Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 254, Lebanon, Boone County, 25 July 1917 — Page 1

T7 A The Reporter is the only Daily Newspaper in Boone County. iL-u L'xIlI f O L'x 'V ; WEATKER BULLHI C I (enerally fair tonight ai.d Tfci day; eontlnaed warmer. VOLUME 25. LEBAIf ?N, INDIANA, WED ESDAY, JULY 1917. NO. 2o4.

LEBANON

FUTILE ATTACKS

Effort to Recapture Lost (.round on Aisne L'n- , successful. GERMANS ITSH HACK THE RUSSIANS Pursue (he Retreating Russians. Who Are Threatened With Disaster. () llir PARIS, July north of the Ai-ne powerful hut futile a' night in an e'l'oit t., of the ground lust to ten!. the Fr pounced tenia v. Tr. IV.il. ..vaults follow.-,! i strong bombardment of the Ficiici positions along the casemates an. Cnlifornie plateau, along the eastnii eml of the Chrmin-des 1 lames. The Herman soldiers were roll.-, back to their own lines, ami tl. French positions remained intact, li Champagne, near Cordnillot. p.ea Asparh, in uper Alsace, anil at H n r tchise farm the Heunaa.- attempt laids. On the Verdun front artdbvy .hi"! are in progress. HEAVY BOMBARDMENT. British Krtp l'p a Relentless Pounding of the Line. illy the lnfrHl ,Vrr tfn rtrf. I LONDON, July 2.". Raids ami heavy bombardments were reported from the Belgian front in the official report issued by the war office at noon. An exreptionally hi raid was niaile by the British in the Yiire.s seit,.r anil, in aihlition to the Hermans k.Ile.i and wounded, 111 prisoners were taplureil. In the sectors of I-amaertV' (West Klarolers) and Monrh-le-I'reux (Arras front! the artillery luellinf is intense. The Herman (runs, it is stated, are more active th..n usual. AIlVANCK (ONTIM F.S. Hermann Follow I p The Hard I'resnerl Kusf,ian TnKips. IB IV 'Wfi,.( V.ir. firr.ur i (JKS'KVA, July 2a.-The onward nwepji of the Herman troops in HalIcia have carried them to the Hnierp.a river, near the Hus-ian frontier. Tin y are now fijrhtini to force a pas-are of the stream near Milkulinco, south of Tamo-Hil, aecordinir to aclvie. s from Vienna today. Stanisiau in now beinir evacuati d hy the Itussi ,ns as well as Hahcz. The Austro-Herman advance in Halicia i; proceedim over a front of more than l.VI miles. There is intense fishtinir activity uluiiii the PiiL-k Vilna-liuena fioet and Imttles are developing in Itoumania. The Hermans are trvine for two Kieat flankinfr operations ai-iin-t the two groups of Russian armies hoMini the eastern front. Tr. he sucees-ful, however, the Hermans have to pierce the Russian line near its center to separate the Russian army (rroups. Iterlin reports the rapture of mrir. than 11,000 Russian prisoners. Conference in Paris is Said to Deal With Balkan Question. Iftn 111? lnter9Hrmal .Vcwi Hcre'ccl i PARIS, July 2f,. Great secrecy marks the new allied council of war,! i! will understood today that the in- I itial session have already begun, ' It was reported that the conference j wan called to deal with the Balkan question. Thi problem presents several pha.-es, chief of which are: 1 Shall the allies retire from Macedonia ? 2 What disposition i-hs.il be marl , of Balkan territory after the war 7 3 How ahail Bulgaria be punished?

j 4 What reward nhall Ketbia, Mon- , tcnrtfro and Rotim-arila ict T ; 5 How shall Austria and Bulgaria ! iirions in Serbia he offst? In addition to Balkan problrms, I however, the ulli-tw may go still furthi pr and recapitulate the entente's war mm; entirely. It must not be considered that the firesont council Indicates an thine Fcriouw in the war situation. On the other hand, dHeK.iteH to the conference declare that the situation on all fronts is entirely .-ati.-tartory and they predict that the i-ffnrts of dictator Kerensky will mhiii

- re-ults in a Russian victory. HARRY TOO ROMANTIC FOR THIS WAR RIDDEN WORLD; GETS IN HAD I fll the Intrrnntiftnat Vir. .SVri-e-r. ) CHICAGO. July 2".. "Truman IioYerc" sounded more romantic than plain Harry Fuv, mi H.i- v r-!!-ti ur-tbr that name. To.lay he ;i. held l.y the govorninent for false regi-trat ion, and he is liable to ten years penal -orvitado. negroes hanged. Two lynched by a Mob at Mnluii er, Mahama. li ilr i.k,ji.i '... .,,,,,-, MONTnoMKRY. Ala.. J-ilv 2' Two n-yocs. Will a:'d J.-, e P..v mere . jigod to a trie t.v a mob n. I ...e , ,. .. .. I . 1 ,y h,! Ibrea' e.l to k: a u'h t man a:. In - li" tb. iningliain. 1'oe Iliblii-r. a i , -i. he. in Pal., li,, ronnly. lav night f ir attempted c THE I. W. W. MENAGE GMING SERIOUS (iovernors of Ei-ht We. Inn Slates Sound a Note (if i j Warning. HI thf lntrrnti:ntl Vtii. r-,-o WASHINHTfiN, July .:,,-".m. thmir must he ,.,ne abeut the I. V.'. W. troubles," i'. the messaee brounht to Va.-l,i.ifc;t,.n today bv an eitarv from the to.ve,,..,,,- of elit we.leln ,-tates -Ah re lab..r 1 1 ..uiii. have been runniinr riot. fie,-,!,. I..'I!e'l. of '.n I r -i.-isco. obtained an aiid'em- - wt'h P'e,,:,iet W ilson f,.r this a'ternoon to de, i ibe the .situation and suft-e-t reni" i es the western executives believe will U potent if put into effect by fi deral author'ties. He came a.- 'he authorred repre.iitativ-.s of the ir,,vernors in W'a.-hmeton. Cal'f unia. Ari7ona. Idaho, t ;ah and (ri"'fin. "The situation i- so serious that is the way Mr. Hell . n-d u a' fairs for Samuel n-;,i rs. lead of the American I'eii.ia'ion of l..,bor. and secretary of l abor Wii-on b, fo.e Koint? to see the president. Hell. a,l attoiray. is ..eretrry and exe. utive oilVer rr the I ':', ifo. nia Immitrration ,V !!ei-int' conioiit'ee. REVOI.YEU I'.ATTI E. Ih-putr (onslahle Killed SI reel ( lah at St. I inns. ! IKtl Ikr . ( V. trrrl,, i t ST. I.fH IS, Mo.. juy :,.- . -oiver battle on a downtown -t-t-i here tieiay re,.,iHd in the Deputy Hon-table Waiter ( ,,,,;,,. j I'olice were killed to a .-.noon . h. , i Oslello and a Kane we,,, "r i,s.n , ronch house " it wa- .a,,i. i The KaaK , tan. d -h,,!,i i;. Th noI lice returned the fire. Tb,- ba" ' i,i ' el fifteen minutes be',,,,. ( -i, to;.j pled over dead. i Policeman Kpameitj.r said I e '-i,ip-i lied" t'oslello ju-t a- he ,.a.-, fi'.i.ni: liead anothe

Trade-at-Home Pages

The Report call special attention to pa-res 6 and 7 of this issue, on which will be found advertisinjr and reading matter designed to increase trade-at-home sentiment. Prizes are offered for the best letters of not more than fifty worda on "The Reason Why You Should Patronize Home Merchants." These letters are to be published each week. The prize money will be divided into $5, $3 and $2. These pages are worth careful reading.

PLANS NEW ISSUE OF CERTIFICATES

Secretary of Treasury McAdoo Makes Announcement. BIC HANKS CONSENT TO rURCIIAKE THEM Nearly a Itillion Dollars of These (llilittitlions to he Ahsorbed Hy 1 all. IIY HUM KM Jtl.'-F.I'll DOIb .K. I Ft if fkr flio.( Vrirl :no.l A.-Hl.(,TO., July Karly st month Secretary of Treasury Mcid..o -a ill l eg.n the y certiia-ates of inlarire banks of the is to tle,r willingness to purchase I,, -mil have assented. It i.- expertI that nearly a billion dollar.-, la tliese bliganoiis of th.- lulled Mates will e absorbed by the banks by early fall, in- c.-riiin-ates will run only short ruts, averaging sixty days, will bear rate ot inteiest fiom :t' to S'a per .tit. ill be r the vahle ,-nt istall, trie l.'trt I "all. Hie pulpose of issuing Ibe new sor. es of certificated is two fo ii. tir.t, tile I"a.-ury by the middle of September Aiii be . .fully short of cash unless v.ich teps arc taken und, ,-econd, a atge nuinbi r of treasury certificates n the money permits the subscription of heavy sums to a government bond --lie without serious disturbance of 'lie natior.al ti nances. Publication Suspended. (iv. ii-g to confusion in the treasury n tl.e closing of the liberty loan, the 'any t,ea-ury slatement suspended lub! ira iton for davs in July. The of WO, i.g the r CtlOl .-.th . tuins from the liberty ndoUs that the treastej swan.ped and for e count ;y had no ini the slate of the naas t i-he At ti e end of three w-i i;s the treas.ii y has is-md ils daily statement ho.v!ng that money ,s being disbursed it tile iate of half a b'll.on dollars a ninr.'h. I in June :in the net ba'ance n the genera! fund was Jl.llb4.0Sli,2,",n and on July th" ha'ance stoiwl at ?.. 77 ,".! .KIT. Ibiniig the tir.-t three weeks of Ji;! di-hur. eineuts amounted to if Ml.tt.l.i.TI, exceeding receipts f,,r the morth by f 47T..'.'"i,'.i;T. Liberty Loan Honds. However, the trea.-U'y still has au-th-.riz.d :!.0im.0Oil,ii00 ill liber'y loan Ponds available for u.-ue and also at p. nt nearly fl.TiiO.tinii.'liio in short 'elm t'-easury certificit.es of indebtedness, nf ti e total of nearly 11.000,0(il,l)liil of tiiese obligations- issued in anucipat'on of the Liberty lian first ...i..llriient. all but about f:100,(l0tl,O'HI of the,,, tune been either redeemed ' r i.i -h or received in payment for -in. Is. ill trie tr rertiia ;.tes n.c.v out w ill have matured leaving a full $2.iKi0.biii.0O0 available '- ! H--I , ue. However, new issues w-:l I- ,i;t out overlapping the present nil so ti e full J.'OO.IMlO.llOO will rir (,e ,Ma,-i. ; t any time in the near Kitnie. r tl.e bond authorization a.-t the ,,.:-ir ef the treasury is authorized to .'I these certificates to ,ie amour.' no. . . - d.rg 2.00n,000,mill and when to, , are redeemed they may be re-, ..sued. This is the program

to be followd, the tertincate being

turned over and over at the treasury rumi short of cash. In their present hifth denomination these certificated are not popular no far as investment by the general public is concerned. They are intended for use wholly in the hanking world upon which the United States is depending these days for emergency loans. DECLARES WHEAT WILL GO TO $4 UNI ESS THE GOVERNMENT ACTS (By the ltlrrmHuniil .ir Hcrrfrr.) Hl'THRIK, Okla., Julv 25. Frank (iresham, president nf the Huthrie Milling Company, who predicted ?- wheat when it was selling at M) cents and who has just returned from a trip in the northern wheat section, declares that wheat will reach $100 before cold weather unless the government interferes and fixes the price. "HEP TO "HAM." fv thr tntrrn'ttK'Uft .V.irf rrr'r.i CllirAHO..July 25. "Out here we are hep to 'Ham' but we doubt if Kurope knows him so well," said the Chicago Tribune editorially today, commenting on Senator J. Hamilton Lewis' proposal that we negotiute .-.'ith Hermany for peace. "Thereforo KurMpe may conclude that an important American opinion ; has been expressed w hereas it was : OF ALL THE ALIENS! Subjects of the Powers Will Excepted. Central j He STATE DEPARTMENT MAY CAUSE CHANCE Action Will he Taken Unless Secretary of State Makes Protest Clear. tUy the Interartttonnl V i Sen WASHINHTON, July -Jo. Congress I is going to order the drafting ot nl: I aliens of military age, except .sul.j.t'ts 'J the ceneral powers, unless the state department, which has taken a band : in the question, can furnish a very con- j vincing argument to the contrary. Polls have disclosed an overwiielm- , :ng sentiment ir favor of making i foreigners living in the L'nited State. and escaping military service in th.-iri native lands bear their share of the , draft burden here. I Particularly is this sentiment strong among representative. an, senators from the more d.nsely populated centers where alien exemption will cause the draft burden to fall heavily on the native horn American population. The Chamberlain resolution, declaring ail aliens, except those of the Central powers, subject to the draft on ! the same terms as Amerirun citizens ( unless otherwise provided by treaty with the nation of which they are subject., is now before the senate

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: military affairs committee. Action1""1 1" 111 hy the committee has been held up I '' ,he "uhI pending the receipt of a report by the 10 ko""

, state department on the resolution, but unless the stale department makes 'a strong ease against the measure, : the committee is determined to re- ' port it favorably. Complication May Occur. The state department has expressed the fear to those behind the resolution, it is understood that it might produce diplomatic complications. It is generally believed in the senate, however, that the allied nations would be glad to have the United States draft their nationals who have been using this country as a refugs from military service. All the allied eov -

;ernments have the privilege. un.W .,mi Kerenskv can rally his fores ! recent act of congress, to recruit their ! , , (rnian B(vam.e. own nationals in th country but they thpre i(1 a Klnpral ,jisbe,ief have made so little success of it that I anlong officers here that Hermany i it is believed pleased to, plans any wide occupation of Rushave the United State, ple, their mil To Ao M wou,, take too n i AmeT'n 'rmy' Iniuch of her man power which is so I .Th Ch"llr,'n re-wlut, wou'.dlblllil needed in wtstern tmU I add approximately a million men to! tk .r,. ,rt. ,.r,.a f,

.How aSSl U would Washington which tell of enormous 111 Z TT,P.ti drafU of soldiers to be tent to the ItiT Zd KI?rM!,JUt'V' ? nt at once are not welcomed by the . Ji' WUUld crpl!rmy staff. They y that not only

1 nX. th.v iJfTru P. , juotarily within ninety days.

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CAN EASILY LAST This is Opinion of American Experts Home Erom the Eront. MAKE A REPORT TO THIS GOVERNMENT No Indication of Weakening on i'ai t of Germany or of the Allies. BY JOHN' KKWIN XKVIS. (Hu l erKltli.l .Ven-t frrner.i ASHl.NHTtlN'. July r.-The Kur upean war easily can Ir. t until I'JHI l'hat is the unaniniou.. opinion of tin nine American observers who ii'iuriiti mnr ye.-U ,:,til 1)( th .... yesteiday fioio a l i. it. Tile all officers j r, limin Lary report Ui the war Inst u,,;,,, a-.,i ,.l.i...l it t- '-.v. I "-. they will reduce llli"r oleervalions to i writing and will tell m detail just how j the wai now is going. While much of the ma.erial they f lg Ibe wes ea to the S constantly tern battle front The llntisl nnd Fn vcaled that the Hen o Hie Hiiulenburg gh init'ivgna'tie undc tions and tl.e atteu tine is r existing pted ofl-r. has sle to rota -,e anglo nil side t is inipo.s.-ib! -round lost to 'oriseqllontly t itilizing arti'l Larger rmie lioth sides r Increasing W ar Po re constantly inn-en i er, the llernun answ to the Ame been pointe already ailed up ,-ounger c than I', noo. linn I to report to the t lie. March. The (, submarine must hr is verv grave. I ruled Mates ii to the front, ai whicn will tie promises that 11 Ileal IV benean troops are very ba ily j I on the battle front. While ilmj -f t-aii.-pot ts has made it seen:- i impo-sihle for tl-e I'ni'ed Sta'.-s L to exceed -.,0,111111 men oil h soil, by July 1st next, the obs suggested that evei-y e!i'oltl ide to get additional shipping - j nglv even if It has be allies, so that thi ,',00.1 Kin. . drafted from the I ngure can lie n. Opportunity. rtunity to dhorten the Ameri rs pointed entirely in finding leal renn-di ;)i

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t thai will be b.-t'.i-r'tria,i fi'"" the eastern front he plunged use The latter i, ,,(,,, ,,i-' into the complicated political situation a-iest it was !Ugg--ted.!nd made an effort to work out a set-

; all in r i any in al tic in to SUgge ith all to curb them. j If the United States is ah j struct a standarized uerupl-i of high horsepower, as th I now believe can he none, i 'Xperts will b" j possible to smother the Herman aililI lery lire and break through -ho llinidenburg line. Rut until such a course is possible, j these officers say they believe the siti uation on the western front must con tinue about as it is, with tumor sue ccs-ses for one si,p or the other at certain points. Officials of the war college also realize that the Russian situation nowmust be considered a real factor. N - ,' . .u. ji. ... a.,i.. 1 au" 't d0 damatf" In making the I CONTIf UED ON PAGE FOUK."

MOTHER OF 21 SEEKS DIVORCE CHARGING FAILURE TO PROVIDE

(ftp tkt Inttrnational Nevt fferrt-. ) KANSAS CITY, July 25. Mr. Dollie DiH. mother of 21 children, 17 of whom are living, filed suit in Kansas City today for divorce, charging non-support. Mr. Dill obtained much publicity a year ago when she volunteered to adopt two small children. PHILADELPHIA SHAKEN. Quaker t'ily Rocked by Series of F.xplosions Caused by a Fire. (B the MmiWmiil 'of JerHw.l rHILATlF.I.PHIA. July 2a One man is missing and damage estimated at .7a0.OH() was caused by a lire in the Atlantic Refining Company's plaint at Point llrcey.e early today. The lire followed a series of the most terrific explosions ever known in Philadelphia. The detonations wire heard in three s-ta'.es. Windows weie shattered everywhere within a radius of a mile of the plant. The flames mounted skyward to l.(MK) feet, causing nianv to believe that the whole I city was burning. I All the tire apparatus south of Mar- ( iket strict was called by the five ; j alarms which were turned in. I Four investigatiiris of the lire have I hy federal and municipal nutli The 1 a plot, ho clock : trol. The rxplo tanks filled curred storage i KILLS 0. S. SAILORS Lose Lives in Five American Accident in Philippine Harbor. flv tlic IntrrntitluHOl .Vfirl H W ASHINCTOM, July 2. American sailors were killed ; Five i id three i injured in an explosion which wieckod ti.e interior of the submarine A-7 at I the Cavite, Phillippine Islands, naval j station at -I o'clock yesterday afterNews of the accident was received by the navy depai-tment this afternoon by cable. The cause of the explosion was the ignition of gasoline vapor which had collected in a pocket

within the submarine. Tlie manner j dr,ft by Ju(M Westenhavcr in fedm which these fumes were collected I erul court today. The men are C. E.

et kn FACES A HARD TASK Visits Vienna to Work Out Settlement of Complicated Political Situation. I ? fin slrrsofl'in'il Vnf rfrrrlc., '.('RICH. Julv 2o When F.mnerJor f-uircs arriVeH in Vienna today I tlement at the earnest possible nour. j Count Czernin, the Austrian fori eign minister, is at eastern headnuar't ters in Halicia with Kmpernr William, according to a telegram from Vienna today. However, he is expected to return to the cnpital soon. A tomtorary truce has been patrheiLbetween the Czech-Polish element and the loyalist members of Parlia ment, but it is impossible to tell how long it will last. AMERICAN TROOPERS SAY THEY nONT WANT TO HE CALLED "SAMMY' . (A tht Inlfrnattonat Ketct Jcrrce.) NEW YORK. July 25. The American fighting man doesn't want to he called "Sammy." He says it doesn't sound aggressive enough. A squad of regulars today visited a New Y'ork newspaper office and urged that a campaign be started to get a better fighting name for the trooper. TRACTION CAR TURNS OVER. F0V r17 LAC. Win., July 25. One man was killed and nine persons injured when an interurban turned over at the r.'bway arly today.

SECOND CALL FOR TROOPS MAY HOT

H1 1918 Present Plan is to Prepare Only First Increment Now. DRAFTED MEN TO BE MOBILIZED SOON General Outline of the Procedure' to he Followed in Troop AssiRnment. IIY DAVID M. CHinCH. i the InlrtHHtiitHtil .Vert fffrrlce.l WASIIINHTON. July 25. The secoml , iMit of the national army of the l'nited States will not he called until IMltt. unless 'here is some change, in the war plans now in the hand of the war (lej irtnent. "I have prepared the machinery of the draft for hie. one turn this -year," said Provost Marshal (.ieneral Crowof war and the general staff may order a change. At the present time, how ever, it is the plan to prepare only the fust increment of (187,000." Men chosen in the first draft will ho mobilized early in the fall, (ieneral Crowder explained today that it ia the present plan to order all men held for service to report to their local boards on a certain date. When all :the men arc assembled they will ba I turned over to the war department aIU' come under military jurisdiction for the hrst time. I he quartermu-ter-general and the adjutant general of the general start will then take the men in charge and arrange for their transportation to the r"BunmntK. Two rules will be followed in assign, ing men to cantonments, first to keep all states contingent-! together wherever possible ami second, to send each contingent to the nearest cantonment, THREE SENTENCED. Socialists Hivcn Workhouse Sentence in Cleveland. ftM (lie NirrsfiNonaC Keica Rtrtict, ) CLF.VF.I.AND, ().. July 25. A year in the workhouse at Canton the maximum penalty provided, was the sentence imposed upon throe prominent socialists convicted of hinrierincr tha I H'ifbenbeig. Alfred Wagenknecht and i Charles Maker. j A writ in error allowed by the court I and bond wan fixed at 5,000 in each I case pending appeal to the -supreme ! court. II0N0R ROLL List of Those Who Han Recently Paid Subacriptioaa ia Advance. Charles Haskins, R. 1, City. J. J. Kersey, City. Vernace Itowman, Hast Chicago. Hlen Hazelrigg, Thorntown. James Van Horn, Jamestown. Frank Smith, Jamestown. Clarence Bowman, Advance. Austin Dugan, R. 8, City. W. II. Mangus, Jamestown. Jesse Wills. Rosston. Virgil Van Horn, Advance. T. R. Gray, R. 7. City. Charles Itean. Jamestown. O. N. Campbell, R. 1. City. I). C. Caplinger, Advance. Charles F. Owens, R I, City. M. Fulwider, Advance. A. D. Morton, R. 8, City. Itav Melson, Advance. Neiel Surber, R. 2, City. Guy Kinraid, R. 12, City. Warren Smith. R. 3, City. L. C. Slavens, Advance. Kd Adair, R. 5, City. Mrs. Jno. Caldwell, Advance. C p Riddle. R. 10. City. K. H. Hypes, Advance. Curtis French, Thorntown. Mark Beck, Advance. Mrs. Chas. Wiggins, R. 11, City. J. Maddox. Advance. Frank Smith & Co., Jamestown. George Walter, R. 10, City. Frank Riner, Advance. Oliver Burgin, R. 1, City. Emmet Riner, Advance. A. Barnes, Kokomo. Ray Davis, Advance. Harvey Walton, R. 9, City. Jesse Bur-rij, Advance. J. R. Apple, R. 5, City. Dr. Nelson, Advance, Jas. Darnell, AoVince. Jos. Dean, Advance. Jas. Graham, Advance. Harry Well, Colfax.