Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 268, Lebanon, Boone County, 10 August 1917 — Page 1

.WEATITKUCUliJIi'l., Fir toeight and Saturday; war. Saturday.

DL?y Newspaper la Baoae VOLUME 25. LEBANON, INDIANA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10. 1917. NO. 2G&

BRITISH AND THE

Forward Rushes Last Night Proved Very Successful. BIG GUNS ROARING ALONG WHOLE FRONT Hundreds of Massed (iuns Hurl Tons of Steel I'pon German Trem-he. (Hi III) lutrntaliimii LONDON. Augu-t troops completed the i village of Westhook in ; -.1 ru-l last night and aKu - .-i th re maining enen.y positions on the ru high ground known a the WVsthoot Ridge, the war office annour.-et today Meanwhile the French ronfr.-jed to make proyre'-s ea-t of iiiTschuoie ani a..-n north ut that town. A jutcessfyi raid was cmduct.i along a wide front east of iunrh British and new French guns preparing the way for another fantry drive in Belgium. Now that the weather has e'ea the hundreds of massed guns of ev calibre are hurling tons of st-ei ui the German trenches and field fi.rts al along the thirty-five mile line from Armentieres to the North sea ynrd in.. Ik.ni t J.,it i-.,il..t v. is thp cnr,..n. adin arouiiH Hiischoote and llol'ebeeke, where the artillery roars night and day without any let-up. Bixschoote ii notth of Vpres an''

no'ieoese is souw OI I pie.-, i :ie no- j mer stands at the northern bas- of tiri t.u.-ines pi.m. sworn in a me the new allied salient and the latter I new .saffty ilii-eelnr i.-su ! a i'-'a.i.a-at the southern base. j tion ordering a1! saloons dn-ed. The heavy rams which followed , n h , . ,.,. Fied Marsha Haig a atest stroke in i ' ' West Flanders delayed the work " ', J' MUB' ... '-hrou(fh the aSdonen :w In- tried to

hammer blow could he struck. But the artillerUu and airmen are; now making up for lost time. While i the biz gun.- are flamine the French . and British airmen with th recklewt courage they have yet .-shown ar scouting and attacking from 3.r to 50 mi'es behind the German !in'S. Braving German aviators and hiyh angle guns the airmen fmm the Anglo-French armies are making valuable reconnaissances and ire (iropping bombs upon German military works and German batteries. MOVKS HFAIKL ARTKKS. AuHtnan Chief of Staff on Front 111 nge plans. Italian Svxm ROME, August 10. The Austrian chief of dtaff on the Italian front, 'ht.eral von Smetzendorf has removed hi?, headquarters from Trentmo to the I son 10 front, according to information received here today. The Austrians are heavily concentrating artillery and are withdrawing troopH from the front line, meanwhile organising new defenses in preparation for the autumn campaign. HRITISH LABOR. Will be Reprraented at International Peace Conference. ( l ratfmallwMf Srsi 1-rH.M LONDON, August 10. British la bor will be represented at the interna-! tional t.oei,l,st peace conference at Stockholm next month if the delegates are able to secure passports. At a meeting of the labor party at Westminster Ulay it was decided by vote of I34 to S.'iO to send delegates to Stockholm. The conference will open in the Swedish capital on September . FOOD BILL NOW A LAW. President Signs the F.porh Making Food Control Measure. Mil thi tntunawm'H .oho fl.rrlce.1 WASHINGTON. August 10. The j epoch-makir.g food control bill that precipitated many weeks of wordy warfare in congress is now a law. w ithout ceremony of any kind IVes- j ident Woodrow Wilson signed the bill in his study at 11:50 o'clock. BANKER IS KILLED GKANU RAPIDS, Mich., August 10. Wm. Steufer. 70, a West Point, Neb., banker, was killed today when a eoncrew rII upon hkh h was prrrmnadmg, underlined hy the caves of in ia coinpseo.

ATTACKS UNITED STATES.

Castro, Returning to Mexico, Give Characteristic Interview. tit (M iHttraiNnnml Wvi flurrfc.) MEXICO CITY, August 10. Clpriano Castro, one time master of Venezuela and now a wanderer on the face of the earth, has just bobbed up in Vera Cruz and signalized his arrival on Mexican soil, where he seeks an asylum "for life,' he says, by a characteristic vitriolic outburst against the United States. All the weak Latin-American countries must unite to protect themselves against the United States, which is their permanent enemy," declared the ex-dictutor. He followed this with a long account of how "white house gents" had made his stay in Porto Km o anil I una uncomtortable. "I am roi img to Mexico confident of Hospitality." he told intervicvers a! t is untrue that I intei i to Venezuela or to re-ei 1 -ek Mexico as an aold age and will remain to re-i-r poliliesi.ite th la.-t statement, it reported here ('astro liately ie-emharkcd i an American pi.rt. Th int been confirmed. STREET CARS NDT (iovernor Takes Steps to Prevent Recurrence of Street Hiolini;. LIMA. O.. August 1 morning. f,!-.,ng la. rioting in hicri thl them striking empli Islander were ..hot a ( irt nf thn ntv K. H. Hi' ! arid carryinic :i p'.iuemaii, i.' iir.K. ("has. Downing, aUo shot through ti abdomen, is prrhap mortally wninded. A .-tr.kfr, through the w :ndiw of nose was cut ntT by h I.eonard Short, a by-tan ken glass. t, wa.in the hip. The strike ha.-. re(Mi on f weeks. The comjiariv l;u m1 manls of the rnpn eventing t nize thir union. CARS AT STAM.STII.I.. Kana City Railwa)--(Iperaling line' ( ompjny Not Tmlay. ,ar !1 be t"a I tB th IntfrnatinnU .Yrr Sfni1 KANSAS CITY, August 10. i &n fan oe I.-amed no att'Tiip'. v, man to move cars by tn Kan.-a : Railway? Tympany tn 1 street car has moved in ' sta City sine !a.-t V , though the ronipany ci sufTitivnt mn to man No violence has Keen report the strike was called, hut n.i is forthcoming for tiie di-iiiy i ing service. With over Vino jitney in the city is doing very complaints are i,-ing rn lie's sympathy seeming the puh - the striking PACKERS ACCI'SED. , , , ... , . I Chicago Buyer, ( harg.d U ill, Irving j (D ( ,,1-ner Tomato Crop, ' '""'" -V"" smi,,., I I WASHINGTON, August 10 -The . federal trade commisMon today dirc t ly charged Chicago pa ker with ryi ""r to corner the tomato crop ,f the. country for canning purp'i These firms are: Morns & Co., Lib- , hy, McNeil Libby aim Anijo report oy agents of the ' mission specified that the ; acquirea prucucany of California. BOND LEGISLATION. : Co , wm AkM , Aulhurl , ; Additional Issues. (Ay thl iHtirnQtirinil Arn Srrrice., WASHINGTON, August 10,-Con-gress will he asked to authniizi; at I lh" session additional bond legislation. , Secretary of treasury McA.loo indi - j cated at the Capitol today. .Mr. McAdoo called to see Majority J Leader Kitchin but found him out of the eity. Ho refused to go into de - tails of th proposed departmental i recommenrlations.

IN ILLINOIS MAY

IKE1 Miners in Tennessee Kentucky Also Make Threat. ! BRINGS EFFORT TO LOWER COAL TRICES (Governors Confer Informally and Will Decide on Line of Action.

H for r, ha' I 'He t' lnttrnni'i .Vriri Sen-ire.) cmCAt'.O. Aujrust I0.The striVf ing tf i",H0 coal miners in 21 Illinois ' mines and the threat of 2o,000 miners 1 n Trnm-j-pep and Kentucky to join i them tomorrow, gave impetus today

to negotiations for lower priced coal in I; middle western states. Governors I,owdn of Illinois, Sleeper of Michigan, and Phillip of Wis-t-ioi-in. 'uFife-rfd infortholly on the mnv a they inspected army and nav trailing tamps ami agreed that quiik -u tton is necessary of th price of coal i. to be lowered, or evn prevented from going up. "The people of Illinois are going to t cheaper coal one way or another." s;cd Gov. I.owden todiy a.s he came out of a conference with Samuel Inu!l, (i.a rman of the state council of dff.n-e; Levy Mayer, chairman of it. !'gai committee and Rush C. Butler. "I will meet with the operators toit!uiow; at that time we will either agree or agree to disagree." Guv. Louden snid that an invetigation is being made of the complaint? of the coal companies that the average weekly supply of car at the mines .a only between T0 and 75 per cent of their demands last year. The operators were .said to be preparing to consent to a reduction in price in order to prevent seizure of their mine by the stat, as recommended hy the law committee of the ftute council of defense, when the report of the strike arrived. Two of the governors of IS middle wet states invited h re for a conference en th coal situation Gov. Sleeper of Michigan, and Gov. Phillipp of isctnin v ere here today to review with Gov. Lo'vden the student officer at Ft. Sheridan and it gave them an opportunity to consider the coal situation together. Twenty-one mines in Illinois already hud been tied up by labor difficulties and the latest drastic step was expected to stir Gov. Lowden into prompt action. The men who struck today walked 1 out after thnr demands for a flat wage increase of $1 a dav had been refused h the operators. WILL 1!E SOME DELAY. t Indiana Guard Not to be Mobilued at Ft. Harrison at Once. IH'j Hit htfrnallonal .Vic, Brrttf.t INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., August 10. It is unlikely that Indiana National G,:;,rd il he mobilized at Fort Hams'. n f.r several days, and it may he sever:.! weeks before the main body of i troons ;roe, to Hattie,burg, Miss. Few cent recruits m the guard uri-is and all units are sadly 'ha lacking in enn.pnient. Rapid progress is fieir.g ;",, by the war department, and the u-..t,. will be outfitted soon. They pi"h;ii ly i-ill then he mobilized at Fort Ha, DRAFT CONSTITUTION. Preliminary Work For Rule Convention Irish Home llegin. til n i I ntrrnt tional '? MervUf ) rX'HUN, Auirunt 10. The preliminary work of rlrufting a "provisional on.stitution," for frlar.i was undertaken today hy the iecretarie of the rh home rule convention whirh Hoh not me't attain until Auicutit 21. After AuffiiKt 21 sittings will be held in various Irish at tea. HOGS BRING $17. New Kecorrf I'rice Ruled on the Chi. cago Market. CHICAGO, August 10. Hogs ; b, ought a new record pric of I1T to1 day on the Chicago market. Miller A ; Hart bought soma 110 pound ipeeit mens at that figure, with the mark 'price from 16 to 116.79 iff handrtd 1 pounds. There, war J0,00fl 19 hog in th western market today than there were year ago.

HOLDING CONFERENCE.

I German Leaden Reach the Kaiser's Headquarter For a Council. 4 Br famNeN A'ewl eerie ) AMSTERDAM, August 10. Dr. rtni-(. Michael is. the new German lehancellor. and Dr. Richard Von Kohlmann, the foreign tecretary, have arrived at German great headquarters

! for a momentous cabinet council, i says a dispatch fcm the frontier to,'day. anti ; The meeting between the kaiser and

! the chancellor and foreign secretary ! at headquarters wa the first since the I latter two took their governmental ! posts. , j Matters of the greatest importance i pertaining to the military, domestic and international situations are to be I discussed during the conference. The meeting is expected to lat at least two days. For the time being politics has given way in interest to the cabinet council. Drafting Treaties. ZURICH, August 10. Negotiations for the drafting of the preferential commercial treaties between Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey opened in Vienna today, according to advices from that city. THE WAY OF THE "CO." WILL NOT BE Will be Treated Like Any Other Man Drafted to Army. MUST REPORT OR TAKE CONSEQUENCES Provost Marshal Says Exemption Will Not be Granted to Conscientious Objectors. RY DAVID M. CHURCH. iKu the IntrrmttloiHll .Vein Kefvli.t WASHINGTON, August 10. The way of the "C. O." (whuh in English) stands for Conscientious OI jectorl will be hard. As yet. the "C. O." is not in the! dictionary of the war department, j Provost Marshal General Crowdcr has today in his possession numerous res olutions passed hy "Conscientious oh jeetors" but has failed to give therr ofticial recognition.' Whether or not the "('. O." is go ing to be a military man. Those whi refuse to report to the Nationa army, immediately come under mill tary jurisdiction. This is the answer! of the war department affinal to queries as to what is going to be done j with conscientious objectors. In Knglund these objectors bavej been subjected to civil law and have ' been given jail sentences. In the United States the men pass out of the j jurisdiction of civil authorities automatically when they object. They will come under the orders of eourtmurtial I and will not lie given an opportunity j to languish in Jail. I There will be no separate camps I for those who aspire to keep out of I tiattle. Instead they will be given work of military prisoners. This con-1 ists in camp work, which is dirty and ' onerous. At the front military pris-1 oners are ordered to the front line trenches. Individual Opinion. Provost Marshal General Crowdcr has expressed a desire to over-ride no sects or creeds, but he believes that j these are provid'd for by the regula-1 tinns which provide exemptions for recognized religious se,-ts opposed to ir. Individual opinion can not be al lowed to checkmate the system of the Iraft, military men declare. They have little or no sympalny for the alleged conscientious objectors but believe they are for the most part slackers. Exemption hoards have been ad vised to give no exemptions for those who claim conscientious objection. Names and addresses of the early slackers are already in the hands of the adjutant general of the United States army. Men who failed to ap pear when ordered up for physical examination are being located and kept under surveillance by the war department. A few days prior to the mobllitation they will be ordered brought before a military board and will thereupon become members of the National army. Thousands of these men throughout the United States ire being closely shadowed and then wilt b o avsnua of escape tat them. Early srreitj will be made in th catsi of men who attempt to flee from the jurisdiction of their local Fards.

FLEETNOT ATTACK THE KIEL CANAL?

That Question, Frequently Asked, is Definitely Answered. SUCCESS IMPOSSIBLE EXPERTS DECLARE Defenses Absolutely Impregnable Heligoland a Gift From England to Germany. BY CARL H. VON W1EG AND. tllli thr rnttrnalinnat Vent flercjcf.l XKW YORK, August 10 Why doesn't Knglund, with her vust fleet, ihe greatest fleet in the world, attack the Kiel canal the German base at Wilhelmshuvr'n, and at Zehrugge or. the Belgian ocat T That is a nue-ition much asked. Kven in F.ngland voices are heard demanding thai the fleet attack the German c...i.-t. The an. wer is simple. It cannot be done. Certainly not without tremen-dou-losses for very doubtful result.!. And even if Germany herself had mn a pretty good fh-ct aide from her L'bonts, it would he more than difficult. The advantages are all wth the Germans. A direct frontal naval attack is well mgll impossible. No fleet in the world lould g-t past the Island of Meligolanil or "Holy Wand." Heligoland is today probably the most powerful fortress in the world, more powerful than Gibraltar because it cannof be atlacked from land. Naval experts i have declared fliat Heligoland cannot j be taken by the combined flei tne world. That is the answe F.ngland has ont attacked the man coast. Impregnable Outpost. Heligoland is Germany's powerful and impregnable "outpost" at sea. So far as a naval attak on Germany's const line is concerned, it practically stands otf and neutralizes the entire Ilntish neet. And r.nglanfl gave this island to Germany! In the eighties. F'mperor William must have had an inspiration. He traded Germany's interest in Zanzibar on the east coast of Africa to England for the l.ttle "Holy Island" in the North Sea oil' the German coast. Only 5.HM1 feet long and l,8)rl feet at its widest, with action of the waves rapidly wearing it away, Fngiar.d iva1 glad to make so good a bargain for something that soon would ho swallowed up hy the North Sea anyway. The Germans thought so too. William wa roundly abused for, his "swap." He as told that tiie F.ng'ish had "put one over on liim.'' The kaiser immediately set the German scientists at work to discover a way to prevent further erosions of the soft red cliffs of the island. They succeeded. They encased the little inland in something which has hardened the steep cliffs so that the uaves no longer wear them Location of Heligoland. Heligoland lies thirty-six miles from Cuxhaven, the harbor of the Hamburg-American line. Its guns absolutely control the approach to Wilhelmshavon and the Kiel canal, the mouth of the river Elbe leading to! Hamburg and also the mouth of the er river, leading to Bremen and nremornaven, ine pon ami narnor c,i ; the North (ierman Lloyd line. Heligoland rises abrupt lfi to L'I2 feet above the water. t simply j bristle with invisible guns of huge calibre and great range. They are largely of the "Mortar" or "Indirect fire" type which shoot in high curves the immense shells dropping upon warships from above. There also are enormous long range navul guns. Every yard of the North sea for miles around the island, and all approaches to the German coast is ploted in little squares. The exact range and distance of each of the hundreds of little squures is known. When a warship enters one of these squares, even though it be fifteen or twenty miles away a battery of four guns is automatically trained on that square. The range or fire control officers call out "square 257" or what it may be. One salvo, so accurately placed, would destroy the largest : dreadnought No ship could ever get close enough to the island to us her guns. During the three years of this war no British ship has ventured within range of the little "Holy Island Rising abruptly out of th sea to a height of 200 feet then it only en small landing place. Th little harbor iw a submarine base and a hydro -

plane station with many machine for sea scouting. In addition, there is, or was on the island, a sunken Zeppelin shed and a Zeppelin stationed there. Behind Heligoland are numerous small islands along the coast on which are large batteries, not to mention the power of the fortifications at Wiihelmshaven, Cuxhaven and the mouth of the Weser. Then there are the mine fields and the submarines. The British fleet, big as it is, could stand little show between them and the Heligoland guns.

ENCOUNTERED U-BOAT. Spanish Steamer Reports Experience W ith Submarine on July 8. tBy the InttrncUonal 'etrt 8rr(rr.l AN ATLANTIC PORT, August 10. A Spanish steamer arriving here today reported that on July S, while she was outbound from this port, a large U-boat suddenly appeared alongside. An officer boarded the Spanish vessel, inspected the ship's papers, dismantled her wireless outfit anil then permitted her to continue her voyage. Two hours later the Spanish steamer picked up thirty-three men of the Norwegian steamer Benguola, and twenty-two of the crew of the Norwegian ship Silas. Both ships had been sunk by a German submarine. Two Half Bushel Baskets of Plaster at Cleveland Arrest Made. 7I thr II rrniuldinof Vein ferrlcr.l CI.KVKl.AND, August 11). Two half l.u.-dicl baskets of poison-il courtplaster ..s found in an apartment raided by detectives this morning. A man of German-Polish descent, name withheld, is under arrest and will be turned over to the federal authonties later today. The coui tplaster bears the mark of a Chicago niatiufact u re r. AI.IFN KNKMY HF.l.l). Arrest of German at New Oilcans Made by Secret Service Agents. 8lf tht Internutiirtol ,Vir Hrrt lve. I NEW ORLEANS, August 10 Charles De Lorme, a i Earl Hirsch. ; an alien enemy, was arested here yes- ! terday hy siiecial agents of the de partment of justice. He is a German j hut claimed lie was a Frenchman, j came to New Orleans with Louis sclikovitz alias Ixmis Hirshey, from I Birmingham who soon will be tried before the tcderni court for attempting j to obtain information at the naval ; station, Algiers, that might have been valuable to the enemy. I De Lorme tried to escape fiom the' hou.e of detention by loosening the non bars on one of the windows 1mt was changed to another cell. Louis Hirshey was traced to the i cimty of the naval station, w hero, is alleged, he made inquiries concer n- j ing the work in progress there.

Federal officers have not charged j army after three months' hard trainthat De Lorme was acting with Hir- j jne, sliey as a spy. (;uverr)0P Cox, of Ohio; Governor

NINE ARRESTS. Charged W ith Plot to Smuggle Rubber and Platinum into Germany.

R He aiersodmiol .Vcir Serried morning through public lists that they NEW YORK, August 10. Nine men i had won commissions, were arrested here today, charged w ith j The new officers, still serving as pricomplicity in a far reaching conspiracy 1 vates, engaged in a great "battle" n m.,nll. rnhkor .nH ninlm.im into! this mominir. Each accounted for

, ' .. Six of the prisoners belong , th , tn, fnrmf.r Rri ,star -rt,uun,i used hy the Kel (jian relief commission. THE HIGH COST OF IIIKH RALLS A WORRY FOR THE NEW YORKERS ( a tht Internalitniti Setrt fierclce.l NEW YORK, August 10. And now comes the high cost of highballs. Liquor dealers today made the prediction that the war embargo on whiskey would push the price of highballs to a dollar apiece on Broadway before things take turn the other way. It created more consternation in White Light circles than ha been seen since the big lobster famine in 1903. TAFT IS BETTER. CLAY CENTER, Kas., August 10. Dr. B- F- Morgan, xpresident W'm. U. Taft'e attending physician, described the condition of his noted pa tient as somewhat improved" today. Dr. Morgan said Mr. Tsit had communicated with Mri. Taft, whs it in Canada- H has not feat for any of bis friends er relatives believing ha 1 will recover rapidly.

SECRET SERVICE

II Walter Coakley, Wanted in Tucson, Ariz., Taken Into Custody. TOOK $10,000 MONEY ' PACKAGE AUGUST 1 1 Traced to Indiana and Then Half the Length of the j Hoosier Slate. 1 Walter Coakley. who decamped from Tucsan, Arizona. August 1, with a ten-thousund-dollar registered money package, was apprehended in Lebanon this morning by II. F. Ashton, a United States postoilice inspector and secret service man. Coakley w:t:' an employee of the. postotTice at Tu can at the time of the embezzlement. He fied east, and was trailed hy secret - vice men tn Indiana. Ashton trailed him from New Albany to Martinsville, from Martinsville to Indianapolis, and from Indianapolis to this rity. Both Ashton and Coakley stayed at the New Com-, mereia! hotel last night. Called ( hief of Police. This morning the government man called Chief of Tolice Ellis and the lo cal officer aided in the arrest, which was made in front of Illackman's grocery on South Lebanon street about 7:W. Coakley at lirst denied his guilt, stating that he was a melon dealer, but later confessed. He was placed in jail until time for the nine o'clock car, when be was taken to Indianapolis by Ashton and Ora Ellis. He will probnhly have a preliminary hearing thera and then be sent hack to Tucsan for trial. He stated his home is in Louisville and that he has a wife and four children there. Coakley declined to say what he did with the bulk of the money. COMMENCEMENT DAV. . vfW, m-j, tMum at Fart HarriaM Giten Commissions. (K thr lufrnntlov'l . Herrtee.) FORT HAUKIoON. August 10. I This was "commencement day" at Fort Harrison for 2.S00 sturdy Ohio, W est Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky " men, flushed with pride at the an- ! nouncement that they had received commissions in the United States Stanley, of Kentucky, and Governor Goodrich, of Indiana, joined in making it a gala day for the men in the Offij TrajmnK camp. Governor Cox personally congratulated scores of Ohio men, who were informed this ' fifty imaginary Roches with fifty rounds of ammunition. This aftera grand bayonet charge will be held for the visiting executives. Major General flarry. of Chicago, waa expected to arrive late today, but Secretary of War Baker telegraphed he could not be here. Governor Cornof West Virginia, also waa un- ' able to come. PROVOKED FIGHTS. German Socialist Leader Start Trouble in a Speech. ilUl tiirnrr lln,l,n In thr nrrmoflMsJ ,ir Krrrfcci ZURICH, August 10. Philip Scheidemann, the German socialist leader, declared in aspeech at Mannheim that Germany has no intention of relinquishing Alsace-Lorraine, says a dispatch received here. The speech provoked numerous fights among the audience of S.000 and the meeting broke up in confusion. LABORER ELECTROCUTED. MUNCIE. Ind., August 10. U B. Chrury, 40, of Anderson, waa electrocuted at the local traction power heusa during th night whet) a feed wir ha held in nil hand cariia into contact with a high tension wire. About S3,000 volta shot through his body. ;