Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 187, Lebanon, Boone County, 7 May 1917 — Page 1

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jtenewal of Attacks Nrnr I Bullecourt Cains Ad ditional Ground. RKNC1I WITHSTAND COUNTER ATTACKS; old Advanced Positions Hepmt Capture of 2!,()00 German Prisoners. IBi) thl islr.i . rie. Werner. I LONDON, May 7. Unofficial dispatches printed in ihc evening newspapers say that the British have penetrated the village of Bullcceurt, south of the ArrasCambrai road, establishing themrive there. Streft Hunting is now reported in progress. Australiana are taking a prominent pari in these operations. The lest f la war office Ntatenient says: "There was aharp lighting early today. East nf Bullrcnurl our positions were improved. From the west we progressed in the ilirclinn of the village rapturing a umber of (ierman prisoners. Aft er heavy artillery preparation a ihostile bombing attack made gainst oar line aouth of Oppv, tmt it waa successfully driven of." i f Inltr tolirmoX Xrl Jlerrler) .ONDON, May T..- The thrjat in the Himlenburg line near Iiulleirt waa driven litill ileeper by iiritamtaultft laat night. The war office today announced that h Brttiah rtnewed their attarka in Lt aectof, following- the repulse of on? (ierman counter attacks, gainIt more ground after bitter fighting. number of German prisoners ire captured. JTwenty-nine thousand (ierman ant ra have been captured by General telle' armies since the French ned their new drive on the Sian or and In the Champagne on April Official announcement to thla effect i made by the wur office today. throughout Sunday night the Oerana delivered aavage counter ntka along the Chemin-de-lJanie th of the Aiime and in Champagne, at no point could they oust the nch from their newly won F'i'he new offensive which the French ned in the sector of Craonne, ere they captured more than 6.000 oners on Saturday and Sunday Minuet, suys the ottlcial communiIn German counter attacks they e victorioujly repul.-ed" according the war office. 'our iresh (.eTnun divisions were ught up for the attacks upon the ne river and they were driven ir. i h aledge-hampier force. The heavof the asMulta were made near lonne, Vauclero Heights, Cerny, rtebise fami, and the Froidmont Four divisions n approxi troops.") tely (0,no0 freh Ge May Be Decisite Cattle. Ra the gigantic conflict continues the western front it becomes more lent that the allies are determined make it one of the few decisive ties of the war, and the deciding ', If possible. There is ever inasing pressure against the northond aojthern end of the Hindng line whole there is no let-up in steady frontal thrusts against the Quentin sector. luring the iast twenty-four hour . French have mailfl some of the important gains since thev ned their latest drive on Apil lfi h twenty miles of the German-de;;-fnea roud in their hands, :r the khta nf the Aisne river, as thi. tion is also known, the French now in a posit i to drive against i inns.. rfij laon ,f Oman fortress defending the thern end of the Hindenburg line. . ioS Cvrth oT liie Aisne nver ami Chnmpagne the C.ermnna hurled

pvard huge massea of fresh troopa j INDIANAPOLIS, InJ., May 7. ji mighty effort to re-capture their i More than twenty of aixty-three deI fround but all the asaaulta broke ! fendants in the Honduras lottery cuaes (""ft'ore the sturdy resistance of here today pleaded guilty when arI French. i raigned. Mont of them were fined $10 ilonj the ewrihern and tt the line, 1 ".) aaMri fr the e-tt, I '

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great concentrations stem the British ru.-h. losses th tieinian time utd again itrnve agnint the iiritirh, the attacks m-irig -i.h-. i!! screw cart of !!'! court, uVk the Rritie-h penetrated the old llimlenburg line lust week. batteries of British nuns are ng th German lines nitfht anil orrespondent? at the front e.sI timale that ten ltniih shells are Tired j to one German shell. Evidently the i Germans are making up with infantry u"" l,ri,'sh f,r',p,m'l''rum'w in ine number o (.orman prisoners in Anglo-French hands i increasinir hourly, the French alone having rap tured Hbnut 7.0'X! men in the recent rehting along the Aisne. HOt'TED nY A FIRE. sor"' nf ,;ues''' "r'"n 0" "f Louis Hotel h a Maze. i thr ltr',H,Hl V.,r, .,-. ri. LOUIS, May 7. Score "1 gue ts ut the Amotiran h-del her-' j were iliiven to the street this morning by a tire. 'Hie tire st ittod m the tailor .hop on the tenth floor and when f the firemen arrived den.-o timke w.iI pouring f'lml the u.nr tioor,. After a hnni f'vhi the flanws wen- e;,ngllMied. lo. is e di-partuo ju-t a imion Athletic adde,t to ed. The 'Hie lire mited at $.'.,no(i. rep-mded to the atarin - member of th- I icneh re leaving the V:.,..in -ociation building and thi- ' eonfllion anil excitement. FRENCH WAR MISSION PAYS LINCOLN TRIBUTE Visits the shrine of (Jreat F,maniipalion at SpritiL'tiild. Illinois, Tod:y. lj the ;fc..it,..i V.,,. rtCVe-e I ST. LOl'IS, M;.y 7-To.lny. live .ec ond annivereary of tho sinking of thI.UKitnnia. found the French war mimen taming B;iy froi;' the noisy gi,. mor of their mid-western welcome to make a eimple piVrimairc to the shrine of Abraham Lincoln at Sprintrfleld. Those who fo' two yuars have fought and blol that democracy migm live will pay homage to man who denv-crutiJcd Ainetua. The special train whiih i bear. of the miKsicn on it triumpbnl jouini-s of the Mi sii.-.ip.i Valley, will reach the lllinoi. capital late this afletncon. tiathcred there to nieet them wi'l he (iovcinor I.owHen and (he ditinjtumiied men of tie tate. M. Vivlyni. a. pri'-ident of the mi-oon. ili npeak a few wont. in simple tribute to tile great American, and Mar dial Jos-.h Joffre hmii-ilf will lav wreath up.'n the tomb of the iiiunor tal pre;.ident. St. Louis sped the visitor.- on then way with the rhcerx of thousands and tiie trtiin.4 of tin.' Mar-eitiaise and "The Sfar Spangled Manner," ringing in their enrs. St. I.ouis ha.i Ihiown itt elf wide n to the viitom. From hundreds of building.; and private hou--s the French tn-cdor floated iri utitson with the :,tam and stripes. A committee of olio buineis men wolrf.merl the mis-ion at the Mis-ouii Athletie club at a breakfa.-t tinling. The club was abhi ith the red, white r.nd bhn of the repuhheeretl them-,-durdy figure iaine and his They r..e and i elves hoarse whn th. f the hero of the Maine piemier entered the hug1 dining com. After the breakfast, n two hour notor ride through the city b"su!f vai 1 stem followeil. Thousands lined the tteels thmtigh which the cars passed. IW0UNI1SMS The Aeroplane P. lew I'p in Midair and Men Fell 2,0(10 Feet. ltir ftie Internntifvnl Yer .feieirr.l NEW YOHK. May 7. Aviators Peter Merrick of lioosevelt, N. V., und John Sfer.iler, of Tonawanda. N. V., were killed at the Hempstead P'air.s flying field today when their aeroplane blew up in mid-air. . The iron fall ?(Hlll feet It I- aimrw.u.l t th(, gasoline exploded. Mcn ick and Stendor were training j of the j I UnilH staW n;Tny. , " , OVER 20 PLEAD Gl'Il TV.

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ONLY ONETO SHOW DECIDED PROGRESS Practically All Other Departments of War Preparation Move Slowly. ARMY TIED UP AND AT MERCY OF CONGRESS , I Agitation For More Centraliwd j Control of Treparations, Apparent in Washington. HV JOHN rmviN NFVl.M. t ftp ;i.lerini..nnl .Ve. KereiVe.) AflMNCTON', May 7. Serious arit.ition f'r more centralized control of the national wat preparations is apparent here. With the GermanAmerican war entering its thirty-f:i-t day only one branch of the govrnment thows real resultstha finance. The army is absolutely tied up; at the mercy of congress, which sliil i splitung baits on the conscription bill. The navy has made progress, but "Hdy along certain lines and the as-s-mbling of the huge fleet, of I'-boat lestloveis neeessarj- to protect the ,-oa-t is proceeding most leisurely, 'l'v many other sweeping and im firtant problems that are the general I '.vi 'on of the Council of National liefen.e mf, dragging along with only !;irht iieadu-ay liemg made. Meanwhile the efficiency of the 'leriTian submarines is daily increasing. Thi means, unny ami navy eis rts sa, thai not only will the work of getting supplies, esiecially food and fuel to the entente he more difficult daily, but the program of transporting an American army to France will piove a far greater problem than has been anticipated when the aureesa of Canada Is getting her forces into the field was considered. The navy dr partmont still if without official adv'res from the naval consulting hoard bearing out the claims of Chairman W. I,. Saunders that a solution of the submurine menace hap Keen found. Officials said that while nromi.sing progress had been made it r- too early yet to rejoice. They aay that eventually science will find a K.iluti"n for the problem but at present Minpy "material progress" has bee nv The pieniaturn publicity given the progress made, however, coupled with the fact that ceitain high officials have been accused of "talking too much" and of revealing secrets connected with the war preparations which .should hive been withheld has hen added to the agitation for a diforent methyl of control of the whole question of proparednesa. The Fvpedition to France. It is said tiiut the decision to send an initial expedition to France will be reported at the general conferences which are planned for the present week by the Hritish army expert! and the general idaff. The time for .-.endlnyr these men and the exact make-up of the expedition will be disi i sed hut of cour.se no details will be made public. It is believed, however, li. it. there w;!l be American troopa trainin on hrejjch soil hutore, the first of August. The fait that, the nation really Is el war was brotn'l.t home to Washingtonians been' r.tr the f.rst time, l.'mler ord-.r.. .' ... the wur department all otViiei.; ,,n duty here in any capacity what-ver nust wear their ui'ifomii while on du'i. Officiala ata m iking eveiy etT.ot to wake the nation up to the seriousness of the war situation and this step is taken for that purpose, officials bay. Heretofore all officers wore citirens' rlMhing and the only change in the situation was the display of the national colors from the many buildings. In order to assist in settling the f?usmn situation aa speedily as poaaiI hie, the department is making every possible effort to get the Root commisidon started in tho very nesvr future. It is accepted here that the presence of this expedition on Russian oil will have a distinctly beneficial effect upon tho various elements which now threaten to complicate the iituation. It is believed here that, following the new announcement that under no cirru stances will the Workme,i's niid soldiori' eouncil consent to a separate peace, a determined assault w ill be made by Germany upon the positions which are close to Patregrad. BRITISH CBl'ISEH ARRIVES. AM AMERICAN PORT, May t The British cruiser Roxburgh hat arrived oft" tliia port from Bennmta.

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,'!!' t&t i.-:?fr..e'' Veir e.rrie.t COPENHAGEN, May J-Cap-lain KalM voa Hofe, of the Cer- ' man army, who received the order pour le merit (or hia oefenae of Ft. Douamont on the Verdun front last May. haa been killed In action in France, according to dutpatch from Berlin today. tBi rse IslcrssOos' .Veirs NVrrrer.t AMSTERDAM, May T. Em. peror William haa aent I measage nf birthday greeting to the German crown prince etnreaaing confidence that the German armies engaged against the British and French will be virtoriona. The Crown Prinre waa Horn on May G, 1882. le nlfrsilfliMoD Vrits JVri-lcr.i NEW YORK, May T.-That another steamship carrying rotton to Europe haa her n aunk by a German submarine . waa indicated by private eahlea received by New York cotton houses today. Ilttf th? stress ffe.su! Veirs ficri-iee., AMSTERDAM, May 7. fnofficial announcement haa been made in Berlin of rupture be-, tween Germany and Bolivia, aaya a dispatch from Berlin today. l It Iftc IntrriMtUmttt Jeifs Hfrtlee. i COPENHAGEN, May T.-Cer-man newspapers received here today that the German government le rontemplating the confiscation of all the timber in the empire. DEFINITELY DECIDE TO l'. S. Government Will FurnJrth Picked Troops For Battle Front In Sett r'uUire. . I S ifil sterrwMmll .Ynu aVrwcf.) WASHINGTON, May 7. It haa been definitely decided that American PR shall go to France. The date of their nailing and all details, con cerning their dispatch will be withheld. Until they finally take their places on foreign soil no information regarding what the make-up of the de tachment shall lie or anything in connection with the plans will be made public. It is considered certain, however, that the initial contingent will be made up of selected units. Both the r ranch ad ItnUsh missions emphasised that it ia not the size of the force that will count. Rather it la thn effect that knowledge that the stirs and stripes actually are on the firing Una will have on the enemy that will count, the president and the general staff have been told. Officials today continued their effortu to whip into shape the legislation needed to permit the administration to tako over the control of all shipping and all ship building appliances in the United Slates. The houfe bogan consideration of an administration bill empowering the president to take over tho possesion of all vesels interned in Auieilt aii polU aud Imiuiifcing to a nation with which this coun try la at war. This government has already acquired iosession of these Orman vessels, but specific laws cov ering the taking over was desired. The bill provides tbst tne secretary uf the navy shall appoint a board of urvry to appraise the ships so taken. The Conscription Bill. The conscription bill waa atill tied up in conference today, although a week has elapsed since its passage by the house and senate consideration of the bill by the conferees thus far has been confined to minor points of difference which have been smoothed out without serious controversy. The chief bone of contention the age limit for conscription was taken up today and after this is adjusted, the conferences wili turn their attention to Senator Harding's amendment authoriili.f acceptance of Col. Rooeevelt'a offer to raise a division for service in France. Senator Chimberlaln, head of the senate conferees, hoped to reach a complete agreement on the bill bv the middle of the week, Himilar progress ia being made In the senate appropriations committee on tha 12.287,000,000 urgent deficiency Just passed by the house to put the new army and navy into ngntlnsj trim, Members of the committee hoped to complete the consideration of it la time to reach the aewate Tuesday or WedBee-iay.

THE PKOViSiONAL GOVERNMENT IS

NT More Optimistic Conditions Prevail in Russia. QUIET RESTORED IN PETROGRAD AGAIN Preparations Made to Meet E peeled German Drive on the HtiH-sian Capital. IAV cn Isfcrnaflosa! Vein fcrrlcr.) LONDON, May 7. The provisional go ernment ia again in complete control in Russia. The crisis precipitated by the sev eral peace agitators has pasned, leav ing the council of workmen s and eollien ilelf gates working together with the cabinet, hut the former is stronger today than before the disorders of last week. Dispatches from I'etrograd today aid quiet had been restored in the ity. (ieneral Alexieff, Russian com-maniler-in-chief, who was 'recalled from the Riga front to I'etrograd by the outbreak, again predicts a German drive on tho northern end of the eastern front in an effort to breuk through to I'etrograd. This information was contained in a I'etrograd dis patch printed in the Times today. General Alexieff was to go to the Riga front to take personal command of the Russian forces, but the mutiny nf the Russian soldiers in I'etrograd who joined with workmen in peace manifestations maile his presence in the capital necessary. Germans Ready For Drive Alexieff said the Gennans had mas sed great numbers of men and guns and were apparently ready to open the attack any day. He regretted the propaganda being spread in Russia against the annexation of foreign ter ritory after the war, adding that the nation's greatest trouble now is PetrograiL The Russian agrarian committee has been added to make an immediate effort to determine the country's granan needs so that reforms can be made befitting the peasants. It ia impossible to foretell what the next few weeks will bring forth In Ruaiaa. It is likely that the Duma wili be ronvened in special session but so far no Tlefinite steps have been taken to establish a national assembly. That Russia will be able to reorganite herself to the satisfaction of her own people and the people of the allied countries was the optimistic prediction and Count Sasonoff, for mer Russian foreign minister. SIX SLIGHTLY HURT. High School Girls Injured at Frank fort by Fall of a Scaffold, lis ffM ;(enaro,nil es-i Ssrrlse.) FRANKFORT, In.l., May 7. Six high school girls were slightly injured today while demonstrating their abil ity to take the jobs of men during the war. The young women were wuiking on a scaffold in the new high school painting the walls when the scaffold gave way allowing them to fall several feet. BY AN EXPLOSION Plant of Munition Factory Near Itrintol, Tenn U Badly Damaged. I0S Us nleraalfoartl .Veres Srrvlrf.r BRISTOL, Tenn., May 7 The plan of the Federal Dyestuff ft Chemical company, a big munition enterprise at kingaport, Tenn., 25 miles from Rnstnl, was partly wrecked by an ex plosion today. One man, ui operative named Parker, whoe home waa In Georgia, waa killed and several work men were badly burned. It was said 26 men were (lightly Injured. : Officials of the plant were reticent and it was difficult to get any definite Information concerning the explosion. Rumors were afloat regarding the possible connection of aliet plotters with the explosion. Federal emcers will Investigate,

EFFORT BEING MADE TO SHAKE HOLD OF THE KAISER ON THE ARMY

(Us fa Jalsraatloaal ATcies ferrfrf.) AM.TFKDM, M.y 7A concerted effort to shake the hold of the kaiser upon the army and navy as s move toward greater political reforms in Germany is under way. Following the constitutional change in the matter of Imperial decrees the constitution committee of she reichstag haa decided on changes affecting the army and navy. One establishes ministerial responsibility for the navy instead of allowing the supreme power to remain in the kaiser's hands. Another practically puts the army under the reichstag. Dispatches from Rerlin today said that there was strong opposition to the change1 from the conservatives. TWENTY-FIVE HURT. Lake Shore F.leetrict Limited Crashed Into s Local, (fly the International Virs fiercer.) TOLEDO, May 7. Twenty-five per sons were injured when a westbound lake Shore electric limited crashed nto a local at Gihsonhurg Junction, !5 miles east of here. Many of the njureil were members of the Knights of Columbus returning from a lodge celebration at Fremont. THE STAGE OF FAMINE European Countries Face to Face With Exceedingly Serious Conditions. (By ths sttrndftAiol Vetf fleer lee I LONDON, May 7. The food short age throughout Furoie is reaching I the stage of actual famine in some I piarters, A cablegram from Wash- j ngton today predicted bumper crops j in the United States but thia optimistic news will mean little to Europe j unless the submarine menace la wiped j out so shipments ran be made in safety. The food aituation in Holland, whirh i already acute, will be made worse by the tie-up of the entire Dutch fish ing fleet. A dispatch from The Ha gue said that, beginning Sunday, ow ing to the coal shortage and the at tacks upon big fishing boats by Ger man submarines, the Dutch fishing fleet would remain in port. Food riots are reported from Stockholm, Gothenburg and other Swedish :ities. In England the governmet haa un;ler consideration a scheme for put ting the country on rations unless the people respond fully within the next few weeks to the request of King George that they economiie to the point of frugality. In Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey such a scarcity of food as prevails now waa never known before. In Italy, the rations of the soldiers have had to be cut on aceount of the scarcity of provisions, chiefly flour. DEBATE DISCLOSES L German Ships In Porta of Virgin Islands Can Not lie Seized by U. S. (ay Me aterftafoaul eirt Hen ire. t WASHINGTON, May 7. The existence of a special agreement whereby German shipj in ports of the Virgin Islands formerly the Danish West indies, are Aempt from seiiure by the United .States, was disclosed in the house today by Representative Alexander during the debate of the ship seizure resolution. The resolution makes a special exemption of German ships in the Virgin Islands. Mr. Alexander said he was Informed by Attorney-general Gregory that there waa a special agreement whereby such ahipa should not be taken by the government anil that this stipulation did r.ot appear in the annexation treaty aa published. The announcement instantly brought Representative Mann to his feet. 'T jn't you think we ought to know of these special agreements asked Mann." Th question remaind unanswered. Representative Webb, chairman of the house Judiciary committee, said he had heard of the existence) of the agreement, but hi made no further explanation.

UTILITY MUST BE THE WATCHWORD

NJWEREf H. G. Brown Urges the Need of Eliminating Luxuries . EVERY INDIVIDUAL MUST BE USEFUL Each Person Must Save as Well a Help Produce in These Serious Times. "Production and Conservation" was the subject upon which Professor II. G. Brown, superintendent of the city schools made two splendid addresses Sunday, the first nt I1 e morning service of the First liapi.rt church and the other at the evening service of the Centenary Meth slist church. Mr. Rrnwn attended the meeting of the city school superintendents nt Indianapolis Friduy and Salunlay of last week ami the address he delivered yesterduy was a resume of several of the sieevhei he heard nt the meeting by experts upon the questions of production and conservation. The bad weather was the cause nf many people not attending the meetings who would have likrd very much to have hrard Mr. Brown but, nevertheless, there were large audiences at both meetings. In opening his talk Mr. Brown brought forcefully to the minds of his hearers the thought that the great European wur was not over and that America should begin immediately in this campaign of production and conservation for she has a great part to bear in feeding the people here at home, the American army, the armies os the allies as well as the starring people of the war ridden countries. America within the next few montks will be feeding a great per cent of the people of the world. Since the war began the European countries have learned the lesson of conserving the fooil si pply but through It til America is still extravagant and wasteful. The rich and the poor alike should begin to save and begin immediately. The money that is being expended by the rich for amusements and other luxuries of life should be turned into productive channels. No Piano Lessons. No piano lessons should be given to girls at thia time who d not know how to make dresses and do household work. No boy who can work on a farm or rsi a garden should be spending his time learning how to play the violin. Every ounce of energy should be put to use in increasing the country's production. Learn to save everything. Be careful what is grown in the gardens. Do j not raise products which take sugar to preserve them for sugar is becoming scarcer every day. Raise vegetables such as beans, corn, potatoes, turnips, cabbage, beets etc., which can be preserved without canning. Every mch of available apace should be put into use. No ground should be lying idle. Thern should be no loafers. There is no excuse for a man not having work. No man should be retired at this time. There is hardly a retired man in thla entire city who cannot raise a garden. It is no time ! to spend minutes and hours, in argu ment on the war situation. It is the time for work and little play. Let America leain the lesson of economy and efficiency us the F.urorrean countries have done. One Man Killed and Woman In jured Property Damage Slight. if? rne fit fern rtoas! -Veesi Serrfee.1 LONDON. May 7. An air raid was made by a German aviator nver London early today. Four bombs were dropped on the city. News if the raid was officially announced by the press bureau. A man was killed and one woman was Injured, but the property damage was slight All of the bombs were dropped in the aostb eastern part of the city.