Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 198, Lebanon, Boone County, 19 May 1917 — Page 1

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Ltn.MAIiS ATTACK FRQXH ffllH BIG

, masse: Determined Assaults Un successful Except In One Case. "HE BRITISH HOLD HACK ALL ASSAULTS itllm-k Develop on Arras Front GernmitH Attack the Russian. 1 (fly the 1ltrMtllmol Yfw Rrrvlrt LONDON, Muy U'.-A small gain Jur the Germans north of the Aisne -ivcr in last night's fttrhtingr wan l ipi it tr.l by the Preach war office to Stay. I It was the fourth coruecutive ni)iht hat the Germun Crown Trine had ssaulted the Frem h positions in that ertor. Furious thrusts were made aga.n'-.t the French lines northwest of Hia ide fruht the ificia! ci.ir.-nuni hue said, but all were repulsed except kt one point where an advanced trer ection was taken by the Germans. Several losses were inflicted upon " attacker by the barrage fire oi French guns and the blasts fron machine nuns. . jrthwe.it uf Rheims another ser i of German attack wan made with d fire, but it also broke down i of the German attack were le after intense bombardments of trench position. Apparently another deadlock ha eveloped upon tne Arras front where j The official report issued by the war Nee today did not announce any farmer advance by the Hriti-ih and it in jicated that the Germans were attack ftNumerous raids were made. Neni jouzeaurourt the Rritish entered a jerman trench. The Germans tried p raid British trenches in the Loos irmentlerea and Ypres actors. All fere repulsed, the official statement hid. It is believed that the German joope that were driven out of PtilleiUit hy the British are fulling; back iwn Rienenurt-en-Cagnirourt. one of ie positions upon the "Wotan" line German Attack Russians. jThe renewal of German attacks cainst the Russian positions in Volynia today rliriderl the public interit between fighting and the chaos of i'litics. The dispatcher from the front aid fat the Germans made determined Jsaults upon the Russian lines near tadlmir-Volynski and Kuahayar, bul jl were repulsed. The attacks were side with great masses of men after le Russian lines had been vigriroush

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Hied. i There were expressions of hope that rman drive might react favorably the Russian people and arouse 1,1 J" m to a determination to remain

Ijrf" "n against the Invaders, t is expected that the allied powwill give an expression of eonfi--oc In the new coalition govern-

souvn Kuun, n is ren wouiu greatly lengthen the position of the minir-, V both at home aruj abroad. ;iM. Kerennky, the new minister or r and marine, ia becoming the domiitirrg personality in the government f M a firm supporter of the war and fixts upon Russia remaining in the (ifliet until victory ia attained. Ordered to Fight. War Minister Kerensky's first order the day to the Russian army, Issued lay, was command to the officers fight. The enter says: 'The ewmtrv Is Imperilled. Each r must do what he can to avert the tiger. No resignations by officers the high command will be accepted. ei-rrM muut return tn tb rur.k. J May 28 or accept severe punishr X Premier l.voiT continues as prer in the coalition government. I Tuny groups who went to Petrograd, i a council, are returning to the ' int. Following the break up of the jVerenct it sis announced tn3t ,1, ammunition and provisions are ttng towards the front in greater fiber now than at any other time 0 1 ing recent months. The number of f ian aeroplane is being increased j Trying to Save Trieste. astro-Hungarian reinforcement! !V toe eastern front and Rou mania j fighting desperately to item the

Italian advance el wig the lsonr.0 and to save Trieste. Violent Infantry fighting and artillery duels continue all along the Julian front from Tolmlno to the Adriutic Sea. The powerful mountain fortifications of the Austro-Hunirar-Uins are crumbling as giant Howitzets, cent to luiiy by the liiiludi .r office, hurl ten, twelve and fourtwninrh shells against thenv The counter assaults of the AustroHunguriuns have been especially severe southeast of Gorzia where the Italians have made important gains, notably in the sector of Liuino. MBEKTY LOAN BUTTON TO SHOW YOU ARE NO FINANCIAL SLACKER

(K He JnlmnWmui V.,.-, Hrrtlif., WASHINGTON. Mav 19. 1 inancial slackem a well as militaiy slackers will take a pKrp among the American citizenry from now The treasury today received its first lot of liberty loan bu'.ton:i, one of whuh is to he gis'en every pur-ha.er of a ldMty loan hoi,.l, whether hi -4 Mlh.'ntiftn he tlie niinimum of uii or a million. The buttorw reaill "(iot hi-lnnd the goveminent lilicrty loan of It 1 7." Robert W. Wolley, publicity dii-ector for the loan and fnnt.r dipi-tor of tlie mint. ro v'v,vl the til -t button, boiriir tht- tir.t man to tile his api.lication for bonds with the department. Mr. Wolley tiday apjn aret at his oltice proudly wearing his led, white and blue emblem. The tn-i-iiry will take preat cal-e to previiit buttons falling into the hantlii of any persons who have not suhsi ribed. Senate Adopts Measure Calling For Over Three Million Dollars. IBH e Btrnoll.,ii.i; eut Krrrlrr.t WASHINGTON. .May l!.-Tiie enate this afternmm passed the tliree (illion, three numbed and forty-two llion dollar, army ar.d navy bud get without a roll call and without a dissenting vote. The bill carried apropriationn totalling live hundred mil ion more than the house included. It s provided that the i'reident shall have seven hundred and fifty million lollars for ship building and can dm andeer all ships. The mea-sure is the largest appro priation ever pSKseH by any legislative dy in the history of the world. It arriee more money than the entire Ost of the civil war. THRILL OF ENTHUSIASM. Spread Over Kngland at Action of I'nited State. (flj IAe jtfrrniri',M)l fi cri-,',.j LONDON, May 19. News of 'resident Wilson's prodamation ruli ng the United States to arms was printed here today and it gave the hole nation auch a thrill of enthu.sism a.i it had not had bince word mie of America's intention to enter the conflict. Kulogistic aiticlee were printed iMiut (ienera! John J. I'enhinjr, who II command the first American ex peditionary force. Some disappoint ment was expressed that Colonel ftoosevejt was not allowed to raise a division and bring it to Kurope at once, but the wisdom of the president's action was not questioned. It was felt both in and out of official circles that the United Miites will lose no time in gttir.g troops uKn the fighting front and in striking bard blows at the kaiser's legions. HELVA LOCK WOOD DEAD. Widely Known Woman Kipirrd Today in Washington, tPy srfwit irf 0e.i-(re.l WASHINGTON, May 19. Helva Lockwood, the only woman who ever ran for the presidency of the United States, and pioneer woman sutfraRist. died tolay. EIGHT LIVES LOST. British Passenger Kteamer Sunk by (iermsn Subset. I fly IS InirrnatiuHiU Xetrt lercic.M LONDON, May 19. The British passenger steamer. Highland Corrie, waa torpedoed without warning and wai sunk with loss of eight lives. BRAZIL NAMES COMMISSION. BUENOS AIRES, May 18. A Brazilian commission has been appointed to fo to Surooe, saya dispatrh from kie Janeiro !.

IMMM Men of Military Age Must Regiisttr ia Seventeen Days.

GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE WAR PLANS j Pershing and ReKtihirs First to t;o to France National j (Juitrrl Next. tBil Hit InlrrnaUnmi .r Berslcf.) WASHINGTON, May 19. A regiment of marines, 2,t00 men, commanded by Colonel Charles A. Itoyen, now stationed at Marine barracks. Wash, will accompany the Pershing division which will lie 1he first American troops to go lo trench battlrfront. This was announced here today by the war department The marine will be those that have been etationrd at Haiti, Santo loatinga and Cuba and they will be armed, equipped and organized in the same manner the regular army soldiers will he. illy I' Mrernnrlusul .r- Keiilcr.l WASHINGTON. May 18 Re. emits for the regular army may enlist for the period of the war, according to an order issued by the war drpartment today. Similar action was taken by the navy department some time ago. ISY JOHN F.mVIN NKVi.V l ft Mr nlrriMiiivsef .Vc- Ivrvtca) WASHINGTON, May 19. Tho nation now knows that the United s'ti.tes is at war. In the homes of oine ld.oiHi.lsjtl today the fact that tiiey are eligible to be called to the colurs and must at least register Has become a stern reality. In exactly seventeen days these men. nil between the ages of '11 and 'It, must record themselve for niili1 tary service. W hen the physically uni fit, and those who for substantial r--ons must lie eliminated are weeded out there will be chosen "the first :00,imiO" the men who wilt nuke up the selective draft army that ia to be trained at once and sent to France to reinforce "Black Jack" Pershing and his division of regulars who long before that time will have fnrried tie starry flag to the front of French battle lines. The first force to take the field will be regulas. Arrangements have been made by the war department, according to official announcement to have Major General John J. Pershing, a Republican in politics, and a soldier of whom the en'ire army is proud, proceed to France soon. Ijlter, when arrangements for protection ean be made, his division of regulars will f-o overseas. The makeup of the expedition, when it will start, and all such matters, is a military secret and will not be revealed much before the cloee of the war. Roosevelt Offer Per lined. , Following the signing by Prenidrat Vi1tn of the selective draft bill at K 00 o'clock last night, the issuance of the proclamation catling for the registration of all males eligible to draft: the announcement that "for very good military reasons." the offer of Colooel Kooeelt to raifre an army of volunteers was declined and that Pershing was to lead the American urmy, the War department settled down to get the machinery of war working at top speed. The regular army units that are being withdrawn from the border and sent to vaious concentration ramps to he expanded into additional regiments to bring the regular establishment up to top strength are being hurried to I thir selected posts. F.ve stale foe- ' ernor and adjutant-general has been directed by telegraph to derate every agency to recruiting to strengthen the state ruitional guard so that they can be mustered into the service without any detail during the period between July 15 and August 5. The machinery of the quarter-matter's department and of the general atafT have been speeded up to get reedy for the new army that ! to be organises). The question to whether conscription will have to be extended to fill gap in the Knee of the regular end of the national guard wfll rvweln opon for the present Orrater are hopeful that the enltatmente will ee uRu-Hwit and thee base their bw im i the fact that tnaay eligible! el sani

tary age prefer to volunteer to being

.-onsenpted. There will be 32 concentration camps located In the various divisions. The department commanders, are lertii'ic the sites and aa soon as pos sible, they will be maile ready for occupancy. The !r?t rnanl and the rjrntars will be the first line of defense, and it is expected that they will pre cede the new conscript, army to France. One thing ii considered cer tain and that is that the methods of training will be revolutionary. In tenive in tlie extreme will be the work of the soldiers as it is hoped that the United States will be playing a real part in the war beore midautumn. . The heaviest tuk at present is to secure equipment. Every possible manufacturing establishment in the country now is at worn along lines already planned turning out the stupendous amount of material that is needed. But officials are ordering that nothing shell be left- Undone to get everything needful. There U reason to believe that many Americans who could have been secured for selective biunches of the service have gone to Canada and enlisted there. This is saul to be especially so of the aviation corps. The Canadian flying school at Toronto at present is training many young Americans. They went across the liorder because of the announcement that as soon as they qualified tiny would be sent directly to the front und the American aviation plans still are far fron) complete. The question of what is to be done with Colonel Roosevelt may be. brought prominently to the front very soon. In announcing that for the present he would accept no volunteers and giving his reasons therefor. President Wilson echoed the united opinion of the army general staff. But there are many persons here who would like to see the administration offer the colonel an opportunity to utilise his peculiar genius for the nat'on instead of accepting the appointment to be a major-general proffered him by Governor Vt hitman of New York. And it hat already been suggested Ln official circles that the president is considering whether there is not some way he can Use the former president. DANIEL W. COMSTOCK Rcprtttentatlve of An Indiana District Succumbs to Pneumonia. (Is 1st lalenHHena) .Vent sen-Ice. i WASHINGTON, May 19. Representative Daniel W. Comstork, Republican of Richmond, Ind., died here to day after a brief illness. He was 77 years old and waa serving his first term, in the houee. Mr. Comstock contracted a cold last Momiay and this developed into pneumonia. The body will be taken to Richmond for burial. RICHMOND, Ind., May 19 Con gressman Daniel Comstock, who died in Washington today, hail a distinguished career aa a soldier, lawyer and jurist During the civil war he became Adjutant -General of the First Brigade, after enlisting as a private. Upon hia return from the war he en gaged in the practice of law here and held many public offices. He was Judge of the ejrruit court for two terms and a jadge or the appellate court of Indiana from 19f to 1811. He waa state commander of the G. A. U. for the year 191.1. Judge Comstock lefeated Finly Gray, Democrat, in a hitter fight last faU. Two Men Shot in Revolver Duel Following Robbery in Chicago. IS Js terse WWII fc'eies Isrrlo.t CHICAGO, May 19. Payroll bandits today shot two men and escaped with more than $,O00 after a revolver duel on the west side. Jack Byera, meeaenger, returning from bank with the payroll of the A. Stela company and detective, were eeoebtd by four bandits at they left an elevated train nad commanded to hold up thale haAcU. They refnaed and drew revolver. In the ekeotinc, Byera fell with bullet In hn cheat led a bystander e t'.ol ia the triee.

P.1EASURE GIVING HOUSE CONCERN Bill Now Pending to Provide War Chest, Merely a Starter.

SOME PROVISIONS STILL UNCERTAIN The Question of liaise of Postal Ratea Causes Much Discussion. (B fc lulrrmtlltmnl Vriri serrlrr WASHINGTON. May 19. The bill now pending in the house to raise a war chest of Xl,WXl,n00,0H0 is only a starter. This was the interpretation placed hy congressional leaders today on the decision of the house wuys anil means committee not to amend the bill so as to provide for the additional half billion dollars unexpectedly requested by Secretary McAdoo. The house toduy showed a disposition to support the bill as originally brought in hy the committee. Convinced that it would lie impossible as well as impracticable to raise all of the first year's war tax in one bill, house leaders set about the tusk of enacting the committee bill with all possible dis patch. McAtloo's demand for additional funds will lie met in subequent legislation. House leaders realize tlmt the senate is determined to amend many of the important sections of the house in a drastic fashion as to constitute a re-drafting of the measure. Piwtal Kates. When the ways and means committee met today to consider the question, committee sentiment was almost un animous for the substitution of the tone system of charges on second class mail matter, a provision suggested by Chairman Moon of the houe postottice ommittee. The Moon amendment would assess nio.Jt of the second rla.a charges against advertising carried by wspapers and magazine. By this provision (here would be levied "upon all newspapers, mngzines and other publications regularly admitted as matters of the second class when mailed by the publisher ml no other, one cent a pound. Provided that parcel post rates shall be charged upon all that portion of such newspapers, magazines, or other publications which is devoted to paid sdvertising matter when addressed to any postottice in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh or eighth zones." This amendment, as a working pro position, would he far less burdensome to newspapers than upon nutgalines. Many of its advocates believe that it would prixluce more revenue than the provision carried in the lull as it came out of the ways and inrnn.' committee. THE U. S. REGULARS ARE AMONG REST FIGHTING FORCES IN THE WORLD (flu IS Inlrrwtunnat Veir Serrlcf.) WASHINGTON, May 19. Announcement that the first expedition to France will be made up of regulars brought home to official hern the fart that this is one of the branches of the service that ia equal to any force in the world. F.ver since the Mexican mobilization, the entire regular army has been under intensive training along all lines of modern warfare. The men are comvetent to take their places behind the lines at once and to be sent in a veryshort time. Among the modern qualifications which the entire regular army possesses as the result of the long stay on the Mexican border and in Mexico are the following: . How to manufacture hand grenades and bombs and how to throw them accurately. How to entrench in the latest approved methods. How to handle gas masks and all other weapons of defense against the newest methods of attack. The regular army never has been aa efficient as it is at the present moment, officials here aay. I ing weary months of service on the border will now bring their reward. WANT BTKEFT NAME CHANGED. ST. 1.0UI3, May lfc Property owners on Berlin Avenue here have signed I petition asking that the name of the thoroughfare he changed to Wood row avenue.

Bulletins

Hit far XrraaHiMili X-- -w , CAMHRIlHiE, Mas, May ID. JV !! Hsrrsrd unit ct the American ambulance service, which will sail for France en June 2 will include Harrle H. Daman, raptain of last year's football tram: H I.. Caaey. halfback; J. I- Birelow! a football guard; J. D. Hutchinson, a mile runner, and Paul Squibb, manager of the track team. Casey recently tried to enlist at the Pittsburgh officers' ramp but waa rejected. ( the slrruilosal A'rica Irrrlcr.l PARIS, May 19 Captain Albert Ball, of the Royal flying corps of the British army, ia reported lo have been killed in an aerial rombut, says a dispatrh received here today. Although only 20 years old. Captain Kail waa ereditrd with having brought down more German airplanes than any other sky fighter in the British army. TWO MEN KILLED. And $.'110,0(10 Damage Was Done bv ' j I's plosion and Fire in Chicago. j (Br rne nfrraah.ftll etrs Werrlcr.l j CHICAGO, May 19. Two men were killed and ('IH).uOO damnge was done! by an explosion and rire in the plant of the Standard spiral Pipe company 1 here today. I CONFERENCES HELD AT The Meeting With th Kaiser is Relieved to Deal With Peace.

I Mints i C. II. McKey, Taskmaster. Ifil tftr tnlernnUnnnt ,Yeir Irrrfcr.) J AMSTERDAM, May 19. sVonfer- j Claude D. McKey. a graduate of ences, believed to deal with pence, are! the high school in l"' and retiring . . . , ... , i president of the alumni association taking place at (.erman great heml-l )wilr, tl,s,m:li,tpr ,m intrn. quarters. Those taking part are the duced Miss Itose Sims, a member of kaiser, Field Marshal von Hindenburg, the 'H9 class, who was the firnt Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the Or-1 the program of toasta. ,, Miss Sims' subject was "Looking Hack man chancellor. Dr. Zimmerman, the I., .. , . . , ' ' r rotn l esterday. The speaker has German foreign secretary and Count hn a teacher of the third and fourth von Ciernin, the Austrian foreign min-1 grades in the city schools for the

ister. This conference, saya a dispatrh from Berlin today, ''has aroused much curiosity as to whether the Central Powers will be in a position to an - nounce their peace terms when the Reichstag meeta for a three-day sesnon on July 5. ' HIS RESEMBLANCE TO WILSON GETS HIM $2.r0 JOH WITH THE MOVIES IBv tsr nfrrsafiosaj ,Vtrl ArrHre.l I.AFAYKTTK, Ind.. May 19. The facial resemblance of Paul N. Westphal to President Wilson is responsible for his receiving $2M a week. He left today for Chicago to begin work for a film company, impersonating the chief executive in n patriotic moving picture. Wanlyhal was a hotel clerk here, earning $10 per week. RIG RECEPTION. Will Greet Major-General Wood it Atlanta, Georgia. Iflv rsa Imtrrnalionrt Srs-i aVrrire.l ATLANTA, On., May 19. Tens of thousands of people, a monster military and civic parade, a flag raising at Five Poitita, the busiest spot in Atlanta, will greet Major-General Leonard Wood thin afternoon. Every band and drum corps in this section, every military and civic organization, und many other citizens will be in the parade includingwmnen's organizations. Following the unfurling of the stars and stripes, . Major-tieneral Leonard Wood will deliver a patriotic address. A great banquet will be given tonight at the Capital City club in honor of the visiting soldier leader at which several patriotic addresses will be rd. 300 RELEASED. Men In House ef Correction to Work en Farm and In Factories. (fll fss nremertoiief ITeies ferries

CHICAGO, May ! Three hun. "Vgood one. The nominating committee

men were released from the house of correction today when they agreed to serve tin emnrf by working on farm and in factories. Two hundred mora will be nksed next week on the same condition,

AND RECEPTlOIi HELD LAST fill

Annual Event in Honor of the High School Graduates. OVER A HUNDRED AT THE BANQUET Program of Interesting Toasts Was (liven Dance Followed lt;iniili't. The annual reunion of the ulumni of the Lebanon high school was held Inst night with a banquet served by the ladies of the Baptist church in the church basement and a dance and reception at the F.Iks club room following the feast. One hundred and twenty people, including members of the faculty, school board seniors and alumni, were served at the banquet. The basement was beautifully deeoiuted in American and cut flowers. The lbahon high school orchestra under the direction of Professor Troutman furnished the music while the serving was being done. The members of the orchestra and Professor Troutman donated their f ervices to the alumni upon this occasion. The ladies began serving the feast at f:4,'i o'clock. The following is the menu: Knast Chicken Noodles (iiblet draw Mashed potatoes Hot Rolls Rutter Jelly I'icki's Nuts Milk and Coffee Prick lie Cieum Angel Food Cake past several years and several members of this year's senior clnsa had been members of her classes at various'times. Miss Sims told of many interesting incidents that had hap. i ,. oe j Pf lur'n( the past years. She ! graduuting class of four members. Some of the Toast a. "The High Cost of leaving" was the subject which Manley Immel, a member of the Senior class, sMke upon. Captain ! O Single, cnptf.in of I Company II, I. N. O. had as his subject, "The Raw Recruit," and told of ! the many interesting things which I happen to the recruits during the j border service. Two vocal selection!, i"From the Ijind of the Sky Blue Water" and "My Laddie" by Mrs. Ks- ! ther Donaldson, followed. "BaliDts ' and Bullets" was the subject which i Miss Ruth Campbell spoke upon. Fol- ; lowing on the program wai Roy j Metger, a member of the '01 class j who had the subject, "The Ghost of Oood Fellowship," and Roy W. Adney a member of the '!! class with the subject, "After M,?n Came Woman." The entire assembly aroRe and sang the Loyalty song of the I-ebanon high school, "The .star paiigted Banner" by Mrs. Myrtle Jones closed the church program. The reception dance and reception at the F.Iks club rooms foilowod the banquet and begun about 9 o'clock. Frieberg's orchestra from Lafayette furnished the music for this occasion. About fifty couples took part in the dance. Officera Choeen. By everyone who was present it Is said that tlie reunion this year was far ahead of any that has ever been held. The members of the association si-em to have taken up the spirit of lust night's event and have made a 1 new vow to assist in making the one 1 next year better than this. The al umni owe their thankn to the ladies of the Baptist church and the orchestra for their part in making last night's meeting a success and too much praise cannot be given to Claude McKea-, the retiring president, the other retiring officers and the alumni who helped to make the meeting a last night announced the following officers for the ensuing year: Frank Wooley, president; Alva Wynkoori, president; Miss Geraldine Earhart, secretary and Misi Joy Shelby, treasurer. ,