Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 227, Lebanon, Boone County, 21 June 1917 — Page 4

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.31 i Carrier, o yr ...... OMtuiriAfl and Cnl of Thank r ufc'ivl to ii ciiarire of to per lln or r orris Ch eiiould cffmwny ma it.ia btnrl AtivsnlfilnK matter .ttrit or ajirth'nir of ft Uka natur. of cvvtn at anr price, A'iv-tuttiK rates mud Knows Homlon. - .marii n TreM Association, New Tork Stat 4 Kaettsff' Boone I-wlk Ne. . K. A A. U. end Kn1r ch wwmtH, 7 310 PIvory Tnlio. secretary; Walter J Snaw, W. Xi. tbanon Chapter No. Jt. Order T.mnt l4hinon ffcnptrr No. S, Ft. A M. Sev fKi.i nlneitiiy each month, p. n -iry Telle, ttfrciolary; ilea il Cooaib., H. P. Boon Omincll: Nft. . n. A S. V third W'pt'ps'ltfv each month. 7. SO p. m Chanel Huimmn, I. M.; ivury C. Toiie AftCHANCE FOB MK.N AND WOMEN. ilibs Mabel IcKinlmiin ha sent out t little Kcd Cro m.;tiuj)- to tin country that, if read by th- men m wwii who have hearts, will fatoward nicking the movement now or to raise funi a. bitr success. She puts the whole reao-r or the biff g:fe to the Hed Cross in a nu1 hell. She it is vioman'ii chan.-r to do her part. '1 he sons are in lie army nrl navy, iluine heroic work and women want to pet on the in' lines, to do something (Treat for (heii country. ' One 'merrier tol.1 Mi Boardmar thnt her on went with IVr.-!.inc ' France, an. I that she wanted some thin "hard to do," for while hehands and her mind were busy xiti service for the country nothing coub be too hard to bear, even the suspend of her iwn being far away in Kuropo But she must have .something to do ro the women whose sons are aa have sewed for other mothers' son and perhaps even for their own. Thej havi; worked to do a good part foi the Red Cross. Many have Rivet from scanty uteres to help on thf jrreat movement, and this spirit wil' spread. Giving and working are all tha' many can do. It will take mighty works and groat gifts to measure up to !,.u;c .fifU-cr shown by the boys now n France, on the sea, ano in training at the fort for future ser vice. There in nothing easy to do in war times, when the nation' life i at st ike. Everybody should follow thr example of the mother and find someOne g hard to do even to givinir largely from wha'-ver store may be at hand. ORGANIZE LOCALLY. Governor Goodrich is mfeting witl the ,oal operatora to induce them t have wme pity on rh Iciiura consumer. Blot ier-,;i;t the' movement i proctedii? tlowiy tov.ard some re lief. In the meantime, would it not hi a Kind plan for local communities !o organize to ."ee if joitic re!itvf cannot be painH? Many times consultation with th:we who may have facts at hand, and who may know conditions w ill help to make reanonabie chantre. It is time now when the people should be laying in tieir coal for the winter months, hut as I'.nir as there is hope of relief at the hanrls of the (tovcrn ment or the f-ta'.e the people will be tlow to buy will take a chance. It "l '! that n.any people ore or ganizing clubs and arc ordering their to.il direct from the mines, in cur lead lotn, thus wivinj; some money. The people are willing to apy a reasonable profit to every mail wh-e lisiid touch the eon, hut all ate op-po-i to extorliua. There must lie

t i c f - u t 4 vpl k.l b' fair pn-e.. Wliy not eaih community organnc, find out the facta and otirltUunn, and assist local dealers in (retting coal into their yard at a reasonable price! If Indiana it all aroused, the coal from Indiana mines will be sold to Indiana people, at a fair price, evenSf mines have to bo taken over by the atate, or new mines opened by the tate or by new organizations working jn the int.-rest of the people. , TOOR FINLY CRAY. The fight in the Sixth district for !he election trf a congressman to succeed Juilge Comstock has reached an interesting stage, with the chances

ipparently in favor of the Republican ar.diilate, Dick Elliott. Kinly Gray, the T'emocratio candi lute, has too much to answer for. Ir he first place, he voted against th' 'lot'son lesolution in being onr f lh? famotis thirteen from Indiana no-.t of whom have since been re ired to private life. Kinly now say:le is fo' such a resolution as thf Ui'hton re.-olution, but is it not ju.st 8 ittie late for this decision to b' -nnde? The whole country now is fo? prohibition, including most of the In iu.na conires.vnieii and both the sen itos, according to a poll of thr ';-.! - rv! 'he t" t '--.'! by v lUTiih of Indiara drys. Finly is now riy following the general trend o i'JilU- sentimeet, and lie was far lie itr.-t tiic lloo.-ier sentiment in ll'l.'I. Teen. Fiidy wa its to go to rongres.' :(. sunpoit tiie piesident, and the (resident should be supported. But .i-l en Fmlv was there before he failei' o support the presi'ient, or the gov r nei.t either, voting against every i'M,-.os,tion liK'king to the defense o: "iepration of the government. . Hi ven reane lnliaa ridiculous by re 'u-iig to gi;-e a littie mr for I vei'ding present for the daughter o he Mo-idr-nt. Indiana can afford t. n..ke m.sUike.-, hut a state is iikc ai n iivelual. it cannot afford to sen "en to Washington who make th' lute appear f'H.ii-(i in the eyes o' h.e country. UeC'r try hick, oocc, Sixth di.-t-ic -I'ir.ly has le-en tried. -3, SlftH l.Ii I SK TACT. I'fecdom con,es very slowly, hut i ernes a'! the time. (Lit of the war hns come even ii ;-i;l,tin! the recognition of the wo ii n's riirht to have a p-irt in governv nt.il affairs. They did md rret thii eeo-roition bt cau-e of picketing, o; losing up parliament houses, but b he work they have done during th' ;::. 1 he women have taken the luces of the men in shops, mills, fac -V i"s ami mines, and are hjing then art its real patriotic citir-ens of tin :i"titr, nnd there was. no furthci 'u on why any man with a spaik o! i;::-h"nd in him, or who had any rec ? -ition of riiit and justice, should further delay the granting of th n-. ilege of suffrage to the women in this country, the women huv a:ned the right to vote, and to have h:g vice in the affairs of govern nent. There is no disposition on the part of the people to fuither delay the fronting of this priviUge. Y.-l, there are some worn' n wh. -I'll think that p'lk.-ting the whitt ycls them s imewhere. l'irketis no out of place. Even thr re-. is in favor of suffrage, and h'I this country, state anil nation, w il vo the women all the rights the ant by th time this war is over. complaining that the women are ...king life a huiden fur h'm, ever ;..-r ho has said that he is for c.,ua' itVriiKe. Of rour..e, O.-car was a lite siov in siiying it, but n"v that he rn'ide up his mind, it is lark o; t to stdl huress the pfKir congress me,. Wi-.en a fight is vnr. th'n it i.' me to stop the rough stuff and give the rn"n a chance to consider otlter ilions of moment. THE OBSERVER T O.Sti lKfore fiost last year three i- orih."'ait' piiiopkiiis cu.st a quar ter in many p'urcc. Fn-.t seejiied ki rather exorbitant tax, but if there is any pie fruit rFMl'MVS AM) worth it the I'ATIUOTL'-.VI pumpkin is. Piantia more of '..hero f. ;,n act of hitrhest patdotii ' Pur.i-.'kins famish pin fruit on a wholesale scale, (iallons of delictoui:

WHO IS WHO LLIH.ND TIIS SCENES IN THE WAR ARMY

Major-Geo. Thomas H. Barrv, Commander Central Department. Born in New York October 13, 1855, end appointed a cadet In the Military Academy July 1, 1873. On June U, 1S7T, he was promoted to be second li'r r -ant and ansigned to the T. i'i Cavalry. Ihree yrv xr he was transferred to .he infantry anil continued in that branch of the service until lf-97, when he was made an assistant adjutant-general. In lti8 he became a lieutenant-colonel of volunteers and was liter made a brigadier-general of voluntee.s. WASHINGTON. June 21,-Cencra! 3arry first attained distinction as hief of staff to the late General MacArthur during the hitter's campaign n the Philippine Islands. In tIKil he .as in charge of a relief expedition ent to China, nnd from 1M7 to 1S(IS vas in command of the army of Cuban laciticalion. He served as president of the Army S ir College, ami ua later named tr ommand the Department of California. From there, jn lt'10. he was ippointed superintendent of the U. S lilitaiy Academy at West Point, ir which capacity he served for three voars, when he was placed in comnand of the Kastern Department, .w.eie he s.-:ieii until .-ucceeth d P leneral Wood, in 1HI4. He is at present in command of the 'entral Department with headipiarers in Chicago, where his work in ruin.ng school cadets has done much idvance military service in the young t generation. I.OS ANGELES GIRLS FORM AVIATION COUPS (Hy lie rcrflf',nff Vrm Sfrn.Y.) LOS ANGF.LF.S. June 21. -Six onus women of I.o4 Angeles havt "nrme,l an aviation corps and offerer heir services in-l their airplanes ti lie government for roast patrol work he feminine pa'.riots are studying iviation and have uiivndy nude sev ral successful flights. "We girls feel that we may he abh o offer valuable assistance," said Alisi lice La Clmpt'lle, a skilled aviatnx vho is in charge of the crps. "Vhr mr soldiers are actively eng.igi d ir ightir.g in Karope prohahly all th. iviators will be there too. i.iat maj ave the roast in serious need of pa :rol aviators." IJOARD .OF REVIEW. A rciurtin of $.V in the ajst?s-n.-nt of mprt-hnmliitp in Tlrntown van KiaritH Krnt'st McK. rn. The Nnttlit rn Imiuinu Ga & Klocric company bi bt;n tto80H.ci a'. The pum nf $100 was aiWod to the i.t of Calvin I ic korson in Terry :'vi;.liip on account of prror. Gcorjrs A. liiimlk of Jc'iTt r.nn towr--hip waii irrafitH u re)uctitn of $;. m arrount of hors havinjr died mnrt Tlir J.tmfstown Canning company .aa Aiiw:4jWfl at $7,7;i. The board confirmed the a.M'ssmpnt. of th I.otianon Auto balers & hino coniMany, Ct'l.tnial Kealty ompanv. falirt-r-McMahun Kurniturt -ompany, Kayette Hall company an' I'u-tle Ha!J company. T!i board voted to ral-e the p-r filial u.-i.-smnt of the !,tbanor lr .ntiniar on.pj.ny f.ifM. CITY NEWS Baun gardt for cleanirg. Phone !i3 Bargains in rows at the Homer Mar tin tale at the Fair Grounds Saturd ii . June 'J': 6-l.'.'-7t The Wi'iing Workers of the Firs' '"hit-'ein church wttl ir.ve an '- i -aifi .wad Friday, tv -n'ug, June zj a V:.- rl.urch. -21-2t Lawn miw:e fixi.-.g- W n-ak hrm tu' the grass. Give us a trial W. K. Fraiey shop. Alley crossing 'car rik Drug store. May 3-tf WILLIAMS HOSPITAL. Mr... Vein Vandei-vmt. of Kirklin, ! a i entered the l'a-sp:t.il for miflica! treatment. WITHAM HOSPITAL Gerald Gardner, who was operated on :--vera' day ago for appendicitis, is g- tting along nicely. SWFEU" POTATO PLANTS. 2",000 yellow Jersey ard resl Bermuda sweet potuto plants coming. Get your order in now. UNION HARDWARE CO. UFl'OU rtR 04N R. K.. J.U ItAk!.)

Open on South Kiiie of Square Soon.

An up-to-dute pool and billiard room and ba ber shop is to be in stalled In tbn r.m formerly occupied -)y th- ; Hardware company or -.."l i:i(ie of the square. W. B. P-iks, who is to be the proprietor, arrived here this morning, and the work of installing the fixtures will begin at once. The barber shop will be in the front of the room and the pool tables in the rear. Four pool tables and one billiard table will be installed. A cigar and tobacco stand will aiso be run in connection with the establishment. The work of decoratling and finishing up the room, is about completed, and with the new fror.t it is one of the best businesi rooms in the city. Mr. Spar'ts an nounces that he will cater to the best of trade and that loafing or rowdyism will be prohibited from the start. "LANDLADY DIRECTOR" NEW BRITISH OFFICER loV (Ac fMlecRSlinn.l Jfeic. Berrien.) LONDON, June 21. The creation of t nest to be culled "Director of Land ladies" is the latest step the Govern ' icnt ii; taking to increase its wai 'llici'-ncy. t.erat.1 t rapce, J.l. p., is to be th rir.t man to hold the position and hit A0;k w ill be to see lodgers get propel rentmcnt and that billeting is car ier! out equitably. The billeting of soldiers is a prac ice with which many Biiti.-h house lolds have become U' i;aninte,l for tht ir.-t time during this war, though i' s sunctihed hy centuries of custom ir his and other lauds; but the billet ng of civilians is a'tngether a nov My, to this country at any rate iovever, the need i urgent, und ne e sity makes its own I aw. Muniioa wo'kers have swarmed like bee: oo.i s,w,0 of our manufacturing Places built for a population of SO,00 are being asked to accommodate 'ouble t hit number. Coventry coulo 'o with 5, WO loore houses at the pres nt time, it has been estimated. Ir iar-ow every house in every stree' ilecared to he full, ch . t. a-tilock f iMlgerS. The old Hox and Cox system o' oi'.ling is in full swing. Beds an crtpii d night an! day. Tlie girl whi working during the day leaves lici "I at dawn; and as she quits it the ivl who hps Keen en the night shif t the facto I y snuggles down into thi till warm sheets. In this desperati crumble for lodgings prices have no' 'ailed to nse. In the early clays of the war an ac' wis passed to prevent landlords ex dm'ing tenants hy raising rents, pu' hT.wos no su; h sat'egui.rd for lodg r, and it is assened that in many owns, grasping landladies are fleec ng the munition gir's. A deputation or" girls from Barrow a-oe up to the M-nistry of Munitioneceiuly, and it is said that the echoei t what they him still ring ii )r. Addison's ears. By contract wit! h.ii who g' asp nnd overehrge there re many families with spare room: .ho stradfustlv di-cline to lt lolging it a'i, and so roiuh :ucommod;.tion i. cnstrii. Nov.- the ',v,rar, Billeting Board is inurht H.to hemg to srrooth out thf ai.gle. Mocking through local coui'iilees it will r, ive the power to rewire household., to h-llet civilian vorkers and to provide hoard and ateedauee. I'rkes will ho tixe.l. and moreover, -nivni.-nt will he guaiaele.d. If the edu, r "l.tlks,'' the committee will pay. Aiso th" rommitt-es will act as arrralors .:iu:u!d iand dv vu! lodger, fail out. Ti e r--.i.mi.tres are aimed M'h Draconian puv. . i,-. r..-y hxlger tor example, who gets drunk or is 'o ent it otherwise grossly mishe-h.-e, himself j, ihe to a penalty f JI'Ki but shrewd p.-op'e declare 'hat the I ,t of a locnt tribunal is v - of p.s-,, c.in:.-.re. -;..h the woe.- ' a eom-iiltee callid upon to adjuloa'e l.e' w, ,.n rnle (gn.i'adj, ,. '.,".e one han, n ,u(n .gr mf feriiig from buine, hacon and no potri'oi's on the oihr. T,ie ifovernanee of tire great race f Lodge's f I "in roaring Rob Sawyers -o Hna ky v.-geten ins, will give rise to -an'e prutv prohhms. Nirnble witted pc.M,n who have pored over the bill i"-v flinpmt. Soiomon wuuid have shuiuasi the job, they say. Lodgers whi mi-behave may be hsied before tl.i' local committee. What of the fato of the man who claims the right to make himself at h"ne by putting his feet on the manth piece, or insists on piayitig comic onjrs on th piano on the Sabbath! The free lodgor and Uie bond will go out on Satur day night and mi home all Hniles. It, will be hard lines on the one to he subject to a penalty of UOit. while the other can suffer nothing more i-erious than the rough aide oi tho laii'iMoiy s tongue!

Coonra' a new telephone directory. Way 3-u',

fuey are apportioned over ti countv as foeowH: Aiarion. wunicn 1 anu men 5; C linton, w-omen 4 and men 10; Wasnuigtori, women 7 arid men 9. Suuar Creek, women 8 and men 6; Jefferson, women 11 and men 16; Center one, women 42 and men 83; Center two, women 21 and men 19; Center three, women 26 and men 19; Center four, women 51 and men 41; Union, women 2 and men 4; Eagle, women 3 and men 3; Perry, women 6, and men 4; Harrison, women 12 and men 14; Jackson one, women 7 and men 8; Jackson two, women 0 and men 4; Worth, women 11 and men 7.

TOWNSHIP IS DEAD J. V. Rigging Passed Away at Noon Today Was 81 Years Old. J. V. Riggins, an old resident of lackson township, passed away at .loon today at hia home in Advance. He was born in Union county, Ind., August 26, 183, and was 81 yeart aid at the time of his death. He is mrvived by three children: Sidney kiggins, of jetlersor ownship, Mrs. iny 8haw and Miss Bertha Kiggins, if Jackson township. His wife did n 1914. The funeral arrangements lave not yit been made. TRAINS TAKEN OFF. Two Early Morning Trains on Ilig Four are Fliminated. The C. C. C. 4 St. L, railroad has oken tw-o trains off the schedule. These are trains going through Lebanon southliound at 2:26 a. m.. and lorthbound at 2:41 a. m. Both are 'teyal Pulm passenger trains. War ondiiinns compelled this change, as :he government now requires a reserve and conservation of trains and 'oeomotives for the quick transportsion of troops. These trains did not "top here. V. S. CHEWING GUM IS CONQUERING THE WORLD ( ths frsOisfll .Vrirt terrier. I WASHINGTON. June 21. American hewing gum ' has conquered the torld. H has been a tedious process extending over twenty years hut low tiie triumph is complete, accordrg to an announcement today by the bureau of Foreign and Domestic Comrce of the Department of Com merce. Fast of Sisaz American chewing turn is as easily obtained as wer.t or he Alleghenies. And even in far off Mongolia they're learning to chew it American exports of chewing gum 'or the present fiscal year will ntil more than ll.OHfi.otHj a'rrady hey have passed the $900,00(1 mark. The trade today is five hundred inies as large as in 1894. when Amercan chewing gum started on its conluest. For the first nine months of '.he present fiscal year exports' of hewing gum have averaged SHRI.IHKi month, in spite of tho German U-boat. While chewing gum is neither mu nition nor ration, the increased exir. to Kurope during the past two nirs have generally boon attributed to the "soldier" demind, and official tatistirs bear out this view, as the Kuiopean shipments went priripally o England and France. In 19J2 Engand imported American chewing gum o the value of $90J8:i; in 191'!, 142 worth; in 1914, $46,5,18; in 191.5, 92,075; in 1916, $203,414: and in the first nine monies of the fiscal year 1917. $."82,294 worth, during which neriod Scotland took an additional llfi,92 worth. The French trade has levolopcd from a total value of $731 n 191'.'. $198 in 1911, $1,163 in 1914 and $2,(7.1 in 191.5, to $10,186 in 1916 I $911.2(11 in the first nine months of 1917. Produce infertile eggs. Skidoo the rooster. 6-20-,1t. Roscoe Hollingsworth LAWYER OSec at Court House, ground Boor PHONE 855 Paul O. Tauer FLORIST ' Plenty of Flowers on Hand at all time. Phone 137

SATURDAY, JUNE 3' BEGINNING AT 1 P. 31. TWENTY FRESH JERSEY COW'S; FIVE SHORTHORN COWS Every one of this lot of cows is first class. They can be seen at the Iiebanon fair grounds after Wednesday, June 20. They are all of good ages and come from the very best milk strain of Washington county. These cows all have calves by side. TERMS-Six months credit, drawing 6 per cent interest from date on bankable note. HOMER MARTIN C. O. TRIBBETT & SON, Auctioneer W. W. BOONE, Clerk

Promote Plant Life Use insecticides freely, Paris green, arsenate lead, London purple, bordeaux mixture, etc., are insecticides for potatoes, shrubery in fact for plants of all kinds Diluteil to a given 'strength, best suited for the kind of insects you wish to destroy. Insects On Poultry

Tu 1-ambert's Hess, ConVevs eum, Fleck's lice killers, are son your needs.

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LIBERTY BONDS AT $1.00 VEll WEEK CALL AT OUR OFFICE First Rural Loan & Savings Association H. P. NEW, Secretary.

SAVE YOUR OLD TIRES We have a place for them. We will pay you 10c per pound providing, however, you buy new ones. We are agent? for the well-known Goodrich, Ajax and Federal Tires. PALACE GARAGE Phone 93. 220 North Meridian Street ' OPEN DAY AND NIGHT

I CITIZENS ABSTRACT COMPAN Hodge & Darnall Abstractors Reasonable Pri-.cs. Ixjan at 5 and 6 Per Cent. GIVE US A CALL Telephone 273 CBAGLN & HIGGINS BLOCK East Side Square. Lebanon, Indiana. Professional Cards F. C. HUTCniNAON Lawyer, Office Cason Naal Block, north aid of square. Phone Hi. ROGERS A SMITH Attorneys at Law. Office Fanner Bute Dank Built tng. Phone 119. : M. P. NEW " Attornty at Law. Ill South Meridian Street WM. J. WOOD, LAWYER. Office over Morgan's tboa stora os wait side of Square, Phone office 13a home Ml-T. Lebaaoa, Ind., R. H. Johnson, live stock and general auctioneer. Lebanon, Indiana, R R. 2. HKPORiER on R. ''tM vtAitiT

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