Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 239, Lebanon, Boone County, 7 July 1917 — Page 1

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T I1 hi II The City of Pinsk is Reported to be in Flames. tit r; GERMAN'S KUSII NKWTROOI'STOEVST ' j Russian Forces Continue Their j AsMault on the tierman Lines, l ft r tnltTHUlioitat w S.S -IC-I LONDON, July 7.A mighty battie lus broken out hetv. --eii Ri.-siun and German troops wc! "t" Pik. according to a dispatch given oul by the Petrngrad aemi-off'eii.1 '-'' agency today. The engagement A as preceded bv a nrtillvrv duel of the utmost valence. Pin is i.-port.-.l to be i:i flume. Pin.-k Ire in a low Iving basin known a8 the Pnpet " tern front fifh'.lnw. H i about S5 milesi northeast of Kovel, the (Treat tiertuan base in Volhyma. A riidroa I paiamg from th east to the we.-,t rum thiouijli Piitk. ' German Reinforcements. fiennan and Autro Hungarian re- ( inforcemrit! Iiave bwn ruiied to th1 e:.trn firing line to met the renewed attacki of the Russian. In (ruiicitt the Autro-(i,inan' hold on flulica arl Buetany i thratned and the riolent activity of the Kuif rtniery in that lector indicate that i a puwerful effort to take them i i ptorininif attack. hi Vntv-ni and farther north, in j the Sir.wgonje district, heavy bombanlinentit have been followed bv raids and local attacks, delivered tj tH the Jtrentftfi of the hostile pus,irma. &tt i '1.0itW bai ;lr'ni Bh(I-o'-army hiu a tuslt tremendou' difficuitv in front of it for the ',er-

jtiana have, had nearly year tc only adequate troops lo give pi oteclii i treni'then the defenrea of mt of to the pmple. their powitiona af'.ackmir Calicia an i Kang Yu Wei, one of the two guarVoliiynia and itaiie than that lemrt'i dian of the youthful emperor in ai' of time to build works alonir the o'.her intervii w given tolay sap1: parta of the line. "A chanye wa. neeeary. I b. lie v There ia a big iricreane in the aerii'l that tlie American form of guvernactivilies on both aidei and tky hat-.ment was not auited to the nw lj nl

ties are becoming every day occurrence. British Advance I.lnea. British force in Belgium pre.ne doner to Warneton during the ricK advancing their lines eat of Wyt.sch aete. New of this freh succew for t! tveat Handers army wa contained I in official utaternent issued bv V v.-ar ottirea at r,-on. Yn vain wu scoreil eat of U Meesinea Ridge aectur where VA Marihal Haig struck hi fTt bin" ill the new Engiodi uffenai in Bel j gmin. Warneton i a Belgian "own tratcgie importance about nine miltsouth of Ypren. A number rf nail converge there. A tull At Verdan. Arfull ha ettled dnwn over th- ! Venbtft and Ai" rivef fronts, thu Cayman, eratnter ortenare havinf S1. 1 parcii'lv Iwok-iB down. I East of RrMim and Douth of Mm j tii-viMi in champuane. Intense ar-1 tUlery duela were progressing during I Ike night, the French war office re-1 poled today. in the di.-triet immediately east of : PI eirna the artilierv fighting centere I : chiefly about I.aRoyere Pantheon , Wr bfith nitlcs had all their heav , battrii's In action. REPORTS DENIED. No Dimenskn in the Cabinet II is Emphatically Declared. iii I- rslpnti,l!.,.o w HrrflrrA WASHINGTON. July 7.--Reports of dism-nsion in the cabinet, aent by a special corrospiindept last night, und connected up with Secretary of .'Hate Lansing's departure on vacation, met with emphatic deniul at the white house toilay. sing is at Henderson Har bor, N. Y., for a few weeks, visiting I his father-in-law, who Is illr Al-i though President Wilson ha aid b iruends to take no vacation himself, i it is understood other cabinet mem- j bers -besides the secretary of state j will rest a few weeks during th ', summer,

CHK 'AGO. Jt.lv 7. Thf book, the ouli aC-lcss r.. to tl e I'Rited ,:.it-., h;.a

vn the ghon" six years to In eeipts only. "Un couldn't make both ends meet." wnd N. G. Cochran, editor, in the valedictory issue, "At S5ie time the paper was running at a loss of nut over $."Oil a month." The paper was six by nine inches and in pamphlet turro. BACK TO WORK. ; Striking Street Car Men at Bloomingj tun. III, Resume Duties. l Jlu te IntmntiMHH .Vcirs Kcrr,. fil .OOM1NGTO.V III., July 7. The I sixty striking Miwt CHr men hii j absence from their "runs" caused a ! night of rioting ami bloodshed and the j calling out of troops went back to i work today. W hat starts out to bo a moli turned into a crowd on the public j square last night when the 00 troop- ' era here broke into cheers for Hloomj ington. The crowd cheered the Kold- ! iers, then both sang "America." CHINESE AFFAIRS Tremcndou Excitement Rules At Pekin Military in Control. "1 u - the Imtnmltomtt Vcir arirfre.) Vr'.KIS, July C!.a aral trenien dous enritenierit exist here. The city ife full of soldiers und imperial troop inoveinenti; are under way oulsate of the valla. Railroad truffle in demoralised Many Lraina are not operating at all. It is understood that the forinei ! premier. Tuan ( hi Jul, has Imh-h com.jdtrr in ciiwf of the repoblioa troop that are oppuing the imperii army of (ten. Chang Hun. The pdp!e are aiprdn-n!ive and jfiany irs fleeing, feurit-g f irhtm ami looting. " ' ' '- - ' The Japanef forcea seem to be the Tl! !i:glidi form i bitter, that thi have ou t niut la recognized Chut go tw i.i.,: rt : ! rl'r-i,n a.-i itii b.i .ic pi WO. URST H(,HT. Chine Republican Tnaips Reported ! ! In Have Been Viclorimn lAl tc rlfwuflns.i r,ri W.srlc.l SHANGHAI. Julp 7.-Cbineu re-ouhltf-an troop?, uere ri'por'eil ttwlay to have won their fir-it engagement with the imperial soldiers for the po .-e.i sion of Pekin. This was the fight at Bang Fang ihout thirty-live miles southeast of fhe capital. Fear that Pekin mav be looted, if tightmg breaks out in the city, has led to the be'ief in sue iiuurter. that fnre.gn tr., ;l la- sent to the re '' "f tn" 'lal s the cu e in the Htwer uprising, Already small dit.ii-hme.it of American ami J ipane .e force h ive ' een sent from Tien T,n n itii,.n-e 'he legation guards, but the railway congestion is o great that thy have hud a difficult time to make any pla gress, The "king maker," Gen. Chang nsun, is directing personally the movements of bis army and haa tak- , en poShes.Mim of many miles of Hrl! !li railrnails h aving fVkio. I SPIES ARRESTED. Average Taken tmo Custody by C. l To a Day. Ifu IS. fHtnal4iml Km gervtce.t

WASHINGTON, Julv 7. German t'mn"'" h"(1 b,-n fchot ,lown " spies, actual and potential, are being 1 They were pursued and attacked bypicked up by department of justice j '""' air "" lh, homeofficials at tlie rate of two a day. it '"' was learned thia afternoon. While' the deoartmeni maintains its usual' I RESCH CITIES liOMBFD.

reticence on the subject it ia known that this rate ha been maintained for "ine tipie. Every case is being investurated uith the utmost care ami as soon a tlieTe is reasonable suspicion of the enmity of tha captives to - ward the Unitd States they are tumJ over to the army and confinad in detention camps.

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City is Iombl by Twenty Aeroplanes Today. MACHINES OPERATE IN TY 0 CROUfSl Krilish !Iih Angle Guns and Air Plane Give Battle to Raiders. MIMKIN, July 7 Thirty.en perwna were killed and one hundred and furtp injured in the air raid. (Atf the tnttrnatim4t eir AurrU. I I.ONI;i)N", July 7.--Uerman air niid.-rs struck at London anam tixlay in their campaign of terror and fright ful riesrt. The city was bombarded by twenty aeroplanes and many bombs were dropiwd. It waa one of the biggo:4 :iir fiesta that ever carried out an air attack againt the British capital. Lord French, ommander-m-chief of the home forces, made an off.cal aniiounce'rtent, flajing: "At :.IU o'clock thin morning aircraft in considerable number and op crating in two pjrtifM were sighted off 'he 1 le of Thanet and the eat coast off the coat of Ehkx." Ijitcr other uRieial intormati"? t a.-. f forthcondrg giving Rome of the deI tails of the attack. Raider. View High. It wna just an hour after t.orii !

French made hia first tnte,,nt that and tha council of national defensej ""' The chancellor is cmpelled to I in honor of the visitor must use the the raiders were seen above l.unJon. ! It Is declared that the government ! a""'" ' Privileged per-uns be-greatest care in choo:.ir.g their reThcv H w so high and so swiftly that i has grown weary of waiting for the j "")'' ml hehin.1 him.' , marks.

it wan .littlrult to trace their flight, j As ine i .erman airplanes approacne.1 1 i,-,i. it,. i.,h ....ij .. .. tUined lo-ise. and abrupnet petted Uie clouds around tha attackers. nrtllr rv'B-'s!'ii eb ft rftp vl'y . tVeir wtors would rarrv them to give battle to the t.crman. The Gi.rmans employed no'f aero-; planea in I heir Intent attack than ever, hi'foir. In the previous raid they ; used I'i machines. In that attack v I er loll erN.ms, incluiling many women :

ami chiidien were kilicd in the east j will nut permit any temporising on. g in arraHoal -Ve Kr.ia-e.1 end. ! the pail of th steel men. The de-! CI.EVK1.ANH, t) , July 7.-0n The attack was not confined entirely ; partment of justice is in possession instructions from Attmuev General to this c ity. Ilomhs were dropped at ; of a vast amount of evidence retard- Orec! n fwloral agents todav aruli.er places as well. , ing the activities of the steel truat J nted ' Ernest Wohlen. reporter for

Group of Haider. One the group of raiding m i i is.'d to the northwest and he other to the southwest as the at -1 ,a' k 1 ,,l this city was begun, "iither was well suiteil til th

neeil of the German air men. The! Officials tiei'lare that it is epvialsun was shining but there was a ly Important that th steel pricf conniight h.'i:e ami low lying clouds gave i troversy be brought abruptly to an them plenty of opportunity to am-' enu and be placed on a baais of at busraile themselves when the British le" st partial government control inniator got too close. I asmuch as the entire industry now lie-pite the dangers the police hud , t" in a rhuotic condition, difficulty in hoding the people back ! Manufacturing establishments deand in persuading them to take refuge1 pending on the steel mills are opcrin bomb pnsifs. I atirig only 25 to 60 per tent of norl nJ i. .1,. .. ... ..i .k.. I mal. This is dclavm the onti.ol of

r.iof had an excellent view of the thrilling spectacle. The raiders flew direi tiv over the citv and as they did so puffs "f while smoke rouhl he seen in the skv .-here the ahrapnel from the anti iir.ft guns were exploding The cJerMiiiris tinvelleil at terrific speed hut seen darting lift. h planes could bl -m anil the gourd nne down from ackling waves. than MO German time and llriiish aempanea eould be ,eti ,ult..nesly, the atftu.le of the yu,.,. Ba, a,m;rabir and at no time was there any sign of a panic. For about fifteen minutes the OerI mans dropped bombs and damage wav I in th henrt nt ihn citv. ! Farlv in' the afternoon the full ex- , tent of the damaire had not yet hem 'ascertained nor hail an official list of ' casualties lieen compilitl. I The admiralty announced this af- , trrnoon that three of the i German Aircrart Attacked Sprrnay v., ,-....:. vi.u " Isi'esnlr.ar i sstix.l 1 PARIS. July 7.- French cities of : Ppernay ami Nancy were bor.barded ; by German aircraft during tv night jTb war omcs announced tocuvy.

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' pinng-n tue , Tt iionf i kilted when tht ! at r. et ny , day bp road ' j seriously inju" f reculviiig injuries. I; e. passenger were big car Ml into the A o aw miraculous to- . Only five were Ten uthera were RATE ADVANCE. 4(.mn.uw'j, Urant. Part of Krgilvsl of Railroads j WASHINCTO.V. Jf'ily 7. The Interf atate Comint-re Coiuuiiiuiion tialny j granted port of the requests of the I railways in rega:t to the clasa freight. i Railroad operating east of the Miaaiaaippi and went of l'ittsburgh, north of the Ohio rivr ruay increax- ciasa J freight rates in vario ia mounts ranging from 22 rent 55 cents on the I hundred pounds. T),t raitrouda had i lacked ror pnmsi! n for inireaaes , ranting from tine to eighty cent, i I Package freight ait geniral merchan-1 diae are affected.,. Ill M OtticiaU Grow Weary of Waiting For Steel Men to Reach Agreement. Ifly A? ttferaar'...' ,V iturtilce ) WASHINGTON", July 7.-The price of steel will be fixJ by the govern merit within Uiree in ks, accunling to ofliciala eonnectxl with the ahipping board, the federal tiade comminaiun steel production csta. Ihe results ol naa ueierminea iin.itiy.ie taae matters I in it. .n htn.lt ! no' at work ou an investigation of set-ct pro-!-w V;stJr; '.tie resultn of it !! be reported to the president. F dluwing this, it is stated, steel i prices will be fixed without further! parleying. 1 It is definitely known that tl gov- ! ernment has grown tired of lengthy conference on the steel question und ami me government win not Hesitate : to u m bringing abwit a quick "ettlcmr.nt on a sU'el price just soon a. the federal trade commission "'poriu on tno-cosi Must Come to End. ' ,k entire country and the May ef-; ! fectt munitions or war as well a ' i-lher products vital in the carrying " of preparation, : Wltn a strong hand over the steel ' industry the government expects to aulp 10 UP ln mills anil get a greater output both for itself-and for industrica gent-rally. Recently a compromise on a price it $"'. a ton for steel ua tentatively reached between th, United States Steel Corporat proWing nearly half of the output and ,n8 government. - hairman tennuin, hi ir.e riiilipiHK 'io, tnnriy oo- . jeeted to this price ami oppeartioa from other government quarters resulted in the postponement of the fixing of lh P"c Mntl1 'he,'""1 can report on production cost. is concentrated in ... few hands that the government feels it will have . ., , , . , tonce of the pru-e i acta and it ' . ' ,. , . , .j . ,i,i,l ,1.. i magnates which the department . 7. i -,.ii .... k- i. .m t itic holds will not be lost sight of of justic by government representative in ad justing the matter, 1TC.HT WITH U-BOATS. LI.-'HON, July 7 Two Portugueae oatrol boats ngagea in a uveiy name oatrol boats ngaged In a lively battle ) with a German submarine off Madeira Wands on Wednesday, the Portuguese i admiralty announced today. The j submarine attempted to sink th j patrol boats bat fled when fintd on.

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Word From" German Frontier grouses Interest. CHANCELLOR SPEECH ANXIOUSLY AWAITED Curiosity Ah to Whether Von llollweg Will Make Definite Peace Offer.

!drawal from bond and the importation of itiktilled, spirlta ly a vote of 45 to The aenata rejected the AMSTERDAM. Julp 7. Germany' J Reed amendment authorizing the prea-

necc term. o fur kno n on V to ' the kaier and hii udvi.-era, have un-! dcrgone considerable mudilieation ' from their original form. This intorniution a.- coiitaincd in a telegram received today from thi German fiontier. Thi. mepiage aroused again intenai curiosuy aa to whether lir. Yon Ui'th-j mann-Hollweg, the Cierman chancellor, would make a peace addrep in t'-oj ReichV.ag m Ilcr'tn today a reyr . .!. ( Another telegram from it jf '.nan 'The HcuUche Tages Zeitung haa a ' ri port from Frankfort of. a statement made bv a Rcichuig fin-inbei, Wo! ! fffaaif Heine, at a private political; meeting: j " i recently had a ronVerxatiou with i the chancellor,' Herr Heine wa quoted j a a,ng. 'and 1 can tell you that the! chancellor would make peace .today,; ea-t and vct, without auncxttiouu .tnd without any indemnities. I not yet .-mil so publicly and ha thuii plainly, but In keep his mien' thought it better to " ''VI. is iimille no Itu W ,.f rriou. b... lie, ,n the nature of h, po-! ' ' Vf ti, r "ch -rV K , . had a most defiant tone and have hown that the Genraun ur willing jtn m '""eimteiy, if the utterj"n''t !5Je;Mii the ; mougnw or im peoine. . . . . . REPORTER ARRESTE1. Kepreaentat of Grrinun paper ?. tin President's Order. xhr Comma paper S ad liter I rider inneiirer. after ha bad .k-fied the tiresident's procl.imatinn and entered thl. barred telle altout Central Ar mory. He probably will he interned , with the K-.ts'i's formpr editor, Walde- : mtr Von Noslilr., at I'm' t IMethm pe, HimI Planned td Attack Whites at Fourth of July Picnic. EA.ST ST. LOUIS, I!!., July 7. Negroes planned a massacre among 25,uuO whi'e. people at a l-'ouith of July c., picnic here hut the plot was tinted by the uprising of tha whites , Tu.:j,iay'i(;)lt, tCor,i;,: to testimony ,h ..t , of the coroner's HlJ they haw galnKli t , , . it. j . , " . . , , I headed by Dr. L. R. Bumly, negio ! dentist, fur a wholesale slaughter of I th" h', W-'"''"-Bundy, officials say, had fire arms and ammunition brought into East St. Louis by mgro women in innocent ap- , J , . . . i Names of nrurrunent loca citiien i , . , , , . w" bad been "marked for execution, Names of prominent local Soldiers made numerous raids on home! of both whites and nee-roes today in search of stores of guns and ammunition. Several arrests were t made j rtmices aiso were wrveu on Notices also were served on "bad I men" by tlie citifens committee to depart within 24 hours. This waa the second step in the titv'e clean-up, the ; firnt being closing of "blind pigs' iu jth city and resorta in the ouukrts.

tt' -J . - ( CI1!CA.0. July 7. Oyk-a Armour mid Ldward A. ' mJariv, wvaluiv packer are suffering with an uHiick of "gtvLtux,' Armour gave hia daughter, V.sa l.olila Ogden Arinou:-, a flWi.lHW parcel of n-sl estate, which la occupied by the Vthite Civ.. Ci-johy preenteAl hia daughter, -Mrs. Austin Hohlack, a ..!),ml 'lot und in going to build tlOU.OOU noiiite on it for tier.

WON ANOTHER VICTORY. "Drya" Succeaatul in Securing Senate Arliun iHt ( terotlual Vmc Surcice.) WASHINCTOV, July 7. The "drys" won unother victory in the prohibition light thia afternoon when the senats refused lo modify the Cummins amendment prohibiting the with"lent 10 permil ne wiiiuuav.ni 01 liquor in bond if the public interests I required, iWlLL MAKE ATTEMPT TO Roosevelt-Gompers Verbal Setto Talk of Oflkial Washington. iHv e 'riiiHuial Veil Hcrclce.l NEW YORK. July 7. To prevent new outlircukd aa the result of the pernal encounter between Col. Uooeveil and Samuel (iompers that marred tnp reception to the Ruanian lat night, wotd wa sent out toy that speaker at further affair, j ' the Ri"-velt and Gomp . camps were reported bringing I heavy artillery. ready to hurl f resh

. ,,otll in the controversy ever the Eart trim tha'tiiv!kj.rftr .T4:rtiiaa witk the. . Td.date. tlk.iiaer.. Ageffa for jJiippmt eom-

r - American reueration or uioar nus nun th 1a-.it fling. I waa out with a I statement early totlay declaring the I cotnnel purposely sought the lirne- ! light in last night's quarrel and "imlagines himself the custodian of the morals of the world." The trouble I started when Cdl. Roosevelt, in preliminary remarks at a meeting in gie hall in honur of the visitors, denounced the men who led the mobs in Fast St. Louie a "murderer." W hat Roosevelt Said. "Before we speak of justice for others, it behooves us to do justice within our own household," it added, Gompers, who followed Col. Roosevelt, charged that negroes hail been lured to Fast St 1 oum to undermine white labuiors. W hen he sat down the colonel asked jiermission for another word. Advancing with vehement gestures and shaking hi fist under (iompers' nose, Roosevelt shouted: "I doa't care a snap of my linger for any telegram froni the head of strongest labor union in Illinois, : referring to a telegram Compera said he received from a labor chief, lixing riponihjlity for the riots. "This took place in a stae where the white outnumbered the negroes twenty to one. If in that state the white can't protect thir rights without resort to murder, then the people of the state which wnt Abrahum Lincoln to the presidency must bow the'r heads." Hisses. Ihhis, rat calls and applause 'were mingled. Many in the audience jpcrting to see a, fist fight be tween Roosevelt and Gompers, Mayor v'lt, hel ffnHy quieted the auilience and the speaking continued. HONOR ROLL List of Those Who Hare Recently . Paid Subscription ia Adraaee. Fred Jaques, R. R. 10. Frank Stewart. R. R. II. L. B. Sme'spr, Tennessee. Wm. Nicholson, 8. R. II. C. E. Ranmey, K. R. 13. Ira Bradley, R. Jt. 5. J. S. Beaty, R. R. 6. Grant Wiley,- F'ranhfoH. Lillian Galvin, R. R. 8. K. W. Huffman, R. ft. 4. Harry Sumpter. R. R. 12. J. W. Rlarlr, City. C. T. Henderson, R. R. . Frank Huntinger. R. R. 0. Ralph fieesley, Tborntown.

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! e-'-ie'l Marion Caldwell Asks 're a Ueyjirainitig; Order Against A. II. Felker. SEFKS TO PREVENT HIM FROM SERVING Rival Oil Inspectors Will Settle Their Differencest in ' the Court. lltu Ikn (eltrnclfiiul Vr Sri4cr.! INDIANAPOLIS. ,Ind., July 7.--a A new court battle over tha Indiana oil inapectinn law wa begun t-day when Marion Caldwell, Republican oil inspector, filed a petition In the circuit court for a restiainmg order to prevent Adam i'clker. Democratic oil inspector, and hia deputies from inspecting oil. Caldwell w apiointel by Governor Goodrich and Kelker was appointed by Edward Barrett, tm geologist. Both the Democratic aad Republican Inspector are ruppuaed to be on the job today. HELD IN PORT. Thirty-five Dutch Veuacl Refused Safe Hailing Permita. IV Mi Isreraaima.il hemi vrrtcl NEW YORK, July 7. Thirty-fivB Dutch veseels, incluiling the two big passenger linera Nordnm and Ryadam, are being held in New Vorlc harbor bevause tha British einbanay. refusea to issue safe (ailing permita, - Many of the vessels are heavily laden with grain for Holland. Heaidea the Nordam and Ryndam. the 2eUimlia and Frisia have not been permitted to clear. Aboard the Krtsia i lnf. lltlnihlte (if GACnifln iLnmnint, i ,,m, .. gou(h Aeh.,)CWI ,un. , ... .1-. .'..x l a. -.f. - . urobably due to tue iVt iiui . feared some of the grain aboard Ilia hip would reach Germany. NEXT WEEK'S WEATHER. Otji ls slersotfrnMl VriM fsei-toe.) WASHINGTON. I). C. July 7. The woother bnroi.M t td.iy t-jiud th follow inB forecast for next week: Region of Great. La kei Occasional ihowers ore prob ' " f.ist half of the week will he tr i.-dy warm fallowi ' ' y pooler lattor half. ROUNDING UP OF SPY SUSPECTS CONTINUES V. S. Ajrents Quite Active In the New York DistrictSeveral Arrests. Is tht slermiKnaal ei Ksrehxi. NEW YORK, July T. The rounding up of soy susperts was well under way in the New York district today following tlie interment on Ellia Solsnd of three prominent German? for the period of the- war. A fourth man. whose name federal agenta would nut reveal, was brought to the feileral building last night from Newark and was still being questioned early today. It waa admitted that ha "might prove to be a very important jierson." Of the trio taken into custody yesterday, Carl Heynen probably waa of the most Ujse to the Germans; with high financial connections, federal agenta said today. It was reported that Heynen. who waa an assistant commercial attache of the German emhassv, looked after tlie kaiser's perwn,, K-isies. n thi- ei!rir He had important connections in Mfxico and until recently was reganled as the most influential German south of the Rio Grande. Federal agents hav been watchingHeynen for some time. He waa taken into custody on orders from Washington. Federal agents would not discuss tha arrest of P. A. Bovgmeister, former banker, and president of the Jonathan Haneeck Company, radio expert, who were also interned yesteruay.