Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 129, Lebanon, Boone County, 26 February 1917 — Page 1

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fore a Joint Session of Congress Today Advocates Defensive Measures

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Asks Sufficient Credit to Enable Him to Provide the Necessary Prelection Where it is Now Lacking Insists That War Can Come Only By the Wilful Acts and Agressions of Others.

IRn tlir IflnnulLimH Vr . WASHINGTON, February 2i .-- esident Wilson went before a j('int exsion of the Senate and Houe ih:. 10 protect American rights on the ii VU -eaa. la his address Prridnt V. il . ikclstvl that iliiilmiiittir nimir..! had failed to safeguard American inj ercsts and that all that if now lef. i.; j'n adopt an, attitude of "armed wvj jTraiity.'l He agm insisted, hoWtHi-r, 1'iui w.,r car. come only by the wilful a' .twI aggressions of other. !e specifically request that h" be riven authority to arm American m-r-hant vessels. He also (i-L.d n v-i.Tt. ient credit to enable nr. to provide uiequafe means of protei linn whenhey are kicking including luate insurance againt the prefer ar : I'rt tiand AddreMp, .Hii.tduy. Pre.-o'lfnt Wilson lMTpnipfi ht a! iiess to con if reus yostri'lay. Hr vorkpri al! the morning on the histor. n&kmg doCitiunt, fl.-clinirtfj to fro t-1 hun'h, and the "larger iurt of Xbn aft ! moon. His dwiion to addipss .r. , tre was announce! following ar

"wH-x tended conference with Senafo:

f Mltp?urit rhairnvm of tor ienate foreign re'aion; rommttfe. The announcement that the pres. lent would ad-.re?K congress lui; tfternoon was promptly flashed to enute and houe loader ami within en minutes arr.ingHni'nU for rn yrPM to meet in joint session at 1 o'clock had been made. Tnere was intense excitement m the hailM of congress when it became 'ntr "bet th rr,,,:(,nt v-ult .4-1 Ire. a joint session. It had ben exerted, and althouh enators and representatives realized t momentouH meaning, the shock 'tad been abnorbed in advance, of the ihcial announcement Vice-president "Marshall wan hitting n hi office quietly smoking his pipe -A-hen .enutor Kern, the Demo'ratii 1oor leader, entered. Kern TelU Mamhall. "Joint neaaion at 1 oVlotk," announced Senator Kern tersely. "What dtee it Ttusttt, John that we

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S. R1GHTSDNSEA Notable Address Be S. MERCHANT SHIPS at' oinhT to put nn the virp presiilf nt. "1 .Um't know, Senator Keen. He went hack t itttely to tirrtft a i rhp ' provide for the joint e.ion. (f-tio TtnnoorwPiiicnt was made that he would addrni conirre1 today President Wilson dtscun ed the Pntue !"i,'isintt situation with Senator Stone of MisMiuri, ehainrtan of the rotmnitfee on foreiirn relation. The ident had hren Inclined to dt fer vi.-it until later in th week. Put Senator St.ne told h:m that the f,.lin aminjr the members of the senate and h"U?e Wilis tht they ttlSn ild he taken entirely into the confidence of the administration, They were tired of "Kiupinfc in the da'k" is undrtrHd to Ve the way the matter wan expressed and the president immedi ately derided to et busy and r'ear up al! matters in doubt. He at or.ee put the finiMiintc touches on his addiess and sent it to the jrovernment printing ofliee o that ropies would availalile a!ut the time that h reached the eapitol. Senator Stone, upon his return to the capitol, declined to diuss h:-i c .nference with tiie prident. Irridentfi Addrefm. The preMder.iV addres low: "Gentlemen of the Conf? again a-ked the privilege PSf you beeause we a a fol- ' I hive through critical tinier during wJiu-h it j'pems to me to he my duty to kep in close touch w-ith the house- of ronafTi j;o that neither counhH nor action rthatl mm at cro puipoes he"On the third nf February I offinal!y informed, you of the nudden anl unnxperted action of the imperial 'ier man government in declaring tU intention to di?sr-Kard the promise made to this (jovernment in April uA and undertake immediate submarine operations against all commerce whether liettiffrrntrf or of ne-jt-ml.-i that should Keek to approach 'Ir'-ut Britain and IieTand, the Allan t;c ennsts of Kurope, or the harbor of the eastern Mediteiranean, anl to conduct thoee operations without regard to the established rest rid ;nn of intetTtational praHiee, without regard to any considerations of humatt-

ity even which mijcht interfere with their objection. That policy wan forthwith put into practice. It has now been in active execution for nearly four weeks. "Us practical resul'K are not yet fully di;'losed. The commerce of other neutral nations is jufTerin(f severely, but nt, perhaps, very much more severely than it was already suffer in before the first of February when the new policy of the Imperial tfovernment was put iiitn njrprntion; We have akfd the co-operation of the other neutral jrovern mentis to prevent tiiese depretiations, but so far none of them has thought it wie to join us in any common course of action. Sneers in Apprehension. "Our own commerce has suffered, is suffering, rather in apprehension than in fact, rather because so many of our ships are timidly keeping to their home ports than because American ship? have been sunk. Two American vessels have been sunk, the Housatonie and the Lymanl.aw. The -ae of the Hourvatonic which was carrying foodstuff., eonsifcrned to a London firm, wa. eent tally like titcase of the Frye, in whiih it will be recalled tV (Jerman government admitted liability for damages, and the lives of the crew, as in the pu-e of the Krye, were safeguarded w-ith reasonable care. The case of the taw which was earning lemon box ctave to Palermo, di.-lofCil a ruthlesjne nf mt-thod which deserves Krave consideration, but was accompanied by ro circumstaneeM which might have nut iw-r-n espectt'd :it nny time !n connection with the use of the .submarine ugidnut inerchjntnien as the Geniun government has used it. The Present Situation. "In ramming up, theiefere. the situation we find out"-tvei in with regard to the actual conduct of the German auhmarine warfare availed commerce ami it effects upon e;:r own slvps and people is substantially the M.nie that it was when I addressed you on the thinl of February excent for the tying up of our shipping in our own ports because of the unwillingness of our ship owners to ri?k their vessels at sea without insurance or adequate protection, and the very serious con ge-dion of our commerce which has resulted, a cor.grttion which is growing rapidly m're ainl more serious every day. This in it elf might presently accomplish, in effect, what the new flrrman submarine orders were meant to accomplish. o far as we are concerned. We can only say therefore, that the overt act which I have ventured to hope th- German commanders would in fact avoid, has not occurred. Additional FxprcHMn. "But, whi'e thict i; happily true, it mut be a limited that therp hare t-en certain adduii 'r.d mdlcationf and cx-prt-ssjon-' of pu' po.e on the part of the ('(-rt(ta:i ;.e.;.; and the f',t?rman authorities ., hn h have increased rnth er than lesen'-d ir.e impressions that, tf our .thips. an-1 our o. fie are spared, it will be becauM of fortunate ctr('ONTIN'l'KD ON VAGK TWO.

The Cunard Liner With

Americans

Uly flia f.,.ll V-. SVr-l'e.) NEW YORK, February 2fi. Th lH,0i)0-tm Cunard liner tjtronia, Ixmml from New York to Liverpool with pas.seiiKHrs includinir a number of Americans, hns lieen torpedoed nd funk o!T the Irish t'oaft, according to reports reaching thtt (iiimnl line tiflices hero this afternoon. The Laconia left New York on February D. It was utated emphatically at the Cunard office thin afternoon that the liner was not enk"Kl in the British admiralty service. It is thought that nt leant three American were alsinrd. The Cunard line late, today officially confirmed the sinking of the Iaconia lant night. The Cunard liie announces one life la known to have been lost.

Bulletins

(B Ihr lntritn' rrlce. ItlJil.lN, Via .ayTille. FrUr. ary Ki(ht allied eroplanea ere that lowa yealerday on the wentern front, Ih leraian war office announced 1day. Tn of tlieni re dneeel from the midst of an air flotilla which had been boinhanliiiK mililaij ohjeel he. hind the (ieiman front. IK lr iHlrrmiliof H T- Krrrler. PARIS Fehruary 2. The American fn-ichtcr Orleans a sister hip of the K'H-hMirr, han rntered the moulh of the (iironde. ay a Havana New Aneniy dixpatch from the I'renth port today. Owinft to the tide it a aaid that the Orleana prnhahly would not dock at I'auillae, thirty mile from Bordeaux until Tuenday. ( tin Kilrrnalvmal Ttrut 8frrlt.i NKW VOKK, February IB. To more big tranx- Atlantic linetn cdn with munitionn and paaaeneera hae siicceasfully pafcard 111 rem h tiermany'a submarine Jtone and reached their ports on the other ude in aalety. Cable received here today announced the wife arrival at Bordeaux of the French liner Fpaitne. which bexide war munitions carried more thin 60 American ritizrnn, and the arrival at Liverpool of the White Slsr liner , l.apland. l? thl Mfrn(Tfi.il Wen Serrirt.) N F.W VOUK, fuary if. Tlrree teamer arrived here safely today trom porta beyond the Mihinarinr on-. One nf them, the Spnnixh ateamer Alfonno III. broueht one hundred and fifty paacncerii from Viito without hap. The olhera were the Hritixh freinhler Nam man from Kaxtia and the Nonregian steam vessel Falkland from Manchester. Too bi freiehtern will leave for the danger lone today, the French liner Honduras for llordeaux and the Japanese Toyama Varu for London. Iloth are heavily laden with munitions. A LITTLE THING LIKE A III LLET DOESN'T STOP THIS MAN'S ARGI MENT fflf InternnriDna' Vru. XerrlrrA MATMSON, III., Kebmarj- 2H. After a bullet had entered the buck of his head, broken his jawbrr,e and pasped into his nifuUi, T'jny Kvonifel.istic, .'(7 a Sei-viun. cnimly psl out the millet and re-f-unil his argument over the war with Mike Curr.imann, t:i. an Ausinan, who had done the slm..tirjf. WFALTHY ItW.liAKS. NFW YORK, February L'fi. On eai-h of tiv-. heraars arreud in front of a church was found a larire roll of money and on one of them v.ei e deeds to three parcels of rc.tl e.-,Ute. Aboard, Sunk

THE FOOD PRICES

Nat ion-Wide Movement By Consumers is Having: Its Effect. RELIEF MAY NOT BE PERMANENT Department of Justice Will Proreed With Its Plans to Prosecute. (0 Ihr InlrrnaHnnol .Wit, Krrrlir.) WASHINGTON, February 26. Senator iiorah of Idaho today introduced a resolu'.'on appropriating JK.000.0OO for the relief of suff: lets from the hlifh cost nf food. The resniiiiion wnt over until tomorrow at Senator Huiah's re"quest. BY JOHN EDWIN NFVIN". I Hi Ihr lntn ttilwiwl nr Serrnr.) WASHINGTON, February 2i An unplanned but well enforced nationwide boycott by consumers ulready is reducing the pr'ces ol rnodstulta. This is in spite of the fact that no action yet has been taken against speculator by state or federal authorities. Repoits reaching the Department of aifrirulture today indid'tn that Kitatoes anil onions, leaders in the "skyward movement" ure quoted in the larger cities tcslay at a less figure than on last Wednesday when the situation became most acute. It ulso ia ri'ported by the agents of the department that the market everywhere has absolutely fallen flat as a result of the general understanding by the consumers. In consequence many wholeia!ers, loaded to the guards with foodstuffs of all sorts which they have been holding for higher prices, are said to be anxious to unload before spring foodstuffs are in sight from the south and the Facittie coast. It was stated officially, however, that the relief was not probably of a permanent nature, and that it will in no way check the operations of the department of justice. That body is continuing its investigation with a view to the criminal prosecutions which have been promised hy Attorney-general flregory. All federal at -torneys throughout the country have been instructed to prosecute violations, evidence of which is in their possession, without delay. And, if this evi dence enn be used to better advantage in state rourts they have been authorised to turn it over to local officials. The position of the administration in the preient crisis declared to he that a few convictions with jail sentences would send prices tumbling down. Still After Appropriation. Chairman John J. Fitzgerald of the house appropriations committee, has not abandoned his fight against an appropriation of IMiKUXM) urged by 1'residcnt Wilson for an investigation nf the high cost of living by the federal trade commission. He was to day lining up eniocrata to vot.. again.'t Borland amendment to provide for the food inquiry when the CONTINTFD FROM PAGE TWO." AN INDEX OF TODAY'S SPECIAL ADVERTISING Neat Ii Company 2 A. A. Garner 2 I'ine Village Athletic Assoc 3 Calumet Baking Co :i Morgan Shoe Co 4 Colonial Theater ft Knglwh Auto & Tractor Co 5 Monroe galea Co (1 Lebanon Transfer Co, .... 8 Color la) Thencar 6 Kconomy Store H Whit A Armstrong ft Moor's Varwty Store ft Grand Opera House H

MEXICO TO MAKE ITS

OWN WAK MUNITIONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE (By lr Htoilfan.7t .VriM Serrtee.l MEXICO CITY, February 26. Within a few weeks, Mexico will be independent of outside countries for her supply of small amis and ammunition. It waa slated today that the machinery landed at Manr.anillo, on the west coast from the Japanese steamship Katablra Maru, will be set up at once. It will be in charge of 200 skilled munition workers from Japan, who came with the arms-making machinery. The plant when in operation, will have an output of from 7(si,OlMt to LOW.miO cartridges daily, it is stated. The miasion for the purchase of war supply. machinery in Mexico waa carried out by Major Jose Carpie through the olHcea of the Japanese war ministry. TOOK PART IN AMK Oltirer of Dutch Ship Describes Attack on Fleet of Seven Ships. (o Id sfrtsnlliniol .Vru Sen tee.) LONDON. February 26.-Two German submarines took part in the attack on seven Dutch merchant ships near the western end of the English channel on the evening of February 22. This declaration was made by officers of one of the ships the Kemland in an interview printed in the Chronicle todayThe fact that two submarine were observed has given rise to reports that U-boats may be traveling in pairs for mutual protection. The first submarine the one that torpedoed the Kemland, was an exceptionally big craft, carrying two guns and a wireless outfit. The Menado was not sunk but towed into port badly damaged, it is said, and it ia believed b!so that the Kemland remained afloat The second officer of the Kemland in telling of the attack upon his ship said: "It was about six o'clock in the evening and 1 was on the bridge when I saw something ahead of us which I thought was a steamer. It turned out to be the wireless masts of a submarine that I was looking at. Without tha slightest warning, so far as we could see. the submarine began firing at the Noorderdjk and the Jacntra. "We were given five minutes to leave our ship but expostulated that we would not have time to get our belongings. "'Five minutes' was the. ominoua answer thnt came over the water. A situation between Germany and Holland similar to that prevailing be tween the United States and Germany ia threatened as a resut of the num erous attacks on Dutch vessels. A wireless dispatch states that an official communication given out ir Brlin sajs the Dutch government failed to abide by the terms of the safe conduct given by tin; German ad miralty for the vessels. The number of ships reported sunk by L'-bouts in the barred zone waters from February 1 up to tixlay totals 171. Their total tonnage is estimated at nearly 420,(100. f IKK AT INTEREST. Is Aroused at Washington Over the DuVh Situation. Iffy Ihf InlernnUamnl Vttr Scrrlce.t WASHINGTON. February 2fl. Increasing resentment against Germany In neutral Holland and the Scandinavian nations waa being watched today with- ery great interest by the administration. The state department was directed to sen that all reports from American representatives in those countries are sent on to the p-T-sident as soon as received. While it is not expected that there will be any Joining by the four nations most affected with the United States in the diplomatic Isolation of the Kaiser's government, it Is believed here that sterner steps to safeguard neutrality trill be taken by all and that they arc certain to have their effect on the German govtmment.

SACK BEFORE THE

English Troops Cain Steadily By Constant Fighting:. BRITISH GUNS SHELL TOWN OF BAPAUME. Town Has Ilecome a Mass of Ruins For and Mist Cover the liatik tichl. (.ttf rie rnfrritaffrtnit xnr, fierdee.) LONDON. February 2. British troops are doing the heavy work In the resumption of fighting on tb Somme front. The three-mile gain along the Anrre river, hy which th CVi mans were torced cut of Petit Miraumont, Pyx and Serrc, was brought about by British guns and British infantrymen. The British, on the Ancre river, ara w about four miles west of Bapime, their chiaf object of this front. The town has lieen shelled by British guns until it is a mass of ruins. The mans have teus falling back nin thodically under the pounding of ths British artillery. Dispatches from the front today said that much of the recent ftghtinf' along Uie northern end of the Momma has been carried on at night and in thick fog where it was almost impossible to see the object nf attack until one was right upon it. German prisoners, taken around Ireles, say that German officers helieva that the British and French plan to renew the Somme offensive at th point where it was left off in December when mud ami storms put an end to fighting. . While the French anillery ha been active elsev.Iicie i t the front, the British have taken the initiattve on the Somme and are evidently going to push it through to a decision. The three objectives of the AngloFrench forces from the Somme front, were Peronno, Combled and Bapaume. Combles is the only one of the three) that the allies have succeeded in taking. The Somme o.Tensiva began the first of last July over a front about twenty miles wide. ATTACK IMMINENT ' Cuban Government Troops Are Camped on the Outskirts of Camaguey. iHy th International rv firrrtee.) HAVANA, February 26. Government troops were encamped early today on the outskirts of Camaguey, the rebel stronghold where General Josa Gomez first took command of tha revolutionists. An attack on the city by Col. Pujol, commanding the Mcnocal forces, is momentarily expected. The report of the taking of Camagney last night was premature. The fall of the city was announced in th evening newspapers and caused much rejoicing in revolutionary quarters. Shortly before midnight President Menocul succeeded in getting into telegraphic communication with Col, Pujol ami found that he was then ten miles from the city and moving forward steadily. It was necessary to repair railroad bridges burned by tha rebols before reaching the city proper. WARNINO AGAINST RAIDER. NORFOLK, Va.. February 26-Brft-Ish warships off the coast here flashed wireless warnings to all shippinx early today to beware of German raider in tha South Atlantic

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