Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 215, Lebanon, Boone County, 7 June 1917 — Page 1

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. LEBANON, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 1.1X7. NO. 213.

L21TISH DRiVE IN BELGIUM BEGINS 0N91EPT "AH of the First Objectives Were Capured," Official Report Declares.

FRENCH AND BELGIAN ARTILLERY AIDS Terrific bombardment of German Positions in Progress For Over a Week. (Jl the fr m. ((.. .rn lerriee.l LONDON, June 7. -The rlriti.-h offensive in Belgium has te-en opened. Following a territic bombardment of the German positions for more than a week. Britihh troops swept forward lt niifht on n ninr-mile front, making important raptures, the war office announced today. The main assaults centered between Messines and W ytscharte ridge. "All of the nrst utijet'tivva were captured," the official statement said. Hut the British did not confine all their pressure to West Flanders. Attacks were made on other portions of the front and gains were scored. Many German prisoners .were captured. French and llelgian artillery ha:; joined the Hritish in hnmgurding th German positions in liclgium. From the North tea to th Franco-Belgian i border the big guns have been pound-1 ing at the German lines for more than i a week. The centers of this violent cannonade are the sectors of Dixmude.j Yprrji and Wytschte. Night and day tons of steel are I rained upon the German trenches; blasting them to ruins. Germans Fi peeled Attack. 1 That the Germans expect a power-; fill tU.k then is shown by the fart that they have massed large: forces of reserves behind their linen.! An offensive along the West Fland-j ers frotn simultaneously with Anglo-! French attacks on the Arras and Aisne fronts would add a new menace to the and endanger the great (ierman gasa' of I-itte. . i There was fitting iround Greenland Hill, on the Arras front during the night, said a dispatch from France today. It was in this lone that the British made a big gain during the , fighting on Tuesday night and Wed neaday. The Germans counter at tacked north ot the fearpe river. Artillery duels were reported from the French front In co-operation with the infantry' assaults which the British delivered in West Flanders another British air raid was made against the Germans there dorine the night. The admiralty announced today that British naval pianes attacked the German military works at Nieumunster. Direct hits were made upon the aerodrome there. Although heavily shelled all the British machines returned safely. French artillery beat off a determined attack by the Germans northwest of St. Quentin lust night. Employing heavy forces the Germans assaulted the French oositions with great vigor, but were unable to make any gain, th war office announced today. The attackers were caught under violent barrage fire from the French I guns and retreated, leaving many ; dead behind. The capture of t'),i.ft Italinns. in-! eluding 2:6 officer.?, in the fighting of ! the past three days, was unnounred j by the Austrn-Hungarian war office ! today. . The Italians undertook new attacks1 between the Vippaeo Valley and the j Adriatic, but all were repulsed. Near j Jamiano the Austro Hungarians cap-1 tured hill position in a storm attack. I The Austro-Hungarian official statement says that nearly all of the eigh- j ty-sixth, sntty-ninth and seventy- i nrsi regiments ot the Italian arm sere raptured. Among the ofT'cers i

taken were four Italian generals. leans negro in the Foreign legion Aftr a long lull another burst of of the French army, and whether he is fighting activity was reported from fighting or not, he just can't make the Roumanian theuter of war. The i his feet behave when he hears a rake-Austro-HunKarian war office announc-: walk tune. His name is George Washed that the Russians and Roumanians i ington Bracey and it was a rakewalk attacked along the Oitui road, in song that jogged him into battle. Moldavia, but th assault broko down Bracey joined up In 1!U4 and went under the Ausro-Hungarians' bar-' Into training at the regular camp, rage fire. Ther was minor fighting j When it came tima for him to be and artillery firing elscwhera on the sent io the front lb iwig'" d.re'eprl front. 'a bH .wrul-ar condition. His torn The great Austm-Kungartan ! ' "- - He ewtd nt march dnubof Laibfieh m the Tyrol, has h-n r 1 1 fir I over hs nm forked by Italian airmen "X, he kn a b.H rasa of fice ad;tt(-d $ )

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is understood that the headquarters of th Austro-Hungariaii armies oper i ating along the lxonr.o front ar at l.aibuch. Recently it was reported that the archives of Trieste were writ to 1 Jiiliiich ami that moat of the civilJ ian population if Triest-) were or- , dered U) take refuge there. TIMELY WARNING. Naval Critic Say Loseea From I'. Iloata Majr Show Increase. By the Internatiimtl ,w HerrlrM LONDON, June 7. Despite the fact that the official announcement on shipping losses shown that only 21 ships were sunk during the week ending -T":n , critic todnv warned the people not to be over optimistic. They contend that the submarine war on merchant shipping has probably "had a slump" and that the net announcement may show an increase in losses. It is believed that Germany has more Submarines at sea now than at any other time since the ruthless Lboat war was begun. FOUR STATES SWEPT BY SEVERE STORMS Thirty-nine Lives Lost and Millions of Dollars Worth of Priperty Damaged. ! ( the ;i I CHICAGO, i .v.June -Thirty ' persons were k'lled and millions o ; dollars worth of property damaged b; j tornadoes v.hii-h swept through Kan sas, Missouri. Kentucky and M ..In gan during the last ",6 hours. In ri three and th. (XHl.Ot'K). tral and lower Michigan re killed and fifu-en injured property loss was over II,The storm twisted through Jackson, liattle Creek, Lansing and other cities. Mrs. Mark Uan.lcr anil her baby were killed near Ann Arbor. and Mrs. Florence Hrown was crushed' to death at Springport by falling walls. In Missouri, seven persons were killed in Wright county and much damage done in the npplo belt. Wires are down and only meaj.-or reports are available. The toll in the state was 22 anil the prnpetty loss is estimated at $2,000,000. F.leveq lives R. t 1n Boone county, three at d and one at Whitam, Centtalia was hard hit. Kansas reported eight fatalities in the country west and southeast of Topeka and one was killed at Savon- , .' ' , ' Reports from Central City, Ky.. were that five persons were killed d th sproiindiiiir country Bcvier, a mining town near Central City, was reported wiped out. liescue parties are on the way. Nebraska was hit by a c'nudburst but no lives were lost, the town of Papillion inundated. Considerable damage a a: done in the suburbs of Omaha. Council KhifTs. la., also was re ported suffering from rising waters GOES TO BERLIN. SOFIA, June 7.-Premi.r Ra.iosaloff, of Bulgaria, has lift for Berlin for a conference, it was learned today. II L0UI1UJUUUI AMERICAN

C.eorse Washington Bracey Had Difficulty With His Feet Until Cakewalk Tune Was Tried Another American Nej? ro, Member of Foreign legion Honored.

BV CARL F. BKUTF.LLI. ( the lntr,nall'.nol Seat Nf PARIS, May 22, by mail to Ynrlt. J"" 7.-There is a New

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IS Determined Effort launched to Make People Realize it. UTTER ABSENCE OF WAR ENTHUSIASM Many Problems That (Jo Direct to the Very Existence of I'nited States. BY JOHN FDW1N NKV1N. till, the IMminniirJ Setee ewrlcf.l W ASHINGTON. June 7. -A determined effort has been launched to l,i ing home to the greater portion of Ameiica the seriousness of the present war. Administration followers thioui'hout the country have been di-iecti-d to emphasize every where that the situation is most serious. There is grave ilwippointment here because of tite seeming lethargy that beclouds the majority of the population, especially of the great middle western and southern states. High hopes had been built on the entliusium to be engendered by the i r registration day. But while in every way the registration was a success there was an utter absence everywhere of war enthusiasm, It is pointed out that unless the nation can be nwakened to a realization of what is at stake in the present conflict Germany is bound to get much materiul comfort out of the situation in this country, German leaders now are insisting, corfidenti.il reports to the state department today said, thai the vwir is unpopular. And hinging on unanimity of thought are many uiobI. ms that go direct to the very exist-1 enre of the United States. Some of j them are: Furnishing enrugh money not only to pay the e(iense of the UniU-d States in the war but to carry over for an indefinite period all of the expenses of the other enemies of Germany. Safeguarding the food supply of the nation so that there will be sufficient not alone to care for the wants of our own people and precent famine conditions here but to see that our allies are not starved. Safeguarding the coal supply so that the fuel famine in Italy an'd France can be relieved. Building Curtailment. Curtailing production of steel for building purposes so that standardi7ed can be produced in suifint numbers to replace sinkings of the (ierman submaiines. Tfrse are the bitrger problems.

A portion 0f!na"Kmis i""o.io.y nrfiwi i thousand others all a matter of elec

tion, summing up the situation facing America today said: "We must over-sui.scrihe the liberty loan sufficiently to show Germany that American money to the very last dollar has been devoted to the cause of liheity. The success of Tuesday's rrr..-t ration will have a bad effect on the (ierman morale, but not half as much as announcement that the first NEGRO INTO BATTLE 1 he French surgeons were puzzled. They took X-ray photos of Itnwey's feet. They seemed perfectly normal but yet those toes wouldn't behave. The doctors finally decided that the feet could be disciplined if put in braces and this was done. Bracey was kept In the hospital for s week with weights tied to hia feet to straighten out the bones. When discharge.! the, negro was told to report to the drill 'grounds and Was sent through msrchlng formations. He reported but ills toes siill curved In it an angle of 45 degrees. The doctonj Wera mystified but Una diffleultv was i!peeted'y cleared aay A in'':t or so later wiule Inacv was !!-.. rr.l J t.i amc lilusi' win M comiT -

loan of S2.0O0.(VK).O.0'JO from the American peopla for the war vuhas been subscribed two or three times over. This war we havg all ulong admitted will be woa with' silver bullet, But to win in this way we must make our people realize that this is War desperate war between autocracy and liberty. There can be no compromise. ' "We must get congressional action on a food bill which will be of a drastic character. Unleisa we do and safeguard all food the war must h lost, lint the people oppose the food pians because they, do not yet realize the great need, t hey must be aroused to this fact at once. And on all other matters we must bring actual conditions home to the people-" Friends of the president are urging him to make a "swing around the circle and to 4-arry into the west the story of America s aims in tne war. No decision on this plun has been yet made but It is believed if congress can adjourn by the first of August that the pre-ident will take some such step. Officials say they believe that this is the way to awakn the people rather titan to await until some big disaster amues the sleeping war spirit of the nation.

STORMS HAVE KILLED o iifrnp Compilation of Revised Figures on Total Storm Victims in Ten States. i tfly the Internattnwlt etrt Rerrtee.) CHICAGO, III., June 7. More than i00 lives have been sacrificed in the ! middle western and southern states in I . . . , . .- i .i i i i the last two weeks to toe death .leal-J

ing giant that ndes on the wings or mt.ihjtn ;,) France, the tornado. A complication of re- j (iflicial pcimissinn was grant -l tovised figures on the total dead in an ' to announce that greit prepuraarea comprising ten states indicates a j ,,ol,s " in P'' tor the disposi- . . . , ' tion of American tnsips whenever list of ..02, a staggering number ofw, , , . . ! tbev shall arrive, (amps have been injured of which no figures have been j urv,.vr, an, assigned, aviation parks attempted anil property losses that i laid out and complete details mapped aggregate many millions of dollars. : fur General Pershing's expedition

Hundreds of thousands of dollars i,ave been coritribuu.l for the relief 0f the thousands who have been made hnmelera by tornadoes. The American Red Gross headquarters in Chicago is directing organized relief work in the Middle West states, and suffering among the victims of the storms has been minimized by prompt aid furnished by the military organizations of the different states. Red Crops officials are working on the stupendous task of compiling figures on the number of persons injinrd and the property loss in the tornado districts. Such a variety of reports have reached headquarters that no

j estimate can be made on either until i making an excellent target, the roliall the figures have been carefully j licr eluded all German submarines. I canvassed. ! " -

TIGHT WITH U-BOAT Sil ,er Hheli Exchanges Sixty ShotH With Subsea and Latter Disappears. ( Mi Internnti'tnnt rt Herrtre.i PARIS. June 7.-The Amerii steamship Silver Shell, engaged a G man submarine in battle in the Moo-1 . iterranean N anil alter an exchange j of sixty shots the L'-boat diuppcaied. the ministry of marine announced today. The battle took place on May .'10. Th" American gunners on the Silver Shell opened a hot tire as soon as the Mil. marine was sighted. Shells fell ; al! around the . I' -boat. Suddenly there was a romnwrtion in the water and the submarine plu"!8d from sight, j The merchant ship wa.i fpeedier than j her opponent and her fcuntire wasj more accurate. j HAS A KKCOKI1. , I Silver Shell Flint American Boat ft Sink (ierman t'-Boat. (flr the Internmtiomat Ketrt Berelem. ' WASHINGTON, June 7The Silver Shell, a tanker hailing from Wil-; mington, Del., was the American elnpj tnai sans me nrsv ."una sunmarine known to have been sent down by American sailors since the war opened, it waa learned at the navy department today. The man in command of the naval gunners was William J. Clark of New York, chief turret captain, i His promotion It already under eon-! slderation. ' t The Silver Shell i ship of R(in:,l gross turning, fh was built it Wil-' mington, her home port, tn lfiff, and! carried a erpyt of 7 mn. Tha vesI s i .iltt'iv I, ,

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Said to Have Convoyed a Big Transport Filled With Wheat. SHIPS GREETED WITH MUCH ENTHUSIASM People, French Marine and the Newspapers Join in Extending Greeting. tRf the luleinilHOH.il V,'ir Berrlee.l PARIS, June 7. American warhips have arrived oil the French oust according to an official state"ait acc The Matin ported that the Ameribiid convoyed a big waiships Fundi mi the a "The al of mi fl it navy greets with joy on i'ir arrival those new brothers in ms, who. under the Hag of the great v.eri -m republic have come to paripate until linal victory in the great ruggle against the common enemy," Ih.-pab'hes from a French port state the Amer.. an vcs-. a tremendously enthusiast Here In I'.uis all new-spat (his lin, vi,!hle reception. . rejoic.Nl idence of at v,ha'e reach Fr time in the future it ma h soil. REACHES FRENCH PORT. Naval Collier Arrives Safely, Eluding All German Subseas. iBy tkr In lernr, ll-oinl Sevt fterrire.t WASHINGTON, July 7. -With more than 10.(HM) tons of wheat and other f..od supplies aboard, the naval collier Jupiter has arrived at a French port, the navy department announced today. She was not convoyed and although she is of the tyfie that ri .Irs high out of the water. HEOFN SERVING TERM. Four ( hildren Who Kill?d Father Are I ! (ten Sentence. ! I fly the InterntiH'Hwl w t Rerrh-e. ' M'RANT. Okla., June 7. Tin four small children who confessed t. the murder of their father, R. L. Wil ; kerson, a farmer, began serving terms in the state school for delinquents I day which will not expire until they I ate of age. Ruhy, 10. and Otto, 8, re-enacted the slaying before County Judge Louis Pnuldin nfter the older rhildren, Bessie, l'i, and Joe, 12, had comprehensively outlined the plot. n I Picking up the double-barreled shot--' gun which they had used to take their

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father's life. Ruby pointed it at a hat on a chair while little Otto, barefooted and unafraid, pulled the trigger. The younger pair testified that three times they had gone to their father's room to kill him, only to run bask to the kitchen in fright. Finally, they said, the encouragement of the older brother and sinter nerved them to commit the act. Mrs. Wilkerson died in January and the four children were left alone with their father. They testified that Wilkerson frequently swore at them, but they ventured a guess that they did not receive any more whippings thnn their playmates did.

HERE KIDS! LISTEN! MCKLE OFFERED FOR EVERY RAT YOU KILL The Civic League of Lebanon is now conducting its "Rat Campaign." Every boy or girl is asked to aid in ridding our town of rats. Let's make lj?banon look like the Pied Piper had visited us. Remember boys and girls, a nickel for every rat you kill. Just hring us their legs and get your money.

DUE TO SUBSEA WARFAREj!;

. . . .-, , tj i American Consul Frost Returns From Ennland For a Period of Rest. ( llir srHl Vrir Krrlri NF.W' YORK, June Nervous breakdown following the many pathet-; ic scenes resulting from German ! submarine warfare, caused Wesley Frost, United States consul al Queens-1 town, Ireland, to return with his fain - ily to his native land todav for a peraid of rest. ti, ....ml ,l..!are,l on his arriv il tha! he cannot sleep on account of the shriek., of dying women und children i and babies 'which still ring in his j ears. In his official capacity he was. compelled to witness the results of

ghty-one steamship disasters. j Thia morning the police with list Ruthlessly sacrificed by a power ;0f names of those, who had been rhu h hns no tbouirht save for vie-! nnHed as miiltv of atealln coal, ral-

to'y. the dying criea (A these poor un-

foitunates haunt me day and night, Instance found fair sued supply of Frost said. coal and in many instances the women The consul will consult a neurolo-jof the house rould not tell where thi gist before going to Washington to I coal had come from. report his activities of the last three Farris fas taken before Judge Panyears, this morning whre he- ws questioned The Gorman submarine warfare is j and then returned to the Jail. Thia only temporarily apathetic Frost lie- afternoon he waa taken before Prone-. lie. es. It is his belief the L:-boal will ! rutor Hollingsworth for another miessoon begin another campaign against ' tioning. It is expected that the police American, Knglish and French ships, will star: making arrests this after-

lie said. "Hnvever, I look forward to ser American inventors hit upon a devir which will rid the sea of the submarines," he declared. HELD BY RE JAM. Fourteen tig Freiehten. and Two Passenger Ships Meet With Delay. (? (fir lerimMoMl Vers Kerelre.t HL'Ll'TH, June 7. Fourteen big freighters and two passenger vessels are held in an ire jam of the fhjluth breakwater entrance, but none of the hosts are in dj.nirer. The North Star and the Octorara, passenger boats of the Great ltkes Transit Company s fleet, are among the farthest out. The Octorara carries 18 passengers The jam was caused hy a heavy north east gale crowding th. shore. ice towaid

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COALTHtFTSr:.AV LOGAURRESTS Investigations Begun of Alleged Wholesale Thefts Here,

ONE ARREST MADE BY THE AUTHORITIES Doe Faris First to be Taken Into Custody Enters Pies of Guilty. From present indications there will l.e wholesale o.n-ests made In this eity for coal stealing. Investigations hv been-in progress upon this matter for I this morning Edward raptaia of the police on the Big Four railroad, arrived here and he ith Chief of Police F.llis have spent ' ... I the day in investigations and milking some arrests. Ilia- Farris was r-rcsted by the local police lust night when it was learned that he had been stealing coal from the Big Four. As th result of investigations which have been made today it looks as if ther would lie at least a dozen men who would have to answer to the charge of larceny. It seems that ",.m p inle living ne ml south i.i' lalroad have 1 """' r " business to teai an tne roai they hu. ii. When a freight train k,l'g r"re ov,r niKht vlB't the i cars, throw off the coal and haul it ! home in carts. It is not only two or wee (amnios nut many, mill navo done this it is alleged, N ' ird nt the various homes and In eath ! noon. i It seems that thia real stealing hal , been going on for several yeara but until now no special investigation haa been made of it. The road is Bow hauling much coal for the government which is being shipped from West I Virginia to Seattle, Wash. Cars, It Ms said, when they reached their desloidcd. The government has made a complaint to the railroads and for this reason special investigations have been started. WANT OIT NOV. I. W. W. Slacker Try as Hard to Get Out of Jail as They Did to Get in. I Hv the fsfemasIolMt Newt 0r4cf.) . ROCK FORD, Ill June 7. One htm-

dred and thirty Industrial Workers of . ; the World and Socialistc who Donated

about their failure to register, were trying just as hard to get out of the Winnebago county jail today as they did to get in last night. Marching two abreast through the main streets, carrying banners which read: "We are for peace," the selfconfessed "slackers" stormed the jail, and demanded that they be locked up. Sheriff Guy W. Ginders and hia deputies who, expecting trouble, were armed with rifles, called their Huff. Pushing them in single file, half a doien at a time, the sheriff put 139 men into the cells. The prisoners began to knock out the jail windows but a few well directed thrusts through the bars with bayonrU soon quieted them. SERIES OF FLIGHTS. Will be Staged by Miss Ruth Law ai Lincoln, Neb. tBn the International Newt Serrtee.i , CHICAGO, June 7. Miss Ruth Law, premier aviatrii, departed on a train today for t.i.-ieoln, Veb whence she wiil start on a iei of flight! Fridav f"r the Liberty Loan into the Oklahc n a oil district and Kansas.. EMBARGO ON METALS. BUEXOS AIRES. June 7. Argentine was today informed by Sweden that exportation of metals from Sweden has been prohibited.