Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 188, Lebanon, Boone County, 8 May 1917 — Page 1

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ruoliiuiio Imalii Withstand the Extremely Violent Counter Attacks. USTRALIANS HOLD ADVANCED POINTS rround Hulk-court on Three sides German Resist -

4 A ant e in Vain.

By tk InttrnnHnnat Xein fitntrt.) ON DON', May 8. Newly won posiIim by the British on the hattle nt east of Arrus, especially those Hind Bullecouit were kept under ong German pressure all night. Powerful bomharilinent were directagainst thf British trenches, the Ir onVe announced today. At points .ere the lug guns were not in ae n raids with utrorij; German forces re carried out. Vt no point, said the official statent were the raider successful. he German army of the Crown nee renewed Ita counter attacks th of the Alfine river last night ng Tainly to recapture some of the md so brilliantly won hy the ich on Saturday and Sunday, ounter assaults delivered l.y the on j near Vain and alonir the min-dea-Dames ruign where the nch had captured heinhu alonir a nt of twenty miles, were all repulthe French war ottice announced kmone the Vlaurlero nlutoau and in Craonne sector violent aitiH. la developed. outh of Rprrv.au.Ra fthe nmnt f-tt the Cerman line swin across , Aisn river northwest of Rheirm-J. m was pinte1 fighting during th. ht, th Cermana trying vainly to ;ure trouehei. The French took , ,!,( nnml .k. fnm.l'' nique aid. ri Champaime the French captured ImaU field work north of Prosnes repulsed a surprise attack l.y the mana near Mom-Haut. W. w.. r.,...U fWhtsW in Avo-. rt Wood, on the Verdun front. he German' guns were , against the British ry busy 1 positions ( ' ind Lens. here were trench raids by the C.erV.a north and outh of Armen3, where hand-to-hand fighting loped. 'he British mude trench raids on r parte of the front. Terrl6e Fighting. rrific fighting is in progress ben the British and Germans on the fe front east of Arras for possesof the fortified village of liullert- ; n encircling movement was started . re by Australian forces and despite stern resistance of the Germans village was surrounded on three s. Dispatches from the front y today ?aid that the gap was rtly being narrowed. ullecourt waa one of the fortified J (ions on the old llindenburg line t of Queant and it wai there that . British broke through, working r way east of Bullecourt. How- j 4- the Village still held nut, ingly waa it fortified and defended ft Orman garrison. hile General IIa:g' forces were ing into the nqrthern end of the lenburg line, the French were end in fortifying and reorganizig j positions captured from the tier-! Js on Saturday and Sunday along Ai.sne river and on the ChamStave Off Counter Attack. luring thia work the French had tave otT strong counter attacks, they succeeded in doing o. W hen Germans ceased to counter-as-t both sides oiiened with their artil - ' and big gun duels raged through the night. w positions of the French a' nen-des-Dames, taffnux and Cra were drenched with German actically a month of violent batbetween Lens anil the Arg'inne now elaosed a, nee the allies opened new offensive on April 9. In that - it ia estimated, the Arglo-French have fBptuivd nearly 50.000 tnan prisoners. avy losses have been inflicteu. I e muiury experts hom that the

f"" v lost at leant 225,0t0 u killed and wounded. j engagements have been marked , : he fury of the fighting and the ery shows br both sides. There I ! i.

j have loen in.tnnccii where Scottish inttd Australian troop refused to obey

the command to retire anil held out to th last, (irrman garrisons, uiuior orders to die fihtinif rather than suirrr, rv dm so. 11 flower of the British, French urn! German armies are enpged in this mighty and decisive conflict. TWO ARRESTS German Suspects Taken Into Custody at San Francisco. IRu the 1ntrrnU'nnl en A'croW., P.A.N FRANCISCO, May 8. A trunkful of niups, papers and documents of a suspicious nutuie led to the arre-today of Charlr..' I.att liileirl, . former pl.-ttc's.-rietury to Lieutenant I William vi.fi Biicken. attache of the ; lJ'Z J ? ,2 ! Wa,i.iilm. um.M "u.-nl." lit ; will be mtrmp.l . an alien . ! Among the pupei ur of Call- I f.imia ;.n.l Puciiic i-oa t point.-, i K. J. Herrmann who i:.iiii- t.. he :n ! architect of German education, wa- ai-1 tested today hy I'l.itcd States murine- ! tn a waterfront sainon ar'rr he had -ought information about shippiinr. i v s . tin er. Mhos id on his p. mi iii.ii.ient a id ph..tora. id man p.. I .noli as if Deadlock Can Not l.e Hroken May Report Di-sHHreement. (Oil Or nl-ilios-il '.r xrrrirt.. VVASHlMilON. May K The on sriiptii.n bill conferees failed to reach an agreement tncin. Hy tl:e.r mit n.lmis.,ic.n, the outlook for a seit.1--tnent ap;.e:iier ho.el.ws. Tiiey v,!i iimke a final a'tempt to g"t tnetlicr this arternnon and if the deadlock is " btoken then tliev will report further in.-truc-ion from ilieir resctive house-. There v:e.e f.nu mion (Kiints of ,li ;- wmeni lett t.xtay ai'..-r rise eon- " ree.s nao snii.ii.en oi mn.i .11111 1Thf Hantinit amendment aii0"" ""w.-.i s " ttlise 3 IllVIJIOn K'T ..en ICe abroad. .Second. The so-called tall amend "'nl a ot three cav Jy regiment tor me .iex,e.i 1,01 . , ""Ml. Ih.- seel, oil l.latinf M tli Fourtn, The pn.vi.-n.n fixinr the ae limit for conscription. tlopoti of securing acceptance of the Roosevelt amendment f-ii to near ;-en. today. The house conferees have taken tho poiiti'.n that the Hm.-n.i-rr-ent authorizing recuitini? by the volunteer iy.item is contra, y to tl.. tiniveisal service principle of the hill It is understood that w hile duei t word has ((one to the conferees from the ad-n.ini-tration, it takes a similar view. The fear was expressed in the conference today thut the authorization of the Roosevelt volunteer army wojl'l eventually create friction after the United States begins to se. the drafted armv to France . Arrive al Indianapolis and Iteceive Rousing Greelinif From Hoosicn. I tin llir Ultrnnti:! r,rt Ht,.-,r. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. May . Swinging bark to i.h" seaboard to lay from their triumphal tour of the mid die west, the mml.ers of the French mission were greeted by thou.-ands of H')o.siers here this afternoon. Because of the w reck of the train in Illinois last niicht. the .-t iy of thmission was lengthened to an hour mis, and a quarter. A parade and speak - mg program hastily arranged by lucal committees, but. neverihelcs. the streets were lined with people for the entire length of the paiadc. Marshal Joffre and former Piemier Viviuni were the target for ull eyes. J ne members of 'he rrissjon wer t.red after the wreck and the long de lay, and sme of tl, ittft frcm alight shoe recover- i WAR CLOSES SALOONS. t HICAf.O. Miy 8 -Two hundred this city will nlose their ' doors thi.'. month ai a result of the -war. A wave of temperance has .

mde the liojor bad and saloon keeper fear national prohibit -ity come almost sny time, eonscque.Aly the smaller pls a'ready are beginning to close up shoe. I

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SUBSEA WARFARE Has Exceeded Her Quota of Smkinjj 1,000,000 Tons of Shipping Per Month . 0 Or r IC IA LS SLLM CHEERFUL HOWEVER Vpparently Not Downcast liecause of Havoc Wrought I'-llout Campaign. f!V JOHN FltWIN NKVIN. , iTn Ihr llrmtl..ual t4 Af. .ire.) WAMIINiiTd.N, May 8. C.ermany 1 I'nal'y ha ecceil..( her quota of sii.ki liksukk) tons of merchant shipping a nioiitli. Iiurmjf the four weeks! which ended la.t Saturday, the Ut..mi', :.u,;K .es-.-ls tuUi!in( a trift" r-'iire than that tonnaif. This hecirne known t.slay f.tllowing the irnthcrir.g here of the naval ccn s.i'tinif hoard to which haa lieen aasiirn.d the task of finding a remedy for the nuhmarine menace. The memi.ei s of the board include W. L. Saun'r-. chain, an. who last Saturday announced that the remedy firr the uhniar.nes had been discovered but who 'a,er modified this statement to say 'hat material progress had been made; Lawrence A. Mirks, Thomas Rohbinn, Llm.ra Sporty and Benjamin B. Thayer. It naa announced in advance of the conference that no announcement of results would be made. I

"Wi. w.li I, t the success of any plan , ica'a first war loan to Frarn-e was we may complete talk for itself," said I made today when Secretary of TreusS"cref:iry of Navy I'aniels. "It is I ury McAdoo turned over to the French idle to siiec ulate on the subject. ambassador, Jules Jus.-rand, a treasI ury warrant for J100.(n)(',i"JO. . This is Confidential Report. j tn first mttterial rtturn mg,e Dy the The r.p,t feat the C.ermm ha, ' t'mte.) States for service, rewlered to ,ucc..e,k,t ;n reuihing their goal camei country during the revolution by to naval on.cials through confidents! i Lfytte Rocnambeau and other II-

. hanm-ls. No detail, were forthcom-1 and in fact the higher nrflcialj oft .lf.,.ir-tn1.,nt ,,fu,.,l l.l.ni.

,.,,cu s tr... matter in any way. It isl',nr Juend of his personal receipt

known, Wvvvr. that the majority of, owvv.-r. mat me majorny oi t Is destroyed were sunk while I

' Fnifland and France and the' . in the Mediterranean were , in tively small. !to

uc-i a. he.l h-'ie simultaneously with ; s fro', i Admiral VV. 3. Sims, who! n-n in attendance on the war! nces which have lM,-t, in pro-1 ..nf.-Rr.-.s in F'ari for a week. At these! conf renccs certiiin tasks we-e map-1 , ;.e, out for the American navy and it! ; undi-r.-toul thai it will he given a j very important part in the work ofj "getting"' the submarine. Instead of) seeminir downcast because of the great submarine haws reported, officials! were decidedly cheerful t.'day. They de-1 clnred that they felt certain that the; L' l.sts had reached their maximum and that from now on they would decline in effectiveness. COLOSSAL PROGRAM. I nited States Will Build Hundreds of Ships to Aid Allies. , 111 ,Sr .ilr.nare.nal Viet Merrier.)

.SI'INGTON. May 8. England At the end of the first two events, the h.' defeated in e.Klit months un- , 100-yard dash and the mile run, the it the oii.l !f that time the United wore stood; Lebanon, 7; Crawfordses ht- ,-!.ired the steamer lanes ! ville. 6: Frankfort. 5.

lernian iiibiiiHi nies and if sending i The 100-yard dash waj won hy Him-1 April 14. for Havre, has hern sunk eudy -tn-irei i ' loodstuffi to feed j melwrighl of Frankfort, with Pat-i by a German submarine, according to people and . anniea. terson of Crawfonlsville second and a private dispatch received here tohis was t' . ar.i.unrement of the i DeV'nl of Lebanon third. The time was ' day. The vessel and rarizo were worth 'ial shipp.ng b i nd this afternoon. 1 10 ..-10 aecands. $4,000,000 the agents hre declared, ohissal ship b.iii iing program ha I Ashley of Lebanon won the mile

arc-ordingly been decided upon hy the shippinb bourd in ae effort to help England want off ilefeat. WITH UNITED STATES K tht h'l'rmllnnal Vcki Rtrrtrt.) RIO JANEIRO. May g.Braiil ia going to co-operate actively with the I nited States in the war against GerAll the ttemendous resources of p,.alil are to bo r.ut at the disposition of the L'nited States government and a'i the Brazilian harbors are to be thrown ooen to the American fleet, it was unwuneed today by Senior Nilo Pecanha the new miniater of foreirn i 'affaire. Senor Pecanha pok of ! Brmil'a pol'cy ai one of firmneu

"without boaiiifulnesa." "It is to be our object to do overythinr possible to strengthen the friendship betwtta tr two ftations," added the ioraufn miiiistw.

Bulletins

AMSTERDAM. May Pramirr Hertlinf of Bavaria, ha arrived in Berlin to attend a meeting if the federal roinwietee on foreign aBaira. aaya dinpatrh ttam the Cerraan capital today. B thf ilrrflal Xft SciWce. ) coiknha(;kn. ir . Hui(arian socialistn will be reprraentrd in the international lorialiatic peace convention in Stockholm, according to present plana. A iliapatch from Berlin today .aid that a contingent of Bulgarian mcial had irric l there enrom to Sweden. iBj Ihr Ihtu iMHIttiH VfT Ccrilir.i AMSTFROAM. M)f New bread card frauds more rtlenive than any other yet unearthed in (iermany have been located by the Berlin police. A Berlin dispatch reported today hat a big printing plant has been found which wan engaged in turning out bogtu bread voecheM. A regular system of distribution waa discovered also. Treasury Warrant For I00,fWM,. 0(10 Turned Over to the French Ambassador. t ' aieraaidma; Vt rmk WASHINGTON. May 8. Amer"ou renenmen. The handing over of the treasury MBmini ano me sttninK o' rtoiimsso,or " wn- inw.oo - - - -- . anl rewry on reasury i-rosny anci lucn" 01 lne r " ' " 1 ." Pictures of the event were made ' the government vaults as historical record ; , " , , , ! The funds for the loan were secured from the three per cent treasury certificates of indebtedness that w ill mature June SO.

I menta were $in.R4'U.r leaving a bali ance on hand of $oOS.21. The total Ashley Flnlnhes First and G rat-1 receipts since the association was or- ' ganized amount to $M5,llft.3H and

er Third in the Event at Frankfort. ISp.t.i.1 II '.rD'Oloa Pail ftr ('.) FRANKFORT, lnd May 8.-The triangular track meet scheduled fur this city this afternoon started late. run in fi.26 with Vrooman of Crawfonlsville second and Grater of Ih. anon third. GROW IN VIOLENCE. Polllical Attack L'pon German Chan-1 eellor Become Stronger. (Hy tht internet ttnt Ke$ fierce.) COPENHAGEN, May 8. The political attacks upon Dr. von BethmannHollwrg, the Orman chancellor, is growing in violence. Advices from Berlin said that the pan-German and conservatives are now accusing the chancellor of responsibility for the losa of the battle of the Marne because of hi "he tant policy" regarding mobilization. ADDRESSES SKN'ATE. WASHINGTON. May 8. Foreign Minister Aithur J. Balfour, head of th British war mission to tho United Ststes, in a speech brimful of confidence in the outcome of the war, predicted In tho senate this afternoon that the submsrin menses would be defeated and that th war would be won by hard righting.

0A.K HILL MET IN M1LSESS1 Eighteenth Annual Meeting of Association Held Last Night. ALL OLD DIRECTORS WERE REELECTED The Treanirer'.s Report For the Year Shows Some Interesting Figures. The righteenth annual meeting of the st,K-kholders of the Oak Hill cemetery Association was held in tho offices of the company last niKbt. All the oid directors, in. luilmi; A. F. Witt W. J. IteVol, ('. F. S. Neul, Ben F. Mrkey, Fresl .M.der, Frank Coon-hand D. S. Whitaker, were re-elected. The folldwiiiK officer were elected to serve for the ensuing year: A. F. Witt, president; l. S. Whitaker, vicepresident; Fred Moler, secretory an.l Frank C'oomhs, treasurer. Three of the directors now serving. A. K. Witt. B. F. Combs, and C. F. S. Neal have served in that capacity since the association was organized eighteen years alio and ull that time Mr. Coombs has served as treasurer. At no time since the organization km any director or officer received a dollar for com pen. ;at ion for his services. The association was organized May I. liWS as a stock company. At the present time there are ninety-three stockholders and with the exception of two, each of these holds one share with a value of $10. The charter of the association states that all the earnings of the association ne to lie put into improvements for the cem etery. So these men who arc now serv ing, tno.-e wno nave verveu in in past years and those who hold share"! of the stock, have and are now donating their money and their services tow ard the cemetery. Their only compensa tion has been to see Oak Hill crow i)to 0Bf, ftf tRe mwt beautul burial ! ground groui the entire rountry. Tnpy m tQ commem(,(, for thpir splendid work. )lans whjt.n Hrawn hv thp ,andsfl,pc Bfch,m he the ce,eterv was l.rst laid out, ai-e nenig rat iie.l out each year a. rapidly as possible to keep within the limit of the funds. This year there have been !i0 treea planted including maple, a di lynn, poplar and elm. Also 1100 flowering r.hnihs have been set out this spring. A lily pond is included in th" architect's plans but this will probably not be finished unti next year. The receipts hint year amounted to $ll,4f.7.44 while the total disburseI the total disbursements are flU.r.lfi.jll8. Since May 1. 18!9 there have been 1 2.546 burials ut Oak Hill. During i the year which closed May 1, lslS ! there were on hundred and ten burials j the Iurirest number in the history of Oak Mill. During the year which I closed the first of this month there ere ninety-aix burials. CRF.F.K SHIP SI NK. NKW YORK, May 8.The Greek steamship I'artheno, which left here

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Cerman crown prince in a telegram to the Burgomaster of Berlin praising the bravery of Berlin soldiers in battle saya: "W ith such troopB we could fetch the devil from hell." MAY WHEAT SOARS. Reachfj $2.9f, During the Forenoon On Chicago Board of Trade. (..( the frrffnl .ir Rrrrter.) CHICAGO, May 8. Continued buying throughout the morning sent May wheat prices, teodily upwnH until the unprece(ented mark of $2.05 was rem-hed. May corn followed the lend of (he May future in the wheat pit, and touched the high record price of ?L.".f.'i! shortly before noon. There was little buying und small trades influenced prices. May wheat continued soaring on t.s board ami at 11.1.", it had reached ta.fn.. July was $2.30 and September $1.!W. FOR THE BENEFIT OF Program to he Given ToniKht at (he High School Buildintf. The pupils of the Central school, under the direction of L. A. Richman, will ?ive a patriotic concert this evening at 8:00 o'clock at the high school building for the benefit of the Red Cross. An admission of ten cents will he charged. Any Contributions which the people desire to make can be left with th ladies at the door. The pro-' gram to be given is as follows; "Amenta" Carey "Hurrah For the Flag" ... Howliston "Flag of the Free" Wagner First, Second and Third Grades. "Dixie" Emmet Sixth Grade. Tenting Tonight" Kittredge Fifth Grade. "Rattle Cry of Freedom" Root Fourth Grade. Folk Games. Second Grade. I! Columbia the Gem of the hcean" Snmv "flattie Hymn of the Republic" Howe "Marching Through Geoigin".. Work Fourth, Fifth and Sixth. Folk Games. "Ton-cad",-" Ilo:et "Anchored" Wat on "O Wert Thou In The Cold Blal" Mendels. olm "Song of the Vikings" Fanning "Had Glorious Dawn" .... Donizetti Seventh and Eighth Grades. 'Star jangled Banner Key RANCH RAIDED. Store and Houses Looted hy Villistss and Horses Driven Oft. (Ull tht lntrnmUttHH Sm M EL PASO, Texas, May 8. The T. O. runch in northern Chihuahua was raided early today hy Villistas, under i command of Jose Ynei Salazar. Stores , and houses were Umte,! nn,l one hand- j red head of horses driven off. Arupricana employed on the ranch are said to have escaped. , Government agents eny large quantities of dynamite have been smuggled across the border in the Inr.t few days by Salazar's agents. Offer

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Preliminary Meeting to be Held at Court House on Thursday Night. A. S. BENTLEY WILL CIVE AN ADDRESS Director of Red Cross in Indiana to Explain Purposes of the Orp;rtni7ation. i A movement has been inaugurated 'looking- to the organization of a Red Cross chapter in Lebanon. A. S. Bentj ley, di res-tor of the Red Cross in lni diann. will be in Lebanon Thursday 'evening-. May 111 nd will give an luli dress at the cMiveiiti..,! hall in the 'court lion, e at 7 c.Vli,.-k, explaining tthe purpose an.l the nature of the j national anil Plate ortanization york ! and what may be ae,-. ,:.l,.-hi-d by the i local chapter. !li talk and the meetI ing- will mark the opening rampa.gn j for tho formation of a local chap- ! ter. I Lebanon hs been n little slow in 'organization work alone; this line, in I comparison with other towns in thid : section of the state. Nearly every i county seat town has a Red Cros : chapter and Lebanon Is among the1 last to effect an organisation. Because of this fact we ought to mike this chapter one of the largest nnJ best in the state, if for no other rea- ; son than to show that while we are , somi-timos a little slow, in acting, wo . do things thoroughly when he do get I started. I The ihiptcr to l,e formed here will I he a county organization with units i in the different localities, but nil i working through the Lebanon rhapter. t Membership will be open to anyone j who is interested in the gr'at work of ; the Red C'rosa anil who care t to be- , long. ' The committee which is trying to secure this chapter is composed of ! Mcdames Hairy Dainnll, II. F. ('..mils, Flzafl. Rogers, Harry Hosletter. I e..ter I'. Jones mid Mi V:,vn,e Sheridan. This, rnmtr.tter is desirous of a !la, go attendance at Thursd iv night's meeting and extends general invitation to th- people cf Bonn- eaui.ty to , be present. ATTEMPT TO KILL THE IS Rome Dispatch Says That Three Shots Were Fired nt German "War Lord" j (fly th Internatlinat Xrtrt Herrlt.) PARIS, May 8. An sttempt hus been made to a.-sasainnte the kaiser i in Berlin, according to a dispatch from Rome today quoting the Corr.ore d'Ilnlia. Three shots were fired at the Geri man "war lord" while he was motoring in the stret, it was, said. The would be assassin was arrested. Two of the bullets struck the emperor's automobile and the third went j wild. I Efforts to pet details from tK perlin police were fruitless. The telegram printed in the Cor(riere d'ltalia was sent originally from 'Zurich, Switzerland, which is near the German border. i It is believed that the information ; was secured from a traveler. iFIFTY KILLED IN AN IVAN I I Bp the Inltmalioul ,Vic flrrric.) SAN FRANCISCO, May 8. Fifty ! persons were killed and many injured j in an explosion in munition sheds in I Osaka, Japan, on . Sunday, acrordin? to a private cablegram received here today. The shock wrecked four thousjand reaidtnee, more than thirty war" houaes and several factoriu and public buildings.