Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 216, Lebanon, Boone County, 8 June 1917 — Page 1

J . , - Saturday; not much shift I ""7' : VOLUME 25. LEBANON, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1917 ' NO. 216. !

GEN. PERSHING HAS ARRIVED SAFELY AT PTISH PORT American Army Commander Arrives There on

Way to Front. IS IN COOD HEALTH AND FINE SPIRITS Expressed Surprise That His Departure Was Successfully Concealed. ( tc srerneHi.niii ir Snrlcr.l LONDON. June Onorul John II. J'ert.,ing, rommaniler of tlie United States expeditionary fom i in France lias arrived at an Knijlish port. tirneral Pershing was accompanied by his start-. It is believed that the trip was without incident and that no uhmnr ines were sighted. News of the wife arrival of (Genera! Pushing wan given out officially. tieneiul Pershing was in good health anil fin spirits. When told that the news of hi departure from the United States hHd been suppresses so successfully, he expressed great surprise. 't didn't exect that," said Hie I American soldier. "Why. 1 thought ; everyone knew I was coming." j (ieneral Pershing's ship was es- j rnrted throug the danger rone by j The American commander was officially welcomed by Hear Admiral j Stileman, Lieutenant (jeneral Sir Wil-; liam Pitcairn Campbell and the Lonl Mayor of Liverpool. As the party stood upon the deck of the ship, the band played the American national anthem and after- j ward "God Save the King." All present stood at salute until the , band eeaseit. Th Prnhinr Prty. InrtuoVri in the TrshinK party worf dotachmmts of TiKi'h'er.s and nursi-n. They said that a H(uudrun uf British destroy era joim-H the A me rim n convoy about 100 mile off the Irish rout. MWe are (tiad to be the staniunl bearer of our countrj' in this miffhty war fnr civilization" General I'ersiiincr ftaid. "To land on English .soil and receive tvh a v'come is significant. We app: tiate iery deeply. We expect to be pi ay hi our part Boon. "We hope it will I a tarfce part on the western front." During ti'e voyage a concert wa (fiven on shipboard at which Genera' IVnthinfr made an address. There was great enthusiasm on board whn I mted SUtes detroyerb were siht'd. It was an insnirinir siht tn fc tK .i n,.f .i.. i..: irmy battle paint and the memlrf ! r k i.Ji.i .. .1.. .:i I and cheered. ; ..1 i.enerai I'ersnmn was active all , the way over conV.rir.ir with his SUIT on plan, for the work in hand.

The ?up docked at !l o'clock and a tne'r Pa" w''h the money they .r '(' special train was waiting to hurry the have saved, it must have . very i,n- 'cinK pounded by the British the (.erAmericana to London. ! Passive effect upon the Ormaii pro '-"" .' l I V'H'hi

TO GO TO FRANCE AT ONCE.

General Pemhina and Staff Will UaeMine to ive out any binires at Ihe

! present time which would show the I ,f" l"1 'rie ore irom m-nui nn.iNo Tim In Coina to Front. i total sub-ription to date. This, i "-.

(B tht InttrHOtt'mitt Xeira Hrv1rt. WASHIVGTON. June 8. Ileports nhinff Woakinulnn .l..v- IK... eral Pershini and his staff haw : nn Vnt;.h ,,t n. , rome trt Fewnce were accepted as true by war ilepartment officials.

eral Pershing himself, however, it - 1 11 " !ss.me to in- - . . . ... , , said that ro statement rec.r4.nK the:""'" a"' u"1 t 'vZili eobnc c-ra, of He first ex-I - -"V Co.. .Vines pedition to I ranee his plan, could be . . . . ... ., ,iWhk.h had tllll(.n m, ,hllB two WMr,

, ' :. ,, .i,h , out flelav. The war department i ' It in understood that Genera! Pershout delay. The war department anxious that General Pershing iret down to business as noon aa possible. ! 1 Hi first work in France will be , to confer with the French authorities! and then establish the camps where : his troops are to be trained as fast as ! possible. It l stated at the war de-1 partment here that General JofTre ' ha been assigned to do everythinir possible for the. American exoed.tion. ! General Pershinc sailed from an : American port more than . week ao accomoanied by the membem of his

personal taff and a force of orderlies . day. They had been acting aa endetailed from the second cavalry. The i (Sneers for the corporation and In

personnel of his taff has not been an-! novmced at yet. He will have wih hiiri in France when the ments can he- comr... ' regulars i -I a i

! according to the officii;! announcement previously made by the war depart- ' ment. Ijiter additional forces are to be sent across. I It already has been made plain at the war department that selected i units of the national guard whirlf is to i be called Into the federal service w ithj in a short time are aiso destined for I duty in France. Naturally there will - be no announcement of just what

these units will comprise, neither will any detail be Riven of the make-up of the Pershing divisions other than what has already been announced. It was accepted as a fact here that the vessel on which General Pershing made the trip was met well outside the danger rone by American and llritish destroyers who accompanied it to the port of destination. Inasmuch as it has been accepted that the termined drive against the vessel on which the general made the trip, officials were wejl pleased when the cuh'ed reports that he was safe on llritish soil reached here. It is not believed here that there will be any danger to the penora! an. I j his party in getting across the channe1 to French sod. 'flic troop routes ol Fngland to the continent are abso lutely secure from attack by tiermai: submarines. They are netted with submarine nots which reach from CONTINlJKDON page four." LIST TO LIBERTY One Week From Today Marks End of Money Raising Campaign. GREAT DRIVE IS N EARING CLOSE OiTuials Arc Working to Somre An Over-Subsrription io the Loan, BY JOHN EOWI.V NKVIX. tfig thr h"Th'iH-l M fiervie WASHINGTON, June 8 One from t"dtt A merica's second tive reply to German oifiiresinn will he made. On that date the uhwiption list tj the I.iherty bond issue will loe. l)urin(f the roiiiing rven day a drive the like of wlitrh seldom .en wititpsv'd in the l'nitd i:tit will be made to empty the 'cnn.-rsMi iocks," timiatn cans and stored Jd chests and uten.-ilK of their ssirplu;?uui Official make nn secret of the fact .hat they h ive worked, and are work ng, to Hffure a record over

jn for the initial loan. The in.-t-e it ' the Oroan puns opened im humovriu.ribed, they po,nt out, the i rileil 'he ne llritish front with

trreater will he the moral effort in !

Germany. Should the statistics t'' made counter attacks against dusivelv nrove that the neonle nf ihe the southern end of the British line

fmted States who are too old or too : i. 1 1 .i """ lu '" " " she,ldin,r their blood on the bold t battle are anxious and willing to iple as a whole, treasury olbcials said i todav. j Treasury department officials de- i however. i not done to deceive the people. Many communities have with-; held their figures in an elfort to brinjr ' jh'ir Ula far alww the quota which i-vn s-i up i.y ecreTary .iiciooo . the likely tijrures for the communi-j . This has made statistics avaifuhle I here far from complete conse- I "'""7 V w popular. subscription from the people who I . . ARE DISCHARGED. Two Men on V.mertmcf Fleet Cornor- j ,ti11 i,;,. hj fioelhal.. ! j "" lerMi.i ir cr1(c, , j WASHINGTON, June 8. V. Hunt-! inift'in (,'laik and F, A. Fustis, who. conceived the plan to soan the At lantie with a veritable bride of won I en ships were discharged from their position, with the emergency fleet corporation by General Goethala to.

pi'b'lc atatemonti had attwked Goeth-I r, is' i , aubtittt ateel for woolen ' toveinment's plan to c - marme by makjng gifui ' htp building.

MI BATTLE

STILL CONTINUES All Enirlanrl Rino-ine- With Praise For General Haig's Men. CONCRETE RESULTS OF A DAY'S DRIVE Advance of From One to Three ' .Miles Along a Nine Mile Front. , Uty the International rt Arri't,l LONDON. June 8. Great Ilritain'a irtnry over the German in nltium on Thursday a one ol the trni magnitude. Field Marshal Hait;, British rommandrr In h:vf. in hi official dUpntciie In tht war ottire IinUv waid that the position capture yenterday iuth f Ypre "3h one of the mnMt important German trmehidds on the western front." Mure than ft.OoO prisoner and many Runs were raptun-d by the ftrit-li. I If if th Iniernnitnnnt Nemrr. I.ON'I'ON, June 8. The if i if antic haitle whi h bejfin in Beinium yc?'rday with th oppninjf of the (rie.it British diive, continued tmlay with imaSatefl vii-lence. Around the crater of what was on.-e Vy.4ebaetp kidi;r south of Ypres, British and German soldiers are ftirhtinf? with

.lemon-like fury. j All EnirNnd is rinKinar with pni.-e' fr Field Marshal Haie's army and'jU(Jtfe (JllirtcV A thrills with pride fn-er the news that;

the British are rftill pres.-intr onward. The concrete results nf the tir; lay'. fighting' in the new offensive I An advance of from ine to three) inlr alorir the nine-mile front. t 2 tVstnictton of the f-imnu Gerni:in fialient that itrett'lnM British tine; between Ypre and Ar-i ,

:t--rnture of more than f..000 fk-r-i fron,,K lh" American pcple at this man prm.ners. ' Kx-:w error Sam.j.-! M. Rals4Occui,at,on bv the British of the:1"" !n'1 J"'1 (i,J'n,'- A. Myera both

illlllfe of Wvtsch ie'e Marines and i rn, ... i ;,:,,., ,- (midland. 5 Herman pressure aKainst thr.. i intish ifarrisim in Ypres relieved. This onens up the v ay for the first Una- movement mrainst " the reat Cern an base at Lille. ; After th RritUh 1m..1 r.uoot r..rwrd ! and occupied the German posit ereat violence. Afterwards the (,erfrm the direction ol Wood, but thev broke d. eteert I under the . ' . .. , . T . i.HinK fire from thr Lnfclo.h hatter-1 iei. nnd tnchine (runs. "" onu "'"'nceu twlay that the Germans attacked bei""n st- Quentin anil I-aFerre, but I"'"1 nr mnf "ro "n un' 1"'' Germans subjected the r rencn trenchi s to u v: ''rp Te m t' cannonade he ed. There lure nn the ('barniirTie, , nine (ierman ' "-yiln" rreneb ra prisonera. tiers captired Practically all the rredit for the struct, were, set olf simultane- ""')'. explosion beinc heard .t. . ... ... Kreat that the ground rocked like an earthquake and showers of earth and uprooted trees were thrown down for miles. The Germans lost heavily. All the German troops in the trenches above the mines were blown to bits. By the openinir of thia drive th allies' offensive on the western front enters a new phase. The German ".w,b'ln,- ' th.T .I... lrT't ,, ,, .,.' ;... iVhLS g , ITALIANS MAKE DENIAL,

WASHINGTON, June g. Oflcial j denial ws received at the Italian em-1 jhessy today of the elalma of the Aun-j lUfin wcr office that 27MO Italians ! have li captured sinct May It I 1 . " ' 1

TKIPLE MURDER.

C hirred todies Taken From Ruin of Home in New Jersey. (Stf tht limntitml Nrirt Rfrrtct.y FLKMINOTON, N. J., June 8 flrewsome evidences of a brutal triple murder were discovered early today by residents livin on the outskirts of I this community when the charred bod ies of William H. Queen, well known i fa,n"'r' 'f and ilauh'-' wer takv-n from the ruins of thir home which hud binn fost rayed hi tiro. No reason is known for the murdi WILL RESIGN. fnlir. Pnliee fntrm ft Pr.-il UP.i (live tip Jobs Tonicht. j tPn tht ttrritt"Hl cr Hrrrtrt.) FRAZIL. Ind., June 8. Chief of Police Walter Jackson and (he entire po lice force of Brazil' will t.-mJr their res ignut urns at a special meeting of the city council tonight, it is undersiood. Three policemen already have !con put in j.ul for contempt of federal court by fai'ing to enforce the provisions of the injunction against striking clayworkers. Samut-1 M. Kaiston to Speak Here on Saturday Nfoht. WARSURIKCTSAUR to be mscrssKi) Myers Will Also Speak To IVmst Liberty Loan. Tomorrow nieht at the court house it 8 n'cloek there will be a biK mas l,1(,plinK fur tre purpose of di-.cu'.smi! the hir war probl-'ms that are con innanapoi:s win ne tr,- speakers. R.:th ar- aide), koo ut.r thr tire country as trood o p'c of lloone county i of hearing two jroisl id pi lay be pei-ehe i;l he i The Liberty Loan v Tnr ' be tak the spe-ikers and p. " to he ir then, wil leave : much better umlerstandiiii; ii is up ai?ain.t than thr whal. ! Th. at H j pvpry , p's-1 ifcul j nn-c-1 j i A met hefoie heaiin the aii!r-sses. meeting will bejfin proinpt'y o'clock at the court house and man and woman is uied to be ,nt- I ' Probable that a n ipram win he arranged in ci .tionwith the etmir.

Some Will Offer Their Lives Others Will Loan Their Money

TO THEIR

As compared with that of the men at the front the lot of most nf our citizens is an easy ono. The least that you cjui do is to subscribe to tbe LIHERTY LOAN OF M17 which must be made an overwhelming success! By subscribing to this loan vou will be doing your duty as a citizen and your money will be invested in the safest security in the world. Your interest return will be satisfactory per cent. Subscriptions of at lease $."0 should be received from everyone. Protect your country, jour family, yourself! ACT TODAY! FIRST NATIONAL BANK FARMERS STATE BANK BOONE COUNTY STATE BANK UNION TRUST COMPANY CITIZENS LOAN & TRUST CO.

M1M11G MACH1NERUNNIN0

VERY ' SMOOTHLY War Department Officials Pleased at the Progress Made. OFFICERS TRAINING CAMPS EFFECTIVE Washington Amazed at Progress Made by Ft. Mayer and Other Camp Troops. WAHIII.SCITO.N, June 8. AmcricVs iar makinjf nuu-Iiinp tunning ciliiintly ami in perftct ur.ler. War ilppartmnt olth'iuln nmt trill-i-. y men here ar positive toduy th-it hp L'nitwl Stall's can turn mil at; I'lTilent amjy to cotnhat the efficient ertnun tto'is. in tin mna!iiKi .hml I'irt public apfie-irance of the reerve ofTifi-rs' training corps from Ft. ilcyer, tin- lif-t of the training camp'' n m:ik- 11 public showir.;:. has (h-nion-trat.il that the youth of the I niii-.l Stales are reaily for war ami short Ciaininif pet-ioiis will ilvelop them ini) soI.Iots IU for battle on the lichls f Kronre. Scarcely three weeks n(to twenty,ve huniltel youths, entt't'nl Ft. Mejer u liin for ici-.icc for I'm-'r Sam Verrt'lov through the streets of tlie upital 2,."n0 men, atro.iK anil fit. rrampiil hi fore the aniazerl otl'u ials ho la. ilouhted the ability of the merican youlit to Hilll't himself to arfar" in a short time. Three wpeks npo. fresh from o!lice thr nhry Ollicf ii'to camp, totally unlit for war work. Yesterday they strode down Lennsyl' vania avenge Mth a vij:or and steaihnii.i that little belied' the fact that '.hey had marched some twelve miles n heavy equipment before they start "Hard as n.'iils." one youth sild. ';ind throe week nt' I found it un -df.irt to '.calk more than two squares." Oibcial Washincton has wavered uer the porod of traininif necessary for troop-. Memlrs of the British mission told them to jrive them six moriths' training which Canadian and French troops hed liefore they went io ihe f.oMl. I'iiirIi lllilllaiy scoul.-d the idea of lonjf trmnfnir periods anil ol I of recruits be.ntr made I t fur battle with oa'y live weeks' of military work. Today ollicial W ashinirton doe's not ileui t that the I'nited States can put a jrre-tt trmj of perfectly capable men ir. th- field lone before the wmter lull comes in the Kuropean lirht--What tln-y can do nt Ft. Mnyfr. tTiry cum do ut rvpry nther training csr.-j. in Uic eounti y," tmv military oijm .nanl tnKiy. "The hoy at Kt. Meyrr hjivc lcvi'l(i(Otl in an amazing fa-hion. It Iwks hkc a big army in a short time it's American efficiency. COUNTRY

APPOINTED CENSOR.

Ilrlmdirr-On. Mrlnlyrf SwrerdH Major MicArthur. WASHINCTON. June 8. BriR. Gen. Kranli Mclntyr as tixlay appointed "umiflkial war department censor," Rucceedinir Major Douglup MacArthur, who has held the pint since the American troops crossed the hordcr into Mexico, March 15, 191i. Major MacArthur shortly will be aapiffned a command in the American expeditionary force that soon will he on its way to France. Brijr. (ien. Mclntyre will follow Maj. M ac A rthui's example in working inileenilently of the committee on public information of which Geortre Oneal ia the head. Hi policy will be a very liberal one, he said today. ARREST IS MADE. Chicago Suspect in Kahy Kidnaping Case, Taken Into Custody. CHICACO. June 8. "Scar Face" John Kilev. ifusuecteH of bemir the brains of the gang of kidnapers who stole Baby l.loyd keet. son of a Siirinctiehl, Mo., banker, was arrested today in a Karate at Austin, a suburb. E BOONE COUNTY First Organization Meeting Was Held Last Night. E. A. IJRENTON WAS CHOSEN PRESIDENT J. H. Airhurt Named Vice Prexident Other Officers to be Chosen Lntfr. Ijist night in the parlors f the j Clute Hotel tlie firt organization ; meetinc of the Boone County Auto-1 mobile club was held at which tune; F.. A. Hrenton was elected president : rtf the association and J. II. Airhart I was elected vice-president, and ar- j ranitements were made for the nevt ; meetinir to be held Thursday evening June 14 at the hotel. At the next ; meeting the organization will lie corn- j pleted, including the electioa of a see-; retnry. tieatuier and hoard of di-; M. F. Noblet. secretary of the lloos- j ier State Automobile A-isociation anil 1 Hubert Scrotin, editor of the state as-: sociation's publication, were present! last night and Mr. Noblet made a very; interesting talk upon the work of the f clubs. At the nevt meeting either Mr. j Noblet or l.uke Duffey, the man who first introduced into the legislature ! the state highway commission bill,! will deliver the address. In the i meantime the present charter mem- j bera of the club will start an active ! campaign for new members. j Club Headquarter. For the present, at least, the rluh headquarters will be maintained at the Clute Hotel where maps of all the roads in the state and everything for the convenience of motorists will be furnished by the state association. Mr. Hrenton last night agreed to place a large cabinet in the Hub rooms for the purpose of filing maps and other material away. Tentative plans were made last night to get the Boone county roads put in better condition and have the bad railroad crossings repaired. The following is the present list of members: Mark Adler, J. H. Airhart, F A. Hrenton, Homer Dale, Paul K. English, mve (lomlwin, It. H. Hutchings, J. T. Frank Ijuighner, Bert Miller, H. O. Kohbins, I). E. Stark. Jacob E. Wilcox. P. B. Winters and Hoy W. Adney. The purpose of motor clubs is to cooperate in the mail improvement, abolishing dangerous railroad erodings, protect members against theft, speed traps and unscrupulous dealers who overcharge tourists. There are many other duties of clubs which will he announced later. ANOTHER FLOTILLA. I nitrd Stales Will Send More Ships T European Water. IflS tht fafn-MHtmsl .Vtrt rrvirt. I PARIS,' June 8. The Matin stated today that another flotilla of American 'destroyers nnd patrol hoatt is expected:

i in European waters shortly to engage the registration Tuesday. The go-Tin submarine hunting and convoy ser- ernment estimate, was 260,000 and tbs vice. registrations totel about 27,000.

tlVEJUEUED WITH COALTHEFT FR0MBiG FOUR Four of the Defendants Enter Pleas of Guilty. ;

THREE DRAW TERMS ' ON THE PENAL FARM Two Given Suspended Sentences -Longest Sentence Was l or Thirty Days. Petit larceny charges crowing out of the theft of coal from ram on the Big Four right of way, were filed ia the Boone circuit court yesterday afternoon agamt live, all of whom were arraigned late in the afternoon or la.it ni'ht, most of thetn entering pleas ofquilty id lllreu of them diawing from 10 days to :)0 duys. The lunging from 1(1 days to SO days. The tive who answered to larceny charcea were: One Funis, 0! ". Wilson, William Christie, Bert lui beaux and Joe Mclnttro. Furis entered a plea of guilty. He made no effort to conceal his guilt and made a complete confession of his thefts. He was given a thirty days' sentence to the penal farm and the sentence was susjiended during ood behavior, Wil-on fiil enteied i .l- cf not guilty, but later decided to change it to a plea of guilty nnd throw himself upon the mercy of the court. H confessed that he had been stealing coal from the cars for the past two years. He was given a thirty daya' penal farm sentence anil will have, to serve the entire time. At a session of the court held last night William Christie plead Cnilty. He said that sickness and death in his family had left him crippled financially and that he stole the coai I -cause he did not have the money to buy it. He was given a thirty dayr' sentence to the HIilM.U DL. I.b scn'onre was supendciL licit Curbeum also entered a plea of guilty. He admitted that he had stolen coal on two occasions. He drew a ten days' penal farm sentence and must serve the lime. Joe Mclntire c-.:.'-eii ;l plea of guiltv. He admitteii tnai he had known for tin i-,t two or three wevks that there . considerable coal in the bins at his home. He declared however that h himself had not stolen it. He did not know how the coal had come to be on his pic Y.-os, h'-t had made no inquiry to solve the mystery. His family had used the coal. He knew it hiid not been purchased by himself or a msinlirr of his family. The court said that Mr. Mclntire could not exiieet the court to believe such a remarkable story as he had re lated. The judge sentenced him to 15 dtys on the penal farm and informed the defendant that he must serve the sentence. QUAKE DOES DAMAGE. San Salvadar Visited by Devastating Earth Tremors. ( By Ifte sfeiwiMlMifll Newt Kerriet. WASHINGTON, June 8. San Salvador his been visited by a devastating earthquake and volcanic eruptions. While no loss of life is reported yet consul Long cabled the state department this afternoon that most of the buildings in th city, including tlie American Icagtion, were rendered uninhabitable. Tlie quake was recorded on the seismograph of the Oeorgetown university here last night. It was announced this morning that it was estimated at 2,0()0 miles from Washington but it was not until this afternoon that the exact location was learned through Icing's cablegram. He wired that the tremora lasted more than two hours and that in the midt of the rocking the volcano Quetsaltepeque went into eruption, rire, smoke and hot asnc believed from tlie crater dropped all over the city. One important business section was entirely destroyed by tire and while the American legation was ruined the records were saved. EXCEEDED HER QUOTA. Indiana Figures on Conscription Practically Complete, 'ffy fft fSnr-Mffr,eJ ffacs aVrrkwo INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Jut 8. Practically complete figures show that Indiana exceeded her quota in