Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 219, Lebanon, Boone County, 12 June 1917 — Page 1

I :: : . Z T " 1 ' , ' ' . 1 I J' ' I VOLUME 25. LEBANON, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JUNE 12r 1917. ' .NO. 213.

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FiOHTlG ACTIVITY REPORTED FROM

ALL THE FRONTS Trench Raids and Infantry Assaults on the West Front. BIG GUNS AGAIN IN ACTION IN BELGIUM Artillery Active AH Way From . North Sea to Armentieres . Italians Advance. Wit the International Xewe Harrier. t l.ONPON, June 12 Fighting activity was reported from every important battle front in Kurope. The violent artillery iluels along the wc.Wm f,t tuphd itli .!,,,. trench rahls and infantry assaults show that the drive of the Anglo French armies was on a grander scute than had first been anticipated. In Belgium especially the big gum l.ave been thundering without pause all the way frcm the Korth Sea to Armentieres on the Franco-Belgium border. On the Trentino front, in the Hal ian theatre of war, where there ha been a long drawn lull, the Italian have begun a scries of furious assaults against the Austro-Hungnrians Official advices show increasing activity along the eastern front and in Roumanix In the Macedonian war theater all of the allied armies are engaged in offensive operations. Raiding Activity. There was intense raiding activity during the night in northern Frame and Belgium. The war office announced today that the British conducted a successful rani north of Nwivn Clcapelle. German trenches were entered and damage inflicted. The Germans retaliated with raiding operation! near Keuvo Clmpelle. Armentleres and Ypres, Artillery thundered all night along the valley of the Aisne river and throughout the Champagne district. The war office in its official report today said that heavy engagements with big guns were in progress upon the California phiteau, on the north bank of the Aisne and along the Champagne front. The artillery fighting is beheyed to be the prelude to infantry assaults. The attempted counter offensive of the Austro-Hungarian has broken down, raid a dispatch from (Jdine today. General Rrhervic. the AustroHun eommander-in-chief, had massed 180.000 men and 2.IM0 cannon, but was unable to make any headway aftainst the strong Italian positions. RESERVE TO BE DIVIDED Will be Separated Into Infantry, Calvary and Artillery ' Soon. (n the International Xetc Sfrriee.) FT. HARRISON. Indianapolis, June I 12. The men in the officers' reserve training ramp no longer "rookies" after a month of fourteen-hour-a-day training will be divided into infantry, cavalry and artillery units. Orders were issued today. Seven hundred and eighty of the men were designated for field artillery units, 280 were designated for ea';afty training and the remainder, except the engineers corps already organized will continue to study for infantry commands. The division will take place June IS. It is expected the cavalry and artillery units will be sent away from Ft Harrison, Ft. Harrison will become one of the chief centers of training for the medical department of the my. Already several hundred physicaisn and surgeons are being trained here. Several hundred medical officers and men will arrive short'y from New York and Pennsylvania. Ml'BT BACK VP WILSON. AMSTERDAM, Jun 12. The - einlists of all neutral tourtrie mr support the MarnG.-mi " ''" President Wi!iet in. 1 if they w,Vh M 1'SlHFPt, '

DEATH OF REDMOND . MAY BRING DECISION OF IRISH QUESTION

( le isMrssMuMf Vrirn ScriS".) LONDON', June 12. Out of the death of Williaw Redmond, the Irish nationalist who fell fighting for Kngland may come decisive result towards the solution of the home rule problem. Mr. Redmond, a brother of John Redmond, took an active part in the fight for Irish' independence and it was a curious feature of his death that he was cared for after being wounded in the great battle in Belgium last Thursday by L'lsterites, the opponents of Irish home rale. In Parliament and in the press there iB constant comment upon the death of Redmond and how he willingly gave his life for the country that was his bitterest political enemy. Sir Edward Caron. one of the leaders of. the I'Uter unionists said that Redmond's sacrifices was having a keen effect in Ireland, especially in the I'lster provinces. It is expected that the date for the Irish convention will be set within the next few days. PRESiDENT'S NOTE IS IIS EFFECT Statement by Wilson to Russia May Result in a Quicker Peace. My the International A'evs 8erWr. LONDON. June 12. Coming at a time when British arms are successful on the western front, the note of resident Wilson to Russia, setting forth the wnr aims of the United Suites, has ereuted one of the biggest sensations since the war started. Its effect has been general, being felt in the Central powers as well as in the allied countries. In some circles the Wilson statement is considered even stronger than the peace terms stated some months age by Premier Lloyd George. One result of the note already seen, is that I'resident Wilson has been elevated to a higher position as spokesman for the allies than he had previously occupied. As predicted the L'nited States is growing more and more powerful in the alliance which is fighting to crmh German militarism. Tremendous interest is manifest over the result of the note on Russia and the Central powers. The ipicstions most generally asked in this connection are: 1 Will the note keep the Russian people in the war until victory is at tained? 2 WiM it help to bring order out of urns in Russia? 3 Will it lengthen or shorten the war! The opinion is generally held that the note will result in a freer exhunge of views among the belliger ents and this, in turn, may result in a quicker peace than would have been possible had the note not been sent. Kngland lost no time in re-stating her war aims. A note has been dispatched to I'etrograd reaffirming the declarations made by I'resident Wilson. The British note leaves no ground for misunderstanding as to why British blood is being shed. Rqual alacrity probably will be shown by the central powers. Although Germany and Austria may persist in their refusal to name def.nite peace terms it is believed that statements will be forthcoming from Berlin or Vienni maybe from both capitals giving a broader consideration of war aims than have yet be-n announce'!. The international socialistic peace conference at Stockholm has lost a considerable amoont of its importance in view of the wiilespreail results which are already apparent from the American note to Russia. HAWAII SUBSCRIBES. Liner Arriving at Frisco Brings $2,500,000 to Invest in Liberty Loan. (BH the Intarnattaaat Xeire Kerrire.) SAN FRANCISCO, June 12. A liner from Hawaii arriving at California port today, landed $2,500,000 in cash to be used to purchase loan iMjnds. This represented the amount subscribed at the time the liner left Honolulu. Because no other ships will reach the United States from there before the loan closes on June lf, the balance of Hawaii's subscription will be wirelessed. 0. K'S. LIBERTY LOAN. TFW YORK, June 12.J. P. Mor'"y placed his flat and unquali.1. ot the Liberty Loan to firm has subscribed $G0,0ii0,r

UNITED STATES ISolELYGfffi

TOWATERVAGON Canvass of Congress Shows "Dry" Element in Control, FOUR DISTRICT DRY PLANS ARE OFFERED Each Has Support of Committee or Some Organized Group of Members. BY ROBERT B. SMITH. IBy the International Xetre ArrWes.) WASHINGTON. June 12.- The l'nited States purely is going on the vaterwagon. Whether it will stay lieie bingei tiiti ihf iieliud of" Uie war depends on how the nation likes the e xpeiience. But a careful canvass of the entire membership AT both houses today demonstrated positively that the "illy" element was in control. Their slogan of "no foodstuffs for intoxicant' is winning converts everv duy. Even the antis admit that only some revolutionary plan which, like the cure for the submarine menace is yet to be demised, can prevent the absolute elimination of alcohol as a factor in America's national life by the present congress. This almost certain action will make national prohibition the chief issue in the next national campaign, statesmen and politicians alike on cupitol hill agree. Four "Dry" Plans. There are now four district ".ry" plans before congress. F.ach of them Iris the support of a committee or some organized grftun of members. There are numerous other isolated prohibition programs, backed by an individual member or two, who probably will merge with ope of the main groups when the prohibition fight begins in earnest. The four big plans First, the senate finance committee's recommendation.' to be cmbodied in the war revenue bill, to tax distilled liouor at such an exorbitant rate as to make its further manufacture unprofitable. Second, the senate aih-tiltui'om-mittiVs plan to be presented in the form of an amendment to the food legislation, to forbid the further use of foodstuffs in the manufacture of alroholic beverages. Third, the Gore rider to the preferential routing bill, How pending in the senate to prevent the shipment of distilled liquor into interstate commerce. Fourth, the Shepard resolution, favorably reported by the senute judiciary committee and now on the senate calendar, proposing a constitutional amendment for nation-wide prohibition. The first three of these will receive a strong backing from a committee of simon pure prohibitionists with thn:.e quasi-dryfl who believe that the nation ought to quit drinking liquor while the wur rages. It is entirely possible that all three of them may be passed, and the concerned operation of the three would have nearly the effcet of a bone-dry measure. ISSUES CHALLENGE. Secretary of Navy Makes Reply lo Critics' Insinuations. iftp the International ,Vrie Hernlee. WASHINGTON, June 12. A challenge to critics of the navy to prove its equipment is defective was secretary Daniels' reply to insinuations growing out of the charge that someone has been able to abstract from the department's flies important naval secret. The secretary brands the mysterious correspondent of Senator Frelinghuysen, whose revelations started the investigation hy the senate naval affairs committee a spy or traitor while in other quarters there is a disposition to regard the person as someone actuated by patriotic motives. Secretary Daniels particularly defended fuses now in use on Uncle Sam's warships. He declared they are the best procurable and have been indorsed by Rear Admirals Twinlnj, Strauss ami Earls, who have suecestively been chief of ordnance. He further intimated that disgruntled fuse maker might have been the man who wrote Seruitor Fre'i!.-v.uysen. Iianmls ssld h undelnt'iod tl, en-t-,r has the e te n v tome, .! he

HIS GREATEST RECORD. Billy Sunday's N. Y. Campaign Brings in 78,870 Trail Hitter. tun ika International Ttetra feraire.y NEW YORK, June 12: Having taken a trouncing at golf from John D. Rockefeller, Sr., during his day of rest, Billy Sunday today jumped with four feet into the fmul week of his campaign here. Billy's trail hitters to date number 78, 870, the biggest soul saving achievement in his career.

AGREE ON REPORT. Senate Concurs in Cfenferener Report ob Espionage Bill. H f sfer4ffeflar A'etr Berrtee.i WASHINGTON. June 12. The .senate this afternoon finally agreed to the conference report on the espionage bill, shorn of the censorship provision. The measure now will go to the whitehouse for the proident's signature. Announces Americans Taken By Moewe Will Be Treated as TrixonerH of War. iRi; the Intmawmal svrrloM WASHINGTON. June 12.-The an nouncement by Germany that the 7t American citiiens who constitute a part of the fruits of the raid of the onvertcd raider Moewe are being treated as prisoners of war. is the first direct recognition by the kaiser'r government that a state of war actuUy exists. Incidentally this announcement re lieves a lutent feeling of anxiety here that officers or gun crews of American merchant vessels would be shot should they be raptured by Germans. The men taken from the merchant vessel by the Moewe have the status of l.iisoners, according to the under tan.ling here, becuu, German rec igntzes a merchantman armed ns nuxliary cruisers. Germany's original announcement that alio would not recognise the l'nited Stutes as nn additional encim eiade at a time when it had been Mieved that the United States would ontent it.!f with supplying funds nd munitions, etc., to the entente, ince then, however, conditions ma terially have chnnged. At present the following belligerent movements among others are in progress: American destroyers are co-onerat-ng with the British and French navies in clearing the seas of submarines. American warships have taken over certain portions of the Atlantic patrol. An American expedition to France has been authorized and American lilors and soldiers are on French il. An American army to do its part in active offensive operations against Germany is in prates of foimatiun. As a result of these developments t is considered certain that Germanv can be depended on to take some action very soon to bring the existence of the war home to the United States. Already there is belief that a proc lamation by Germany declaring the entire const of the L'nited States with in her submarine barred zone is ready to be issued at Berlin. As a result un usual precautions now are being taken by all incoming and out going vessels while the coast patrol is unusually vigilant.

You Take No Risk When You Serve Your Country BY SUBSCRIBING TO The Liberty Loan of 1917 With our young men willing and anxioi to offer their lives, the least we who stay at home can do is to lend our money for their support. You can lend your country $."0 or more, thereby rendering a patriotic service and your money will be safe. Act Now! The Time is Utnited! FIRST NATIONAL BANK FARMERS STATE BANK BOONE COUNTY STATE BANK UNION TRUST COMPANY .- CITIZENS LOAN A TRUST CO,

DRAFT. SLACKERS WILL BE SHOWN HO Federal Agents Instructed' to Arrest All Who Did Not Register.

SLACKERS GIVEN WEEK TO REGISTER Evident Now They Do Not Intend to Enroll, So Government Will Act at Once. iHn the International etr flerrler.l WASHINGTON, June 11. Acting on orders sent out by Provost Mar--hal General Crowder, federal agents throughout the nation are today arresting I'" men between the ages of 11 and :tO. both inclusive, who cannot show registration cards. The week of grace allowed those ho failed to register lor the dial! last Tuesday thiough misapprehension or other unforseen circumstances nad expiied. Such a period of leniency was not contemplated in the ordinal registration plans but was made necessary by the larg ' number who failed to register June .V Attorney-general Gregory was nn.villing to believe that the failure of nore than one million men to register 'a due to organized opposition to the draft hut now that a week has passed, it has become evident that those who have not registered do not intend to do so. They will now be handled without gloves. Complaint--: to the department of iustice from those who have regis tered them "quitters" were being per rutted to go alwiiit their business unmolested and the burden upon those who have registered is increased by the million who, have riot, have stirred the department to vigorous action. By nil'htfail a great number of dackers will havr been taken into ustedy. officials of the provost Aiar--hal geneiai's office predicted. Each me will bo given another chance to register before being sentenced under the registration laws. Complete reports from the entire country has rot yet been received by General Crowder today. There is little hope, however, that the total registered will go much over I.ooo,0n mark. Census bureau estimates of those who should register were slightly over ten millions. GUESTS AT LUNCHEON. Gen. Ptrshing and Stall Entertained hy British Secretary of War. (rty the International Metre Merrier.) LONDON, June 12. Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the American forces that will fight in Europe, together with his staff were the guests of Lord Derby, the British war secretary at luncheon today. This evening the American officers will be entertained by Premier Lloyd George. The holiday before the real work begins in France is being enjoyed to the utmost by the American soldiers. Before the enlisted men cross the channel they probably will be inspected hy King George.

AMERICAN SHIP SUNK.

Steamer Petrolite Sent to Bottom 1'. Hoot Several Lives Last. ISy MM ;sferllJ Btrrtrt.y WASHINGTON, .June 12. T,he American steamer Petrolite has been sent to the bottom ly a German submarine. One boat load of survivors has been landed, the consular telegram said, and two boats are missing. The boat that reached shore w as in command of the third mate of the Petrolite. It contained the chief engineer and 18 men of the crew. How mmv mn were in the two missinr boats was not known to the consul who reported the disaster. MORE FRENCH TROOPS. Reinforcements Landed in Greece Take Over Food Control. itty the Internationa, Xeiri Herriee.i PARIS, June 12. French reinforcements have been landed in Greece, it was officially announced today. The French military authorities have tuken over control of the food situation in Gieece and large bodies of French troops have, been moved into Athens.

AVENGE HABITS DEATHS

Visit New Made Grave of "Huddie" Keel and Take Solemn Oalh of Vengeance.

that hen work is to be taken out of the shop there must be a committee IBs the ;lerlliml here Herein.) (,, .)(, ru, or society Come to tire SPRINGFIELD, Mo., June 12. In 'shop and take instructions as to the failing hours of darkness this how the work is to be done. Among morning fourteen grim men of Spring-1 the first things to he done by the loenj held visited the new made grave of; chapter is to till Box No. 2 for the Eli "Buddie" keet and in the cold rtnr-j Lilly Base Hospital at Indianapolis, light, took a solemn oath that they j This box is to contain full equipment would avenge the murder of the heir! for nine soldiers. The work contained to millions. in it is to consist of knitting, hand and A rose green streak far down the machine sewing. The material for eastern horizon, marking the trail of these articles has to I purchased and dawn, shed an eerie radiance over the iin- donation to this fund will be Wt little mound in Maple Grove cemetery ' ly appreciated. - ,

as four automobiles, lignts dim me and engines purring softly, slid dow the curving road. From the motors the men picked their way through the trees and took their places so that they made a circle around the frcjh mound. At the head nf '.he grave, the leader solemnly removed his hat. The other thirteen hats came off and the men stood with! bowed heads. i "Men. this is not the end of it," said i the leader. "Buddie can't rest easily ! here until we have wined out the one. ' ho murdered him. When we find! who killed Huddie, we find who is go- j ing to die however we see lit. Are you ready for the onth?" , Thirteen hands raised to the lighten ! "By the God that made us, we pledge ourselves to get revenge for the murder of Buddie Keet; to ife-j the guard our own homes and to cl Orarks of the murderers and stealers

of children." The bureau of engraving and printThe hands dropped; hats w-cre re-1 ing is working day and night to have placed and the streak in the east ! the bonds ready for delivery not later broadened and a glint of bronze show-; than July 1. d where the sun came to look upon j The words "Liberty Loan of 1917" the scene. There was a sound of j will appear in the upper border of crunching gravel and the humming of, the bonds. The denomination will be engines; the solemn retreat had , indicated in the iower bonier and in started. j each comer. The face of the bond There was no mistake about the will be printed in black with over reality of the oath; it was loyalty to; printing in color, the various denomthe traditions of the mountains anii ' inations having different colon with

the carrying out of a custom. Officials today were searching for a woman of enigmatic identity, who they believe was the brains that killed the Keet baby. The belief was based on the fact that the three letters demanding ransom v.ere written in a femmine hand, and the discovery of the imprints of a woman's shoe in the layer of dust oa the floors of the deserted Cran shaw mansion, in the arear of which Buddie's body was found. ON THE INCREASE. Destruction of Merchant Shipping by ' I'-hosts Grows. , (H the International Metre Berriee LONDON", June 12. Dcatruction of merchant shipping by Germin submarines is on the increase. This statement was made today by the parliamentary correspondent of the Chronicle. The fall off in sinkings during the past few weeks is now attributed to the fart that many of boaU were in port being overhauled. 5.009 PAIL TO REGISTER. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. June 12. Not less than 6,000 persons In Indiana failed to register June 6 but have registered in the last few days, according to Jesse Eschboch, state conscription officer. He gave a tentative total of 254,475 for Indiana and said untabulated returns would boost the total to about 200,000, the cen- ! -u bureau estimate. Probably half claimed exemption.

JOuuE QUOTES

OFTHERED CROSS N0WMBERS415 Canvass Yesterday Added 250 Members to the Roll. MATERIAL BOUGHT FOR THE WORK SHOP. Church and Club Organizations Will do a Great Amount of Work. The Boone county chapter of Red oss, as a result of yesterday's cant vass now has 41: menders. Yea resulted in two robem added to y (.nntsined one hundred and sivty-five names. The are progressing nicely with Yesteray afternoon representatives of the local chapter went to Indianapolis where tht purchased material for the work sh.p. Today the ladies of the Methodist cl,.rh visited the shop and took out work. One thin which the Indies wish to impress upon the different clubs ami sorieties Is TO ADORN THE BODS Bureau of Engraving Werkinjf to Have Liberty Bonds Ready by July 1. (Bi the International Vncl eerc. WASHINGTON. June 12 Engraved portraits of famot.- presidents of the I nited States, will embellish the various denominations of the liberty loan bonds, according to a description of the securities made public by the treaaury department todav. corresponding backs. An engraving of the Bartholdt statue of Liberty which stands m ew York harbor will appear at the ght of each bond and on the left til appear a presidential portrait. Colors and portraits will be as fol- : lows j "$:,o Lond, Jefferson, blue; 1100, Jackson, blue; $.r00, Washington, orange; tl.OOO Lincoln, carmine; f,000, Monroe, green; $10,000, Cleveland, blue; $j0.000. McKinley, nrmine; $100,000, Grant, orange. The back of the coupon bonds will have the, title and denomination in the center and on the right a vignette of Crawford's figure of the Godiless of Freedom which stands on the copitol'a dome. Colors of the backs will be $.-0. brown: $100, orange; $500, light blue; $1,000, green; $5,000, red; $10,000, brown; $.".0,000, olive; $100,000, dark blue. . The bonds will be printed on g-jL-ernnient distinctive paper with snfe threads interwoven as in currency. The bonds will be 13 by 6 inches approximately. The backs of registered bonds will have blanks for assignment and sixty coupons will be attached, one for each six months interest period in the thirty year life of the securities. ARKIVE IN FRANCE. BOULOGNE, June 12. Accompanied by a British military band, !f0 American ambulance drivers and 75 American nurses arrived here today. They were given an enthusiastic greet-