Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 134, Lebanon, Boone County, 3 March 1917 — Page 1

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Germany Justifies Act on Ground That U. S. Tried to Array South America Against Her

German Foreign .Minister Quoted As Upholding Such a

Plot Against the United States As An Act of Defense Justified By the Exigencies of War Makes Counter Charge Against United States.

IB) Iht alVMilviHtl .Vena Carrier, i EERLl.V, Via SsyviHr wi-tlcs flarch 3. Virtually admitting tt. ruth of tiie charges made in t!it Ur tod State that German "plotted" t. ocure the aid of Mexico and Jaimn n event of wtr with the Unites tatea, Foreign Secretary 7.lnvvoday Justified such action on t! round that the United Slates tiW arry South American Kepublici gainst Germany, Th foreign secretary's admiasioi as contained h tt statement to i annnr 01 me trans ix-en' few Agency. He d d tut deny o .hfirtn the authenticity of the to led "Zinutierti arC letter, purpor.W JHirVtV'i ; - ornian minister at Jltmo viiy vh. fed "Zinuuerti ai .cmina minister al aicaico v.uy vna io ask roral r...,. . i ipan to join in a war on the Unite tates, in event of hostilities. l!u e asserted that such a course wa oroughly justified not only as a pre Jiutionary measure In case the Unite. tates was the aggressor, hut air Wcause of reports reaching the tier tan government that tiie Unite tee hid made similar attemt,ts t fray otnor countries against the Or an emp-?. " I fall to m h m(. n i;.it' j; jn .ired by unfriendliness on our part,' Klared foreign Secretary Zimmer . "It would meaa nothin hu sat we would use means universal!' Imitted in war ia case that the Un ed Sutea declared war." He added pointedly, that such i ove would be only a iiurely defensiv rd precautionary measure by Oer any and that the so-called "plot' ould fall through, if the Unitec Kates did n herself take the ug fesslve. Baals of Cnarge. Secretary Zimmerman based hi fiargs that tl United Sutee had at mpted to lin up other neutrai bainst Germany on a Statemer nted in the Argentine newspapr s Prensa. la Prenss, ha sai' harged that the United States lar ar suggested common actum airain.--ertnanv. to the South amoriran Or liblics. He further quoted from n ark by Edward Price, an Amur in newspaper man, to the effect the e United States wss remaining nw al only because she could furth' interests of the allies better b malnlng reutral than by declarin sr. Other circumstances, he sail id conftrmed th's belief in fiopmnSecretary of foreign affairs Zin- n'r an was asked by a staff memlr e e Trans-Oceanic News agency abno e English report that "A Germa' ot was revealed to got Mexico to .if are war against the United State r.d secur Japan's aid against tlx nited State." Zimmerman's Statement. The Secretary answered: "You underUrd that (t is lmposs: or me to disco the facts o is 'rvall ,.i..i' .i ... i-kW them ehnimstanee. I there r may be allowed to limit my si,w r U what was said i Fgliali r

A STATEMENT!,

orts. which mo.-t rertarnly were not

"The tng'ii.h rv.ort eM.rt-.snly : iffy ) sirrsutisul Vnct reic ) tatess that Germany exported anil HAPVFY, 11L, March 3. Five perched to r.-main on terms of friend-: ns wer injured, 3 seriously early

hip ,.h h. fiti sti. hi iht. ! the United States declared

ar against Germany we prepared , jumped the track and turned ovei measures of defense. I fuii to see near here. A stove used to heat the how such a 'plot' Is insi.ir.-d by un- j car broke loos and scattered live , ,, . , , ,. coals over the passengers imprisoned friendliness on our part. It would . . . . , ,.m under the wreckage and set the de,ean nothinit hut tnat we woul.t use )rU or fir( TnrM of tht injured the means universally' ailmitted in , wnre badly burned. A score were cut ai in rase llint the UiiittJ .'States and bruised. All of them were re-

Mated war. "The mot imi'ortaiit part of the al(fed plot is that under the conditions uid frjn, the whole 'plot' falls flat the ground in ca. the t'n'ted 'tutes J? not declare war against J , ... . ,. Uj ',,,, cuaid'red the p.,bil, I . ... . ... hostile art of the UniUid States gaui.t us then we really had Trains to do so." Quote Argentine Paper. "An Argentine newspaper printed a , hort while ago really 'revealed the lot' when telling that the United Jtates last year suggested to other . Viuerican republics common action ! gainst Germany and her allies. This nlot' apparently was not comhtiuna! n the least. The news as published y Prenaa well agrees with the interiretation given for Instance by the merirao b6nvaper man, Edward i rice, m Berlin and London, who naid hat the United States orly waited or the proiw moment in order to asist the Entente opjiortunely. The sme American stated that Americans 'rom the Wginning of the war really artiripated in it by putting the mmense resource of the United itates at the entente s dispoeI and that Americans had not de-! lared war only because they fqlt sure hat assistance by friendly neutrality vould 1 during that time much more fflcicnt for the entente than direct articlpation in the war. "Whether this Americn nescspsner' an reported the facta exactly we; 'ere at a toss to judge in satisfactory ashiun smce wa were more r less ! (iletely cut off from roal cctnmuni . . u l- . j e. . is . here were other farts which s.-envd confirm this and similar as, uran-1 ?s. Everybody knows these fiwts j sH t e.-H nnt e, then, nd I need not repeat them. "The entente propaganda services ; ave sufficiently heralded all theee : re entente demonstrations In the Un-1 ;drrdwwa:k ctuai att.;uM of the United State hei is obvious that the consldea-; lefentive measures we should t-ke .ere W' Jtates." attacktd by the United ' W ILL RETALIATE. : j ierman. Charge That French ; English ill Treat Prisoners, (Uf lie far-svMl htr Htrrirt. BERLIN. March S.-P.y wireless) Declaring that France ha failed to

eed Gorman)' protest against the . being conducted by General JTalf, ll-treatment of Gsvrmaa prisoiwv, though nesriiy sr.w, til! bring War i;n,ster vna Stait a si t yA F;o,um into British h.d at I Win- ..) Ksschsxjtg teslay tint G'it-m'.y J irnu'H h ' of kritieH tivee.

will tulie counter measures ;uint I French prisoners at once, j Thousands of (iiiiB prisoners, the

, war minister charged, are compelled to wor close behind th French front under the fire of German uriiil , If they seek cover tram the tire, they I are driven back by French officer, he ; asserts. 1 Generally speaking, the English tre-.it their prisonerr. better, he um, i a rut in many cases hue reuresee-d 'grievances. Bui on the other hand, the English, ton, often employ pris oner close behind ihe front anil compel others to work' excessively in Frenen ports, he ulleged. Consequently, Germany will take counter measure against English prisoners ulso. CONFERS WITH BAKER. President Wilson Make Hurried Call Upon Secretary of War. l fsxraaikis'il Sim tnk4,y ASHINGTON. Murch 3 Preilent Wilson suddenly ituit his ilesk tit the white house shoitly after noon today and went aeio-u ths street In the ruin to the office of Secretary of War Ilak.'r. The president ronfeircd with Secretary Raker for almost three-quarters of an hour. He greeted newspaper men with a smile as he emerged. "Nothing regarding Europe at nil, gentlemen," he said, and then went buck to his office. , FIVE INJURED. Car nn Inlerurban Jumped Track at Hrve. Illinois today whin a car on the Chicago S Interurban ti-ution company bound , from Kankakee. HI., to Chicago moved with difficulty. AMERICAN KILLED. Military Attache Loses Life While Making Tour of Italian Front. B is frratfo( -Vta-i aerrlcs.i KlvinB. ileiberg. American militin j attache at the American embassy in Home has been accidentally killed while making a tour of one of the Italian battle fronts, the war department was notified today. BEGIN EFFORT TO EE ijritish Inaugurate Cam paign to Throw Noose Around Stronghold, GERMANS MAKING STRONG RESISTANCE UrltMi Attack From North and Smith The German U Heavy Gons. Os t , ffTrsee.l

LONDON. M...ch 3.-General Huigi1" wat "' " m reecned

ha begun a campaign to squeeze the (ierrnaru out of fti.i.aume. Nurth aml s.lM of the German stronghold, the ilritisli are attacking in an effort to throw a noose about tha ,urt evacuation by the ,., re.,i H.i. u u,i the I Mmfl jj,, ' emp0yW) m iruccess-, fuMy by th. French and Billish in the capture of Comblee aubtr In th.j corn irmed yetnemay s reporxs io w . InUrnational News Senice that the ;rmana had halted their retreat and 'a, withdrawn in ihe early day. of , "T " "'"""7"' "' ," '"K" the British positions with shells. .They are making It exceedingly difficult for General Haig's men t" throw np new works In the midst of the sea of mud before Dapaume. tu. .,..!-. iIn to raikg , strori)t ,t llup. aume. Occupation of the town hv th- British, it is now believed may be ooattioned at least a fortnight. It was minted . osit at th War office that tha "sontwmin" on rations now

SECATECaAIE BRISTLES M WIEIM

Senator Fall Urges An Open Declaration of War. A DENUNCIATION OF THE PACIFISTS Declares It N Not Time For Talk Rut For Infmsdisie Action. tn Ihf HfcrsSllMe. Vrs-i furrier.) W ASHINGTON. March S. Debate in the senate this afternoon on the of American merchantmen! igainst German submarine attacks istled with warlike utterance. Senator Kail of New' Mexico, urged an opttn declaration of war "within of Connecticut, declared Germany ha already in effect dwlarfd war en the United States and advocated giving 'he president authority to carry hostilities to a successful eonclusion.' "Germany declared war en all monkid on February 1, when she proclaimed a ret umption of the submarine warfare,' said Senator Brandege. "There is n time to deliver moral homilies, of Salvation Army tracts, or sermons mi the mount to a nation gone mad." He denounces! the aiivities of the pacifists as "approaching treason." The passage of the senate bill, givi ing the president complete authority I to deal with the submarine crisis, .1.1 1 11. M..Mk. .U... ..( . limlOnli declaration of ..s?r? Vnao(real dared. He urged a direct declaration J of war "in the interest of complete frankness." Not since the Spanish war days ha the senate been the scene of so much excitement. So Intense was the interest of spectators that special cards had been distributes! to control admission to the gallery. Vice President Marshall was com pelled to make a brief speech from the 1 chair, instructing the doorkeepers to caution aN visitors against demonstra- j tions. Many extra guards were sta-1 Uuned tu protect the senate doors. I Neutrality Talk. "Gentlemen, talk alimit being neotrnl between the British blockade and an ambush from which a great nation hen announced Its intention of burling destruction against men, women and children," said Senator Brandegoe, "Great Britain can settle after the war. Can Germany ever settle for the ; American who perished on the Lusi-I tnnia and the Laconia? There is no I compensation for such actw. "Is there any defense against auch acU? Shall we sit here supinely and allow the mere ukase of a foreign ' power sweep our shipping from the ( seas? Are we obliged to wait for the ; slaughter of our citizens tu lie actually accomplished before we act? I. "cn an anyssn-a. uroin oi afgreuatlon that we will furl our flag and withdraw from the seas at the behest , mill)I(li(W bnd 0f f,Kifmta, , . , ' no mon 1up" of ubmarine warfare. Germany has ooenlv declared her intention of slaughtering ! mlnkila. Tnig t, not time to deliver j or mvtUm A --r-4-! nstion gone maa ana uceoming a rav-1 njf manlae. Are we to get off th face of th ! ;'rth and lie down and curl np? ! Ready to FigM r or Peace, "Great God! I am for peace. : George Washington was for peace but ... , . , had I ved in his da we never would ! have wtm our Independent. The paci.",ts ar approaching treason, 0m, tn4 our librt . . d the country mat w-m t fight 1 for them deserve to perish. I believe this eotintry will flght, "W ro beard of tha Zimnwwan

;3!i ffca Bfrrssfftrsst Wnrt ffeHc?. BKlll.IN, via Sayville, Match J. The German submarine which recrnlly sank near HammerfeHt had previeaaly destroyed nine Kunsian steamers bound to Roemsnoa, sere; ding to a Christiania dispatch to the Nrue Jurirhler Zeutlng. These ships were bought by Russia in South America. (ftv tkt tuttaaiiinml Veics serr.'cr.) LONDON, March 3-One of Germany' newest Zeppelins blear up while making a trial trip over Belgium Monday and ten of its crew were burned alive, according to Amsterdam dispatches today. tits ' fftfersdffesal Aw4 rrtoe) AMSTERDAM. March 1. Mis Jane Addami, American peace worker, has sent the following wireless message to the German national women's committee for permanent peace, according to dispatches from Berlin: "Many American womea combine with the members of the international committee fnr trble pear to send their German sister ht.rij greeting. We hop war has not become unavoidable yet. GENEVA, March 8. tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria is dangerously iU at an Austrian health resort, according to advice received here from Rome today. Frequent reporta have come from Pntnr since Bulgaria entered the war on the side of the Central powers, thst the Bulgarian ruler was seriously Ml and generally it il as reported that he itad gone to an Aue -"-.r. jort. None of these report aa ever been confirmed from Sofia. (Hi the sfcuaffciasl Ntiri SerHc.! PARIS, March 3 An order prohibiting the running of all express fain in France, with the rM"p -ef tit- Irs'j.vuerrylM' mails and long distant t trains has been published. This return i taken to facilitate traffic connected with National defense and commercial traffic. Ay s tnterMttoMl Vers JFerrics.) AMSTERDAM, March S, General von Uoetsendorf has been dismissed ( chief of the Austrian general staff by emperor Carl, according to Vienna dispatches received here. Genrral Freiherr von Strassenburg ha been appointed to nuceed him, tbe dispatch says. THE CAT BILL.

Measure for Licensing of Cats Under Consideration in Senste. (By the International News Service) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 3. Senator English late this afternoon called down the Dynes bill providing for the licensing of cats in Indiana. Representative Dynes stated this afternoon that he had received letters from practically every section of the United State regarding his measure and that regardless of the fact that it was considered the "joker" of the legislature "it really is a bill of great merit and should be passed." The house today passed the following bills: Senator Bracken's measure eliminating guaranty of depositors provision in state charter board law passed 70 ayes, 11 noes. Senator Wolfson's measure providing for incorpor-

ation of salvage corps in cities nd for ' the first time since President I. inpayment of expenses by fire insurance ! ecln's second inauguration in 1865

companies passed 72 ayes; Represen tative Green's bill regulating the salaries of township trustees and abolishing township road supervisors failed tu tho house., lacking a constitutional majority. nONOR ROLL List of Those Who Hsra Recently Psid Subscription la R. E. Lawler. R. R. 4. Mrs. Grant Stevens, Martinsville. Mrs. Krnest White, Indianapolis. Mrs. Edna Hayden, City. Mr. H. N. Cavin, R. R. i. Ja. W. Proffltt, R. R. 10. D. C. Taylor, R. R. 11. Mr. E. Campbell, Lafayette. J. F. Bmokslilre, R. R. IS. Orvtlle Miller, R. R. I. Jaa. W. Goonia, R. R. 1L Oscar Wflllsms, R. K. 10, W, A. Urn, Culver. tt R. Tiffln, R. R. t. Chsrie A. Kern, R. &. 6.

LiADE BY GERMAii SECRETf.riY

LITTLE GIRL OWES HER , LIFE TO COURAGE OF A FAITHFUL BULLDOG (Jlv fas sferMrfeaal JVrira ?rrfce.) GREEN HAY, Wis., Mure.li 3. Madeline Benny, 10, uf Little Rupiils today owes her life to the courage and faithfulness of Brewster, a bulldog owned by Miss Helen Scheller, superintendent of the Brown county tuberculosis sanitarium. Madeline was crossing Fox t..-er when she fell through a hole in the ice. "I hung onto the edge and screamed," she said, "Brewster was stundlng nn the bank. He ran to ir.s, grabbed my sleeve and pulled until I was able to pull myself out. Then Brewster dragged me by the collar to the sanitarium grouikle." i he irrounds are about two hundred yards from the riirer. Bmvtster is going to get a new collar soon, properly inscribed, just like heroic humans get Carnegie medals. HOUSE BLOWN UP. Woman Detected Presence of GunPowder and Saved Family From Injury Bw fA Hfrrflnffesa! Jttvt Mervict.i CHICAGO, March 3. Returning home late from a party, Mr. Joseph Schultr met a man coming out of the courtway. "I smell gunpowder what are you1 doing here?" she demanded. The man fled. Mrs. Schultx hurried Into the house, routed her husband and two children out of bed and persuaded them to leave. She was the last to start and as she reached the front door a terrific explosion shook the house Mr Schulu was confined to her body, caused By Hying, siass sua Zt'i ten. Mrs. Schulti's husbsnd a milk dealer, recently had labor trouble. He received an anonymous letter two days ago threatening to blow up his home. Regular Troops to Line Historic Pennsylvania Avenue. TO CAREFULLY GUARD THE LINE OF MARCH Weather Conditions Once More Unfavorable Preparations For the Inaugural. BY GEORGE E. HOLMES. tPv (Sk fstcranflonsf Stvt Screfos. WASHINGTON, March S. For hittoric Pennsvlvani. .venue will l.ned with soldiers on Monday, when President Wilson again makes the slow Journey from the white house to tne whito-domed capitol and back again for the inaugural ceremonies Noi are they "dress-soldiers." They will b direct from months of service on th Mexican border, khaki -clad and hardened the Twelfth and 8 ly-nlnth regiments of tho New York National Guard. The extreme gravity of the International situstion and the fear that 8'e felt for President WiUm's personal safety ara responsible for the sold er being brought here. It wa' thought wise by those in cha.ge ot th inaugural ceremonies not to place th burden of guarding the pi" iidcnt entirely on hia small squad of per sonal eret service men and th Washington police fore. The troop will be drawn up in clow formation along the curbs on eithei sid of the lino of March. They will be sudor strict order to allow bo one to break through. Thy hava been in structad what to do if or. should otCCrsTBtUi ON PAOX TWO,

NSINUATiONS OF

ERMAN ARE Records Cited As Complete Refutation of German Accusation. LANSING MAKES A TERSE STATEMENT it Is Immaterial Whether Zimmerman Denies or Confirms Plot Charire." He Says. BY JOHN EDWIN' KEVIN. I llr Islrrasllon-I Vt t Ktrttet I ' WASHINGTON, D. C, March 3. Attempted Justification by Herr Zimmerman, the German foreign minister of Germany's effort to lino np Japan and Mexico against the United Statu found no response in Washington officialdom today. Tho insinuations Zimmerman that there was "justi fication" for Germany' action in th activity of the United State in South America met with sharp denial. The fact a shown by the records, known to the entire world for month, were cited as complete refutation of the Zimmerman accusation. The United States approached 'he ral Ams.it mention to arrange to meet charged rade conditions growing out of th European war entirely in th opw. The Pan-American conference held in this city met in the open at all times. It was a general discussion of ways ami means for assisting each other commercially. And at do time '"as there the slightest suggestion from nny point that the conferences sere in the interest of any European iclliueriint. Opposition From r.nglai.d. As a matter of irrord, officials pointed out today, the plans of the conforence found their chief opposK lion in Great Britain. The British Board of Trad? was open in its opt' jsition and in some of the South Americountries, notably Argentina, British banking affiliations withdrew their support from Argentina merhanta who had agreed to do busi ness with the United State. Reports from inspired source at he time which intimated that aa offensive and defensive alliance might be the outcome of the conferences met with denial by Secretary of th Treatiry McAdoo, who has been most ac tive in arranging the conferences. He held then that the spirit of tho Monroo ioctrine would prevent any arrangement other than a trade agreement ind that is as far as the conference jver went. i The further declaration by the Gernan foreign minister that the United states had been waiting for the oplortune moment to enter the war on the side of the entente is sufficiently refuted, state department officials tert, by the records of the submarine lispute between this government and Germany since the sinking of the '.usitania and also by the public utterances by the president himself. It ss pointed out that at every opportunity the president went to the utmost limits to prevent an open break with Germany, even going to the exteirt of giving warning of what might lie expected in the correspondence that followed the sinking of the Sussex. Lsnsing'a Statement. Secretary Lansing? while declining te be drawn Into sr.y controversy regarding tho relation betwn th United State and the South American CONTINUED OH PAGE TWO.