Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 123, Lebanon, Boone County, 19 February 1917 — Page 1

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EXCiTELlEnT OF A FIRE BR1HCS tm QTRniFTrirrnRrrnAi ri

inmL uiiiuiiL 'fad Cone to Assistance ofj Ed JarKson Whose Home j Was Burning. ' STRICKEN WITH HEART TROUBLE "! Almost Instantly I'iix Destroying linildins, Due to l.tuhlnini;. LiifhtninK about 4 o'clock thi- muniHIT stnlteil a fire that destroyed the 'wellinc and nutliuildinrs on the farm f Fdward Jackson, one mile oth o' )ld l"r:on chuich in J iek.s-.n t,,, hip and indirectly caused the deat "i leori?e Pa'p. a well known farmer of hut neiehborhood. It was also m irectly the cause of an accident m hich Koy Kihbey and Hoy Jackunn. arrowly escaped injury'- KvulertK f lijrhtninK struck the telephone heium the lire -started between t:n eather lioardirR and I p'ast, r w here i" wires ran into the house. Mr. and I Mrs. Jackson were in bed but wakened by the fire. They started nmediately to carry out what furniue they could but as the biaze had lined rjuite a headway they succeeded saving only a few art. do:,. Tropped Dead. Ceorfcp Tittle, w hose home ig a quarr of a milj south of the Jarkon si'lence wsh attracted by the biaze od ran to Mr. Jackson's to be of what distance he could. He had been iere only a few minutes and s dkinj? to Mr. Jackson whrn lie ius uddenly atiicken. Death was inrtan'neous and was due to heart failUT. he run from his home and the extement due to the fire are i?iven as ! e ratue of his death. When Mr. Dale fell. Koy Kihbey and !'' Jar!tf,on startl to the home of eorpe Kihbey onfy a thort distance ray tn call a physician but on acunt cf the fire it was impossible to e that lin. Clay Baume irdner then arted in a machine to ret a phy.van. A he started arouml the bn v in which these three men were rid. 'if the machine struck the vr-hielf ad threw Roy Kibbey out. le wav it injured neither was the machine r bufry damaged. New Bungalow Rum. The Jackson home was a fira-tieully w bunmlow ntd was a tnmlern untry home. All the out buildings ith the exception of the barn were stroyed. It is underwood that VI r. u-kson carried a small amount of in ranee on the house. (ieorjro lnle was a lifelong re. idt of the Old I'nion neiiibothocMl here he was born and reared. f is sixty years eld last March and -lilies the wife leaves a family cf iree children. The children are: a. Claral floortwin of North ftakota. Irs. Bessie Koss and "le,,ue Ihile. . Deceased was a member of tin ii Cmon church. The funeral arntremer.ts have net been definitely ade althoinfh they will probalry be Id Wcffewh' morntrtB ahut 11 .V clock providing Mrs. (loodwin can ach here by that time. RUI ROAI) WRECK. vera! Injured ih .Occident on Queen A Crescent Early Today. tRv the fn'erniflrm,! cut flcrrlcf.f CHATTANOOGA. Ten., IVbrua '. The engine of paj.-i. rr tr:.ir o, 4 northbound on the Quern A event railways lies at the bottom Fmory river ar. the result of a reck near Oakda'e this mnrnine used by a forty-ton rock roliinir wn an embankment on the track. ;ie engine left the in. Is and rolled to the river, engineer J. 1. Ketcham id Fireman I). A. Sexton jumpi'if iey veie slightly bruised. Five horklinar between the tender and ail car were aeverely hurt, one'n leu at cut off; another' feet, the limht a third were mihcd. The other o were more or less bruised. Their lues have not Lsten ascertained.

WELL KNOWN MAN DROPS DEAD NEAR OLD UNION CHURCH

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FOLLOWS DOG'S TRAIL AM) RECOVERS LOOT VALIE1) AT StiO.OiH) ( ai vI p-srefee i CHICAGO, February 19. He' only a little brown terrier dog, hut hy following his tisd private i'tf-t't: vs re. overod ji urli valued ' inline.) i...t by :..n..-.f..; !.-. Wardoner-H.iilub'aml cuus.mI tho juost of live persons h.-ie and twn in Cincinnati. A chauffeui liMirtt'ini; in his car carlo WO ed by tie do pick the ,.K tryirif to ttnn d..n : "It till id th;.t Mm la' ,.f thi. bt.. i Hi. nu d thi ef tilnd le,:l!al, IS NEAfilNG A CHSIS (- ,vf rnim.nt -,)rrcs Cnncrrttr ttS . For Drive I'pon Sunlia.;o This Week. I tin Ihr ln!r, II WAN A. . thi. -k. Mil move of the i; Outline d'O'.n t .h-.i real test wil' if President - wrest Santiatri. f poverrment is l ,-entratirir it: tr f..r the drive a Kenc-ts that t i -at w th the i tod-i iirh said the eovernme i der anv c-icuinstanc 'th its eneinies. Dr. Feriara. bl-rnl U v L'niU-d Stale-. Red time movers in the nill not be allowed to ie urn hci hid. t South IIIo.ka.lc F.sliibli A blockade of th of Cuba was e tahii ii ent tiwlai o pi.. e-pres!dent fem.e revolutionary seb-a'-o fail; ur.d-r th' will be redrir'id it i re isi hy the if, iv. ri nt th fs.-ai e o Santiago hat bo . in. and shippm ante the ent General Fernando rebel leader w ho controls the cty. H is reported that many of r,ard' z's troot. ne i..,:y i.vvaitir, tie .icivjil of pov. mment forees to re atlirm the elaiK'rate prepmatmns bav: been made to (,rvent the fl-trht o the (inim'j nar'y in vhiih are to he his ton. MiK'Jei M:.rinne; :.; ..'dc, Mamas I'asc'ase; ex-Judire l.m 'ifurr Mnriss, and t'arb.., Miiru.-I d. ( --HO.O,, -j Havana lawyer and forme h..s,ne,s ..,',!- of Captain Tiiliotf r-'.st llii.uin, American planter nn '.aseball m.'iftna'e. Kebl losses in Sanati Si. it us and reunite.! to havp been heavy. Machine (funs il l deadly woik. The revolution! i, d h ti.i.nones Soiano are ri ported to ,e in flir ht towards Trinade and the Santa Clara mountains. S'Krv eat ion of the Cuban and Mf.xie:m popuiation of Havana was ordered ..day fol'owir.it ser.ou ilisturbane !:iry Mexicans said. to be involveil ir .he jfoverom. Tit's procedure and th-.. 'Hhans w-eie wui.'k o tare offense. President Monro ul is ori i . l,e preonrtrp a proclamation ffu't.'.ntee irjf immuniiy to the revolters who an now- repentant and who were led in to the re- olution by shiet,l lead. r. SPtltH AS I.KGAL TtNDKR. CAP.tBl'S. Me.. Feb. 1ft. Potato price were erop!aning skyward and P'ople here are using the inid for legal tender. An auto agent trailed a cording to whdul."

the i;exf step is CLOSELY GUARDED

nuTlirnnrcinrMTi Hans Made to Meet the German Submarine Situation. XO INTIMATION AS TO THE 1'. S. I'LAN I - Coiljtl'f-ss Awaits the Call of the President The Pie.i n I (HilliHik, HY Jons i:rvi KVIN. lr, IIm- nlf-MOill'.imJ rirt Senlcr.) WASHINGTON'. Feh.uaiy Id. -The !ni nist'-tti'-rV "next .vl.-p" tn niet t.e ( lei man submarine situation to-'a imained raii l'ully coecf ale.!. Wli.te nu e and state df partnient s'anves -i.-t that it has hern fully planned :jl the nature, and whether it will be ane 1'fanlle:..- of the devi-lopm.-nts :' tlr suloiiai'-ie sduatii.n in.-of:i' a-: .-.irikintf of ve...-is uitiicut A.irnuntil i a i refill! Cnni;;f...-.iml U-.uv. hi ;.;'rv tb.vi thi' r-,.i:t!ik-'t autfiotiU tu wvury tuiit MliyLt .in! :i.tjtntrnwnt trl" .v.-. 'Ilir-, hose this Mif ve liorn led lent would rise lief i:.ys f, iMiinj, th.tt !o is un'iltcfuhly upp. ;in rtm eisinn anl that ho v.;mts Imvc flip ituthfuity t df i anythini; protMrt Amt'i'-C'in inlere-ts shot t an Mtuai tk-olaratinn of war E

hicii congress alone jias authority t-i ike f i "in th (irojent jeirislatite Hi'. in. 'much as a joint -e.-s:on to N.v .rc-:.ent's views can be a'raned 1-ss than an hniir'n notice the maidy of the conyr . finr.i! leaders do t anticipate much previous anuncemort. Mirny "f tiie Democrat reK-et thi-

id are urirmj.- the president to' h t - V nev.n ivltetiier he is to e-o before :u? e t- in order that thv can put a i d to the "slack talk" ir.,m both adcai's i-f wai and itroiur pacifist ormatien in both !"ill '... St ite ile-i-tl.ier,t repre.-entati'es pMV.irely 'I that tin unities, ii d. bate of li e la-t week I'll hplorrits road. They say tbt in. lv the r..i'ient portiur,-. r cahii'd the Ultera.nies n lenders on both .side., isunderstood and have oe, :t of shaio crmment in cri ies. Whether know lei-. 1! induce the pie.-ident tallv km. tin cut,' elf. ul ited anliounr-lr.ei.t wil'.i.ir to make m-.. to 'he I'mted States in nidei' to pievent bieak between the eon her,, fjvvini; to th-1 p, r1, the Aii.trian embassy lii. ly apfiointed ami): urdf r por-ua-'ion fron diplomatic ie:. is denied l situation of e. whete the id..r named thr F'nited - has been unabie to present his litial . tn the pre.ident. no ,fflcit nc nt. is forthconuni;. Itut the ,v ofTuia's piiiateiy point out An tr'a-flunpaiy was forced to t tiie submarine po!;ee of fleraml tnat f a charge of tnnmrnt weie to I. re -le it would be d up. inti('overnment f it a bren re, anv had . mitfhl br k Irel. en All-tl ia id the po'. c The roundabe vhi-h l betiatn tween the two e..;t:.,r:.- is a very -ei ifeis i bstacle to spcu.mv' results, tate d- tiartmei-t .iff.ciala say. Thr y hive, however, confidence in. Ambassador f'enfi.-ld anil he has bepn ifiven more or le sent task. of free band in bis pre-V-iro-us i.-poits dealinit with the operations of th" Atlantic fleet cau-ed coinmrrd here t'slny. It aeplait..'. nt the nuvv di'partment that the fleet is Koinie lilfbl liheail with its maneuver problems while at the same time -keepinif in shape for an emer gency, i. n.ler the or.ifinal pians the flret wan tc have cruised well south so that It would In- off the Atlantic en trance of the Panama canal one month fio.i, toduv. Had the original Dlims not tiecn inlerrere.! wun necnuse or the Furopean war developments, it has been intended to put the feet thinuifh the canal an. I bnk airain as a sunrrme test of its worth. Thi part .f the winter prorram ha been ahan - Honed but naval official declare that this is the only rhunee. Stronc emphasit in placed upon the declaration that the fleet ha not ttken any war measure. "It it continuinK it (iractir rent I y

for duty on instant siirnul from ti

Arlington station, "explained an official of the navy department. "It be ready v.lion cnlktsl upon. , There has been no change in the winter euver plan anil it is proceeding ac- I Prisoners Still Held. . ..: ventv-tw'O Americans held many ufter their cap ture on the British steamer Y'arrowdule are f.ti!l held, according to ull information In the pusirssion of the state department, Secretary Fai-isine-mimitted today. Tr.ia in spite, of the fart that this govi rr.meiit's renewed demand for their release has hen for warded to Berlin. The dispan'h of th'V don'.i.n I :i not confirmed uiitl toThe secretaty said that a nir i.sec-o had reached the deoartment throuph Spain thut the capUvo "would he les idiortiv' nut ra this. promise 1-cs been i...?do before the department .'us not f el that Ih.Ve nan l-eon anv mntkod improvement n the situation I he I' olorv,: ! d.-ten-'1 he fate of the 1 ;0 A me Tmkih te -itn. matter of d iuht and n-ill until IVosident Wil en. who now has this e-itiri situation before him f,r deciaicn. drte. mines upon a conrxe to I puc oed. The Tuikisii Kove' nnient has acreed to their depaituie and at Alexandria. Kiryi.t, me the eiuisor Ih-s Moines ami r-ar awaiting or ders to l eed to Beirut and re cue the Bulletins 11,1 llo- Inlrmnlfnl -V, a fi-,.;.r , I (INDON, February l'J.Lieut. Commander Arthur 1. Asipiilh, third son of ihe former premier, has been wounded for the second time since the war b.'(tun. His name appeared in the casualty lists today. (Mi; Ihr In Ii , iil!.,ii!l . Scr,-,r. I.DNDON. February tt.. pres di'Ptcb from Home iwiuy contained the unrorfimeil report that Pope Benedict has ask d ( arcinal (.ibbons to notify l'resiA nl Wilson that he i ready lo u.c influence lo prevent war bet ecu the liit.d Slates s,., (.ermany., - Int, !l AI.IF Mt'ioiiith N, S. -February 1. ment has been made it was reported today on reliable authority that Count i tat !! riiitorrf ant! the members of his xuile have successfully passed the examinilion of the Canadian authorities!. It was staled that the pas. porta and liitrEuKr were all passed by the oflicinls. The examination of other pass'-nuers has not yet b'en concluded and it is still unknown when Ihe ScHndina.ian meri.an liner 1 rederick VIII will have l.,r ( npcnliiiiten. M.W VOKK. February l Two trans. Miami,- Im. is vilh pit-sei-ners and six freight vest Is ar,. j reparuiu to l- :te jhis port l-.iis. boita.l fill- the "barr. d Tic I'. .h liner (hi SUBMARINE SUNK BY A in (.ermttn Sulisea Destroyed Eniai:rment Ijtslinjj Forty five Minutes. (IV I. Intrt m,ilinl r.. N'F.W' YORK. Fehru,,. stiu.tion of a Get man ubi eiitfincment Inst 40 nnr.n pi ite.l by the I-rench ste.i -t..iv.!iio be Gayariival here toduv. aeo left IIo!.hiix on Jamia the next, day a Gcnoao was siifht-d off Ihe pott . ,1:.'I0 o'clock in the nftein, submarine endeavored to was siifht-d off Ihe p.t si.ie Hh"Ht Guyann'n bow. but Caplu.n Ih liean a tiirnint: movement siarrioaro unit nroujrni nis stern nun to bear on the submersible. The sub marine in the melntime had fired three shot" at the titiyimo, nil of w hich fell "hurt. , Two sl ots fiom the fi t mill metre iron on the Guyano's Hern str irk the submaiiiie mittarely and she wen to nlowlv nettle. I'he had entirely i!iapo.arl wiihin thirty minutea. f f upturn Rounwlnt wild not a i psaied on he ubuu.iili deck.

s FTiTY IL'IES WiL

BE DRAWNONTHE REMAINING BILLS Governor Will Demand' Showdown on Every Bg Measure. ONLY TWO WEEKS SESSION REMAINS Bth Houses Have No Less Than 500 Rills to Dispose of in That Time. (tin H.r nliis'illcml Vcim Xcrrli e.l INDIANAPOLIS, In.!., February 1!). -W ith the exception of suftras'e, ;ery imp.utant bill acted upon in th? Kislatui-e in the next t o weeks wiii . be acted upon alone pa- v lines. When senate and house lecor.vened this ai'ti'i-.ioon, both Democrats and Kepubliciins had shown no sifjns of yielding on Icnisc j - which they now consider ialty legislation. Governor (leodi ich has made it plain that he will demand a sho.v-.!oivn on everyone of the mea-A.cs advntvtod by hint in Irs "enicieticy and ecoooiey" which- "A says, is not a political program. The Democrats apparently have not receded fmm their acceptance of his deli, and will oppo. e his bills by united caucus action, chai';nir that tl ey represent false economy an'! etliciency. The highway bill, the excise tax bill the cmsetvaf'on bill, the bill toestnhlish a s.(iarate flepartmrnt of banking and msu-aiuc, and the lulls to abolish certain state otthes were the m.lKirtant hills petidiilK today as the legislature e'.teieil upon the final two week of the 11H7 session. The evcise t:i r bill on corpolations and the enns"! valuta bid w.tl come Im loll the m tr r.,, J! til... thi.- Wick, having passed the h'ruse. The roads bill will oo a.-ted ujton by the house, und it is likely that it will he passed . its original form giving the hi' w: .. comtni.ssion complete control over state market roans. 1 he senate, tvhirh t red th" hill amended so as to leave tie- control in the hands of the county L.mpicsioners will attain rei-eive th'e hill. I'nless there is a conference of loaders nt ,i: houses on this bill :, a new bil! to reoeal the three:'oad law, it is evident tiiat no (fooe i roads lerrislntion, or fl at unratisfactory road: lesislatinn. will he enacted lioth houses have no less til.'; bills to dispose of before Match WILL GIVE A LECTURE illustrated Talks on Mexico al the Hi;h Sth'X'l Tilesdny Evenint;. r,.r,i,...one -S boys illustrated lecture on M ,11 (five a:, ico at the hitrb -eh.a.l Tuesday eve Key-done slides will lie u lines aie ihicf! ecentc a taken alontr the route nine; at 7:'l;h sod. The mend iu.lu,tiial, from Vera Cm?, ti the city of tic iue lo Yucatan. Ka bov will speak upon t or more pictures. : are the boys of the I he f.ulow -s, class , w;lls-ak: in the order in which they k: Viivd F.mmert, Law.'eti:'.' -ii. Frank Appleby, Kuircne Ralph llurress, Charles Sinis. Plew, Victor Honan. Jacob II. ndei lLcc-m . Hushto d Wilbur ph llurres, Srlaule. William KuUor ', Newton Ashley, Oai Allen HoKshiro. Foster: Homer Waiter. Willi Iain r. Paul riiiht, Francis Mc I and Charles Huu:r. AT MEXICO ( ITV. Amcriran Ambassador Fletcher Itenrl c, Port af Duty. ' I MEXICO CITJ', Mex., February II1 For the first lure in four yean. tit. : mereitn en'bty here w oiTiinted todry by a duly delegated Amhasador. Hrnry F. Flet. h"r, the new Amerie.m aiobassiidor, reached heie 'with hi staff last night. H'gh olt'e ciala ei the nveinment greeted the party. I uni.nia rrrl'liern lined th street from the at ition to tho mbassy and

i U. i-'A .4 I "presented irm" as the new ami.a.- ! sudor pasj-od. Every eotr tef wan shown the Ami bassaoor'a party on the long trip ! from the border. The train wu met I at the border of each state by wckoining officials. '

THE DIVORCE I'ROItLEM. The MrKlnley Hill Passed "V Senate I Thin Morning, tliu Ihr InlemnHrmnl .Vef ioirrifp.) i INDIANAPOLIS, February )9 I The senate today took a step toward a solution of tiie divorc problem ir, 1 Indiana when it- pased Senator Mr- ! Kinloy's bill, Jit) to (I. I The hill provides that boforp a d;vjo:re petition !! 1. a r '-. ' .ention to sue f i, il v,. ..... ninety d. The notice sirali j not state grounds of divorce, il is Sen-1 a'or Mckinley's belief that in the in- j nine ninety day many couplewould become reconciled lid the Av.a'd not l.e the usual ufily made in divorce petiti.-ns i't i'hlUfe TWENTV-TWO ADDITIONS al at Mecli.iiiiohiirx i 'Successful. vivil nuetinics at tbi4 C Ii at M hnnicshurg. i'i were held durinjr the (lav .-mircssed by the Rev. of this cdy. The reirula llo morn en;; -eiviees and a meet i at 'Z o'clock in the aft inther for tho wo.vien a r the and : the pioffiain. ded ail the.se so

Clir.st sim-e the bis life. h Hit cube niivtoies will he moved to Thorn!.,

tailek ' i!"hnit'ly FACES A HOPELESS I S. Senate I'lans rout teenHour Work (lav to Speed l'p Htisiness. lft Hit tMrwkirl ,V.' .''..irf.i VASHI.NtiTON, February 1!.--W ith only twelve more v.orkinir day temaininif before adjnornment oo- : March 4. Conpi f.-,,nted with a'r i todav was ro;,nine; hepeh ss let;jsiative t'tl s,,r i,in , A I l-h' Ill' work d.if :! ed In action on t.ieasai 1 th" "must" !i.-t. No -tmouiil of :-peedlng up. h.iv will save some of the most imp. ln"l:sures f'.om the Idri .la' heart. The , ,ili .:.,! bill, tin W'. i pint b'll. the bill enlaiK'nc th.. state nreasure nil on the ta. iel.i with favorable con.i.iitttce repo t.---have ra'h'T dismal prospects. It will keep the senate hiistlum t ' pass the rejrulai' tip'propreition hill the live. hill. tt.r -uiei. the .piracy r and the tion bill. Hi. anish Wet. Indies ai Leaders admitted to it would reqilil y t even those v constant I'lo, lolls throiiith n ele-.-enlt. ho"" '- ' - - ' :i, days of conrrre - , is ie oi,' c 'oei' on to save part of the program. Despite the signs of failure of see ,'ral of the nomination mtasuies. in eludiru' the railroad bill anil the WVI.l export'bill. the belief urew about tie eapitol today that the president wotii not rail an extra session. The pier-i .Hit ha., made no sreet of his av.-r i oi to -k-epintf nmi'ces) i'i Wo- hm ton after Match 4. Administrati,., fo'l.merii in both bouses expi-ep sed in lief that the prcsidoni wouhl :iec failure of .some of hi pet leolaii,. in tiefercnce to cailmu- an etra m--si.-n. An extin session would mem more and moie endiarrassiriii d'ha'.. or the niiahhed international si'.ia 1 ion. The senate resumed debate in srn bills today but the opposition three ened to block a vote .'or several d i; - prorrossivc tlepuhl.c.m irroiiji fi.-ltiiit; the blh It round it- nod i!l p o' iual liberty in I'llite.l States. NIEKSAUY WEEK. hniabls of I'jlhii s Fod'.cs ..f M Founders Day. In ( clehrat . 1ft thr s'rts.,(('.t,fll ri't A'.r.e, INDIAN'Altll.lS. In.l.. Fehiuai This week the Knitfhts of Pi lodifes of Inilinn i 0il() other membe 11 join with 7 of the order (in.'. ! th Cnitcd States in cel. biatum, ti e f.ltrd anniversaiy of the foun.hnfr of 'the order and the fortieth year of tin insurance department. Indiana is one j of the hot-beds of Pythianism, there , being more than fi.,,W)l member of 1 th order in the llooiier state.

;iLiALii!jyn;B! DIED SUDDENLY OF

Prominent Resident Expif ed Today At His Home in This City. FOR 'i "tVO WtXhri ii. alh V:i V. l.oltv r noviwele.1 I low e er Hi icf Ri-sume' of I.ilVs Caict'r. Puttior, oil Ka i.e.! in the hai .(ware but rinlcl Almut brother. C. F. rutnrr. ais ao ii.' inoveil to t' 'Ihe SunivinK Family. was married to Xnnrv lime hert and Kl.v.l- - idenls oft this e took place in there Mr. and :h Si;; 'inty. oil It I This Hut ner lived for several cam. follow tr.v. children survive: Mrs. ' fdiich cf lcowrishum ami 'o.lhitner of ir.diapanobs. Mrs. i;.',"ifieni''ii ir a diiuehter, is de"d. One bro' her, James tt. Ililt- :' Ituii'aio, N. V.. is living an.i bivttieis, ('. I'', and C. II. llutner -d, T -ters. Mr... Ade ine Snijos of I'i't-hui-tc, Kansas und 'lis. Ma:v t.. lleeier of mnsville, 01, av, i,ie -. 'Her. Mrs. Klizabeth I iynt 's de.'e.i. Mr. I'.utner was a inor.iher of the Chiir.'ian chu'vh and ' ,' in. I O. O. I-. I.clire at I horntowu. .vie toiicral r.anifonicTits have been GROWING ACTIVITY . ON WESTERN FRONT inhlino; Heconies More Intense All lniw. the Extended line. KNTIKK CLOCK CI'IJN.Fire Started by . o rder. I , I . hriiary 1!. ( ac',ers who I.OW'VI IA If ! - Fire st.. i ted I lie f..ife o- the . S. llaiir level-, re and ..caned with .! iVJ in day ewt ,,t an cn'.iie citv bhek eh there 'were two churches, a ie - ni bou ioiiIi i'bt resnl The loss is estimated at iUr I . -" , io-.cn eneea. : IKK).