Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 190, Lebanon, Boone County, 10 May 1917 — Page 1

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I -.:.r La Ce cr.!y !y Newspaper in Boone mty. . tonight in fmak fmrtrw. NO. 190 VOLUME 25. LEBANON, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1917.

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liiFEREES AGREE Otl THE

CONSCRIPTION MEASURE ' o ---!

HnFAGEIIITIS

1 21T031 YEARS te Army Prohibition Ft-a- " . , tare Mays in the Measure. ' )OSEVELT DIVISION

fTO FRANCE CUT OUT;"'

Colonel Will Not he PerImitted to Raise a Volunteer Army. I 1 Me tiWnnli: Vc SY,lv.l 1 'SHIN'H'ON, May 10-The ,n on hilt confeiees reached a cum greement this morning, bieaka cleaillock of more than a week, ire the terms of the aitree. ron.sciiption ace lim.t is fi-.el mm 21 to Ml cars. lie Fall amemlment proviilinjj ,, ilry patrol of three regiment fm ter aerric goes out of the bill, ie army prohibition aitiemlirent -i in the bill. ntmtent in the senate is so strongn fuvor of the retention of the welt amendment that a strong t prnlmbly will he maile in the r hnu uRainnt acceptance of thf rrence airreement. r nennte conferee explained tothat irivinir un th Ronsevelt mlment Memeil to be the only of arljuxting the differences he n the two houseii and endinir the f in (retting the meaeure into ation. To Be Submitted Today. ie emference report will be subel to both houe today, it win u Senator Chamberlain, ehairot the enate conferees will not consideration of the report until houe act. It id expected the will act without delay, howe afrreement of the age limit was mpiomis. The house voted to the conscription asre 21 to 4". 1 the senate decided it should he il at 21 to 27 years. The confer agreement i.-rovideji for tejristrafor all males, with certain ontions Ix-twen the ajrea of 21, to e hoae tunfi-i'fes rrfii-i point k to accept the Fall amendment d to by the senate, providing for rder patrol to insure protection merican lives and property alone Mexican frontier during the wai A. e prohibition section, as niri-eed y the conferees, will forbid the of liquor to officers or enlisted In uniform, and will make it un til to sell or possess liijunr at any post or training camp. CAUSING ANXIETY. Irish Situation Again Assume Serious Phase. If f Intrtnatliinill e9 Herrlrr.t )NDON, May 10. The l-ish siln in again mousing anxiety dei recent optimitic repot U tint government would soon announce ution. The Dulin correspondent e Timcj wired today: he position in Ireland Is one h American and English friendU country (Ireland) will hardly rr.plat without deep disapioint and even dismay." emier Lloyd-George ia scheduled ke his Irish statement in Comthu week. TUG FOUNDERS. Uvea Lost Off New Haven Conn, Light Louse. flerrtMi,al Xetrl Kerrfef.l -W HAVT.N, Conn.. May 10.r hvek were lost today when the I J"?!l, H- Ho'",n f the New ! " lunii, frt!!ny, founderod in a e off the .New Haven ligh ' t th mouth of the ha h.r t i in a ffe eotds.

I French Pcnph- Anxious For Appear- i

I French Pcopli- Anxious For Appcarancc of I'. S. Troops on Battle Frnnl. j ! lli tl.r ,!. c.'i Vrc t St I I PAWS, May France ..k for- j ;1 anxiousiy for tne ai:'uiara-c of: nited Slate-i ti'iops." ! lerlarau-.n m tmcl.- !k! :? by ; n of New Y..ik, hoi IVih-cn Mdmir a . of '.info ! , 4 with iv.oi. l-r- of II I'n m c ' i ..f Ah lm. r Ko.h.i M ;ui continued -i nm.,r'v on tilt' jhv-ual aid of i.ui (,.,,' .,.,.. th- moi.-i ..mv-nce . : at-iK-ai-ance. It i.- bore.; that a ; -i n,l iir.-t a brigade, then a d,i Mr. Waircn n.l.h-d th -. ti.e Fi TAKES CHARGE OF MINE. Firl FrderJl InUrv ntion in Mining I'lillistiy Oirurred Tndat. ll, Ihr ,!, ,-; 'Il . ' V.-..,-, I JOHNSTOWN. I'.u, May m.-'fh-lin of the ,st,n i.uth Folk- win-" Coal ( a. - i-undred mI pi it in .lit po U'! 3t the mi us ts-iilir opera'ed II' ii-st of the bom r-.ru ,.-e its lecu'ar '"J" i cais a n:i-,. Il oloyes to display th -ir p,it, h.ti,ni returning orK. HELD AS PRISONERS. Total (if !-'7 American Citizens Pru oners ia (icrmnny. ,(!., tht n.(iOifll Ve.- fw. !. ' WASIUNCTON, May lo.TV.ei-e are 127 Ameiiean eit.en-i lieh! m (Germany as piii-onet.i. having been taken from captured -hips, the t-tu' department was informed today hy the American leii ition at Kerne. Wifr.erland. The (a'nlerrnim stafd that a lelief society has Iwen fornied r.t Heine by legation cPicers to aid t!,' captives. Short Circuited Wires Set Fire to Decorations in the City Hall. NEW Y'iKK, May I'L- line of ti e t sp'-ctcilur tires downtown New York V.a.- .-.een in y;ars occur red n 'ity Hall today. Short -Ciiciii'.ed wires in the t. w-r f the building are iui-posed to ' im et tire to the dix-oratiehs put up m ,ror of the vi.- iting Frencii coinnn -ior.er--. arul rioon g,eat biho.vs if lack some wire rolling upward fro-n ie tower above the American. P.ri.--h and French fligs. HaiijM-ning ju.-t at the noon i'j.--hour when lower Headway and 1'ark i.iw are thronged with thouandi- o' ii-rsons. tl,, tire attracted a ciowd shiih hlcKd all th" 'tree.-. Police reserves weie railed out jti i hey Hv! .nnciiiy i l-.-sllirg -irious moh that btera'ly fm.ght heir wny into City Hail park, for u -.tier view of the tire. A'ho !gh there was no direet ecn--.ecti' be the erts a lii '-rf -t was attnehod to the h!;i7e be--iiiise .Marshal Julfie had vi.-iteil i'.'i'y Hall vc.-terday aid tiie Hntih mission is scheduh-d to Vie there tomorrow. Many platoons of f.re fighters were TaMed to the scene and the b'ae offered stubleirn opposition. Firemen h-id hopes of confining the blare to the tower, but at l:l.'i p. m. smoke .vas pouring into Park P.ow in dense volumes. Rl'MOHS OF BOMB PLOT, LOS ANGELES, May 10. Rumors of a bomb conspiracy followed a reported cave-in of a railroad tunnel near Huugti today. Traffic on the Southern Pacific volley line between 1 0 Angele and Hon F ranclieo was bine'..,,! - ' ' -t ,1, ,.tr.l. A

! A BETTER ENGLAND AFTER WAR IS PLyN OF LLOYD GEORGE

By fAe I sices linn ill if fenlrt.) LONDON, May 10. A bigger and better England afier the war is the aim of Premier l.lnydGiiiige. Not in i; territorial sense hut in the way of spiritual endiavor, nation 1 pn-tige nl power. "I)., n't alwfcw he thinking of getting hark to where you were before the war," the premier told a d-putali'in f'"m the labor pal y. ''Gt the im-a of a really new world. Think out new ways, think out new methods, think out new wav, of dealing uilh oM p.obici not he s. 1 h.ipe every class will haikiMK haik to the ,l,l r .oii'iitions, bcrau.-e if we help us ! JOSEPH H. FORAKER DEAD. Former Senator From Olno Kjpired at Ci cinnali Today. l l VN'ATI , May 10 Joseph fl.l-llier I'nitld States ernoi of Ohio from "a,jr ;'n 1S. to 1: '" Mj'' at ' " I been unconsciou.-: for sixty hours, . . PUBLIC SERVICE 10 PROBE Will Hold Meetings in Several Cities Next Week. A MASS MEETING

AT INDIANAPOLIS; the defenses of the Fre.rh coat disj trict, which the lmuim now hold. I Heavy righting again developed

C'oncludincr Meetinu to Sum Up Information Gained In Trip Over State. ; ' j i li. The nnnunred held in I ext WeilINWA.NAFOI.IS, Mav tir.g, of the several call i.-sday, Tiiursday and K-irfay to gath-j r infoiniatmn coni '-niiiig the coal ituation. In making the announce-, et.t, rhairman Lewis asked that the; i,.,n:l -r of Commeree in these cities I :,W- charge of the arrangement.'. The i,mmi.;.-ion wishes at these meetings j Urm .ind email nmiiMim.!

including the railrosd service, storage j '- r meeting with mounta.nous Kivp ., white-haired man in blue a capacity of th" city, and conditions I obstacles. From F rnoy to Kulle-, ..ft aml Rvy oXh tlajis of 1(),opIc ;,wt winter c'mrt' W3y " w,"U'rndid honor to the veterans. William J. Wood will make a trip I ' of th Drocourt-Oueant switch; -lp rP)pl.,t,.ation of veterans, memtl.r..i.h Indiana, beginning at I!rnr.'l i lh' "as lieen severe during j w,rH 0f tjle Women's Auxiliary bodies revt Wednesday, John Me ardie will "st twenlvfour hours with fresh ,, t(l sns. 0- Veterans exceeded ex-

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one-half dav in each city. Thelruoli ii :.i.:. I .d tlon.

i cities in that vicinity. Charles j Is .'.ill visit soithern Indiana. I ev ir will visit South Bi nd, Elk- . Gary and other northern Indil!ig Mas Meeting. At the I ill h. '.i p the irfer i i e i mass meeting I" lianapolis, to sum n trained. The mem-il-10::-.-ir.n Will spend iy ri each city. The of the but one half ha-iy eXi'.'t time tO lie h:id not been d 't I e coninis.,i,in h .! ill each city ined today, hut local committ- r,- ill have all i rangements mailt so that no tim will be lost. The itvnmph'te itinerary as announced follows: MrCard'e Anderson Wednesday 1 a. m., Munrie 2 p. m.; Richmond Thursday 10 a. m.; Friday Ft. Wayne 10 a. m. Wood Terrs Haute Friday; Vinrennes Friday; Evansville Saturday; Hiajil on return , probably Monday. Lewis South Bend, Elkhart and Goshen, Thursday; Gary and Hammond, Friday; Lafayette, Saturday afternoon. SI NK IN COLLISION. DETROIT, May 10 Nineteen members of the crew of the old wooden freighter John Plankintnn. which was sunk in collision early today with a Grand Trunk railway ear ferry in the Detroit river, wt rescued by the I L nited Stat" mail boat. C. t. UH 'man, Jr." On man is missing and is I thought hir gone down with the !v. a,-!. Tha car ferry boat frrurk f d

BRITISH SHE

smashing NORTHOFFRESfiOY Capture Section of German Front Along the Soucfiez River. STONf.HOLD OF LENZ FURTHER IMPERILED French Also Report Success Battle For Possession of Fresnoy, Still Rage. (Bil ( fnfrn'MilI Xeiej frrei.t.) LONDON, May 10 The great German stronghold of lns, northeast of Arras was further imperiled, by ft new .1...!,. al:,.l kv l .ei.l Xl,,rkal I IHaig's Britnh army last night. j .striking out ulong the Southei river, south of Lens, the British cap-1 I tured a section of the German front I and supporting line4 along the Sonrhez river, the war office announced today. The latent Priti.-h blow in north of Frcsnoy, around which fighting has been raging nght and day since Tues- ' t'ay. j A numtier of flcrman prisoners ere caitured. I In the Hullecourt sector th battle I continues, 'i he Australians fighting ion the Hritish firing line in that F"c.or again drove forward last nighl. Not only was a freh advance made ere, said the wnr odice, but a gain i-i scored also rat of (iricourt, fircat masses of tierman reserves ive lieen concentrated in the F'res- ... ...,l,.. ,..! tha I,,l,l.,.,n i.. jsi.tanre is being .-.hi.wn. The C,ei- ; the highest strategic imtortance, j fnrniinir a.; it does a keV Doition in north of the Aisn river last night, the French making a glin and repulsing strong Cet-man counter assaults. On the Vaurlera plateau near Craonne. a strong fortified position of the (iermnns was raptured by storm. the French war office reported today, The German rrhwn prince has not yet given up hope of wrestling from tn, French the ground Inst Saturday and Sunday along the Aisne heights. Along the tiromontory known a Coemin - des - Pamed the nermann made forc(ljt of trw,M(l j,'ut ., broke before the tenacious resistance of General Nivelle's men. Violent artillery duels raged nlong of the front where the """" M'Pi i"iiiiiiuni cation said. Efforts of thedcmians on the Arras i front to iignt tneir way iibck to vimy ; iroiu n iignt tin ir w wu a u iiiiiv ; anil ail avanaoie guns in at'Canadian troops hammered at thc gates of the shell-wrecked village of Fresnoy and were to have pen-tratj-d Frennoy forest which they lost to the Bavarians on Tuesday. The Germans fought desperately to hold their hard won ground for its

oss meant a wrious menace to Una.j.;ni, ,iv(,,v jll(.rPst ia heing taken in he chief link in the chmn of defenses . i.,; .rrs tomorrow

of the rich French coal district which CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE. WARSHIPS IN A FIGHT Running: Engagement Announced By the English Admiralty. LONDON, May 10. British am!

German warships fought a running trict organizations were held for the engagement today, th admiralty an- j purpose of selecting delegate to the nouncerl. national encampment It ia aupposed that the fight took The meetings of the allied organ!place near th Belgian coast ahortly tations were held as follows: after the Germans had ventured forth Women's Relief Corpa, Indiana from their bas at Zeebrugge. Pythian building; Ladies of the G. A. The vessels engaged are supposed iR., y. V. C. A. auditorium; Sons of to hav been torpedo boat rlaatroyeis. Veteran. 119 East Ohio street, and Tne action was not decisive. j Auxiliary to the Sons of Veterans, Eleven torpedo boats were counted i Second Presbyterian ehureh. A trma-

lit the German fleet Th Germans 1 i- t whea ' nritish ships

j U. S. BIG LOAN WOULD

PAY ENGLAND'S WAR EXPENSE FOR 7 DAY'S BH tht InUrIUmut Xeie ,rwfc.) Althnutth the Cnited State has already loanerl Knirlaml the ifiKantic num of asO.0W,0(X), that ia less than enough to carry on England's part in th' wnr for seven days. In movin the new vote of credit in commons, the British chancellor said that the daily cost of earryintf on the war ha reached the staggering amount of $:17,2.'0.)0 including Kngland's expenses of every rtCAPSI7.ED IN DRY DOCK. One Man Drowned and Several Injured in Acfldent. Iil (Ac ternt,iol Soft Scrrlee.) PHlI-AriFl.l'HIA, Mav 10. One man was drowned and seven o'hers i-criously ininred wlen tiie L'nitr-d States revenae cuttct Cuthrie catsiied in rirydoek at league Island navy yard. The men injured are suffering severe burns caused by an explosion in the boat following its capsizing. The caui of the accident, which occurred last night, is not known. Only bare dr tails were released today b tapiain i S. Bo-kcn-k, navy yard censor. The mnn drowned was O. C. Haddock, an electrician. G. A. R. VETERANS Registration of Civil War Veterans Exceeds Expectations. ANNUAL PARADE THIS AFTERNOON T, .. f, ,. , . , ,. t- . . I'onr undulates Have Entered the Race For Departmental Commander. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 10. I.ogansport was aelectcd today for the 19 1 H encampment of the (i. A. R. INDIANAPOI.1S, Ind., May 10 Indianapolis toilay was at the feet j of the Grand Army of the Republic, of Indiana. Every courtesy was t shown the grizzled veterans in blue j who the here for the thirty-eighth it...i t ,iot h,,itin veteran ai.ros., , hu,y thc llUii. ...a m.n atoeiK'd his automobile to pectations. All were to tuke part this afternoon in the annual parad.', during which Commander-in-Chief W. J. Patterson will review his legions. To night the annual campfire will tip. helu in Tomlinson hall. Four candidates have entered the I r. In ..leeeed Colonel V. V. WilI lir,mental commander. " nrnit.- Th four candidate are: Nelson Uozarth, of Vulpuraiso; W. D. Wilson, of Indianapolis; Alonzo Mur phy, of Greensburg ; and S. H. Hench, ! of Fort Wayne. Lieutenant-Governor Edgar Bush presided ut the reception last night, a feature of which was the appearance of delegations carrying the flags of all of thc entente nations with which the United States now ie waging war on the imperial government of Germany. Business sessions of the G. A. R. and the four allied orcanir.ations, also meeting ir, annual session in the city, were held in the morning. The meeting of the G. A. R. was held in Tomlins,-n hall and the program included business matters pertaining to the organization. Previously to this , meeting sessions of the thirteen disi orial session waa r M in tne morning (by fn member of the Woman's R-

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jlWBIKI'lll IIKIIINSTUOSIUV. !nrrU,.1nn,

0 dicers Reserve Camp Opens at h'L Harrison Next Week. IB the terotloal Yeir Crre.l INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 10. Instruction in the officers' reserve rump at Ft. Harrison will begin next Tuesday, May 1.1, it was announced today by Colonel K. F. Glenn, camp commander. Notification to report on Monday has been given to 1,300 men who have been accepted. The camp will have !,20O officers when complete. Army ofTicets are sifting the names of several thousand applicants and will eliminate 1,500 of thorn. Of the total numtier in the camp, 2.R00 will come from Indiana anil Kentucky and 2,600 from Ohio and -West Virginia. F'tom now on no one will be accepted who has not had previous military trainirg or ?hos unu.-u.il qualifications a a leader. QUADRUPLE MURDER. Son Kill Parentu, Hnither and Wife Then Suicide. Otl ( nfcriiotlosof ,Vrn Scn-,cJ KLKTON, Ky., May 10.A iuadruple murder and suicide were discovered today in the southern part of Todd county. Charles Millcn. his wife, Bettie, their son, Flmore Millen and his wife had been killed with un ax by l-'rank Millen, another son, aged .'l-ri. Frank's body was found hanging by the neck. He had shot himself through the heart after IWing a noose aliout his neck. A note was found saying- ''This is done to pi-event suffering on this earth." CREW MAROONED. Starvation Face 1H Member of the Munising Off Marquette, Mich, tflp ihr International Sen: fterr4re.l MARQUETTE, Mich., May 10. Starvation faces the eighteen memhers of the crew of the Munising, a .,. i,i..;,, ,i, fMi.j j ClilTs Iron company which has been ; rrarooned in the ice floes near here 1 for a week. The men are said to have ! had no fond for three days and access lis impossible on nccount of the thinncss of the ice. The steamer J. H. 1 Ilarstow of the same fleet is in trouble ! one mile north of Granite Island. FOR PEACE TERMS , Natiunal t ry in Germany May Re Answered By Chancellor Soon. lly the Intemntlonil .Vrirt ffcrilec.) AMSTERDAM, May to. -Give our peate terms if not fully, at least in part." That is heeomming the rational cry in Germany. Dispatches from Ber lin today indicated that Dr. von Iieth-mann-Hollweg, the Chancellor is the point of answering it soon. From time to time during the past fort night there have been reports that the German chancellor would speak on Germany's war aims in the reichstae, but disappointment always fol lowed. Now it ts again reported that the chancellor will speak on peace next Monday. The reichntag is expected to adjourn aime time next week, until July. WAR INFORMATION. Will be Dispensed From British Em bassy at Washington. IBs l HitlTsert'Wil Krn-t Service, WASHINGTON, May 10 -The Brit ish embassy here will soon become a general clearinghouse for war information, if present plans go through. When th British mission leaves the United States next week, it ia highly probable that certain members of the mission will cease their connections with that body and will become at tached to the British embassy here. The purpose of this Is to have present in Washington at all times English experts who may he able to advise United State officials on diversity of wansubleeta. Present plan em for the constant changing of these experts, in order that th information which they hare will always be op to the moment and th (xpert will have no reason

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iir 1-UhL LOSES HER LIFE Her Clothinj? Caught Fire While She Was Hunting Trash. DEATH RESULTED. WITHIN SIX HOURS Was Alone When Accident Happened Funeral to be Held Friday. Miss Rehekuh .Vu.'iey, aged sev en! y-nne years, died ui the home of John Miller, one and one-haif miles t of Jamestown, last night at ID lock, death resulting from burna which she received in the afternoon about 4 o'clock when her clothing accidentally cauKht file while she was burning trash in the chicken park the hou.-e. 1 he memW-rs of the Miller family were in the cellar of the house cleaning it and Miss Murwas in the chicken lot raking and burning the trash. Siie got ton near the blaze and her clothing cauv-ht fire and he was unable to extinguish the. hlni-e. The rw tubers of the family heard her vrrennt and rushed to her isinstnnee. hut her clothing w:m alt hlme before they reached h r. Terribly Ilurnrd. She wai terribi". -ned all over her bixly and aliout the heuil ami face. Dr. Hendricks and Dr. Johnson, bolh of Jame-itnwn, were called but medical attention could do little to relieve the pain. Miss Murray regained con sciousness and told the physicians how accident h-inpened. She begun to sink in the early part of the evening, however, and died about 10 o'clock. Dreru.-cd was horn in New' Jersey, January H, HMti. She had been n vsident of I'.oone county for the past hirty yeais anil had been making her omii with Mi. Miller for the post 'our years. Three sisters and one brother survive h're. .Viiis Murray as a meinlier of t': iT,. ' an church at Jamestown. The faneral service ill be held a? the Miller home Vrxlay afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Id v. Il-O-tead officiating. WAR REVENUE BILL The House Begins Consideration of $1,800,0(10.000 Measure. lH the sfariutrkmel .Vec Her !(".! W ASHINGTON, May 10 The first burdens of war were btiiuaht home to congress and the country's taxpayers today when the house began consideration of the $1300,000,000 wsr revenue bill. When Chairman Kitchin of the ways and ni"ans committee called up the bill the house prepared itself for a week of debate. .Mr. Kitchin said he would like to puss the bill Saturday night, but this suggestion found few echoes of approval. Although the bill comes from the committee as a non-partisan measure, it is certain to be harshly criticised in the house and radically modified in the senate. Thc inclusion by the enmnrttoe at the eleventh hour, of a horizontal increase in customs duties ami the abolishment of the free list of the Underwood law will revive old tariff di.Tw.iiM.-. Mr. Kitchin told the house today it was realized the committee bill was not a perfect one. The committee report admits that the invasion of the tariff question is not scientifically done. t KIPLING'S TRIBUTE. Declares British Army ia an Irresislible Machine. (y the Intemnticnnt Vein Srteice.i ROME, May 10 "The British army is like a machine, working so iwrfeet I y that no human hand can arrest it. " This tribute waa paid to Ergland's fighting forces by Rudvarrl Kipling, who is in Rome toilay after a trip to the French fror.t. Me, Kipling ?xpraased the belief that the i ermans are now Dowlercaa to ft on th j Anglo-French advance.