Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 205, Lebanon, Boone County, 28 May 1917 — Page 1

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HEAVIEST DEATH TOLL IN ILLINOIS Storm Struck at Widely Sep arated Points Details Come Slowly. I It tit iurmtUmat Stvt MerHcr.) CHICAGO May 2 Partial restoratiea of communication linn in the seven stale that were track by tornadoes in the last three days brought additional reports this aft croon of death and devastation. Latent returns from the storm swept sections Indicated thst the total deaths might number 300. Property damage, it waa believed would not exceed $5,000,000.

Iffy Me rmUratttmot yew itrvtet.y CHICAGO, May 28 With reports in from only a part of the wide area that waa swept by series of terrific storms and tornado in the lut three day) it was estimated today that at least 232 persons were killed, l.Mfl injured and thousands were homeless. Property damage in the seven day was variously estimated, the moat conservative total placing the loss at about $3,000,000. Following the tornado that attacked the vicinity of Andale, Kas., on Friday, a second and mora violent storm wept from the Mississippi river eastward across the state of Illinois late Saturday afternoon and leaped Into Indiana while another branch of the tornado hurled itself down the east bank of the Mississippi striking many town in Kentucky and Tennessee and reaching its death dealing hands into i Alabama and Arkansas. The heaviest death toll waa reported from Central Illinois where 54 persons were killed and 600 injured at Mattoon and .38 were killed and 150 injured at Charleston. In other Illinois towns, latest reports indicated a total of at least 18 persons were killed. At Msttoon, III, National GuardsOmen were on duty and a corps of phy- ; sicians were working' today to prevent pestilence.

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gan eany toaay to pian legislation that would relieve suffering- at Mattoon, Charleston and other Illinois town swept by the tornado. ( Me aterMMoesI Jfew aerrtee.) CHICAGO, May 28 At least eighty persons were killed and several hundred Injured in a tornado which wept down the Mississippi Valley let yesterday, according to meager report gathered today from Murphysboro and Willisville, III., and towns is Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Alabama. The new tornado seemed to have no progressive path. It struck at widely separated point and while not as destructive as the twister which took a death toll of 101 in four Indiana and four Illinois towns Saturday, it was as ferocious while it lasted. The tornado traveled slowly, both days. Suspended from a storm cloud. Wt funnel of death swung to and fro ilk: an elephant's trunk in srerrh of food. It veered away from rich sections and, with a roar like heavy can nonading, seemed to mark particular towns as particular victims of It fury The death-dealing funnel drew in its fangs occasionally, leaving spaces of from five to ten miles wide free from damage. In its wide sweep Saturday the tornado wrecked havoc in Pike, Macoupin, Christian, Moultrie, Cole and Clark counties before reaching Charleston. Matooa is in Coles county. At Charleston It veered to the aautfcirsst swept through WattfleJd and Casey and then apparently satisfied with it ds uik, withdrew into ths pa-ent cloud s.vi disappeared. Ye."'.r t-e

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LIST OF THE DEAD AND INJURED IN THREE DAYS OF TOK.NADOES Following are the latest lints of dead and injured in the series of tornadoes thiit swept even central and southern states In the last three days: State Dead Injured Illinois ...112 715 Kentucky 48 47 Alabama 35 76 Arkansas 9 12 Indiana 7 200 Tennessee 6 ,12 Kansas, 26 60 Totals 1.146. X Some est i mated in Kentucky are much higher. east bank of the Mississippi, originating near Murphyslioro. III., and gathering terrific momentum as it proceeded. It struck with terrific force at Willisville and towns in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Alabama. The small hospitals at liiv.jr cities are reported to be overcrowded with dying and injured. Rescue parties which departed late last night have not been heard from since they reported they were forced to discard the use of vehicles becauw of fallen trees and proceed afoot. The excursion steamer Sidney, which left Paducah, Ky., yesterday morning-, bound fur C&iro, 111., has not been heard from. Wire communication has been cut olT from most points east of the river. Early today &4 bodies had been identified at .Ma toon, 37 at Charleston, III., three at Joliet, five at Hel.ron, Ind., and two at Kouts, Ind. A mayor's committee decided to call on Gov. I.owden for a $5,000,000 relief fund, when the extent of the damage became known. Four hundred and ninety-six dwellings were totally destroyed here and 3,500 persons were made homeless; the property loss will exceed $1,000,000. In Charleston. 1.600 are homeless, the property loss is $1,000,000 and farmers located between the two places suffered an additional loss of $1,000,000 in buildings and crops destroyed. Loan in Indiana. The property loss in Indiana is estimated at $1,500,000. Great numbers of livestock lay rtrewn about the field in the path of the twister In bulb states. The number of houses destroyed in Hebron and Kouts ha not been ascertained, as both towns are cut off from wire communication. All of the churches at Mattoon, the public library, memorial hospital and the American hotel are filled with the wounded and dying, estimated at rver 1.500. Red Cross nurses have arrived from Danville. More than 100 physi cians are there from nearby cities Bloomington and Springfield. Both Mattoon and Charle ton are practicaly umW in.itial law, khaki cluj mil itiamen patrolling the streets. MANV BODIES RECOVERED. Fifty-Four Taken From Debria Early Today at Mattoon, III. I IX lalffHIinM tii'l llrHrt.l MATTOON, III, May 28. Like a devastated European battlefield, a wide section of Mattoon wa a mass of debris today. Searchers moved methodically among wrecked buildings, seeking bodies of the victims of the tornado that struck here late Sat urday. A total of fifty-four bodies had been recovered early today, and it was believed further search would uncover some of the 20 men and women and children who hail not been accounted for. At least three hundred persons were seriously hurt and fully 200 others were slightly injured by flying debris dtiringtth storm. At least &O0 familie were homeless today. State officials, national guard officers and local authorities were making every effort to care for them. Tents were being rushed here from Springfield and other central Illinois cities to house the homeless, and the homes left by the storm were thrown open to shelter women and children while the men of the city aided in the work of searching and clearing away the hundred of wrecked homes. The property damage in Mattoon was estimated at $1,000,000. THIRTY-FIVE KILLED. Over Fifty Injured In Tornado in Birmingham. Alabama. (A the IntmnalUturt genu erfee.i I-r '":'..!! AM, Ala., Hay J i.- ..- i. are known to have Jt.lM . . i

Ill (HILLS FALLS 0.N QERfilAii FORTIFIED TOis

Two Garrisons Subjected to Heavy Bombardment ITALIANS PUSH FORWARD AGAIN Making Steady Progress Against the Austrian Positions. ffijr ffl RftTMiNeitaf XtxB SerpJre.) LONDON, May 28 The German garrisons in Fontaine-Les-Croiselles and Cherisy, on the Arras front, are living in a rain of Khflla. North and south of the Senses river, British batteries of all calihrea have been hurling "tcci into the wreckage of the village for many flays. Neither by night nor by day is there any pau:-te in the work of blasting the German trenches and the underground fortresses, thus paving the way for fresh infantry advances in that region. The British war office announced today that successful trench raids were carried out hy British troops north of Armentieres and in the oector of Wytschaete, Belgium. A dispatch from the front todsy reported a local attack in the Fontaine-I.es-Croiselles sector. It had evidently been made as a "feeler" to test the strength of the German positions after the long cannonade to which they had been subjected. Advices from Paris indicated an immediate renewal of fighting activity on the heights north of the Aisne river and in Champagne on a large scale. Many Prisoners Taken. Captures mane by the Italians in their latest thrust towards Trieste have brought the total numters of AustroHungarian prisoners taken since May 14, up to nearly 24,1100. The losses inflicted upon the Austro-Huns in the lest burst of fighting against Caatagavjzza were very heavy. Important gaing made in two sectors. North of Duina t,'ie Italians pressed forward tn the edge of the fortified village of Medoazza and at Castagavizia was captured by storm, but later the Austro-Hungarians atI tacked and the Italians had to give up all but the western side. Fghting for the possession of these two points is in progress today with big gun due's raging on the other sections of the Carzo plaueau. The front over which thee gains were made is about three miles wide. Farther north on the Plava-line, by a brilliant action, the Italians now dominate the northern end of the Pal-

Don't Let Your Allies Outdo You in Patriotism In the third year of the war, France staggering under terrible burdens, has subseribod to a new loan four billions of dollai s twice our first installment Shall we let this gallant nation, who is fighting our battles, shame us by her sacrifices? Every rank and every occupation in F'rance has eagerly pressed forward to aid the government with its saving's. An American in France writes, "I have seen an agod street cleaner rest his broom against the counter of the bank as he clipped coupons from small government bonds bought with the savings of his toil. Alongside him were tired little seamstresses, women of wealth, hucksters all doing what they could, by saving, to aid their beloved country." "WFJ SUBSCRIBE TODAY FOR A LIBERTY LOAN BOND OF $50 AT LEAST! FIRST NATIONAL BANK FARMERS STATE BANK BOONE COUNTY STATE BANK UNION TRUST COMPANY CITIZENS LOAN & TRUST CO.

lova Valley. Strategic heihta were taken from the Austro-Huns allowing the Italians to link up their lines on Monte Cucco with th.!S cn Hill No. StiS. 'Drive Break Down. On the Tretino front the counter drive in the Austro-Hungarians, started evidently as diversion, has broken down, at least for the time being, according to dispatches from the fighting ion. Aircraft are placing an Important part along the Iwmzo and the Carzo plateau. Italian airmen, noted for their daring and skill, are continually raiding military depots behind the Austro-Hungarian lines. On the coastal front the battle has taken on a curious combination of land and sea fighting. Long rar.ge Italian guns, mounted upon specially built boats, pour a rain of shell against the mountain positions of the AustroHungarians continually. The Austro-Huns are relying mainly upon machine guns for defensive purposes. Their tactics in battle are similar to those of the Germans in France. Strong dugouts and caverns have been tunneled into the mountain sides where the soldiers remain hidden during the bombardments. When the Italian infantry rushes forward those of the Teutons who are not too dazed hy the shell tire to do so, lug their machine guns to the surface and open fire. ' HOOVER STARTED WORK AS OREGON OFFICE BOY

(Bd thf Internal!"'! gerrlre.l PORTLAND, Ore, May 28 From office boy in 1(95 to national food administration in l'.U? for the United States and perhaps for all its allies, is the brief history of "Bert Hoover," now Herbert C. Hoover. The gap of twenty-two years in which "Bert" pas.-ed nto "Herbert" is filled with many incidents of worldwide renown. Twenty-two years ago Bert Hoover began his business career as an oifioe boy in the employ of his uncle, Dr. Minthorn, who had charge of the Oregon Land Company, at Salem. After a thorough trial the uncle said with conviction that as an office boy Bert was not worth $.'i5 a month, which he had been receiving. But Bert wa equally firm in his conviction that be was easily worth $35 a month and more. That was ths start, and the office was left behind, with Stanford University as the goal. There young Hoover attiined his degree hy working his way through college. As an engineer his success is well remembered by Westerners in Arizona mining operations. His fame in solving intricate mining problems spread and he was called to Australia anil later to England, with bigger jobs always in sight. Then the greatest task of his life came in the fee-ling of the warstricken Belgians. His work in Belgium made impossible the selection of any other man for the solving of America's greatest problem of the war and the Salem office boy was called to the White House and given charge of the world's food supply. AEROPLANES SHOT DOWN. PARIS, May 28 Nine German aeroplanes were shot d'rwn in sky butties on Sunday and two others were forced to lend, the French war office reported today. Others were damaged.

SEHATE LIGiiTEiiS BURDEf I OF WEALTH 111 REVEil BILL

Present Tendency of Upper House is to Cut Down the Total. LEVY ON AVERAGE . MAN IS UNTOUCHED Some of the Changes So Far Made in the House Draft Of the Bill. Bp Ih 1lrrnarlQittl Kewt 8errW. WASHINGTON, May 28. The senate finance committee today decided to rut $13,500,000 front $1,800,000,000 war revenue bill. It derided to recommend ao substitute for the proposed tax on chewing gum, motion picture films and jewelry, stricken from the bill Saturday. (J?V tkr InlmnHnniti Vrict Frvlrt. WASHINGTON, May 28 Instead of lifting some of the war taxation from the sagging shoulders of the ulti mate consumer, the senate finance committee in redrafting the $1,800,000.000 war recenuc bill up to the present time hs simply lightened the burden of wealth. The committee is making good the prediction that it would materially cut down the whole umount of the bill, but unless it charges the tendency it ha followed thus far the reductions will come out of riches' share of the war's cost, while the levy upon the vareage man will be left untouched. This in another way of saying again that Mr. Plain Citizen is going to lie "stung" worse than ever when the finance committee finishes 1!r work, if it continues in its present course. To date the committee has stricken from the hill provisions levying taxes aggregating more than $200,000,000 almost exclusive upon wealth. It has j cut out the protosed increase inheri tance tax, fulling most heavily or larsre estates, calculated to yield $'18,500,000 during the next year. It has ', knocked out the socalled Lenroot I amendment, adding approximately per cent to the house ways and means committees surcax nn larue ini and estimated to yield $110 ,000,000 anInually. It has eliminated the adili- ! tional retroactive tax on 1916 incomes, I which it was estimated, would have ' brought in $108,000,000 annually. To Change Bssis. In addition to this it has been decided to change the basij for levying the excess profit. tax for invested capital i to average profits for a five year per iod. Tli extra piafits tax is erpeeteH to fall largely upon the enormous war earnings of munitions makers and is calculated to raise 'i00 .000,000 annually. Whether the government can obtain the information which it will need to'carry this out is a problem. An $80,000,000 levy upon manufacturers' crice for automobiles and tires has been cut out of the bill by the committee. In lieu of this it proposes to recommend a sub tax, probably a license fee based upon horsepower so that the levy would fall upon automo bile owners instead of the manutac Hirers of the new ones. The bill as now being rhaiicd hy the committee win ne tut carisn . olent bombardment in the senate Various amendments are already in th course of preparations, designed to transfer more of the war s cost from the ooor to the rich. Thera if strong sentiment for taking a bigger chunk of swollen incomes and excess war profits. Indications are that the committee will complete its work and lay the redrafted hill before the senate before the end of the week. JOHN D. SUBSCRIBES. Takes JS.000,000 Worlh of the Liberty Loan Ilpnds, my IM sIrrssnVnMl Jtr gerrtee.l NKW V0RK. May 28 John D. Rockefeller today subscribed for $5,000,000 worth of the Liberty Loan his third eubscrlption since the loan was announced. Ilia total subscription to date is 115.000,000. BOTH. "She's musical isn't alia? "bh thinks she is." "Vocal or instrumental ?" "Both. She sings and she's Instru mental in keeping away new tenants. Huston Transcript.

MAY INVITE KING CF

TUB BELGIANS TO VISIT THIS COUNTRY th4 Inttmmt&mal Im ferries.) WASHINGTON, May 28 The Med Cross touay had under consideration extending an invitation to King Albert, of Belgium; to come to thla country and lend the glamor of his presence to it work here and, if possible, during Red Ccroos week, ending June 2b. THE FIRST EQUIPPED. Indiana' Guard I'nita to be Prepared For Service Soon. (s tS falerasMoael swt eVrrtca,) INDIANAPOLIS, May 28 Indi ana's national guard recruits will be the first equipped. Indiana therefore, should be the first to bring her guard I units up to full war strength. Adjutant-General Harry B. Smith, issuing an appeal for recruits, today, phasized the probability of early i war service by the Indiana guard. Indiana has raised her quota for the regular army and navy. She hss been first in other war emergencies, and tiie war department, because or UK. tr:ic.:s will be the first equipped for war service. iSenntor Harry S. New, home from : Washington, declared Indiana strongly. He voiced the opinion that j every Indiana soldier now in uniform or in the guard will have seen active service In F.urope one year from to day. AROUSE APPREHENSION. Turbulent Political Conditiona in Au tria Worries Germany. IBs Ise tntrrnatiamal eirt Bm-Het.) AMSTKRDAM, May 21-That the turbulent political conditions in Austria-Hungary have begun to arouse apprehension in Berlin is evident from dispatches received from the German capiu.1 today. The questions of peace terms and continued German domination over the duel monarchy are the chief issues involved. It is announced in Berlin that Home (Secretary Helfferich, Dr. Zimmerman, I the German foreign minister, and possibly others are going to Vienna for a conference. Vienna advice indicate that conservative statesmen in Autria-Hun-gary ore becoming alarmed over the growing of the Pan-German influence in Berlin. SERIOUS RIOTING. Is Reported to be in Progress at leromc, Arizona. (B Iht lnlernolionn) Tirirt Kereler.) PHOENIX, Aril., May 28 Serious rioting is going on at Jerome. Ari., in connection with a miners' strike. A mob of Austrian and German strik ers numbering several hundred, dragged non-striking workmen and sy pathizers through the street of Jer ome, a message from there said. Col. Onminguez, former editor or a Span ish paper and several others were seriously injure!. MADE VICE ADMIRAL. Rear Admiral Sims ia Promoted by President Wilson. (Ry t terMoiU Xm Krrvter.) WASHINGTON, May 2. Rear Admiral S. Sims, commanding the American destroyer that is helping hunt down German submarines in the war zone, was today made a vice-ad miral by President Wilson. Confir mation of the appointment by the senate is not required so Sims will assume tin new rank at once. INVENTS A PAINT TO DEADEN TORPEDOES (Ay l r(cro(oiil SerrlM.) ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 28. A paint against which torpedoes fired by a submarine or other warships will not explode is said to have been invented by a St Louis man, whose name is withheld. This paint, the inventor claims, will make ships invulnerable to submarines. In a test on a nearby lake a miniature torpedo, foot long, was fired forty times into the preparation, it is said, and failed to explode. The preparation's composition is a secret When a soft-nosed torpedo strikes this coating, it is said to dead en the chemicals in the head of the torpedo. The chemicals in the head of the torpedo send electric currents along wire in the centre of the toruedo, which ignite the explosive in the rear. If the chemicals in the head are deadened the torpedo fails to explode. The inventor through hia attnr neys. will bring the paint to the attention of the navy department at Washington. ARTIFICIAL AID. 1 "Did your hushand die a natural death?" wi asked Mrs. Malaprop. "Oh,, no," she replied. "He had a doctor." Cincinnati Enquirer.

r"jm fT' - iiutu iL.,.Lli.- ... SEOKiVDIbi Methodist Pastor Preached At Union Memorial Service.

PATRIOTIC APPEAL TO AMERICANISM Speaker Urges Every Citizen to do His Duty in the Present Crisis. , Hni., . ... .,., w..,h m'Kv " i " rn Baptist church bundny night to hear the annuil memorial sermon delivered j by the K'?v. Dr. C. A. Parkin, pastor . ' ' It was union service, the members of other congregations joining in the ' services to do honor to the patriots of the days gone by, both the living one and the dead. A Pacini munienl program, including patriotic airs, preceded the address. It opened with two organ numbers with Mis Mary Stevens at the organ. "Arise, Shine for Thy Light is Come," a solo by Miss Mary Klitabeth Hooton and patriotic airs hy the audience made up the program. The offering taken amounted to $10.45 which was turned over to the G. A. R. to be used in pnyng the expense of the Memorial Day celebration. Rev. Kent, pastor of the Buptist church presided at the services and Rev. A. W. Cash, pastor of the First Christian church offered prayer. Dr. Parkin'a Sermon. Pr. Parkin took his text from Joshua :-7, which reads: "What mean ye by these stones?" "These atones shall be a memorial unto the children of Israel forwer." He opened his address by showing that the members of the G. A. R. bwl fought, bled and died, to settle the great American question ot secpssiom and slavery. "Theee great American quest'ons are not alt solved," he said. We have the questions before us now of capital and labor, national prohibition, corruption in politics, poverty and disease and last of all our newest enemy Hoheniollernism. It i that enemy that is about to tax our pat L j( b,ue WM tMW, , riotism today as the patriotism ot American men must not he found lacking. America mint light this eninv of all Christianity. Democracy must win in this battle or the world 11 suffer. He closed his speech with an appeal to the people to purchase Liberty In Bonds. "If you cannot tight let your money fight," were his concluding words, GERMANS TO REWRITE THE BIBLE AFTER WAR IB stenwHIess! JTev rrlr.t THE HAGUE, May 28 According to a copy of the German, newspaper Kreuzzeitung, of Berlin, just received here, the Germans are join to rewrite the Bible. The article says: If anv further proof were needed of the immeasurable superiority of. the Germans, intellectually and morally, over the rest of mankind, it i to be found in the mental attitude of our people toward the Bible as compared with that of other nations. "The English regard that hootc as their most valuable commercial asset, and use it mainly s a form ot barter with a:..r ir.nci for tleir good will, their lasUtance, and the supply of their natural products, and in England itself it is exploited solely in the propagation of that spirit of hypocrisy which has stood the British in such good stead for ages to hoodwink and despoil other races. "It must be one of our first tasks on the conclusion of this war, when Germany shall arise out of it renewed in power and vitality Hke another phoenix, to set a board of qualified experts to work to produce, not only for our own benefit, but also for the moral uplifting of mankind, a new, a more glorious, a purer Bible, instinct with the German spirit of "Kultur and morality." . VAULTING ASPIRATION'S. "Youth is more ambitious than it used to be." "What make you think sot" "When I was a boy I was content with the idea of being a circus elown. My boys want to collect the aalane of moving picture actors." Washinfiton Star. . aI