Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 235, Lebanon, Boone County, 30 June 1917 — Page 1

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VOLUME 25. LEBANON, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1'JlL, v J. II.',. L

LENS LIES TODAY ' VIRTUALLY AT THE

Operations Resulted in Ad vance of Mile Over Four Mile Front THE BRITISH STORM GERMAN POSITIONS Powerful Fortification" J'all Into Hands of the Allied Troops. g Me l1Prati"nt SVrrlrM lONDON. Juno :!0. The Giao fortress ili northern France, lies today virtually at the merry of tlie British. The war office in its officiil ieport at noon stated that the recent British operations against Lens have resulted in the advance of a mile oyer a front about four miles wide. A series of powerful fortified Herman portions along both banks of Sourhei! river, covering l.ens, we.p stormed by the Hriti-h forces Despite the fury of the fightimc around 1-ens, the war office says the Itritir h losses have been slight. ,i the other hand the Germans suffered heavy lows, due chiefly to tlie vi - lenro of the Britii.li bombardments, aid the accuracy (riven to Biitish urtillei hy their preponderance in the air. Field Marshal Haig'a men in tie I,ens sector have been fighting with traditional British gallantry. All claws of troops hare Been taking part in the violent lunges against the German lines, Welsh, Fcotch, liis'i Rnglish. Canadians and Australians have been fighting shouhler lo shoulder. Fight on Verdun Front. Violent fighting cat tn progress throughout the night on the Venhin fror.t ami a slight (rain was mail by The Germans at bead Man Hi'l, tlie French war office reportel toda;-. I'sing picked storming troops, the German! drove forward on a fro t nearly two miles wide. Coming undv the deadly fire of the French cannon uid machine guns the atturker? nv near')' annihilated. The survivors, however, punhed en penetrating the French first lii e trenche over the whole front of the nta-k. The French launched pnwe;ful counter atfka immediately, dri -ing out the German at all points except on the western slop of He;. I Man s Hill. At Hill No. 304 the French launched a strong counter assault which p.'i them Spain in possession of moil f the trenches they k on Thursday. Vsinr liquid f, e the Germans r -acwed ibeir att. lea but were repn'n i all al :-(? live line. The fighting ce .- tered mound f-e district norther-.". f Ce'in. In ChamjiaKoe the Germans n;bnu.ted a raid with heavy forces near Navarin Farm, but were driven off. The official statement pointed oi.t the great concentration of (iernun troops at Verdun by saying that out of 80 prisoners, four different regiinents were represented. MUitary experts have begun to wonder whether the Germans are to make another great offensive on tie Verdun front in an etTott to brei'k through. The enormous number t-f nien employed by the crown prini e and the savage nature of the assuM'. indicates an effumative answer. KILLFD IN COLLISION. NORFOLK. Va., June :tn. Two pe -sons were killel in a head-on-collision on the Seaboard Air Line tislay, according to messages reaching her.. The location of the wreck and other detail were not iriven. EIGHT LOST THEIR LIVES

a WHEN HurfiL IS BUKNtu

v rm, Wife and Six Children i J Bunted to Death tarly I Today. I J I AtnUama Kewt terelee.i AT TrMa,n, June 0

NO VERDICT. Jury in William Fwhback Murder Cast Fails to Agree. " I Ha the '' Jfew Service.) HARTFORD CITY, Iixl., June 30. After being deadlocked for forty hours, the jury in the trial of William Fishback for murder waa discharge! today. The jury stood six to six. Fishback was accused of the murder of Roy Brown, who waa mysteriously slain at Rclkey. Sensational charges, in which the defense accused state's witnesses of the murder, inaiked the trial. Fishback will be tried again.

ISURNEi AND SI NK. American Oil Steamsh nship m Timed at Si pica Destroy lit tkr lilirxlHMI Vcir gcrflcc.l TAMI'lt'O, June :.The American oil steamship Han Turee, bound from Tampi for an American xirt, ha been burned and sunk off Hobos Island. News of the vessel's loss was brought here today by the sVanfcevP San liernardi'ie. All f the crew rhe San Turec escaeil. iS MAKING EFFORTS TO KEEP UP APPEARANCE Berlin Maintains Theaters nnii Concerts tliHSante as in Peare Times. ity Ihf ;swsif'-il Vrir ffrrrl.-c.) :(I'KNHA(;KK. June "0. Itoilin i? makintr traKic eiTortfl to keep up nor mal appearances. The tierman nmseuma are kit open, thouKh certain denattments within them arc closed. hentres and cowerts conunue as in peace times. I he race meets are hem n the pre-war days and are well patiniz''d. Thb rmation was scui.'d fn ho arrived from tiertna a trn today. The (.ermans are making esperial elTort. to cultivaPJ- the l urk. 1 wture Turkey aie Ik-,iik Adiieifd in t!;--w-bools at reinilar inten'als and t-ook sellers announce a suilden anil widepreail demand for Turkish irrammars. In ten or more (lerman schools twenty or thirty Turkish youths of if the government, ben ailmitted to if the (rivfrnment, been admittcl to tudy Orman. The irovernmrnt fr n.-tructions that these youthful Turks are to be treated with the utmost conierat'nn. In addition, a large num ber of Turkish youths have been taken in as apprentices by f,erman firms. The -traveler, in telling of ;.i(llt. witnesaed in Iterlin, said: ! .vmetinies sw hijc van loads of Mohammedans, decked out in their piitiiiesiiue costumes, peine itnven through the Berlin Rtreets. like a caravan of look's tourists. They arr inriaidy taken to see the wmHiert statue of Von Hindenhurif, which they usually believe is an idol worshiped j by the derman eople. On the rrcent I f a rurkuh mission to Berlin the Turkish flair w as flow n over the I Adion hotel and a sentry was placed in front of the hotel as a mark of honor." GREEK TROOPS WILL WIH ALUS Will Likely Be Employed Mainly Againt the Hul- ( the InterntltitrS, Ji R, LONDON, June HO. N. that Greece baa broken with the German allies, her troops, in all probability will be ainployed mainly against the Pult;ari s in the Macedonian theatre hnjr to a dispatch from .Salonika tr 'iy. Although the C.reekn and Bulgarians were allies against Turkey in tile BalL.fi nr Iko,. uyova in I Lo aeeond Ualkan conflirt and the hatred engendered by that bloody epoch of Balkan history remain. Kven in the first war there was an' tajrnnisin waen the (Jreeka were first sent into Salonika. A Balkan army waa thrown into the-fly and clashes between Greek and Htilgarian oldier were frequent. ' The allien, it waa reported here today, ara preparing to (upply the Greek armyncith the weapona needed fiir w.-fMre as it Is conducted totiay. i th twentv-rim natmn io ih(. r,f th

THE 'WET' AND 'DRY

BATTLE ilEARitiG AN ENDJNSENATE "Bone Dry" Prohibition Will Co Down to Defeat. votk is expected this Afternoon Whiskey Making to Stop Reer and Wines Will Stay a Whi'-. I HY ROKFRT H. SMITH, lItf Me nfcrnoKoeii; .Vif fleci'ICC. WASIIINtiTON. June "wet" and "dry" battle in congress drew m ar a close today with the defeat of "bone dry" prohibition certain It is all over but a bit of debating and the formality of recording a vote j carrying out the president's will, j Whiskey making must stop but beerj and wines are to stay a while, at least I 'this will be (he -senate's decision and there is every reason to believe that the house w ill concur in it. Administration leaders hoped to bring all amendments and the bill itself to a vote before adjournment today but more conservative predictions were that the measure would not be disposed of until next week. Although i the Democratic "drys" have bowed to the presidt nt's wih to exempt beer and wine making from the prohibition provisions, the Republican "drys" were still determined to continue the fight today. This obstacle, along with objections to various other pha.M of the hill, probably will hold up vote for several days.

Hardly Noticeable. ploye.1 in ferr.'ting nut rciolutioiwry So far as the immediate effort on 1 1"'- vr been in the pay f the cnr;-umpi!. i concerned, the country !l,cl Kovernment nnd have b-.-n will hardly notice the prohibition thea,'"v ' IVtiogiud m Uhnlf of sepsenate is going to enact. No oneV j 'm,e Pf;"'cthirst for H.iuor will go unsatisfied' A th,! revolutionary leadbei ause of the senate's prohibition ! en ,mk "ver ront,'l of the Hussian plan. It won't affect beer ami wine, government they sealed the police and will only prevent the further use i ""-hives. It waa considered unwise of fmslstuff 3 in the manufacture of j to n"'ke knuwn nme of th' R"whiskev and other spirituous liquors. '"an s,"ea Wh'lc ' p",,"l Wr rnlc'ss every indication to.lav is re- ""' the ess of their coup versed. President Wilson has'won 9 "Hmst autocracy, complete victory on the prohibition) An examination of the archives, question, demonstrating once again j ever. revealed to the revolutionary his (trip on congress and his deter-, lp;"l(,r9 tnat men aIul vo",on hitheHo mination to conduct the war according """"-I'Wte,! were in the pay of the to his own plans. I'ntil the president j 0 ,1 R'":"' froremment. Some among

took a hand yesterday, bone drv nroi hibition seemed al certainty. i His plea to the "drys" not to force th ! fight if it would delay the much needed food control bill won many j converts immediately, among them j Senator Shephard, the dry leader. I However, the "wets" aren't out of the woo!x yet, even if bone dry prohibition has been ditched. The "drys" today made it plain that they have agreed not to presA their fight because they do not wish to do anything that might jeopardise the successful conduct of the war and they declared i their determination of renewing the! struggle whenever national interest ' SHIPS SI NK. Received of the Loss of Addi-ti-in.il Fnglish Ve-.cls. tt l.'''unm ol Vcii-i gerrlre. HOKTOV JHss., June 30. Nrv. of

Miami, under charter to the Cunanl I ft'"- "" "reyiuas. line, reached her tl-iy follwi"g r-! H"nu" v",ner h:" '""n P'lweil in ports la-t night of the sinking of four I rl"irK'! f the club temporarily, other steamers. I " wa announced tht a manager Includi'd among the four waa the ; to ueet Callahan had not been dell, 000 ton American liner Haverford, 1 n,M U'K"1- A'nunl? the numerous rathe largest American vessel sunk since j mor" "rculalion was one that Sec, the war began. She hailed from an!0"1 "'""".an Urry Doyle of the ChiAmerican port for England about five f"f 0 ('ub" wnuU the B'w mnrer. week ago with general cargo. The I , Vi1 Z ' , i!u1mmnr other U-boat victims were the British ! I'KhUy. They said Doyle had never

stiamer Buffalo, of the Wllsoi t!i Cunardrr Vltonia and the British !f?Tr X- 'rter to jdeamer Manistee, u the Cunard company. FILES PROTEST. 1 . 8. Minister to Denmark Objecli te Anti.Americaa Talk. tn the nternffftoao? Atari gereiae.l LONDON, June SO-It wa. reported from Copenhagen today that Maurice r.gan, United staten mir.ister to Dcnnrk, baa protet4 to the Danish I vcm, 1 . 1 afti A.r-rcan' talk of Dr. iip-:!'!! at t:f in! -rn'il-! t I st f e,

TYtlfifWKTH OF JI I.Y TO I

HE CELKl RATEi) IS i RISSIA THIS YEAR! tDg th slc-eM-Mii .Ver ftervw I'KTHOCHAD, June 0. The Fourth of July will b celebrated in Russia this yew for the- first time. The celebration of the birth of liberty Is bein arranged by the United Ktatea ambassador, David Franci., in co-operation with representative of the provisional government. IN A STATE OF WAR. Braiil Actually at War With Germany it ia Dertared. ' tit thf tntmrnuHn! Veir Scrrire.l . WASIILV(5TON. June 3a Brazil is actually in a state of war with (iennuny. it became known here today, despite the fact she has not formally declared her alignment with the allies. It develop! today that the Rratilian navy is now co-opcratinf with the American squadrons uwler Admiral Caperton, aafetruardinp; commerce on this side of the Atlantic.

dM NAMES OF SPIES IN

List of Names Sure to Create Sensation Says a PetroRrnd Dispatch. ittg the In1rnattnat Yck-h Prrrtrr.) COI'ENIIACKN, June 30. Thi names of spies and secret polio agents employed by tlie old autocrnti K"vern nt of Russia are to be madi

public by the provisional government L. . .. . ... ., ' , ,, . . . .1 the jobber mid retiler as well as the

no lliey are sure lu create a iremenonus sensation, saio a aispaicn irom Petrograd today. The chief activities of many of these secret service agents were direeted jigainst revolutionary movements and organizations. .Since the downfall of the ciar some I of th mpn nn.t women fnrmertv em"wm er- prom.nem journalise. It was discovered that the provis- ! ional secretary of Vladimir Courts. I the mainstay of the Russian revolutionary propaganda in Paris, was in I the pay of the Kussi.m govynment. OF MANAGERIAL DUTIES 4 , Removed as Leader of Pillsburjr Team Wagner Placed in Charge. Iffy the Internal', mat Se' Herrir. PITTS HI1 KfiH. Pa.. June James J. Calh'bnn was today relieved of his duties as manager of the I been considered and that such a-deal had not been suggested to them. Whether fioyie mi(rht be decided uran later B a managerial possibility they Were not prepared to state. The name of Harry Wolverton, late rociUiKer of the San Francisco Pacific Coast League team, has aljo b mennon-1 as a ,.,,o,n manager or the Pirates, J NEXT WEEK'S WEATHER, i ( fatennMosa jr.j gmtre.., WASHINGTON, June 0 H.t weather bureau Issue,! the folowing forecast f.s ,ie t t a. x wek: T'ern w Mti r4 tempi r i,r i' i ii

COAL OPERATORS

femicECUT That is Declaration of the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. SETS FORTH THE PACT AGREED UPON Dr, Harris Shows How a Reduction in Price of Coal Will Result. e rscnutfoiwl Rrrrlec.l ATLANTA. Ga., June :!0. That the agreement made by the operators of coal m'nes with the government must necessarily greatly reduce the cost of coal tn th consumer was declared today by William J. Harris, chairman of the federal trade commission. .Mr. Harris has been in Atlanta several days conferring w ith trade bodies and it presentatives of labor and expects to return to Washington Sunday ufternoon. "L'nder the terms of the agreement made," said Mr. Harris, '"the opera tors must reduce the price of cool at the mines from $2 to S'-.fiO ier ton. It has been arranged that jobbers and retailers may not charge more than 2.'i cents pet ton profit on each ton they handle. me operator, the cost reduction to the consumer should be very much more than to t'Z.ofl per ton. It w ill be easy enough for any man interested to figure nut what he ought to pay for coal. If he will add U th cost at the mine, which has been published, the freight Jer ton to his point from the mine and l!f cents profit for Joblier and reeteaeder, eiliit-r or both as ihe case ma W. he will r.rrivr, nt exactly what he ought ti pay." SF.I.I.IXG CHEAPER. Indiana Soft Coal Bringing Lower Price in the Market, ffly the fnlernaltonttt cv frcrrlrf.l KVANSVII.I.E, Iml., June HO. Coal operators here today declared that they are now selling Indiana soft coal at a price lower than that allowered in the o(ier.ltors' price-fixing agreement with the government, which was to lower the. price. Coal is now delivered for $ I.Tri u ton. Mine managers predict this same soft coal will sell for $' a ton under the government agreement. DISCOUNTS C ROATS. Lloyd George Says Subseaa Can Never Tke Victory From Allien. i a fan i Sen DI'NDFF, June ;i0. German submarines can never wrench victory from the hands of the allies. In a speech here today Premier LloydGeorge declared that the British have such resei-ves of munitions that no amount of V boat activity can prevent them from winning the war. The mighty German army, continued Mr. Lloyd-George, is being driven to- defeat. It is the task of the allies now to beat into every P'ussian a sense of inferiority. This is being done, he said, with a restless w hip in order to teach them humility, a virtue they lack." SirCESSFCL RATTLE. British Steamer Enrapea From T German Submarines. iHli the iHtrrnationtl Vcw fierrter.) AN AMERICAN PORT, June 30. Attacked by two submarines in the Mediterannean on the afternoon of June S, p British steamer which arrived here today put up successful battle and marie her encafie. The steamer was attacked when one day out of port. The submarines lined shells all about her without hitting her. The steamer returned the lire and drove off 1 submarine which went , the ,.,,,,,... The other j submarine continued to aliell the isteamer'for some time but finally abandoned the chasa. CUAuI) UNITS i nnn-r st of Artillery Snuuds Reach Fort Heittsnin Harrtnen. I Ki, fie fn(rMl A ir r iuni'wos' ind. i Sertiit June .

rolled in from Camp Perry. Ohio, just before dbr..u!r today. The kneeial trair, brought h'K) o.t.cera and enlisted men in the bataliion of Ohio field artillery, Indiana unita will begin tn arrive this aftemooii. The national guard orgatiiratiora will train with the men of the Officers' Reserve Corps seeking commissions in the artillery branch of the 'army. A medical unit from New York is expected to arrive today, and by night there will be 12.000 men in the camp here.

MEXICAN RAID. Four Bandita Croaa Border and Hob American Ranch. ftp the International Tievm ffcrefcr.) LAREDO, Tex., June 30. Four Mexican bandita crossed to the American side, raided a ranch near Zapata, and held up a store at '.apatst, securing $200 Thursday night, brigade headquarters announced today. A detaclnuent of L'nited States soldiers waa dispatched in pursuit, but the bandits reached tlie Mexican side safely. , Ceremony Attended by Seerecy, lierause of the Warder Equipment. (By the International Setr 8rrlre. CAMDEN, N. J., June .'Ml. The monster ilreadnaught Idaho was launbed at the New York Shipbuilding Company yards here today under con ditions of great secrecy, because of the war. A few naval and company officials id several congressmen were the ly siectators admitted. Miss Henrvetta. Aurclia Simmons, granddaughter of Governor Alexander of Idaho, smaiihed a bottle over the I big fiirhting ship's nose as she started luwn the ways. Modifications W'ere niadc in tlie plana for her eenrtraetwi. Th mollifications were suggested by the experiences of the nations at war. Her hull war t-id with a view to greater proU-rin against submarines and it is believed not a single torpedo can sink her. ' She is equipped ith tour anti-aircraft guns. The Idaho is one of the three dreadnaughts authnriied by congress June HO, 1W14. Her sister ships are the Mississippi and the New Mexico. The Idaho has a length of fiOO. feet and a breadth of 97 feet, 4 inrhes, a mean Ira ft of 'i0 feet. Her displacement s :14.000 tons isnd her parsons tur bines, geared for cruising ami capable of developing 2",000 horse power, are designed for speed of 21 knots. Like the Arizona and Pennsylvania, the Idaho mounts twelve 1 1 - inch guns in four turrets of three (tuns each, but the guns on the Idaho are fifty calibres long instead of 45 calibres, the length of those on the earlier 14-inch gunships. The second battery carries twenty-two five-inch guns and her armument is completed by two Hi-inch torpedo tubes. IEE OF Not a Man Was Lost and Not One U Sick General Pershinu's Comment. (B the Inter natl'mat Y,, grrlc.l AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS I FRANCE, June 30. "The transiwrt of the meriran troops to France was a brilliant success, not a man is sick." This declaration was made to me today by General John J. Pershing, commander in chief of the United States forces, that will fight in France. General Pershing idiowed his elation over the successful manner in which the American troops had been brought 3.000 miles amidst the greatest perils, as he continued: "A U the servicea co-operated splendidly including the French navy. The spirit of the troops apon landing was nneaualled. I don't think f lier body of men has ever been een In France. I am diligbtejL , This wa the first comment that (Jenerjil Pershing hsa made urion tlie

shfe. passage nd high morale of Utdav. I ne vessel tt'..eivan fc-'i-iiers. Ihe men are. all I hvnt Nathieu ws n h'i,h sp '.ts r ( b n nious ti g-t I' iker, Africa, to I

IllL Dwitwv...t Is ' BOARD IIAS A C13 TASKBEFpr.E -IT Rush Order Calls For Immense Amount of Detailed Work.

SERIALLY NUMBERED LIST OF CONSCRIITS Provost Marshal Orders List Prepared and Forwarded at Once to Washington. The Boone county conscription board, composed of sherirT D. N. Lewis, county clerk, In Titus, and Dr. (iuv Schultr. rceived olticial notic Friday from Provost Marshal t rowih ordering them to prepare seriulit numbered lirta "f conscripts at nne so that the organization ran be completed and ready for the draft on July TTlIP fft'l"Hrparl, iss,ToloiwT:"f "The lirst test of the etlKrioncy of the frreat Nation'! war organisation . of which you are nn important metnber comes now. Tlie immediate do' y of your board is to organiie. compel the copies of the registration cant with the original, serially numbor both originals and copies in red ink. compare originals and copies, make and dispose the list of names and numhei-sf and get copies of the curds to State headquarters according to instructions already 1 -sued. "It is an impel. it.es .National neees sity that the serially numbered ceitos of the nrds shall be in the hands of the Adjutant (ieneral of your state nnd that the copy of tile list for the Provost Marshal Ceneral shall bo mailed before July 7th. "Some of these duties may h- tedious. Some may require a imcriii. e i-C time; but the whole nation must wait on the slowest board and every ii. lost now means a day lost In the organiintinn of the nrmies of the United States. "Time is the most important element in the conduct of war. It Is nut at all difficult, therefore, to are hove great is tlie nation's dependence on each particular man in whom the president has expressed his confidence by uptHiintment to a local board. The responsibility is, , therefore, not dtvdjLil. It is singly and directly upon you. It will be well discharged if the copies of the cards reach your Adjutant Ieneral on July 7th. The Secretary of War dor not doubt that, in spite of all difficulties, the entire county can lie repwted ci ganiicd and ready for the draft on July 7th." Accompanying this letter waa a message from Governor Goodrich, in which he says much of the success ef the conscription law will depend upon the expedition and efficiency with which the local boards act in its execution. "Your board should organize at once, says the Governor. "Take possession of the cards and copi ertnining to your Jurisdiction, number the cards, prepare and dispose of the lists as prescribed in the regulations and forward the copies of the earda to the conscription agent of the state. Until these steps ate t?ken by every local hoard in the Uni:"l States and until copies of the lards of every board in the United State are received hy the state officials, the National organisation will not he complete." The local Ifourd hn the authority to pas on exemptions unless there nna unusual cases, which will be referred1 to the government officials. It will be a difficult und unpleasant task to perform, hut the board is going right ahead with the work on the theory that they are going to give everybody a square deal. No favors need be a.-kd. A LOSS OF 38 LuIS French Armored Ship Sent ta Hottom By a Mine, Admiralty Announces. I the InterneHanei V-Cf Ktrvi W.) PARIS. June 30 --The French rmoretl cruiser K'-ber was sunk by a mi. ie en Weilnv-i.iv with t e loss of dS ' .", the aittiuait - si ,i'd toT Fe. est 1 lire of t