Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 165, Lebanon, Boone County, 10 April 1917 — Page 1

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Keis?2?e In Boone -; - - - . . " -"'" . ' . . ( . , . , ii day unsettled weather. Ccanty' VOLUME 25. LEBANON, IN DIANA, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1317. NO. 163. I :

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PLANT NEAR PHILADELPHIA1

IFTY REPORTED ER ght or Nine Buildings of Eddystono I'lant Wrecked. OSriTALS FILLED WITH THEINjTRED fompany Was Enfjacwl in Milk ing Ammunition For Russian Government. I lc ;irrcr(ih.i.i V, i, , i PHILADELPHIA. April 10.-. I wt fifty men were reported killed ! 3 over three hundreil injured to neries of itisastruus exuiosn the plant cf the F.ildy tor.e Amtion Corporation at F.dd tr e, here. The corporation was m:tkammunition for the Russian g..vinment. It was the heaviest disaster that has fallen n American .uniminition nt eince the nutbrenV of the wi rid Te entire plant, worth millions of iliara, Ig threatened wiih deslrui;.n by fire. jKight or nine c, the buildings wen;. up, according to on, .of) -orvi)) lio witnessed the explosion. IHoapitala at Chefter were chok-d with injurecL Relief parties weie iile up in Philadelphia. Word is aiteil by the department of puhli. alth and charities and the P. .in j I jnia railroad to send phy .k iuns i....' wdical supplies from here. he origin of the explosion is a myy. Department of ju.diee agent.Id twenty city detectives, un.ic leutenant Kmntanuel were rushwl to e scene in motor ears as soon ks tin ji reached Philadelphia. Maia Building on Fire. JThe main building i on he. It i ared that heavier explosions ma low. The exact numW of ca ual P'ay not Le known for dav. J lavy pall of smoke hangs over the -'jecked buildings. The etplo ii os. ree nerre shocks and many inter ttent roars, began shortly before K lock. The shook the turroundinii untry for mika. The first blast or Jlrred in building h're shells wen line loaded. I Many were killed outright. M m;. hre said to have been blown to bits. any boihea will never be identified Jangled piece of bodies were found far as half a mile from the center the explosions. Three Rig Etploaions. (After the three hig shocks minor exosioru continued intermittently am1 times aounded like the firing of f jtiing gun battery. For this reaso' wan Impossible for rescuers to ge' iar the actual scenes of the main ex a. Many ambulances with doc ni ej?'?? (rnm f'hectee snd olhpoint were arriving at Eddyst.me 1 1 o'clock. Reteetives headquarters Ire rushed men out before noon t irrh for a suspet t.ho vtitrted f"i 'iladelphia shortly after the espio n. I A II trolley lervice for the public to l 'fm Chewier, which is near Kd stone, waa or'lered stopped by th I'lley company officii! snen aftet je explosion. Tbi waa don on re ; ert of the Oiester police authori: r. a immediate purpose wan to stop wan of curiosity aeekera which expected to follow the puhliean of the new. Only noecigl cnr.'1tie"ttn of the wm.! !M 0r f

ry tniflie wan P' nirt. ive wi of 'h j Baldnin loeomoti i trols the KrMy.-ti poratinn said tlsn the ti outhuild'i known a1; tin- loading of shell. ing F." Asked if the explo ion was the wo of plotters, he replied: "We have i kii.Ml.,lfc nt present hew the ep! sion vuriv.." 'the Fmlystoiic Munition wot' Were lTlile.1 in lm.'i i. a ni.-t of ?' :.m,WH). There lire two m:in buil ing.-. 7sd IVet long, am! L'eii fe .vide, arid a large (ri-ouo of small i., ill. ml. lines. The Uu large buiidmi ud for th maiiuliuture uf .-hells and the smaller hundinits iho luatl'nir of the projectiles. M than T.-'lii men wnn emi'biye.1 in plant, vihiih since its erection been heavily guard.!. Since the plant win built it . ,-hini.ed ti ns of shells to tbe Rus.; governmMit. More than thirty spM-tora from Russia are in the pi at all times inspe. tinir munitions la-t as they are manufactured. H1IKS AT MINNF.Vl'lll.lS. Indira! re K.ffort is lleinn Made tn Ilestroy (irain Stored There. .Ha i MINNKAPOI.IS. April 10.--Three f.res in big .Vinneapolis grain elevn- i tors within a peried of twelve houis conviiKed :he police to-iay tiiat a concerted etrnrt was bemK mar.e to de-1 stroy larne quantities of giam stored in tiie Minneapolis district. A watchman at the Stewart elevator owned by the P.anner ('.ruin Co.. extinguished two small fires early to- . SVar the same spot two other big elevators were destroyed l;y fire last nijht. j A report t) 't a National Guardsman had shot a man seen pr..w!:ng near the elevators had not been confirmed but it is being investigated by , Ww .police. i OYNAMITK LOl'NO. Big Quantity of L'xp!mie liwovered Near Alliance, Ohio. i)l i thr liiiinurs.ii.il i y.vi,. , ALLIAN't F.. O.. April 10. Hidden , in tin Iwcketa and carefully covered : over by paer cartons and newsparieis, 21 sticks of dynarme, (Ktwer- . ful enouirh to have blown the city to bits, were found today iiy invid Snyder, foreman of a railroad section gang at iwbring, four miles ea-t of here. An electrical apparatus, used to set off charges also was found with ; the dynamite. ' TRIES TO MAKE SECRET PACT VHIH GERMANY That is the Charge Against Brazilian Foreign Minister. I 1 the nfCf,SHIe..iiff Yrt- Sn..-f I 1(10 J ANEIRO, April to. It is announced that Brazil has formally taken action declaring war on Germany. il.f lh' .iff. AiflffTtflt i.r. Km f P.IO JANEIRO, April 10 Dr. Ijiuio Mueller, the Brazilian foreign minister, was openly charged by newspapers today with trying to effect it secret ogreement with Germany tn f'y this p.gree "aid, Germany wnuM hind hr: "If to sink no more Brazilian vessels. The pre -s is demanding an imme. dMite severance of diplomatic relations and comidiiin of undue rlelriy on 'he nart of the foreign ministry in hand - ling the vital affairs affectin the country's peace. The Chilean minister ha enfiroied tm; press report that Dr. Alfred Zimmerman, the German foreign aeere-

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tary, on Sunday in lierlin conferred ! storm, clearing the trenches with the with the ministers of. Argentina, cold steel. Before sunset the British Rrazil ami f., r,r.!mMy - r.-(. -,..,! primers estimated at latinns between Germany and the A.lahout 7,0(X) in number and about li'i B. C. powers. i offleers. The Chilean minister was nuoted as Throughout the night, while shells saying that a rupture would doubtless , from German guns rained about thesn. occur, 'Very shortly." , British troops worked behind the ftrPublic funeral services were held i ing line organiing, tonsolldatinf Bad here today for the three victims of the strengtliening the positions from destruction" of the Btazllian steam-1 which the Teutons had been driven, ship Parana, preiumabty by a Get- Faaior Monday will g down In bl.nan suhmarine, off ijv r': as the r; y ri -u ': r te

IS CUTTING DEEP

N The fJreat Spring Offensive I Threatens Whole of the Ilindenhurg Line. POWERFUL THRUST OF CFX HAIP.N ARMY i ' ' Outflanking Movement 1'rOCeedS SucreHsfully Thoubandjt of Prisoners Taken. UlMKlN, April 10. More than 9.0H0 German prisoners and upnards of forty guns were captured by the British in the fighting ohi.-h raged all day yesterday bttneen Arras and Lens and'tm. mediately nouth of Arraa. the British war office announced today. German troops that had stubbornly maintained themaelvea on the eastern lpe of Vimy Kidge were driven back during the fighting last night. British force have aeiied Fanboux and taken by storm all the German defensive work adjoin Init he villaee. There was furious fighting along the height between LeVerguier and Hargie Court during which the G.risana were driven from their positions. (These heights are between St. (juentm and Camhrai on the old fighting front between Arras and the Aisne. ! e Verguier as captured by the Itritwh yesterday.) The Germans have begun to attack in West Flanders. A powerful assault was driven home southeast of Ypres, but it broke down tinder the British fire, the official report says. I In rif nlf r..iif..ol Vc. ''t . I PUM. April 10. tn Advance h the French between the ( oucy Forest and 'he Aine rier and the repulse of a German aliaik in Champagne, southeast of Rheims, were reported by the war otlice today. There were heavy artillery duels.

w 1 liner, under her own steam, successi ii' itrrttf'tl nr Hitrt , ; fully negotiated the passage into LivI.ONDPN, April 10 The big spring '. erpool harbor and will he docked at

drive the mightiest offensive undertaken by England sinre the beginning of the war is eating deep into the German front and imperilling the whole of the Hindi nburg line. The battle which opened at dawn yesterday after n cannonade of weeks'

duration, was in progress all nipht Made'81"' ' ti" ra"'n,t between Arras and Lens and South of Arras on the old

mme line. Fortified Cities, railway renters and tdlery strongholds which nave been hands of the Germans since the ' i!i of lliH, are threatened with cap-tu'-e unle-s Von Hindenburg draws ha. k l i- lines and voluntarily gives j them up. ; Lille. Poini .. I Lens have been endangered he the powerful outflankmg thiu.t i. General llaigs army. All of these !,, made strategically 'importunt hy te'n railroads, liighnd fortifna'.i ms, lie along the od of the so-calleil on ILndenhurg line. Rv storming Vimy Ridge the Rritii were nble to ocrurv more than a s-nre of villages, fortified hills and points I of support which the Germans gav !P as they fell bark. ! Tsnadians Win I aurrla ' , ' ' i 7!,.- chiof lauiel. of tl. first diy Ef j 1 the battle, when the British advanced ; from two to three days along a ten 1 to twelve mile front, goes to the '. Canadian. They swept forward in; the early morning darkness, which j was intensified by a driving sleet j

j of the fihtinic from Arras to the Lens

! Bex-tor brings the bailie tront n whir! operations on a grand scnle are bcin i carried out to 100 miWw in length. Fftleienry Of Artillery. ) British officers amazement ! at the efficiency of their own artili lery liiv. Many Germ-in fm tiik-Atiorm, ; built of concrete and hteel ami de- ; signed to withstand .' shucks o' the : heaviest aTihii,riifnbk,"i like Lttone beneath the continuous pounding of the guns. Many of me German priaoners to dazed that they could . neither walk nor talk when taken. the British advanced pst trench after trench they met stronger ami stronger resistance. i The famous redoubt known an the i "harp" fully as formidubh as .the "Uibarynth," on the Homme front, : fe into the Britons' humls after short 8n'' 5harp st,U',''"!turing Telegraph Hill.. They toiled painfully up the side of the hill under hot anil steady tire ami after the. (ierrnans .saw they could not stop tb crawling armored ears they rHd. : The terrilic British ottensive over- , shadowed the fightmir betwe-n Arrass ' and the Aisne river, although the BritI ish and French eont u their pressure against the German front in that region. The allies' U.i all along the) front have been comparatively slight, j consider ing the t ie ,er-, n.an artillery and tlie obstacles thev : had to overcome sav the corresnond'-! : ents at the front. ; Steamer New York Hits a Floating Mine Oft Li vj erpool Bar. LINER PROCEEDS l?VT)t7R mV- CTP Af i ' Reaches Harbor Safely U. ' Consul Repot ts Details to Washington. I itjl Iht .ilrfiMH, ,nl Viik Hrrrtrt I J WASHINGTON, April 10. The ' American liner New York struck a 1 floating mine at 7:40 last night while live miles on" Liverpool bur. All of her passengers with the exception of .four who refused to leave the ship. i transferred to patrol boat lhe once. There were no casualties. It is supposed that the mine which the steamer struck was one of those recently strewn in the path of all vessels trying to make Liverpool through the "barred zone." Th report of the accident to the New York was sent to the state d partinent by Consul Washington ut Liverpool. Text of Message. The text of the message i public today was as follows: The American liner New York struck a flouting mine last night a' 7;4o while she was five miles outside 0f Liverpool bar. j "T),e company reports that all of ' the psssenger except four who electjed to remain on board were transferre, to patrol boats which were in thr icinity. "There were no casualties. "The vessel under her own steam proceeded into the iiarhor and sucres- , fuiy dnclel " The New York was armed and carried an armed guard detailed for he. ; protection. Officials here said tha ihev wire hoisful that the damsge re aultin-fra the mine could be quickly repaired. The St. Louis, a sister ship, which reached an American poit yesterday M reported, that just before she crossed Liverpool br on her outward trip an American vessel flying, a neip tral flag was captured by a ship which had been strewing the entrance to Liverpool harbor with floating mine, Join the U. S. Army or Navy Now Your Country Need You Yovir postmaster h . frmKf, i TfctlJiis oificer

.llMI IIISISTS '

ONCONSCRiPTION PLAN FOR THE ARMY Efforts of Advocates of Volunteer System Will Probably Fail. WILSON CONFERS WITH CONGRESSMEN President Seeks to Win Over Opposition hy Personal Conferences. BY JOHN EIHVIN NKVIN. ir... ;e ,ni..,f,-.,i.u Wir- n WASHINGTON, April 10. " 1 Efforts' of ,llv,i(.at of iht VoaMtr s,Ht,.m t0 ,ur 3 lompronnse which will null

ify the selective conscription feature Maximillian Harden, one of the best ' bil' was b'fo,o' ho house wny and of the new army plan probably will known editors in Germany, in a news- j means committee t-day. Represettafail. President Wilson lei it be 1 paper article, urgss that the govern-j tive Kitchin, chairman of the ways a d known t-Hlay through administration J ment, of. '"81" changed to a means committee and Democratic

leaders that he cannot annrove anv acHon w hich will "slow up" the war preparations of the nation. He has made ip his mind, hia advisers say, that the volunteer system will not furnish the number or quality of men that this nation must have at or.ee to be a real factor in the world war. i It is said to be the intention of the i president to endeavor to win over the opposition through a series of per r-1 sst "l mn "" sonal conferences. He held the ft f th've yes'eiday with Chuirma L'ent of the house military affairs committee and todav tslked thimrs over with Representative Anthony of Kans-I us and other advocates of the volunteer pinn. Administration leaders who have ennvassed both hou.es uf congress .e vi need that the plan advocated by the P" vM Mibstan - i sene.te and house. i out it n nopei 10 prevent any ex1 tended debate as the administration is, j very anxious to get the work of rai I ing the urmy under way as soon i possible. hile the volunteer plan In op eration for the navy is working out, well. The fuct that it is recognized evervwhere that for the first veer nt i

least of the war, the navy w ill bear JiK i Ur.h. April 10 A six-inch now me aines oi vne tniieu srnies. tlie linint of any fighting thut takes' gun mounted on the stern of the Cun-1 The remaining $2,000,000 will be nlaec has stinmliited recruiting eveiy- i ard liner Ausonia frightened away a ' employed in strengthening the Nationwhere. This week every community XJerman submarine as the steamship ' al defense.

in th county is working overtime asting in the recruiting movement und ! the response admittedly is gratifying ; to officials. The legislation increasing i the enlisted personnel of the navy to, loo.ooo men and the Marine corps to 10,001) will prohohly be passed by both the senate and the house by the end if the week and the recruiting officials

f the navy are already ready to takcj"1""5 ,,ul '"" win u amps in uay-

idvantage of it. Reserve Vessels. T1, nnivil notbnrill.io are vif,o- , wo,k f iacin( tv naeryf ve sels into coininifasion. The naval militia has given experienced men who were badly needed and with the reserve units in commission the active fleet is released for the stern work which is ahead of it. It was stated today that careful investigation of the 'ireaence of suspicious vesseis off the -naat had revealed that none ure in 'his vicinity. It has been ascertained 'hat the vessel reported off Nantucket 'ast Saturday was a British cruiser, '-hipping conditions along the coast are normal although elnlwrate orecautions are beirg taken for th irntection of all vessels. The department of justice today tapped the lid down on the operations if its secret agents. It is expected 'Kit fully 10,000 nrrests will he made ery soon. It is the intent'on of the '-nartmmt to wi'hhold ("formation 1 regarding the aiTes's. The realcr. 'ir this is ohvioai Some of 'he m-r ho will he taken into custody have Seer, plotting against the United atates ever since the European war 'egsn. Army and navy officials were Tresfly plensed tnds;r mrer the personnel of the new general munitions hoard created by the council of national defense. Ever since the war reparations commenced, there has been a fear thst the aecumu'ation of supplies for a war army ami navy here might interfere with the supply if munitions for the entente. The tew board will prevent this. The 'oard will take over the direction ot -any of th industrial pltnta which "eve been offered to the government "or Its us and will utilize them tor he manufacture of .lust the kind of mterials that are most needed. Under the new plan th purchase if the army and oavif will be coordlnited and theif aurche distributed The new hoard III also take up the enormous taitt of matntvining at all j'.imrt a supply of raw ms'erial

cient to keep all of the plants in the nation running at top pe4 Although conirrena will not act for some day ok the bond issue which j will make immediately available tivei billion dollara the administration la I

being besiejred with otters for such bond. Nearly avery hanking hou.se of contequenr in the couatry has volunteered iU aervUeu in disposing of the bonds and it is believed that as soun as they are iasued they would be suuacribed in a very abort time. They are to be lung-term bond and will be put out under plans perfected by Secretary of the Trea-sury McAdoo. CHARGES AGAINST U. S. German Say V. S. Sought to Induce Austria to Make Separate Peace. (Bk i Jerrnsifl W flrreicf.l AMSTERDAM. April 10. That the United Sates han been trying to in - i (uc( Austria-Hungary to withdraw f rom th T'u,on '"""f. aml n",ik';l, separate peace, is the charge made by I Count von lleventlow, according to; ', information receivail here today from i I Berlin. Count von Reventlow was 1 quoted as saying in the Deutsche Tages Zeitung: "It is to be hoped that no further! opportunity wilt be given the United j I States t.i bring influence through Austria-or to separate Austria from: her allies. It rs quite possible that in the existing circumstances these Alfnitd wilt eoASj. consmuuonui niuimreny sucn as r.ngland has. IS TURNED DOWN. One of New Dirigibles for l". S. Gov - eminent Tampered With. . .ic .(-.lml Vc,S,r.,cc.. AK??f:,0l,,r" '-70Br.f. II" nine dirigible balloons ordered for the 1 .. . . . ... . . . Lnited States army by the govern - . . .i i i. ti i merit from tlie Goodyear Tire 4 Rubh eomoanv has been turned down bv .i. -i ,.r d e don, to it by enemiM 8f thi, country. Although official of the company a: ..... u- , : r.,iabK. ,aw, thal , I(0Werfil ,j nnur,a over the balloon -ti -rt h0es In it. In other place. V'f?" ...i i.uit!. t, been driven throuirh the fgijric. . BU FFED SUBSEA. 1 Six-inch Gun on Ounard Liner Fright ens Away Submarine. i fly Iht JscrsiiHona .Wiri firrx ift. i Was passing througn the "Danrvd ! i ne loo miles off tne coast 01 Ire'an' twenty minutes afterwards , the same submarine torpedoed and sank a UNtisn tramp steamer. The story was told by passengers on tm? Ausonia, which docked here , today. The passengers were unani - mous in uecianng insi a submarine iigni. Plans of IT. fi. Nearly Complete Embassy Is Guarded. IRv the Intfrnatinnal Srtrt serefce. WASHINGTON, April 10. Negotiations were hearing completion today for the safe passage homeward of Count Tarnowski von Tarnow, Baron Erich Zwiedinek and other ofti- , rials of the Austrian embassy here, j It is thought unlikely, however, that he Austrian will he nble to leave -e I'Vicd F'n's, bfs,-e vWhir-rn eo'ld l)TI!-I'V t!t Jsl. P. G"the charge affaires at Vienna and members of the American staff there have reached Switzerland. Officials here explained today that thi does not mean the Austrian here are being detained but iht. the dic j.iyoi.n! difficulty of arranging their passage will consume some time. TELLS OF CAPTURE. Private Letter Speaks of Capture of Launch Leaded with Cssoline. tiry thr rni. Miisi.i V.w4 w.-.r.t ATLANTA, Ca., April 10 nrlvate letter received here tell of th eaptur of a launch containing COO galIon of gasoline "somewhere off the Georgia coast" Th crew was Ger - mfifl, only one of whom could speak English. It is aelieved th gasoline ws Intended for a German submarine. The letter earn to State Cam A Fish Ccromissioner Charles A. A mow, rti.-a !, la ice coast.

FIRST OF THE L'S FINANCE BILLS IS

E The $3,000,000,000 Bond Is sue Bill Before Committee. SPEEDY ACTION IS EXPECTED IN HOUSE 1 j i Secretary McAdoo Explains the , Aims anil Purposes of Kond Issue. BY WILLIAM P. HASSETT. Iflff Itir Intrt nfirii.M.i .Vcir, firrrirr.i WASHINGTON. April 10. The first of the colossal measures to fini ance American participation in the I war the tr, flllfl OlIO nnn Knil I.HIB nouse leaner returneii today from North Carolina in time to meet with I his colleagues and lend his views in ! the formulation of il.e financial mea- ! sure, the biggest ever undertaken by 1 ,ne American government. Should Mr. Kitchin, because of his pacifist views, desire not to assume responslbillty toT . ?n th. bo"l bJ" to ! the' house by ReTresentMiv. Raln I , - ... ... ',,. 'of Illinois, the ranking 1 ,.,..,,.-... ,". under hitchin on the ways . , ' Dernoc ratio and means committee. During Kitchin's absence from the ity Representative Ra.ney, through I conferences with Secretary McAdoo, ! has been made familiar with all th provisions of the bill. He has smooth-s lM Wuy. for "'y COnT" .!" i r"m'n"t' Bnn. for consideration 1 ?! ,h.t, "IJ , T.VZ.ll , It will be iutioiiucted in the house t morrow. Present expectation is that 1 the house will act speedily on the bill so that it will be sent W the senate tiefdre the end of the week. Secretary Mt Aduo has issued a statement i setting forth the aims and purposes of the bond issue. Three billion dollar ! uf the amount will be used to rehabilit ate the credit of the entente allies, Wealth of the Country. I fhe wealth of the country is So ' treat." aavs Secretary McAdoo in hta statement, "the Investment resources 1 0f the country are so large, the strength of our haid::r.T sitintion is Jg,, phenomenal and the patriotism of our people is so erased that T am confident that when the government offers its bonds for public subscrip tion, the amount will be overwhelmingly subscribed." Mr. McAdoo purposes, as soon aa congress has given the necessary authorization to hold conferences with leading financial men of the nation to insure the success of the undertake

' ing. J. P. Morgan already ha end- " I orsed the scheme. Government Although the date of maturity has not yet been determined the bonds

will be of long term. They will bear interest at the rate of 3V4 per cent, and convertible into a higher rata should the circumstances demand such an increase. The time and manner of nutting the bonds on the market will later be worked out by Mr. McAdoo and his assistants. The expectation ia that the returns will be ready to tarn over to the allies in from 30 to 40 days. With the bond bill through the houne ways snd means committee will give its attention to the war tag bill. TEDDY WILL HELP. Will Do All in His Power to Secure legislation Desired by President. itty the International Yewi Scrrlcc. 1 WASHINGTON. April 10. Following a brief conference at tha white house with President Wilson, former President Theodore Roosevelt announced this afternoon that he will do all In his power to persuade congress to enact legislation for universal military service. The colonel said that he had explained in detail to tha president his plana for raising a divi.;, U fisht in Frsacs. Th r . dent, he said, hsd bien non-commita! i on whether he would favor congresj sional action to permit the offer to be j accepted hut Roosevelt Indicated that 1 he hoped thst he yet would get the , admmisua' on supportColonel Roosevelt went from th white house to offer hi aerrioas in any capacity to th advisory committee of th Council of National Defense.