Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 200, Lebanon, Boone County, 22 May 1917 — Page 1

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Inquiries Received by Ihe Provost Marshal - General. OFFICIAL REPLIES ARE FORWARDED Information fiiven Out as to the Working of the New Conscript ion law. BY GEORGE GARVIN. (fty le tlrrmtUnitl .Yr- Serrlrf.l WASHINGTON, May 22. The pro- ; vost marshal general's office today Waii flooiled eith inquiries from all corners of the country recanting exemption from military service under the selective draft law. These inquiries come from individuals, employera and even from members of congress. Most of the inquiries contnin specific questions, such as will a man with one child be exempt, and will a man whose sole Income is his sjtlary have to register. The answer to all these questions is that there is no exemption from registration; that each male person between the ages of 21 years and 30 years Inclusive, must register, In reference to this matter general Enoch Crowder, provost ' hal general, said to the International tflewj Service today In regard to the ages it is paiticuirly pointed out that if a young men's -wenty-first birthday falls on June 5

h must register, but on the o.herj .Jhand if his sisl birthday falls on thit lTnreat 0f i. s. Attorney Sause M day he is exempted. I

t ' 1 "Some ask will there l.e s second

registration tar men who attain their j twenty-first year between June 5 and, the date of the draft. There will not j be a second registration day for the first draft of BtW.OOO. Whether there j 'ill be another registration for the word half million' men has awl been ; determined. Officials of the war he--Jlieve that the one registration , will J he all that is necessary to raise the 1 first two armies of SOO.000 men each. "There is also some confusion In the ; minds of persons who belong to some fclass or sect who are exempt under the law from military service. Kejrardtess of what claims to exemption are proven later all such persons are compelled to register on June 6. and nhen at a subsequent time tf.ey will j accorded an opportunity to press !!aeir claims for exemption. I Question of Exemption. "The entire question of exemption s, under the provisions of the law, put in the bands of local boards end high tribunals et to lie designated by the ), rei dent and whose members will.net Jkiecessarily be from the registration fioards. The law provides the penalty i imprisonment im " """

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Sered man who shall make a false re' n or connive at such a practice. The afeguards against favoritism or evaon are ample. Those who through sickness shall

unable to register should cause a lepresentative to apply to the county It city clerk for a copy of the registl ,,-lratkm rard and such representative hall see that the card is delivered in the regiatrar of the voting prefinct. In the case of a person mho I l-xpeets to be absent from his voting trerinrt on registration day he should pply as soon as practicable for a rei::tration rard to the county clerk where he may he stopping, or if he is in a city of over Sfl.OOO inhabitants. So the city clerk. The clerl k ill retard the answers on the card and turn It over to the absentee. The absentee hould mail this card to the registrar f his home voting precinct and enios with it a self-addressed envelope ii insore to him the return of his refistraritm certificate. I "Further it is the duty of every rson who has knowledge of any Ivasion of registration to furnish such iiforraation against the offender to he registration board. I wish to point lit to the people and the authorities

at each community must rurnisn ts

S'lota of men according to its popula- . ion and that every evasion of regist iation increases the chances of those I i ho have registered being drafted. hen this fully realiied public ' 1-ntiment will be so strong against j , e "slacker, the) h;i fellow eitiiens f ill do their duty and report him. I I The law provides that any man beveea the age of 21 and SO yean elusive, who fails to register shall ? InrVieoneit not to exceed one year thout the eltemstive of a fine and e cmirta have been instructed by the Mident to p lace such cases at the

eM,.-,;.t-TO EXEMPT FARM LABOR. tVfinitrly Decided Nm te Conscript Thst Portion of Population. 14 tkr sfrrssrtossl tfciri ServttK WASHINGTON, May 22. It h boon decided ilpfinitely there will be no conwripiioft of feiiti labor. The Council of National Defense and the department of agriculture and labor Lave thoroughly canvassed the situation and decided that adveaey of legislation which would permit conscription would seriously interfere, with the operation of the military law. In consequence any plan that way he finally decided on l.y the federal government will call for voluntary work. The department of labor has been advised by labor leaders throughout the country that any effort to extend cn.crition to industry will fouifht to the laet d.uh. In addition it has been pointed out that while tli officials of the various labor oiganirations have pledge themselves to assist the government in every possible way they also have declared that in doing so tliey intend thit their services shall he in every way voluntary and change in plan would disrupt the present organized effort. Appeals are l,cing received from all of the southern states for fiirm labor of eveiy kind. The brunches of the ,e.urtmnt of labor and of the agriculture department throughout the north now are heing utilized in an , effort to get workers. It has been found that many of the southern uegwent north during the last j three years to ork in munition plants and the like, are virtually stranded in the larger cities. These men will he moved hack if possible and this will go a long way, official" say. in meeting the present situation in the south. EFFECTUALLY STOPS THE SALE OF LIQUOR Saloons to Kef use to Sell to Soldiers, Iff f Js'eissflwl ,Vcir rcr.) INDIANAPOLIS, lnd., May 22 The le of li'in-r to soldiers fit Et. Benjamin Harrison was effectually stopied toilay. The announcement that United States District Attorney Slack would investigate and prosecute vio'ations of the section of the conscription law prohibiting the sale of liquor to men in uniform caused the saloon keepers to clamp down the lid. L'ntil today, refreshments in Saloons have been oien to men from the olftcers' training camp and other men in army uniform. Some stands near Ft. Harrison, which purport to sell near beer, also are under scrutiny of the authorities. It is emphatically stuted by officer at the fort that no soldier had conducted himself in a manner "unbecoming to an officer and a gentleman." Rut it is no secret that some c:ifes were well filled with men from the training ramp on their "Saturday afternoon off. f, Harrison, with the addition of ted States infantry and over 100 men in the medical corps, today has about 7,0K) soldiers. It is understood that Indianapolis who wish to join the regular army can enter the Tonth infuntry. the recruits beinir sandwiched with tho regulars. TWELVE KILLED IN WRECK OF A TRAIN Nearly a Score Injured in a Wreck on the II. & O. Railroad. ff f Inttrnatirmnt Vnr Arrrlcc.l CLARKftBUEU W. Vs., Way 22. Twelve trainmen and railroad workmen are belird to have been killed and nearly a score injured this after-

ihw.il f;f ti.e.r ,ut.'t, j ipg the metrr-g oat of Ja

noon w hen a wreck train running back- lu" anrt hoh determined to prose- . , ! cute the war with vigor and l in con-

warus nn-ii-u miu inw a j lri 0 tna phort Line hnntyi n thf Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Wallace, IS miles north of here. Five bodies have been removed from the wreckage. WAR RISK BILL PASSED. WASHINGTON, May 22.-The administration bill increasing the appropriation for war risk insurance to $50,000,000 and aothoriting the insurance of the lives of officers and crew of American merchantmen fry the war insurance bureau, was passed by the senate tins afternoon.

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ill 11 O ARE HURLED BACK Three pesperate Attempts to Regain Lost Graund FailsTRIPLE ADVANCE OF ALLIES CONTINUES !... , . , ,. .. , British and French and Italian Armies Make Proves Everywhere. I til thr Inl'i imlhrnnl Vcirt aerrfee.l PAltIS, May 22. Three desperate attempts were made by the Germans to recapture ground lost to the French in the fighting in Champagne yesterday but all failed, the war office announced today. The official communique say that ,h(, tol, i .fHM prisoners Mnm, , attack. The Germnn counter attack Were carP1(,( out ny heavy forces of men ;nd were pressed home with g'eat vigor. Hot fighting was in progress on the heights near Moronvilliers at Teton, and on the slopes north of Carmillet. A bin German ammunition depot on the Arras C'ambrai road was destroyed by British urtillery. the 'ar office announred today. The ammunition magaiine. situated northeast of Queant, was used to supply part of the German batteries defending the Hinilenburg lines. The official statement did not make any claims of fresh gains in the Ilulle court sector, but indicated that the Germans were counter attacking the newly won ground of the Britifh in thBt sector. Northeast of Epehy and north of Armentieres, on the Kranco-Helgian Inuder, successful raids were carried out. Carried Oat With Precision The triple offensive of the British, French and Italians is being carried out with deadly precision that daily sees some supposedly impregnable stronghold of the Teutons crumble. While the British and French hit deeper into the von Hindenhurg flank, the Italians in the Julian alps have extended their gain nor'liesst of (lorlzisa. Both the Germans and Austro-Huns are putting up tierce resistance, tight, ing with rifle, cannon and bomb to re tain their positions. Not only have the German allies been swept back ward in France and in the Austeoltalian war theater, hut they have lost enormously in men. With the exception of about 2,000 yards the British under Field Marshal Hsig have now taken about ten miles of the northern end of t'.ie Hindenhurg line. These gains extend from Arras to a point near Bullerourt Fighting with infantry and cannonading tinues along the Sensee river ami north of the Scarpe, on the Arras front. Along the Sensee the English consolidated their new positions and xtended them. German Attacks Rrpuleed. Heavy German attacks were beaten off by the FTench in the Champagne district in the sector of Moronvilliers. Along the Aisne river also there were engagements and violent artillery duels. The lait-jt thrust of the French has increased the peril to Leon, the chief hastio:i defending the southern end of the Hindeubuig line but there must be many days of bloody fighting before it can be iskin. it is admitted by the French military experts. The Italians are encountering gig antic obstacles. The Austro-Huns are equipped with an enormous amount of heavy artillery and the Italian in fan try is exposed to violent fire from these cannons and from machine guns as they clamor up the mountain sides. Colonel Kepington, the famous mili tary expert of the Times, calls the Italian offensive "a most important etent." He adds: "It shows that Italy remains reso- , dition to do o. "The French-British offensive by at tracting and absorbing the (lerman re serves have greatly aided Italy. There was rentuinly the risk before this event that there might be a serious Austm-German comminatlon against Italy." . PASSES POMERENE ftlLL. WASHINGTON, May 12. The sen ate this afternoon passed the Pom erence service bill giving the Inter state commerce commission drastic authority to establish new rpguUtions to relieve the freight car aitortage,

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Ml l rsMrssll furrow.) AN AMERICA?) PORT, May 22. A steamship kaa arrived here from Hollsad reported sighting both a Zeppelin and a German nubmariee. The Zeppelin the L39, was sighted the trat day out going northwestward and the submarine was seen th fallowing day bal did net ssolest Ike steamer. (JH far llcrWfl e ffernce.l AMSTERDAM, May Germany's efforts to placate Spain and Sweden on the submarine sitosllon were followed tsday by reports that Norway is now on the point of giving derisive expression lo ber anger ever , the continued sinking of Norwegisn ships by r-boale. The crews of the four latest Norwegian ships to be destroyed are still missing, according lo a report from Christianls. Iff fe slerssflesal ffcirs fferrice.) PARIS, May 22. flenersl Pershing, commander ef the Brst I'nited States expeditionary force, will have his headquarters in Ihe Chstraa of a French nobleman. It was learned today. The ,-hatesu was voluntarily otfered by iu owner. It s reported the choice had already been approved hy the American military authorities. E SIPT BY A BLAZE Atlanta Sunlalns 13.000.000 Fire Loss Hundreds Rendered HomeletiH. tS t slerssllossl Unci Serrler.) ATI.ANTA. Ga., May 22. With an area from two to five blocks wide and sixteen block long ill awbas, Atlanta today set to work to proviite permanently for those who are homeless and repair the damage of Monday's big blaxe. It is stated that the city wilt need no aid from the outside. Considering the tremendous area burned b2 blocks the monetary loss was remarkably small owing to the cheap character of most of the build ings burned. It la believed that 600.000 will cover the damage. Hundreds of persons today were quartered in the auditorium and in homes of kindly citizens until they could be permanently cared for. The relief work is in the hands of the Atlanta branch of the American Red Cross and officers of that organization stated every one of the homeless had been fed and sheltered. There have been no deaths as a result of the fire, although several persons were today recovering from minor injuries. There was remarkably little looting owing to the presence in the city of several regiments of troops who paced the fire swept area all night, turning back all those who could not show a valid reason for wanting to enter the ruined section. Many wild stories were current to the effect that the flames were started by German plotters. This was positively denied by the authorities today. Mayor Candler stated he had investigated thoroughly every plausible report of incendiarism, but had found them groundless. The flames started ia a negro settlement near Oakland cemetery and sparks carried by the strong wind, leaped across the Georgia railroad to Fort and Decatur streets, spreading the blaze to the flimsy negro quarter there. From Fort and Decatur streets the blaze, fanned by the ever freshening wind. swept northward for sixteen blocks to Ht Charles avenue and Jackson boulevard, finally being checked hy drynamite. RRAZIALIAN SHIP SUNK. Part of Crew of Tijuca, Torpedoed by L'-Boal, .Still Missing. S is faimwMMSf Mm ffarMrf I PARIS. May 22-The Brazilian steamship Tijuca has been sunk hy a German submarine oil the French coast Tart of ber crew are still mis sing. The Tojuca waa attacked yesterday while off Brittany. It was learned today that part of the crew waa saved, but the fate of the other Is still un known. The Tijuca, ship of 8,304 tone hailed from Rio Janeiro. She war owned by the Cia Commerciot Na vltaio.

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Twenty-eight Teams Will Solicit in Lebanon and the Township. THE CANVASS TO BE MADE ON THURSDAY Boone's Share is $1.000 List of Teams and the Territory Assigned to Each. Twenty-eight teams have lieen appointed to canvass Ibsnon and Center township Thursday for the raising of Boone county's quota of the Y. M. C. A. war work. It is the purjiose to raise in the United States, $3.0(10,. 000 for carrying in the Y. M. C. A. work behind the battle lines. Indiana has been asked to raise $iri0,0O0. The amount apportioned to Boone county is about $1,000. The canvass to be made Thursday is to raise that fund. The following is the complete list of the canvassing teams and the territory assigned to each: Teim No. 1, Kev. A. JL Ward and A. K. I-ewis West side of Meridian, east side of lbanon from the public square north lo Chicago. Team No. 2, Rev. C. A. Parkin and Carre Davis South side of Washington, north side of Main from the public suare to t-afayette avenue. Team No. S, George T. Miller and Morris Ritchie Fast side of iebanon. west side of Meridian from public ! squure south to Big Four railroad. Team No. 4, J, F. Connelly and Winson Jones North side of Main street and south side of North, from I-afayotte west to corporation. Team No. 6, Rev. O. H. Curmichael and A. H. Felker South side of Main street, north side of South street, west from Lebanon street to corporation line. . - ' . Team No. , J. W. Witt and B. F. Coombs West side of Lebanon street east side of I-afayette avenue North from Washington street to Chicago street. Team No. 7, D. S. W'hitaker, and Homer Dale Fast side of Meridian street, west side of Park street, north from Washington street to Chicago street Team No. 8, D. C. Crooks and Arch Armstrong Fast side of Meridian street and west side of Indianapolis avenue from I'earl street to Noble street. Team No. 9, Rev. A. W. Cash and W. T. Hooton-North side of Washington street, east side of Park street to the north and east corporation line. M Worle'v South side of Main street Team No. 10, H. M. Coulter and J north side of Pearl, east from Moridian street to Indianapolis avenue. Team No. 11, Charles Miller and George A'lams West of Lafayette avenue, north of North street to corporation line and all west of Henrystreet and north of Chicago to corporation line. Team No. 12, Ivan Fuller and Elbert Parkins All south of Washington street and east of Park street and Indianapolis avenue to corporation line. Team No. 13, W. P. McKinsey and Ben McKey All south of Noble street Team No. 14, Rev. J. M. Tuggle and L. W. Kirtley South side of South street, north side of Elm from lebanon street west to corporation line. Team No. 15, Lester Jones and W. J. DeVol East of Lebanon street west side of Meridian street, south from Big Four railroad to Noble street and south side of Elm street, north side of Noble, west from Lebanon street to corporation line. Team No. IB, F.. C. Gullion and Virgil Buntin West side of lbannn street, east side of Henry street, north from Chicago street to corporation line. Team No. 17, Rev. R. H. Kent and O. C. Higgins South side of Washington street, north side of Main street, east to Park street. Team No. 18, Walter Hodge and H. T. Thompson All east of Lebanon street and north of Chicago street, to east and north corporation lines. Team No. 1!I,.W. H. Parr and Phil Adler Court house. Country Teams. Team No. 20. W. M. Berry and J. C. Goodwin All west part of Center township from Mt Zion to Hatelrigg road. Team No. 21, J. A. Hogshire and Henry Sicka Frem HazeMgg road north and east to Frankf jrt road. Team No. 22, John Jones and A. B.

lpm No. : !. rv M.Il.miei and Guy Davis Ail between J-.hsaville road and Riitlsburg road east to Fairview road. Team No. 24. John Miller and (.. F. Yates All east of Fairview church and north of NobiesviUe road to the township line. Team No. Z5, Harry Bohannon and Louis Ackennan All south of Kattsburg road to the David I,. Nrese road east to the Fairview road. Team No. t6, Watter Perrine and Dora Ovevlease From the David L. Nease mad south and west to the road running to Khepardsville. Team No. 27, R. T. Pinnell and 8. S. Heath From Indianapolis avenue on Shepardsville road tb Milledge. ville road to south township line. Team No. 28. Thomas Kersey and Ara Maggard Between Milledgeville road and Mt. Zion road.

BRAZIL NEAR WAR. Dispatches Today Indicate South American Country Will Act Soon. IS fse stematioaaf sVr Srrrlrf.l BL'F.NOS AIRES, May 22. Dispatches from Rio Janeiro today indicated that Brazil is very near to war with Germany. Some of them went so fur as to predict that the president of the republic would advise a declaration of war In his message to congress this afternoon. SNOW IN MICHIGAN. Ground Covered With Snow Near Traverse City Fruit Damaged, (lis fse fsfrrssflssal Xrtr Acrrtrs.) TRAVF.RSF. CITY, Mich., May 22. The ground is covered with snow I here and in this vicinity toilay and i much damage has been done fruit. Conference May be Called by the Allied Powers in the Near Future. (As (lis sfrrssflosiM V- Krrrloo. 1 LONDON, May 22. That the allied powers may call a -conference to conoider the Russian situation was strongly indicated in semi-official circles today. A dispatch from Tetrograd says that the Russian foreign minister has niade representatives to the chuim-l-lories which are regarded B3 a fore-

runner to a request from Russia that delegate to tne constitutional conventhe allies revise their war aims. tion must believe In the right of the The peace terms outlined bv Pre- people to rule; these delegates should mier Uvd-George which cail for be willing to trust the people. Offla re-drawing of the map of Kurope j should be responsive to the will along racial lines seem to be causing I of th people. People should underdissatisfaction among the Russian tan thy 't from the

j ocialist. At. I ereactttengo, tne roreign mmister at Petrograd, has been holding a series of conferences with the envoys of the allies since he assumed new post, say a telegram irom u.e Russian capital, i nese conversations I were regarded with significance in Petrograd. Cross currents are at work in Russia which are arousing some anxiety in the allied capital.-. In officialdom the hope ia held out that M. Kercnsky, the Russian minister of war, may save the day. hut whether his strength is equal to the situation is not known as yet. Jewish Paper In New York Receives Word of Attempted Assassination. IffS tse IsfsssHosnt Ver Aerrlcr.) NEW YORK, May 22. The Petrograd correspondent of the Jewish Daily Forward cabled today that an attempt had been made to assassinate M. Kerensky, the Russian war minister. The cablegram follows: "An attempt was made on the life of War Minister Kerensky today. Kerensky escaped. All Involved were arrested. It is rumored that the plot was hatched by supporters of the old regime." I'-BOATS SEEN? PORTLAND, Me.. May 22. Two reports reached here today of a Ger man submarine sighted off the New England coast. Three fisherman arriving here early today stated that thsy had sighted a periscope on fcequir Wand.

OlIiU.jJ . byjo;;:ia.l,;1). Indianapolis Man Speaks in Place of Dr. W. Ev Stone.

TALKS ON INDIANA'S. NEW CONSTITUTION Sets Forth the Xeetls of the Times and the Possibilities Offered For Advancement. A fair sized crowd, the majority of which "a.i ' women, attended the meeting held in the convention hall of the court house last night under the auspices ofthe Woman's Franchise league and heard a strong address by the Hon. John A. lapp. for several years the head of the legislative bureau of information. Dr. W. K. Stone, president of Purdue University, was to have been the seaker but he was called out of the state on an important business matter and could not be present. Mrs. B. S. liiggins, vicepresident of the league presided at lust night's meeting. The Kev. O. H. Caimichael introduced the speaker. Mr. Uipp made a strong appeal to the people of the county to awaken to the importance of the constitutional convention and begin now to find a man to send as a delegate. He spoke la part as follows: "There is an advancement of democracy all the time women of Indiana will give impetus to this growth. Women have always helped, in progress. It is not new work for them. Women are coming with a desire to understand questions. Men have pretended to understand public questions, Dut nave not reaiiy stuoiea them. All the people must study the common business for all the responsibility rests with the people. Spirit of Democracy. "There Is a world wide spirit of democracy. Another ten years and it will rule the world over. Government is not a thing to be feared but to be lnu.l nt tn ..nmhtiuh our end. The people must be free from things that prevent people from doing the things tiiey should do, -Nome politicians do not want the government tn be efficient or honest. Every government, we siioulu fc, guxd to i' "" ""r f th PPle in thBt attitude; indeed thry ct ' t,mM now lf ""V w'r bein robbed. Part of that idea cornea from the fact that the benefits of the government are not equally distributed. Our tax system is a curse and cannot distribute the benefit of taration equally. This is not a fault of democracy bei, because the government is not efficient. It is proper to roiiM-iipt men for the war and it ia also right to conscript money and property for that purpose. In Indiana it is possible for one man to pay four or five per cent of his Income; another twenty-five or thirty per cent; another ten per eent; others might pay even more than the income while other property escape entirety. Work of Legislature. "Where we are working out democracy we have to ir"k to ""r legislature. But a legislature cannot do it work in nixty-one dajs for threefourths rf the members are Inexperienced, working with inexperienced assistants, and cannot be expected to complete the work in that period of time. We have nothing but a hodge podge in on' legislature The senate had forty clerks when there is not work for five efficient clerks. Government should be the end ia view with men working at it as Ufa work. We ought to elect big men to the legislature. If our legislature does not do what it should, the executive is hampered with bad legislation. "One of the main objections to advanced legislation Is that It ia 'unconstitutional.' Mr. I.app then told of having introducer) a biH that had been upheld by the state and United States courts and seven lawyers told committee that the bill was "unconstitutional'. On the last day of the last legislature one hundred and fifty bill were dumped on the governor desk. With suck legislation 'here is soiiiething wrong. "When proper laws are passed, then should eome their enforcement or administration. Proper managers e "CONTINUED ON PAGE TEUEif