Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 270, Lebanon, Boone County, 13 August 1917 — Page 1

The Reporter Is the only Daily Newspaper In Boone Coca!?.

U. S. Officials Think Men, Fro m Oil Tanker Arc ' Herman 1'risoners. TAKKX BY I '-BOAT AFTER HARD FItiHT Anxiety a to the late nf the Men i l elt Antony I". S. OlficiaN. IB the .iVr-il.O'.r, II N" WASHINGTON. A is-i tile An CH....1 : :-i.k. I .l.t. '!. Her cap'siin and .'... m.-roi---. ..' -b- , armed ttuard on th" "--"i are imposed to he pii-or'-r.. m. il'" i,. ..i.i'. nuhmarme which Mii.'k the ve-.-e'. I ' a w-eek this f.ut h.., he. n a ca, . l .il; KC::rded secret in ..Ificat en.'..-. Nc ' until the department was f'idy con vinced that the men were p, ;. .."'"'- and not lost was know!-lire tc..' to. tanker, sunk on AuL"l-t ,;. !':., l: "t ' down permitted to I.e.-cMi." pii':n. Germany wt!i not -hoe' tr ptured n.e'llhers of the torpe.ioe.t o i tanker C'anipana if she follows pre cedent. They are members of the mi.itaiy forces of the United States. If they arc treated as the fun ,--taken from Ki.m-h anil t,t,-h arineil merchantmen, they wiP he in terned as prisoners of vvir. (iffuL.Ihere toituy were very ronll.lein ih..L fact so far as the ,,,,i I niied .State, sailors are concerned.

v., .... anarifetrents i.el.y ft', They were not so cetam. however. 'of the pre-ent apparent ! as to what the fate of Captain Oliver. aire w J! cntmue af'ei tl commander of the t.mker will be. the lab .r mark. ; i-i.ii.i.i. Germany has nut mdiratl any line of niutted. policy toward "ui h men. It i- 1 1 ; i . Ti u- far ti1" -tu. -ti. n h that t ap'ain Kryatt, lint.sh men hai;! up to the ..b.ppictie board ollii rr, who was .--hot as a p.nte (ol- furth-r di ve!..,,,eei,t . .in I lowmic a coijrti.'artiai. comirianded an it was p.ii,t.-l i it ue'il ' unarmeil nierchunt ves.-el. which I rn-'i -i(.p "ft , le l.mur cenn; to ram an att icmiii; -ul'marine. j l oaned of N i-.e.e il I Whether ti d rT. r. me i.- that ti e , Kres, takes action, t'ampana w, armed wii! r.-sir' in iiip iciJ-'ers ..t.-ied to t'uptain Oiiv.-r Iwii.tf i.m.-i ieied a 'the lanor elem -et i-1 1 t.-k pruonrr of war under every i..i.-.-ib-e ,,f natinal latmr -te..!:. construction of ai'."nia'.i,'mil law a, -I c,n-truct..rs have to n " that he will not o corisi.lcr.-d ae; - , nomd-. :), n t:.e I.jiM. r,tliinif else l.y this jo.vi-rr-ment. the sam adviu.Mit" w if It was i-mpha.siiied today, how-vei. n,,,rK,., ,, ,.!,,,,!. u that the (fru-.-mn n.., d"i - not k:' a , Hatlv that theie i. whether Captain Obwr and the !or j,.d ,v"n..-nt on foot men actually ate ,,, i,.nany. I p t . ;n tn:lt war t!rl(, ,., the present no word ha.- reari.i .1 e.-ie, pr(.v.,, a.'ter p.-uce e-.; as to their fate other than the hr;. : .j,.lf tji(1 ri(t j,;lv ti-,.y

board the .submarine Not a single hint ha- leak neutral country that the , been taken to Germany, were taken on hoard the on August li, at a point 1 i 1 r of the I..U- de K.. which i coast of France, near P,ochbay of Biscay. Destnoyeis cruisers which were summor scene are uniierstood to havi the submarine and so far i unkiiow n. to arv TROLLEY CAR WRECKS. Two Are I ndcr luicHligation by Indiana Oflicials. - i IBi tlif b ferniir.oHal Veiri stool, t 1 INDIAXAI'Ol.IS, d., Augu t l i. Two trolley cars wrecks are und-l probe of Indiana public ollioals toda;. . Prosecutor I!ui-ker r.nnouncrsl he ! would call the grand jury to invest i- I Kate the wreck if u Hroad Hipp'e park car in Indianapolis ,Siit,irdu night, in which four lives were lo-t ' and a score injured. The mntorman (h-elared the brak.s failed, when th.-, car split a switch a-l t -.er on Hamilton count- ,.,..,.. . en-

deavoring to discovi r who left open Auijuet 2 and ron-t of the ln.ba.iaa switch at Nobles-ville Sunday noon, .-. i,,. ,.m,., u.;n reoort to loui--

ti, lough which the Winona fiver on the Cnion Traction comptiny era-lied. Twelve persons were injured in t.hi.-wreek.

I traiiung several officers will go east FOCNI) IN TIME- I to study trench warfare under the diCHICAGO. August 13.- A bomb in ': rection' of French officer and others which the powder sir.zled out of one; will join the regular army or nationend ins'ead of exploding tmlav awoke i al guard. Joseph Kagona, an Italian. ' t had! Captain C. I.. Mahlleton, formerly be.n ..laee.l on th. wlmlowsdl in his nn officer in the Missouri National

bedroom. The damage wne confined , Guard, and Miss Julia Hardnarks, of PITTSRVRGH, Aufrunt 1 The to the breaking of several window I St. Louis, were married Sunday. I Joeph A. Zep agency today npanes. Sagona told the police he had , Thin wa the first military wedding I nounced an advance of 15 eenU

received several "Blackhand" letten demanding (hat $1,000 be placed in a eertsin j.t. He had ignored them.

LEBANON

VOLUME 25. THE GERMANS HAVE I APTl RED BIU BOOTY i SINCE WAR HECI N IKu Ike lUirnoH'inol Vein ten-ire. THE HA GIF, August lit. Twelve thousand, one hundred fifty -six guns had bn mptiimt by the Germans up to July 2i, according to an nllirial announcement made in Ilerlin today. The other b.K'ty enumerated as having been brought to Germanv up to date included ships and l.i .MI STERED IN I-our ( nmpanics Swnri Service by dpta i ( -..plain !.. O. Slagf I Parilic (oast Consliutlors I'av- ' or This Move on (iovernntent Contracts. U A. -Ill VG'I'iiN. Au enp: ion of l.i!, .r to Il.e'inir .-or.', act- takthe imrexseil conti n. led. a," I, a hi i.hitii itn them, on-cript.-d to at the n-i-i,.t hi i s h ivi meat should step. rl nu.-t f.iv ii"d. ard acini. , re.soit the biiilde,- see, I on of labor. The, mm ,te, it wa- b-arned tod.iv ei.ehable autiio, fv. f.xiri d,--.'ted solorsVflv,.!. TO (.ET IT RI.OI (.US. Newly Commissioned OKirer- To He Granltd Leave of AUr IJI lilt lere.l . ' fOIT H AKHISON, Intl.. Auvu-t 1 1 -Fmloughs from Augii.-t 1" to Auglit. .1 I nf til office O )' mining f amp hen-, it w a- anmnced today. The .:,on rum grant I commissions will he .-worn in Wed -day. when the camp olliciallv etuis l,..t ,.f the Ohio-We -t, Viigima ' n ,,ri -.t l l.nurothe Ohm ville, Ky.. to prepare for the new national army. Many of Ihe riuartorm.istcrs' mips will report to Chicago for intensive at the post Captain Middleton, who is in the quartermastetn' corps, will leave noon for France.

LEBANON,

GREAT BATTLE IS ROUrlANlANFRONT Opposing Armies Contend For Possession of Moldavia Province.

i,(, r.d..i!THE RUSSIANS ARE si.u-u. ' fk;hti(; strongly

Germans Preparing l or New Offensivf Against Russians, j Il is Said. tllj II" In'.etn'iitin'l. Wi'-t AlrrrtcO

i."..".n, auku.-i I ual"the twenty-two Indiana delegates t ;,. fr p,s,.M,,n of Moldavia prov-1 ttml t)le convent mmu '..i-. tlf1 only part of lloumania that 1

ed to conquer v.nter. has de. than miles y ! rom Vienna 'i their I.,,; drive , elo;--d on a fiont Advi. es ,-ere d today e Ku.-ii eheittrd that and Koustubborn stai lival's have inter attacks id that the witb.-taad ! lever the) I 1 1. Id Marshal Von Macken.-.m'.-!,. of German... Turks and H'jlkarins is tiyinit to piece the Kussoo.,i,. nr.ian center alonir the Kokslianil.iia hesiiti-Adjud rail.vay. while the :u - an- and lloumanian.- are pound.c the flank -f the lie, manic a'lies. I' e naval ha -e of the Hassians at .dM-topol. on tee !!ai k sea, ha" been it icked h G"rman n-n. follow mi; the bur-t of heavy fiiihtif norh of fen- and alonir the :. di'.an front a comparative calm set- :. -, dov n ihiiitu' ti e nii'ht. the lintI ,. : Marshal It:. im head,:unt",s s .1' .penii! imnortan. ,d tha had nothing d artillery sTl IH.Ms FIGHT IT RE ( ! I VKK. led AuiMist l:'..A u:v.-r s'u. tent.-lim-ion hotel at ut-!a. when it . wa- JJ.'. noil. FIFTEEN DRGWN WHEN Ameiiian Steamer City of Athens sinks Off Capetown The head. V, C i!iV;n. A - i t 1 . I it'le i.'anier City of New England p..it to South A: truck a in, S. A. ,- tne -till pi.iCa! I - inking u,,:n dr., . r, Mr. Ilobit id Mill. Ml: N.-i' r Si.i- T-. a. i, on. Mr. and M li.kwortn and .,.":i ,ix children. 'Ihe hii-bar.d - ii. a llriti-h ut,i.-,-' hit Mis. I III. kii null's paients are un-d.-rst I to live in Denver, Colo., al -

tiioagh tli ir names an- not know n. , Oiice arrived at ramp they will he It, is under. ,oo, that Mi..s liohin-: p, n to work at task., other than drillson was attached to tire Methodist ing and preparing fm fighting, it was Em-canal board f Mis,, on. Wltlil.,.,,1 President Wilson will deter -

kead.uaters at New York Citv. .,..., u, .i,,,,..!!,,.. ui.it saved accordingly to the .-tate dt-part-mi-n! cablegram were: Mr. 1'imtner and M missionaries having headiiua'tir- at lirooklyn. v.; Mr. and; llr... Somner of Meadows, 111.; Mr. I Chicaeo: Mr I'ritehett Phil idelphia; David Lovass. Astoria. S. Ih; K. 1-T llra.sten, Minneapolis; Denham, an Austrian with his A met man wife and tw o children. It is understood here that a large number of the passengers on the steamer were missionaries en route to Africa. OIL GOES I P. i barrel in the price of oil, Peaniyb vania crude being quoted at f 3.2D, the 1 highest price in fifty years.

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INDIANA, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1917.

WIFE PUT PATRIOTISM ABOVE LOVE; HUSBAND ARRESTED As A SPY lRl the lit, national .Vr.r S(,rfcf. ST. LOUIS,, August 13. Mrs. Walter Hemphfing put patriotism above love for her husband anil as a result today her hu:ibund is in jail here. -she voluntarilytold federal officials her husband was an accredited member of the Herman fee-ret service system. She said he has been operating in Illinois and Missouri and sending infoimatiun of Important military and naval movements to llerl'in. "He's my hu-hand and I love him. hut 1 couldn't see him betray my country this way," -he .-aid. ATTENDS CONVENTION. sheriff H. N. l.e'" t Merlins Of ! Ha makers at Clcwl.nid. Shc:'iT 1. X. I took a In -p to- from ;:s coll"Cr.p! ,! run over to C1 -v 'land. Ohio, s nav to atten.l the annual nat,; gathering of del-'gutes from I! ikors bulge Mr lewis was ,,u '' NST But As in Preu'nus Cerman Air Attacks Only the Innocent Suffered. lll Hie HI'mnHw. Veu- ff'iW.I LONDON, Auirust III. Two ol the German aeroplanes thai took part in Sunday's raid oer the Southern coast ere delreiil h.v llrilish pursiiem while reiurnin to their base, it was olhciallv red today. IR the InlfmttHftnM ri Swrirr. I ON'noN. August 1 That Sun day's German air raid was directed against naval establishments at tne Kstiiarv of tho Thames rivet was indicated today by fresh details from the di.-tnct attacked. As in the past

however, only the innocent suffered, .tn, , wheat ,-toi ige i ! for all damage was done in summer ! i.n-..sS umlei -p.-ciiii j ic.nit.s w here numerous Visitors hadtlour instead of the wh. gatheied for the week-end. Most of protecting stock f-. d. i , ,,r victims killed weie women and , .,ep- to end all p". nil,

In addition to the de:i ;--,:v;-i.--;r..rs.-;;;' bomb... aerial t I nedoi-s and slirapll"! projectiles we, i dropped, demolishing many d.veliine I and shop". Some dan, age was il.e '.i-o at Margate and liochfoit. 1 Tin.- lat. -t raid today renewed t! de-minds for reprisals and it was c j pelted that a staten-ent might I ' foitbcoining on this --abject in pa i 'nnii-nt this alteirc.on. ! ' .Members to he Sent to National Army Cantonments l-'nr Service. lill lie r.if,s.He.ieil V. f fJ-r,-i,-r.l WASHINGTON. A.ii"i t 11 -Me l-llgl opl'i lit H id all ..tin I be s.nt ents regu National a, my rantoi .. f ,heir creeds, it. :ll ,,e oflice of the i ,,.,,,., :. today. ! mine the exact status of the ohj,ct.-s. i . . - PASSPORTS DENIED. j Ajn, ,,wim. , Kecognize Socialist .,, ... Labor Peace Delegates. fy IS International hevt Hrrrlcf.l , n

nouncemei t was " the pacifists from renew ing their i struck herause powei f... the oiwruhTIL to t S aies h''P"'1-1" r:t,on of the mines is furnished by the Ir .f -l tlC ,rnt oassnoH. tl Z I war ' um t""e t0 tim"' Tllis "' Springfield Utilities Company. The i , rr,,r.Is;n.V.ii" to do. From now on to the-! utilili.-s company is having labor

ing to attend the international social Wemh-- The announcement w made by Chancellor A. Bonar Law HOGS $17.50 AT CLEVELAND. CLEVELAND, Augurt 13. Hogs touched a new high record mark of $17.50 per hundred at the Cleveland yard today.

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jr i REPRESENTATION Seeking Place on the Food Price FKinr Committee. NOT SATISFIED WITH SENATE'S ACTION Object to Minimum Price (if 82 ' a l!u-hel lor Next ear's Wheat Crop. WASIIIX and in the wh er w.'lh-.ut d. r-.i' a'd he'p. the Gair. id ci . s that s and no 1 he lie ,t pure!,. ).-ned wit ,,,m:1is s-,., ,i : enimetit prepa.v.1 to t. i ,,r:1,, t (;e,p pi n e. .i,.v ' ,,.-,-. ,,t en-.-igiMi u ; rmi.tat" contra, ts at iTQ FORCE '"SHOWDOWN" '; ON THE PEACE M0VE The Administration Prepares to ' Meet Issue Raised by l.al'ollette. ,n.l Ihr ll,terl,i,al .Vi- drr,-l,-.) wAsitixtrrox, Augu-t i::.-a nunist'ation forces pn-pared today force a "showdown" on the peace i raised in the senate by tiie inti du. tion of the fafollette rewduti -attiidav mi'ht. They may follow the same pursued by leader" last yea the i,ui'.tion of warning An off aimed merchant men w a. h t ie Gore and Md.emoro The clamor of the padf.-t group i,li S.-r,,.t-.r fafoil.'lie i- . lead, r, is beginning seiiou-'y to d hariass the admini ration not onl; :l1 home but abroad, bailor-; in the so, an Only Muster ; ! It Is doUb. ill who I J Vole. the I'arifl-t 'M '"u1,1 ,,m-1 dozeri votes and s more tllan a ! sermtots took the view today thai n woun, oe g I Pi"" to move to table the 1 - i ,. .. .,. h... ,,::.. ,,, l-ollette resolution. I in. couiu tor. roll call and .-how plainly to It ; .... ,t, ..,,.. i,-kin the world that the senate is backing the administration un.-wervingly in the connucr n, -i' war, io,-- i,.mi they pointed oul. " xhis. however, would not prevent - 11 end of the session, the nation .s! i' had war debates daily before war as declared. More than a score of senators have their own pet plans for ending the war and these must be talked into the congressional record. Senator LaFollette is prepared to Bpeak on his resolution this week. Senator Stone, chairman of the for-

f O NO. 270. eign relations committee, who has not been in the white house confidence since he broke with the president over war with Germany, has also prepared a long peace speech. NEW OFFENSIVE. Indications Are That German Have Extensive New Plans. lR-1 ,;.,,.r fold. In II..- ;.il,ii.ir;.,.il I'FTROGIiAD, August 111. There are indications that the Germans are preparing for a new offensive against the Uu.-sians. according to a stateinont niade today by General I'artchI'Vfki, the new commander "f the Xotthern grouti of l!us.-ian armies. It lollows: "The technical situation ot our force.- is (rood, but everything depends 1 upon the Iji'havior of the soldiers. I ! i.elie-.c that the Germans are prepannit for an offensive and hope that uil! ie-isl t ,-. ai dispatch f -,oi ts heavy Austro-t i Volhynia, in the dire. Vladi i m-Volyn.-kl. Successful lal.ls w.t.'I :nle by the Itu-.-ians and at one i i;!t an Au-tr:an work us enteed j ;d t. nty-mie ,n-"v is rantured. 1 Th .pture of 1 .J'o Austrn-Ger-! pn o, th.- i:,.,i,":mia fioni ' 'Will Meet With Leaders In Decide on Special Session of l.t-ui-l.ittite. i ll llir Inn; n'lliIK1HAN VIM HIS In.i.. Au h todav i- with la otlfe vernor Kd Mush; Je.-e K.-chhach, -aker of the hous '; It'-publii an .or Leader Arthur Kohin.-on of the ,ate: trunk Culdeit.-en. V.ncennes. mocratic floor leader; t baric igle. l'.epnl.licall f Mini, ie; ,lw C ocratic house tl 'ead. en. of Madison, ieadcr, to ton session of the ; In .i.ler call for a "P"i "gislatute. hat committee the coa! loll will he n'eired to and later a conference e In- chairman and ranking memhei -f the house and senate committe mhich will have charge of the ro; 'lie proposed hid fixing the price give pi 'e a itioiiity probiil.iy tie Indiana cal to piovid- fo, ior Gondii, h indicated that - - - ?rfj. d that the veinor l.o be has h. lib 1 in i lo-e tone h for sec, al day.-, is not satis factory. The t'oM..-,,,,, undcrstan.is that under the agieeioint Of Colli l.peiatl.ls illid Governor l.owden the price f,,r coal for ihe state of Illinois ..nail not i," liv-d iiw.-r than any puce tis.-d by tie federal government, and this federal price, he Mie.e-i. will he too h.-rh. Ullicials here e-pre-.-e,l belief t'mt Govelnor I.ow'd.ll wouol take inoi" drastic a.tion througii the ELEVEN MORE MINES Ti dditional Mines in Illinois Suspend Because- of Striken. IR, "at Infr.ilu,n1l Sr.rt SV,i,-i-., SI'lllNGl- IF.I.D. II!.. August ft. - " " ' " " " the coal miners' strike la.-t week, and a ai,r ,,n,cillties in Springticl , - , The strikes were called n, .- ,,,,,, with other labor t rouoles ma urring the fields affected and thrown mnre . the fields affected and thr than :t.M! men out of employment. t t.lvr mine y;ye minos owned by tile I'eahndy (;Mt Coniiiany. located near here, tin. , hies with street car employes. The other mines closed by j strike, are at Stonington, I'ana (two minesi. Kineaid (two mines),

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Mnntour, near Auburn. j S. French penetration of Morocco, Frank Farrington, president of the prior to 1906. United Mine Workers of America, til j 9. Italy's war against Turkey itf inois district, has ordered the men to( llMi-12. return to work at once, claiming the: Thu Machiavellian policy has suestrikes are a violation of the union i agreement with the coal operator. CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.

WEATHER BULLETIN Shower Ihis afternoon ami tonic, hi; Tunday, parti; cloudy.,.

INSTITUTE OF THE GOUNTYTEACHERS mmm Dr. Linton of Indiana University the First Speaker. I TOLD OF CAUSES OF THE GERMAN WAR Emphasiod the Pemole and Immediate Cniises Institute Pioccedinits. ..oil I, annual teachers' tied tins tnorninir at ;h school bui'dmit. In nt tie' The open, tar I eivisrs consisted of uis.c. I hc teachers were led by llcrteit Kati d i1! m -mtrtnir "Come. Thou yonntl iv hn i:." and "Onward Chris.an Soldi, i s." The pianist for tho ve. k i- Mi-- G. diene Grove, who reeiitlv pt'eduat. d Inn. I the Inihanap.;s ( os",A.lto.' of Music. The l';,..t l.ct, - le morning was I. niton, of the at Indiana hitakinir up lii ''tiiisl a plan by which ir his lectures may one ' iioai ol i redd et the state umvcisity. ! Tin-re will he no fee for taking the t. t. Dr. I. int.,,, furnished the tencho,s mimed outline,, of the cour-io ! nhiili li" ha- to offer this week. De-;ii!-wid I." explained later in the week. Causes of the War. ail-"- of this war, us of nit t he divided into remote i I immediate is. One of the most causes, Mr. Linton at Illusion." defined "upo1'1 'lnt "llii. assumption that a nation, in order to hud outleta tsr expanding population and increasing industry, or simply to in -ure the best conditions i l"""dile f people, in necessarily pushed to territorial expansion and the exercise of political force against others." Germany is not fight in merely for a "plar- in the sun." but lath.r for world power and enlarged terntoiial possessions. We have Nu-poh'oni-in to d"al with now lis wc had erci.il Hivaby. i CI : lihionnected with the (treat oilmen ihI and colonial rivS I'oiiticai control is not necesy for an extension of profitable vik.-tl,ig of industrial products. Militarism is a spirit wh'ch his helped t" this great war. H is based ospel t,f force," the hloist and -y, and the conviction that u-tilies the means. Militar- . '.hihited in tiei iii4ny, in I p.obahly in British navalir is a powerful creator of iiergit's. Peace allows new with litt'e effort. Even the n t iron Hi" , i"in Hai; i.-in. him . pn-n wo, nea; winds of Christ. "I came not to bring1 peace on eartn. but the sword," were minted m Iternhardi's book "Germany and Ihe Nnt War" il) justification of. the militaristic spirt. Germany has giaduaily developed a standing army mid a growing nir-y which excited the Kngli-h: the race of armaments re- , tilled froiii the fear of Germany whrh th" Eegh-h and other nationr, fed. An Evil Policy. Tim Machiavellian policy boldly st, oe. that, a nation should try til deride whi, b side of any struggle will wm hi-i'oic it lakes a ..tand for either. I'hi.-y, e:- p -.henry, and interest dipia.e principle. ' Dr. Linton listed sop-e exaeiph'S of such il policy pinftft I - i :,. 1. Au-ti m's annexation of Cracow, 1-. Id. l-i'iy hi'id and France objerted but tlcy w.-ie silenced by ii hope that i , . v iioght take . barge of like terriWar o' l.'nited States against , is is. Ki.g'and's opi-im war against l i'.i -42. England forced China p her ports open because she ( Tj .,w(,,s and treaty of Paris, Jsoti-TS. ;,, (i. rinany'.s three wars under lli-marck sr with Denmark in IhiH, that with Austria in 18titi, and that with France in 170-71. .. England's policy in South Africa. prior to ltMKI. the outbreak of Hoer war. the . T. Japan s annexation of Korea, i lulu. Culmination of a campaign for and , onnortunities by Japan.