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VOLUME 25. ' LEBANON, INDIANA, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1D17. NO. 158.

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1 COUNTRY FACES CRISIS

MO IS Oil THE HE OF IP,

ongress Meets In Extraordinary Session

Today To Outline Definite Plans Of Procedure For the Future

HE MESSAGE IS ANXIOUSLY AWAITED

'resident Ready to Address Joint Session As Soon As the House Organization is Completed Address May Be

Made Late This Afternoon or Toniitht at 8

O'clock Day of F?Y JOHN- EltWIN NKV1V t th nfrmaMr.fiu. 'eir Srrref.t VASIIINGTON. April 2 Km ires that the rounti y at large would y in olial.l y know the view i f tsident Witson on the German situ1 on before the liay is over mull ed just before tho d'th er.ngi v.-. in extraordinary session tonay. J 1:15 oVhsk Majority l-eud.-r U-hin went into ftmferpwp wi! nator Martin of Virginia, leadoi of 1" senate Democrats, t arrant'" to her keep the senate in session unlate this afternoon or to rwesj til that hour a joint session coidd held H.)on after tif bouo is tfThe situation in such, with thou Is of pacifists ami war advocates Icking into the rapital on every in. that delay is very dangcrou-. ? president also ir-alizP:. thr necesf it was expluinod. of having the -ition of the United Static outline! mediately for the Li netit of tup rid. Reosuse of this fact ho lias eed, white hoii.se officials said, to to the enpito! at any time to read address. daiority leader Martin nrmounstd ! the senate that he understood the .-.ident dr tired to mid rest emigres.. forts its adjournment tonight. The iate recessed until li o'clock. Th sident is to speak then if the house fully organized. Otherwise, it is vouneed, the addre.-rf will he dered tonight at gn'clork. t'ountry Wait. All branches of the United States 1 vemment today multilist! to con- ( r Oermany't afirre-ion aRant j nation. The sixty-f'ftr eonifrei. ;h from the prople and reflet I sentimetit of evioy sretinn of the ilon, met in extraordinary henxion. had been railed by President ili to supplement hi. e.Torts, dlp'o ty havirjf failed in i1 effort to .teTt Amrrirnn live.t and property m German ruthle uhmaiinr ware on the high wk. Cnnffrexs iomiRsiioned under the eon-titution th only body whirh ran declare r was to receive fiom the execut branch, repreented by President son, the account of the failure of ry ttep taken to protect Amerii and their belonifinKH which ulnated in a declaration of a state "arrniMl luutlalty,,, wlmh no far. . been etTwtive utily in the eft of "Al? nr.veH for TiT'rtection and pup. d with exr"t (runners taken from I ar cralt on which they are baoiy ji-oed. iVhe next move admittedly wat up ronsrrpiii. Itt mcrbfT negrly nil whom htM rerhd here long be- - noon, thi hour fined for the spec-je-ion to HHiiMe, aci.Trpt'! withquetuon the fart that thty w ill iskiMl to d'Ur that n dtat of war hrt',r;v3 Cerfity and the Un t

Stirring Kvcnts.

ed h-'tatfv entirely through the act.i of Ccntiany. There was no hrs.tancy in ovidcnre anywhere. Iailer.t in the M'jmto and hoii-e. Iirm-Hiatic aod r.epubSiran alike, were un:inutmu' ic insisting that when the ri'ply waA r.ade it wou'd U- couched in lan Kliape that no on' coiiid o. intake. L'i at the white hou,o l'rc,idrr.t Wilson w.l.-, iv:utini. His addie-s to i'1-ntrrev-' ewi.ti ted I!" :'J wiiitioc summon1 to deliver it. fo woi-d wan available in ftdtanc" of the exact l in!"ias;e of the reenmtnendutions that the pre. iilent was to make. , It was accepted that he would ecite the ,-hier rw which have rcsiilttd in the cieation of the pre.ent intuh inble Mtuation ami then that he wouhl say that, in his opinion, th-; contitn(cd a state of war and ask I hat .ontfrcs, as the body sjuvificrd'y authorized to do .-.o. take step to m-i ' that state. i:traordinary ti-titiiy. Meanwhile the extraordinary activity in both brunch.-: of the national defense were continued. .H day Sunday army and navy chief were at their de.-kn workinic out the ilefcn.se p!:-.ns. The orders fur both brandies are ready for ninaturn. Kvery possible move that could be taken in advance of siecil'ic authority by congress had been completed. The nav has been ai'tie for several M-ks. Its position at the present time is at tne point of most strategic value. The armv al..o t waiting. The pen etal s'atT bas completed all of itplans for the recruitiniz to wai strength of the rf-puiar,:; the railing to the colors of the entire national luard and II. e suminonintr into bcin of an army of f, ) 000 volur,t-Ts. When rnnjres K'Ves the authority action will come svitii frcat Hwil'tn'-M. The general conpreRsior.al proiiam f the administration is to lie rushed. It will follow, aft" the war measure is disposed of, the following course: Preparations to supplement the money set aside a.-, in the war mca.-iire. pas 'aire of the army bill: the ship piriK bill aoo-nduient jrivinK the administration broad power over all merchant shipping and Miipyardi.; a sweeping espionage bill; a Ki-iu-ra1 con.orship measure; a bond tBBue and some plan for general mllitar)' trainin(r which is exflctd to include univeisal iiiilitary tiainiiiK; There will also be creative financial leirislation in the form of a general bond issue and u'.i-o of tutious fin ma of ta.iaiiim to rnrct the expend , of the war. The senal foreign relations com mittee wai wheiiuleil to meet this afternoon. It will ronsi.lor thp violation by Ormany of the Prussian treaty and will decide on whut act on. if any, the United States shall tuke on that document with thousands ef pacifists and war aitvoeatea In Waahlnct.'ONTIM.'FO lM P' : f.

AGAIN ELECTED TO

II Democratic leader Chosen Speaker of House at Today's Session. ( ()(Ui:SS .MKKTS IX EXTRA SESSION Solemn Scenes Mark Opening of Momentous Session of National Rixly. f-tf'i Ihr ncrfelN'.nnl Wica peri-fee.) WASHIXtiTON. April '.'.-The reelection of fh:nnp Clark as speaker f the hou.,e of the ;r,th congiesr un- a--siiied at 12:.r-(l tmlay hen noinnations for . p.-ak-i- were d.rla,i.d in order f.illic.unK the roil call which establi hed lhat 4'J9 of the 4'hl meiobers of that body were present. Th nom,natiii(r soeech for the speaker came '"nun Kepre icntative Schall, IioKreasive Kepuhliran of Minne.-.nta, who in ihe unoflicial polls had lieeu lined up 3i icrt.iin to vote fo- the Iteimhlican speaker -hip candidate. Representative M.mn was named .ts the Kepid lican choice hy Retire sen tative (ireen of M.ieschutti. The ...II call u:.., tiu-.i lUiaicl in ..i.ler. The roll call showed the house was shy six members. Two oi these Keo, -Tentative ("onry of New Yolk, l'e m.K'iat. and Sulloway of ew Haphire. Repuhlican, have d'ed. The other absentees. Holco.son of North IhikoUi and Cap-tick of New Jer .i v, Repubiicuns and Lie, De.iov crat of (e-oieia, who are ill, and lileakeley of Pennsylvania. Kepidilican vi ho ins ri dtjrned. The vote fot epiaker rcj'led Clo.-k, .'17; Mann, 2h,'. Ilrftin At Nimiii. The sixty-lifth congress (rot under way pron.ptiy at noon. On the stroke of twelve the save!.: fell m both houses. In thr house nf r preventatives Clerk South Trimble tailed the usnhlaire to order. A roll call immedi ately wa.- comnienced to disclose the pie.-ence of a Uoium. The n'etnlrs Irifled in slowly and answered to their name.;. The senate already onr:mizl was ailed to order by vice president Marhill. While the war spirit grew at the itional legislators assembled in the .u.e chnnibcr, the corridors were beiegeil Hh visitors bearing peace Uide . Two hours before the session .i-ned litt'-' trronp-5 of pacifists j stiwd aho-it lie- -...ti ance ways and cor ridors. Ail . f tiem carried or wore white hadfe M-adin: "Keep vis out of war." Comparatively few of the pacifists r the artis Rained admission to the fil'rric: propci. After Clerk Trimble calleif the house to order, prayer was offered by the blind chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden. "If war has been or shall be forced upon us," intoned the chaplain in fervent tones, "we pray that the heart of every American may throb with patriotic seal." lie invoked divine aid thut a "united nation may hold up the president's hands," in whatever meuui4f Vie U called upon to take. After the reading of the president'! proclamation convening the tinty-fifth emigres in extraordinary sesiion the roll nf members-elect was called to ascertain if a quorum was oresentqkplaln't Prayer. "God of the Agp, our father' 1 Cod it-l cor Cod, whoe holy ti-,,ie nc

our republic from its inception: W" wait upon that influence to guide us in the present crisis which has lieen thrust upon u:i. "Diplomacy has failed, moral suasion has failed; every appeal to reaon and justice ha . I swept asidf. We ahhor war and love -uce. Hut if war ha heen, oi' sball he forced upon us. we pray tiu.t the b.-ail of every American riti.cn shall thio.i with patriotic eal; ihat a united pie may filly around our president to hold tii his hands .n every measure that -hall lie necessary to protect American lives and safeguard our inherent right." The dramatic moment nf the house mgalliration plvlio.niai ies tt-i- Ihe nomination of Chain". Clark hy Repiesentative 'nion.as I.. Schall, the Pio(rri.ssi..e Reoiihlican of Minnesota. The l.lmd lueinher was l.-d to the

center of tne house hy a iai;c. His intnaluctory lemaiks wci' of a patriotic nature, not ili elo-inp the real ohject of his speech, lie cotitiliucd: - "A Mite divided ngain-t it -elf in time of peace mnv stand, h'.t today .-.m-h a situation might lie a serioU'' menace. We should foreeo p.i.fy ad antajres in a time like this. "The peril of today renders partisnship dnngernin h.cau-e it mic'it he construed, as a cmimiy pi e-.i-rtii.i a hvided front to the world. A-- an in-l.-pendent Progressive Reieahlican. I have no hesitancy in saying how I mu.,t vote under the i in un: stances. "Were n f roontiv not in the face S in International crisw with Ihe pivsilent and the senate iiemoci itic. I a-ould as a matter of party pr-.le cm! my ballot for the Republican r in l'late. He is able. a'.-vt. fair-minded. I dioo'.i like to vote lor him. "I rea!i-e that sit m I an uboiit to take will be used to attempt my politi cal death in Minnesota. "With my aightles.. eyes I would he f little service to my coun'ry on the field of bitt'e, hut I can use the light that find gives lee to vote right today. I believe the president should have a Ileioocratic hon-.e liehind him. Under all these circumstances 1 shall cast my vote for Speaker for that progressive Iiomocmt, Champ Clark of Missouri." Oreat waves of IVmocnitir applause wept over the house as Schall con luded. The Republican.! sat silent. "Does the gentleman place. Mr. Clark in nomination for speaker.' asked Sou'h Trimble, cleik of the house, who was presiding. "I gladly do $r," r:vid Schall. Representative William S. Creere of Massachusetts, then arose and nomnated James R. Mann n-i the RepidiMan candidate and th Republicans had their lir.it opnonent to applaud. Mr. Creene, however, did not make my formal pe.-ch in naming Mr. Mann. Representative. I.enroot, of Wisvonsin, who has been a keen ci it ic of CONTINUED OS PACK EIGHT. All Capitals or the Allied Countries Wntrh Developments Closely. liy th Inlrrrmtltinnl Vein AVrHrM LONDON, Aptil 2 In all the capitals of the allied countries, but esis-ri-ally London, interest is at fevor heat ovgr the action to !o taken by the American congress today. Newspapers take a very optimistic view of the possibilities for it is generally accepted as foregone ennt-'usiim trial the United States will enter the war against Germany. Military critics in K.ngiand nnd Kranre predicts that 10:7 will see the end of the war if the United Strdes joins the entente at once and that the allien will be virtnrinui. President WllsnnV addreta to fontmtm H eveected will he n embrcing document, aetting fnrHt the incklentt hi Cermaa-Ameiiean rehv tionir pine ftie oiiHtteak of tu- war It. is called a document of "world lm-t..-i : l.-oc" by 10 illlllsn press.

ST. QUENTINMAY

FALL TO THE ALLIES BY ENDGF WEEK Powerful Encircling Move ment May Cause Ger-, loans to Evacuate. SAVAGE FIGHTING ALONG WHOLE FRONT fiVilh French and English Forces Continue Sleady Forward Movement. IRll th? Intrritatir,nttl Wtrn Rcrrtce, I.OMXIV, April 2. Itriti-.lt troops between Hapuiiiiu And Cambrai smashed Iheir way forward attain tmlay rapturiuc three more villaues from the (ienn.tns. Viooiii th. in the inichlj Ccrmati Htromhuld of, Croiselle-i about which there has been furious liiihtintt for more than a week. Ihe other lo towns lakin h Ihe British are l.ongelte and Itoinic. The capture of tlo-w towns wa, i. parted in dispatches from llrilish headiinartcrs this aftemoiin. Crnisellrs jx one of the most important points of support taken from ihe t.erinans sincc Ihe liriloli began their advance along Ihe Kapaome-Camhrai mad. I'roiselles lies on biiih grotind, eighl miles southeast of Arras and II miles northwest of Cambrai. Its r up. arc oper.s the way for a direct drive on Ihe strategic Arras. I nmhrai road. iPu tht tsps-nori..Hni AVirt flm'lrr.r PUilS, April 2 1'renrh trmms between Ihe IW and the Aisne rivers have occupied Ihe fortified village of an oil Ion, drivmg the Cerinans cast of lhat point. Announcement to this ctTcct was made hy the war eltifc today. French pal nils, lhat adiai'fed to wilhin Ihree miles of St. (Jaent in. reported they found heavy eoncenlralions of (ie'man troops before that city. rman atlacks in Champagne were repulsed. tlltt th tntfrnnllntill tfrrrtre.l I).JiON, Apt,! "Occupation of St. Quentin, one of the key positions on the Herman front, bv the allies be fore the end oi' the present week was strongly predicted hy military obo-r-vers t.isljy. Advices from Pal i . today quoted ( ten. h war enperts as saying that the (iermcrs niiy evacuate St. Quentin Just as they did Rupaunte and I'eronne. The French exmesseil the belief, however, that it would be some days before Anglo-French pressure at thi. point foices the Herman to make a delinite stand or to fall hack. That the Teutons are prep-ii-ino; to give up St. Quentin before the powerful em ircling movement of Conera! Haig and Heneral Nivolle's aimies is indiratid hy the fact thM mot of the city has been ip-stioyed hv tire and d'nainite. Press di.-oat.hes foi m behind the allied front s 'y th-tt the niagniticent twelfth cental y cathedtal in St. Quentin bus not been completely destroyed for the stores can he seen from the high ground around SRvy Wood, four miles west, although it has been badly damaged. It is charged by the correspondent that the Germans have systematically looted the city, sending valuable artillery treasures hack to Germany. Il is believed that many residents have been sent to the rear by the Germans as they have regularly made aeiiurej of inhabitants when bigrrer cities were given op, Vicious Attacks. Both the British and French are lunging forward viciously all along the line beprern Arras and the Aisne. sweeping over womllanda and captur ing the niina of whut were w? villages. In the past thirty-sig hoora a dozen or mote villages have been taken from the e renting Germans. "CONTIXVED ON PAGRTSJRts"

ME GETS DOWN

Ready to fiegin As Soon as the House Completed its Organization. till tht Inttrnntlflnnl Xriri Btrrtft.) V ASHIM.TON, April 2. Senslur Simmon, ihaiiuiail of the senate finance committee, tmlay discussed wilh Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo measures to be introduced in congress providing for fund to meet possible war emergencies. Senator Simmons said that il was very likely lhat steps would be taken to provide for a loan to the entente allies, (ffl tf.i IklflMlMal W.. fa-,', ilrcl WASHINGTON, April 2. The sen ate of the sixty. fifth congress got down to business today without any arrassing waits. Completely or ganised as the result of the special vsion which assembled on March it was ready to commence business as soon as the house completes its nganizntinn. The senate was ready dsn to proceed with Its work with a nniplctc membership, Senator Hiram Johnson having arrived from Califor nia to be sworn in and take up bis ii.it ies. It was accepted that there would be some difference of opinion as to too legislation which President Wilson .vojld demand. However, the senate i-ONTINUED ONl PAGE THREE." TI BIG ARMIES II Pro-War Forces and Pacifists Arrive at Nation's Capital. SPECIAL TRAINS BRING BIG CROWDS Authorities Frankly Apprehen. sive Over the Clash of Opticsing Forces. (Wv thtt Intrrtiitional Xeiri fterrce.l WASHINGTON, April 2. Two grent armies, diametrically opposed in purpose und spirit, descended on Washington today in ever-increasing droves. One faction demands that the congres.4 which met today shall declare war on Germany j the other i, even more inistent that it shall not Special train after special trim swelled the ranks of both sides during the day with hundreds of earnest parti.:ans. The authorities are frankly apprehensive over the situation. Elaborate police precautions have been taken to prevent any untoward incidents. No loitering or congregating on the streets was allowed. "Keep moving" is the police edict The dor.ens f regular guards and police at the cnpitol have been aug mented with scores of plain clothe" and uniformed ollicers. President Wi. son will lie guarded as an executive never lieiore has heen watched over when he goes to the Capitol to de liver hia history-making message. Big Mass Meeting. Thousands of pacifists under tht direction of the emergency peace fed

oration, were to meet this afternoon in Convention IiuTI lo demand thai this nation lemuin aloof in the wot Id w ar. For almost a wek the peace workers have been marshalling their forces into the capital for the biggest demonstration possible. Adding to the awkwardness of the situation la th fact that Washington in now entertaining thousands of tourist and visitors, d.awn from all over the country. Many came to apend a holy week vacation, others In the CONTINUED OTTPACE TI1Re '

MINISTER SAYS

THEU. S. DUTY IS Dr. C. A. Parkin Urges That Coarse Of Government Is Plain, WOULD ORGANIZE AN ARMY OF TWO MILLION Derlares the Present StruRde Is Now One lletween Democracy and .Mtmarchv. llefore a cnnKi-.gati.m which filled the lower floor of the Centenary Methodist church ' t night the Rev. C. A. Parkin preached a patriotic sermon on. "Our Ihjty in the Event of War." MemlHus or the G. A. R. and veterans of the Spanish American war alien. led ,y special invitation, thfl front seats in the center section havintr been rVsorved for them. About forty old soldiers were present. The sen-ice whs oiened with a series of patriotic selections played by Miss Ruth Perkins. As the strains of the Star Spangled Banner were struck the large audience arose to their feet as one person. The Rev. W. P, McKinsey gave the opening prayer. The text of the sermon hy Rev. Parkin was taken from the eighth chapter of First Samuel, where the story is told of the people of Israel emning to the Groat Prophet and tolling him of their desire to have a king; to rule over them and of the answer which Samuel retu.Tied saying that a king would rule them harshly and with an iron hand taking their young men for soldiers, the'.r daughters for cooks und taking from them a tenth part of their grain ami all their possessions. Causes nf lite War. In opening, bis sermon. Rev. rarkin looked to the underlying causes anil philosophy of the r'uioiiean war in its beginning nnd nt the- present time, using as an illustration our own great Civil War. lie showed how it had been begun for one purpose or cause and was now Ivinp- earned "it with an entirely- d Ter-rt idea. The European war nt present, he said is a war of democracy against monarchy, prosecuted in the interest of humanity. Looking to tho evolution of raeea through governmental changes of the ages he enforced the Idea upon h's hearers that this war is only a tep in growth of demociaey nnd the casting off of monarchial power. This war being one of humanity at its present stage, our own country born in liberty and conceived in freedom must enter or be false to the great principles upon which it was founded and for which every man and woman within its borders stands. The American people, as a nation, are not interested in the acquisition of territory, the accum tlation of wealth or the aggrandizement of the state through un advance to supreme power. W e individually and as a people ure interested in freedom, in libei ty and in humanity, for tho advancement of the cause of God. Should Aid Allies. Pr. Parkin further said thai we should put our force, the moral influence of a great liberty-loving, free people, that of the greatest democracy upon the face of the earth on the side of FVance, England, Russia, and their allies, and against the Hnhenzollcrn dynasty now in power in GermanyThe interests of humanity, the life of democracy is ut stake and we must cust our lot with those who are fighting for these principles. He stated that we should pour our money, our forces, our food and great army of free born Americana into the breach

for the principles for which our own fathers fought; that we as a nation must here and now take our stand on the side of tiod. He concluded with un almost prayerful exhortation that n great wave of patriotism should sweep this country and the hearta of our people, that we mieht all be bathed in a spirit of patriotifm. Urge Bif Army, In summing up Dr. Parkin came to hard facts by saying, that we should have an army of two million men as soon as it ia possible to get them ncONTINt'ErTiON PAGE TUBEE.