Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 263, Lebanon, Boone County, 4 August 1917 — Page 1

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I! THEWESTFRONT Tush Lines Forward On Arras And West Flanders Sectors. RAIN CONTINUES OVER BATTLEFIELD Vivid Description of l ij-hfinji in The (Ireat Allied Offensive. ( thr In l.O.NPON lintish on eis fronts the Aim! t. tli i-h war office '!;.- , pespito the thick m lei uail.'i f"t the Uruisli .u-l-d t1""1' w !'", wi east "f Kertokeer Cabaret. In the Mom-hy i.es I'teux. on tin Airu.- front, the Hii'is'i re, -apti .r.-.i the remaining ticmhes that had !.". lost to the German- on Thtti-da. Severe artillery dieis have ocewrre.l, especially in Holgium where to. , Ilritish are shelling the German h;.-o at Koulers with Icng rang" naval g'.'iIn the latest thiu-t neat her. el., ei (aliaiet the French p'ated an trwnrt ' ant part. I The rain over the lt.igi.in l.atiie field is Its heavy but t tinui s t! fall, field Marshal Haig report. . I. 1 Despite the (.ggy condition of th' . ground in West r landers f:oni en tinuou-s rains, heavy guns are lif-nif moved forward to the allies' new no- ; sitions to prepare for further mi tr..! operations. Dispatches today from K-ench correspondents on the Helgian front tei! 1 of the terrifying spectacle that !h : Pghtmg has alforled. Tribute is eaol to the bravery of the Prussian guard.! the men dying where the) stood, rath-1 er than fall back. 1 pesrripl'on of the liattle. j A telegram printed in toe Petit j Parisian said: ' "The dawn of the second day of 'he ; battle unfolded a scene as follows' ' An , immense plain, fiat and unchanging, on which trees bow with their bioken branches in stagnant pm.ls. "A storm broke an bout ago, and thunder peals mingle with the roar' of the big guns and the -cream of shells. The heavens and earth :i'e lighted up by lightning. On the h,.rt ' ion is a dnse cloud of smoke. I ne rain envelopes in a mysterious snad 'W the men fghting there. The soldiers have been f'ghtir.g Irie lions in a glowing furnace. We -e. re. to hear their cries, shrieks, even th -ir heartaches. : "From 6 o'clock in the morning until : four in the aftl-moom the Bi'it; -h i drove forward three times and at'1 n c.v i solidly installed un the Gemar, li.ie. except at certain points. wr.er the battle ebbed anil flowed and where, p. r-. haps, as I write, the Germans have! been vanquished. The task of the flanking army v..,-. more difficult than that of the cent -rs whose successive hammer blows cru.-h-eil all resistance and smashed througr everything. "At places the struggle was one of terrible grandeur. I.u Bas.-eev ii!r was taken and lost, then retaken i.y ; the (ierman.s Showed Great Bratrry- ! "Counter attacking, the Australia ;s showed bravery, heyond description. After they had attacked the (ieruiam with grenades, toe bayonet rla-h be came general and in an anguishing ' hour's hand-to-hand struggle they i.ffirmed their superiority.

"Ail of the houses at P.asseeville had Russia. Wi.h the Russian ami es in been transformed into forts, bristling peril and anarchy rife In petn.grad and with machine gune. Double belts of . ejes' a'.oi. kaiser is believed to trenches, lined with concrete. d'. i.t'! of the er-. upon this as an opportune the outskirts. The is-i ,,- the year 't- to launch a campaign for a been installed !.,,; 1 ! pa rate pence with Russia. At 3o'clC.MITH ,sh; When the Herman goverr,n,er t was He enemy ' outmaneuvered at Stockholm it with1 'it North Mend, n. Phor.e 9S cd the drew its tiatronap- from the interna20 South Lebanon Phon 2u.j0UBly. tionulist tieace conference at utix-k-neces-. holm, but there were evidences today in , i that the kaiser may again extend pa--rnistaugh withternal recognition to the meeting if

r-age. t he Wel-h covered mKelves with glory. The Prussian 1 guard, obeying orders, died where they 1

stood. There were no prisoners. foreign office, declares that here in a subject of inquiries later on. "Elsewhere, notably at Hooge grim great loan of confidence on the parti It is an open necret here that the fighting occurred. The Germans there j of Germany compared with that of a men who w ill do most of the fifhting were of the 1018 class, very young, (year ago and that there si leis war are none too well pleased with good Many corps were made up of ntiidentn. iwearinens in England than in any other part of the work of the eld-time genFrom behind their large npectaclen, i country. era! taff. Red tape hae been added with f lay eye, they stared implor- j It is reported that a number of r to rather than eliminated in many ingly at the nkien an if fallen from arrests have been made an a res ult of j cases and preference has been entiretbem. j th assassination of Gen. Krdelli, w ho ly to men whose standing has been "One ef the youths whom the can- wan shot in the back. Edelli was mili- highest with the men now dominating oon spared declared bitterly as be watary governor of Petrograd. I the war department.

led to the rear; 'We were told w couldn't he thrown into the fSht, but could constitute the extreme reserve. As things went badly we wore rent into the uttark. We n'lnlr'ii! J..U. now there are only two tl us. "Speaking of the tun1 widen he saw for the lirst time, the pri ,unor said: 'We ridicule them in the t ewspapers, hut uuirkly change mi,- .pi -i iuii when we sc them at work,' " The Matin's correspondent siys "I he battle ccntiiuca to rase 0:1 thr whole front. "The uttacks are made with the elements mingling with the fu y ni the men. tor twenty-four hours wdhc.it a break rain has been falling an I th. wind nys been Mowing ha'f a pale The 'tank-' have covered thentselvo i ilii giory. They actually rant-ired the village of St. Julian. H.-i-tiin,: .t.th tcaihiiio une, the tuns came ! -hUing ubmg crushing evei vtivii?

ke eggshells." heli, that th but ill In age tire wh.ih the til torwaiu to CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE. American Diplnmatic .Mission Keaches Home I'oi t SalVlv. A PAiTI I' ni'e.l state d I.y liiihu I'.. That the r el that th( The miss rashington strain o appear 1 IS VERY Wm Doulile Military And I'olitical Crisis Presents Serious j Phase. ; I By Ihr lml' LONDON, situation is n previous time tion of Prerm enskv. HHP tile ; r .Mini -t.A.lvices from phasizeti the seri military and p'. Kerenky was main in the cabu and the r-dief 11 davs ate nun Tier. t .t'e'ing eadv ate be:ng made tu fo. in a neu ment. It was pointed out tndnv t many may bat movement to c state of affair. e tuned her n oini-M" .)th th chaotn mere IS any coaore m us n- ipillg Germany s peace campaign. Lord Robert ecd. of the liritirh

The Younjrcr and Older Ele merits Clash Over Appointments.

CONGRESS MAY BE DRAWN INTO FIGHT (ien. I'ershino's Kecommendalinns May lie Acted I'pon finally. I:Y JOHN KHWIN NKVIN". UN ' ;i-i 1 firr WASIIINCTUN, Aug. 4. -The big est U'iny lighting in the history o;' e service impends today. It Is he.veen th.-- y .anger element and the !der. Before it finally is settled there i a d'stinct liklihood that congress a he injecte.l into the situation. The light comes over the question f proio.ition to general rank. Or. ',e-i..nt i'son's desk today is r vied to ;e l.ngailier general. The piled l.v Maj. len. Tucker H cting thief of the general staff, .'rage age uf the men who are igge-te.l fur promotion and ta iv f"l leading the heavy r on the battle line in Prance, e Ml yea is of age. This in e of a recommendation hv Maj i .-lvng, in supreme con niand of i. 11 an forces in Prance, that limit at ab.i or hrg-idier ge nit 4'.. piesenls the old He is a strung be ef tl.it he has rec ided the tien. In pro emotions a number overlooked by (.1 n fearetl they might e hard si rvire that n rrar.ee. U is ad ..id. I be found utted that sun the lotion ershing' - under ng's r.v Kecommt ntlalinn. I.T.. that ien r.'C.er.i!ie..ii..t ;..i:s. as made department, declared that .ifare v as no work for an He pointed out that while undoubtedly fully equipped ntilic viewpoint for dtrertt: :z f.ghtmg they did not have the itv and vim to stav with their tn n I'e b ipthe ent rk th ; :n ei in t.ghtmg the ierntanj. In king this recommendation Hen. r-hing had the advice of Field .Merit Joffre of the Trench army and '.en. Haig of tne British army, ev pmnteil out that under modern olit.ons of .warfare the P.rigadier.ierals were i-.,n:pe!le.t to get perinlly into the game and to slay w ith 1 men in everything that was met. I men cannaot -tand the pace, Per.-h-v:i- told, and this is the message it he sent bi.rk to this country. I i to present time there has not ghto.-t di.-po.-ition on the .gross to interfere with r. ins. It has been arf .i - that the army bud to c and that it should know Hut certain charge. . h ne be.-n made in con1 ,. ., ,,.., f officer.-' t-nat ,,un'.t. Many of thm have iitj u ;ir Hfiiartnifnt, utthuut s anv an-wf., vhy it was th:it nnliti'iy r'Xprricnrr. stcmpl har to a man (f'ttinn a cornTraining. It has 1 n ruled by the war de l-ailment that previous military f ain ir.g would count for only one-sixth in (l-ciding whether a man was to be commissioned in the reserve and then detailed to active duty. This has bad the effect of keeping qualified military eo n from trying to get buck into the service and several members, of eongross hnve been collecting date nn this subject tthich is to be made the

MOTHER IN-LAW ZONE SUIESTED UY COURT IN DOMESTIC TROUBLE

(Ay (M tlrmH" Hiwt AmrvirtA CHICAIiO. Aug. 4. A judicial "motber-in-law lone" vvu established toihiy around the new flat of Felix Dahnain and his bride of six months who were tentenced by Judge Sttlk of the Court of Domestic Relations, to start over again. "Purely ease of too much mother-in-law," ruled the court. "Throw a zone around your home, keep 'em outside of it, and you'll be all right." EXPLOSION IN MINE. Two Hundred rinlomhed In Kentucky Mine Nearly All Saved. By Iht ;ic..ll!('.'l .Vrirt Hrrr.i-,., CLAY. Ky.. AuKust 4 - Heroic work of Kentucky miiit'a and miners prevented heavy loss of life today when two hundred miners were entombed in the mine of the We-tern Kentucky Coal Company, by an explosion of gas. Thirty negroes were the first rescued. It is reported that four bodies have lieen recovered. The work of rescue is proceeding rapidly anil it is believed all the remaining entombed miners this afternoon. vi 1 1 he -d late Secretary McAdoo And Sec retary Kedl'ield Disagree 0er Bill. THEIR DIFFERENCES MAY SOON BE AIRED I'ongrtsM Will Take I'p The Measure Soon Two Plans Proposed. I flu Ihr .tfrs'lf.i WASHINGTON. Aug The ferences between Secretary of Tieas uiv McAdoo and Secretary of Com merce Redlield ov army and nav I n reported to insurance which h-ts threaten the resignat field from the p.esi.li to be aired win n tie measure comes up in Mr. Hed-otlgre-s, It expected 'earned today. No resignations are oxi there is no per-onai bitte f.vcen Hie two secretaries t cr the -u ranee matter, but there do a difference of opinion as to the sort nl j m.-uianre whicri should be given the 1 n en v ho are going to Franco to tight under the Ameiicaii flag. There is also involved the question of who in the government shall have credit for initiating a p'an for army and navy insurance. Assistant S'-iretaiv of Commerce Sweet, at the suggestion of the Council of .National Uefre.-e. prepared a plan for insuring soldiers anil sailors which he reported bar k to the capitol. It was rxpected this plan would be gitcn publication, but it was not. Instead Secretary Mr doo called a conference of insurance men to Wasbiiigton and told them the president had suggested he formulate plans lor -urmg soldiers and sa,ors. Mr. Sweet attended the conf and addtes.e.l it. He covered the indurance situation in a general way in

his spee, h. Follow ing the conference, ,.,, w ith. Secretary McAdoo and his advisors' Governor Williams today received drew up ai d announced to the public , reports that a big hand of resistors plan for army and navy insurance had gathered on the t'anadian river plan somewhat different from Sweet':: near Rock Crossing, original pi.tn. Holders of mortgages on lands of It was at this point that the differ-' tenant farmers in Seminole county ences between Mr. Kedlield and Mr. 1 apiealed to authorities today, assortMcAdoo suirteil. .Mr. Redlield thought ing that in many localities the farmer Mr. Sweet should be given credit for : had turned their live tock into grotrthe insurance plan and his ideas should ; ing fields. be includ'd in the recommendution to I Four susiieets were under arrest tocongress. day following the dynamiting of the Mr. Svteet holds insurance should j South Canadian railroad bridge hebe given itlike to enlisted men and of-! tween Ada and Franris and an atficers and in the national army there; tempt to blow up the Missouri Pacific should be no class distinction. Mr. Mr-1 trestle over the Illinois river near Adoo's idra plans for insurance scale! Gore, according to rank. i Mr. Seet recommended that sold- i TO PI T DOWN RIOTS.

iera be iisured for partial disability. view if the fact that injuries re-! suiting it partial disability are most common vhile Mr. McAHoo's plan pro vides onV for death and total disa bility. It is understood a fight is to be made incongress to have Mr. Sweet's idesa at into any insurance law which gcs on the statute books.

Five Counties in Central Part of State Scene of Riots.

SHERIFF POSSES CLASH WITH RIOTERS flatties Hit ween Officers and Armed Conscripts Are Reported. OKLAHOMA CITY; August I. ing away and it is now belieed fite counties, which had been (erroried for two day by antidraft demonstrations reported that the insurrection m fast nti-ll-investigators returning from the situation can be handled by the local authorilies without the aid of federal troops. i 1 A OA. Oklu.. August t. With "th" roll td anti-draft riolers and road guarded so riolers cannot escape, (he authorities did not hear a recurrence of the riming tonight. One band of riolers slid holding out is surruundtil and their surrender is eiected soon. The destruction of the Hardy bridge in Seminole county is the greatest damage so far done by the rioters. irtil lit' HmVii.iHom.11 Vc. Sen Pc) WASHINGTON. I. (.. August -I. Federal troops will he dispatched to Okluhoma and North Carolina to quell anti-draft rioting if they are needed. Provost Marshal Crowder decided 10 call upon the war department for IriMips to use wherever needed. i llif id Xe Item OKLAHOMA CITY. August 4. ve counties in central Oklahoma to lv were in the rrip of a reign of , rror. Armed band hite tenant farmer madIndia up half tming breeds and negroe- tvi about the rountiyside in defiance of authorities, beet on re-isting the draft. Posses of citizens, headed by tin sheriffs and prosecuting attorneys of Seminole. Pontotoc. Hughes, Okmulgee, and l'ottattalanue counties, were attempting to to. .nd up or disperse ii.e gangs and intermittent sharp skirmishes were reported. j. .. wind of I.IMKI citizens, heavily I. was closing in today on :i mob of 4") conscript objectors in Pontotoc county. An advance guard of the citizens exchanged shots with the mob last night. From .Muskogee came repots today of a pitched battle between a posse under Sheriff Purvine of Okmulgee county and a band of draft objectors about 'Jo miles from Ada. Ten prisoners were taken by the sheriff. Fighty of the resistors were put to rout by a posse of 2o men under Sheriff hunran of Pontotoc county. The charged the gang, which broke Hd r;ln without firing. At McAlo Sheriff Conn was1 raising a pos to descend on Holdenirge mob terrorized the Local authorities retoo big for them to town all night, ported it was Government Will Deal With Those Re sponsible For Anti-Draft Riots. IB U' lroitl .Vcirt ferrtrt.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 All antidraft riota will be put down with an iron hand. The men responsible will be prosecuted to the limit. No matter where the disturbance takes place the

federal government will intervene. Should the local authorities he unable to handle the situation federal aid will be sent. That was the attitude announced today by the justice and war departments following reports from the south and outhwest that armed bands weie organized to oppose the draft. The federal officials in Oklahoma, where the disturbances seem to center, in Georgia, where trouble up to the present seems to be confined entirely to rumors; North Carolina and certain sections of Virginia, where the mountaineers have been reported under arms and in Texas where dis'urhances already hnve taken place, have been directed to keep the departments here in direct touch with the situation. Reports received here today indicate that the local authorities have acted to prevent further holding of oper. meetings. A good pait of the opposition is declared to be due to ignorance. Pro-Germans have circulated reports throughout the mountain and agricultural regions of many states deluring that the opposition to the draft is general. In this work they have ".'en greatly aided. oETicials declare, lit Telegraphed reports quoting New York ami Ci ici.go papers as characterizing C0NT1NUKD ON PACK SIX.

LLOYD GEORGE SEES Opposes Russian Policy of Peace Without Annexation and Indemnities. ' I Ihr Intri rntt.tn'il rr SVrWee. I LONPON, Aug. 4 Declaring be mllld see the sunshine of victory just id." Pi l.lotd ,. s.ee, h opposing the policy of' of "peace without annexation ; lemnities." The Russians re-j le for the demand, now realize I .-pons their mistake, the premier said. Speak-1 ing of the kaiser's dream of world : domination, l.lovd George said the j German ruler had planned to treat 1 the Monroe poctnne as u scrap of i paper. j "No one in Kngland, France. Russia. Italy nor in Austria-Hungary nor; Germany bus any idea how near our hopes are to the summit of attain-: ment," continued the premier. "The war lords of Germany are talking glibly of peace, hut they stain-' titer. They must learn direct utter-' nnce U'fore we will enter .nto pence j negotiations with them." ! BY 0. S. GOVERNMENT Practically All Vessels I'nder Construction Are Taken Over. IIn Ihr nl.-nnleinl .Wim Srnpe.i WASHINGTON. August 4. Orders commandeering practically every ship under construction in the country of over 2""i tons were sent out today by Admiral Capps, general manc.ger ; of the Kmergency fleet corporation. The requisition orders require the speedy completion of ships now build- 1 ing, the plant and specifications of I the ships, copies of all contracts and agreements affecting the vessels con mandoered, payments made and amounts due. Ship builders are ordered to report ! immediately all additional rontracts j under construction, their character and extent, and are ordered not to I enter into any additional contracts lor ' niott-hant tonnage without express , authority from the Kmergency fleet ; corporation. ; TWO I. V. W.'S HARKED ; fltOM COUNTY I'NDER j PFNAI.TY OF DEATH (B the rs'erastionnl .Vcicl Scr. icc.l RK.NO, Nov.. Aug. 4. G. W. McKinnon, brother-in-law of Wm. P. Haywood, national secretary of the Industrial Workers, and one of lin followers today were barred from re-entering the county, under nenalty of death. A band of 200 armed citiienn of Verrington escorted thirteen men to the county line last night and told them it would be very unhealthy for them if they returned. A com piny of state police, sent by Gov. Boyle upon appeal of McKinnon, arrived too late to prevent the deportation.

FARMER DIED BY

11 rittnuniM E LAST NIGHT Brooding Over The Possible Drafting of Son, Given As Cause. WAS FOUND SHOT THROUGH LEFT LUNG The W ife And Son Made Discovery About 11:00 O'clock Last Niht. 1 A. J. Rosin, a farmer living about two miles from Mace, committed suicide lost night about midnight by shooting himself. He had worked all day yesterday helping a neighbor put up hay and had gone to bed nt the usual hour in the evening giving no indication thu' he was unusually depressed in spirit. About II o'clock his wife was awakened by the report of a gun and thought she had been dreaming. She put her hand over to assure herself to, . her husband was by her side and found him missing. Then she fearetl her supposed dream was a rea'iiv. She went to where the tun u. Illoo-.i- anil found it g-te. l-'earii g the worst she aw-ukened her son, the only other member of the family at home, and they went to look for the missing man. His groBnii directed them to a double c;ib neur "he barn. They went to the door but feared to go any farther. Neighbor wire called and when they arrived Mr. Rosin was dead. He had shot himself through the left lung. Pr. K. K. I.idikay, the coronor wag called from Ladoga and it i supposed ,jr: verdict will accord with the facts .staled here. Wan all Yearn Old. Mr. Rosin was fifty yearn of ag and the father of three sons, aged it, 16 and 13 yearn. The oideat on waa among the registered men of th county but was not on the list of those called for examination. The father had worried a great deal about the draft and had repeatedly said he would much rather go to war himself than to have .he win go. It is supposed that brooding over the draft was the cause of hin taking hi life, though he had never intimated tl at he would do so. The wife and three sons survive, Mr. Kosin came to the Mace neighleirhood about five yearn ago from Virginia and owns a farm in that state. IN- bought property in Mace and lived th"." fi : 'o years, then rented the proiierty to another and rented a farm and has engaged in farming since that time. He wan a man who was honest, industrioun and highly esteemed. He wan a member of the Presbyterian church and belonged to the order of Knightn of Pvthms. HONOR ROLL List of Those Who Have Recently Paid Subscriptions la Advance. Kmoi v Maze, R. R. 5, City. F. M. (Tine. R. R. 4. City. . , W. R. Gosnell, R. R. S. City. Frank Artman, Rosston. pert Neese, R. R. 5, City. S. K. Mal-hary, R. R. 4, City. J. . Roark, Advance. Ralph Hoffman, R. R. 8. City. Jesse Hoffman, ft. R. 7, City. Phillip Hoffman, Ros. ton. Lola I'earcv. K. R. 3, City. Mrs. A. J. Stooky, R. It. 4. City. J. H. A-hby, Lebanon. It. F. I'ettit, Lebanon John Kelley, Michigan. Mrs. Henderson. R. R. 9. City. Jerome Taylor. Zionsville. H. L. Hart, R. R. 11, City. C. II. Green. Whitestown. Pr. Smith, Il.anon.. Nelle Jackson, Terre Haute. Nettie Bryant, Reynolds, Ind. W. W. Puntin, R. R. 9, City. G. H. Runner It. R. I. City. Philip Harlos. R. R. 2, City. Carl Long, Kirklin. C. I. Wells, Jamestown. J. H. Foxworthy. Lebanon. Ralph Hoffman, Ronston. Herdis Hrown. Advance. K. C. Bowen. R. R. II, City. Wm. .M. Hawkins, R) R. 10. Isaac Metzger, R. R. 2. City. DAMAGE TO CROPS. ROTTERDAM, August 4. Severe damage has been done to crops and orchards in northern Germany by storms which began last Sunday, saye a dispatch from the German frontier to the Rotterdamsche Curaot today.