attendance through out the day and night still are hope ful of his recovery although con ceding that his condition is most critical The governor's temperature day afternoon was near 105 degrees but it had dropped one degree last night fail to realize the seriousness of the blow to Russian arms in the fall of the Baltic seaport of Riga says a bulletin issued by the National Geo- graphic society With an import and export trade totalling two years be- fore outbreak of the world war Riga became the third seaport of the Russian empire and the second ort of the Baltic being surpassed in volume of by Petrograd The city is divided in to several The old town has narrow winding streets while suburbs are veil and modern The principal parts of the city are situated on the right or east bank of the river Dvina while the suburb is on the left bank The two banks are by a long floating bridge which Is removed during the four months of the year When the river is frozen over Riga is situated ten miles above the mbuth of the Dvina and is 363 miles by rail southwest of grad Vessels of light draft reach the city proper by means of a canal but the chief harbor is on the shores of the Baltic The importance of Riga as a sea port is due in large measure to the fact that by means of the Dvina and bisecting the empire Riga is a great store house for sian wheat oats and hemp items constitute ion of the city's exports also he chief port for the vast timber products of the province of Flaxseed eggs hides and skins are here in great quantities The chief articles of import are cotton goods coat and j The shipping industry did not con- Riga's sole activity before the war however Its manufactured products included machinery leather railway cars candles and glass amounting in value to annually The growth of Riga during the last 35 years has been phenomenal In its was day it has more than half a million Of this number 47 per cent mans 23 cent Letts and only cent are It is not hard to imagine therefore how has been the problem ot the citizens loyal to the new republic during the last few months It fs also worthy of note that the Germans of Riga are on the whole of the most prosperous merchant class together with a considerable number of the Prussian aristocracy The Letts are an Indo-European people about numerous canals it is connected by water with the basins of the Volga which flows Info the Caspian and the which enters the Black Sea Thus practically the whole southern central and western European sia can find an outlet into Baltic through this port In addition to the Mrs Goodrich and her son are cheap water transportation a with the governor road runs across Russia from Riga in number dwelling In the western provinces Russia and northeastern Poland and Prussia tle is known of their nor ia it known when they migrated to their present At the time of Its fall Riga the capital of the province ot and the seat ot the of the Baltic
