Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 224, Lebanon, Boone County, 18 June 1917 — Page 1

LEBANON, INDIANA, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1937. NO. 224. I

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.CZIESS-TAKES UPnERAH OF THEFOOD BILL Control of Food Supply is

Sought by the Government. IIEF FEATURES OF I THE PROPOSED BILL! tat ion of Food Dictatorship to be Vested by President in H. C. Hoover BV ROBT. B. SMITH. (By IA InltrtiHim'tt ..- Brrriri.) WASHINGTON. June 18. Both louses of Congress today began the .rememlou tank of wreKting control if the country's food supplies from the 'Peculator and putting them into the 'minis of the. government to insure he nation and its allies against hunger while fighting Germany. Each had before it the Lever-Cham- , administration and backed hy

resilient W ilson personally a measCre regarded by many members as most radical ever considered by American congress. Its passage d, in effect, suspend the federal Cnstitution during the war and place country's supplies subject to the of military necessity, with the ident us the supreme dictator, the administration's aim is to get rhc bill passed in time to apply its .revisions to this year's production.

'it The house is expected to vote on, he measure after a week's debate. The most stubborn fighting will een- j er in the senate. The opposition in i lie ttpper house is so determined thM j . filibuster to delay action long enough i nullify its effect on this year's foud I -utput is regarded as a strong proba-

lity. To combat any organized ef-

ort to talk the t.,11 W dtath, its cup ! ani a t, ,, ,..t ,ofit probably will orters are prepared to invoke the ; , , . , ,oture rule, restricting debate for the i have to the f ,nal bR'"9 of 9"llpist time since it was adopted last mpnt of tne controversy on the cot larch. of steel to be used in the proposed

Feature of the Rill.

The chief features of the bill ar-i Th( ,atPst evi(U.n(. of fricti(jn 1. Creation of a food dictatorship . . , , ,. be vested by the president in Her- tWrn Ma;or C,ewra) Geor,re ("- 'rt C, Hoover. , thals, general manager of the emer2. Authorization to the President ! "nry fiwt corporation and the fedlicense and regulatfi fcuaiwsa to"1 "hipping board growing out of .'event Bneconomiea! manufacture ,he refusal of Oairman William Dennd inequitable distTibution. man of tnc boa, to 'fC contractu for 3. irastic powers and penalties to construction on a basis of $'.!. a ton revent cornering of foodstuffs. ; navc emphasized to officials here the . 4. Authority to the president to 1 necessity i.of legislation which will lurcbase or provide for the prodw- ' th, President complete power to on or manufacture of necessaries and cmandcer steel and to fix the price o store and sell them. , that vM Pai'l 'w 't- It undcr-5,-Power to the president to re- "tood tol'i' that presiHent is uistion necessaries and plants, fac- '. making a careful investigation of the ones and mines to produce neces.ii- entlre question and that he will take iPK ' steps at once to end the friction and Presidential authority to close I r'stor harmony between General changes to prevent speculutioa th:il!i and the board. 7. Minimum price fixing to guird : Chairman lienman was to see I'resiwwoducers reasonable profit and thus i Aent Vl,i'nn t"is afternoon when he ) nulate prwluction. expectwt to go over the entire situnt. Prohibition, at the discretion of jl"n w,th n,m- , presi.lent, to prevent use of food-1 r"-n-ral Coethals sent word to the fTs in the manuficture of alcoholic wh',', hous to,lay that h wouM , k'" Zverages. I vrry much to see the president toduv. f .-An appropriation of $152,500.- He told that, ' U w" P""''-' n 1 fit) to carry out the purposes of the ottafement uhl be made after the lict. i day's appointments has been comj pleted. Wilson's Menage. I General Goothal toilav announced : kt k.. 1 1. i

Cpngres. must pass food legi.laion bv July 1 to protect the people f tht United States from speculators. Thit was the message sent to conrest today by President Wilson in a tter to Congressman Borland of i issouri. "To protect the people against ex ruon. is me purpose or tne anmintration food legislation urged by resioeni mison. mt oojecv oi ine eaeiire it not to control the food of nr. rouniry wi. io rei-i irom ine

omroi oi toecuiawrs. rresioeni wii- (.tenth in December. 1!U8. s.n taid. The presi.letit's letter fol-1 rt npra, Cl0Flh abmanzes all "Zll , . . , . , contracts to date as follows: ships S "You are quite right about the food iand hui,, contr(,ftel for, 138; com- . ministration measure. In my opia-1 plcte shjpB 23. tom. on it Is one of the most important posite jp,, :i2. eompetM V00iim id most Imperatively necessary of l9nipfl 30. toU, rnm Wle th- ,M e measures which have been pro- j Wooden hulls. 48. serf in connection with the war. . , "A eertain disservice has been done j TW0 HUNDRED HURT. i measure by speaking of it as the od control bill. The object of the : , oeasure it not to control tht food 0f I EPlon Occurs in Military Muni-

Jpe country but to regies it from the ' ' ontrol of speculators and other perns who will wek to make inordinate rotits out of it, and to protect the s-ople against the extortion which ould retult It seems to tne that :os who opKjse th mnsnr re! ry seriesis'v romi'der

U succeed, for th extraordinary nd uppressive price of food in the United SUtfn Foodstuffs will of court inevitably be hifrh, but it i possible by perfectly legitimate means to keep them from being unreasonably and oppressively high. "1 hope and believe, that the congress will nee the measure in thin hlfht, ami that it will come to an early passage. For time 1 of the essence. The legislation should be secured by the first of July to make the country safe against the danger it is meant to guard against.

! FRENCH PRESIDENT j BRAVES BIG GINS TO CONFER DECORATIONS PARIS. June IK Braving the s!illfire which tho Gffnian.s continuously pour upon Knfims, l'resi(lnt Pdincurr hns visiteii tin ty and conferral four Wirton of the I.pkkti of Honor, it va? omiuaniT.1 twin v. Thus honor. wcr llai.liRiil l.en. iVmity Mj bonne; ux and fvlitor I'lamns of a nt-Wfcpaper which has continue"! touMih dfnitc th erman bombardment " " PERHAPS THEY SLEEP j BOTH DAY AND Mf.HT (Ay tht Intrrmotinn'll Setrt RVrWcr.l SAUNA. Kan., Jure 18. Knur townships in this county, according to the assessor's return, have only ; one silver and one gold watch each, while in four other townships returns I show there is not a wutrh. There is j j Jing in the report to sho vhat ! became of the watches reported for taxation in former year. ! SOON BE SETTLED President May End Friction Be tween GoethaLs and the Shipping Board. (ftp IS rfMffrfcai Vtr ffsrrjc. WASHINGTON. June 18. Cost merchant fleet to be constructed by the United .St&tffs. j trM.u ,or u,n ,,.,, fM rarf0 earning steamers and twentv-four wooilen hulls in addition to th contracts previously announced. The Seattle Construct ion ft Drydock company, of Seattle, Washington, was given the contract for the steel ships, the first and second steamers to be deiTrrP() in jurie, 191, the tnir( in ja,Vi 1318 fourth am fifth jfl Au(f. , u8t )9i8 sixth in Septemiier. KMX. seventh and eighth in October, 1K11, njntn in November. 118, and the1 Hons Depot Near Vienna. (Ay k sUrMMmxl Km lM.l ' VIENNA, June 18. One hundred i person were injured m an erplosion j in the military munitions depot near 11 . . bl m les from r '

THE BRITISH FALL BACK FROM SOI

Retirement From a Few of Positions Admitted By War Office. 1 MAIN POSITIONS ARE FIRMLY HELD I German Sucwsxful Thrusts i Made Following Severe ! Bombardment. (Hv.the Intrrnattnntl Stirt flerrlrO LONDON, June 18. Retirement by the British from a few advanced positions on the Arras Iront was admitted by the war office today. The muin positions remain (irmly in British hands.

I I he (.rrmuns made violent counter , wfre an() tW(.iv( jnjured Dv an ! attack during the night in an effort ; explosion in the Frederickstrassc to recapture Infantry hill, east of'statj(m jn lp.jn on Sunday,, said a

! Monrhy, w ho were unable to secure i their objective. i The British fell back from some - anciii posiuuiw, oui " ion of the hill. The German ' thrusts were made following a severe bombardment. Monchy lies just north I of the Arras-Cambrai road. i Violent Fighting. j Field Marshal Haig in his ofticiai j dispatches from headuarters dwelt upon the violence of the fighting I around Monchy. When Monchy was I held hv the Germans it constituted one of the key positions of the Urecourt-, Oueant switch I In Belgium there was a heavy bombardment all night, the Germans raising shells upon the new positions of the Lritish. There was artillery duelling alsoi north of the Scarpe river in Kram-e. J nenetru the German line, at two

point? in tfe? Vjre mountains. cp-;f turing some prisoners, the war office

announced today. Th1 raids

made near Le.ntry and southwest of j vice., from Madrid today. These . t jnt and stackH , irnme,iiate deSenones. There were cannonades at ' stated that the monarchist reformist, , l:-, thre is n helief here that it

numerous points on the front. Retire at Macedonia. A retirement of the British forrei on the Macedonian front nml the oc cupation of eight villages by the Ger I'.ulBetween ' Lakes Hatkovo or,d Tahi' t the Uiitish have ! iss the Struma river, j back

The vi'Iage:, occupied by the German I in&" 'he Republicans, socialists. Kadi-1 r.l rAS". les., June is. An imalTes a-e Orhan'i Parakii Jumelkum-i and reformists held a meeting : pending attack by Vill i forces upon

li, Kouj.ri. f'rosink, Heg.ik Kakarassa, and Sale There have U th.t the eiitont i unofficial report J forces -iiv retire ! from Macedonia, giving up Salonika. However, tlieso were contradicted by the enforced abdication of Constantine as king of Greece, BRITISH SCORE CHAPLIN FOR NOT ENLISTING ifiu tht Mlcrnsriofliif Krvt Bervtcr.1 I.ON'fiON, June 18. News that Chaplin has been offered an even higher price than be is now getting in the mo', ies has provoked satirical comment from London papers. Chaplin is a subject of Britain. The liailv KxpresH heails the announcement "f chting Kor Millions" and adds "fri ulie Chaplin Still Faces the Deadly i'llm." Following this is the simple ata'emcnt: "Recruiting for the Bntish, Canadian and American armies continues on the other side of the Atlantic, where Charlie Chaplin, the Englishman, is film playing." MAYBE THEY EXPECT REV. W. A. SUNDAY (Oil Iht aterMtfaHiil rlcr I LONDON, June 18. A giant Bible, five feet two inches high and three feet six inches across, has been "built" at the Oxford University Press. It is used in the Bible crusade in London. In the binding of this great work it was found necessary to erect t wooilen staging from the eras beam of which depended an Iron chain and a pulley book. The width of the back is ten inches, to that when the boot; is opened It measure seven feet ten inches acrosa. The volume it such at Swift might have mentioned is read by the King of Brobdinjrnag. FED V. Jui WON, Hit chimpiofl doe of dT brethren

WOODEN CITY BEING BUILT IN FRANCE TO HOt'SE AMERICANS

( Ay tkt rfariMlaI .rtft Cr4cc.t I'AKIS, June 18. A wooden city is being built "somewhere in France" to house the soldiers of, the American expeditionary forces. Houses are to be ued fdV shelter instead of canvas. The Americans on hand have already sel'out with characteristic energy to carry through their tasks. 1 The newspaper Gaulois stnted toilay that American engineers already have begun to survey for the construction oi' a railway line to enable supplies to be rushed to the front with all possible speed. Americans will also enlarge the port they have chosen for a base so that it can accommodate more shipping. Gen. John J. lVrshing, the American commander, is setting an example of hard work for his staff. He has injected a spirit of dynamic energy into the American army headquarters. THREE PERSONS KILLED. ... 7. 7T c , , welve Were Injured in Kl plosion in Berlin Sunday. (fly the nf-son xr serixra.) i BASLE, June 18. Three pcrsnr ,ii!10 .v from ... ijerman camtal today. The u,,uulace became panic Htrirken, it was said, fearing that the allies were making an air raid over , the citv REVOLUTION IN SPAIN Movement Started There That Slay Eventually Overthrow Monarchy. , ,h ,.,..Nmm, v

PA KIS, June 1H.-With the spi.it!:

revolution teething in .Spain, a ' movement has been started there to stablirepublic, according to ad-, headed by Senor Alvarez, has openly j declared in favor of a republican form i of government. Wh'le present indicanons are mat me .panisii crisis nas been averted for the time being the situation is still acute. No sooner hail Premier fJuto given in to the demands of the army ollirers, giving

soid theith',m permission to form committees j

delense ttian trounie came rrom anothpr dire-tion. Deputies rrprewnt-1 i decided upon a coalition. same time it was stated ton monarchist manifesto woui. """IA serious labor situation exists. In many sections of Spuin. industries are tied up by strikes. In ail'lition to this, food is very scarce and pi ices are exceedingly high. 2..r)00 HOTEL MODEL TO TOUR COUNTRY (By tht- Intrrntltinnnl Srwt fltrrfrO NKW YORK, June 18. Just what appearance the titanic Commodore Ho tel, a twenty-eight-story 2.WH)-room building, which the New York Central Railroad is building in its terminal property, will make when completed, is possible of easy visualization through the model of it, just completed by Francis T. Gillings, a sculptor. The model of the Commodore required the work of six men and six months' time to finish it, at a cost of $2,500. It is the first attempt to reproduce large building, and it faithfully follows even to the colors of the materials the completed structure. It it planned to send the model for exhibition purposes to the principal cities of the country. DENVER "TRAFFIC COP" HEADS CHURCH CHOIR (Ay (Ac Intmalional JV RsrrlcM DENVER, Colo., June 18. There are basehnll evangelists like Billy Sunday, and train robber evangelist like AI Jennings, but, at that, the last place moat of u expect to find u traffic "cop" t In church choir. The choir of the Central Presbyterian church of Denver, one of the largest congregations In the city, has Just held an election of officer. For president the choir chowi W illiam E. Wwlf, tiafiie policeman. Wolf it one of the tniwt active and pcaular mem-be-of i.ie cfn'r. A so he it oee of t' e-e'-e of t - I'-'S-hot YoPr , L e . s I I t; ' ;,

THE TABULATIOIi OFSMIPTiiS HOT COMPLETED

Liberty Loan Figures May Not Be Known Before Tomorrow. EFFORT TO DEPRESS THE PRICE FAILS j Legal Department Investigating I Attempt to Lower Price I Below Par. (Ay tht fslerMlloso. .Vein frrrlrr.) WASHINGTON. June 18. Every 'effort was being made by the tieasuiy Heiinrtment today to complete the tabulation of the subscriptions to the I l.ihertv l oan. It was hoped that the definite figures would be available I T,ot later than tomorrow. It already J b esi,et that the over subscript ions will total eight hundred millions. There is a distinct possibility that the Dim OOP) mm mav he exceeibd. The spasmodic effort in certain cir-, cles to sell the forthcoming short, in j an effort to depress the price below I failed at the outset. It is understood, however, that efforts of the legal department of the government are seeking information as to Vho was responsible and whether this effort was r,t in pait uii iffuil io "play the Geiman game" in the United States. Next Loan In September, Whnn the novt l,v,n l nfferel in September, every effort will be maxle i to float it in not to eceed two weeks although a month will be set for the i subscription limit. It is believed her? by financiers who are in close touch i with the matket and by officials genj orally that by tliat time tlio Liberty j Loan will be selling at a most atpremium. With a margin of almost a billion to be drawn on from disappointed pur chasers who wanted to get in on the initja, and with thp bon()a dy wi, hp unneteSBurv fnr thp treasury t utjizp a brasjl band to maV(, ,alc, tL n u. :SaUP IMPENDING ATTACK. Villa Force I'la suit on Chili h,a ci(y ,nJ TorriK,n. e (er4iir..ii Rerrict.)

At the i Chihuahua City and Torrcon is the inin anti-i terptetation phired upon orders from be is the ba'ndit chief to his commands to icut of railroad connection to the two

icitie news was conveyed by a courier from Villa's headquarters northwest of Santa Rosalia to Villa's agents here. It was reported that Villa would move upon Torreon first, , , ,i making the attack as soon as two of , . , , , . . , his leaders jjrom lower Mexico nrrived. WALL STREET'S BISHOP j GOES INTO RETIREMENT! (Ry (he 0ml(eiil .VeiM grrrict NEW YORK, June 18. "The Bishop of Wall Street" has held his last service in his open, air cathedral at the comer, of Broad ami Wall streets, with its pavement of asphalt and its ceiling of sky. In other words, the Rev. Dr. William Wilkinson, friend of millionaires and office boys in the financial district and holder of noon-day services there for many years, hes been retired by Trinity Corporation, whose missioncr he has been. The crowd of rich men and poor who fill the canyon of Wall street at lunch hour will miss the stocky, whitehaired figure who preached the gospel in the heart of what the major part of the nation has come to regard as a den of wickedness. He has enjoyed the reputation of being the highest paid street preacher in the world. From Trinity he received a salary of $o.000 a year. No one will ever know how much of this "the bishop" expended on himself, bat the poor will tell that he ha always been open-handed and has never withheld hi aid when money wa needed to keep home together. He was a close friend ef the late J. Pierpont Morgan, who often went to hi house. FOLLOWS URUGUAY. HUFN0S AIRES, June 18. Argentine ha followed the course of Uru guay In adopting the) position that Argentine ti torial wa'.ers iny be d ! v I tate warship with" eountry netitra'ity, or uv.v j Wday.

THE FOOD SITUATION IS GIVING GERMAN PEOPLE MUCH CONCERN

(Ay tAe infer iMIamtfl Xtwt tirefct COPENHAGEN, June 18 Germany is drawing heavily upon her food reserve, it was declared by -travelers arriving here today from Berlin. The food situation it was declared, is giving the Gerntan people more anxiety than the entry of the United States in the war. The gravest food crisis yet known in Germany is now threatened between the present time and mid-August. If that period is bridged over, the new harvest will allow the people higher rations. VISIT CHICAGO. Italian Mission Put in a Itusy lay at the Windy City. (As (Ac rnlersaftoatit Kttrt Rtrpict.) CHICAGO, June 18. Member of the Royal Italian war and finance mission put in another busy day seeing Chicago today, accompanied by hundreds of prominent members of Chicago's Italian colony. They were to depart for Pittsburgh tonight. The absence of Prince Udinp. who is ill, made Enrico Arlotta, minister of finance, and member of the Italian cabinet, acting head of the mission. Senator Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the wireless, was plainly the hern of the commission in the eyes of Chi cago Italians. A tour of the boulevards ami narks this afternoon was to follow inspecfion of the stockyards and packing! plant tnis forenoon. 1 he mission arrived Sunday morning. , : GREAT PHYSICAL AND L CULTURE Camp LiQe at Ft. Harrison Leaving its Impress I'pon Recruits. (n the sferHoaal Xfir flnrrln.) FT. HARRISON, Indianapolis, June 18. Camp life In the United States army, no !es than methods of warfare, has been revolutionized. The army camp of which Ft. Harrison is typical, with 13.000 soldiers training is now a great physcul and mental culture school. Grizzled veterans of the regular army here are fond of comparing conditions now to those of the old camp. Social disease, drunkenness, rebellious spirit has disappeared. And prohibition, the army officers say, has done it. Hard work, outdoor freedom and clean recreation has increased the efficiency of the camp wonderfully. As a remit, American soldiers are going into the great European war thoroughly trained in a few months. Gen. Glenn, commander of Ft. Harrison, has scattered his military police about the reservation anil even tn the city. And the arrests have been fewer than in a city of the same size in civilian life. , D ... The Officers Reserve Corps and the . . ' , thousands of recruits to the regular army here, are today going through the most rigorous training ever given outside of West Point. Figures issued toilay showed that the number in the Officers' Reserve Corps hid been reduced from 5,200 to 4,078. Many have left for aviation, coast artillery and other special training camps, but ! most have been eliminated for deI firieneies. Another physical examinaI tion w ill be held this week, and score9 of men fear the consequences. THREE LOST LIVES. Brush Fires in California Forest Render Over 1,000 Homeless. (Ay tht InttrmaPznct nines trrebv.) LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 18. Brush fires which were still burning j today in the Santa Barbara National forest have caused the death of three women, wiped out the residence section of the town of Ojai and destroyed j crops orcr wide area. Over 1,000 persona are reported homeless. The fire was reported today to be steadily crawling toward Sheppard's Inn and Stanley Park, summer resorts. ITE TOO LATE FOR THIS SOLDIER TO MEND (Ay (a futMHoiwI Ktm ferrfcx.1 PARIS, June 18. The French army probably contain the oldest soldier in the world, private named Montaarrat, whose age it eight-one year. He wa over two years in captivity, after being taken in Kelgiui.i by the German. They 'Anally decided he wa lurmles and liberated him. A toon a be arrived tn Pari, howe r, be enlisted ami it anslou to tank venr tne.

PATRIOTIC WAVE SWEEPS TliabuJ lilt; Arrival of American Mission Has Noticeable Effect.

DECISIVE REJECTION OF OFFER OF PEACE Drlinite Steps Are Taken Toward Continuation of the War. (By (lir J(ers.is Vcirj Ktrdff.) PF.TRi'.IiA, June 18. A wave . of patriot! outN..l with Jbitisivc action against a separate peace with Germany, !..ce followed the arrival here of the American mission headH by F'ihu Root. Two definite st. ps toward a continuation of the war until Germany is beaten are generally attributed to the influence exeicised by tiie pressure of the Americans in IVtrograd. They are: 1. The first rejection of all of Germany's peace overtures and the German efforts to secure an armistice. 2. The action of the Duma in voting in favor of an immediate offensive jigainst the A'itro-nrrmtl armies May be Lengthy Visit. How long the Root mission will remain here is indefinite, hut from the program out, the visit will be lengthy one. The commissioners have been feeling their way carefully, trying to get all their first-hand knowledge ponsibls on the turbulent condition of the pretent situation. Mr. Root is living in the magnificent winter palace, formerly the bom of the Czar, where he receive th journalists every morning. During the afternoon Mr. Root receives visits from members of the cabinet, or from other whose opinion curry weight and influence. Gen. Scott is keeping in close touch with war Minister Kerensky and other Russian military men. CALLED TO COLORS. tnlon Lang, Christus of Oberammert au Play, Join Army. I Rtt (Ac lntrnatttmal tr Scrrtoe.l BERLIN, June 18. At last Anton Lang of Ooerammergau, who is well konwn to many Anvil "ins s the Christ of the Passion Play, ha been called to serve in the Bavarian army. , He apiieared yesterday in field gray uniform before the garrison authorities at Augsburg. ting, who is a potter by trade, was reported killed in battle in 1915 and the papers of the whole world devoted columns to obituaries of him but at that tune he was safe and sound at his home in Oherammergau. Duke Maximilian, in the second quarter of the 17th century, when the Passion Play at Oherammergau was Inaugurated because this village had been spared from a plague which had desolated the surrounding communities, entered into a covenant with the village that it should henceforth be spared the sufferings of war. Thi has been interpreted to mean by successive kings of Bavaria that no one who took part in the play should be called n soldier. In the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 all of the BOO player were employed in the hospitals. HAS INCOME. HE SAYS, WHY SHOULD HE WORK? (Ay iha TmttrMttontit Utttt tVrrfce.) HUNTINGTON. L. I June 18. William Ross has an income and a section of his home all to himself, and as h,e gives his wife the major part of his income he doe not see what reason she has to bother him. Justice of the Peace Hrndrickson i thinking it over while trying to have Mr. and Mrs. Ross patch thing up. Mrs. Rosa swore to a complaint before the Justice that her husband did not work and support her. The Justice issued the summons and Ross explained that he tiid not lika to work. He would rather read, to he stays up until the small hom, sleep until about noon, and take the afternoon for recreation. He has part of the house set off t library Into which neither she nor their nine-year child ever goes. Rom explained that he had an income of $50 a month. Out of thit, he said, he gave hit wife $30. Be p&id the rent ef the house, $15 a mnnt, and hat the rest for himself. The Justice took a mints to think it ever.