Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 267, Lebanon, Boone County, 9 August 1917 — Page 1

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WEATHER BLTLETIN rir tonight and Fridays coolrr lo nitrht. In Muth part. The Reporter is the enl Daily Newspaper In Boont - M ft " I c VOLUME 25. LEBANON, INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1917. NO. 267.

Compel the Germans to Give Ground in Flan- : ders.

ATTACK IS MADE IN A RAIN STORM : The British Artillery Continues to Found German Defenses at Lens. (By tht lmtraHnnn tr tttnirr. LONDON, Ajiriiht 9. Whil Urit sh artillery pounl'i thp ..''f'-nst thp great Ormnn bae at len, ir northern France, French troops presmn! forward in KianderH dunn the niKt. (Ta'n'nK ffroun! near Hi.Mhoot. the war office announce, to-lay. Nurthwpjit of HiivhootP thp icrmaru were compelled to fall limit o fore th French thrust. The aHac v.an mdtlr in a rain storm and over a fiphl depp and ulippery with mini. Biz.chootB is five milps north f Ypr" and lies immediately north of Mr-'-n-ftrate. It is near thp VHPr.-.ta-i r railway.) The artilW-ry and airni'n huv hr-r Active in spite of the thick mi t whirr has accompanied the rnruul of 'h rainstorms over the West Ktander:battletieid. Allied aviator, hra'.ns the elements and the hijrh anir j(ur:; of the Germans, have carried out dar ing raids before the German frnnt. bombarding- railways, supply convoy?, ammunition stations and canton menu. LAINCH STRONG ATTACK. Von Markemx-n's Forces Seek to lriv j Rouse-Reamaniana Rack. IBs f Imttrntllaual .Vetr BtrHre.) GENEVA, August 9. Field Marshal von Mackensen'g Austro-German forces in the Roumanian province of Moldavia, are righting desperately to drive the Russo-Rournanian hack tc the river Sereth, said a Vienna dispatch today. Thia fighting centers in the zone where von Mackensen launched his recent counter offensive between Fokshani and Marasheshti. The Teutons have managed to cut th? railway between thoie two towns and are nowtrying to advance on Tekutchiu. First, however, they must drive the Russians and Roumanians across the Sereth aud thn win a crosamjr for themselves. (Tekuchiu Ilea upon the railway running northwards from fiaiatz to Jassy, the temjwrary Roumanian seat of government, (ialatz, a great shipping point, is on the Danaiie and srill remains in possession of the Roumanians. If the Germans succeed in th 'ir enterprise the Roumanians will have to give up Galati With its stores of grain.) COALITION CABINET. Alabama Official Hears Wilson May Form New War Cabinet. (Bf tU0 iNMraetional .Yrie firrree. I MONTGOMERY", Ala., August B.John M. Wallace, game ami fish commissioner of Alabama who returned here this morning from a visit to Washington stated that he was informed by oftVials In Washington that President Wilson ia contemplating the eariy organization of a "coalition cabinet" for service during the war. He stated that the impression prevails in Washington that Elihu Hoot will be made secretary of state of the new cabinet. POTATO CROP. Will He the Largest in the Country's History, it Is Asserted. IB lit fslerMMOMl hint H"ein.) WASHINGTON, August . The largest potato crop in the country's history is predicted today hy the department of agriculture. The crop will reach 47,000,000 bushels. 1-eon Estabrook, chief of the crop estimates bureau made this estimat. The figure is 100.C00.0O0 bushels above the average crops of th laat five years. The department expects this excess to offset the wheat shortage, estimuted at 1,600,000 bushels. NO EXEMPTION FOR HIM. KOKOMO, Imt. August 9. Mrs. George R. Gearhard, wife of a young t.irmer, told the police her husband threatened t kill her if she did not attempt W tav him from the draft The police arrested hirt and he withdrew hit elaisa for exemption.

PERFECTLY LUSCIOUS j ARE THE GOWNS SHOWN AT BIG STYLE SHOW

Ifffr Ihf tnlrrnalitmal sefcfre.l CHICAGO, August . A long Wt suspicion that Betsy Ross was the world's greatest designer, was confirmed today at the .Styli Show nt the Auditorium theater. You (ret this impression even while you gaze upon the smartest broadcloth suits with glossy braids of sealskin, luscious little taffeta frocks with the new mpped-in hems and carefree anmer., and marvelous fur scarfs of V..jlnskjr and black fox. Forever and attain the f.ag com-s up. It i- ur.folile.l in 'he coy panel of white skirts and it's executed in georgette cepes. PESU'EI) FROM INDIANS. lueboys and Rangers time (Iff Indians Who Mail Mtarkcd Miners. FAR FROM EXHAUSTION is I sint; 1.1 l.'i.imo Troops on the East Front and 1 IS Divisions on West Front. iful ll.r ' PARIS, Auiru-t Ft having her man power on the ea-ti-m front exhausted Germany is u. -:ng .Ss divisions or appioxiir.a'.ely 1 .U''.n;t1 4easoneil tirsl line troops ;nra i -t .:e Russians and Roumamans. These hifures were seriitfd tod.n from members of the Ru-sian mi -stun hich is now in Pari. Tney couiinn ;he belief recently exjire-sed that Germany purposely falsllied the statements as to her population before trie outbreak of the war. It is po.ated out that, had Germany's population Keen only )i.".UM),UOli as the pre-war cn-us showed, she couitl rot have produced the man power already shown in trie course of the war. It is estimated by competent war experts that, in addition to the H8 divisions Germany is maintaining on the eastern front -he is using 148 divisions against the British and French ir. the west. It is evident, says military expert.-, that Germany 1.- usinjr young and vigorous troops on the eastern front, otherwise they could not have made sucn rapid progress in their pul-u t of the Russians through Gaima aid ItukoAt the outbieak man division conii men, but since tie he war a GerI about Jii.ooo the reorganized and cut in more than l-'i.U'lO men CONSULATE ARE ED Fomenting Revolutionary 1 Formenting Revolutionary Plot in India. If ser(h,nl ie, Rrfrtrr.l CHICAGO. Augu-t 9. Rirhard Kulke and Herman Neidlinger, at taches of the German consulate here until war was declared, were held on tlO.OOll bonds for the department of justice today in connection with the indictment of their chief, Huron Kurt von Reiswitz. who is alleged to have been interested in a plot to foment a revolution in India. The men w ho were in the Swiss consulate here from the time diplomatic relations were severed with Germany until July, were arrested just a., they were leaving for New York, from where they were to go to Germany via Sweden. PRESIDENT SIGNS HILL. WASHINGTON, August 9 -Presi-dent Wilson this afternoon signed the bill passed recently by congress increasing the membership of the interstate commerce commission turn seven to nine. VISITS OF FRIENDSHIP. MEXICO CITY. August . Word waa received here todav thst A tina Is sending the warship Narmiente te make visits of friendship to many Mexican seaports.

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Germany Does Not Want to Attack This Country.

DON'T IRRITATE U. S. 1 HERNSTORFF WARNS Germany Wants to Deal Cautiously With America it is Declared. !!Y KARI. II. VON V. I KG A N I). NFW YORK. August il. What are the chances of an attack hy Germany from the sea or from the air on New Y'ork? This is a question that has fieen a-keil me since my return, roret. -o'd qn attempt to tell what an 'nemy will or will not do are always ri-ky. In answering '.hat (;uestion I can only speak of the sentiment and policy in Germany when I left there. Geimany does noF want to attack America or fight America unless abe 'l'ely forced to do it. That sums ii r popular sentiment in Germany a.- ! f'"ui,i! it. Apparently it also repie--ents at lea-.t a portion of the sentiment in official quarters. Hindenburg '"M me that. I.udendorff repeated it, i' certainly is, or at least was, the viewpoint of Karon Von Kuehimann, the new secretary of foreign affairs, deducting from that, and if it can be relied upon, the chances of a submarine attack upon New York, most certainly in the next six months, would seem an attack is wholly out of the '1'iesiion. Genv.uny has no airships odiiy. neither Zeppelin i .r the new S- hiiette-I.anz crafts, large enough to carry a cargo of bombs across the Atlant ic. After the L'-M incident, the government i.-aued positive orders to the admiralty to keep away from the Ameriun coa-t. After the declaration of war by congress, this attitude of the r.aiicellor and the foreign office was reatlirn r-d. BernstortT worked up all rhe liberal elements in ami outside of '.he Reich.-tag to bring all possible pressure to bear upon the government and military and naval people to adopt an attitude of utmost passivity toward the I'nited Stales. lie storff's Warning. "Port irritate America," was I Merri.stortFs warning. This policy was adopted. It was) dictated with the belief that anything I Germany could do against America1 in a military sense would tend only to: arouse umt inflame this country. This,! the Germans decided to avoid. They had learned a f. w le,ons from the i effect of the first Zeppelin attacks, on London. The J'-M was merely: intended as a "demonstration." It ' was to show America "what Germany can do." It was part of that naval pol'cy of a small but aggressive party now rapiiliy losing influence, who believed that you can "intimidate" the other feiiow by showing what you can do. America didn't scare. Germany knows that. Germany wants to deal cautiously wi'h America. The action of June 25, n re-nnding the order that Americans must report to the police, and placing Americans in Germany practical;, on the status of neutrals, is fimher eudonce of tnat policy. G rniany know-: that a day of negotiation.. ,u t and will come. Sensible men, ur.d their number is increusmg i,y bounds, frankly admitted to me that (ii rn any can under no circumstance, ,, Amrrica. therefore the only pol.cv o; be followed was one "f '' sary defense. 1,'nder this interpretation of "deiense," however, they place the attacking and torpedoing of American transports on the olhei sle of the Atlantic. They regard the European side of the ocean as Germany's "naval frontier" where Germany must defend herself against If these views continue to prevail, it would seem thut an attack on New York in the next few months is highly improbable. Germany, I think, realizes that to sink a few ships ht front of Nw York would only be a slap in 1,'ncle Sam's face and make him real mad. NOT TO BE SENT SOUTH. Colored L'nits of National Guard te be L'scd in the North. ( Hi lae siwmMmmI lev rw.) WASHINGTON, Aufuex fU-Tke war department anneonead today that colored unit of the Natiftaal Guard will not be sent eouto.- Tejr will be utilised la tie north te fetterd Pndfe, arsenals, etc., releesinf ther troopa now on petrel duty.

AURORA BORE A LIS PIT TELEPHONES OlT OP BUSINESS

() It lerMosl Vir rrle.l NEW YORK, August 9. Ninetenths ol the telepl.oi.e and telegiaph facilities in the United .States east of C'h'cago were out of commission early today, it was stated here hy ofliciala of the Western L'nion Telegraph Co. The Aurora Rorealia. or earth's magnetism, was blamed. For about two hours, beginning at 11 o'clock last night, the "earth's currents" as telegraphers call them, played hob with communication, trouble boing reported from on far north as North Sydney, X. S. Newspapers and piess associations were feriously embarrassed. VILLA WOUNDED. Mexican Rebel Chief is Hiding in tin Mountains. llfu th weriionW .Yen- KerrtW.) .MEXICO CITY, August 9 Franciso Villa, seriously wounded, is hiding in the mountains near Duiango, ac cording to word brought here toda by Gen. Amaro. The capture of the bandit chief whose raid on Columbus N. M provoked the American-Mexican crisis, is expected soon. SHIPS ARETO BE RELIED UPON Will Be Used by United States to Defeat German l-Boat. BY HOMER J- DODGE. (fit "te 7 rerun re.s-i Yews Serrjcf.t WASHINGTON, August 9. Fast merchant ships ate to be rel'ed upon to defeat the German submarine. Iter mature deliberation the I'nit ed States shipping hoard and the nav lepartment have reifhed the conclusion that no speciel device but speed is necessary to take" ..pupoly ships across the Atlantic In safety. Experts have concluded that the submarine has leached its maximum speed for the present. This is such that a Id knot ship can elude the fastest of the I'-hoats. Study of the submarine warfare has tfevealed to government othcials in charge of shipping that the submarine sights its target and follows it. sailing at its maximum speed on the surface under cover of darkness. In this way the merchant ship is overtaken. At the first morning light the submarine takes position anil launches its torpedoes. Examination of the reports of sinkings show that the great majority of them have been at dawn. Two methods of procedure now are being followed to defeat this submarine program. Speed is the tirst requisite. It is desired that merchant ships develop a speed which will try the best powers of the submarines even when sailing on the surface. Second, the gun crews on all merchant -hips are keeping a sharp watch at the break of day and at the tirst glimpse of a pursuing periscope open fire. Officers say they have no objection to tightmg the submarine when it is visible as this is fair lighting in time of war. High speed will prevent the treachery of night attacks by submerged I -boats. Political leaders and Factional Press Attacking the New Government. Iffy fAe nrVrnarP'tti! .Yetef ftVrrre.) AMSTERDAM, August 9German politics are becoming chaotic. Political loaders arid the factional press are attacking the new government some for one reason and some for another. Charges and counter charges are coming from the Pan-Germans, the junkers, the socialists, social democrats, liberals and clericals. Students of politics are coming to! the belief that the close advisers of the kaiser are secretly encouraging this domestic turmoil. The reason for such action ia that it removes the attention of the p"p!e from the war burdena and the promises of constitutional reform! and five them a tana-It of subjects to discuss which lead in the end to nothing. r The Michaelia government Is apparently soeure, despite the demand of certain iociaUte..tht it reslga. Chief attention ia bow directed to the future attitude of Dr. Bichard Von EabltBsjm, tha new foreign minister,

PLAY BIG PART iN

Four Thousand of Them Are Working inThirty States. GREAT RESULTS ARE ALREADY NOTICED National Orsani.ation That Originated in Chicago Its Purposes. BY DAVID M. ( Hl'RCH. I By Ihr Imtmalvmiil YriM KcrrftM WASHINGTON. August P.-Tlie revolution hud its "minute men." Tin present war has its "four mmuti men." When history is written the "four minute men" will take theiplace by the sides of the "iemut men" at least in their worth to theii countrymen, officials here today po.nted out. The "minute men." were quick to act. The "four minute men" are us quick. Four thousand "four minute men" are working today in thirty states and in more than TOO cities, aroii-ing Xmerica to action to pre-ie'-ve the honor established years niro by the "minute men." lawyers, doctors .ami merchants a'-e giving their time to the natuu fell the citizens what this war me Thev speak hut four minutes crnin those miautes full about the wur. Motion picture theaters places chosen for the I truthuinute speeches. In the intermissions while the operator is changing the reels, the "four-minute men" st'p on the platform and tells to the audience what the audience needs to know. In this way, 4."M speakers, speaking 15,000 motion picture the aters, reach more than Hl.oou.Oofl people each week. Each speaker delivers two of the pithy speeches means that there i of patriotic talk gM people each day. 'I this , SJ.tino n the A mutes erican a na - rected rau of National Organization. "The four-minute men" aie tionai organizati from Wash(ngtoi public informati thirty states tic They are 111 each of th state The tate chili lints chair- j chair-! men in the cities and the city men secure men of reputation in each locality to do the talking. Each week from Washington there is issued a bulletin for "four-minute men." This bulletin contains official information on the subjects to be usi d by the speakers in the ensuing week. The indivdual speaker uses this simply as a source of information and makes his own speech. Each week the subject chosen is Used by every one of the 4.(100 speakers. This means that 4,000 men from Maine to Oregon and from Florida to the Great Lakes are telling the people of the United States about some one feature of the great war. "Why we are at war." is one sub-jit-t. The speakers hae been u.serl i also to explain the selective draft, the 'liberty loan, the Reel Cross and the 'food ronlroi. All of these subjects i are of vital interest to every American. The "four-minute men" strive j to give them information. ' The "four-minute men" originated in Chicago, as an independent organiI zation backing the Chamberlain universal service bill. Since that time 1 thev hav grown into a governmental organization, Wilson. approved ley Presirlent WILL NOT DISCUSS IT. Secretary of War Declines to Affirm or Deny Poison Plot Story.

; council of national defense, in the w ar WASHINGTON, August 9.-Secre-; ln(luK,rirj boar(1 and ln the h,ApU retary of War Baker refused either to. vhpn thf r(,preiM.nta,,ves of busin(..sS affirm or deny a published report that , cKr0KtU! thllt there , decilW Hifa German sympathizer had succeeded 1 gncn o 0mi entertained as to

in poisoning dougn irom wnirn la.uoo loaves were baked a 'few days ago at Washington bwrracks. "I know nothing about the matter," the secretary said. "No report has been made to me about it." "Would such a report be made if this had occurred?" the secretary was asked. "It might not be," he stated. The report was that 15,000 pounds of bread was found to have been poisoned and that fcT ft had not been diecovered in time the atari of the war i college "ni th anita of engineers now

at the barrnvka would have been poisoned. At the quarters of Cap.. Will N. Point, commandant of the bakers at Washington barracks it was admitted a hatch of 15,000 pounds of bread had been destroyed. "It had spoiled," the officer on duty said. He refused positively to say whether it had spoiled from natural causes or had been tampered with.

ATTACKING BIG SHIPS. German Submarines Devoting Attenlion to Larger Vessels. (fll fli IntrrnaUontl Yeirn rrl-f. LONDON, August 9. That German submarines are r.ov: devoting practial!y all their attention to big steamships to the exclusion of lishing boatr and trawders was the conclusion drawn in maritime circles today from the fact that r.o small craft was sunk during the past week. The official statement of the admiralty, announcing that "1 British .-hips of more than l.llOll tons and two of '.ess than that size, weie sent down luring the past week, showed an in.rea .e of two vessels over the procedng week Seafuring men say that the C boats are becoming more cautious in their a a l' against shipping, o.-peciaily now .lint I' inted Stales destroyers are cooperating w-ith British and French Aarcraft in submarine stalking. Four Spectators Killed DiirinK Taret Practice at Mar ietta. Ga. inn tl,r Js'ersnlt'istl Yir fterriVr.l MARIETTA. Ga.. August p. Col. Charles E. Noyes of the Seventeenth regiment, commanding the Officers' Training Camp expedition is today

making a vigorous investigation of! School, was commissioned a lieutenthe delayed explosion of a shell fired j ant ; Harry E. Mclver. formerly of the yesterday, during the target practice. I I'urdue university battery, was made near Kennesaw Mountain, in which a major, and Roy tierfen, of Logan-' four spectators, three negroes and one sport, was appointed major of cavalry, white woman were killed. A percus- Francis J. Montgomery, of i-exinf-sion shell tired from a battery of the , ton, Ky., was appointed major in the student officers' training camp hattal-1 Kentucky list along with Delton J. ion of artillery, ricocheted a mile Starke and C. C. Campbell, of Louis-

out of its course, struck an oak tree I and exploded at the feet of several j spectators. A fragment of the shell i pierced the left breast of Mrs. Sethi Harris, a ucarliy resident, tearing a: ; gaping hole through her body. She was killed instantly, toppling from thej buggy in which she had driven to 'hej j place. Her horse w as injured. ! Bits of shell penetrated the chest j and abdomen of Charley Martin, a j , negro laborer, killing him instantly. ! James Hollo ' badly injured, v gro lahorr last night. ". died shor from loss i s blown off. ol late n. Jr., Mis left foot w Will,, Henry Coleman, a m ;r" "I' irmer yvas painfully injured. Military experts state that the if

shell having struck the soft mud Lebanon, Donald W. Parkin, of Lebaar the target at which it was aimed, 1 non lin,j j,n O. Crose, of Whitestown,

I and failed to explode, hounded in the i direction of the group nf onlookers. TROON INCREASES j OVER WAR PRICES

Government and Business Interests Are Reported at Outs. BY JOHN EDWIN NEVIX. 'ffs rsr iHternttltonnl .Vricf Htrtiif.) WASHINGTON, August 9 Fric 1 tion between the business interests o: , the Nation and the administration is i increasing. This became evident today when officials refused pointblank to jd.-cuss the refusal of the Bethlehem i Steel corporation to deliver an order of steel rails intended for use in France because the price fixed was too low. It was evident in the office ,he .(', p0i(.y. The gen eral situation is about as follows: First, the war industries hoard announced all prices on war materials must be uniform to the United States and to all of the entente allies, Second, the administration will insist that war rnateriali, including practically all tteel products, shall be manufactured at a figure based en "averaft cost," which manufacturers say ia unfair a til materials and labor coats art constant aatvaaciitg. CONTteSOii) ON PAGE IfOUK.

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OF OFFICERS ARE General Glenn's Recommendations Are All Accepted. -f CULVER MAN GETS HIGH APPOINTMENT Commander of .Military Academy Made Lieutenant Colonel Other Appointments. (' fSe (nrTi.ur(,iiil Y.rr. Kerrlcr.) FORT BFNJ M!N HARRISON. Indianapolis. August 9. The appointments of officers from the Indiana ami Kentucky mn in the Officers' Training camp here were announced today. The th i.i and West Virginia appointments v. ill be announced later. - .411 III I 111- loci- mclldalioMo -f G. a era! Glenn, made cpon reports of instructors in the riimn who put the men through a hard three-months' training, were accept' ! i.y the war department. The highest apnointment made was I 'tf utenattt-colonel, this honor .. R. Gigntliat. commander at Culver Militury Academy, Leslie; It. Naftzger, dismissed from the command of the First Regiment, Indiana National Guard, was commissioned major in the infantry section. Richard Fairbanks, son of former Vice-president Fairbanks, won a captaincy ; Stnte Senator Arthur Robinson was appointed tirst lieutenant, Robert E. Shideler. son of G. A. II. Shideler, superintendent of the Indiana Boys' ville. The appointments will dale from ; April 15. 1917. SIX ROONEITES IN LIST. Loral Men in Training at Ft. Harriaoa Given Commissions. The names nes of six Boone county men are to be found in the list of students of the officers' training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison who are to be commissioned as officers in the regular army. The list of successful men was given out today. Tii,.i.i-a C. Coolman. of Thorniown, was selected to tie commissioned as first lieutenant in the cavalry. Eugene H. Ferguson, of ' Zionsville. Beniamin M. Scifres. of were chosen to be second lieutenants in infantry companies. Joseph P. Abel!, whose residence was given as Lebanon, Ind., was selected as second lieutenant in the cavalry. His name is not found in the Ibanon nor the Bonne county directory. Donald W. Parkin is the son of Rev. ('.. A. Parkin and Benjamin M. Scifres went from his position as professor of history and public speaking m the local high school, to the tramm rambj GOVERNOR TAKES HAND. : Suggests Attorney General Take Ac tion Against Iflshee, Ariz, Hv ili InterHtntmat Stx Btrvire.y j PHOENIX, Ariz.. August 9 Gov. 'Campbell today took a hand in the action of Bishee citizens yesterday in ! refusing; admission to Bisbee of a committee of five men from the Arizona ' Toleration nf l.ibor .en In Invest!..! , th(, r(1(.(.nt ,e,K)rUition of Industrial Workers' miners. The governor suggested to Attorney General Jones that he take civil action against the citizens loyalty league of Bisbee w hich met the labor committeei seven miles from Bisbee and told thera it would be advisable to turn back. NOT VERY CAREFUL, Cleveland Examiners Pass a Man With a Class Eye. Iffy Ihe Intrm9liol A'ersa fferefee.) CLEVELAND. August 9.-If local examiners are not careful Cleveland'! quota in the draft army may be mistaken for a part of a side show. After labeling one registrant physically fit tha nan took a glass eye fron, its socket and. showed the examiner They changed their decision. Another man. Ave feet seven tnof.es tall and weighing 271 pound! was passed as

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