Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 217, Lebanon, Boone County, 9 June 1917 — Page 1

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VOLUME 25. LEBANON, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1917. NO. 217.

THE BRITISH REPEL ALL ATTACKS OF

About 7,000 Prisoners, 150 of Them Officers, Are Taken Prisoner. BRITISH MAINTAIN ALL POSITIONS WON Losses of English Said to be Comparatively Light German Losses Heavy. Bf the InttrnatiantA Setre Rerrtce.l LONDON, June S Field Mrhal llaig awitrhed hii atlacke from Belgium to the Arras front last night f lining more than ', milt of ground. This new teees for British arms r announced by the war office today. The assault waa mad south of the Souihea river over a front of more than two mile. At a number of piarea along thit wide fighting line the Britiah manned their way into German trenchea inflictli heavy loaaea. Thia gain for the Hritiah ia putting the Lena aector of the German line in a shape of a aailenl vhlrh will make the rapture of Lena easier for the Britiah. The war office further announced that the Germana delivered powerful counter attack over a ait-mile front ia Belgium bat were unable to regain any of tbe ground a brilliantly won by the British on Thuraday. ( m raterapfnm lev Vr(c. LONDON, June 9. Irish soldiers member of rival jartie and deadly politic' enemies at hom.?, but broth rt on the field of battle fought shoulder to shoulder in the big drive of the British against the tjermans in Belgium. Some of the credit for tb British victory at Messines and on the Wytachaete Ridge go to the gallant Irish aoldier. About 7.000 Germans, mora than 130 of them officer, have been raptured. Already twenty German gun? have been j collected. In caae where ammunition waa taken along with the batteriea, the guna were turned"Vpon the German positions. Advice from the front today atated that the British had maintained all their gains. All the newly won posi tiona have been consolidated and linked up with the old trenches. The Germana massed big concentra tion! of reaervea around Warenton and Wervicq (correct) hot the Britiah were ready for any ami all counter attacks. British lossea are described aa com paratively light, whereaa the German iosses ware enormous. Thousands of Germana i"ere blown to piecea by the 19 blasts that were aet off before the infantry attacked. A captured German officer aaid he knew of three, regimente being; wiped out by the mine explosion and the Britiah artillery fire. Those who were not killed wer so dated they could not fight when the Britiah charged. C0NT1NU0US0VATIDNS BritiHh People Do Honor to the Commander of the United State Forces. fffy fa lntrnIPiI JVeies Iferrlee. LONDON. June I MajoM.eneral John G. Pershing, leader of the American array that ia to fight in France, waa presented to King George today. He waa received in private audience by the King. General Pershing waa accompanied by his personal alaC of twelve oftVera. After the prestation ta Iht King, Ike officers visited Ike t ailed State embassy. LONDON, June tiona j. ,,,i John J. 1

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fuct that "Pershing ia on the Job has brought a deep feeling of encourage ment to the British people and it reflected in the complimentary articles in the press. Gen. Pershing haa been a busy man since his arrival on the Bultic yester Jay morning. A program of conferences haa been mapped out and he will be in close consultation with the British military officials until he leave: for Frajce. . There are fifty-seven officers oi Gen, Pershing's staff and they will be aa busy as their chief. The staff was carefully selected with inference to preliminary organixation, looking to the handling of the troops upon their arrival. It includes experts in sanitation medicine and camp construction and vepresentatives of every bTanrh of the service including commissariat i.viation and artillery. There is a con ideraUe number of civilians with the party for clerical work. The American residents of London have prepared an extensive program f entertainment for the Per.-lnne arty but it is doubtful if it can all n cariicd out. The Americans will he too busy for social affairs. On Monday night, waiter H. Page. the United Stutca ambassador v. ill give a dinner in honor of tier. Pershard his staff. n Friday night the American party will be entertained the theater. A week from today the party will he taken for a tup upon the Thames and will viMt Windor Castle. It is expected that Gen. Pershing will meet King George before he leaves for France. IN AN EXPLOSION One Hundred and Fifteen Believed to Have Been Killed. TWO HUNDRED FIFTY MINERS MISSING Rescue (parties Make Frantic Efforts to Reach Scene of the Explosion. (Ay the tltfrmt1onal Neire 0rrfe-r.l BUTTT, 41 ont., June . With 2".0 miners missing, rescue parties todsy were making frantic efforts to detormfie how many men lost their lives in the explosion and subsequent fire that is raging in Spectacular Mine of the North Butte company. It was believed that US men ware dead. Officials of the company posted a list of the missing along with a hopeful bulletin stating that many of these were believed to have escaped through adjoining mine Five mining propert.es connect wkth Cue North Butte's mine on the same level. tern. w. driven lark by ele ahen they reached the 7IKI-foot level. Ascending to the surface they were met by a fransied crowd of women and children who were seeking to lini wly-ther their husbands ami fathers were safe. Lack of definite in formation caused greater among the dependenta of the m were trapped below ground would the grim truth. who than Since midnight the mouth of the mine shaft had been the scene of, heart-rending incidents. Seventeen i bodies were hoisted to the surface at I that hour by helmeted rescuers. Three ; more bodies were seen by the rescuers before they were driven from the mine hy gaa fumes and smoke. A total of 415 men had been in the mina at the time a carbide lamp on a miner's hat hud exploited and started the disastrous fire. Survivors said that as soon as the miner's lamp exploded a blast of gas swept into Diamond Mine which adjoined the North Butte property. This blast killed six men outright, among them Con. O'Neil, foreman of the mine and a well known operating official of the Anaconda Copper company. Carried Out I'nconacioaa. More than fifty men were carried from thia shaft unconscious, but it waa believed none of them would die. Prompt action by surviving miners shut thia mine off from the North Itutte mine and confined the fire that had started in that property. Tha North Butt mine ia 3,600 feet ldeo, reaching further Into tha earth - ' "r ' f e-in f. ' r'teeJr c It tl-e th,- 'y t jt 4 -wwiwr below - V C" 1 '

BODYDFKIDNAPPED BABY IS FOUND IN

AN UNUSED ILL Discovery Made at Point Eight Miles From the Child's Home. VOW OF VENGEANCE UPON MURDERERS Men Leave Work and Arm Themselves Suspects in Jail Are Guarded. IRj rsa IslerMHoael Xeiee Smlce.) SPRINGFIELD. Mo June 9. The body of "Buddie" Keet, 14-months heir to a :1,0N),(HX) fortune, was found in a unused well behind the deserted Crenshaw mansion on the edge of the city today. Mrs. J. Holland Keet, mother of the child, fainted when the news was conveyed to her. The Crenshaw mansion is tha place aid to have been used as a readeiby the seven suspects under ar rest on a charge of conspiring to abuit rich Springfield men and women mi hold them for ransom. It is eight miles from the Keet bungalow in Meadowmere. The discovery of the body was ma le just as the parents were waitng for confirmation from Sparta, Mo., of a report that the child had been recovered there alive. News Spread Rapidly, l ike wildfire the news of tha trag edy spread through Springfield. Men left their work and armed themselves, owing vengeance. The guard around the jail where suspects ore held has been doubled. hopes of the mother were at their height when an automobile lashed up the driveway to the Keet home. A friend of the Keet family strode into the bungalow, there came a mom ent of tense silence. Then the heartpiercing shriek of the tortured woman. Mrs. Lloyd, mother of Mrs. Keet, stepped onto the porch and ad dressed the rrowd of neighbors which was assembling on the lawn. " "Buddy' is dead." she said. The silence of the crowd waa tense. An occasional sob was heard. "They found the body in the well at the Crenshaw place," continued the grand mother. "We are trying to tell his mother that it is the best thing, but she is nearly crazy." Following the confirmation from the grandmother that the child was dead came an announcement from County Prosecutor 0'Iay that he had absolute evidence that "Buddie" had been kidnaped by Claude "Doe" Piersol, other prisoners held in the jail. Thia was enough for the grim men of Springfield. With one accord they turned towanl the jail. "Get a rope." someone shouted. 'String 'er.i up," broke in another hoarse voice Like an immense wave tha mob . swept toward the jail. j Prisoners Taken Away. But dree ne coifnty officials had been too quick for them. Feeling the pulse of rage beating, they had acted. The prisoners were in automobile under heavy guard, speeding toward another jail. They had a good half hoar start on prospective pursuers. The juiler'a word that tha Keet priionera sere gone waa not accepted. A committee waa appointed by tha mob to visit and inspect each cell. The jailer gladly stepped hark and let them enter. Prisoners in cells for other crimes cowered in their cell ai tha heavy tramp of th grim avenger rewound ed in the corridor. They war cal led ta tha bars, Inspected, and aliorad back. 1 sa ftty i -t s 'I d lr? !'

LIBERTY LOAN MASS MEETING POSTPONED

Weather Conditions Cause Meeting Scheduled for Tonight to be Deferred ta Monday. On account of the bad weather the Liberty Loan asaaa meeting which waa to have been held tonight at the raart heuse haa been fitpnl lo 2:30 Monday afternoon. K-Governor Ralston and Judga Quincy Myers will be here Monday afternoon to address the meeting. FIRST PROSECJ.TION. Marion Man L'nder Arrest Far Failure to Register. (Bp the fHfrar4oafl JTrrpte.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. June 9 Frank D. Caldwell, of Marion, is the first man to be prosecuted in Indiana by I'nited States District Attorney L. Krt Slack for failure to register., A warrant for tbe arrest of Caldwell, who is now in jail at Marion, wa issued this morning "by Howird Young, United States Commissioner The affidavit was sworn to by George N. Murdock, chief of the local office of the Bureau of Investigation. It U piobable that a deputy ri.rl.-J Ftates Marshal will not go to Marion until Monday to formally arrest Caldwell. BEL1EVEH TO BE SMALL Heaviest Damage Done at San Salvador, the Capital It is Said. BY STUART GOODWIN'. (Ap the Intmwtiontl .Vctea Kerptre.) PANAMA CITY, June 9. fresh Mails of the eaithqus1' and volcanic eruption in Salvador, received here today say that the loss of life is believed to have been small. The heaviest damage waa done at San Salvador, the capital, and Santa Tecla. The shocks bcifan at 7 o'clock hurwlay night anil lasted until 7 o'clock yesterday morning. Fortunately the earthquake was accompanied by torrential rain storms which put out the fires started by molten lava and hot cinders from the crater of the San Salvador volcano. Relief work has already been started. Tha president of Nicaragua has telegraphed to the president of Salvador offering any possible assistance. It is estimated that 50,000 Salvador eans are homeless and must be taken care of by the government until houses are rebuilt. IS $700,000,000 SHORT. That Much Needed to Complete The Liberty ),oan, it ia Announced, (ffv fft Internnttma, Trvi Nrrrfee.l NEW YOIIK, June !. Secretary McAdoo's announcement that 1700.000.000 is needed to complete the $2.000,000.000 Liberty Loan centered attention here today on reports that many banking institutions have millions is unannounced subscriptions. The government has urged that these subscriptions be announced and a flood of subscriptions running into the millions is expected.

To the Mothers and Fathers of Our Country: There could be no more certain way of instilling love of country into the hearts of your children than by teaching them the righteousness of the cause for which the United States is waging this war. Show them why the government needs and wishes many small subscriptions to the Liberty Ixan. Then let your family - as a unit buy a Liberty Loan Bond, paying for it by personal effort and sacrifice, if necessary. You can buy a bond for as small an mount as $30, paying for it in easy installments covering three months.

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ViLL PROBE COAL STEALING HERE Uncle Sam to Take up Investigation in Thia City. HIS COAL STOLEN FROM CARS HERE Cam Enroute to Washington State Looted W hile in This City. Edward F. dine, cuptain of the police on the Big 'our railroad v.hu in connection with local authorities made investigations of the coal steal ing in Lebanon a few days ago, was in llmnon airain yesterday conferring with the police. Mr. Cline stated that the government authorities had taken up the matter of coal stealing sod would probably make investigations here within the next few days. For that reason the investigation ahich had been put well under way by Mr. Cline and the local police has been temporarily stopped. It seems that the government at this time is shipping great amounts of coal from the Virginia fields up into Washington where it is used for coaling ships. During the course of the journey many of the cars have been about half unloaded before they reached the destination. It ,seems that the government has kept tab on certain cars and have missed coal out of them while thev were going through lhanun. This seems to be the cause of the officials taking the n atter in their hands and making this revest i(atum. THE F1C.HT IS ON. Political Battle Begins in Sixth District Flection June 2li. (Pu Iht rttersnllomil Vcn't Serried Rl'SHVILLE. Ind., June ((.-Political cyd of the frtute will be turned to the race for the congressional seat vtcated by the death of Daniel Comstock during the next two weeks. The election is June 2. Roth the Sixth district republicans end demociats in convention have do. dared for the successful prosecution of th" war and fullest support to the administrative arm of the government Finly H. firay, or Connersville, the Democratic candidate, and former congressman was known in congresf as a "little navy" man or pneiiiet. His plea for the congressional seat, it is expected, will be on the need of a Democratic cotr-se-w to support the President in the , ar crisis and a general c ndorsemea. J if the Wilson administration. Richard N. Elliott, of Connersville, who was named by the Republican convention last night on the eightyfourth ballot, will pledge his nupport of the war administration along nonpartisan lines, but will lay stress on the need of a protective tariff after the war, it is thought. Many leaders of congress will speak in the district. ' riONAL BANK S.TATE BANK NTY STATE BANK J;T CC'TANY . UUN A irt'ST CO.

H1NPKNBCWO AND THE KAISER HAD NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH

to fstmuiHoaol Vera tenUr.) AMSTERDAM, June 9. The kaiser and Field Marshal Ton Hindeuburg are reported to have, had a narrow escape from death when British airmen bombed Ghent on Monday. The Telegraaf today printed a dispatch saying that five soldiers were killed within 200 yards of the war lord and his chief aide. Ten airmen took part in the raid. ROOKIES FIGHT FIRE. Soldier, at Ft. Sheridan Extinguish Blaze That Broke out Before Pawn. (Ba the lemsMosrtl Jfcir flert'icc.l FT. SHERIDAN, 111.. June 9 Fiv .housand "rookies" coolly fought and extinguished a lire wnicn nrose out just lfore daylight today in the officers' training camp at Fort Sheri dan and for a while threatened to ! rare the scores of wooden cantonments. The fire, blazing suddenly from the camp incinerator, was discovered by i sentries who. firing their rifles as they ran, aroused the camp buglers and awakened the officers in the fort barracks. Within a few seconds every bugler in camp waa sounding the fire , ,,! Bucket brigades speedily swung into military squads, attacked the fire and won a victory. LATER RECOVERED Joy Riders Appropriate Autos of Lowell Wilson and Ollie West. ONE MACHINE WAS BADLY DAMAGED Had Hit , Telephone Pole and Badly Torn Up Found in a Ditrh. Attempts' were made last night to steal two automobiles belonging to Lebanon people or else someone took the machines for joy rirlca. Lowell Wilson, of the Indiana Condensed Milk company here, left his Ford roadster stamung in ironi oi n home on We Washington street about II o'clock last night with the intention of driving it to the factory obout 2 o'clock this;

morning. However, at 2 o'clock when j he started to the plant he found thatj his machine was gone. Chief of Po-i Editor Reporter: lice Ellis found it this morning about! WASHINGTON D. C, June . tf:S0 o'clock standing in the middle of copy of statement by the Secretary Jamen street jaat off Washington, j f the navy: fhr are i.s belter totWhoever took the machine waa evi- j if j tne wrld than thosa in tha dently not familiar with its mechun- fjnjtei states Marine Corpa familiarly ism and had killed the engine. No knovm aa 'soldiers of the Sea.' They damage was done to the machine. (,ave won their place by their splendid Ollie West left his r'ord standing bearing, courage and bravery. Alin front of the Olympic theatre last ways among the first and often tha night and alrfmt 9:30 o'clock when he! first to and whenever the country started to go home he found it gone. ,,), trained armed men they have Later it was found at the south edge I Lorne themselves in such a manner a of the city in the side ditch. The j to win complete admiration and fuldriver had hit a telephone pole andifit confidence of the American peothe car was badly torn up. It as:pIe Service in the Marine Corp ia taken to Shoemaker and Patterson's the htt(l)fe of honor aml promotion in gurage foi repairs. The police have j thp Corp, caB attained only by a good clue in the latter case and ar- merit In other military iervic ia r?st will probably follow. promotion more certain to a man who ' ! demonstrates hi capacity. June 10

HONOR ROLL Llat of , Those Wan Bar Recently Paid Subscription la Advance. S. E. Malsbary, R. R. 6. Mary Mahan, Muncie. J. M. Grater, R. R. i:i. T. W. Huckstep, R. R. 9. C. S. Denny, R. R. 11. W. C. Kern, New Market. Benson Owens, R. R. 7. Earl Winn, R. R. 9. Mr. K A. Hardin, Kirklin. W. T. S. Peper, H. R. 0. A. H. Miller. R. R. 7. Charles Dowrlen, R. R. 2. R. T. Pinnell, R R. 2. Murat Wiley, R. R. 1. Mr. Clare MeKern, a R. 11. W. H. Stafford, R. R. 12, Clifford Uhlar, Advance.

LOAM TO SERBIA. WASHINGTON1, una B- A 3c000 (ah) loan wai UxUkf fraated to fVrbia, . ..

ALL IS READY TO REGISTER VOTEf 3 BEWIGlnDiW

Board Organizes For the Sixty Days Task. WOMEN REGISTER FOR FIRST TIME ; Every Person Who Expects to Vote for Delegate to Convention, Must Register. , , 'oumy ciera s omce tooay lor ma ; board which will register and qualify ; Hoone county voters for casting their K ., . . , .i.,,:,, r - , i,. i to the constitutional convention on September 17. The personnel ef tha ' board follows: Commissioners, Len j Titus, J. A. Hogshire and Ella O. Rogers and cierks, Ernest Stewart and tl. M. Voris, If additional clerical assistance is needed l.i'cr. other clerks will be appointed, but tha board believes it will be able ta handle lh business without further aid. The board has established headquarters in the county assessor's room at the southeast rvrner of (lie ground floor of the court house. Beginning there on Monday and continuing to T gust 20th, the registration board II be in session from 8 o'clock in the morn in to 6.00 o'clock in tha afternoon every day except holidays ! and Sundays. I Every voter, man or woman, who expects to vote for a ilelegate to the ! constitutional convention must regis'rer durinf the sixty days designated hy the law for that purpose, Kegiatratlon m' be ivuvle b persan, bymessenger or by mail.' If by tneasenger or mail, the blanks must be attested bv a notary public ar other I person authoriied to administer an I oath. j For the first time in the history ; .f ihpy , , tn tloB n September. The registration dual not atfect the city election. FOR THE MARINE COSK . j Secretary of Navy end CoH mandant of Marine Corps Seeks Recruits. to 16 has been designated br tha Marine Corps recruiting service as 'Marine Corpa Week' and a special effort will be made during those days to add four thousand recruits to th Marin Corps, the number desired to bring the Corpa up to the strength lately authorized by congress. Young men with real American stuff, ready to serve in all parts of the world, on land and sea will find in it a place wher they can eerv their country in a way to win it gratitude, with the opportunity of winning distinction for themselves," Signed. Joaephua Panels, I teipeuk your generoua K operation and support by patriotic organization of busineaa houses and influential citiiens in making successful tbi extraordinary recruiting effort. Signed, George Bamett, Major Oeneral Commandant L S. Marine Corp. IRISH LEADER DEAD. LONDON', June 9 William Redmond, brother of John Redmond and one of th foremost leader of th Irish nationalist in th bom rut movement, dud today from wound reeei red ta bf.ttla.