Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 260, Lebanon, Boone County, 1 August 1917 — Page 1

LEBANON-' DAB.,-'

The Reporter is the only Daily Newspaper in Boone County. j eaters uuLLirn. , Probably showers and net quit warm tonight and tomorrow. VOLUME 23. LEBANON, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1917. NO. 260.

UP THE BRITISH

Torrential Downpour .Makes Fighting Extremely Difficult. COUNTER ATTACKS OF GERMANS FAIL i!ritih Consolidate Ncl Won (round in Spite of all Handicap (Hi n,r ,o"..,, . l.iMMi.. A.ig. I ward in a ,', ivm ra mans m;;de f !:. the night t" rera gourd t.. t, !, -poate efforts were mad.' l,v t Germans to retake the ,!i:tire r I l.e.-.-ev:lle. oil the ! I ancle lie' goil: I.. der. but all failed. With l.alin.s. ti e Rriti-h the strong at Wameton is senou-1 South of the Ypres C..m;nos can.r the Hritnh pressed for"l et.i.isi anil improving their new !i.:'-. North of the canal the (.. i.a.tried to wresl from the British .m r of the ground wain in the sect,,, of ' Hoege and Sanctuary wood. In ,m of the vigor with wiiich the att;. V were made, the German assaults h -ol ,' down before the British trench's, the Teutons suffering severe losses. The British were handiafjp'-i ir fa' consolidation of their new trendies h the downaour which has continue! s'nee. yesterday doming. In spite t'.e unsati-l'aitor- weather condition-, the wm-ked tienches were t-atched ', and strengthened Ifefore the (HTinans could begin their counter attneks. The bad weather hao interfered with Aviation work hut the big gun.- continue to roar in spite of the Im k of ohersetfvation. (The Ypres I'oimnes canal flovy.t a southeasterly direction from Y;r .- passing east of f,'nsthoek, Hollrhak I'outhein and Wareton.) Many Prisoners Taken. In the first rush of the new of".-;-i the Anglo-Krer.eh armies captured u wards of 4.000 t,.-rman prisoner- a moiv th Ul a ilnzen villages and for lied positions of a twenty-live tv front between the Krur.io-Ie-lg: bor ter and Neuuort. The gigantic struggle, which folio ed the most savage hoir.hardinert the history of warfare. has g:en t British and Kremh troops gains from two to three nn'.es of t-rrt and they are still j)r"iriM--ir;g. Kurious (ierman counters hrike i hefor" the stern resistance of the ; lies. Respite the extent of their vict,o the Atig'o-Kronrh troops sut'er slight losses. Dispatches rom t West Flanilers front today toid of t severe loses of the Gentians. Sir wrecked trenches, oijgouts and sh' craters were found to he full of v.n led corpses. Kvery instrumen nf modem u. fare is playing its part in the a'-' Heavy urtillery is still pounding t (ierman positions and the lines of m munication behind the German fro while battle planes dart through t air on scouting cruise., or for t purpose of pouring a rain of mar'h; gun tire into the German soidieis their earthworks. Tanks mingle wi the soldiers, laboriously plowing tlo way across the shell-torn field, rru ing the dead beneath their pondero W'heels. Completely llemoralued. (ierman prisoners were complete!; demoralized. They declare that th llritish cannonade was so intense th:i some of the Ilavanan units on the firs line had to be withdrawn. Sea--one veterans, used to hcay lire, wer turned into raving maniacs by the hor rors to which they wc.-e subjected. 1 Iluring the first day's fighting a severe thunderstorm came up and the I soldiers, as they battled, were drenched by the downpour. 1 he rain, how-j ever, did not diminish the fury of the j struggle, although it handicapped the , men by turning the thick dust to slip-J pery mud. The bis mini roared a l usual, throwing their projectil-s j through the pouring: wet. The battle ; in West Klandera had been antici- j pated as the reports of violent artillery tiring- in that sector indicated ! for some time that Field Marshal , Haig was preparing for a new stroke, i The complete success of the struggle eauaed a wave of exultation to sweep ! the country and military critics today j predicted that other powerful blows j

might now be exiected in what may 1 be regarded as an effort to tuvo the northern end of the German battle front. The Germans, anticipating a drive in Helgium, hat miiHsed reserves, but so well directed nnd violent was th? fire of the Bntih urtillery that th" Ceimitn reinfon enients could not h. held close to the bring line. 1'nah'e to form an etf'f-tivo concentration the Germans were handicapped when the

tnr;intry fighting commenced biK-uus.: it took some time to rtl.-h their reserve troops to the first line position. Among the Median villages taken . m th- Gentians were I'i'Um. H.-ogo, llixeh"ote ami Streenstraote. h:wl been fortified by the Get- ( ;.I.H- go .low I hatlle of Y i;i,n iigriinig TZ"b. ZZ I l!l ( II M K K GAIN. lxtrnd.,1 Thi ir Allied Offensive May Take Balance of Control in I!eltrium From Germany. s'ern f th unp: The p! t pu. diiys ago le Vpn's h-uit po.it" a day or tw a great as ; p.ont fartla i:nt,sh mui ; distracted. httie ill Vel up the !ei(i It is hittin hurts. I.et th . i.i n if tf To Turn Uight l lank. "Carried out of monitors, th0 to turn the Gen i hole er,gn of th Tie it.ugl, be I he attacks are pir their submari'ie t;t he destroyed. i "There i- little ih are being u.- 'd i" at batteries. With th, land a force behind i mav be carried out ssed le These are very much like the union monitor uf tiie mil will. Their d'cks are flu-h with the water. They carry two revolving turrets armed with Li-ir.rh guns and are capable of iloing irreparable damage to the 'ierman shore batteries. "The present drive hu.- more possibilities than any th" a'lies have undertaken in more than a year. It hamore to gain than even tiie xajnted Ai.-ne drive of la.-t summer. Indeed it may maik the turning of the iie i the war. Tf) WORK IN NAVY YARDS. ( h"rl S. Monroe to be Kmplo Philadelphia. ed at Charles S. Monroe le't Monday, July 30, to report at Washington, D. C, 1 from whihe point he will be sent to Philadelphia, Pern., where he will be employed as sheet metal worker by j the government in the construction of. United Statas battleships. Mrs. Mon- ( reo, who was formerly Miss Grace Lane, a teacher in Whitestown schools, will Join her husband in the early part i of September,

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ESCAPING DRAFT

;t be closed Provost Marshal Issued His Edict to That Effect Today. MARK I AGE SLACKER TO IJE APPREHENDED IThe I'livsical "Slackers" ri Also Under Fire, it is Declared. N -''l!A'(.T(tN. August 1.- Kvery v. 'iue of escape from tie- draft trust c el, ,, .. I'.ov.st Marshal General 'io.wi.T Is.-llvti tliis edii't today. I! iinois of v. l spread exempfion I: io- have caused a genera! t ghteni.ir of the lire!.. There is no offa-ail -,:.o; o' ii.e.-e rumors but aci'n hi- been taken to prevent all '.e f;i-t "shirk'-r" to be appro'ionw.ll he the "m:irri;,ge slack, o ." lent W n has before him toe ported t,l the driift hv issued da'-in-It I' is l,,!.!.-i- ,l t executive order e P e t-.hl a tlir." limit on depenI y c'itimv. 1' will probably set the ,i:.t ' o" the i-. li.ll'.ee of tl'.e exemptoin leL-uhit.on-. June '. as the latct date upon v.hii h dependencies cur. he is. tah'isl.e,!. Ail marriages after this ,.-.t, murM n,,t be pierhided from erii.to n. hut a ill he more closely c.-utieie.l by the exemption hour-'-. :-i o,i!, this executive order into eti'ecl. a miirnage license wh become ;i tieee.,-,ty t.) excm)tion claims. Affidavits of the tine of marriage will a!.-,, hav to be pr.-ented. I'hsiral Slackers 1'nder Tire. f,,e Cont.eued rep, ch Wash-ifi-ton of plots for t.-.p.irarih in-ca,-o,ta!ini' di.i'tc.l men. To ward ."'.I n-t ti-.s. ytril-t o.-'eis have been ,-- l' d to alt examin'iii.' physicians. I1,y-',l .(..fhihtv estabhsh.Nl hv , ne physician do-- not cat ry with it eyeieption. A second examination cum in the pre,, n. e of the exempt on board. If the n,l ph'. sician :i'.-o ,i;.-,,i.ilifi,-s the ran-bdute. then tie ex.',,,ptm hoard mav still hold tt:e man for .'n ice if I hey have rea'a to be'ieve he is s..in'.ming. All examining phys'r ar.s have h'-'-n ' g'von access to the data on phvsiral , x.iminat.ons rompded by the armv ph:.saian- and surgeons. All known , tricks have been known and the greatest care w ill be taken. The indication is that th- w iy of th" slacker will be hard. SCENE OF PRESENT FKJIIT IN REI.fiM'M IS NEAR WATERLOO tl- lelernallnuat "fh pe,t,-e.l I.ONIiOV. August 1- Helgium n.av i, rove the field on which the ,r:'"'l l:,! .! ic dream of Kmperor ih'ii'ii is shattered jut as it A- !' " -c ri" of the collapse of N.'l'o! .-.id ambition. Twice in the -.','tor, the Germans tried to :, e;.k t-rough the allied hr.e iil.'l ' .," Ihev were hurled hack an-pi-t a w. Iter of blood. Twite the I',. ,t, . have attacked in the same icion. The first gain"! impoi ti.at ground for them and the second is still under way. Ypres is ju-t about fia miles from Wa'erloo. NE(.R()ES PROTEST. I're-ident Ileclines to Receive lelegation Protesting Against Lynching. tltit the International Seirt Perrtee.) WAS'HiytnON, August l.-Presi-rient Wilson today refused to receive ; delegation of 12 negroes from New s ork, asking audience to voice their protest of their rare against widespread and indiscriminate lynchings. They brought a petition with 15,000 names, begging that lynching! and race riot incitement be made federal offenses, punishable by the United States. The Rev. F. A. Cullen headed the delegation. Secretary Tumulty was told by the president that he could not have bis time encroached upon. Secretary Tumulty, in conveying word to the negroes told them he would ask the president later in the day (or aa audience.

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BRITISH TANKS AID. IN CHECKING ROUT OF RUSSIAN ARMY

(B the ;w'i Scrttn.) LONDON, August 1. British "tanks" have payed an important, part in checking the rout of the Russian army on the Galician front, said a dispatch from the Times' correspondent today. Some of the ears were no badly damaged by German and Austrian artillery fire, that they had to be abandond but before beinif put out of action they did splendid service. The retreat of numerous Ruksuiun units left trap ln the front whirh the "tanks1' filled up. thus preventing the Germans from breaking through. AMERICAN SHIP SUNK. Possible Loss uf I.if Reported in the Sinking of a Steamer. II' Of MfermJfj,,,.! ( tiervlrt. NKW YDliK, Aur. 1. Sinking of: thi' American steamer Motano, with ' possible loss of life was reported to j her owners, the Standard Oil Company : of New Jersey hen- today. The Motano carried a trow of about fifty men hut the company was advised that .-,-ly of these have been landed. The Motano di.-plac.et! 2.7I!0 tons and , was a steel screw three-master. ! (German Newspapers Appeal to Russians to Desert the ' Allies. ! Illy the rtrr'iein,il Vfirf r,(,e.( AMSTKKHA.M. Aug. 1. German n wspapers have opened a new rampi'.'gn for a sepanite peace with Russia. Strong uppeais are made to the liussiaus to lap d"Wi and desert the a!he The Lokal Anzeig.v, a pra-tu.uexia tiooist paper, the focialist orjran 'or waerts and otliers argue thiit fail ure of the Russian otletisive has ah solied Kus-ia trooi h-r treaty ohligations to the entcnie. "Mode rate treatment is I if trie Kil.-sians will tput lighting. Th pan Gei man new.-paier T.ehs.-h Uur.,1 ,hau ihr'ar-s that 'Hussia ha hit,ilita predicts that this week prnhah'y will see the end of all efforts at a llussian oiu-n.-ive lr,is pup.'r cnfinui's: "fiermany is the s'rotget and ia-t terraining bulwark of Ki.rnpean fr--e-,1(110, for England's lirst ohj:x'tive -s the turning of Huroj e into an Anglo Ainera nn colony wherein Kngland ar I Ameiica will measure out to each .-un and wind and pay for Kuiope'ecotionuc exploitation with Kno,',. ii freedom." E CLAIM Coiil Air Starting Wilh Frost in Yellowstone Park, Hrinus Relief Today. iPn the International Sent He, , t, r.t CHICAGO. August I. --After t.ik ie.g a toll of '.n lives In the oo.idh west, th" heat wave was broken ill todav hv rains and a br,ath of ,l air which started with a fin-t 11 Yellowstone Park. Cleveland reported 21 fatalities Toledo. 11. baiame "f Oh..,, .'I; Chi ciiko, Hit, Missouri !l Milwaukee fi, I le Moines 2, 'Juinry, III., 2; Kansas City 1: Champaign, 111., I; Indiana, 4. The South reported no deaths. Atlanta reported 'Mi degree todav the hottest day this year. Drops ii temperature of from . to la degree were reported in middle west cities. The cooler weather was reflected oi the Chicago board of trade corn price dropping. MYSTERIOl S FLYERS. War Department Asked In Investigate Activity in Utah. I By the International Neva Perrlet.y .SALT LAKE CITY. V., Aug. 1. The war department today was asked e send aeroplanes to investigate reports of mysterious flyers seen in mountainous sections of southern Utah, 100 miles or mora from any railroad. I'he offica of the United States geological survey announced today having been reporting sighting biplanes for more than month and fear that enemy flyers miy bfl training in Utah.

MLOJ. COVEY

BY HiS BROTHER Shooting Occured Yesterday Afternoon Near Jamestown. OVERTURNING OF A ! WAGON THE CAUSE Elder Hrother liecomes Angered and PriM-urinR Shot Gun Opened Fire. Angelo J. Covev, a fainter living ai.out two miles east of Jamestown. w..s shot in the calf of the leg yesterday afternoon shortly after four o'clock, by his brother, Du.er, in a lit of anger it is said. The two brothers hud boon putting up hay at another fatm n"ur their home and during the aft.'. noon the hy w-npon overturned, angering timer, who is oil years of age. l ate in the afternoon he slipped off toward hoe-e on foot. When the scooting occurred Angelo, who h- 48. years of age. was returning home with some other farmers, on a hay wagon. They were met in the road and halted by the ol-lei brother, who had u l gauge shotgun in his han-k 1 jiinHM-.t imt , fixon tse wagon. It l.- said he chased several time.- around the wagon before til" older brother shot. Roth of the horses were shot before the younger brother received a load in the leg. Homer then retreated, holding th men who tried to disarm him, at bay with the shot gun. The injured man was taken to Jamestown where Dr. Thomas Johnson dressed his wound, lie was brought to the VVitham hospital here fast n.gh where the shots were removed. Thirtv-three shots were extracted from his leg. Moth horses will probable have to be killed. It is stated that Omer Cover w as riaturuliv of n nuai re!.-, one disposition and that he and hibrother never .I'd g"t along pcarc dii) . He left the Vlc:nU of ; h-ne last night and has been seen since. No cnarges have been fed against him as vet. TWO SCICIDKS ARE j CAl'SED HV DRAFT ! Ill T MOTIVES DIFFER' i It a I Pee' NASIIVIl.l.K. Ga.. Augu.-t I. Notified to repo't tmorrow for examination hv the draft hoard. V iiliam Tyson kili.-d his bride of a few weeks' and then suicided to escape ny CHICAGO. Augii-t I. Suicide while despondent because his serines .1 by hi, rountry." This was the rl,-ing chapter in the life of .UIS Kit sell, 10. clerk, written on the books at the county morgue today. Kirsrh knew he could not pa-s the draft exi'minatlon because he was turned down when trying to enlist in the DEMAND ON ADMIRALTY, 1 ondon Paper A-ks Publication of K- ' act Tonnage of all Ships Torpedoed, j IONHO... Augu.-t l A demand that the admiralty publish the exact tonnage of all ships sunk by German submarines was made by the Ihiiiy Mail today. It says in part: "There is a very strong feeling am'iig those who know the facts that the optimism expressed by high authorities is misAt this moment and for months to come the power of Great Britain ithe chief obstacle which prevents Germany from enjoying her position in comfort. Will not the enemy do eveiyhing possible and continue to do eveiyIhing possible to remove that obstacle. Will any set of figures, carefully framed to hide the truth, deter him from his efforts to destroy our Ivory means of life our merchant shipping? The admiralty figures will not deceive the Germans, but they are deceiving the people of this country, as well as the people of the country nn which we rely next to ourselves to preserve the freedom of the world America." Ql'OTA ALMOST REACHED. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., August t. The committee which pledge 4,000 paira of socks for Indiana soldiers announced today that the number baa I nearly been reached.

INTENSE HEAT FORCES INDUSTRIAL PLANTS TO SUSPEND WORK

tlty tha International Veres Service.) LAWRENCE, Mass., August 1. Thousands of employes in the big textile and other plants here were forced to suspend work today on account of the intense heat, some of the mills closing in part and others entirely. At Lowell, big mills and factories, including the huge curtridge factory, one of the largest munition plants in the world, were compelled to shut down owing to the torrid heat. MILLION DOLLAR FIRE. Some Leaking Sulphuric Acid Carboy Started Fire in Freight Yardn. thy the International - Prrrire.) HAMMONP, Iml., August 1. A leaking sulphuric acid carboy started a million dollar fire in the freight transfer yards of the Chicago, Indiana & Southern Railway at Gibson. Im'twecn Hammond and Fast Chicago today. Two hundred freight cars, most of them loaded, were destroyed. The cars were far from water leads ;',nd although every fire department in the Calumet region was called out, fhe best that could be done Was to prevent the fire from spreading to buildings. FINE TRIBUTE PAID Correspondent of London Times Praises Soldier Hoys in Y ranee. (71 the tnlernati'taal Sete Rerrlce.) I ONliON, July 'JO by mail A line trilute is paid the American exedi - tionary forces in France by a special correspondent of the London Times writing shortly after the arrival of the tirst who h American contingent. "I hose iv. een thr hvg Itrulwd, Veen iced men of the west -loping' through he slteets of this town to too ci'mp' ean have no doubt that America is n . riiesf sa the Times corre pondent. "I was one of the very few v, ho m"' the List detachment "f the Hnttsn exlie, utionary foire march through 1!" logne w:th their klits and their ha : ptp s. belonging to a crack regiment, the Argyl ami Sutherland Highlanders --and comiiaris.ins are inevitable nut not odious. The Anient ans have heen able to profit by the lessons of n.M!y three year- of war. Th-v ai -o i.all th. it go a long wi poll, i and tomri 'ds no sandhur.-t nee that the Ami landed here ar.' ! lie i loderri 'tolniii fre.iuent. l p.. re uniformly of our anmes. -orkmaitlike i tho in a long rod hetwe.n the lades altogether they nv vorkma'ilike army. T. ill come with a justified for Franco, and they ha highest ambition the liorthy companions of th; 1 rdun and the Hritish on i. the nv..' " ported doing s ornme. .America is now 'ill t I'he Times correspondent thiit French shop-keepers w verylhing in tneir pov wants of the "Samme "i to satisfy th, " ar.d. reap fin .iime time, an, le enterprisini annul rewards at the ; added: "More than t Frrnrh tradesman is :n th.e name of the go .-onderi'ig what si God chew ing gum may be and where it may be I tinned." libTIIE MN WITH THE HOE DIGS I P A DIAMOND

VALUED AT J 1,200 ;uid greatly to the comfort of the soldiirr. All organizations of the county

(Ity the Internalvtnut A.iri Perrtee. I PONCA CITY, Okla., August 1 While mixing mortar in a box where the new city auditorium is being built, a man with a hoe today dug up a diamond that a jeweler declares is worth $1,200, The gem is not mounted. NO MORE GUARD DUTY. Second Regiment Released From Such Work by Government. INDIANA fOLIS, Ind.. August 1. Tha second regiment was released from guard duty today by the war department and will b given a chance to rest up until Sunday. Company H il I member ef the second regiment and is now located at East Chicago.

SAYS THE LOCAL

I'll!! mi State Red Cross Inspector Praises Work Done Here. ,i EVERYTHING HERE IN FINE CONDITION Front Koom of Assessor's Office Secured For Use in the Work. The front room of the aswKSor of iu-v un the lower fl.xir of the court lit)u-p hu. hwn K'vth over to the Rttl fro.-s n'i -illit'd movement for us in th.'ir work. The Comfort Kit work, which i.i allien to the KM Cross, but whirh require.- separate organization uml rtepaiate iluaatiuii- will he currier! vision of Mrs. Harty imrneil. A meet intf of the execuL V" ronimittw of tho l(M'al Ki't Cross otfcanirition wan heUt last niht, ut which Mrs. Uurnell mh j chosen to take complete charge of thia wmk. The Navy Iaue work, or Am of knitted goods for tb sailors, will be carried on in the new room, under the direction of Mrs. Harry llostetter, who was placed at the head of the movement in thia county. The work is not connected with the Red Cross. The Socks for movement for the county will 1 also have its headquarters in the new '?'". nn w'" ' JrecMl M,"i5 Mavme Sheridan. This work in under the jursdntion of the county council of defense and has nothing to do with Red C'ros work. Hereafter, tbsa hnx.. pital supply room will b used only , f()r gm of hmpiM npplios, and not for any of the other military relief movements. Surgical supplies will he made delusively i the rooms on the third floor of tho court h,use. Talk by Mra. New. Mr.. Harry S. New was in Lebanon vesterdav and made a very interesting iind instructive lecture to ladies connected with relief work hera on the Comfort Kit movement. The lecture 'ias heid a1 the Methodist rhurrh. The Tn Kappas will take charge of the making of comfort pillows for the fed Cross. These pillows are madn ! f linen .-craps and are stuffed with i dippings. Ilonntions of old linen will i oe r .veil al lilc "Ospital supply oikr lnspctor Here Mi.-- Ftr.ina Kothe, inspector for the s'ate Mod Cross headquarters, was here this morning and made a thor nigh inspection of the work that is being done by the local chapter. She had nothing but the highest of praise for the efficiency of the system here and of the excellence of the finished goods turned out. She stated that the local workers should justly feel proud of their shop, for tho Lebanon chapter hits a reputation for unsurpassed excellence at the headquarters at Indianapolis, and that it was spoken of j a.- a -tar branch. She said that every. thing here was in line condition and ' that there were no adverse criticisms o be made. As the rsult of the favo.ihie report of Miss Kothe, the local hapter w ill be enabled to inspect, pack md ship its own output to the wareho: ! del without further insiection or Comfort Kits. The Comfort Kits for soldiers are little kits having three pockets, which contain eighteen artcles wheh are not absolutely necessary but which will iwill be asked to give many donation lor to pledge a mimlier nf kits. It is the intention of those to keep in com- : munication w ith the soldier boy to i which it goes, throughout the wnr. The tirst comfort kit turned out by the i local organization will be sent to Lyle I Stevenson, ho is w ith the U. S. MurI ines at Port Royal, S. C. SOME HEAT! LORAIN, 0., Aug. 1. Traffic Officer Post's rubber whistle melted in his mouth, it wos so hot. Traffic was tied up. PORT CLINTON', 0., Aug. t O. M. DrUjoll, returning from a Ashing trip, stopped to fx a puncture. He bud his fish on the pavement and the hot sua fried them brown.