Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 107, Lebanon, Boone County, 31 January 1917 — Page 1

, ... . v , j , ; . ! fa Know tonight fol T -.. " - " i' i ,.-.;..' V- '"1 ..-.-. ...I. ..-... - - ' - ' ' ' - - f NV rilU . " 1 - " - ' ' ' ' '' ' ' ' " ' - ' ' ' . ' t VOLUME 5. ' LEBANON, INDIANA WCBAfcSBAY, JANUARY 31, 1S17, . . NO. 107.

in? in iD A PLOT I KILL Around the Edges of the Indiana General Assembly phi ran SILL JL JL 7. PREFAHES FOR TRIP KIH i .. .

An Unrestricted War On Sea Is The German Threat

Notice Served On

the Teutons Today Hopes United States Will Warn Americans

v. DKRl.I.V. January day served nolle? fctntes that because open peace negoti:v lira, it Would open an f ?'nilcd fnhire to' the stfart on the sea. The c'.ernun !! stntf.i that it is ho;.! tlif Ai'.'ri. government will warn American shi from entering the danger tone tli are specified in an appendix to ti note and also hopes the United Stat will warn a!! Ampnuns aain traveling: on ships to port in the h.i red zones or shipping American (r " on vessels tc 'vl ports. ADVANCE ON THE Admission Of Gain is Made By the German War Office. TEUTONS CAPTURE RUSSIAN POSITION success Claimed on Northern End of Eastern Front Fighting on West Front. iBn tlf lnhrntim'il Yuri Krrrlrc! BERLIN, via Sayville wireless, Jan uary 31. The admission of a Russian gain on the Roumanian front wa made by the war office today. The text followi: Army group of Archduke Joseph After violent artillery firfl the Rusnnnn attacked our por.itionp cvc "a! 'inies south of the Putna valley road. two strong attwiu failed bitt in toe third assault a fjetarhment of the en emy succeeded in entering ne of our poinut of support. Army group of Field Marhul von Mackenson NeMf the Panube strone ostile. reconnoitering iietHchmens that were advancing were rtpul ed by I'urkish outposts." The capture of a Russian position on the northern end of the eastern runt, along with 91 1 Russians, H of them offlxn and 15 machine guns was innounced by the German war oT!r he ftwault v.'a-i made on the e'i t. em bank of the river where a forest position of the Russians was taken by torm. Several powerful counter at tacks were repulsed by the Herman ;. After a long lull there was n thun derclap of lighting in the Vosites mountains last niht. The Gcrmin ar office repi.rtwl today that the French attacked part of the German positions near Lemtrey, on the f'onier of Loraine, but that the assault 'Va repulsed. The attack was made ifter a violent bombardment whi h ailed from noon until sunset. On other parts of the wesU rn front -ever frosts and snowstorms limited (he fighting activity. ALASKAN BLIZZARD. U Sweeping Actou the West 16 lie. frees Below at Medicine Hat. Iff Ihr InUrnolituBl .Vcirs Kernel , CHICAGO, January 31. Rlsrht out ? II. heart of ice-bound Alaska s hlinard, the wr.rat sine 1885, is sweep ins across the west today on its way to Chicago. Already It has towered Jie counfy as far east as nontn K'vta wit!i a hesy mantl of snow, driven befora northwest wind that is sending temperatures far below wi. The r.-curv stood at ! it. rees b!onr tira t Medw ine ilat to-

the United States By

CU'FD SFVs TIO. f'"rmn3r' Threat Strains Relation W'lh ' " S- I,reK'nR Pnt. Iff- Hir t1rrttut.Hti1 Ye,r Kcrrir. WASHINGTON. I. C, January ".1. - (.emany' announced intention of i.nrr -UrirT-:i war on the .-eas, cau.-ed a sensation in Washington. The outcome of th" entire proeeeduro is ci.lcdl, uncertain. The United States' position has been stated and if Germany puts its threat into operation, it probably means an open break with the l.'iteil States, the outcome of which i niohletnatienl. day and 4(1 hcl.v.v all over the fanadian northwest. .Some of the below zero temperatures recotded Wednesiluy morning were as fellows: Harve, Mont., W below; Helena, .Mont., Zfi; Yellowstone F'ark, Wjo.. 12: Sheridan. yn.. M; linpid City, H. f., 'JO; Valentine, Neb.. IS; Moorehead. Minn, in. A storm of marked intensity waff centered Wednesday over MiMouri ana moving rapicliy eastward; it has already been attended by snow in the llrLake region and tne upp. -r Mixover the pla states and the Uoekv "The cold wave that follows this iSorm will oversoread the middle west and southwest tonight and Thursday and the eastern and southern states by Thursday night and Friday and it will be severe and prolonged tn nearly all districts east of the Hocky Mountains." "TIME OF THE "LEAK." k-6rtte!r K.ahiihd Today in (mi fixation HrariiiK. f. frV fnttritnUotint Sctr HtrrU-r KW YORK, January 31. The timp of ihe now fomoui "leak" of Prpidfnt Wilson's p"are pte wa.s definitely etuh!Uhid itxluy as between 12:-r8 and l.M oVI'vk on the afUrnoon of lU'Cvmbrr 20. In tho Ti'i mmuifs Mmnofi? li'.rJ off Wail rtrl and g-t cia.hf the "trv'et" hna m-f-n in Steady hammrin(r by Shrnian I.. Wfaipil roun.ol to he vov.nnu,nal con'.mitt' hich ifl inv .tijatr.(f this leak, broufcht ihta out at tuday'j hearing . V.. K HutU-n. a youthful broker, wiio a'imitt-! hi firm received informatifm I from Waihington Hftlare! h' rrwic VSIWi ,y sxWii.g ".nhort" in the hivtir t'ays betA-een IM-ember 12 and 2.'i. Tre j tir.-t mfurnu'ttion conrorninf the pir.-i-I HentV pare move that hi office re- ! notly I- Co. at Washington, of whifh I R. W. Boiling, brother-in-law of IV !- ((ent WiKon in a partner . ChfnM Panut Industry Growing. Orrwth of htmntiifl tn Ctilim tun tnrrpHtiit enoriiinimiy, tliic In mrt t the dlsovMry uf the io.hl utllUnii'm of pfunut oil In inunutitcturtriK dour a" a KutiMtftute fr olive oil, unt for vartoun rulliiary porjN., and of tti Dut It-m-lf. aftfr hukirtK. Hi m aiibflnire for ofTte, f..r iiiltlutf with ttiol;ite unl own, iUi'1 av ttn Ink'' 'li-T(t ift bi.tfint-in.iktnff.

A Lebanon Woman Appeals For Support for Prohi Bill

. t!"iol t't lelrttttnn Unity Airier I l.NDiAN'.U'OI.IS, ln.L, January 81. "This is one of the finest letters I have received," said .Senator Ncgley, ft Marion county today, when ha read a letter from Lebanon woman asking him to rot "dry", This ho will ao. The letter follows: Dear Senator: I hava a can in Indananolis In tha sntooo business and htf la tie only on In 'i f . . - fs'---arr-ri.tr"' -' i

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i Three Women and a Man Are Tlaced Under Arrest. DENY KNOWLEDGE OF CHARGE MADE Arraigned in Court Today and Hearing Adjourned to Saturday Arrests and Charge Cause a Sensation. i n LONDON, January .11. A plot to murder Premier Lloyd-George, the "strong man of England," has been discovered, uccording to the Dily Sketch today. At least four persons have been arrested. Three of the prisoners w.re arraigned in Derby police court this morning. They denied any knowledge of the charge. They refused is make any comment. The women, all of whom are said to he suffragette, gave the names of Mrs. Alice Whodd.in, Harriet Wheddon and -Mis. Winifred Mason. Mrn. Alice Wheddnn is the mother of the other two women and : 00 year of aie. The mnn Alfred George Mason is the hushard of one of the daughters of Mrs. Wheddon. The four were charged w ith conspirj t) murder premier l.loyd-tie' !,, Harthur Henderson, members of the hou.-.e of commons and of the war council. After formal evidence conctrning the arrest haJ be?n giv n, tli hi tn ' g u adjniiincu un:il Satur ,uay. Man Is Chemist. The rrian who is suid to be a conscientious objector to military ser-icr is an ex'ert rhemirt aJid the husband o' Mrs. Winifrod Matron. The mt-n and two of the women vire am- ted by Scot laid Yard dettrtives at Derby. The othor woman wua arrcritetl at Southampton. The first intimatitm of the conspiracy to Ho away with the British premier waa given by ti e Daily Mail today whf-n it reported the urre.it of person a a "ronspiracy charge of a inont reiTinrkable charactt-r." The I)aily Mail, evidently knowing the inside facts of the caa, said the hearing "would attrai't the widest public mferest." Suffrage Call. A delegation of aufrVagettes railed on Prmir Mnyd-Jeorge at his official rt.-Mtpnee in Downing htrpet esterday. They exren?ed their determination to picket the hou.-.c until the pre mier consented to receive thm. TiVy were IV'lipved to be of the pccifist faction of the itutfrage movement which ha. leen carrying on a strong propaganda for nom time. The elevation of IJoyd-Georpe occurred on December 2'Kh. Irnmediatt'ly afterwards the new prime minister became ill and it wa about a wr k before ho waH able to appear in (.jHtKfiient While he wa hailed as tne man of the hour and the "savior of Fnglund," IJoyd-fieorge inaurre! the bitterv.t enmity of pacifist faction for hie diss ic methodi.. Naturally of a rh"T'0"iytic nature and used to hostile tf i on trations in his bmg po!itical ia:f, the t.rernier di dained any unu-v:! precautiona to guarr) him. BANK FAILS AT SKATTLK. SKATTLK. Wnvh., January 31.The German-American Mercantile Bark went int the h-indi of the stuttj bank examiner here today, following a heavy run. am anxious for tha state to go dry so that he may Ho something eiaa for a livelihood Lebanon has been so much nicer to live in sine it haa barn a dry town that I am aura Indianapolis would be doubly so. I am business woman, having held my prwwmt position twnty yean, ami I know from figures ths business of this t-'tjr has 1kwi much bties than when i rC tawn. v ' ..

Actively .Engaged in Planning For Jonrnej" t Hoonier Home Station.

(( l 7slrnsilrt iH Ifeic Merrlre.) HEADQUARTEM, isFXOND INDIANA INFANTRi", LLANO GRANDK, Tex., (written January 25.) At last the Secoi d Infantry is gvv ing home. And t!ii time it is no "snow." The order arc in camp and both officers and enlisted men are working from revei le until sometime after taps making y eparntion for the trip back to Ft. Ha.rison, there to be rmistet-ed out. Kver since last St itember when the fust troop liain pa cd through Llano Grande with the 71 t New York Infantry on board hor "ward bound, has the Second Indiana nf-antry been expecting orders to return north. Until then, they hud thr Jght little of going home. Must ol the soldiers had not the slightest iiki of really why they were on the Mexican bonier. Tlioy joine.1 the colors last June when President Wilson called for troops, willing to do their "bit" in the service. However, whpn they saw other state troops going hack to their home stations, they realized that there was to he no intervention in Mexico and that it would be only a tntter of time until they, too, would be sent back to F't. Harrison. In some camps along the border, the men became so discontented, together with a laxit-' of discipline, that there was rr jtiny, threats to stack arms and ' rouml-ribins" circulated. There was nothing of this in the Second infantry. They knew that there were yet thousands of men on the border wanting to go home as badly as they did. And they were sportsmen enough to await their turn and then bring credit to their regiment. It was about two veeks ago that the first inkling of a troop movement reached camp Llano Grande. A Brownsville super -ame out in big l.-n.Hmes that all fV trwps on the border would be at their home stations by March 1. Tht was indeed some "snow." (I dor.t know why, but all rumors about orders are termed "snow.") In fact, I don't think any of the men believed it. Of course they wanted to, but it sounded queer. A few days later the Nebraska Signal Corp got a wire from the Interna tional News Service that la.QOU or 'iU.OOO troops were to leave the border at once. That started some of the men to thinking. The Second Infan try had been on the border as long as any of the guardsmen and it seemed as if it were their turn. Some of the 'ellows grew optimistic and soon the whole camp was alive with the news that the Second Indiana was going home. Every day brought new rumors. They came from everywhere. A kitchen police at the officers' mess overheard a conversation wherein the officers were discussing the movement. A sergeant heard down at the corrai thet all the mules wre to be turned in. Someone at camp headquarters reported that lJ"neral Iwla had re ceived a tclrphoii mensage from Hrownsville, that the brigade headluarters and the second infantry were nc luded in the orders. F'inally tlie offi cial .'tatcmeiit was made, January 24. Fiverywhore arounil the camp you see preparation for the trip home. Along the company streota you see men washing clothing and equipment and collecting boxes in which to ship their accumulations of the last seven months. Some of the men are wondering hw they are going to get some of their animals oack to Indiana. There is quite a menagerie in the regiment. Of course, there won't be any live rattlesnakes but I expect that several jeopard rati., royotea, homed toads, lir-irds snd wild bogs will go back with the boys. The Second Indiana Infantry is regarded as one of the best regiments on the border. They have taken an active part in some big maneuvers and have been reviewed by some of the highest officers in the army. Of course most of the boys are mighty anxious to get back into civil life, but I do not believe that any of them regret doing their "bit" on the border. (The Second Indiana and the transport-Marion ambulance company are scheduled to leave Llnno Granite for Ft. Harrison February 1.) SHOT THREE CHILDREN AHEMPTS SOiCIDE NEW YORK. January 1 Bmudlna over tha deatn of his wtfa, fnarlwi Tnf, a waits-, ifcot hi tki s--sl! !in tisv and then atterrefeil to h ; ' i f -j a h-i-, i n i.t

fly ffte fnleriisffcsl ,Vers ritce.) INDIANAPOLIS, In., January 31. The Prohibition bill may be voted on in the senate Thursday. If it passes, an now seems likely, credit will go to the best organized lobby the suite hns ever seen. This lobby, openly maintained by the united dry forces of the state, won its first victory when it made the prohibition fight a non-partisan itsue. Its second battle in the house was easily won. Its third and last buttle is in the senate. It ir. understood that Governor Goodrich will not only sign a prohibition nill with pleasure, but will not hesitatt! to express his) personal conviction to aay legislator. Yesterday Stnator Kniith, of Lai oit anJ Starke counties announced he wouid vote for prohibition, oecauoe the sentiment of hia district apparently was for, prohibition. He hnd waited, he as id, until the people of his district told him where they stood. The same pressure is being brought upon senat

ors from every doubtful district

One Senator who is being sub- j the plan to abolish his bureau, assertjeetcd to pressure is William Kngiuli, I ing that it makes for uniformity in

of Indianapolis, representing Mali Hendricks and Hamilton count1 Both Hendricks and Hamilton counties are "dry" and the people of these districts are demanding that he ite "dry." Fidward E. Neal. editor of the Noblesville Ledger, the bigifest paper in Hamilton county, voiced the sentiment of his county when he printed an editorial signed "The People of

Hamilton County," demanding that j tain today. English take his stand with prohibi-1 tion. The Legislative Council of Women. in charge of the fight for wom in sutfThe absent voter's bill, which passed , rage In Indiana, will not give up withthe house late yesterday, was inspired , out a fight, although the curds apby the fact that M.OOO national j parently are dinning aguinst them, guards? , mm Indiana, who were; Thry are sure of getting the hill inserving ha Texas bonier, were dis-. to the open, and the senate and house franchised at the last election. The , both will vote on it. The bill does n.H bill, w hich proLnhly will nass the sen- i stand a good chance of passage in the ate, is designed to aHow any voter, t senate, and it is becoming doubtful if having duly registered, to vote if by ! the' house which is almost radical, will reason of the nature of his business, j pass it. Chairman Vesey, of Judiciary illness, or any other u ve' ieiA committee, is Rgamst the bill, but cause, he is prevented from ui. a I -pite the fact that many statements present at his voting place on the ilny 1 credited to him have been published

of f. primary, special or regtilnr elect,on. " Application for absent voter's blanks shall be msde to the clerk of the circuit court, "hall be filled out and signed by the applicant, properly FRENCH SHIP SUNK 141 Admiral Magnnn, Enroute to Sa loniks Torpedoed by German Subuea. iiv fli. sfrrsrt'i'mi .Vfir. rrr(ei PARIS, January .'!!. The French nsport Admiral Mugr.sn was tor - pedoed and sunk on January 25, nn official statement said today. Of the MO soldier on board 141 were loatj The a.lmiral Magnon was proceeding eastward to Salonika, under the curt of the destroyer A. lurked. The sinking of a transport 250 miles east of Malta by a (lerman submarine on January 25 was reported in Gorman admiralty dispatches on Monday. The report snid the transport was accompanied by a F'rench torpedo boat and sank within ten minutes after it wss torpedoed. OP WABASH TRAIN Engiaemen Lone Lives in Perilling of Train Near Dillon, lnd. (Hi ( frllfi(il (iCTrtce.l DILLON, ln.L, January Sl.-Fln-gineer K. L. Norman and Fireman H. YeT, both of Montpelier, Ohio, were kdled and an unidentified man seriously injured today in the derailing of Wabash passenger train No, 12, enstbouml from Chicago, one mile east of hore. Ths engine tender and luggage ear turned over. Several passengers wers cruised by being thrown from thslr seats.

PRICES ARE HIGH. Rni-Htfc Beusewlves Anything Bat V.tppr Ovr Food rrires, ! m f('tltl Ifries in ! ' ' ' ' atTo let of

sworn to and mailed to the clerk. The vote shall be opened at the polls on the flay ofa n election, may be challenged and if found to be properly executed, must be counted. Sunday baseball supporters today rallied to fight the bill proposed by Representative Niles, who wunta to repeal the act legalizing Sunday baseball. The Brollry bill legalizing Sunday baseball was paused by the legislature after a long fight, an:t an equally strong fight will be made to prevent its repeal. Senators today are thinking of a substitute for the bureau uf legislative information, which a committee has voted to abolish. The bureau is in chnrge of Jihn A. Lapp. This hureaj has prepared most of the bills given to the legislature. A member of the legislature, not skilled in the art of drawing a bill, will ask Lapp's burenu to prepare a bill, telling men in the bureau wh;it should be in the hill.

Lapp's friends tl ink they will defeat th" drawing if bills, ami preents haphazard legislation or saves the committee the work of making over a poorly t-repared hill. A bill will be introduced in the legislature, seeking to legalize boxing in Indiana. The "father" o" the measure will he '1 nomas Brolley, who is responsible for Sunday baiehad. Ju:'t who will introduce the bill w uncerwithout his knowledge, he will let the I hill go to the house. If he li not. either Siieuker F'schbach will order the biii out, or an attempt w ill be ' to call it out by the house vole. One j such attempt already has failed, the English housew ife is anything but a happy one for food prices have ; rrached the high water mark of the i war. j Prices of meat have become aln prohibitive. Sirloin of hecf, and wing ' rib of beef are felling now at Is. S 1 14T.C) a pound and topside beef is ! nearly as high. ! Rump steak is selling as high as 2; : (liuc) per pound while, shoulders and I legs of mutton are fetching Is. In Soho market tho average weight chicken often bringi as much as 12s fid. ($;l.K.). F.gg prices are somewhat lower i'han they have been. Freshly laid 1 are hrinpiis; .Js fid (90c) a dozen vry high and becoming more warce. r tab Huppiien are meag ;r, ,WlP vtMmn i . . 'ing tea : without sugar. OFFERS TO BET BIG SUM THAT INDIANA WILL BE VOTED DRY (fly ths IntmtatUinttl Seiri ffrrrlcc.l INDIANAPOLIS, lnd., January R0 In a richly furnished saloon almost within a stone's threw of the state capitol, a well dressed, prosperous look man credited with knowing the "inside" of Hoosier politics, offered to hi t a big sum of money that Indiana will be voted "dry." If the s.-nate defeats state-wid- proh ibition, the liquor men, except the few big men of the business, will bo surprised as well as happy. Today the chances were against King Hum. The liquor lotihy still believed the issue safe with them by one or two votes. The "drys." with assurance that the "doubtful" votes were now "right," piedicted 27 to .10 votes, out of a total of 49, for the hill. The issue rests with the few senators who hav refused to state their position definitely. SUIT FOR DIVORCE. Arthur Ball Brings Proceedings at Muncie Today. MUNC1E, lnd.. January 31. Arthur Ball, 20 year old son of Frar.k C. Rail, multiriillionaire fruit jar mail facta rej . this afternoon filed suit for divorce from his beautiful young wife, Margaret, forinar artist's model, whom he married secretly m Now Haven, Oir.n., last May, while attending school in Boston. He charges Inr!dlity on January 19 and 20 with

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No Minority Report is Made Against The "Dry" Bill. DRYS CONFIDENT OF TWENTY-EIGHT VOTES Predict That There Will be Landslide For Bill When Voting Comes. n ilir nfrrs.ilfosfil .r flrrriee.) INDIANAPOLIS, lnd.. January St. Fear wl nok the liquor lobby tnd.iv. W hen a favorable report was made on the Wright Prohibition bill, which has passed the house, the "wets" did not make a minority report, although Senators Nedjl and ;.cer are opposed to the bill. The se Kite concurred in the report of the lblic liighta and Franchise committee. A movement to .-mend the bill was started, because of .... alleged "Joker" which was put in by the house com mittee. This amendment would al low- drug stores to sell splritoqs liq uors. Senator Chambers was to present an amendment this afternoon prohibitdrug stores from selling anything but alcohol. If this amendment goea through the bill can not be voted on before F'riday. Drvs Are Confident At noon today the "diy" forces announced they were certain of tw-enty-eight votes. They began to talk "landslide" on the final vote. The liquor forces grimly waited the test. The house and senate galleries wern filled with prohibitionists from every put of tlie sbitfl. So great was the? crowd that women were allowed on the floor of the senate. Totnorrew trains from every part of the state will bring even larger crowds. It will be the climax of the gieatest pressure exerted on an Indiana legislature In. yenrs. Three hundred Logansport people, who came in a special train to Indian, apolis to tell the legislature to pass the prohibition bill, swarmed on the floor and in the corridors of the ho-jso this morning. So largy was the crowd, augumented by prohibitionists from other cities that Speaker Kschbach was forced to ask the door keepers to clear the floor and to lock tha doors. The crowd then swarmed in the galleries of the senate and house. Reported Vvcm C.ar.iiltre. A score of house bills came out from committees today. The Miller bill, which would permit cities of the size of Kokomo to make tax levie for parks, was killed but recommitted 'toy the house on motion of Miller. The Davis bill requiring Judges to ghe tliaiiii uf r;i."- m '! ' killed. A favorable report was given on the Indiana Dental Association's bill against corporation dentists. Day's bill for a state building inspection department was defeated. Several bills bucked by the state teachers' organization were killed. Only one, which defines the nuties of school superintendents and fixes salaries, was passed. A house committee promptly killed the Yoder bill today, prohibiting the use of a common drinking cup at communion services. Gets Mlack Hand Note, Senator A. H. Ileardsley, of Elkhart, is the first senator to receive "black hand" notes. One note was slipped under the door of his room in the Claypool. It read; "Look out, let this lie your warning." Today he received a letter in the senate postoffire, saying about the same thing. The senator did not worry about the matter, believing it to be some crank. He introduced a resolution for constitutional amendment giving women the ballot. DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL. President Will Io W hat He ( an to Get Measure Through Congress. the InleriuititHMl .Vcice Swrlcf ) NKV'v YORK, January 31. President Wilson stands ready to do whatever he can to put a daylicht savins" bill through congress, acocrding to letter from the chief executive read today before the Daylight Saving convention here. Encouraged by the promised support of ths president the advocates of t'" movs merit for sotting the clocks t an hour in the summer, hove t tejvs to have a bill inlroncred '

'John Pm," ,