Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 186, Lebanon, Boone County, 5 May 1917 — Page 1

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r;-.ziit la the crJy Newspaper in Eoone Ceanty. Jut. "1. Ii Fir continued caul ten i hi, -1 frost probably heavy; Sunday partly tleudy and illglilly warmer. VOLUME 25. LEBANON, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1917. NO. 186.

ORTRESSOFUON NOWTHREATENED BY FERNCH ARMY

jrilliant Stroke of General Nivelle's Forces i Successful. kONNE TAKEN IN OWERFUL ASSAULT itlsh Make Further Progress ? Eanl of Arras Counter Attacks Reputed. (Bf Iht lnttrnattonat j Serrlce.) The situation In Russia continue.?nacing. Freah ditkiiucn; were re fUd from Petrograd todny io uon Itlon with the activities of pear ng dor. But th provisional governBit it standing firm, Premier LvolT caking' for the Republican cabinet d that th recent not announces 'ssdta detenniniation to flu-lit unti 'Story U rained will not be modified Premier added that th minister uld resign mth.tr than change theli 4 rmation of high political lm c cam also from Berlin. 1 w th effect that the powur of thi gm - uui vi vjertruin cnancenor I curbed. Tha German conatitu I i to U changed no that the cig S at of the Emperor and ChancelJ will both b requirej to imperia I ;. Hitherto they were signr-i I I fr by th kaiser. The new regula in would, hold th chancellor re Wtble to th reichstag. fb western front i the only on vn which fighting- of major im tanc Is now in progresa, in th great engagement betweei ax and th Argonn forest both thr tiih and French have made fresh -ance during the past twenty-fou: ir, despite numerous powetfu inter assault deliveicd by thu Gcr n along- th line, following- their loa of Craonnc th rnians flung tlieir.wiveag.nnit tin nch line in Champagne time lift lime, but despite their crushing ef U they eouid not break through t were they abl to bend back thi tih from their newly eapturfc und where th northern end of the Hindnbrg line had ben pierced, a the engagement yesterday th( inch captured 1,000 prisoner :j also worked their way consider rrear Leon, the chief fortress tr southern end of th Hinusnburt It IS, jKMnMUuMl Btwvh ) iONDON, May 6. Th capture ol r than 1.000 Germans In violent iting along tha Champagne frvn' f announced by the French wa, c today. 1 1 4'ting freah division of troops th. tman made numerou counter as 't all alone; th front. At erer it the attacker were repulsed, the -nnnicroe said. ere were bombardment along r part of the front he entire plateau north of thf a rivar and th open road through Miett Valley lie at the men?) h Frcneh today aa a result of thi Itor of Craonn. th brilliant and powerful strokf hnral flTall' force io th C rale factor on Friday has incre&sni I menace of the German fortress o In, th chief position on th south I and of the Hinder.burg lice ami j advanced th French lines over lit of nearly throe milt, imonn is about nine rnile south of Laon and stands at the eaafim j of th Cherain-de-Dames. Thi-aun-des-Iames ridge la describeil nilitary eiperte as "rital" if thr lich hop to smash th lower end h Hlndenbarj line, by taking Vmn they hav secured a ilnn grip P Progreas By British. Inrthv progrea at of Arras ami repots of three strong counter tck went reported by th British offic today. It points when th British had hrothroogh th old Hiadenburg line Gamant fought vainly to recaploat mmnd. Th first of th as'ts broke down under the British ilerv fire and tha second and third f repulsed by the infantry, fear rYeanoy and Havrincour! li the British extended their lines. 1 fuccessful trench raid was made h region of Leverguier northit of St. Quentia in which seme r-.eji prisoners were taken. t tMt foDowsi "W mad swe- ; raid laet night mz tnr-

INVENTION MAY END THE WAR SPEEDILY

The Nil Consulting Board Annmin.m Invinlion That Will Revolutionize Warfare. KKW YofeK, .May 5. Wurfar will be revolutionited and mijrl'tj' wjrtd cotiflict may- be brought to a ppeedy close as the result of an invention of the naval consulting b-arJ. N'ol only will the submailn menace be removed but new destructive force haw f-'n-l ! .?:p:- -.1 fiti ami other defensive woik. W. T. Saunders, (hainnan of tU naval con.--u'tiTijp board, urmounceil the solution of th-Mc stai'gyi ii.g war pro hlenn toi.ty. While few detail? were given, it ibelieved that the chief honors for thsolution of the war menace go t '1 horn. ti A. Ldnnn, pre-iidc-nt of the .rival con Hiking borrd. Mr. Edison and hi.'. c:ie-ig'je have been at work for many montha work ii.g with might and mam to find a n:can of solving the big war projienis, and chiefly the submarine menice. With Y:t"ke ingenuity swectdng the ".'" boutii from the aea. rt;r -iiany lo-en hoi- chief weapon ai.d tht ailmitU-d danger of England and i ranee arimig from the ruthless -:uh mari ' cr mpaign are removwL 1' Ti.y i'. .ii open up the way for the inviiiion of Ocrrruuiy. "We have submitted a concrete plan to the navy department," ajd Mr. jatinder tmluy. "It is designel to nundl the hos:ile submarine craft. It is not atheoretic plan, but on which is baseii upon actunl experiments. More tru" his I cannot say at this time." GREED BY CHICAGOANS Tens of Thousands of People Piild Their Respects to the Visitors Today. l7(i f?if 'c -afd.n'i X nilOACC. May r puhi ook Mnrshat .!o-ph J !?re. Pene Viiani ami other members of the renrh inlsrion in chaise toi'.ay. Tio tumultuous applause with wh'ch oth--ial and social Chicngo greeted th hrro of tho Maine yoterlay f-ni.-u into the background a tons of thounamU thumlepi their respect tmby.

Htnrting t 10 o'cl.x-k, "when the Morning Po;t e.Tproiws Ui fcmliej that b.tingMished Frenchman f;rst maile the soldiers and workmen ar tn eotn'heir aprearunc at tho Art Institute, j plete control of tho country and that Chicago was one prolonged cher. they will be able to impose their wlil A parade through tl.e "ioop" district j upon the goremment eventually. The V.lowed and later the mi-mljers of j words are these: "I discredit th viw h? party were guests of the L'niver- j that the provisional government Is In iiiy of Chicago at luncheon. : a position to defy the council, and I believe the not had its origin rather Paid Tribute to Lincoln. , in f., difficulties and tn the u.. ,v..i t.. t p.,, (Jib r.n,A tate of the furein exchange wbidi

-he tribute of his nation to Abraham , '' hile tlmuand lined th. streets through which the French war mis-1 lion was to p-i-is on itn way to a uncheon at the Vnivers.ty of Chi-1 ago. the hero of the Marne caused j he pa tu aait until he end th French officers of his entoura had i .i'uted the martyn-d idol of the L'nited State. as not part of the scheduled upon a delav soon as he learne.1

that a stMue of I.lne-ln stoo.1 around r5"'"the comer from hi. hotel. i Th. rorr.-pondeat aHded tW. Fare to face with the bronze Image ! "'" of mutiny la th, trojrwd -.fthecvil war prident of the f"rin ?, Ullukon i -fight Fnited States stood Marshal JolTre. I ti.Jwictury noU-was publlslwd. The French hero saluted, then with i , Vlor''1re 'U-h rumors that KOocr.p uplifted he utood with head Wl" f"' mini. bowed, silent nd in deep meditation, j "lt milt" P-'rrent a erlai. The other Frenchmen Mood with him. ' h" t'm- r heads uncover.l. paying silent tribute j roerd. to the stolid figure. This scene was ' rumTinX4 IS KWnnsTC enwted r.fter the members of the' tO.UlIlt)INbW8DK. French mission had visited the Chi-! ., ,. . 1 , . eazo Art Institute. There Kx-premier ; t,l,u1""1 Th" I"""d by AntiViviani had prevmted an elaborate Oerrusn Sentlmeol to ."oewv. v. to the institute r.nd in a polltheii : Jipeech praiwed Amerim for her high i ' "" ''wsa .Vw Swfl.) pine In art. LONDON, May 6. Th itution As the parade moved away from ( In Sweden Is being strongly Influaacad

ha loop section, a crowd of 00. WO i excited admirers of the French field marshal, wildly shouting tha name of JorTre, got beyond control of the mounted a!fce escort and the re6ervs along the line of marrh. With a mad rush they surrounded the automobile of th party and brought t parade to a complete stop. It was several minutes before the police regained control of the situation and cleared a lane tbiough the mass of! humanity. VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL.

SEATTLE, Wn., May 6. Not guil- report which today reached th Boaty w th v.!et returned today in ! ton Marin Insorvnc Underwriters, th trial of Thoma H. Truey, first cr I The stawjhlo lft Calcutta for Ibj). 78 I. W. Wa t f- a eVwr ef ir V FthmT IS wl-h c-e af V

ISIIUATI

RUSSIA SERIOUS REPORTS DECLARE Soldiers and Workmen Believed to be in Full Control. RUMORS CURRENT MILUKOFF TO QUIT Provisional Government Has Dijordcrd Temporarily Under Control. (Jty re lntnallnl .k riic. LONDON, May 5. The situation in PotrogrsJ, where grav diwrders have been occurring, Is still serious, but it is believed that the provisional government has it well In hand, ac cording to dispatches from that city today. The erecutiv conunitto of th cumuli of aoli'.lur and Workman's ielei;utcs has established a fin office jf its ov.-n but not for th purpo of treating with th enemies of Russia, it was aa'uL .L Skubelof ha bean appolnUd president of th nw oSW. It is pointed out that the ehkf ftfDctJotu of the department will be t keep he ouUide world poted a to actual occurrences in Russia and to secure information as to what is going on outside of Russia. There has been furthar fighting In the streets of Petrograd in which many shots were fired. In th outbreak lute Friday two persons, on of them a girl, war killed. Profssjor Paul H. MtlasjlT, foreign minister In th provlirional government and leader of the party that Is rpposirg a separate peac fo Russia, still retains hi effir despl ti.l 'temands of the workmen and soldiers hat he resign. Troubles Elsewhere. late dispatches from Petrograd Hate that troubles are occurring In otner cities than Petroprad. A dispatch to the Chronicle says that "disquieting news has come from liaising'orn, capital of Finland, whre German agents are hard at work." Tl.e Petrograd correspondent of the; 'hrt!n triou.ly both tta pwlikev "ercUing power in th nam of Ras- . . ' . , h'th . .M'eff P1"1 ? . " atU victory I is achieved and not mak a swparet pJTfc"' The Morning Poot diepcteh eramue !: "The chief rock ahead of th K-iFsian govrnmnt is ftaaac aad taxalio.i. "It bj aa opea crt that "a ' by the growing anti-German aeotimant ir, Norway, It la tatd ta diapavb from Amiiterday today. For some tim two Swedish warships have been held at anchor oepos.te the royal palace giving ris to an Impression that th king and uaa fear that their flight from the .aatry will be neeeMary. JAPANESE SHIP SINK. BOSTON. May 5. Th 8.820 ton Japnnese steamship Kirsbteiajoan Mara was stink off th African coast by a German U-boat, according to a

Bulletins

I ( rmwrloseJ Veir, f n-,m.) LONDON, May I-Th. loes of British torpedo destroyer was announced by the admiralty today. On officer and Uly-lv me ar misaing. Th veassl, oiw T th older type, struck a mta In th Fliglish channel oa ly 2. ISs IhUrtUfU torrfrM SANTIAGO, ly The , resignation of the Chilean minister (3 Crrsssy was eoe!! ky lb foreign offic today. It was explained th cau.es were personal. 1 tA fflrii(foar .V Serrfct.) LONDON. Msy i.B. A. Pollen, famous Brlliah naval eipert, at aatrwrity for the sssecttoa that Germany Is sulking six tine aa many ships now as at the beginning of ruthlca aabgtarine war. This ststemrnt was adv at the American laacheon club. The eipert added: "We can regain control ef th seas, huwsvar, If wa bring th fall weight at all our fore against them." ( ths ie7vetMl Vr l COPENH tGtN, May 1-Freah Ighting haa wcarred in th treats of Petrograd. Nomeroa ciaaha In which nuuiy shots were re4, took plac betwoai pear aglutor and loyal iiiau but night says a dls patch from the Raaalaa capital today. Th peace agitator war t aaoa by soldier and drlltans and badly beiaten. Th slrevt swarmed with people all night and firing could b heard tn a number of the districts af th city. l, lAs IsirssruasJ .Viw 'i.i WASHINGTON, May J All Carman ships In American harbor which wr dhabM by their crw when diplomat! relation kwtwe the United State and Cera, any war brake),. wtlVb ie paired and ready for commtasion within 120 days. This wa th an noon cement mad biday by J. A Donald, chairman of the survey committee appointed April 7 by the shipping board for an investigation of th extent to which th vessels had been damaged. - .8 Member of the Britluh Mlsnlon Confer With Secretary of Tretuorer McAdoo. ls las ImtmuhI jrsx time, i WASHINGTON, My -Th United Slate thi afternoon mad It second great war loan to England vara Seueiaty of Treasury McAdoo turned over to th Untied aabaeaador draft Mr IU.9V0.- . The loan wa made on abort tern certificate and will bear totereirt I per tent. r ss sMrMKtaMJ Vew Irtw.) WAiinNGTON, May l.-England today opened nagotiatlon for another emergency loan of probably $100,000,000. Member of the British mission war In conference with Secretary of Tr sen ry McAdoo and other treasury oficial throughout th morning. It had Um xpctd that th first cioargancy loan to England of 1200,000,000 would b enough to tld her over until July I, when th first big loan will be mad oa th proceeds of th war bonds. . ATTEMPTS SUICLDB. Opponent of Mia Bank la at Ul KUctiea, Prink Poino. 1 M httwaatssM ffaae rafcl ELKHART, lad., Hay 6. Congress woman Jaanetto Rankin last fall defeated Jacob JL Croll, bS, of Koondap, Mont., In th Montana congressional pri marie. Crull sat on an undertaker's steps here last midnight with his will in hi pocket and drank part of a pint bottl of murutic acid. H Is In th hospital and expected to dl. Crull came her a week ago to visit a lister, Mr Emma CrnU Lhti. Crull wa unnarrtsd aad bad bene apparently in rd lw'Ss. 1 5 tf -rn?taBttteft b "ft t I W f-t b wa

KO REASON FOR AN

iCREASE IflM PRICES OP COAL Federal Trade Commiflfiion Makes Report of its Findings. IS NO EXCUSE FOR A "BUYING PANIC Declares the Present Prices Are Not Warranted by Cost of Production. iBl Iht alrrnariuilsl V,,t S-rrlrr.) WASHINGTON, May 6. A ''buying panic" which will play Into the hands of retailer and Jobbers an.1 cost th American public millions is Imminent io the anthracite coal industryThe federal trade commission took steps today to check it by placing the facts before the United Statu. Thar U absolutely no oxcuso for th panic, the commission says, nor for any Increase in price. On the contrary It declare the present prices are in no way warranted by th cost of production. The couimjj.ion tukes sharp uuu with Jobber who hav declared that they could nut make summer discounts. The larger anthracite operators, It finds, will mak their usual reduction and it says there Is no reason why these should nut be passed on to th consumer. Th commission alto promise to create a "blacklist" of all who tak urulu advantage of th necessities of th people. In tu report the committee also finds that there is an adequate supply of coal; that It will be taken out as us ual during th summer and that mine prices will b reasonable. It declares that congress must enact legislation to prevent speculation la eoal and to see that eoal car are kept moving to their destination and not held up for speculative reasons. The report concludes: "The fair retail price Is that at the mouth of the mine, plus the cost of freight and the reasonable charge to the consumer by the retailer, The May price of ordinary whit aih anthracite, allowing fur the forty per cent discount follows: Egg, gross ton (2,240 pounds) M.OS; net ton (2,000 lbs.) 13.61. Stovo( gross ton, 14 30; net 13.84. Chestnut, gross ton, .40; net Wn. 1393." GREAT RECEPTION. I Planned at Indianapolis Far th French Commission. IBi rss isiwitsuaiMl ' farai.! INDIANAPOLIS, May B. A great reception is planned for the members of the French commission when they stop In Indianapolis for five minutes Monday night on their return to Wahington from th west. Mayor Bell has taken charge of the arrangement and has called a meeting of representative of leading organisation It is prihnhle that a parade will be a part th demonstration. Former Premier Viviani and Marshal Joffr are expected to make brief talk from the rear of the train. DEFENDS SHAY. Companion of Baseball Manager Who Shot Walter Makes Known Identity. (I Me sKruueaal Yew seretoe.i INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 6. The woman companion of Danny Shay,

Put a Flag In the Window

The popuority of those window Sag hu been shown by the great demand. The Reporter ha told several hundred of them since the first supply wu received and the demand continues unabated. These flags are being sold at test pHoa, two flags for five cents. They are especially designed, printed on heavy enameled paper to be cut out and pasted on the window pane. Many people are placing the flags upon the inside of the windshield of automobiles. The size of the flag Is 17x24 Uuthea. Sample nay b tma la the wfedmrs at Ti Hqffltftg eCs. '

manager of th Milwaukee baseball team, when he shot and fatally wounded a colored waiter in a hotel cafe Thursday night, made herself known todey and defended Shay. She is Cert rude Anderson, a manicurist She told the coroner and th grand jury that Shay and the waiter had

' quarrelled several times before the waiter called Shay a vile name and stepped forward a If to strike him. Sh then escaped through the kitchen. She heard th pistol shot as sh ran She was introduced to Bhap that evening, she said. Shay conferred with hi lawyer again today. He will claim that he acted in self-defence. HERE 19 ONE BOY, WHO ADMITS THAT HE HAD ENOUGH CANDY TO EAT ( By A arsrsettessl Xeut Service.) CHICAGO, May 6. Found A boy who ha had enough candy to eat. A watchman In the Chicago railroad yard heard cries from a box car. Investigating he discovered Kenneth Doud, 13, of Dei Moines, Iowa. Kenneth hud gone to sleep In the car at Pes Moines while waiting for his father who wiked in tlie yarU there, and had bean carried to Chicago. The boy wa( suffering, but not from hunger, for the car was loaded with candy. That wa last night. Today Kenneth told reporter he didn't think h ver wanted to tost candy again. HONORS 10 BALFOUR British Foreign Minister Welcomed to the House President in Attendance. II, IA lMwl Knu SWMC4.I WASHINGTON, May 8. Th high est possible honors were thi after noon paid to Arthur J. Balfour, British foreign minister, on th occasion of his official visit to the house of representative. President and Mr. Wilicn not only attended th session, but they took seats In the executive gallery inntead of on the floor of the , hum her Mr. Balfour and his party, Included iu waoe numoer were ueuienamGeneral Bridge and Admiral de Chair, reached the capitol Just before 12:30 o'clock, the boor set for their welcome. They war escorted directly to th speaker-, room, wher. they wer. welcomed by , .p.ei.1 emlttee

or ui swh au oy .peaaer WHr1 amJ ifviu. m,.htMii o himself. At exactly that mormm j(.omullUi, th( Tho . President and Mr. Wilson, who had. ,ut;oB of mud a special trip to th. cnpitol to $5 0uy w ,0 con(,Ui.t ej,.(,;lf3U and listen to the peech of Mr. Balfour ! invcliKn,ion, n! vw.,n in dp. and to add authority to the welcome,. thc i,,,! t0Mk!f uli. gallery, ' Sent;or iIcCu71r U!(e, tke hr jT'j'f" fr U""n' . , I on that the submarine cannot be ue-

.k v k B" ,T, KU,7J!feated by "overfeeiling" and that It

into th house by a committee made up of Representatives Flood, Iinthicum, Godwin, Cooper and Temple. The president and Mrs. Wilson reached th executive gallery at 12:28 o'clock and lt was 12:32 o'clock before th boas member were aware of their presence. Then tb entire house arm and cheered lustily. Hie galleries joined in and for fully a minut tha din wa terrific. Thi demonstration occurred before the arrival of Secretary Balfour. Th p real dent roe and bowed in response to th applause. Just befer th arrival of the British eommisalon. Speaker Clark announced th receipt of a messag from tl president of th Roumanian chamber of deputies, congratulating the United State upon entering the war.

TO GO THE LIMIT IN FIGHTING THE

MENACECongress Prepared to Place Every Resource at Command of Government. DRASTIC POWERS TO BE GIVt.N PRESIDENT Bid to be Introduced Monday to Increase Ship Building to the Limit. (Sji tlit InltmtnoiM .if grrifrt.) WASHINGTON, May 5.-Awak it last to tho submarine peril, congran today prepared to enact meamre.i phwinp every available re-iource nd energy of tii? ration at the administration's d'sminl in combatting he undersea warfare. Powers more drastic and sweeping than ever possessed by any ruler in the history of tho world will be co ifurcd upon th president to fight the submarine meaace If leaders have their way. The administration will lay before -ongrcss on Monday a bill, drafted by the slopping board, designed to increase ship building to the highest possible degree. It will provide not merely for the commandeering of all ship building facilities but will authorize also the requisitioning of ail necessary materials for ship construction. It is hoped by this method to increase the output of American ship yards sufficiently to pearly otTaet th destruction by submarine. The War Risk Bill. Senator Simmons, chainnan of th senate finance committee, was ready today to ask immediate consideration of lo0.000.000 wir rink bill to prcvld life and accident insurance to the officer and crews of American merchantmen lost during the war. The bill I sponsored by the administrni t((m aid in getting ships' crews for voyages through the barred sone, it is believed. Senator McCumhar of North Dakota, is leading a determined fight in the senate for adoption of a resolug mmhl)nt pp dojW4 , is folly to build up more ships and load them with costly cargoes merely In the hope they will be made too numerous for the German U-oont. STRIKE TIES LP THE . SMALLEST RAILROAD IN THE MIDDLE WEST Iff tht tntrrnuhonol serrlce.) CHICAGO, May 5. A strike today tied up the smallest railroad in the middle west. All five employes of the Chicago, West Pullman eV Southern railroad walked out demanding three cent an hour increase in wages. Th line is eight city blocks to . DONOR ROLL List of Then Wko Hav Recently Paid Subscription ia Advaneu. J. W. Roark, Advance. T. W. Jjooley, R. R. 30. W. T. Wills. R. R. 31. E. P. Smith, R. R. 9. i. W. Huckstep, R. R. . Ruth Barton, Iowa. W. W. Boone, R. R. 4. A. Wysong, Rosston. V. M. BatU, Weatneld. Maria White, R. R. . R. N. Lucas, City. Ira Bradley, R. R. 5. H. D. Ross, E. R. 1. D. M. Pariah. R.i R. 7. J. B. Leeke, Illinois. Cecil Sparks. Thorntown. J. C. Shoemaker, R. R. S. B. B. Shalley, Advance. Mrs. Dye, City. J. P. Hysong, R. R. 13. W. M. Reeve, R. R. 4. Albert Messenger, R. R. 15. W. K. Hawkins, R. R. . Kenneth Caldwell, R. K U. Leroy Eandla, R. R. 7. J. tt. Spulhrug, B. B. .