Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 259, Lebanon, Boone County, 31 July 1917 — Page 4
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THK PEOPLE MIST ACT. The coal buyer these (lay-, i? m ;i quandery, as well as being mail. The coal dealers are advising h people to buy; the coal operator hit even insisting that the people huy, ami are advertising to. show their great expenses, but say nothing about reducing the price; the government w ir the midst of passing a fu'l cur.tro law, but has also just atlded to ;he rai, wayVreight charges; and all the turn the froiit season approaches. What can a man do, esiwcially tin man who needs hid fuel at the ioc-i cost T The Indiana commission surtetl .1. with a great hurrah to accmnplisr eumething in the Interest of the.emeumers, but ended by saying it had n authority. Why rain a dUtui banco and investigate, if nothing is to time . of It? Is' it possible that the Icgi-la hire, in its wisdom, provided for t commission and gave it no authority tract? Why pay men four or five thou aand dollars a year for meio.y investigating what the people ahead know ? The operators say that the .shortagof cars it the trouble, but the commis aion refutes this. Anyhow, v. hy should the failure to delhcr coal increase the price so much to the mar who doc not get it? It wouid seem that failure to get rid of the c at at the mine instead of inc-casing th price, should ust a well reduce it Shortage of cars is a.i excu..e, not a Ttason. The only hope of the people seem? to tie in the authorities at Washington, and there the congiesa is pollyfoxina about, trying to put the authority in the hands of three men, in-trad of one. When all 'he world knov.fi teat the only way to get action !s to give norm litan power to act, and require action of him. Iov. Goodrich has sai l that he wil!, call a special session of t'.:c kifir.liiturr if the government at W.uiimgion faiiito act; hut all these '.h r.iii taka so much time. It is time for the people to Income around. Why not earn com mum?) bold a conference, and divide what is best to do, and, incidentally if it i, rot possible to get coal at a reduced I nee. ONE CHANCE TO CONSERVE. One thing that la aitatinR the minds ef many people these (lays of conservation is the cost of delivery of Koda anld in the average city and tit-n to the consumer. This cost is intimated to run all the waj- from Cine pur e nt to five per cent of the cot of tne (roods. r no 504f!?f tima. iu
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ditional facilities added to make deliveries more quickly and in more style. Are the people demanding that this cost be borne and that additional methods of delivery be undertaken? If the co.- t of delivering goods is so much, are there not people who would be willing to dciiver their own pack ages, and save the denier this ex pense? If some do deliver their own packages, and others want the dealer to deliver for them, ought the coat of the delivery to be borne by ail, or merely by those who get the benefits of the delivery system? How would it do to give the man who carries his own packages home the benefit of the cost of delivery, reducing the price to him of the goods bought and thus give some a chance to conserve something in these days f cori!ervatior. ? THERE IS NO SAFETY ZONK. The Germans are reported as havig eunk four Dutch vessels in the wid'ty zone." The Dutch must reumber th.it with the (lerm&ns in 'iese tirnen there is no fuch thing as safely xene, even after the zones re laid out by the Germans themIves. They are out to win the war. nd friends as well as foes should ear this in mind. THE W0KI.lt ENDS SI'S DAY? This paper has received a pamphlet 1 roving that the end of the world is to .iie .,i.u Kuu.L, ,..! t!.i, Uu: U fixed. The argument is supported by facts nd figures, and is based upon Seripure, aid the argument may be based in riijht premises and the conclusion nay be a logical one. Next Sunday will ti ll. Tiip writer has one element of fairies? about him; he does not put off I c ih.te even as long as Mother Shipmi did. lie docs not leave the world n suspense very long. If the world ndf. the war will end, and many .ther things that should end will also iml a terminus. There never was a lime when so nany things could ie ended all at ncc, to the advantage of so many t'ople, as right now, or at least by .ext Sunday. One thing is very sure, and that if hat the writer of pamphlets and novdy else, can excite or even surprise he people of this day. The whole ountry, and all the rest of the world. 00, is ijite blase, and does not care nuch what happens. This frame of .lind would catch a good many naping. but perhaps some may have heir lamps trimmed avd burning ven if next Sunday is the day. OKASSIIOITEIi OR ANT? -le accent is put on the wrong hiiik'a in life in Indiana, and, of ourse, the whole country. For example, in Monday's pajicrs ppeared the picture, almost life size, f a boy, not yet seventeen, who, has nade nis mark as a tennis player; but .0 picture apears, and not a word is aid, about any boy who had made his nark by a prompt and steady attendmce at Sunday school, or who bad earned by heart the most verses of he Ilible; who had performed seme iced of bravery or fortitude; who had een extremely courteous; who had iiown some element of character -bove the average. No boy who does hings really worth while gets much avorable notice. Would it not be well for awhile to evcrse the order, and not give the nere physical expert so much promnence? Why should a boy who hows a little agility be given a life'zc portrait in the big papers, and he boy who has real ability that ounts be given no space? It is true hat in these days physical strength -nd activity are being sought out by he government, but even back of hese must be character and mental ibihty, or physical force will get very hort distances even in war times. Is there a demand all over Indiana o see the pictures of the boys who tm play tennis well, or is there any !mand at all to know what boys are ui!dir,g the finet characters or who re accomplishing taks worth while iri'ler difficulties? The boy; who i aising a pig or hoeing in his mother's rarden Is worth more to the eommunty and the state ist now than the boy who is a mere tennis, or even roquet expert, bat it will take a long time to make the world believe it. rcrhaps the newspaper! are to roame. Why do they spam! money !o hum! up Ciwntcie tuat v. i,he to en! el t " t f oj .! if -1
nt--, in every Irne that will aup.-ti t tu the needs of the people, This ii a funny old world, but it Is to query some times whether the pages of the papers that give so much prominence to mere manual or pedal dexterity really meet o large a clientage as they would if they would give more attention to the capital, cardiac and alimentary part of the human anatomy? Either that or else too many are in the wrong lines to gain any fame or favor. Drop all intellectual pursuits, quit trying to make two grasses grow where one grass has been growing; quit Burbanking
around, trying to improve the stocV of plants, or even of arfenif; ' t. the fields and pis- Unnis. Be 1 grasshopper, a.id quit trying to imi tate the ant. The grasshopper is more active; at least, he makes more display, than the nt, although the ant often accom plishes something worth while. Be a grasshopper and get your name in the papers in big letters, and your picture so large that all may see it, even if they do turn the pages quickly. Hut, to some, just now when the nrld is in the throes of dissolution. Ierhaps, why a young man should give all his time and attention to acquiring skill in tennis is beyond the ken of those who really love their country. . WHO IS WHO BEHIND THE SC ENES IN THE WAK A KM I I.ieut.-('ol. George S. Uibbs, Signal Corps. Horn in Iowa, December 14. 1875, and appointed to the army from -he volunteer forces February 2, 1 10 1 . He graduated from the Army Signal School in 1912, and is a graduate from .he University of Iowa. WASHINGTON, July 31. Lieutenant-Colonel Gibbs is now in charge of the Signal Officers' Reserve Corps, and jpon him falls the task of selecting r.en from the great number of appli--ants to become signal officers of the irniy. At the outhreak of the SpanishAmerican war Gibbs enlistfi as a private in Company C, Fifty-first Iowa Volunteers, and was later transferred 0 a United States Volunteer Signal "orps, and was made a first sergeant. In that capacity he embarked for the i'hilippine Islands, where he participated in numerous campaigns, and :'or ''especial gallant and meritorious :onduct in action'' was commissioned 1 second lieutenant in ISM. The fclnwing year he was promoted to a lirst .ieutenancy, and during his stay in he l'hilippmes served on the staffs of iJrigadier-General Charles King, Ma-ir-Gcnerai MacArthur and Majoreneral Lawton, L'pon his return to the states he as selected to build the government elegraph line through north central Vaska, and finally completed 5u0 .niies of that line, during which time ne suffered great hardships in the rroLen north. Colonel Gihbs is an accomplished oorsrman, and one season established a record for the high jump at the Na .lonul Capita! Horse Miuw, THORNTOWN. Harvey Perkins was in Lebanon Sunday afternoon. Clarence Sanders of Lebanon spent Saturday night with bis sisior, .Mrs. i'eaHj 1'erkins. Bakter Mclianc and family of Fortville, were here Sunday calling on i iends. Miss Haiel Caldwell spent Saturday evening in Lebanon. Albert Titus and family spent Sunday in Lebanon. Mrs. Mary Itainer of Indianapolis, 'pent Saturday and Sunday with her sister .Mrs. Osa 1'iatt. Harry Teikins and Clarence Sanders spent Sunday afternoon in Lafayette. ."rs. Florence Miller spent Friday at Colfax the guest of Dave Hayes and wife. Ora Brown and wife and Mrs. F.lza (lowen of neur Dover spent Sunday with Mrs. Anna Grimes. Mrs. Mary Heath returned home Sunday after a three weeks' visit at Kokomo. . Miss Luvina Grimes of Indianapolis, spent Sunday with borne folks. MIDWAY. Roy McCoy spent the lutter part of last week with his parents at Indianapolis. Earl Wyeth and family and Mrs. Wyeth'i sister and children, wh- are visiting them, spent Patuniay night and Hunday with relatives at Hurtfjrd City. Earl Thompson ar d family and ErVin Wyetb and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Ashley near Jamestown. Misses Ethel and Emma Powell of Lebanon spent SaturdBV right and Sunday with Miss Erie RoMnnl. John Vcjeli arid two sons and v mother from 1'ittstioio. were gwM of L i, i r. - a I ' 1
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(Rs f Imltrmullonnt yn- rlc.l NEW YORK, July 31 Aviation hai made, vast proj.css in the third year or the v. ;, '. 'as keen competition in ' 1 i; .a. btrogglc has been responsi ve for this remarkable advance. Va rious types of aeroplanes have 8upplantcd each other in quick succession. No sooner has a new type been designed than a faster plane has been built The progress of aviation has empha sired more sharply the absolute need of planes and dirigibles for the army and navy. Time after time battles have been won and lost, concerted drives held back or pushed ahead, liecause of the aeroplanes. Battles have been fought in altitudes ever rising to the present record of some 16.(M!0 feet above the level of the sea and there has ilevcloed a dexterity in manipulating machines in the air such as but few men dreamed of a few years back. Early in the fall of 1916 the race between the Allies and Germany in he air fight became keener than ever. Experts speeded up their efforts to improve existing types o( planes, with the result that old machines were eith,1 stiii uatx. iu O.i' iisiiiiiig mini" or to the junk-pile; moie and more 1 '"'!( ent gaiheiid in for training a? aviators, and factories were toid to hurtle as they never did before. Th's boom in aviation was further igniented by the entry of the United States in the war. r actories capable f producing aeroplanes, but keeping aloof because the United States vns involved, changod their position. as might have been expected, and prepared to turn out pianos by the hundred to aid in the defeat of Ger-nii-.nv. It was the virtually unanimous opinn among military authorities that an llux of thousands of American aeroanes with trained aviators along the estem front would beat Germany without question. It was explained that they could raid the German de pots and munitions centres and cause such damage as to force Germany to sue for peace. The Fokker was the first plane proluced under the exigencies of the war dtuation; it had high speed, and with it was introduced the idea of firing bullets from a machine gun through he prope'Ier of the machine. Later the F'ukkers were made useless by new British machines, and these were in ferior to new German types, arid so on. All the good points of the war machines, copiloned with latent develooncnts by foromo.-.t scientists and inventors of all the powers, have been made over every few months into a till newer type. The latest German lattleplanes ie known as "Two Tails" no! "Hans and Frits" huge tractor iijdanes of 'JOO horsepower manned by wo gunners Rnd a pilot. They work ed with gieat success until the French ions came along. The first of these was also 200 horsepower; it mounted a thirty-seven illinietro quick-firer gun aimed by aneuveiing the airship, and for s brief spell it w as master of the air. Then came big German machines w ith m firing grapeshot, in addition to two macnine guns. They w-ere too fast .for the Avion to catch. F'rance aine back w ith a special aeroplane detroyer "The Avion du Cbasse" imply a racing airplane. So kivn has become this competi tion that the number of casualties has lepended, to a great extent, on the ilacing of the gun. The French nought down many of the enemy by counting the gun on top of the plane. Ihe Germans, in their latest venture, iave followed this lead and added to t a rittc that is swivelled so that they an shoot backward as weil as to either ude. So fast has been the race between the contenting powers that neither an get a commanding position in the lir. Superiority in numbers has but little connection with actual supremy, because quality counts for so much and lU standard is raised so apidly. Hoie was entertained when Ameri ca first entered the war tnat aerial aid from this country would auifice to place such a largo number ol plane on the front as to unable the long thought of raids on interior Germany to take place. Mcps were taken to rush an appro priation thiouirh congreaa for more than $iO0,0U0,00O. Factories were lurveyed for their ability to turn out lying machines and other somewhat hurried preparations were made. But the work seemed distressingly alow. tne situation now appear fraduI'y changing, and with aeronautical experts asiiisttng the government and wh uli th monsv necessary to doV our air rewunes for a veitr at t. moet obsrrvera hel i vu the Unit-
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