Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 256, Lebanon, Boone County, 27 July 1917 — Page 1

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.JL i X . . - jL , - -' Probably tbtjiidrrshawear ton nd Saturday south; Kat!y fu Borlh portions. Daily Newspaper in Boone County. VOLUME 25. LEBANON, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1917. NO. 256.

HEAVY INFANTRY FIGHTING BREAKS OUT IN BELGIUM

British Make Powerful Attack in Warneton Sector. VILLAGE CAPTURED AND THEN IS LOST Hard riiihtinjr in the Vicinity La liusseville On Other Fronts. tl'H the sterS'J LONDON, Ji fantry fighting night in UoUiu. Lallassevilte rha The l!nti-h n. t:i, k in the VV.ii! office announced l.aKa.-soviile. lief., re tliev c.uol soli. late their new po.-itions the mans made a strong counter a", recapturing the place. l.aUusscvillc is on the river I. vs. lies a mile southwest of Warm'ton about eight miles -..uth of Vpres The attacks foliow.-.l violent a lery fighting that has been in grcss for some time on that f.'.nt STILL AllVAMTNti. GrrmaitM Orive Thr Russiflnn Still Further Hark. Wit tht tternoHoU tr Vi . i -r (JKNKVA. July J7. (Jrrman an ! Auftrrt-Hunjfanan arnn'ps arc converjrin upon the prcat Galirmn fort tph of Kolomca frnm two directions. Advices from Merlin today quote! official dispatches frni the ca.-tein front as sayinir tl.at one army advanctDK against Kolomea from 1latyn and another fiom (Mtyn.a. (Kolomea in on the ca-t rn h.inlc of the river Pruth and iies upr, the main railway line that croes (1.. licia. H i. 4-') miks northwest of Cremowiti, the captal of the province of Bukowina. lelatyn is 20 m:!. ... northwest of Knlomea and Ottynia north of the fortress. Kotomfa was captured by the Russians in General llrusilo's hiif drive lat ear. In Kastern Galina (JermHn force.are attacking the Ku.man defences i f Skalat on the Gnita river. Both Berlin and Vienna report continued advance in Galicia ami adnrt that violent fijfhtinif has develops I in the Moldovian province of Koiimania where the Russo-Roumanian forces are re ported by pptroyrad to have made important (fains south of the Suchitza valley. At some points in Galicia, according to the German war office, the AutroGerman forces have advanced 4"? milen since their counter offensive was opened against the liussians. KKRENSKV WOIMIKII. Kiimiian IHrlalor Hurt While Tryiii r to Stem K.-lr. al of TrunpR. I ttf tr Interwhoatil en ttrrrlt r I PARIS, July 27. IVeioor-W:.r Mini-.tr Kprni-kv. tlm Ru-si.in .lietator. h:is btpn woun.loil whilp Iryiojr to ftom the Hussian retreat on U,c eastern front, sai.i a Hipatch rceive.l here today iuntin(f the Itij.lajK- t newspaper Az Kst The drtailn were (riven as follows: Near llrazenany hill, acoor.linsr to Hu-isian prisoners captured by th Austro-Cerman forces, Kerensky was severely xounileil in the aim. A Kusnfantry division heiran retrea .The artillery, furiojs at this d.-ser-it.m lurneo ir.eir guns on tne intantry. . wy was sr. an automobile. orove nis car netween tne guns ant! the retiring soldiers and succeeded in stopping the fratricidal slaughter; but as wounded in the arm. The correspondent of the Az F t pays high tribute to the Russian women's ngiment "that is fighting un-! dor its red flag with great courage." GERMANY'S REPLY.

Argentina'. Protest Ft peeled to be'f""l't to the V""'' "r

Answered Within a few Days. (Hh the fmr..siM.i v o iieeenii .iDr-t- t , o r manV. K- f ,27-Gpr; many s reply to Argentina a prouat

against the ainking of the Argentine! ,,. . ' ,- . - . .,,!: . .hin t,.. k- - i-t . , , ' w l issue a ruling which w ) be aent nip loro by a L-boat it expected to. , -,. . reach th. foci. S'JTZ!.,,. . 40 "' '-x1 "l- There wil be no

reach the foreign oflce Mondav. Well informed eirelet believe it will be conciliatory and that it will meet all of Argentina' demands.

SISTER BELIEVES LORD KITCHENER DID NOT DIE ON HAMPSHIRE

(Jls the International Setrt Serrie.) LONDON, July 27. "Is Lord Kitchener really dead?" That tiuestion was rained high in the public mind by the Morning Post, which quoted Mm. Parker, sister of the former secretary of state for war an saying she believed he is still ulive and would return some day. It was the first time Mia. Parker hid publicly announced her belief that her brother did not perish when the cruiser Hampshire was sunk by a mine otf the Scottish coast, but is somewhere alive. RAIN INTERFERES. Entertainment of I. S. Sailors in gentina is Hampered. ' 11. He (J PIKNOS I'i nnti'inil V.ie A IRKS, July extent inWrt'fi itainment of the I ri't.-l Ir.r vi-!tmg Argent, na, l.u t dampened the cordiality ioiti.Hotis that lite b.-il;g e Admiral "niert.ui's t.en . ml. Of the I elo-.dc.l-everr.1 Of the eh had I n - oen had ou'i ,V'" Y LOCAL BOARDS Provost Marshal Announces "Hands OAT Policy Hv His Olficc. REGULATIONS TO (JOYFRX THK BO VKI) Ann.iunci'mcnts Made l!y (icneral Crowder I'pon Work To be Done. (flu v. . tiifi ..I r WASHIM;T0. July 27. By a unanimous vole the senate military affairs rommitte today decided to recommend immediate adoption of Senator iliamb-r-Iain's resolution to conscript resident aliens of military age. 1'he measure will be reN.rl-d to II. e senate Monday and there is ocry indication lhat it will he ail.ipi.-.l practically without opjostlion. 1'he Chamberlain r-olutHn was somewhat amemled before Ihe committee endorsed it t.Hlay. It will pr)ide for the etemption of aliens who, under law treaty, cannot become citizens of the I niled Stales. This leaves nut Chinese a'ld Japanse. The resolution in its original form, provided for Ihe exemption only of enemy aliens and Ihe subjects of nations wilh which the I nilisj Stales has Irealies exempting their nalion from military rvice. tlt'l the hf" tti;,il .,-, l,ri WASHI.Ni.TON. July 27. F.xemp-1 tions from the draft will be a matter of purely local jurisdiction. Provost Marshal (ieneral Crow. lor today an-' noun.-ed a hands-off polo to he adopt- . i , " "" " " - liur' " " v into the office of (ien.-ral Crowder and 1 hls answer to them all has been .See j you lul bui.id anil he has vtend fastly refused even to interpret the law in individual case,.. In the same manner, (leneral Crow - ler will deal with the local boards, W henever a local board hnds itself face to face with a regulation which) it cannot readily interpret, it must ernor may in turn appeal to the pro- ! vost marshal general. If the case ' ' u"h that it may apply to every i i district, or to a large number of the . . V . , , I rulings made for separate cases. Attention was also railed today to CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.

ALLIES TO EIGHT

L GERMANY That Determination is Reaffirmed by the Entente. IS NO THOUGHT OF PEACE AT PRESENT ment Defines Government's Attitude. I flu fit MfrrN.ifi-.it'll Vrvi Herdr: I.ii.MmiX, July 2".--Thc iron-bound eei -Donation of the entente allies to light until affirmed. That . is Pi-"'. -I u. past 24 ho Th'-c i ciushed is rcinterprelation today developments of the thooeht .ontion or Paris. That plain y liu- !tvrw h'!mtri(E HofVa., of Ram-1 ;iy MarOorsaM's H'ao resolution in ; i -m muii.s unl hy the spoor h of formrrj r-mu-r A.-quith w h, t;i this instance; .- i':rJ-.l a.- the .-i-ulo ..ir.au of the j Ihfd gtivirnmfntjt. I Analysis of Mr. AsqaithV r-peorh es- ! i!iii.-hi as the chief aims of th al- i in thoir miwcd .letfrrninat ion to L'til until ipci.-.ive victory the follow-! t-Thp ihlin(f of thp Vrent rvrnovul rnian government and th German military caste. 2 Restoration of all the territory .zed by the German allies. ;i- International guarantees that will pedge the afety of small nations in the future. 1 To be Kf ft to Conference. I Such questions a indemnities and ! disarmament and the re-drawing of ' geographical lines are to be lft to th' Brtua' I,,,acr ?"'tfrnce. I'nloss i-t their autocratic government ,h) the tine the war ends the allies I may m ike it one of th.-ir terms that if.-ino. racy be extended to the (lermun j peoples and they may (fo even further i l.y insisting upon the splitting up of . 'ihe (,eri:ian empire int.. autonomous ! stales. Some time early in the autumn aj I conference will he held by the allies: at wii.-h the war Hints will again be; i-..n-i....-il. Whether this comes as a i result of the requests of the provision-, : al Russian government that the enj tonics war aims he revised is not known, hut it is accepted as a rertainty that there will Ik1 no harking down from the jyreat principles of lih- ; erty and .letn.s-racy for which the al- j j iie.-i, cp.-ciaily the I'nited States have j ' taken up the swor.l. i In its comment today on Mr. As;iUith's speech the press praised it as j : a pr.-at expression of lofty ideals and the belief was expressed that it would help to inspire the soldiers in the field : anil the statesmen in th chambers to larger endeavors. I CONTROL OK ADRIATIC. I Souithl by Italy as One of Her Chief i Aims of Ihe War. i 'illy 2". --Control of the Adi i .. light by Jtaiy as one i. . .,r aim,! This, it was ' liy. as vital to the future ktigd. the be! lit Italian of not. ! miral in the Ital statesman and ad-' t navy sets forth i the r . r, thi j Th. tjno for which Italy is irare the nrcunatiou of Trer. the Istrian peninsula Dalmatia the Dalmatian archipelago by the . . , ' " """' '"J conquest , d....--A.v..... ... nu o.-.uog.i.K w another power," explained the Italian. "Italy simply simply wants to get back terthat by r.ght belongs , Wl and v hat is necessury to her exist enee," j The great Austro-Hungarian naval base is at Pola, at the tip of the Istnan peninsula. . ; COl'I.DN'T ATTEND THE WEDDING. BIT WILL SEE IT NEVERTHELESS! l !. l.tamsllMel Vnn HmM.I LOS ANGKLES, July HsFnend who couldn't attend tho wedding of Mut Hele Ann Wright and KugerA U Shearman, son of Frank H. Shearman, novelist, will see it anyway. Movie fihd il tie affair are n tha way.

The First 328 Names

The Reporter today presents the who will be the first to be colled for be called for examination so as to fill 1nf, nutnjjers represent the serial J " officially kno at Washington.

leuers wunin vnc .-".ny-mui ui iuh.y-.-ik .- . - -- - - pected to report on the ilates mentioned in the notices and for a violation of this request there is a heavy penalty. The local exemption board has not yet received the official list and will await its arrival before taking action of any sort. The official list used by this paper was received through a press association from Washington. The list as recently published by The Reporter was substantially correct, very few errors being discovered. Tomorrow the entire lut checked up from the official list will be published. The first 32N names are as follows:

Numbers 1 to 20. l rtmiie 1'iirrorri camp

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ll. UH All..-rt I : . rl firm Julia Lathrop Sounds Note of Warning to the Americans. AMERICA MUST CUARD CHILDREN Must Keep Them Normal and I'nerish Them in Every Possible Way. ,Pl the luterrnttlrmnl .ret Hcrrlrf.l W ASHIN(;TN. July 2?. "The war has placed a tremendous valuation up- ; on American children, and America dRf'lsrw Miss Julia C Lathrop. chief : ' . ct-i'lrcn au of the de i partmen partment of labor. She said the gov,n)me(t muitt pr(vidc fr ,ht. children of the land, in order that they may he C,t fit ..m- the "burden of ihf worl.t " thrown ,nm by th l)u hkh (irilftitlly ,.obud th(1 Furopean children of the present generation of their opportunities. "A nation, such as ours, which takes its men by law and puts them into the field of battle, must provide for the home folks. Miss Lathrop said "Men sent to Europe to win democ' racy for the world must not come horn tn find demotracv .mask.! in th.lr own households Mother, and children must be cared for. "Surely we should learn from them mistakes of the belligerent nations and take every precaution to Keep our own ehildrm norma! and free to grow op to carry on the work of the world. "Thousand of ehildrea besides war orrhnni and refugee" Ii.t been -di wwtly affected hy tiw -r acrordin to

Official List of the Draft

official list of the ftst three hundred imd tweoty-eight Boone county boys military service. The quotu for Boone county is 1B4 ami twice that number will

the vacancies of those who may be number given each young man by I"- to tM tt Ijund. All.t Vi.I

r II. IMImt-r Allrn I- K. i-ollev uo Korl lliir.l. l II., -kin.

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M.-rl Itr.. I llli. Mm IMw.ml Pipes Houston Apple MIslilHli'l reports from belli Cerent countri Juvenile .leliniuency has increas more children have been employed i jder adverse conditions, special me j ures have been nece.--.-ary to prot t the health of mothers and babies, ; I home life has been broken up by j increased einployti ent of mothers "Wr ignore these le 'WAR HREAD" S(M)N TO I!E PART OF MEM'S OF AMERICAN HOTELS I Itu the lnternnh',H',l er Ferrice ) ATLANTA, Ca., July 27.Hotels of the countty, it was announced today by hotel men who are members of he National Food Conversation commission, soon will be serving "war bread" to guests and employes. "War bread." in case American Tiousewives want to try it, is made as follows, the hotel men's announcement says: On the basis of a butler tub of stale bread, crusts, etc., add ten (uarts of water anil ten ounces of salt; soak thoroughly and strain through a flour sieve. For this iiuantity use about one-half pound of yeast and enough fiour to make very stiff dough." SEVENTY-TWO ARRESTS. Jail is I'tcked as Kcsult of Idols al Chester, P, Last Night, (fls the Internati'mnt Setrt 8errtrr.f CHK.STF.lt, Pa.. July 27. Pawn spread its gray light today over a quiet Chester w hich ;i hours before had gone mod with nice hatereel. Joseph MrCann, a white man was shot down in the street by three bullets. He is the second white man the negroes have killed. A few minutes later an unidentiieil negro was slain. There are eighteen whites anil negroes in the Chester hospital. Two of the negroes and one of the white men will die. The police have arreated 72 persons. The Chester jail is packed. Twenty revolvers and a two foot pile of knives, blackjacks, brasa knuckles and crowbar were taken from the prison ere. There is enough small arms am munition collected to" supply Chester policemen. F'urther trouble is feared. The po lice, state troopers anil special depvties fuanting Chester number Ml.

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exempt. county conscription board and by which board will address in 7.1 F.li!ur :n; Jesse it.-,; wiin.1 II I'nle Arm Mm yjll. W. Til. v-t. .M l .tisell h ..nil M.ennrh 261 to -Ml. o.-r rif-.i-.ii.it Kimhlf leil.k ....l.oii.-i-ll.lll'l Kll.I.ey lilIn lera II. .III.- I. II.. HIT.. r.l T.-mpkln n.l (Vri Wtilker l.siv 1 K llert Arlesl Coil, 171 : Kvtrl .'l..n Key .121 to .12H. ARE KILLED BY A ,11 E: A Dozen Others Injured at St. Louis Military Camp. TENTS CAUGHT FIRE PANIC REIGNED RixJies of Dead Soldiers The Were Hurned Mark by Holt of Lightning. (fly llie iHterniilifinol Seirt Kerrle.l ST. LOCKS, July 27. Three sold-1 rs were killed and a dozen others injur-.!, some seriously when struck j hy lightning during a storm which swept Camp Maxwell near here early today. 1 .Many of the tents in the lanipj caught fire and panic rcipned among! the 2',0 soldiers. Finally order was restored and the work of rescuing the ; injured and clearing the camp began. I The boelies of the dead soldiers were i hurned black. They are Serg. H. S. j Davis, Company L; Private Dwight U Trump, Company F; and Private! Charles B. Carroll, Company E, first regiment, Missouri National (iuard. Trump was to go to the bedside of his dying mother in Burlington, Iowa today. ROBBERS DYNAMITE SAFE. CLEVELAND, July 27. During a storm just before daylight today robber dynamited the postofflce at Wickliffe, a few miles east of here, wrecking the two-story building and escaning in a large automobile. There was "little money in the safe.

PASSAGE OF THE

Poll of Senate Indicates Adoption of the Measure. VOTE TO BE TAKEN NEXT WEDNESDAY ;The Prohi Resolution on Way to Adoption Task Facing the "Drys." !Y ROBKRT R. SMITH. (ly the InterntltitmtU rir ffsrrlee.l WASHINCTOS. July 2?. I'nloss the administration puts its foot down on the shopi.ril "dry" resolution and 'pigeonholes it in the house, the sub- ' mission of the nation-M ule prohibition ; amendment to the states seems certain. Adoption of the Shepard resolution by the ennt next WednesHay i:' Ti-Ttir"'!. tl.e ".rvsM sav and lh. up fin-. i r!.nm with a ioll I showtiiu I'.li votes ; ! -('Keil to the meaS- ! The "diys" .oil includes the names ; of n number of senators ordinarily i cla: fseil as "wi-ts" who believe it is extremely doubtful whether the Prohihilionists can win ,'tij states within six. , years. L'n.l.-r the agreement entered i into yesterday, the amendment must ; l rntified by three-fourths of tha ) states in six years or it dies. Pei sides they believe the Shepard resolui tion furnishes u kimh! way of getting j rid of the prohibitum issue in congresa I w hile congress is bus- enacting war : legislation. The Wi votes an- two more than I two-thirds necessary to adopt the resolution if all senators are present. "iThe "ct" disputed th.t tKill but ad- ! mitted the roll call would ls extremaj ly close. Facing Hig Task. Tlicy are going to base their fight upon the argument that it would be unwise to throw the states into the turmoil and dissension which 46 prohibition contests would mean while) the nation is trying to give Its united strength to winning the war with Germany. Here are some of the Herculean tasks Ihe "drys" must overcome to make the nation-wide amendment effective: (let f.4 votes in the house, if all members are present, tiet 200 votes in the senate, if all members are present. Hold the 2C- jtstea pow classified as "dry." Win 11 states now "wet." A majority of the population of the United States could make the whole ' nation "dry" because the 3fi smallest states have fewer people than the 12 largest. However, the "wets" have only to keep l.'t states wet for the nett six jears to elefeat national prohibition. This is strong belief about the Capitol, despite the secrecy of the conferences, that the Kmoot whiskey commandeering amendment will be thrown out of ti,e foo,i hi" as unconstitutional ; or that it will be considerably modij fieel. If the "drys" can get the Shepard resolution adopted, most of them B.Mi be SMti5fif.,i to lose the Kmoot ndment. ;Sl NDAY'S TEMPLE IS I TO RE Tl'RNED INTO A I RIG DANCING PALACE tun lite InternnHnnoi Netct Rtrrlce,) NEW YORK, July 27. Oh, Billy Sunday, if you only knew! The old devil you "kicked out of New York" is executing a come back, using some of your stuff. The Billy Sunday tabernacle at ln",th street and Broadway is being turned into a palace where they'll dance the Fox trot and the hellish one-step. The lumber is being haule. away to the grounds of the Bronx International Fxposition fot that use. ni'IET AT YOl'NGSTOWN. Evidence of Last Night's Rioting Waa Gone Today. tBv lae .lent.llM.i Jtetet Scrvles.) YOl'NGSTOWN, 0., July 27. A1 evidence of last Bight's rioting between guardsmen and negroes waa gone today. Prompt action of officers of the guard in patrolling tha streets, probably prevented serious disorders following fight between the two crowd. Guardsmen declare the negroes made taunting remarks. Several negroes were severely beaten.