Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 130, Lebanon, Boone County, 27 February 1917 — Page 1

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THE DEATH BFP.VD AMERICANS

DEEPLY STMIIBfli I I i

Situation Following

-Liner Laconia, and Loss of Lives of Two Women, Becomes Serious

GEGLARED "ANOTHER LUSITANiA CASE"

No Outlint- of Course to be Pursued by Administration is

Forthcoming Opinion of Officials is That Sinking of the Laconia is the "Overt Act" President. Had Hoped Would Not Take Place.

IKn Ihr (n lr, cui.. ii.lt cir ftrrl W ASHING TON. February 27 The sinking of the Laconia illinut warning was a eiur .inhitmn of international laws and ncr.lno further invrntignlion. Serrelury of State Lamong de-Inn d this afternoon after a conference with Prrsidsnt Wilson at Ihr white house. SerreUry of .Stair l.an-itnt' carefully avoided .peaking of the ease a an "overt act" such a--President Wilson has warmd Germany against hut ht did not iinfoai the fart that the aoniinisiration looks upon the sinking as tht' most scrim. affront German haa offered Ihr I'niled Stale in the ruthless campaign. He did lint indicate that any drastic move ia planned hy the white house at present. There was a will dcfined feeling in administration circles, follow inn the conference Between the president and Secretary Lansing that congress may act upon the l-acooia case without suggestion from the president. I!Y JOHN F.DWIV XKV1.V. irtij Ihr lU?iH'nl Vf'f F" rlrr " WASHINGTON. Fobruiiy 27. The ath of two American women in n mill boat from the torpedoed Canard ikr I-aronia, floating m win'ry eather off tlie coast of Inland nfiir e point where the l.ti.Mtania d .id und their graves. haM deeply stirred e nutiai'juaiiiliili, - The situation tooay is F.xTrcmoly rifc-a.f. Receipt of official eonfirman of the death of Mrs. Mary Hoy i.l Mm Elizabeth I'oy of Chiraro. Mowing caoioly upon the positive rent that the great tiur.s-Atkirtii ;er was attaiked without warning .'isid a tij-htev.ii.g of exptcsii.n i :icial circles. Th news was sent immediately t. icrident Wilson in his rtudy in On idle hrjr-e. It wa stated that fo. ;e pi-esent he would have n ithiiig t' .y. Unofficially it war said that thi cident had confirmed him in h.s he f that the legislation be a deed fo sterday which will permit the ar:ng of American vos.-ls so that the .n resume their sailings i more that f.er necessary. Another Lusilania Ca.se. That this ia "another I.usi'.auia case," ftned to he the general opinion of ncialu here, t.arly In the nay . r. e general situation was in doubt nm1 fore confirmation had Icen received If the death of the Hoys there teemed general desire to make it plain tr at is country would not l,k for any rioua action by the adminifrit:ot ttUt of the low of the Laconia wan then aald to lx on a piirai e ith the nmkiPK nf the California iiich w-i said to he an unfrn-r.dly ae ither than an over ict. Hut v. ith Xw!ediro that American women ha en lost came a general rhanire in ntiment and expression:' of icciiau came coiriapondinKly bitter. No outline of intention came from e white hou.e. It a said to b ie opinion of r.'v-i;.'? tbeie ti.at Ihr-n -.uld he no question but that the sink g of the Laconia with its Ins ol mer.ran li wan t'ne "overt net heh the president haI expn-ssed th oie v , .! ! not take place. Hut the Jreidcnt haa n-.'.tlined hw next iitep id he wan waiting for ftfl expres om eoinrrefts. Mennwhile otoWa!? o tn the administration took thr iin to point out that fonifrena i he body which haa th power to deare war and that It now was in je. There wan little doubt that tht rodent vat waiting to yet an ex

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Sinkingof the Cunard re -mo fi;r hi fart that eloped :,,n 1 I'Jl has onr: of its d. divrs,. de jjienc th l;r. niakers on t'ap j hits iii'en a -ource of appleid inlminiMiation circies. it I . Te.ia;., v.ilh the pK-Kleofs fur it.ithoi ity to establish j eutraiity and to protect th15 i n pasemrers on Anter-ian' ..lure it, eongri-ss was in the j f the lime!. t;ht And there j the sli.'hre-t intnrlit.i ll i i- I e white house president tt nuitl o hi inch "I the 'd permit conirre vhether th .mnsel his nent or woi et-d dune. e fact that l lie Cei li sank tiin I.-.cor.ii do before all o.' -row had .etched ! if. t ce that the campae foi-., :, t in the c hy Cermanv that i'..-e wis to be re., arried out to the u notifice.tu tO l)C limit, ofl'icials said. No matter what the outcome of the new incidents rni-e.t bv the smk;n or the Lamma olT.cialdnm here today .vasahse'ut.l) confident that not later than the red of nevt week Am-m-an merchant ships, armed with heavy gun4', for protection and with experienced gunners to manipulate thr m will iiave resumed their regular touu on the Atlantic. And this, too, eiHci.il.-:-am privately. t hot her fongres grants the pn-.-ider.t .ill of the author ity he has asked or n.,t. Suck VYiihout E arning. Positive deel rd lin-r Iicmi i ink v, ithoi.t - itien that the Ci V. as torpedoed ar m'tlf "'jo- I...I. from American Consul l-"iost at Queen-down. He also confirm..! the fact that once again American women have lost their hves at the hand, of he tieiman iinderseas craft. The repnrt of Consul Frost to the 'tate letKti'tment ws dat'sl at 11.1 V last night. It was given out te.lay the ,ep:, "Two Anier.rai, ladies iK-'icve.l ,1, ad rom exposure and bodies lost at .-ea, lamely Mrs. Mary K Hoy anil Miss 7::ibr-!h Key of Chicago. "Four Americans saved, nam-ly F. Cibiein.-. o'' the Chicago Tribune; Irs. K. K. Harris, wif? of Col. I! u ris. '. S. A.. Kurt Pupor-t; A. T. Ki-h. . Cpiier New York state, and l atner 'Ajirning of S't. Joseph' Sermriary, Halt, more, M.I. "laci-ina toi.Kiloed without warng. l'::;tl p. m., 2.'.th, l.'o mtie- v,e,t of I'a-tfiet. fivecait, breeze, l :)v IN not breaking and lair bno.c 'The Laconia carried a t. gun which - invi'ible rt night. A second torlo struck h-r twentv minutei. aftei the first and the s'lip unnk in oniour. Thirtien boats g..t away from he vessel. Numlier K lifeboat, in vhich the Hoy ladies were, ,s reiK.rli-d ost. "V. ireless alarms were ser.t out and he boats with the crew and p:, seni; ers on bo.inl, were picked un by ad miralty ves.!s about 4 n'cliiclt on the afternoon of the 2th. the cargo was made up of cot'on, food and non evo'osive munitions. Apparently now are eight dead of the ia board. The latter hie -up of . and tin Supplemental Report, In n me-sage received by the state 'leparttrient today, supplementing his report of 'art night, American Con ;u Frost at Queenstown announces l.hat it. now is "positively confirmed" 'hut Mrs, anil Mom Hoy of Chicago, lo'-.t their lives when the Cunard liner laconia was lcrpeds- by a German "uhmarSne. Ho also r.tate that C'-d. tic B. IvetU of New York, another American, probably it lost. Consul Frost then says: "Add to Americans mvod the nllowin?: Negro r.rr-naa ami ,'mi ,'';

London Rejoicing Over

British Troops, Success

I.ONPOS, I-clirury 7. The steady advance of the Uiitish towards Oapajme on the Nomine front and the Cloture of Kufel-Aiiiam. in Menopotamia, by their troops aroused nationwide njoicine here today. F-.-.tr.r Rsfbtory critics predict that the fall of Kiipauine is near, but most of the war expnts hold tt.at the Herman defen es west of l(ap:iun are no powerful to be overcome in a short series of nisnos. Newport ew; l'.eM.julllili Carter. Nw Viirk; 1-ewis Paniell. Ilaltimoi-e; Carey Mabuii?, Ne.vp.nt News; Edward Smith, New York; llemy Younp. New York; Harney 1,'a.lttor, New York: Jomi Wil'i.-.ms. a.tdiTSS knowmllenry c'm.th, 1 J(i Pratt stieet, Indi'inapelis; William Winne, or Wl!. of Haitimore; J.wph Lewis, HurTalo; Daniel l:-::u-!, ".'l Olive street. Savannah; Isaac Powinan, siime address; John Ion son. New Yo.k; John Sumter. ".'. Nest. hi street nod Calhoun street;. I'harleston. : in all. Total siirv-vors. ..'Til. landed at Itantrv. 11. Total on poard . Mi sniK, i:i. of whom f.ve drowned and e't'ht includmi Hoy ladies, died of exsure and weie bu: ied at sea. There were six hospital r-a.. -., nene believed grave. "rir-t frpede. struck shaft engine steamer going 17 t, n kmts. Engine stopfied and ship turned listinr starb uir l so that most boats got off that side. Tuentv mnutes later when mo--t h..a'- were .iean-.l submarine liied second torpedo striking engine tiort !-. s-h:i ,nh i Hlt.Mll minmes ri..rii first t.iriHMlo. Had fired six i-i.et . vl.i. h i by aim i a lt riatrol. Wireless also u-ed lip to lat moment. Hnats scattered two or three mi'rs in :-...vr!l twelve feet hlfch. Humid flares and were picked up s-r-iaii'ni hoMeen three and four a. hi.. In a dispatch to the state departmen thi-, a'ternioii Consul l-'iosl. contrulic'.ed his . nrher statement lha C. B. Ivatt was an Amene.in. He said: '('(due li. Ivatt. New Yoik. was Hi t h t.His in patfh rootimied "Aild stir vivors lijl'inii and C. Pice, nogio seumen. Su-vivor frein bent No. 9 fcom which Mr--. Mary E. Hoy and daugh ter were buried include Huston Rare-art ami .Mrs. T. Koiherington, Hrit"OONTIN1JEI"ON PAGE THREE. MD HOLDS THE Will Seize Orman Inlerned Ships Tiller Inilwmni!is Paid. Ilia I.. llcrnfo.nl Setrt Orrrlccl AMSTEUIJAM, Kebiuury 27 - Holland toilay notified Cermi.ny in a note that she ho'os Oermany resjuinible for linking . ',en Putch vesselr-r-tenlly and will retaliate by seizing interned (ierman vessels in Dutch West Indies unlc-i tiermany wy nden.nity. STATE SENATE WILL HOLD MIGHT SESSIONS Mass of Kill-, to he Dispnsed of Keftiire-t lmgvr Session. Illy lit' Intrrnill'm'lt ttmt Krrrler.) INHUNAl'tiLIS, Ind., February 2 The state eeiiule, fming a delug of bills to be disposed of this week voted to hold night sessions, beginning tonight. Night sessions also w-ill be held hy the house. Several biils which have passed the senate were advanced in the house today hy favorable committee reports, including the Siminnna bdi to allow city councils to fix the pay of health oflicers, Hugerty bill allowing second class citie to lease or 'acquire by purchase buildings for markets or eo!h;rume and the Bird bill for atatewide fishing lieeniei. ! The Johnson bill to rerruir per mils fir selling; hog cholera scram was ! Indefinitely postamed. Gumkl'ii bill ' to limit the gaa late In aeronil :ln cities to iie-yenty cents was killed b- ' Cijse ti.e1e is sen e bill prorling

i!r;i.l, (ny-tM arc in holding i most of the Sortime front, releasing i French soldien for fervice elsewhere.

This is show by a" eineir.i ni.-paren saying a rii it ish outpost .outh of the Mrnnne river wins .u.i oy mi: unmans without bucc-mi. The t'ermana have been enmpellrd to fall back over a fioi.t of eleven miles wide f;om east of (iuedeoourt to .i.mth of Somme j court. At some point the Hritish j pressed forward al nut th-ee miles fn - countering only ir nuord itetacnments. CONGRESS TAKES OFTHEPRESIDENTI i Committees Meet to Frame! Requested Lepisla- j tion. SITUATION. IS VERY MUCH COMPLICATED owe Oi-MMHtioit Develop Congress to the President's Views. I fig Ihe iihoai.ifieioii nt-.n ,tn!i.r. WASHINCTON, February 27. PrescnUal with rreMide.it Wilson's request for "blanket uulhority" end cash to meet all emergen! tes in the international question short of actual war, emigres Uday was tiying to .locale what its attitude must be. The two committees to which the president's i addiess was referred foreign affairs i of both branches, met at 10 o'clock to : fiame the requested legislation. i Democratic members were anxious : to meet the wishes of the. chief xecutive. ThoReouhlir.na were .unit, ir. opposition. And behind closed doors on each side of tiie Capitol, u serious effort was in progress to find a way. out which would satisfy all ,in ,in,in- o, r,, v i,-h thu n .thin should at least l to pre; nt toi ihe outside There wew two poin lent' adilre vrhtr-h h litter animosity in th. nts in the pceiii rr.gend. iTil private dis-

u.-sion by congress. The lirst was U. I'olland, alesman, N. .; .N. Ill lgnt, ity of the century, said Samuel Jackhis intimation that he wanted cm- negro Pullman iwrter. Three others eon, repitsenting the Citizen.- League

gross "off his hands" but wonted it io reaffirm authority he said he now njoyed and to furnish cash for entergenc'ies. Tins was declared bv all Repubhc.ins publicly, and by certain Democrats privately, to he a 'c,nid hat .-engross sum nd. r to the erecitive ti e powers of the legi,,l:,live iranch. The second was a singl when nt'ter expressing the hope hat it will not be neci nto action the American ary to put riood foices he president said: (.toting The President. "The people do not i irtionl and our desire from theim. The a. sire It farmed i.- not diffei-cnt ocates of the European war "ountry entering th. bitterly ciitizing this state,ei .n,l sinvulariv in.mirh were re- - . c . e,ve, sui.port from the pacifist iriincn, wnicn wis nisi, nun n inv iresi.l. nt believes this so, w hy wan he advocating an aimed neutrality nhich m their opinion must eventually leaI to war. The comolete situation was very Tiu. h complicated. There wa-i still in ; evidence on the part nf the R; publi- . cans a belief that an extra sesi ion mast be held no matter what the; president might think. Hut the ad-1 ministration leaders in both house and the political experts in the cab met were working hard on the rank nd file to have them accept the situ ation from the viewpoint of the president. It was apparent that it would be a day or two at leat before sentiment would crystalline. There also was the Immediate dan- j ger that nms of the developments in ; the Laconia sinking might change the; situation. j TLAN tJI'KK ACTION. INDIANAPOLIS, tel.. Fehrn-.ry 27. Stirr-d by President Wiison'e address to eongreai yestenlay. upnir - ters of the Sic Nagny-DHwortii-Wal-ker bill pettvidinc fi" voluntary mil - it.ary training tn huh whools today til iriiuid to aalc lit owjc'k aetiem in the "

EIGHTEEN KILLED

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fM i Freiffht Crashes Into Rear of Passenger Train at Mount Union, I'a. ALL EXCEIT TWO IN SLEEPER ARE KILLED ! Dead Include Entire Family Enj Route to t'tica to Attend I Funeral The Dead. (Am Ihf Inlrnttlntittt .Vm SerrU. MT. I NTON. I'a.. February 27. W ith the bodies of einhleen peraon recovered from the wreckage nf the sleeping car Hi ll-wood, reduced to a tangled mass nf stiel early toilay, it was belli ved that the death loll of I he lirst fatal wreck on the Pcnnslan;a rail, road in three yens would reach (went). j iPli Ihr hitrrmitUittat .Vcw-i tfrrricit.l , SIT. L'NTON, Pa., February 27. j Seventeen passengers and a Pullman j porter were killed when a fast freight 'clashed into the rear uf the Menvin- I j tile Express train No. li of the Pennsyl-! I vsni:! railroad, eastbnuiid a! the sta-! j tion hero early this morning. The; i sleeping car Hellewood, on the rear of ! the exptess, va telescoped and every i one in it with the exception of a wo- . man and a boy, was kit'ed. i ! The dead Chester A Minds, former I I Lniversity ot Pennsylvania aiaiete, , nnd wealthy coal operator at Harney, I Pa.; Mis. Chester A. Minds and Owen 1 Minds, age ,t w(-eka; Miss. Maud Minds, wrier of Chester A. Minds; SI. A. Calpsh, Conifer N. Y., hrother-in-law of Minds; Miss A. Segur Pelling, Cleveland, O.; Kichard Nowen, 7. Dot- ' tje .N'owen, Jean Nowen, 4, all of1 jamPV pa i ',"' ,. . .. ' tbrsfi wTe traveling together fn yrone, Pa., to Utiea N. Y ., to , attend the funeial of Mis. Miu.l.-' father. The three unidentified children wc beii.R taken to an orphanage, Milton Byrnes, .-,ew torn; it. A. RoehVr, salesman, Plattsville, Wis., W. Montgomery, salesman, Bloomi"gton. ;ii ; I hat-leu levine, halesnmn. nassau street M'w lorK; t'luinp have not been identified. The notebook taken from the body of ltun contained the name J. F. Kelly, Brooklyn. Among the bodies !'M recovered is that of a ten-year-ol'' '"' Wrecking crews which have been woraing nenucaiiy lor nours nan at dawn taken eleven bodies from the wreckage. Among these are those uf y m sl r 'v"nn anil ma nut. uo.i i. year-old hoy. Most of the other are crushed beyond identification, i Minds is a brother of Jack Minds, the University of Pennsylvania foot ball star. H himself war a star man lit Philadelphia. Delayed hy Brake Trouble. The express due here at 11: 1 1 p. arrived twelve minutes late w ith brake trouble, lroMf trouble. It was held here while the was remedied and the sagnal to start had been given when the ' Pres, K ... V and 60 miles, crashed into the rear sleener. The impact hfuai hed it irttu a compact mass. Caught in their 'c6mSVtaltTfGBTwb M , EREMOSK Ilerlin Heart! Report That Ammunition I'lunt Near Paris lilowa I 'p. die the l('Aif X're-s ferric.. BFRI.IN, Febroary 27. By wi - trs Two hundred jorsons were killed ! i,r 700 wounded and SO.OnO ton of ; ammvnitlna was destroyed hy the : blowing op of a French ammunition I plant near Pans, soya a dispatch to i the trrer .eaa Kiwi Agency todoy from ! iltviaa tinamra.

fREGK TODAY j

Bulletins

itty the. Internalioiutl Netrt ficerlee.) COPENHAGEN, February 2? A dinpalrb from PVtrograd states that the Duma convened today. The building was surrounded bv troupa aa there ia considerable political unrest in Petrograd. fae MferalessJ Jitc4 Aerelcc.t LONDON February 27. The British steamship He.dl. y, tons, and Ihe Elritish steamer Aries, .t.ull ions, !.. t..n ;4uuk in the barred zone waters, it was announced today. (All lc slerwillLsnl ,rir Serifcc.l I.ONTKIN, February 27. Urd NorthclifTe, owner of Ihe Times and Daily Mail, was under fire when (ierman desiroyera bombard, d Margate and Itroadslairs. It was learned here today that Lord Northciiff'a country house wax damaged, hut that Ihe editor refused to get up out of bed in spite nf the danger. (B Ihr iKttrnati'mat .Yrn Berrirf.l I1F.KI.1N, via Sayville wireless. February 27. (Delayed) German submarines which have just returned to their base report the sinking of 21 ships. Eleven were steamers, two were sailing ships and eight were trawlera. ( Ihr sfrrnufOmiil AVics ici.e-,) LONDON. February 27 Motor buses in darkened streets of laindon have prated far more deadly lhan Zeppelins. It was stated i.mU, fht r,4 persniis .ave been killed in Ihe streets of London since Ihe streets were darkened in Hill. A LOCAL FORUM I , ' j Citizens Lpnmip Arlivp in Behalf of Constitutional Convention. . A MEETING TONIGHT, An Organization to be Perfected Here to Discuss Vital j Issues. This ia the greatest civil opportunof Indiana, in a short adores at the high -schooi this afttrnon. ; Sir. Jackson will address a public gnthering at the library at 7;:ili tonight, whi n the groimdwork will I .laid for the oiganii'.ation of a Civic l o.um in Lebanon. The public is corihally invited to this meeting;. I In Forum will conduct a series of public lectures upon the Constitutional convention and the public questions involved therein. Thin league will co - operate with others of its kind through the state with a view to a hnter un-derst.r.-idinrr of the new Cons, itution j movement. The primury purpose of the Citiiena League of Indiana now ia to promote a widt.-aw.ike ifiscussion and a complete urdrrstnnding everywhere . throughout the state of the mcanit-g uf our coming Constitutional c.niven tion. The league is dome very active field work in the way of establishing ,. n.iums in eveiy county. , These forums will hold a series of ' puhlic meetings, at which interested ; cj(izinll pt,,.,,,,,!,, in tn) .iarus. ' rio" of .i1ml,01rV,n' ubjects that must . be considered by the convention. The league offer, through its Speakers' Bureau, to send reputable speakers on any and all constitutional subjects. it ia already apparent that the pr-ns and the people generally are placing the matter of constitution re. vision on a very high plane and the disposition prevail everywhere to absolutely disregard all partisan poli tics. The league has the active eo-p-nltl(m of all state and local organliationa of a civic nature and of 1 .-vhoolc and clubs in piomnting this; educational civic movement. i Ihe league In not advocatint the j adoption of any particular reform by th Convention, hut does urge a fair! hearing and a favorable aubmissinn toi the people of every controverted pro- ' poaal tepartitely, so that it may be da. itermined hy the peop'e upon ita own merits. By this meana, the la-opla of Indiana will really be able to nte their own constitution to make tt contain what th want and to reject j what they do not want.

KILLED KiS THREE CHILDREN, Mil TOOKHiSOVN LIFE Despondent Indianapolis Man Shoots Children As They Sleep.

RATHER SEE THEM DEAD THAN HUNGRY Left Note explaining His ArtDespondent Since His Wife's Death. iflu the IntrrnaUnnal Vcire fisrric.) INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., February 27. Because he would rather arc hi three end. lien dead than hungry, Crank Stader, .15, early t.atay Khot and killed them as they slept, and then killed himself. Stader left two letters, one to a minister and one to a policeman explaining his art. Since the death of ; his wife a year ago his employment had been irregular, I w furniture m ; mortgaged and he ieuone.1 that he j and his off-spring were better dead j than living. i Donavinage, 8 the eldest child waa I shot twice through the right temple, (MiU'ridgo, A, was shot in the head jand Margaret, .'!, was snot in the left temple. All were Fleeping in onn bed, and it is believed all died instant 1 Iv. Stader then shot hiniuidf, falin(t I in a pool of blood at the aide of his children. !l died shortly afterward I in a hospital. FURTHER PROTECTION FOR THE WHITEHOUSE (i ROUNDS TROV1DED fltp the Intmntlonn Nciri flrrHce. WASHINGTON, February 27. The defenses of the white house grounds were further strenirthened today w hen iron workers began putting in place a huge iron gate at the hitherto open entrance to the executive offices, just aerosa the street from the state war and navy building, When the gate la t'or.ipii'ted, an armed guard will be stationed ui.side it. AGAIN POSTPONED. Vote, on Excise Bill Goea Over Until Tomorrow. ( tht ieiuii..,i.;l y.iri Ucrrlce.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Fcbrmiry 27. The vote on the corporation ex cise bill wao postponed until tomorrow afternoon. DEFY TO THE WORLD ' Chancellor Hollweg Speaks Bchalf of the German Nation. (Ow tht Hfcriiaiosal A'cirl Btrptee,) BERLIN, February 27. Chancel lor Y'en Bethman Hollweg in a speech llollwee in a speech made Germany's defy t(1 ,np Reichlta(, to tnt" Id today when he said "The one dominating thought in German minds now must be might and gain a victory." HONOR ROLL List o' Those Who Hare Recently raid Subscription ia Advance. P. tr Hulsi-er, P.. R. 20. II. V. Uwe, R. R. 1. Rav Taylor. U. It. 11. John M. Powell. K. R. 8. F. II. Taylor, City. F. K. I.oofie, California. K. J. Barker, Thorntown. John Bennington, R. R. 12. M. C Kimmell. R, R. 13. Klirabeth Cosier, R. R. S. Chnrlea Psyton, New Ross. Peter Adair, R. R. 6. It. E. McCoy, Sheridan. Wm. Mead. R. R. J. B. Core. R. K. 7. Calvin Dickerwn, R. P. 9. Un Berk, K. R. 10.