Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 230, Lebanon, Boone County, 25 June 1917 — Page 1

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FINAL DAY OF THE CAMPAIGN FINDS THE GOAL IN SIGHT Ten Thousand Dollars Already Raised in the County. REPORTS COME IN FROM ALL SECTIONS Work Will Continue lTp to the Very Last Hour, Indications Are. Ten thousand dollars hail bwn raised in lloone county for the lied Cross war fund up to noon today from report from out townships am! from subscriptions actually turned in to headquarters here. This leaves $2,500 to be raised before tonight, which wilt mark the close of the bin drive. Those at the head of the coun ty organijiition are confident that o great last rally on the part of the people of Boone county will accomplish this and list Boone on the roll of honor, The following telegram was received by County Chairman B. V. Coombs this morning: "Monday cele brated nationally as Pershing day. Twenty million still needed. Make eompletion of fund pledge of our loyalty to Pershing and our men in Fiance." Signed, American Red Cross . War Council. A total of $8,002.81 has been turned in to local headquarters late Saturday r.ifht Several trams report that they have raised their quota but have not yet turned their pledges in. Thi. was determined at the meeting of the teams in the court house Saturday night. Beside the sum sent In here it is known that over $2,000 has been raised in Sugar Creek township, oi much over its quota, that Eagle township's quota of $M8 has been reached that over a thousand dollars has been raised in Jackson, and that over !100 more is to come from Worth. Last night over $!O0 was added to Cenlei township's list, but this still leaves Center about $400 short of its quota of $5,'W9.55. Some canvassing was done in this township yesterday with good results, and it will be canvassed thoroughly today. A meeting attended by a large audi"nce was held at the Union church at Risston lost night. The speakers ere E. C. Gullion and Rev. O. H. Cormichael, of this city. Teams were organized at the meeting, and the Iseople of Union township say thrt they will have their quota raised by tonight. Ready for Work. Miss Anna Crawford, who has been t.iking a course in surgical dressing un ter Mrs. Dr. Eastman of Inaiannpolis, and who is to take charge of tne work in making bandages and surgical supplies for the Red Cross here, returned here Friday to arrang? for the rtarting of the work. The rcon over the Long and Davis drug store '.hieh w-as donated for this work, will be ready for classes the first of next week. This week will be spent in obtaining supplies and in arranging the room for classes. Miss Mae Shannon and Mrs. Myra Richardson, who are mso taking instructions under Mrs. Eastman, will return to aid in the woik here in a few days. Donations are needed badly for this work, as the ladies of the local Wed Cross chapter say that they have received word that this work and the knitting of socks is the most urgent of any of the Red Cross work now. The following articles are needed at once: plated ease knives, old-fash ioned flat irons, old bedspreads, old Turkish towels, white oil cloth for the work tables, new face towels, and old linen. Money donations are al asked to keep the work going. The Red Cross workroom to the court house has a telephone and !f notified of persons having these needed ar-t-cles, the ladies will send Scouts aft. them. The urgency of this work may be realiiad when the statement Is known thai on large box of surgical supplies lasts only ten at the front. Volunteer ar -knit socks. ,

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o will go to Crawfordsvilie today to receive instruction in the cutting of materials. It baa been reported that several people have been missed in the can vass, anil wish to subscribe to the fund. The county chairman request that ull those who have not been oiicited will be if they will notify County Captain E. M. Servies by phone at hi office. WOMEN THREATEN REVOLUTION UNLESS MEN RENEW FIGHT Bu tk tntfreetiitnnl Vetrt Herri,-.) COPENHAGEN, June .f!5. A counter revolution by Russian w omen is threatened unless Russia continues in the war against (icrmany with all her might. The (ire brand women, who were responsible for the formation of a regiment of a mazons that will go to the front and tight Moulder to shoulder with the men, have issued a warning to all slackers and peace mongers, said a telegram from Petrograd today. The proclamation reads in part as follows; You will not fight, you are eating up vour country. l)o you know what that mep.ns ? Do you know that the last hone is fainting in our hearts and that we women w ill turn like tigresses in defense of our home and children and Russian iilieit ? Woe uiHo you if you turn our scorn. .Anil you others, soldiers in name hat Juiiases nt heart, who are sellir.g Russia to the foe, well shall you know that the time will soon he at hand when it would lie iiett,-r for you to face ten German bayonets than one tigress mother of Russia and the curse she lays upon 56U." TRIAL NEARS END. Case Against Indianapolis Officials Closed Today. ( the lnlerMMiMS! ee-s Aerrfr. I INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Jane to. Henry Spann, for the defense, anil 'r'rank C. Dailey, for the prosecution, :losed the ca. e of the government iguinst Chief of Police .Samuel JVrott and other memtars of the police orce in federal court today. It was xperteri the ury would get the case iy nightfall. Perrott and others are charged with iolating the election laws in eon. ipinng to intimidate negroes and othr voters in the 1914 election here. The lefendants are Democrats. The possible penalty on conviction is 11) yrars n prison and a fine of $3,000. ELECTION TOMORROW. successor For Congressman Comstork to be Chosen at Special Election. (By the Jntermeltimat Srtr Berrtrr.) RICHMOND, Ind.. June 25.-The ixth district voters tomorrow will elect a congressman to succeed the late Daniel W. Comstork. A vigorous, though short, campaign was conduct-! d today. Both Richard N. Elliott, I Republican candidate, and Finly 11. r Gray, Democratic candidate, are con- i fident of election. There will he probably 2.000 prohibition and Socialist voters, but they are not expected ; ITect the result. Gray and Elliott spent the day at their homes in Connersville. Both are confident of election. It is generally believed that the election will be close. BULGARIA'S IDEA. Will Insist in the Retention of a Corner of Servia. IB the InternaHtmel Netre Berrtre.l VIENNA, June 25. Bulgaria will insist on the retention of the northeastern corner of Servia stretching eastward from a point west of the Moravia Valley. This declaration w as contained in an interview with Premier Radralavoff, of Bulgaria, printed in the Neue Preie Presse today. The Orient raiiway, running from Berlin to Constantinople, then connect-ing.-with the Bagdad railroad, runs through the Moravia Valley. CAUTION IS ISSUED. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 25. Mothers who wish to send delicacies to their song in army training camps arc cautioned by military authorities to pack the food in a sanitary man ner. Private Willard Meyers, of the 1 S infantry, U. 8. A. dropped ruin a drug store hare, sufferptomaine poisoning. . His snation was Ctat he had -I ihickea fci 'mother tad

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UitiUii ItiLLIIuU GIVES OVER $900 TO THE RED CROSS Gathering at First Baptist Church Gives Liberally to the Fund. REV. Z. T. SWEENEY GIVES AN ADDRESS Columbus Minister Deliver Elo quent Defense of U. S. Act in Entering the Wsr. More than nine hundred dollars was pledged for the Red Cross fund last night at tlie union meeting hld at the First Baptist church following the stirring address made by Rev. I, T. Sweeney, of Columbus. Ind. A good audience was present to tase part in the unii service and to icar the strong appeal made by the (leaker. Rev. Kent presided. Rev. Parkin read the text and led in prayer. Rev. Ward introduced the speaker. Rev. Sweeney, who has spoken here several times before, maile a powerful address in which he displuyed his masterful ability as an orator. He k tor Ins itieme "Uermany's Chal lenge to Civilisation." He entered upon its discussion by explaining the iieaning of the word "civilisation," mil the three great laws which contitute it. First, its fundamental irinciples; second, movements which lave put these laws into effect; and hiid, the result man as he is in his highest form today. And the speaker stated that the American citizen today stands as great fruit of the movements over all pf the otner peoples of the earth, because all the great civilisation movements of history have had their ultimate am! unmistakable end In fusing the un" " Pe"!"" "" lean type. Me pratseil the American 1 people of the past and ol today as j typified in their leaders in times of ! great crises. He sgaid that the two mighty civilizing elements are the brotherhood of man and the fatherland of God, and that these prncticalited mean Christianity and democracy. Rev. Sweeney stated that three treat movements in civilizing the world are invasion, revolution, and expansion and that this at great movement is destined to be the part of America. He said that it is inevitable that we shall expand, not for territorial aggrandizement, but for world freedom. He said that our blood, our brains, and our language surpass those of any other nation, and that with our power of expansive assimilation and expansive energy we -hall accomplish the mission God has purposed for us. One of the most striking statements made by Rev. Sweeney was that "America was made by God to lead the liberty-loving forces of the world against the last Kreat fortress of autocracy, T. : w Pl.M The speaker spent some time in reading statements from the Kaiser nnd other German leaders showing their world ambitions and illustrating "Germany's Challenge to Civilization." He also told of some of the awful atrocities rommitted try the Teuton troops, and sanctioned by their commanders. "And this, said Rev. Sweeney, "is the Germany we've got to fight." and "if we don't do it now we will have to do it alone later." Ho gave several illustrations showing that Germany never had been our friend, and that England and France had shown their friendship for us In many instances. He brought out the fact that the reason the German government has never been our friend, is because it is diametrically opposite Lb ours in its most fundamental principles. He said that this is a fight to the death; that one form of government must perish, and added that we will either have to civilize Germany or pulverize her. Appeal for Red Cross. The closing part of Rev. Sweeney's address was an appeal for the Red Cross. He made the statement that "we send our body when we send our soldiers to fight in the trenches, but that we send our soul when we send the Red Cross to cars for them." Ha impressed the audience with the words "Solemn is the hour when a rreat and good nation takes up the implements of bloody war to fight for liberty, but SO People of America! Heat the voice of God and do your duty" I.-.;"-.!'''. udy aftflr t'-t address r-f 1 7?"T, -ex v, county f l,:iirvsn Fri.-k Cuu.-ntis trtd short talk in winch ha

told of the stanufhg of the comity in its campaign for the Red Cross and that Center township was over Jl.ftuO short of it quota. He asked for piedges, and the response was gratifying. Twenty-six S25 subscriptions were pledged, ten $10 pledges were made, and twenty-two $5 pledges. A number of smaller pledges and a silver offering taken made the total $:M5.46. NEGRO IS HUNG.

Prisoner Lynched by an Armed Mob in Texas. IBs l JlrMKol Kcirt flwrtec.t GALVESTON. Tex., June 25. Henry Sawyer, mulatto, was taken from the county jail today by a hundred armed and masked men and hung to a sign board just beyond the city limits. While the mn was strangling to ileath his body was riddled with bullets. Sawyer was charged with attacking Mrs. Cartton, wife of a promintnt dairy man, two months ugo. GREEK CABINET QUITS. Rumor Current That Cabinet of That Nation Has Resigned. All Ihe IntmaHtmnt Afar ffrrrfrf.) ROME, June 25. It was reported from Athens today that the Greek cab- , headed by Premier Uuimis, has resigned. Id ENLISTMENT WEEK FOR UNCLE SI'S FIGHTING FORCES Eligibles Urged to Join Reg ular Army or the National Guard. SPECIAL DRIVE ON FOR REC RUITS Intensive Effort to b Made to Secure i)uota For Company H. Captain I.. 0. Single, of Company H, has been instructed to report to the governor of the state the names of all of conscription age w-ho have en listed since registration day. A model eport blank for such enlistments wis eceived Saturday. The purport of such instructions is to eliminate the rawing of names of men in the draft ho belong to some organization or who have been rejected for any reason. Reports of men rejected last week will be sent in at once. They will be ex empt from the draft. Persons are notified not to be afraid to hire these men, thinking that they will leave in short time on account of the draft, lis report exempts them from initiate service. Many questions con cerning this matter have been asked the members of the recruiting party here recently and nothing definite had been given in return because of the lack of instructions. Now it should be entirely clear to every man that orrect notation of enlistment, w hether rejected or accepted is made and pre served on file. This is enlistment week, men; the last week you will have an opportunity to volunteer. If you are sure you cannot pass Jhe medical elimination. and there are mativ men who will not pass it, let the medical examiner re port on your rejection and let the re cruiting officer report your enlist ment, even if rejected. Norvnl .Neese, a well known young man of this city, Everett French, of Thorntown, and Eldo Brewer, of Frankfort, were rejected last week. These men were perfoiming the civic duties of able bodied men. They can assure their plovers now that they are exempt from the draft. Statistics show that more than fifty per cent of the men who enlist are rejected. Even if rejected, these men show their patriotism. Let's make this week, the final week, the big week for Co. H, Second Ind. Inf. I. N. C. Men, think on these things) A very large number of circular letters were sent out to the men of the county the latter part of last week, concerning their relation to the present situation. As a result, many Inquiries have been made by different individuals on the question of volunteering, This i very gratifying to the recruiting detail and shows that the young man of the county have this matter more deeply at heart now than ever (Wore. It U eamestly hopMi that many volunteer enlm ceots will be made this veek, des'i- i.1. 1 by !! e A''.uit-Cenemt sf 1" we,;'. . -

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GREAT BAM Oil PROyjESTi) Favorable Action by House Stirs "Drys" to Renewed Activity. FIGHT NOW CENTERS IN THE UPPER HOUSE Senate Will Determine Fate of "Dry" Amendment to Food . Control Bill. BY JOHN EPWIN NEVIN. (fly the sfeniohisiM eirt Kerrtrr.l WASHINGTON, June 25. The dsns gathered here today. The greatest legislative fight in the United Stales in a geiieiation lias ieveUipeii into a gigantic pitched battle. The pro hibition forces have carried by storm the front line of trenches of the ets." Today, they massing their heaviest artillery for the final assault which, if successful, will make the nation "bone drv." And, while lie legislation now under considera tion operates only for the war, the wets and diys alike admit that it wi!' be years before the liiunr element ever could come baik eeii if it Could come back at all. The insertion by the house by an ersvhelming vote of the prohibition amendments into the food control bill Saturduy was as much a sur prise to the prohibitionists as it was k to the wets. The worst that had been feared was that the hou.se would give the President the power to settle the liquor iUe.-tion his own way. But when the drys finally got in the .-.addle, they wde roughshod over all opookiJion. - Today the have sent word to all of their big chieftains. from William J. Bryan down, to hurry here if possible and aid in jamming the measure through the senate. It is the opportunity that has been hoped for nnd prayed for evei since John I. Gough nnd Ned Dow started the fight for nation-wide prohibition several years ago ami every advantage is to be taken of it. The w ets have also rushed their reinforcements into the fiyht. It is admitted that a showdown is at hand. The drys have much the advantage What the wets ran do to head off the strangling of the brewing, wine making and distilling industries of the country is hard for them to decide. And every moment lost before the buttle plans are complete is a distinct gain to the drys. Heads of brewing, distilling anil wine making corporations; advocates ef moderation, attorneys and men whose influence may be expected to count are uround "button holing" senators with arguments designed to refute those which the drys are giving. Ami hanging in the balance is one of the biggest industries in the nation which w iil automatically be wiped out i-the senate upholds the position taken by the house. One Aspect of F?ase. It was not until today that the full extent of the legislation, now more than half way towards complete enactment. was realized by officialdom. Then there came a disposition to consider what it all meant. One thing that stood out today was that if the prohibition and confiscatory amendments remain in the bill when it becomes a law the cost in revenue will be staggering. The tax during the next year on all sorts of liquors will total, it is estimated, some four hundred million dollars. Then the Barclay amendment, which permits the president to seize all liquors in bond, etc., would confiscate at least 200,000.000 gallons of liquors of every sort. Thi will have tiv be paid for anrt the price will be staggering. And the senate now must decide whether the bene fits to be secured from accepting pro hibition in this form is worth the cost. One suspicion that was gaining ground here today w that the for mer liquor men in dry states were supporting the present legislation in the expectation that bone dry meth oils would cause such a revulsion of feeling throughout the United States thst it eventually would swing the nation back Into the wet column. But the prohibition leaders declared that thev welcomed a division of this stripe. No one knows th attitude of the (president toward this legislation btft there is k general belief if the senate i pusses th bill with it prohibition , no"rs be. will si?n it. I l'if bsti'e is m the senate and the

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there that may change the entire status of the United States. Just when a vote will be reached in the senate la hard to say. The opponents of the bill are per. fecting theif fighting plans and meanwhile the time of a vote makes little difference. Following a conference of senate leaders on Sunday it was decided to amend the house bill, which Will be substituted for the senate measure, to give control not alone of food

and fuel, but also of steel, copper and all other materials necessary for the successful prosecution of the war. When the house bill was received todav it was referred to the agricul tural committee which will amend it and report it as a substitute. TRIED SUICIDE. Confessed Slayer ef New York Cirl Attempts to Take Own Life. iBif the InitrnntioMi Xewt flerrlec.) NEW YORK, June 25. Alfredo Cocchi, confessed slayer of Rulh Cruger. New York high school girl, tried to kill himself in Hologna, Italy, by hutting his bead ugainst the stone wall if his cell. The New York polirf ware advised if the attempt today. A guard ha been stationed at the cell duor and linstnnt watch will be kept to prevent Cocchi from taking his life. Further details of Cocchi's confeslon 4ere received by the police today. "I saw Ruth Crugrr for the first lime when she came into my shop to have her skates sharpened," Cocchi told Judge Zucconi, to whom he confi ssed. "Her dark, piercing eyes hai .in uncanny attraction for me." "When she came back to get nor skates I was unable to control myself. I cannot remember what happened but I suppose I attacked and killed her. My mind was hazy until thev began piestioning me about Ruth Cruger's iisappearance. Then I beg'in to see visions of the electric chair and I fled." Though his attorneys have told him :here is little danger of his being ex tradited to the United .States, Cocchi h'iken by the fear that he will have to die in Sing Sing prison for his rime and is very despondent. The orliciul inquiry into police bung ling in the Cruger case was resumed today. Henry I). Cruger, father of Cocchi's victim, who demanded the oval of Tolice Commissioner Woods, was summoned as the first witRelatives of two more' missing girls, possible white slave victims, re ported their disappearance to the potoday. The girls are Louise Vols. 15, and Pearl Fisher, 18. DAM IS SWEPT AWAY. Great Concrete Work in Utah Almost Totally Pest ro ved. . lft the fntrntsMesttJ Krttn Rerrtce.1 FAIRVIKW, Utah, June 25.-The great concrete dam of the Price River rrigution company, the core of which crumbled yesterday, was swept al most away today, sending millions of gallons of water rushing down Gooseberry Creek and into Price river. Yesterday's break gave residents of the valley time to escape from the path of today's deluge. Miss Annabel Pritrhett, telephone operator here, spread news of the break to citizens of Scofiold, Colton, Helper, Castle Gate and Price, a.id they escaped from the path of the flood. TWO MEN KILLED. Trainmen Lose Lives When Train Goes Through Trestle. AH iht IntrrMttomml Vett Bervtee.i SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, June 2.I. Crashing through a burning trestle near Waverly, a Detroit, Toledo & Bronton freight, carried C. H. Littler, engineer and Otto Kirach, firennii, both of Springfield, to their death today. L. R. Slafer, brakeman, jumped but suffered concussion of the brain and may die. TRIED TO WRECK TRAIN. CLINTON, Conn., June 25. What may havs been an attempt to wrei k one of the fast New York-Boston expresses on tlte shore line nivision of the New Haven road was frustrated early today. The crew of a freight train discovered a tie across the tracks near a bridge west of here. The train was stepped In time to prevent damage. DECORATED BY KAISER. AMSTERDAM, June 25. Captain Brandenburg, who led the German air raid over London on June 12 in which about 100 persons, including many women and children were killed, has been decorated with the order Pour le Merite. This information was contained in a dispatch from Berlin today. WOUNDED IN ACTION. LONDON, June 25. Bridagierteneral J. E. P. Seeley of the Bntish army, fonrrar British lecretary ot war, has been wounded in France, sir) a Paris telegram to the Daily L',i press today.

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IN LENS SEGTC: n Also Active on the Belgian Front During the t Night, SURPRISE ATTACKS ON FRENCH FORCES Germans Deliver Unexpected At. tacks. But Are Hurled Back. fl the lersMH Service.) LONDON. June 25. In addition to making successful trench raids th ,1 British renewed their pressure in the . Ins sector and also in Belgium dur!ig the nijrht. The war office announced today that round was gained southwest of Lena, on the Arras front, and northwest aC ' Warneton, in Belgium, At numerous points strong detachments of British raiders entered German trenches Inflicting losses to the garrison and bombing dougouts. One raiding party, the official statement said, remained in the German trenches for two hours, blowing up defensive works and hurling bombs in crowded dugouts. Heavy casualties were inflicted on the Germans. Heavy artillery duels and surprise attacks by infantry were the chief features of the fighting during the night on the French front. East of Chevreuux the Germans delivered two surprise attacks against the French trenches, hut were driven back Bfter suffering heavy losses, tha war office announced today. On the Woevre P'ain. (that district between the Metu-e and Moselle riv ers), the Germans attacked a amall French pt, but without success. An other attack waa made against a French post in the SU Mihei sector and it too failed. On the Aisne river line, between Uoyero and Freedmont farma there) was intense cannonading on both les throughout ti.e night. EXCEEDS A MILLION. Total Red Cross Fund ia Indiana May Reach f 1,500,000. lty the ftlrrsatiAMnJ Kevt tlervtci.1 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 8B. The Red Cross subscriptions in Indiana at noon today were known to be in excess of one million dollars. With hard work up to the last minute, A. F. Hentley, state direeto:1, believes that the goal of ,1,800,000 will b exceeded. He made it plain, however, that an oversubscription of the amount ia almost a necessity, as demands on the Red Cross are far exceeding expectations when the campaign waa inaugurated a week ago. BUTTER TRUST. Twenty-Five Members of Elgin Board of Trade Summoned. By the Internattomol Vetrj Herviet.) CHICAGO. June 25. Twenty-five members of .the Elgin, III., Board of Trade, which is said to establish butter prices for the United States, were subpoenaed before the United ytates grand jury today to .explain why tha butter prices for the nation should ba fixed every Saturday in a city where practically none of the simply of tha country is pioduced. ATLANTA CLUBWOMEN RESOLVE TO BE CALM (B the !eteritaU(mal Sere Btrrtm. ATLANTA. June 25. The women of Atlanta do not intend to let the war conditions stampede them into the blues, injurious economy, worry or any other ill-advised moves. Resolutions to this effect were adopted at the meetings of the City Federation of Women's Clubs. Live eormnlly, not abnormally or aubnormally is the keynote of the resolution. The women also pledged their support to Red Cross work. SHOT SEVENTEEN TIMES. JOPLIN, Mo., June 25. Although shot seventeen times in a pitched battle with hix detectives today, a safe blower is still alive and physician who examined his wounds claim, there ij a slight chance of hit recovery. ROB PHARMACY. CHICAGO, III., June 25.8urg1ar9 broke into the Avondale Pharmacy through a rear door during the -tight, blew the safe arf! smr,.-d with jtOO in r'oney and drugs.