Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 140, Lebanon, Boone County, 10 March 1917 — Page 1

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Js, shifting to r;iw,-M S.i VOLUME 23. LEBANON, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1017. No. 110.

ebanon and Advance

For the Finals in the Tournament

ADVANCE TAKES p State Tram No Match For The Jackson Town ship Boys. His ISITORS MADE GOOD START IN THE CAME !ut Were Unable to Keep up The Pare Advance Wins Without Trouble. After thp excitement of the Lob lon-Thorntown game, the crowd ha -tiled down peacefully tu watch th. liuggle bet ! Advaine and Piir.g vi hope to do is to hold the Jack

I l township lads to n close score. 1 y roalin that their lack of ex "Jrifncp in going up against . twt i n.s is a (Treat handicap. In the I i two days, they My, they've hait .re pinrtim thsis in the lust month J Roark makes the first field goal J ior Advance a minute after pl.iv

r, und Iloltltiull follows it up wilil rinther from under the basket imediately after the tip-off. Hinkel scores first for the Crintfirst team in a long shot from the de linen, nearly opposite center. Foul on Roark for holding. Moshier iissed the free throw. Roark taken the ball after a fumble ndr thi Adrsnw baJat uo.l other field goal for Advance, ore: Advance, 0; Rringhurst, 2. Moshier makes a field goal for inghurst after a long pass from iinr the Advance basket by Davis. Ralph Rohn goes in for Q. Canada the Advance lineup. Score 6 to 4 in favor of Advance Foul called on Hiakle for running th the h-ill. Wall missed. Foul on Bowman fur holding am! oshicr makes the point for RrincrirL ' Foul on Hinkld for pushing. Wall ikes the point for Advance. Sheagley makes fi goal for Rring irt from the side of the basket, Foul called on Wail for pushing. Moshier makes the goal. Score Bringhurat, 8; Advance, 7.

ri n t"Mity or we larrol! rount ) to hold Advance so well is th rpris of the day. Rohn makes two field goals in rat. id I.f'Jrcession from the side of the hasJ t Score n to 8, in favor of Ad -unce. I Roark tosses in a two-point goal

ter the. ball had been juggled ound unoVr the Advance basket foi lly half a minute. Foul called on E. Canada for push g. Moshier misses the basket. Foul called on E. Canada for shovi.g, and Moshier pitches in the point 1st befor the gun is fired for the id- of the first period. Score: Advance, 13; Bringhurst, 9 Second Half. Wall scores first for Advance only few seconds after the whistle unded. The shot was made from e siile of the basket. Foul on Smith for pushing. Wall iches in a poinl for Auvamre. Advance, 16, Bringhurst, . V all scores an easy one from under e basket on a pas from Roark renter of the floor. Bowman tosses in a two-point goal r Advance from the side lines, r Ig the score 20 to 8 in favor of his 5 The firinghurst boys are wild in :!cir passing, and seem to he grsdu;y wearing out under the heavy ati -k of the Advanr lads. s Koark makes a field goal for Ai ws from Id front ef th basket

! LEBANON VIM. PLAY

ADVANCE TEAM IN THE FINALS TONIGHT Lebanon, by winning from Thorn- !;,,'! asid Advance b; dcf?!:n; Br'nghurst in the semi -finals this afternoon, qualified for the finals to be pluiod tonight. On the result of this game depends the sectional ch.impionship. The game is expected to be a thriller, one ..I the best of the tournament. lie follows it up with another from :he side lirtc wiihin half u minute. Piatt substituted for Sheagley in III inghurst lineup. Score: 24 to II in favor of Advance. Foul on Wall holding. Mushier misses the throw. Foul on Plan for blocking. Wall misses the basket. Rohn scores two for Advance on a hot from the side of the basket, after the bail had been passed from ine end of the floor to tile other. Fulwi'lrr substituted for Wal! in Advance's lirteiin. Foul on Roark for Mocking, and Moshier makes it HI for Bringhuot. Fuiwi.ier makes . pretty .-hot from .he ;'ide lines. scoring two more foi Advance. Raymond Rohn goes in I'm How-man. Davi.. .-cor...- a field goal from near enter ior rtnnghurst. Foul on Roark for holding. I'latt .itche the goal. Score -Advance. 25: Oringhurst, IS. Fight minutes to piay. Davis scores another field goal fur Rringhurst from under the basket, getting the ball from a jump. Technical foul on Uoark. Piatt missed. Raymond Rohn makes a field goai for the lioone county hoys, throw ing om under the basket, alter the ball id been passed down the floor. Score KH to F. Foul on Piatt for tripping Roark issed the shot for the basket. Foul called, on Piatt ,for blocking. and Roark mi.-.-ed hitting the basket. Stone substituted for Smith in lit inghurst lineup. Moshier land- a pretty shot into the isket for Rringhurst bringing the .ot. u;i to :l(l to IT, and jus? Iwfore le gun Piatt makes it :!0 to 19. by ;nrort'ing in a clean one from tlie --ifte f the basket. Advance Pringburst Forwards. Ruark Stone, Smith YYull-.ulwiilor Plif.Ke.ayli; Center.-. Ralph Rohn-Q. Canado Dai tiuards. R. Rohn P.owman E. ( unads loshier H.nkle Referee M iiloney. Field goals: Uoark. Bowman, Ralph Rohn, .1; Wall, 2: Fulwi.lor, 1; Ravm.md Rohn, 1; Hmkie, 1; .Moiser, Sheagley, 1; Dav, 2; Piatt. 1 Foul goals Wall, 2; Moshier, 4; Piatt. 1. POWERFUL WIRELESS. Discovered Following Arrest of German in Srf York. IBs thr lftnnaliiii, II Vir Htr -t. I N'KW YORK, March II). Discover; a portable and powerful wire'.es ipara'us, cnunble of picking up roessugts from a far away us lirilin. wa made following the arrest of Max Han l.udwig Wax, a native of Ger many today. Wix was arrested on a technical charge of "swindling" by means of a machine which he called a "money making machine." Police declare that Wax's marhine is a part of a complete wireless outfit. Several tubes of an unknown chemical and code messages and drafts from the imperial bank of Berlin were also found in Wax's effects. Funds for the carrying on of German propaganda m this country have been raised in the United States, authorities declared toduy, by assessment uimn German reservists, Orman citrons and German-Americans in this country. BOMB IS FOUND. Seven Pound Bomb Discovered in Cleveland Depot. tBtt tht tntrrnatiwtnl jfeic Scnsjc.) CLEVELAND, 0., March 10. A powerful bomb was found in the L'nion passenger depot today. I neighed morn than seven pounds and -ontained two hundfulls of Pin-ate of Ammonia, wrapped in cotton. Detective Chief Itahshaw asked ad ditional guards for stations, "railroads, bridges nd yards. Many rai!rud between New York and Chicago eonverge here and destruction of even one railroad bridge would tie op much m th through (raffle between eaut aad west.

Qualify

LEBANON BEATS THORNTOWN IN A THRILLING GAME Great Contest Staged Semi-Finals by 23 to 19. THE CONTEST CLOSE ALL WAY THROUGH Thorntown Leads in First Half 10 to 9 Lebanon Leads Through Second Half. r rom me i teen minutes before the ou'ling of the j Lebanon-Thorntown game, there is j -iirely little business being done in . this city today. The bleachers are crowded to capacity, anil both ends of I the hall are completely filled with j those who were unfortunate enough not to secure seats. I The south end of the bleachers on the west side of the hall is taken by the Thorntown rooteis, 200 strong, and when the Thorntown team appeared on toe floor first, lit 2:20, the Sugar Creek township boys were given a rousing ovation. J The Thorntown boys displayed their , usual strengm in practice, ami inee . urelv anxious moment for the supporters oi me i.enanon iqua.t. Thorntown lineup: Riggms, LawIcrat foiward; Johnson, center; I arsh and Stevenson, goaids. Lebanon team gets onto the floor at 2:25. and the house rings with muse Referee Sheeks calls the big game promptly at 2:110 o'clock. Lebanon takes the south goal, Lawler scores the first goal for Thorntown a half minute after play commences with a pretty shot from back of the basket, which is followed a few seconds lutor by unother from near center by Johnson. Lebanon has several shots at the ba.ket but the hoys are throwing With tlie score 4 to 0 in favor of the Thorntown team, the Thorntown fans are shouting themselves hoarse. Rail scores for the fsvbanon team with a dandy shot from the side lines, he ball passed from out of bounds by Adam. The Thorntown players are hanging to Rail and Adam like leeches. Lebanon still getting a good many shots at the basket, but the bovs haven't yet gained tiieir eyes for the rim. Johnson scores two points for Thorntown from the side of the ha-ket the ball having been passed to him from out of bounds by Riggin. White Scores. U'kim ucnr,. I elinoen's sc. on. I field iroal from the side of the basket aft - successfully emerging from a rimmage under the Lebanon goal. Score to 4. favorinv Thorntown. fl I ,h fn, nMshinir White missed making the po.nt issed maKiog the po-nl. Foul call.il on I), Little for trippmg. I.aw ier i,sses the basket. ' , , . . ,, ... , .. ... l.eoanon slill Willi Ul ine oasseis and taking too :nunv long shots. Riggins scores two for Thorntown on a shot from the .-i.le lines, after the ball had ben passed from the other end of the floor by Ursh. The Thorntown boys have so far shown much better form in passing, Adam makes a clean goal from under the basket after a series of short passes, making the score 8 to 6, and the Lebanon fans take heart, feeling

that the boys have just started. parnsan eiecnon mnuer ami again in ; DeVol makes a spectucular )uu ,h" ,'lw'ti'"1 "f ilelegaU-s to it , Be-, lon the fluvr with the twll, but , C"h'"f! Mti-w-l "id thst misses the basket, going too fat i p lw"n '""Pire.! to make the race Ursh makes one of his freak shots ' u,r the -natc, not so much from a deTrorn the center of the floor, adding 10 v" a r'Kaln his two to Thorntown' score. Sow 10 . ndii.g in politics by a personal camto (J. paign among th people. This h be-' The Lebanon players are fulling 1 heved had been accomplished by bis down hy not covering thi ir men. : victory in the campaign for the seoFoul called on Riggins for holding, i Bt- victory from which h derived Whit malpa a point on thi fre throw1 mu,h eatisf action, but which, if ho acfor Lebanon. repted it, he feared might undo SH Lurk is figuring against Lebanon, '" u" several shots having been made where , friends say. the ball hangs on the ritm, thenl In the eenate he feaid he might not peacefully drops on the outside. 'r"n Vwr, " ll, and he Adm make a sensational run ' prefnrml to retain tlw governorship -Iowa th aid line, aeoring two points,0"' " ltl Ptitiealty In his home for Lebanon, making th coro 10 he cone.ive.1 would happen if , In favor of Thorntflwo. i h wrnt to th "'"' , , 1 No ntleiTint in addiUnn was forth. , ti. i A'.ii jiii.i ..; Irmniiig fiom thf. j-jwrnm.

THE SCORES

AT LEBANON. Klrklin, 21; Colfax, 2t) Thorntown, 41; ZionsvilU., a. Ihanon, SB; Delphi, 7. Itringburat, 25; Frankfort, 20. Advance, f0; Kirklin, 17. Lebanon. 2.1; Thorntown, 19. Advance, 30; Bringhurst, lit. AT CRAWFORDSVILLE. Wingsl- V.; VeedeeKh"", 2!. New Market, H; Wayneiown, 13. Wingate, 25: Crawfordsville, 21. AT KOKOMO. Kokomo, 55; North Manchester, 18. Russia ville, 1H; Windfall. IIS. Tipton, 3lf lnboy, 3. Kokomo, 34; Sharpsvillo, . OWNER OF 13.000 CARS OF POTATOES. OR Jl'ST l.H0(i,000 H U S H E L S (B ts ;lsil.'..' gsr.I.e.i CHICAGO, III., March in.-E. Percy .Miller, head of a local produce house, today admitted that he is probably the biggest individual ow ner of potatoes in the United States tpday. His holdings are said to be m the neighborhood of Io.Oihi car or l.OtiO,0UO bushels. Miller says he never has aiu-mptcd to corner th? Market and never will: that he is willing to sell any time at n fair profit anil will give1 S.r,,0(l to charity if anyone proves tli.it he caused wilful destruction if N)iato stock to create aitil'icial prices. INDIANS f.O Sl'NDAY.

Xmerican sociation Team Leaves ' progi ess today. Identity of such ' emit, manner and calibre of arma-t-or Training Trip In South. . ment nmb(,r f gunners detailed and

iis tAe ;fsr...f,v)0i .vers scr.(,.i INDIANAPOLIS, ln.l., March 10.pnwhaM fans who follow the fortune. , ht. Imhananolia American Ass, .,,: Pi.,i. .,.,. ,h-j . ' ',h 1 , wan) UmnrmS; The Indians will e.ivf fftr Albanyi f;u v.,,pip th,v win intl, tn,injnr Man. - T Hndrirks tak(. ,Khteen players with him. jTh n,ians havp tn distinction of thf m.. rlub jn the a-s.K-iatim without a hold-nut. ;California Senator Elect Prefers to Continue as the State's Executive. tfty thf Intfrnattonai .Veir .Vrrlc.! SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 10. Governor Hiram Johnson, United States senate-elect, will resign from the senate next Monday, rather than give up the governorship at this time. , This announcement issued at the state capitol today, struck political eii-eiea like a thunderbolt, so unexpected was it. 1 Coupled with the announcement came the intimation that Chester Rowell, of Fresno, will be named to """"e hy Governor Johnson. ;. T1'ul Johnson Would pre Tliut Governor Johnson Would ore

HIRAM JOHNSON 10 ; RESIGN FROM SENATE;

fee to retain the governorship- to the broad nature us to cover all possisenate had never been intimated and ble developments in the international political circles arc in a mild state of 'situation for some time to come.

P"" a result. Accompanying hist notice of resignation. Governor John-1 . , . mH,k )"" "'"'ement to the ,, , , ,, ,. It w.is said that the Governor fears , , . e-i-'i. . , ; . , " " " "sen mm ' " ' . wnicn nis ' , I'"''1"'"1 reputation is founded, woultl ' 'jnperilled should be uit the K,,wrnorship. in w iirh he has two ' , " '1 "''"". '"r ln wnnie. r ro mis saitl 4My inat the Gover""r """ a irHt ll",t '" Lt'n P"Ht:crl . ,oru"" " nan oeen n vne wen as a "!".1't nf hb two Met t he p-JIs ; 'th'n thf" y' onc,! ln "e non -

ARMIMG OF SHIPS IS IN PROGRESS IN

ERiCAN PORT: Time ijnd Place of Departure Will Be Withheld From Iublic. THE NEXT MOVE IS UP TO GERMANY Administration Waiting For velopmenty, Following Order to Arm Ships. ffv 'Ac sfernafional Ye.rs Scrrlse,) WASHIXtiTOX, March 10. American gunners will shoot at i!l on discovery of a submarine in their track within the German barred submarine jone. These orders will be given to all gunners on Ame.-Van vessels armed by the t nited States navy. In !he opinion of the stale department such action Will essentially he an act of defense and not an act of war. RY JOHN FDWIN KT. It. thr sires. i.roi.u, ,Vr.f g.rrlcs.) WASHIN'GTON', March 10,-The next move is Germany's. ami place oi departure ami port of destination, all will be withheld from the public. This action is taken in the inteiest of Americans. It is an unoftkial censorehip, bat r.one the less the most effective one. It wa asked for by the president and Secretary of the navy Danials. Administration officials declared today that the American flsg will be restored to the seas by the midifle of next month. Regular suilings of the various lines whose vessels have beep heid in port ever since the declaration by Germany of her unrestricted sub marine policy will t resumed. , Details will lie left to the owners The navy has supplied the guns and gunners. . Officials very frankly declared tha' it was idle to speculate Tin the nut come. Germany has warned that i' will sink all ships enemy, or neutra' which do not do so. They will tie fend themselves from attack when as sailed. Such action will in no way hr an act of war, officials assort. Hut there is not the slightest doubt any where as to the position Germnny w-il1 assume if any of bet submarines is fired on by a vessel flying the star?and stripes. And an attack upon ar Ami: ship without warning woub' as the L'nited .States is con be. s corned, a direct net of war. Meanwhile the capital was official ly quiet today. The administration is waiting. Its plans for national preparedness and defense are being pushed behind a curtain of voluntary censorship. The very nature of these plans is withheld, inasmuch as i' wou'd be close to treason to re I veal them in any way. Rut offl einls tav that they are of such einls fay that they are . . . . Kound up ol tsnips. I T,, R(,pnt, of th department of i JU'tice and the secret service oi tne ; .. . . .. . . .: .. si-aie orpa. iiiient are n.u.i.nng up wp nunpet,. The failure of the asked-fot Pgiaation designed to strengthen the ; h(lnds of the president in checking the ; op(.rations of secret agents in this gantry wa, . grave disappointment -a -sl t:m) ttte hands of both the de pilrtment of justice ami the secret ' r,;te. Rut there has been no letting , up j the work of getting evidence j against plotters. : The state deiwrtment is compiling

BASKETBALL EXTRR

The Rpmirtj-r will kw an extra tonight JToIlowiriR the final game in the sectional tournament. The extra will give a complete detailed account cf the sectional championship game and will be sold on the streets by newsboys.

(lie entire reeord of the oierution of ( ierman agents in the United y tntes. It is to be made public if such orthm is denned wise. It will carry with it th" oviilence unearthed bv the secret service men who watrhed very move of Count von Rernstorff and thf f embassy attaches from the outbreak of the European war until they were exiled from the country. The evidence in the hands of Secretary Ijinsing, counsellor Polk and in the whito l.ous-i is .If, l.ie.l by a.si who know to be absolutely conclusive. It shows payments o secret agents tc steal secrets from the government It shows payments to men to plot L'nitod States. It shows the effort that were made by Germany to get complete details of the wireless telephone system installed at Arlington; to got plans of the fire control o! American warships; to get location of all coast defenses. And it alsc shows the identity of the men. some of i.lieui oi If a -t, Aiiifiuan citizens who have given aid and comfort to the German cause in opposition to the interests of the l'nited .States. These include New York, Chicago und San Francisco bankers and steamship brokers. Officials refused today to indicate just what this evidence was other tb i" to explain that when it is made public it will show the existence ot wide-spread plot that had for it- ob iect the involving of the United States to such an extent that it could not break with Germany. In this connection a few additional details of the efforts of Gentian agents to work up friction between the L'nited States and Japan were learned today. The Zimmerman let tot was not ac irclttr.-l it is ivcphinH Long before Herr Zimmerman entered the foreign office as its chief, (lemur agents had been working to create pro-German sentiment in Japan. Lol lowing the fall of Riao Chau. Ger man agents in Japan enlisted the efforts of certain Japanese newspapers aad banker and began the spread of propagandas desiirned to shw that Russia was about to desert her allies and thst a Rusinn-Japanese-(ierman alliance could Ik formed which would dominate the world. This alliance, evidence now in the hands of the State department shows, was advocated by (eitnin Japanese leaders who pointed out that under it Japan and Russia would have had a free hand in China and that

Germany in enforcing peace would see to it that Japan won given th" former Pacific i.dand possessions of lupnn. As soon as the Japunese gov- - nment learned that this propaganda vas being spread it took sharp action Those responsible for it were arrested md the majority are still in prison. Following this the plan of Germany to involve Mexico in a plot whereby hat disrupted nation would ask aid from Japan was evolved. It is stated m authority of officials or the Jatmese embassy that this plot was ever biougld, to the attention or "apan. Hut it is hinted that in con - eetion w ith the German program was 'he intention of German agents to

irge that Japan force an issue with officiating. Burial will he at Oak 'he United K'ates in a demand that!fj lapanese be made eligible for citizen-!

d.ip. Such legislation, Germany well 'new, f-mli nrvrr br approved bv congress and it would give an excuse war between Japan and the u nited P?tatei, resulting in a break between tapan and England, friction between "apan and Russia arid tlie loss of the Philippines the midway islands and 'he Hawaiian islands to the United States, It is understood here that the Japanese government has sanctioned the oublication by the L'nited States of all letails now held by the state department dealing with German plots to involve Japan and that if it finally is determined to make public, information concerning the general plots this also will lie in-luded. NINE STEAMERS SUNK. (flS the fntn-Hilttnunl Vsiri grrrice.) RE RDM, Via Sayville wireless, March 10. Mine steamers and three filing ships with a total of 33,000 iave been sunk in the Mediterranean, t w.4s officially announced today. The official statement also gave furher details of the sinking of the Italian transport Minus, with a loss of nore than 1.000 lives. An Italian general was among those who perished. 'The sinking of the Minas was anounced from Berlin on February 2o.)

OR. ). R.P0RTER DiES SUDDENLY ; FROM APOPLEXY

Widely Known Physician Expired at 11 :50 O'clock Friday Night. STRICKEN WHILE MAKING A CALL Had Been in Prai'tiie Here For :13 Years Funeral Sunday Afternoon. Following an illness of only twelve. I.ours, Dr. John K. Porter one of HiKUie county's old and well known physicians, died at his home, 717 North Kersey street ut ILfiO o'clock Friday night.' While making a Call it the home of Zelus .VeConniek on North A'est street yesterday morning ihout 11 o'clock fir. Porter suffered a stnike of apoplexy. Dr. Herma A. lieek wrs cailfd imiiie.liiitely and lir. Porter was taken i. Lis home, tlow-v-r. hh- tremlitlun frr.tr,, the tioir U .vus stricken, never iriiirovd at any '.irne. He gradually lost conscious. less and continued tu sink until de.ilh came to relieve his suffering. Dr. Porter was one of Roone county's tildr physicians, having been in piartise here for thirty-five years, and his sudlen demise comes as a shock to his lurge number cf acquaintances. It.Mii lit Illinois. He was bom in Georgetown. Illinois, September, 16, 1848, the son of Albert G. anil Juletta Toiler. At the time- of death he was sixty-eight years, live months and twenty-three, lays old. In 1872 he came to this ounty and some" years later, in thia -itv, he was united in marriiige to , tmentine Witt, who survives. Ru.'h, Kate, Albert, and Richard Porter, all at home, are the surviving children. Four sisters, Cynthia Porter, Mrs. Josephine Pinnell and Mrs. Dora Virkeeson nil of Lebanon and Mrs. Pet Cl-spp of Minnenpolis. also suvDri asod was a member of the t o O. F. ImVe here. 1 Tlie funeral srv ces w;ll he 1eM 1 , tn residence at 2:30 o'clock Sun- ' day afternoon, the Rev. C. A. I'nrBulletins tffw the lntern4tt;nul Vtwf $rtHm, i HAVANA. March 10. The In. fanta Isabel aboard whiih former Ambassador Gerard is a passenger will arrive here tomorrow morning according to a wireless dispatch today. Mr. Gerard will spend Sun. day here, leaving Monday for Key West. He will leave Key We.( Monday nighl for Washington, Ru th iHfernetios.it $tw flcrrlse.) PARIS, March 10. The fiftynine American Varrnwdale prisoners, who were released from a German detention camp Wednesday afternoon reached the Swiss frontier during the night, said a dispatch from Geneva today. The men were destitute and hungry. Their clothes in tatters. Consul General Krene at Zurich and Minister Slovall at Kerne are making arrangements for their food and lodging. (Hh th' Intrrnntmiuil Vim Scrslce.) LONDON, March 1IW The Tl.rki.h army jn Mesopotamia i completely demoralized and without adequate supplies cf munitions and food, the Rome corres. pondent of the Dsily tlffrei'h reported today. British successes in Mesopotamia have aroused great fears in Constantinople, it is reported in Rome. , rKMt.MlfcU SUNK. I NEW YORK, March 10.-The 8.719 ' ton freighter Ohio, of the French line, ; wl.uh suited from New York for ' Havre February 10, has been tor- ' pedned unit sunk bv a Cei!:iu 'ui marine according to nneonfirmed re- , porta In circulation ia shipping cirj cisi todsy.