Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 121, Lebanon, Boone County, 16 February 1917 — Page 1

LDAliLY Ihe Reporter is the onI Daily Newspaper in Boone County. s j ,"H j ',1 ;, H fV Partly cloud? tonight: proiuM; I wow flurrim pnrth por.ioa: warmer i 1 rant and iwuih pinions; Saturday ruin or nn-v; colder bv night, Instil 1 Mtrong .oufhcst wind. ; VOLUME 25. LEBANON, INDIANA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1917. NO. 121.

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UNITED STATES ANXiQUSAGOUT

CONSULS' STATUS

"Mncjuiry Directed to Ascertain Whether T!uy Are Detained.

-isoners ii ave i been released! Yatrnwd.ile Sar!ois re Freed j Situation in TurU'V Urn. : ries Wilson. I n V John j wanii:v;t i-. i-, . . Tinted Mai-.. n-w.ds ,.'..

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at th is admitted that tii f-vi-lr.r-.nt eov. ,,. to M of the territory . Jr.wcrs. Sinre the hre.a -Huntarv, cMiind thi ervc at Atlantic roast K,,nf; : I h.

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i.lc.l b ion I.f lnirrr uned. K '.f the It !',. ..i.!:,'.e of ai v o' th, n n manner pe-milt'-d hv In s. Hut ' ako .r-ei it in v.i-w i'f the hi-i u; I'!- to the navy th.'t the ' I in the trout ri h now on the da t" mu.it remain i coi.iIertitmn ot '.od ilo,K. jr wi. .wi.1f th t KjIo n t ' ! W't l.H!-h. f narnl tu piwnt all of thi

Bulletins

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GOODRICH ASKS PASSAGE OF WE EXCISE TAX BILL

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BORDER QUESTION

AN ACUTE STAGES Ambassador Fletcher in Inslnicted to Warn Carranza. GOVERNMENT SEEKS ! RAID information! Report I!oiiif-ili'd on Murder nf Hire Americans t!ortier is Exciled. lioitniii: m i f U (rr M v !';k four. "id.'d nt the j lo'd m the l ir l.-milneh ..f I he ,, ount .roh;il.l re woiliil an 0. ih-it mit he r,t" mil- h II ahoi. adilili I. Hb ill d Mi '" ',"', 'HM( I to he i.....r n ruiianditiin nf i,:m I the in. rea-vd roril i iivieir ii) nieeMiuit :mKwio fi Iiepfvolio.t ifiKtitutinnc In r 1 n t e k r i"l want tn remind Von nnt '.'iei n ,nher m. nuiii (ir.iioi.t In !. t.i'e

nrnnnT riunnn wm mm ASOLISMTOF A STATE 0FT1CE .( oinnnttcc Submits Favori abltf Report ' Statistician F.ill. I TF MO( RXTSNOT TO OPI'OsI I tl-l BILE i At Least No Caucus Action WilC : lie Taken on the doo:lnrh Measure. INIil .V VI'OI. id Of l,U . 1,....hir ihlll Hied not 1 developed today a plan to 'IK iw I'Jlllltil.L I t n I f I I led, t th lull in e.iuiii. II I r nl ,me Ixl ThP hill wool,! I of money for A hill I . in.l inir a ivhiuhii work dav to i-iKht hmir N -im favorahly rr ported. A lorjr "iht Ki'd in tin- hoti-U' on tii hill for thr rre-iimn or tu. le iird nf ixiirninpr ir rhiioiirni toin. i Ihc houe iliitert tlie nunoritv rfMrt. ' f'.vori.iir px.iir.iir of the hill, which In Ur."'d h, fh.l.iMHt.li. ' Thf rtartei bid ullowinir fitim to .i.ionl tee ron.min'on form ef fnvrrnmenf w reported fvr.riljr A hill nxtwin fe-'mera tfl'CUt weeiU alnnif it nf thir fnmt wu rewrlM

PROUD MEN I HAVE MET

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' decisive matti.k is impf.xdi.m; says the (jerman emperor ;i. i i.-f i LONDON;, l-Vl.tiiAiy Kml"'mr Wil'i.im, in art iinpci inl rdor tn I hi' tii'iman mui. mi;.;' I ha! "th- .Iwiiiivf battle is imlii'nilMiu." Tin .tivu-i;-1!'. 11-1 iu' d"i- -"ay.-. ,l! I.:- a triifantie att. Ptut To iniMi.-i. jiii'in Kni;land tic .-itu.v-itoin tti.it KiL'land has to 1 (i: hv alio'S. in tin d.'l- the "In ll.i.-i work (he nuhmil'iMiM win ..fu' I ,ii t ' fosl ,::nk." NERVOFS BREAKDOWN. t'.iliii' l.iiiili'nnn! Mi-rrill, Our nf Mm t'mler liiil'rtmr.nt. i 111. ( I),, M.,, V...H Krr-i.t I t.NMANAl'OI IS. I'Vmary 1 P .!:-H-I.ii-ii!.-ii:int 0.-.cir Merrill, or,.' mm ivreMe.! on u jiiiary in the 1 1 4 .'Oll'iMini. ftoin a r,..fi. Whether the l.i.akoils hreakd ie r"jll of worry over tin lieli'ient. hi family will net fede hrne.-t I!. ho'h notion. the "bad I Iheo. elvM and "Hud" ( i t...!, t.cal e.ri of indi.nuii...ii i tVl.iul anil' ere i.idi.lrd ,ih, iih ia! iriaiid ju; aiontr with I'hn f f I'oliee I'.'irolt and others, lloth eic allowed in en on tin ir own re. "irnizRnre, and il i i heliiwed they will loin.' (rovei niui'iit witne.-ses. BRITISH IR LOAN 3 Hunks Swamped With Applieslinns For Participation in "l.oim of Victory." I UNIIOV, Kel.iuary Hi -The lnte.,t Rriti.ih ar loan, .-uIim notions to lii.-h rloed todnv, ia.. n hut.- ; ',:,- (,. ,1 U et.'.t.'d in 1'ffiri'il e.r.-lri l.eidin? hink hnve prm'tu'ally I'een s .irnped with api'hi'atton.1 for partiiileitn.n in the "loan of victory" s it .1 r:.l!. d. The den.ai'.li. e., ee,l eMiortiton..; olid hangers are now revamp then estiinnle of the p,bahe total. In the, eit v of hhmw the subm riiitions will hkelv ri'ioli die Rrn.id ;otill nf f'.iin.iMHI.nOd. .MhIm.om of ilollnri, wolh nf utile .i'rir.lion were plediri'd In the l'nit"it State-t. (in Tmiriday. it tn eittiniateil. more than $1 .ihiO.Dihi.iiiiii of the loan wni! taken in the Tailed Slate. One nf the hijr Airvrirtin uleuTiberii wu.'J. Oirilen Armour, of Cha'ao, who in eredited Willi a noh-ieriiition of iriiHi.iKio. The grea(et loan ndveiti.oni; rampmirn m tiin history nf F.nKlnnd citmf to an erol viwleiday with a proei?iion thrnuirh the ntn-etM nf London in which tens ot thmnmral nf men j.iu! women in --'ery walk of life took part. In ronnorlion with th Briiih lean it In reiwrrmt from Amnterdiin that a n w war rilil will h Inlrtaluenl tn t 'l.r 'Mi' h.l in '. ffti ci m-

P Ernest llornaday Loses His Suit. Against T. IL, I. & E. ASKED JUDGMENT FOR $1,000 DAMAGES Was Ejected From Northwestern Car Jury Tried the Case. Py deeidini? in favor of tin- T.'ire Haute, Indianapolis f.- R..-leui Imc tion Company in the ea;.e of Kin... 1 llornaday, an Indianapolis atlo'Tiey, jury in Marion county supeiior e.niii, room 4, Judtre ClifToitl pie.-idinir, h;.. upheld the rontention n!" traeti.-r, rompany's attorneys that the rompanv was entitled to full throurh fares f.n haulintr passengers between Iv.o points, evn thouirh the eonitiinei! fares from intermeitiate Miints miht be less than the throunh lines. The plainlilV asked $I.H0 damaKea for eje.-lion fiom an inte-urhan on lite No. tliwestern line, hut the ver h.-t was ajeiin-t him. Ceinpnlinir Fares. Prior to the operation of the int 'iurhans on. a straight -eents a mde lia-i.'. fares were roniiuted by doiiblinir the number of mile?, traveled an '. fiiilr the fare sn as tn niake it a rent-i .r n multiple of five. I'mler tin bedule llnrniday tendered JO rents .. the conductor of the ear at Thirtvfourlh stiei't to pay Ins tare to Hon ID. The fare from the terminal .la tion to Thirty-fourth street is o cents, hut the fare from the terminal siati in to .stop 10 was 30 cents. On rro.-s-examination it was shown that llornaday had ridden1 from the teiminal Ktation to Thirty-thud .street, and hoarded the car airain when it topped for orders at Tliirty-fouith stn-i. The jury decided he was a thrnuirh p.issenirer tin.l Fhould have paid ..0 cents. llornaday him filed five similar suits against the traction company, wh:rh a.e now pending, lie in well known in Boone county. MONCOI IAN ELECTED Jl'ni;E FOR THE FIRST TIME IN V. S. HISTORY

iil the mrrnnllonal rnat Scrlre.) HONOLI'LU, Fehiunry Hi. For the first time In the history of th American Kovernmetit a Mongolian him been elected to a jtidawRhip. Williim H. Ileen, Sini of a Chines father and n Hawaiian mother, han been anpomtil to the circuit court bench ?y Premdent Wdsun. He m a (fradui nf "I hi 'ii' .'i V.

TO BE SPREADING

All Tortious of ihc Isiand Said to In1 Seething With Revolt. U. S. GOVERNMENT IS MUCH CONCERNED ! Supplying thr '.'u!:;:r (,'nvfrn menl With Rifles and Ammunition. t far infmitb.i. s.ii-irr.i II VN.. February lii t.o. ernmenl Ir.aips loilay broki and scallered a force of ri'vnlul ionists led by Ciptain Sanihej! I)l I'orlal. a Si:"it-!i Mhlicr of fortune who has ihn mi hi-, lot willi (he liln tals. The r 'id, were d-feat.d in a series of ehi-itcs. tieneral Fmilie Nuiiii, t:e nicsidint i'i''rt, returiied to II n hi vi iiilh 111 ' ""! Ih.l Santa thil l ur-ivinrr luH WASIONtilON. February- lfi II. Ports to he state department from Amcci, an M'.n.-t. r Ooaa'es that the requisition in t'uha is soreadinit from fu.:' .sections to all pint. mis of the i -'end. w.o-e received with irtave concern tod i. The r.'Vih.i'.ii'in.-lH are plentifully Mtppiii d with aiminmituin, ihc Amei ie".jvii'inist"r repo'ttd, ami minor ehisiies ha' e taken place on tha outskirts of Havana. What artom is to he taken by the American irnvennnent in the event of the levolutieii ir't'o'K beyond the coo., trol of the M.'nocal j-ovr rinnent could not he Iramcd ;it the . 'ate th partmcnt. T'-e war department ofbcially nni".no. .'d that it IhIk v. s a "hands off" ooln-y should he pursued. 'II ' lev. .lutein is aloi'K purely racial aed political hrcs, war department ofiirials poinl.'d nut, and S"cietnvy Bakr is see! to feel that willi the Amerlc:m miinit;.'n shipments now on the way tie- ;-.ivenimeiit force will be ah e to .pieli an; (1. or.Iei-. Rifles Supplied. T. m -hoe, aed rdle rt- brcn fhip:ii h from the I. T"i- thmiM- . rts :ire mi p.d iririietd, Mas.. '" -'lit;--, ii their way froinii.j is.avd aun-n-ul and L'O.IMO rmin Is of ammunition have h"en .nt i'r.-m the Frankfort ui- i rial fhilaiVlnhm. Tin' .-t ilr department had reports ti.ia that manv n.n ons of hitrh rank are mti rested in th? revolt and that lack of cash is hanioerinc revolutionary lutivities. Practically nil the Mlgar relineries on the eastern coa.-t, from whir" tne I'ni'ed Sn'trs ren ives the major part of it." suirar s'lpply have leen elos"d down and the i-mplnveit ha s ..ith. - fled or joined the revolutionary fores. 'Ihe n-ivy deoartineet am oanced tiill'y that rui Ameiican Ktlu-hoat hafl pen. i-nt.'d th" harbor nl Santiairo and an. inn e jtisl off th- e.tv, indicating that the h ii her h;. not h-en mined, a.-i anre.iince i by the h iid'-n nt Ihe revolt. AM is uie! s,t Saul iiit'o, t he tfun-bent'g I . S. Y VHSI11I' ON WAY. I'riM-eed to Force ( ub in Porta to be Heady For Kmerircnrira. (U.l III. r..(. i a.rf'.oiel Vr.m Krrrliv. ) HAVANA, February 1C I'nited States warshii'S are proeeodmpr to four Cuban ports Havana, Santinjro, Nenvitas .nid ' if i.fuevfos- -to he ready in I'n-e the Cuhltl revolution rets heyopd con.rol of President Men-wid's administration, it was ropnrtitl here today. In ad,liti.in a I'niteJ .state l'-heat hn i'l.i.e-ir. d oif r.rnfiieiros a- .i n- morrd Th- l ui.au cr.ii. . r I'a ria sin1' ! 'cr the lasiern province todr.y laden with reinforcements fc-r ,the fovea nmenC troeps theie. ij'iiet ai.parently prevailed threuirhmit the rei.ulie toduv. There is a distinct feeltnif of oiitimim on the part nf President Menm-al's supporters that. 1 ho rebel bands w. ill ulnvrtly be dipei'cs.l. Preaident WciiiK al, however, i takinir en rhunrea. Tne M-t'di Gma, no of Havana's bin carnival weeks, waa ciill"d off by n (rnvernmerit deer tortnv. The pmident Homed a proclstn-.

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