Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 248, Lebanon, Boone County, 18 July 1917 — Page 1

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Daily Newspaper In Boon A VOLUME 25. LEBANON, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1917.

THE ARMY DRAFT MAY BE DELAYED

Missouri May be the I. State to Make Its Report. itsC SEVERAL STATES STILL DELINQUENT Draft Delayed ly About f?'-ven Slates, From Which Heports Are to Come. BY DAVID M. CtU'IH H. lilt thn frrlfo.a'lt S.HI w J WASHINGTON, Ju.y 1.-Tr. rax every indication iate th rter the a liny night. t be I'eporti received today hi the international New., Service correspondents in state capita'.- of li- -la'"-U:iofg:iniW-d indicate that the last state niay not lie organic, d until K riMkbiran will "proba-ii;.' rov-i' her work today. Penna.jrf'jnia has hut two hoanijet to organic. New York will he ready tomorrow. Illinois will lie ready ty night. The last county in Mississippi reported ready today. Should Missouri report before .". o'clock on Friday it seems certa a probable that the diaft will be held Friday niRht. If the report ci.;n.m later than 5 o'clock on I-rmav afli r noon it is not likely that the little numbered capsules will be drawn tiefore Saturday morning. Scten Delinquents. Seven delinquent states are now delaying the diufting of the national, army of the t'nited States. Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Mis-i-i ssippi. Missouri, New Yolk ar.d IVc'i-; sylvania have failed to report to l'rvost Marshal Genera! Crowiler that the organization of the local boards in these statei is completed. ( Within a few hours after the la '. state reports the draft will he in piogress. lien. Crowiler is prepared n.d ' has all of the machinery for the oper-i- ' tion of the drawing ready locked 1 1 : a safe in the war departmi nt. Til" lime of the diaft is still a mutter ..f conjecture. On. Crowder hopes that it may take place tomorrow evening, but it may go over until Friday a: I even Saturday. President Wilton ha.- before him t--day the working plans of thp diaft a:, i he will affix his signature as the la t official step in the preparat.on. t'lace I'nderided. The place of the drat is also u decided. I'p to this lime it has he supposed that it would be held in reception room at tne war depai .- ment. Today, however, so many sugestiona of a more putiiic draitn. have t'en made that it is said it may be held in one of the large commit.' rooms at the capitoL, and there is sti1! a chance that the hall of Representatives may be chosen. lien. Crowder is today doing ev erything in his power for the ran d dissemination of the news of the final drafting. He hopes to be able to1 perfect an organization whereby the numbers drawn may lie flaili'd throughout the country within i few minutes after they are drawn, although for the sake of accuracy it may be necessary to hold all the numbers until the final number is drawn. BOY PLAYING AT WAR SMOTHERED TO DEATH IN "GERMAN TRENCH" if ffif International Sttft Hfrvlrt.i CHICACO, July 18.Tommy Beutsch, 11, drew the short and hat to nfSfnt th "GerfiKins" in tnwh play toiluy, while h?H thrpp plHvmut' wfrp On. A hrvy lady walk-f-d across th sidifwalk a ho vo Tommy 'n trnrh, it -raverl in and ho smottierH to dputh. CONVKTKO I NDFR NKW LAW. CHICAGO, July lH-The first conviction in Illinois under the statute preventing re-me.rriage within one year aftr divoire was made in the case of Morris W. Babb, actor, whe i merrled Grace Rothert, his vaudeville partner on her deathbed three week before hia year was up. t Babb was placed on probation for 0 daya. fh maximum penalty is three yea V imprisonment. '

I FLATr'OOTED GIRLS j GET NO CHANCE TO RUN ! TYPEWRITER I.N NAVY

fffir tha International hetra Serrtrfcl NEW YORK, July IK. If your feet arc flat girls, there's no chance for you to run a typewriter for the I'nited States navy. Two younic women w ho applied for piesitions in the naval censors onVe were turned down because they had fallen arches. Regulation are regulations said Lieutenant Baldwin of the censors office, ami the navy cannot take recruit With flat feet. SHIP TORPEDOED. British Sleamer Attacked While Con. oycd by I". S. Destroy er. fy f'-c IRfrnaH-nl etr rrrl..l AX AM KHICAN' PORT. July 1. Gorman submarine tnrpo.loed the British steamer Giumorc on June 7. uhle she was being ronvo;.e.l by an A merit an destroyer, according to passengers reaching this port ah mid an American liner today. I-ive of tite GrutTiore's p'atrs woi 1 -tove in and the fore peak filY-i it .: vat-r. The Grai'ioro remained a'loat i n.i was taken into an lri-h port. Six of her cl'W were liner's pa-senir. rs. Thei submarine remained .-ubi throuirh the attack. Op J.,l. tl torpedo tv the bow of the Ani"r:cal no -ubmarnie was sirte. Ml' thnl t!:FLOOD CAPITA! Congressmen and Others Besieged by Those Desiring to Escape Draft. 0 EXEMPTIONS THROUGH INFLUENCE "Pulls" Can Not Free Youths From Duty in the Federal Army. i?, i WASHINGTON. J of exemption from s K. Se--ke - i' in the nennational army are fh.o Washington today with tin1 a short while di.-t.mt. Congressmen and pulei are besieged by men who escape servodraft, and by and brothers the emptions can be fluence'' in W hundreds to the to be sent back to th. boards with their pl.i; The national gover ing to do with exerr have nothing to do some time, until apt brought to I'r' -iii- ni that time the matte rests entirely in tl e boards, ' "f The Pleas. Youths vho "intend ing f...thff ministry havf- siut'ht rvm p. in urdcr thp p!a that nven thouirh tl:-4v ar not now divinity tud'nN ihcv (xpwt to com un.ir that vht?.. One a(f-d (rnt!rnan journey' I from the southland to t hi- "fmp, industrious boy" an pxt-mption :ini! fix it so thf "worth! s son" of a m'ii'Jdmr would srnt. today that" the Amend lepartm'-nt s'jrKfona rlainifd i national army will be the most physiraHy fit body of men this nation has ever put in the field of battle, t President Wilson has ruled that 'the army Mjiyrons shall have the la-.t - say on the physical fitnpsa of a drafted man, and theee surgeons are preparing to full the mifitK carpfuliy. ! Constitutional disability is pmctijcaily the only avenue of rejection, according to the army uigeons. Faili ure to meet the standards of height 1 and w 'ght will be waived except in those casta where the discrepancy amounts to abnormality. A JOB FOR TFOKY. MONTICEIXO. III.. July 18. After daya of fruitless search for the escaped carnival Una that has tenuiiied the. community lor weeks, local citizens t today wired to Theodore Roosevelt at j Oyster Bay, asking him to come here, j seek eut and kill the beast.

WITH REQUESTS FOR EXEMPTIONS

DICTATORSHIP IS

Liberal Coalition's Defiant Attitude Brings a Crisis. NEW CHANCELLOR l 'J Sl'fcAK 1U.MUKKUH To Define Attitude on Various Subject Germany Awaits the Address. AMSTKRI'AM, July 18.- Opinion i.it ilaiicelloi- Miehaelis will he suri- in cuntir.ur-strength-!he hli-ial coalitio If tl i.ai it drcid-s upon thi- dr- , m,rte it is believed that the dic-itiil-lifl w-ould he lonfeired upon l:.l I- ..-Id Mar-hal von Hindenburg. i,e,,r.'i etiii.f of staff, or hirst unit. mii-ter-;enei:il l.udendorir. ,m H,nd. nl.urg's chief aide. The iibernl element in the R-ichMag i -t.il "sti'k'iig" and the leaders dejie tw wiil press their inter-party v e resolution railing for no anr.en- . i' and no indemnities as the iliief !.!. t' l.e.-. le iriiany is literally standing on i.t..e t" li -ur what policies Dr. Mich-m.-will announce in the Reichstag iii-ifiiw, I' i,. lelieved here that the w cl"ir.v!!r will speak in general rm and will not rr-mm't himself to What He h. Kxperteil to His n Mi."--, if m ole us !-ki 'y wdl follow this line will rio;ieiil to all factions ! ir.i, c:il!:ng Ujeoi their patriotism -l:ii r -i'M-'lirg them of i he sacrilices beieg made for the Fatherland uion the lieid ..f battle, lie will ask for national um-, ty so that leforms. prem f'l by the: kaiser ai.d planned by tie cabinet, can i i- carried out. He wi'l I'miand the : : :ls.;i(x- of the uar cr.d t so '.hat the, ire-.ei-nment w-11 he f ee to prosecute! 'r.e win- -.vith greater vigor, now that ; i.iore foemer. fa. e th- fatherland." ' He v.iM a.-k for i..t:":ce and promise :a a.-.- terrw that v. II he satisfactory t.i nil. A promise of re'orm in the riterriiiiiunal poliries will lie given. If the !ihrals ro itinue their l;ght, thiu.c down khe gage of battle to the iunk' i- eleinent i;nfl d.'ir.ar.d uu iinine- ''! .te liec'nration of peace teims without iirrex.-it1 ms and indemnities, then the n-iliury dictatorship may follow. 'i'!!s.:. W'eil.l mi. rk the final struggle n i he f.,i. i and derms of aut rati. iT-icv in Germany and mi l -innu' stionably exert influence temliiif further than the German rders. Advices from Herlin today id that 'he new chancellor seems he vrrv ."i-is!ar with hoth press and l'.r, The vociali.'t newspjiper Vor-e'-t had tlos to say: Sure and Ibfisive Way. ! i., km. of him that he h ,e way of performing attitude towards the of the time is still uny knows as yet how ir.on his new duties, session of the Reirh - :.ab'-V will be held . hiinrellnr will most exnianation on which ;!''" i-ocia! democratic Thursday tl I'kejy give . the attitude i artv toward i. 101 will depend. "For two years Michaelis was the one person iti whom all the fear and apprehension concerning the bread ; j supply of the German people were con-; centrated and in that position even a j war-mad fanatic would have been con-1 verted into nn honest friend of peace. ; There is one point upon which we will j I thankful for a frank statement ; ifrom the new chancellor. Either we i cor.di.ct a war of conquest or we do !not. Kither we intend to make other . j countries pay up money, even if to i I accomplish that purpose we have to ttgnt for another ten years, or we wel-1 1 r ome peace within visible time, and' ! limit , r.u.K.a n (l,. i 7 : i of a defensive "If the chancellor takes the second i sten he will have B ntrnnir mWitv h- ti,.. D.i-k . i. i. i. a the Reichstag n hu, favor, which. ,hy personal effort, he still can mcrease further. He cannot work witn - " , . ",,ln!,"W majority, i rial is a fart proved by von Buelow s fall iind by the resignation of Dr. voni Bethmann-Hollweg. So that to pre-j tnd that Germany could be ftmtrned . without a Reichstag majority is ignoriiif the true and actual facts." I

THIS HOTEL I3ELIEVE3 , IN PREPAREDNESS IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE

W ltertUml Una Serxce.) NEW VOBK, July 18. To prepar? its iiatron for prohibition, I New York hotel today announced the installation of a soda fonntain with a regular foot rail just like you'd find in your favorite bar. The management believes the big draught is certain to come and proposes to ease some of the pain to bar putrons, by giving them ut least one bar comfort. They're thinking of putting a howl of pretzels near the chocolate syrup spigot. ORDERED ARRESTED. ; Policemen Implicated in Killing j Two Negroes it Kist. Si. I.onis. III) thm InttrnallOHOt Xnri fltrrtrr.) I KAFT ST. 1.01'IS, 111., July 18. Churged with bi-ing implicated in the i shooting and killing of two negroes 1 during the riots. Sergeant Con Meei han and Policemen James O'Brien and i Albert II. Wilson today v ere ordered m rested l.y Coronei I', C. Renner. The three men were susif mlcd indefinitely by the poiice boar'i dast night. Two more white men have died bringing tiie total of white men killed up to nine. The number of negroes known to have hen killed is :.&. Robert Murray, '1, and Stephen Hoskins. 18. boih wounded during the riots, died last night. ATTACKS DURING NIGHT Gained Further Ground Official Report Says French Repulse Attack. iBv th Jnt'i-nattrmtl .Vcwt Arrrire.l I ONIKLN. July 18.-The liritish renewed their attacks during the night in the sector of Monchy-Le-rreux, on the Arms front, nd gained further

schedule'), ground, the war office fcvortid today. Kitst. he This new pressure followed local at.o support taiks t,.lt na, miP on Jues-

w tl , V ly moniing and which were afterarJs followed by a bombardment of le ( let-man positions. In West Flanders the Hritish carried .it successful niids in the sectors of ostavernes ai.d linesmghe. Alter a heavy bonihardment on the erdun front, the Hermans made un successful efforts during the night to recapture the ground won from them yesterday between Hill "04 and Avocourt Wood, but all the attacks broke down w-ith heavy lo.-ses under the French tire, according to the oiTunil coinuuniue issued by the war ofhre at There werei artillery duels n the Ai river front. RF.GAIN I'OSITION. 1 Germans Advance and May Cause Re- i treat of Russian.. Iffy IW IntfrnaUonai e Ker. irr. 1 GKNFVA, July IK. Autro-l'un-1 garian and (ierman troops have forced a passage of the I.omnica river near Kalusx, according to unofficial reports reaching here today from Vienna, i If the foregoing dispatch is true. : the Russians probably will fall back along the Lemberg railway in the . direction of Majilan. Mnjdun i ten miles northwest of Star.islau and the "in1 distance southwest of Halici. Tne Russian war of.ee made special mention of the fact that the Russians had secured the crossings of the I.omniia after they had fallen bark from the western to the eastern hank, FOR MEXICAN NAVY, ,. Two Vessels Iluilt in this Country Completed and Leave For Home. ,Ht th, international Xr,r, nru,. cmCA(;0 Ju, ig.Tw0 boatH ,... the U Aztec" amJ the Tarasc built for the Mexirsn navy, prepared to leave the Cuthbert shipyards tialay amJ sail down by way of tht ,inoi, . . . . , rver into the Mississippi river for The ships were manned by Mexican crews, but the wireless was sealed and ' American master appointed to , tnke ft mt , J France papers were issued 1 , an American master appointed RECKIVED MARCHING ORDKRS. CHICAGO, July 18. The 13th regiment of engineers today received sudden marching orders and they will leave for an Atlantic port soon. The command numbers 1,148 men.

OPPORTUNITY TO

E F Tl America Developing Superior Type of Aeroplane Engine. HAS MATERIAL FOR EXPERT AVIATORS Hrilish Expert Sounds Praises tif Work Iteinjr Done in This Country. HY DAVID M. ( Ill RCH lllr the Inlrrtt'il' -mil . 8ereie,i WASHINGTON', July IS. America has the opportunity to wrest control of the air from all other nation-. Already she is developing a type of tronlnne eneine that will surpass the present fa-t liritish and French types. Her material for expert aviators is the equal of any. That is the opinion of the nuin who is probably the best aviator that Kiiglnnd has produced. He is in Washington now, detailed here by the London war odice to aid the United States in mobilizing her aerial forces. He is .Major I.. W. li. Iteos, of the Royal flying forces, and he wears on his breast the coveted Victoria cross, awarded to him for extreme bravery on the battle front. .Major Ke. s is a mi mix r of the permanent Br it i-h commission in the United States mid is assisting the war department in perfecting its aviation plans. "The all-American aehoplnne engine now being built in the United States by Vincent, Hall & Scott," said the iiia lor in discussing American and foreign engines, "will surpass any of the Kngli.-h and French types now in use. This engine, as a matter of fact, may be the type that will srel success in th war. lliiild Own Aeroplanes. i T!ie T inted Stales r,,,e-ht to l.nlhl its own aeroplanes and it gines. It would take six months for; American factories successfully to, manufacture British or Fn nch mod-; els. In Krigliind we tried to make a French engine for which we had all plans and designs hut it was half j a year before w e could make one that ' was a su.-ce.-s. Adopting our models j will mean that you would hnve to g.. : through the same thing. "Knirland has twenty or thirty moil-; els of aeroplane entities with which -h? is extierimentiriir and anv on nav a i the Anie ,y tim chine be to i engine the .-.in;r slung and th-t ill much I'a.ter ,f they foilow the.r own, ideas in.-tead of following the Kllg- I lish ami French models. j "Speed is a necessity. The quicker ; the American aeroplanes are put into service th" sooner victory will come. If we had lii.n.io American machines now we could blow up every German !

railway junction and munition plar,tt,p superintendent. Orchestral Conin no time. j rprti Th(, (-r.lvPn f.-urni!y Orchestra.

Three ( lasses of Work. "The aeroplane has three classes of

work. First of all the aviators first j 7:30 p. m. I'opular Musical Enter-; finally retires from his post bm head use it in reronnoissance locating the j tainment, The Craven Orchestra. I 0f (nP Fmergency Corporation, alenemy troops. The next duty is to) g;:-to p. m. Lecture, "This New, though a determined effort was be-

lirect artillery hre, then comes the. work of attacking. We are hampered now in our offensive work by the lack i of men and machines. If America, can send large numbers of machines I over then we can carry on a great' offensive campaign from the air, and ! Germany at least for the present has i not enough machines or men to copej with any great air offensive we may be able to put in progress " A oieric f..n .... . .

that mace the best sort of aviators, lowing an attempted assault on the .u i PL J. rlthat is-educated men with training ; wife and daughter of a farmer named ! . hottom by the German

and power of reasoning and observa"The fate of thousands of soldiers is in the hands of the aviator. For instance, if an air observer sees a large army force moving into a new position, he must be able to reason the effect it will have on his own forces. If be is a good observer he will wireless back to his own lines exactly what he sees. If he fails in his reasoning and loses his head and wirelesses back a report which either exaggerates or diminishes the number of enemy troops he sees movisej he may cause the death of thousands of men of his own rankw "If an artillery observer fails to report correctly hs may spoil the effect of an entire drive. "Your American youth have the sport training. They are naturally sporting men. tour games of baseball and football have developed in every man the power ef quick, clear thinking. This haa given them a

power which sheuM make them Brest aviator. "University and college men are plentiful in the United States and there should be no difficulty in recruiting an air force superior to any the world haa ever known. "Then you have the best facilities for tiaining here. In France there are days and days at. a time when we con not fly because of climatic conditions. In England it frequently occurs that for more than a month we do not have more than twenty hours in which we can send men into the air for training. I understand that in Texas they have 350 days in a year suitable for flying. I have heard that our men are going to be sent to Texas to train, because of the fine weather conditions, but I have no official confirmation of that, although I believe

j it. would be a wonderful thing for our Hying corps. "It looks as thouirh the war would 1 end in the air and America can be the big factor in making the air warfare fall as the great force of the allies the great force of the war.'1 THE KAISER IS AGAIN REPORTED TO BE IN DECLINING HEALTH tltil thr International Wif Sirilre. i ROME, July IK. Reports from Swiss sources reaching here today said that the kaiser is again in ill health. One had it that the (ieiman emperor's "physical anil mental condition arc both unsatisfactory." These reports, however, are without confirmation. The Pro-am for Opening. Day is an Attrac tive One. BIG TENT PLACED IN READINESS TODAY ( h a 11 (a 11(1 lin Well Ad Vertised r With Pennants and Streamers. The Lincoln Chautauqua will give its opening program in Lebanon to morrow morning at Si-lO with the Youths' Chautauqua. Representative were in the city yesterday putting; up f flags, pennants, and streamers adv

THE CHAUTAUQUA OPENSTOMQRROW ! WITH GOOD TALENT: i ; i

I to'tising the programs. The work of j mai)f, w 0enma UM the pHpnt, now setting up the big tent begun this: the shipping board can not consider ''" evening and it is expected that all them, let alone sanction them. He VZt'- wi'l I in read.ness tomorrow. The imm tl,nt lthc,ugh some $10,000,"wni . ,oiiii is involved in the n ana as net

tent is located in the Lon Varnt pas - tine on North Fast street. Tomor - ro's program is as follows: !:: a. m.. Youths' Chauta.Kj ji. (iet Acruainte Time, directed by the Junior Supervisor. Opening exercises by 1 :,:lr' ' m.-Address, "The Almighty ! Dollar," Rufus K. hmg, from .New j York state. Age." Rufus h. king, the Mi tor. " NEGRO LYNCHED. An I'nidentificd Man Killed hy Mnh in Alsbsma. I Pa the tntrnmmnat .Veir flerrlce.l TCSCALOOKA, Ala., July '18.An unidentified negro was lynched 1 . I'eform At. Iat vesterilav fol. l'rice. Mrs. Price gave the alarm; w hen tite negro entered the house and ; he became frighteneil and made his j esrane. Later, however, he waa cantored hv two .lenutv sherirTa but before they could get him to a jail an infuriated mob took the negro away from the oflicers and lynched him. Another negro who was a party to the attempted assault was not molested by the mob. WILL GRANT REPRIEVE. HARTFORD, Conn., July 1H Govvemor Holcomb announced todty he will grant a reprieve to Mrs. Amy . Archer-Gilligan, who is under sentence to hang on November 6 for having poisoned Franklin R. Andrews. aged inmate of her private institu I tion. This was made known when he said he would probably let Mrs. Giliigin present her case to the state board of pardons which will bold its next meeting oa December 10

BOTH DBiAil AliD GOETHALS MAY BE LETOUTBYWiLSON At Least President May Be Asked to Take This Action.

CONGRESS ROILED OVER SITUATION The Two .Men Must Patch I'p Their Quarrel or Both Maybe Asked to Quit. l Tto thr IntPi nattunnl ,tri fierrlr.) WASHINGTON. July 18. Senatur Smoot of Utah this afternoon introduced a resolution calling on I'reaidrnl Wilson for a statement of the facts regarding the row between (.en. (ioethals and Chair man Dennian over the construction of the big merchant shipping fleet. At the request of Senator Chamberlain, the reflation went over until tomorrow. HY JOHN' KDWIV NKVINI. Ill tlte MlrisrtfOnal .Veirii Affrvire.) WASHINGTON, July 18. President Wilson will lie asked to removn from the public service both William Denntnn, chairman of the Federal shipping board, and Major General Goetl.als, head of the Kmergency Ship ZZ' lT j lloih olliciiils were bitterly criticiied in congres, tonal and official circles todny. Their cjuarrel, which han abjsolutely held up the plan to create a great rtr t of American merchant vej si Is, is interfering with the micrmwfill operation of the war against : Germany. Congressional leaders take the poai- ( tion that, unless the quarrel can b t patched up and an immediate start made on the shipping program, th , : 1 -i..i u..... .U... in c-.i .-le'' unable to maintain its army in the j field, let alone carry reinforcementa j to France. I Chairman Denman has flatly told j the p-esident that the entire responjsibilily rests on General Goethaln. He declares that Goethal haa discussed I publicly a program of steel and wood;en ships construction and of the creation of the two government-owned and operated shipyards, which have ! n Coundatiun fact. The general! propositions are in no wav concrete. ' Denman issert.i. I'-itil Ihev an ; furth ;,y ,;,, (io.thlll, the Mp. 1 pmg board is without the first details j of the fabricationg scheme. If Gen- ; era! Goeih.il? will furnih the" tints. j Denman said today, the chipping j board will meet and consider them : and will "talk them over" with Genral Gocthals. Goelh.l. .May Retire. Little surprise will be shown in official circle if General Cwthal. j jn(r ma,e Ba;n tolay to get him and i Denman to bury the hatchet and work together. i Meanw hile it is certain that if defI inite action is not taken very soon. the president will be asked to remove both men. Army and navy officials are just beginning to realize the extent to which the operations in France depend the gathering together of - """ ' , , 'a'V t"11"!e. "' the General tpo of the navy, show that for every man Place'' on rrench " of 2 tons mui,t he figured as neces iary to be carried across to mainta-n him for a reasonable time, supply him with arms and clothing, and to transport him to the front and back again. The enormous quantity of supplies must be safeguarded both ways by the navy as the recent lota of the steamer Kansan conclusively shows. Navy Takes Control. The navy has taken over entire control of all transports and supply ships. All are In command of navrj oflicers and are armed by naval (oa crews'. In addition, destroyer aad cruisers act as cor.voys. The navy is working night and day to add tst its destroyer strength in anticipation CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT

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