Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 119, Lebanon, Boone County, 14 February 1917 — Page 1

LEBANON, INDIANA, WEDNE.' O.AY, FEBRUARY 11, 1313. NO. 11 J.

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FORTTORESCUE DETAINED SEAMEN

! NOT SUCCESSFUL mcrican Government Undeceived no Word From r t. i 1 nsonors. ' EXPLANATION FROM GERMAV. d States Unable to Cot Inl i ouch With The Spanish Ambassador. I1Y JOHN FDWIN NEVI.N. TASHINGTOX r.-l.iu.. of il.-ta liv m'S'ite eaihrr pr.inii ve and ream- a t'.ouar moped in Am Minor, dition the sh.tc d"partn fjiu'e ignorance, u a-, the l.t.-m of the a Imiiii.-tint i y lf i..ihl. means of lear i.i i-i l.emg i 'd tha'. tor -.1 f.. c far there ha-h-en l"il about s. 1 ",,. I 1 r.l toe on wr.h i.r nt that an i cou il b t a pereniDto e f -e t of ihi t ' Sp inish nur -it been h-ai VI - H'.s cr n v n ' r i jl .1-1 t J .! omohr:!. lit ,1 is til" , 'i- at Herln ffM-M 1 y tt.e c cruder )'-x M "f rn-ent :a contj.-i t tn rcir I-a-i ' only he coniei'tu!. tnrnt teita" rrn a h An-l.-iiii.l,r Kii ;e. but with !m:i Kelease of Prisoet rs 'ea of the Ya n .V p. n 1 is the inimMi;-te prop'is.t'Cn nc im nttertion of the I. n;t"d Stnte ic n'W (German con'.'-ovei'sv. r)fi . ' twlny mfuie it vnv piain tont tin- I tt inquiry dealing Willi lhr staft? 1 -r,3 far mote than nniKrar on th u.-e. The Vnitci State will in i that they he renw"t. rotminr ' sr the nre.e,it ciicumstances is iln . pd in official quart'Ts to be an ' U lendly act.' Pending an answer I' tie inquiry as to tlieir status sent S ?;ird tnruuKh the .wi-'i m,n;,-'r o Tver, otliciais itecline to discuss til' '' ts that have been evolved abou ooiis of a division nmontr riem- a of the cabiiv't aft to the question ' irmng American vessels were h "d up trsiay. It is said the en- b .nh:net accepted as a comnmr that American ves.eN are en tf to arm for defense. Leirisiat",' tcil at the time nt the wur k

In the states admittedly gi yilogo. The tuction causit Jftt nn was whftiier an AmiX':in

d merchantman muni f,re at a .ianiifi without "committing an act U 'ar." The Riajnritjr of tr.e cabS is understood to have tanen the R lion that f-e use of gti'.s woa:d h- . "act of defense' even though it i,' bid be followed by a deelaration I ar by Germany which would conte that action as hostile. N alministratinn officials today were l thing the war zone verv e'oswy. A rican vessels are approaching it. iraary 12, was the "la.t 'lay of n. cc" a'lowetl neutral shipping, ar si 1ing to the official anno'inrements Ilerlin. It tan be asserted upon hiKhent authority tnat l're-i.ie,-t ison will go U.foivcongre.,3 and outI his nent Hep the moment that i American vessel is sunn in err, 1 vv of international In. he state iKpaitment agii'n is pi Ambassador Pun'ield t i i statement as to his statu. T word from him since the b Germany. No information is lable, but that the situation is red serious is indicated by I ,hl' ''"I"'"' t0 f'" .1

i iw s.inressoo inroogn e. m mm.- , Since the break with Germany

-eeg ago Mituroay, iwy ' m-s-has been received frcm ....... - come frvm Ainba.isa.lor Klku. at ; devclop-Ki today that complete in-,

veNtiitatton of all the oi.Tanistas.fl mnouinlniir thft purports ofWr of rrf",itnry rnwn lhi submarine u:tirn with lUt Viuted f?tats in i" urngw. 7 hj.t tfrftw in nfH,.iiK!i unri diplomatic sourroj wen um,'1 in :hr; ronn'vtion now i.s certain. Hariri is unr!rs'ntMl to hav ropiifluttcl

K f n ciTr wof miHf it w an wnnif sAnriion of tlw imperial ennrnt. It was in antmputi.in or an h a disavowal tnut th state fie- , purtmnt called upon the Swiss mm-' toc to put the sulf ation m wntmir, -tr-viurv .an.-.inir ani n. ait;iru: nr boi n (lotion H is of th. entire : wa- made puns before it ". ; -fate department ever, it sh. matter w :t is unlike IT-i'l'ItU Ti l) w i;r KV. uis Prepare tn (4 (i the la in New Oifrnsiw Plans. CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR. SENATE PASSED HIGHWAY BILL BY V0TE0F34T013 Icastire Amended Several Times Finally Passed. CONFERENCE MAY BE HELD ON THE BILL fcffnrt tn be Made to Reach An Arrrecment lietween House and Senate. late to.lay passed or nr.t o "he bill, erul tn . pr. ami ides fu bigiiw; p.iik it It l:iv caunty coinniirt.-ioiii aver to advertse for bid and ntrarts fur buil'lirg ninm i ia;s. Tiie specifications are awn h' the h'irhw.'iy enTiee !o In r. I ids o ti le a.-ked for two or more k -o material, and tfie tyiM- selected rnu ill- tiie approval of the Irghway ei neer. The bi'l ooes pot change t anner i paying fees from aufin.liren, A leu.. ent starti d a'ter the bill hi b.ii. it , tl'.at the ( iMhana to ent. because th roads. I'.ii in the vote. It also w reported that Gov l'h will veto the In. I if it pi hi.u e. The vote follows: yes Armstrong. IN ard-iey, ' kin. 0,.byr. tl-ineJ, Fill' irM. Gra'it. .Muntor. Ilazen. I Jnrk.on. .liuii's. koh'm. Ii z, Mi -Cor. -j ha, M'Cray. .VcK: r.r M Nik v I'.eide bach. Itetherfold. is, Smith, Stiremf rs, 'an ' i-ii. in I i ( 'I.e. I'lcliing. rnr.b.-evs o Thornton, Vai lin Harhmeit ll,r liill. jn tj., ; ,i-h , an a'l r.wach" ( t, ir, n,, nt bill on t-r. I reading failed. . bill iia draw n MeNaKTiv charife.l o.iid nnke it possih'e to remove county otfU-c sraall pretext, and he nhiectxl to the governor having power to ml the oHi..:. a strict party vote the aote-ld-ment was tabled. Iiepresentativc Gorski ctarted a fight for 70 cen: gas for South Rend y Introducing a bill fixing that cit, between l.nM and .W.lMfl ,, m,jir;,1(r ,he , ,kmU hm. Thn,.. h, .. Uepri'H ntative Coggins introduced a I , ,,,, a cioseo keason on mussehj flJla Afl,n l JuM ,ft uk(j Mifh. CONTINUED ON PACK TUUUZ. j

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'ifi! rniio . Every Safeguard Thrown Around Departinc German Diplomat. ("RNK ATTEMPTS TO REACH DIPLOMAT! Is Arretted and Detained P.J Officer- In idert-i of Trip tit the Stonier. ' H'lUOKKV. X. J.. I'Vl.i . ith ii .. ir;--v and 111:11 . atcc.i-f-vt i- ncronicd any giie t 'onnt ,T"hann von Bi-vn-ai G.-iman -imha. ado, , , f airily. w.-c r.;.'i.nvl Scan-lm ivh.n-Aiee' h an to,!:.- l, t,f M ri ll 1-irlK i"'J l Iterfrom WilsMlgt.MI he:.r- i arh.,1 !l..h.ken at :.:.Vi tni,''nf.l t,. thr -'i.'! d n'.n :il iKir.l the ste f be i If."

. t t , r i r, I no: detain m'-." Wi:b this he ..'arte.! to ni. ii fi the g. ngflun,.. ar, I ha.f a d -n police fell ' ':i i once. Ti e r, .:n at first n :. .-I In say who he '. a t.T finnllv ailivitto.1 ih..t i.e A'f'i-ii H.-m. a ,11 '.- man of 1M K-i-t 1- r.! . v. t. lie i. li. li. v. I lo I.e ilcmenied. Ii Hot,'..!-' ' ., ! ...,.ml 1 M. .- a'i'ir-.s-.i to Count von Reinst.,-!!. Il re.i.:: ' Hear Arrha i-ac: .1 I ha lit yorr

Mil haves It h .1 lie of t h vr I. TH " fi' . I (. Meil til t!" Tnen oih.-r special tine. ,r-redrd ip'-riat -.er'ion to Hoh-k. n. n hundrH utnfirmH pM:--f ' red up ahres.f "f th'f n v tie p-jint of itetrainn.ent. fount von Brn't-MlT, wHh (hi ra-jntetr. on hHi rirfn: nrearnl n ek rdatftmr shortly befo e 8 oV1, The dl.ini"sed amli- . ,t iiirtts. With ,CONTtNUE0 ON PAGE f OXJXi

Bulletins

B f ;lr'("l Km Herein.) MCitOK KN, N. J-. Ftbfanry 11. An unii!cnliB l nmn, mid in be a rraak, tm arrrslrd hi-rc XkIuy while cmiravorlng to K-t aboard Ihc Sfrdinvin-AmKii mr I'rcdTick VIII. whirh wiif earry Count van Ik riwlorff and his official family to ('openhanen. The man raid e had "a Inter" which ho wanlid tn girt the dimi'il aniba.-ador. He w.is locked up. RV thr iHirrmall'mal Vir Krrrk t.l I.OMMiN, February 14 Ilusia ha railed li Hi tiidira the tlattfi .if l W, jnulh. under 20, ariridiin to u r,triiiH dimnateh lii the Times. tflir Ihr hrtrrtt'ttl'milt 'etr flfr.-frf.l (Mlt'Atill. February 14. Naial noruiiing olliifrs and (- lUtid inn in t hkatn lda were Krant.d permi-sion t4 tht police ileoartmenl to carry armo as a i roieftH'ti uB:!inst fanatirn. I.letit. H I . Sleven.-, I . S. X. in chi-rse of the reeruitinK forcm, ohtaiiieil lliis permission after mveral of his mrn h.-H been subjected to insults am threats of attack. r the -, il Y,r rn Al.ntW N. Y.. February 14. Major Van lienlhnysen, comminding the depot noil of the seci,i. battalion. Tcnlh regiment here, received word early this liiiirninir Hint Private Ray of company I , guarding Ihe Asheken res.ivo.r i,i the t atskill had been shoi and ih-lantly killed. Su particulars ef the shooting were r.-c ived. i iflw tlr httrniiit("ml Sv M tlffiirr.) t" YOKK. February II. The French liner Fspagne, carrying sixty-seven Americana among her 2t0 passengers, sailed for lloideaux tisrta.i. To reach her .leslin.ition she must paas through the "irrcd l.ne." Most of Ihe Aiiiericans ahoRrd urt--volunteers fur the Vmerican ambulance corps in Fr.nuo. ISLAM) IIANDIT GIVES VP WIIKN HE THINKS TEDDY IS ON THE WAY In tin iilrrsiili.ooil Drrrlit. WASHINGTON'. February 14 Someone spread the report in iaiit. omingo that T. Roosevelt roui'nri.ler bsd sturte u-iruiy little republic. A iues later Chasha, the lod'hirety of the bandit the i.-laml. his surrender to the American Me is now a prisoner, i-u'iior originated through it to the Island of FrankKoosevelt. assistant secrethe navy, he revealed toW KECK O.N MONON. Man was Killed and Two Were Neriously Injured. nl V, HVMMONIi. Ind.. Kfbruarv 14. ifie man va,; killed anil two ..eriously vi't I,, lay in a '.vreck cn the Monon , itfiid the ty limits here during a avv fog when a work train crashed. . la ar, evtia freight head-on. The 'la.- Coy Williams, fireman. 27. The: jured: Sam Jameson, pwiti-hman, 21 ; i l.ii--,er amp ..witchman. both : m H"!i md. THREE NEUTRALS UTTER Scandinavian Nations Have Joined in Protest Againit Subnea Warfare.

"The government of the United i ii, , i it Vn i h . i r St'i'es has received with the greatest m ' no " 'r'r" ) - prehension the reports which have LONDON, February I t. The three1 cmn(1 1 it , the effwv th thert is, Scandinavian countries Norway, organised revolt against the fovent- ,'.' c len in.. I Denmark, have joined in nvnt of Cuba in severs! province! ant! a l r itet to Germany against the new "v,,rai towns have been seized by , . -, , insurrectionists. fiMimanne warfare emci. according to n u - .l, , "Reports sikh as these of the ina Rcufer dispatch from t openhagen. I su,T.tUl(1 ,tint the constituteil i ilai I. gnv-rnment ha hnndH nn tdtn- goviiinment cannot he tonsidered x- . lit il mite to its Herman minister. , cept as of the most serious nature I since the goeernmeiit of the United

ScaiMlinavinn "thipplng has suffered ' fonre the onrestriet-n subW'w a-irfarw iHsrUil At leant SO .sli ps are knowa to haw fallen victim pfl Ui Cerman uml boat

American Intervention

In Cuba e (nfern'iflunifl irt rHe.l WASiHNCTON February '14. American intervention in Cuba to reestablish a stable government in the Island loomed up as a strong probability today when a long report from American Minister Gonzales was I turned over to Muj. Cen. Hugh L. I Scott, chief of staff of the army. The report was detailed oae giving a full account of the revolutionary activities in Cuba and indicating that the ' revolutionists under the leadership of foimer President Gomez are gaining the uppoi hand. I The elections today in Kant.t Clara -.lovincc. which will decide the presijdential tiifht which has hung fire for many nvinths, are e(octed to prociritate serious trouble. lome in re tell to lie m full control of Santa t ( l ira and rebel forces have forced the

nunicipr.1 officials from Santiago City ; a stable government. ijnd entered the town. Trouhle was The report from American Minis- j I scented by the American minister a ter Gonzales, which covers four type-1 Mra- Sarah H. McCann, Boone coun- ' week at i when former President written puges, was turned over to Gen-; ty 8 ol efit '?"" at hr home. ' l,omej left Havana on his private I erul Scott at the urgent request of the , 0"' an(l "1" half '"'' n,'th1 ot town

vacht bound for a Santa Clara ra port. The eircumstuncea was reported to the UNITED STATES ! Action Will be Taken to Support Constituted Cuban i Officials. MESSAGE IS SENT THIS AFTERNOON :Sets Forth Position of United States With Reference to the Cuban People. iRu tti International Keirt grn'tce. MOIHI.F, Ala, February 14 II is reported here (hat the coast guard culler Tallapoosa has been ordered to Cuban waters on account of the insurrection in Cuba. tftll 1hr International .Vrir tfcrrtce.1 HAVANA, February 14. Federal troops today aiezed the private yacht of former President (iomrza. Iiul no trace of the rebel leader wan fount). It a?Jit, Juanitn, was found on the south coast if Gamauuev Province. Gomer.a it. believed 11 be in Siuta Clara province, directing the operations of his rebels, who are thought to number anywhere fro 1.000 to 3.000. Hatlle near Sarliaito is momentarily expected. 1 he rebela are in charge there and are reported preparing to defend the city. A cruiser laden wilh troop and ammunition is now enroute lo Santiago. These forces will be augmented by others on the presidential yacht llatuey, whirh sailed for an unannounced destination, but which is thought lo be bound for Sanliago. tltti the InlrrnatUinal Kent Herrtrt.i WASHINGTON, February 14. Thoroughly aroused by information that the Cuban rebel, are gaining the upper hand, the state department sent a second warning message to the Cuban people this aiternoon. The messago unequivocally asserts that the revolutionists must get absolutely no comfort from this government and clearly intimates that action will be taken by the I'nitcd States to support the duly constituted Cuban official. The test of the warning was: state has given its confidence and mippnrt only to governments establlshert ihrmurh lean and eonstitutuj! a) method. "During tlx past four ytari th

Is a Probability

slate deportment at the lime by the American envoy. Military authorities aay a contingent of 5,000 men could easily control the situation in Cuba and there are rumors that the general staff hat plans in mind that contemplate the shifting of a force ranging from 5,000 to 10,000 men from the Mexican border to Galveston, Texas, where they would be within striking distance of Cuba. The navy department haa the entire marine corps at Sunto Domingo, only a short distance away, and in case of. trouble could move a large body into Cuba at almost a moment's notice. The Atlantic fleet, now concentrated at! Guantanemo. could lend valuable aid Under the Flntt amendment the Un ited States has the right to intervene at my time for the protection of life anil property and the establishment of military attache to the American legatlcn at Havana. government of the United Sates has clearly and definitely set forth its position in regard to the recognition

of governments which have come inloWecks. Death was di:" lo a complirapower through revolutions and oVhor.tion of diseases incident to old uire. illegal methods and at thin time tie-1 Mrs. McCnnn was the oldest wouvin sires to emphasize its position in re-1 in Hoone county and il probably

gurtl to the present situation in Culm, Its friendship for the Cuban people, I which has been shown on repeated oc-! casions and the duties which are in-1 cumbent upon it on account of the! agreement between the two countries I force the government of the United Stutes to make clear its future policy J at this time." VERY UNDIPLOMATIC MEMBER OF PARTY OF COUNT BERNSTORFF I tin Ihr International Xrtrn furrier. HOBOKKN, N.J, February It. One member of the party of Count von Rernslnrff. dismissed German ambassador, proved very undiplomatic today when the part) boarded the Scandinavian-Ameri-i can liner which will carry them on their homeward journey. The irate member of the party was a brilliantly plumed parrot belonging to Countess von Rernalorft. perched high on a trurkload of embassy baggage, the bird creamed his defiance at everybody. 'Donnerwetter! Donnerwetler" he screamed. "Donnerwetter! Donnerwetter" the refrain was kept up continuously until the rage was taken on the vessel. SAFELY AT NEW YORK

the remainder of her life. Mr. Mc- " Cann passed away November 3, IH'ifi Clinard Liner Succeeds in Get- and his beloved wife had waited patiently through the last years for the

ting Through Submarine Danger Zone. i rf. ... Inlrmatlan.,1 -. ..., NEW YORK, February 14.-More vfdence was offered today that the Iritish government has established a 'safety lane" through the submarine zone when the Cunard liner Carpathia slipped into the lower bay unannounced. She left England January 26 and carried no passengers. The F'rench liner pagne, carry ing 100 passengers, among them seventy i-,.i a n, u.'hit si,.,

liner Lapland, with fifty passengers,!1' C'impbell who resides here; R. 2B of them being Americana, expect to i ,McCan" ho ,r,P!'lls J,frth

sail for the other i,le todmv. The Holland-American liner llyndam also reached port here today. She was recalled while enroute to Rotterdam just as she was about to enter the danger zone. ADRIATIC SAFFWhite Star Liner, Reported Su Reaches Liverpool (g tha International Vtf Srreirt, ) NEW YORK, February 14. The White Star liner Adriatic, rumored several times tn have been nmk in the "barred son,- arrived safely at Liv, rpool on Monday, according to word , rocwived hera today. i Th Adriatic, one of the largest of I the Whit Star liners, carried one I American pansenger George W. Ud - ridfwr of tian Frencia-ro.

RLYTOOi

SARAH E. M'CANN DIED EARLY TODAY AT THE AGE OF 96 Boone County's Oldest Woman Expired This Morning. LONG A RESIDENT OF THIS VICINITY Had Lived in the County Since She Was 14 Years Old Her Life's Story. Mrs. Sarah B. McCann, Boone county's oldest woman, died at her home, this morning at 4:30 o'clock at the advanced age of ninety-six years, five months and four days. She had been in failing health for the past year but her last illness had been of three months' duration although she had been bedfast for the past two weeks. Mrs. McCann was the oldest woman in Boone county and had probably spent more years here than any other woman living. She was born in Nicho- MRS. SARAH McCANN. las county, Kentucky, September 10, 1820, the daughter of Isaac and Sarah D. Powell. She was the last of a family of eleven children. The first few years of her life she spent in her native state but in her fourteenth year she came with her parents to this county where her father entered land from the government's half mile south of Elizaville. Her early life until her twenty-second year was spent at her parental home, and there on September 29, 1842 she was united in marriage to William McCann. Husband Died in 1895. Soon after the marriage they moved to the farm where Mrs.McCann died this morning and there she had spent hour to come w hen she would be called to his side. She was a devoted Christian and looked not with dread upon death but with a firm belief that there is another life and another home, far better than the one here. When she was eighteen years old she united with the Methodist church, and expressing it in her own words, she had lived happy with the Lord ever since. Her husband was a member of the Christian church and after her marriage she was a member of the Central Christian church of this city. Mrs. McCann was the mother of seven children, five of whom survive. The following are the children born to her: Mrs. Anna Small of this city; Mary Elizabeth who died in youth; Alice Campbell who resides here; R. J. McCann who resides at North Salem; Mrs. mary Hickson of Rosston; Claretta Stewart with whom Mrs. McCann made her home and Alonzo McCann who is deceases. Besides the children, nineteen grandchildren, twen-ty-seven great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren, survive her. The body will be taken to the home of T.M. Small, 504 North East street, where friends may call from 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon until 10:30 o'clock Friday morning. The funeral services will be held at the Samll residence at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning, the Rev. A. L. Ward officiating. Burial will be at the Oak Hill cemetery. Powerful Metallic Candles. Candles made of metallic magnesium and aluminum for taking motion pictures at night project their light about 33 times as far as ordinary arc

1 light.