Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 132, Lebanon, Boone County, 1 March 1917 — Page 1

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REPRESENTATIONS IDE 10 CARRAHZA

I ; May Result in the Withdrawal lY(.m' Mexico of German j

Diplomatic Averts a: ;! Po. sihly of the German Minister to Mexico-1 S. Demand on Mexico U Shrouded in Secrecy story of Phil.

HY jot's- vrnviv vrviN WsSin.XtiTO.N. l-.nh 1Ihe Text of tilf Sole ar to ( ear.t von l.ikh iret, v B , ated Jnnuat v l:i and wao nt to M. me. has Keen m ir.e tn ent W;!-.n for evem ot sta'eo wnere it ram epo'ted to the i. niK.-o idnr I ' h - when he n tn S.rret. It 1 i -cat apiiit- in New "ik ( n.v anif tiie tiaree ttueif. Many of th iltcular hhipmenta are known to tne

-es 'tij aie t.eintr traee 'i. ( itran' at le.te-o ( ,t uh'tr -lit in the -Mih.lra.vai from !t r.erToan (litdom ivr at'-ii 1 Of I e ( n r o ( I O I 1 e;entatins Rr? 4'ouded in .: I I I is admitted that Owui m?ji already has leen i undertaiid that ihe dernr-.n nvr arainsx th l'n.ie.1 Ktatexiean .'oil is a yro.-(.dy on' The ertir" intevr.aiional : diu-.-su the r. I it'.m-i he' ten, tr. I t . I I x y text innn:feat;.on of infrit-n.) rnaiete., i-eoof of i,Uh ha, hy fie at.-nt.- or thn.itv o-v, ,i ihe l :-,d St;,-,.. :.l".Kt H'.h.-iif.V. I i th tre that B-itt-m a -hott . I I V I in-.n. ( ithev tii.otteh - rt.f.e;

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W SEillS l.iti... r i . . riot Adaints unWhat actum has h n t la t.,.h,v. It w. J:i!..-n he, t .. ! : tn (forntan Arwvdv. d tit the t w il of :te .,n foot h, r;, t e , iomiini tfa'i the C-rma t r 'lit ti.tlt he .;: ieru -e to an ent th el au-horizint; srn-.e.l neu'.aiity a time ) in toe hou.-w. I I I I I I h u I t t v i! I. He -vanff the wrate hi'l "ni. as tnmed to ive him a'l of th '. r;: thtt he hlvex tire nee.le i prot.it Am -. nan .hiv;nii( on tn V I I ' 1 r torn the .-senate romnntt.'-e. OfhY,a hev.-d t.Hay that he would lie ab f t Olio i'l'i'Ialion. The ingestion alretvly lias b-' d to tii rn' ten. - him th'jt rn I I .-t de.-ihr.ir with Oonm nvolve tne Ijnted States i and then with a Mexiean-A--rcA, ;e .In nan-e; with (,uha, with toe t ei.trul Ameiican repatilic. moat f

which arc intensely anti-American,; ami with certain of the .South Ame-i- i cm lcp.iblics. When President Wil- i son wrote I.I;, letter to Senator Stone, as chairman of !. tnrea'n ntt'm-s ron-piitteo, f( -,v days tii'.o saying that . th tune was near when the l.'nitcl ' States woi.id need all of it fiirnds j in I .at ti-Amciui and u.-fcir.t' that the I oPmd.-nn treaty he i pprovod, a ' mimtier of tec adn.inistmtinn sona- j mi-4 asked that all of the known lu-rts :

'""" i he mailt- public. They ore told that : t;,oo , ni rh.y wore. hn-.ovcr, informed that millions of m.. - ;-.mn m..ney tn j expended in an effort to make titmh1 the United States pn-1 :t ne.iHihors the soiitt, I Want All Facts. enat.ns and many otht:' ie.ie.t "n the le-ronling .Wi of the . tl'.i. ! ri-.at has lieon in t.roe,-ess on th.- part of the hrman foreign "Pice 1.. ,r -m.. a i.-rmm-Mxiran-eel a ,var w :h it.- IV.itrd State i. he .-ni"o.-d l.y .laian and M.-.Y ',..! C"ir.all I "Mil! L.COI.n fuel" r-i!..r.;:.n (hi. morning of a letiei w.i. - i- written hy Orma n n !. i:,n. .1 i nuary t'h 1:'1T to Germs' .r.i.-iei v. n Ki'ehart in Mexico C,t rlmm the Cerent plan-. s;m.' I'liM'IM'tll OS' r ;K kicht. cRiTISH FORCES J! Ml LttiiLU HOFHPM Rep'iTinin"; of Final IJattle I or Possession of German SUonghold. niilTISII REACH THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN Humors in ( irculatmn That (.t rman Are Lvartiatini; the slronnhold. l.f.slJON. March 1. -Sharp hKhtrur. : if'-ai''!,! the U-Ktnnie (if the i lattie f.,r th Herman vtionirholil f Ih. oa it : . '-. t-oke ou' near the tri. le.n ."iikn-t- of the t..ii -..t tt'tf- t ' i-ir .-al.tuie of th'-.'It-ue ot f ' nolv a n.ue from l,,,aui:ii- ii, i'. h trou le-pati m.h

I I IT t If l,.thm put.!.,-, .-ajrerty V :.! for he fa'l of IUimi.1,1... It n irni.oethle to di-ter-oine whether a irrand i-.auit had he.,n hy the H-ite-li, 01 v-h'thei- the Wow t-ir.iek lat mitht o.nlk-d only the eui'y stac"-- of the h.nje. U'lrnorn were in constant rirciilntioo throutrho.il the n.(lit that th,- tier tnati.n .-re vai-i,atinK liapailtue and ' I Khtinif only a n"nv,iiiy rear K'lird actnev I neee renol w were iren'-rally ilc'edi'.-d h military 0IT1-,-iats. who'heiieve the Teuton ( mil hold the .oition, at te4t until the (,om r t 1 I y e f e I hi k The hrilliant. vurrex-en seor-l hy th p-.t.. h y--.trd:iy. v hen the villager of iommecotirt. Ihnlny and Pin -ti ' ii yvnt wete rai.tutcd. (tiT -,i-(7i.

on o'lve.th hat tUytr loe-e. 11 wa tearne. rm.-in !'.. Cr.irmee,,ort, feene of WooHy

I hattlmif at the hetfinninjr of tlie irrr-a' Snmme (.ffenHive. pnwii into Iirstinti ' haedK without a fiitht. The Gennanf retir and Urilit.h troop atitered lh village without nppotitian.

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iJii! WfflipMHff Members of Washington Embassy Ma..e Statement. 0UTL1NK ATTITUDE OF JAP GOVERNMENT ,I;i;in and t'nited States Are On I'rientUy Tc-ns The Orman l'u M-e. thr nrnKitl'.Mo rn t lOei-lec.i W SHIS,T(iN. Mir.h I. K-tahhhinR a prcci-lenl in diplomatic action here, the Japanese embassy this aflernonn. on its own initiative, issued a complete and flat denial that Japan under any circumstances wouie cor shier anv Kui'fffslifv made by dermany In eater into intriene acainst the I nited Stale-. I uc ..alemint as i-,siied was a- lollnws: "With revard to Ine alii-eed t.erman aticmpt ai D-luenn Japan and Mexico lo m die war iipmi lh. nilisl Slates, made inildic O.iuiich the pre ?",- r'ti.'n.ln'. the Japanese emha--sv. while lackinit information as tn whether sin-h niMlat mns eier reached I ' kin. desires In stale in Ihe nio-l omphalic laiiitiiatrc lhat any iniiianon of this sort would in no rtrriiin,tances tie enlei taioi d hv the Japanese government, which is in entire accord and in nose relationship with the allied poweis on account nf formal agreement and of nmnu tan whose Irliudship with the ( nited Mates is ewrv dav grow-nig m inreniy and cordiality. He ; .i;oi.,,,i-it Hrrrl.r I ( S;ili;'(l. Man-il l..l:.:.a and Me .fa i. t the V -d In- I'.-rr Tt vill itsue no official ,-ta' my oiTicial attitude no .1 n... I. -BUM s tilat Is tat.ed. a niatter that iof tii Tokifacts in the ca, w I he! i.tted ti Tokio and ft.!! be I, ft fin- 0Hi dal here t handle as tl-.i-v -ee I,;. It jt the Janai.e-e ai-.mide in the on;re matter wu- o'Hlin.sl to the Inter atinn.il News Service today hy tne t the higher ofVii ml,; at the obu.ute doubt the truth of the chargis." he si.id. ' Hut we l,..heve that the proposition was mad- blindiy -that Iterr Zinimer.n.in men-iv Ktnielt !' n.. ly in the dark in tt.e hope that he light strike something that world (.fee aid to the fa t weakening centeal nooeis II i.- Cennanvs urn-tagand.-i. proinvngiite-1 teirtiy t,i .n, piic tear of foreign intr.guu in his count, v and part'y to hold out. a itrnw to the peotilo of the Central Power. f.eiiimitv is the drovMin. man nd this In th straw. "Theie h.-i been for some time an n.odious upreadmit tot-oughout l,erTinty of the iiiti that the i-xation-..weep ttia T'nltid Stntin ar.d Ja ilr ab,olu'. (lilt! till b'-lween the I "Mr. Ohtn. tha weretary rt Ihe Jup-!ine-h-jut.on at Mexico lily. i a warn, friend ,( tne I nited Mates. He wis In Washington himself for thtec

yearn. An for Baron von Schoen, we only knew him slightly here.

LXOX KHATK-S JAPAN. SiTretaiy I (initm Sure Japan Not Implicated in (iei-man I'M. fftf Ihe MrernTtoaitJ rw fferrtee.) VASllli:TO, March ).Seeretary I.ansin t.lay exoneiated the Jai an -.-e ifoveii.iin-iit In. in any ion!, nlieity in the tleeman n'ot to involve the fniied Stnt.'. in v.ar with Mext-1 co and Japan. Mr. Lunointr said: "We 1)0 not he-1 lieve that Japan had any knowledge of this or that -he would ooniiier any Pi opo-dtien rnade hy an enemy." Secretary I.ansrne, in disi-us-iini? ihe Mexiian -ingle to the plot am'norijed the follow inir statement. 'I am confident that Mexico would not he a iiarty to such a plot in view f the friendly relations hetween this oiintry and the de facto jtowinment. "So far is the general p'ot la con cerned, we know that it is in every way true hut we cannot make public all details for fear of endangering the liven of r.ur informants. I-Hl'ir KSS H.NOltAM I". Mexican OlIkialH Declare They Know Nothing of Alleged riot. Utii tht lntrrnUmi yen Scri-li-e.i F.I. TASO, March 1. Mexican ofncials at Juarez today professed utter ip-noruhce ot any pl.i hy the iiernian government to invoke Mexico and Jiipatt in v.ar with the I luted States, hut publication of the rhinites caused no great surprise m military circles here. The International 'ews Service "cONTINUriri ON" PACE TWO. THE EXCISE BILL WAS DEFEATED IN THESEHATETODAY The Upper House Votes Down Governor's Bill, 29 to 18. WINDER'S BILL IS ADVANCED TODAY Would Give Increase in Railroad Rates Mother's Pension liill Killed. tlt't th" 1ptrrnnHnni Veirn .'rrrlcr.l l.IIA.VAI'OUS. March 1. The corporation excise lull, advocated hy f lo'-erter Coodtich, was defeatist in the .state si-nute, op to 18 this after noon, bringing to an end a long light over the bill. Ilefore the eenale convened morning, Lieut, (iovernor Hush held a confeivnce with liemocrntic and He l.uhlican leaders in which the Democratic baders threatened to proven' further sessions of the senate by re fioing to attend, unless the bill wen culled tn a vote. When the hill did with .several lt-pubh po-ed the bill for so mg pat, the support, come to a vote (lis w ho ht'Ve op eial day? t-md rs gave up hope mid many did not vote. Ie-pite lively opposition, the Kind er senate bill to permit the increasi of passenger fares on railroads in In diana from '-' to 21-: cent a nit In v,u advanced jn the (muse today, the ma jonty report, fuvurir.g pa-sage of the hill being adopted. Senator f.'hatithers' amend the primary law was advanced when favorable committee report was accepted, the Muore bill leiieal the Mate-wide primary killed, and the Mi Kinley senate hill to classify and (tx a minimum waire for teachers fiom $2 tn $4 i month higher thmn the present tt ig was favorably reported, .tenant " Thornton's mothers' pen inn bill also was killed when the house adopted a committe report fav oring indefinite postponement Anderson's bill to turn auto license fees bark to counlici ll killed.

OFFICIAL COIIFIlfflll GIVE!

Bulletins Iffti thr wlciniitlfoi'il ctrn Srrrirr.) A M ST Kit I) M, March hurried conference was held at the (U'rman foreign ollice following receipt of word lhat Ameiican lives were lost in the sinking or the i.aconia. i ne nvw rciviicti Berlin several hours alter first reports of the torpedoing of the liner, said dispatches from Ihe f'.erman capital today. The public diaplayed no great interest hut wagets were made in some of the Berlin hotels on the possibility of the Cnited Stales declaring war at once. m Ihr iHtfrtwtl'iual .Vtirl 'i:er.J I' A HIS, March I. Nil immediate declaration of war by the I'nited States berairse of the I.aconia sinking is expected hy the French press hut it is belicw-d President Wilson world lake Pleasures which must soon lead to war. "It is not war, hut it is nn longer merely a diplomatic ' rupture," said Oustave llarve, in La Victoire, "Il is already armvd' nenlralitv." - t (Ph the rslcrsfltios.il cic terrier. I NKW YOIIK, March 1. The American steamer Rochester, one of the first American ships (o dare the dangers of Ihe Germ a a barred tone, arrived In Bordeaux ' yesterday morning, according lo a message received at the ollires of Ihe owners, the Kerr Line, lu re today. The (iold Shell, an American vessel sailing from W'ilmington, nU and the Orleans, which left New York wilh the Kochestcr, arrived in Bordeaux rarly this week, all 3 ships going through the barred waters. ' ftt- tfir lMerw,lti.-..if ,YT AVn'rr.l HFKLIV. .March 1. Warning that because the American freighter Orleans panned safely lhroiiRli the submarine zone, American ship-owners must not believe their vessels immune from attack, was sounded here today. The newspapers point nut that the Orleans was favored hy heavy fogs. They quote from a recent newspaper inter ir in which foreign Secretary Zimmerman declared that neutral ships will he sunk if they enter the barred zone. AN INDEX OF TODAY'S SPECIAL ADVERTISING lh. Bus. Men's Assoc S Coulter-Smock Co ' I.eb. Vul. & Sales Agency ....? Ladoga Canning Co 8 Davis Public Sole 6 Morgan Shoe Co 4 Chesterfield Tobacco 7 Mamies puhhr sale 6 Oak Itrug Store " Star Drug Store t Smith-Welier public sale 6 Fnglisb A. & T. Co 2 Phil, l.'nderselling Co Ii White & Armstrong 8 Moore's Variety Store 8 Columbia Conserve Co 2 Mr)nnie: 4 K'o Diadem Flour 2 Colonial Theater N Calumet Baking Powder 2 lng & Davis H A. A. darner 2 Matthews' grocery R Olympic Theater 8 First Itural iwn 7 Moor t Shirley 8 Classified Orear & Orear .6 lwia A Stonri 3

IHE PRESIDENT

Authorizes Virginia Senator to So Ami-yunce in the Senate. RESOLUTION ASKS I OR THE DOCUMENTS C alls t or OltUlal t'upersj in the Intrigue Debate on tie Resolution. (Ill thr hilrinit'.nnal .Vew STri (rr. . WASlll.M'.TON, March 1. -j-The- senate, after an hour and .' a Hatf of spuriteil debate lhl morning, referred to tha for igi relatioi.s rttnmllw Serwtor J Lodge's resolution calling or President Wilson ts furnish It with an nflirlal ropy of the 7a aimer man note of January 19 in. vitmg Mexico to enter war gainst the I'nited Slatea. i Hit thi Hti'isssAol cic J9(trrle.l WAf-IM.';TON, March 1. Fenator Swanson of Virginia announced in the senate today that he had been authorized by the presiih-nt to state the Zimmerirtn 1 ) - of Jnntl- . ary IS, 1917, inviting Mexico to join Germany in war again.-1 the t'nited States as published this morning waa teytunlly correct. , Senator Swansort's. announcement was made in the senate following in troduction ot a eesoiuuon uy .--enauir Lodge, cf Mar.,.uihu::cM.!, af.kng for official papers in the German-Mexico-J..i,!in hitrigum, immediately after the aent'te convened today. I have been authorized by the president to say that the note as pub is! in the morning papers iis cor rect," said Senator Swnnnon. Senator LaKo'.h tte said he would support the rejolution if amended to contain a request for exact information as to when knowledge of tha Zimmerman note came into the pos.esion of the government. Senator llaidw-ick of Georgia, ob jects to immediate consideration of resolution, urging that it be sent to the foreign relations committee. Senators on both sides took the floor .tnrr.ediateiy urging him to withdraw his objections. Senator Stone, chairman of the roreign relations committie, also a.,ketl that it be sent to the committee. Senator Stone Cautions. "It may not be authentic; it may not be true." said Senator Stone, irtdicatinb a lack of team work in view of Senator Swanson's announcement. "!t seems to me in the exigencies of the moment that it would be unwise to proceed with out great caution. There may bo something behind this which we know nothing of." Senator Stone wild he thought the senate ought to be fully informed about the question but urged de'iberation. "We, might becom in'oked tn a CONTIN UED ON PAGE TWO.