Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 287, Lebanon, Boone County, 1 September 1917 — Page 1

THE REPORTER 13 THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN BOONE COUNTY.

WEAT5IIiEULLEl Probably showers tonight and Sunday; cooler tonight in extrew north portion; cooler Sunday. VOLUME 25. LEBANON, INDIANA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1917. NO. 287.

TO GO INTO CAMP,

American Militant is on the March in Every j Section. VANGUARD OF ARMY BEGINS TO MOBILIZE Work of Conscription linns Smoothly Equipment Supplies Building Camps. I!Y WILLIAM I By "if nlcn'itce, V. aSMINu'ION. America militant is In every nook an 1 ion the fl. .! of Ar the selected r. i.:i s-i COUntl V s you'll . ,-li ton-i guard uf the biggest et.i!itay zution the n.:ti.m h.. ev.-r km day ate bidding .mu l.y to t'n to he a -ol.hcr! Next We.lne -day more t young men. the fir t .-crt.o ai army that will he Via to Prussiafii.-m'ii ch:t. ngc to In irents they will h-irin the ,., ,,. .. ol' preoarinir tr...,: ivi - f-.r preme tst in t)c t:..ncr.'. of i . i Sh..i. inten. iw ti.umt'ii ovm. t then will he ready f..r the fn.r.t fast as tran-port can he piuvi. their places in the cant. r.m. at- t" taken b new waves from tl;e nil!!) who are ranl-imiexed in the ar partment Ides, As the hour for departure dr. stead. ly rearer, a r...te of syultat runs throuirh !he ;,n.l that 1 overt-oi-ie bv the sadne-s p.'iftit't' n: ever biinir. Horn -rd l.v the na'KM. in beinif iH-lected for tile b'lf w.,rk .ti.e;:'i. the younir .nen v. ho are about to sro have been the oba-ct of special at tention in thei.- own coniinanitie :. Ii many cities they have pii.-e. rr wil pass in review through c'leiTiiir. ir.u'ti tudes. and their d-!aiture W e.pe-d:M uill he made a vci-u-.g -."nd-otf ev.-i , here. Drawn from rve'v salk in life, fron

millionaire's home and ;ai...rr r'- nut. " ' from even, trade and .r.. .,ri. a,.. Hou.-t.m. A from scores ( raionaiiti-s 1 '.-nde.l in- cothe. Am.to the Amerean, they i. pr. s. -t i-n- j (t! , phatirallv th united ni.itnt of the n.ition. " our ad;

Rich or poor, st j.i-nt or ia'.or. r. they w-re cho-en on'y he.-au.-e Vu were Americans between the a of twenty-rne and thirty-..:,.- and l ad the physical quaiitieati..i. ne.-e.,a y for their h.g task. .. the nation rejoices as it contemplates the rr.en it has chosen to ut.ho'd the hot-... r of t'.e flag, and every city bi.r'k i road exults hp it sees its i ing in these ranks of pic id C( -lit' t'1'- ' ' iay C onscription Triumphant. The men upon the n,ar. h crown oeration ol po.-s,b!y the revolutionary legislation cotii'i-.-been called upon to ena.-t. Vi first mention of raising at. r;i - th conscription theie was f .r a . mtirmur of prote.-t rontong ti .-, t the lan.l. People could n t d

HHiraSHING LEAVES FOR

tile selective draft j opprobium attache,) of the Civil war and the s arose through the pofsihiiity then o buying ones way out of through a few hundred dollars. ira I uallv the people have been educa', d into the realization that se'rcti-.-e ro ,-; scnption was the only democrat,, a d just manner of raising the hods t0 crush Orman barbarism. Ten nu'lion : V-oung men presented themselves f.,r registration June On Julv 20 ti.e "flreat I.o'tery" h.-gan. Tor sevent n -solid hours in tt.e stiiidow' of the cai-i-tal h. In Washington blindfolded men drew fr. m hi.L'c- bowl the rat,-sule-hidden numheri tha' told the or-1 must pre.-o-nt ti,emse'ves tor .Meant lint-, there we, conscript. on ri.ds ar -.vould in.-tantlv folb.v. rnent of men into the -ertlo riimo that w.ir r,.. ' Th. tl.at g,. sirg prominence to content.-, and here and there -po outbreak ., soon put. down l,v li.-s thorities. hut the bi rebellion d.d "me etr. . ,, , . Mach.nery ltn. Smoothly. , 1 in. wonoeriuiiy organize.l mio-hi,,. ery of examinutmn most before any one realued its pros-! enre, and in every metroi.ohs u,i ,

hamlet the selection was on. There ts,nH'n'p evidence that (ienernl Pernhwer the many expected attempt tj ' now moving hit headquart-r . 1 into the field to assume immediate CONTINUED FROM PAGE TWO. command of th American force.

.IFST ONE OUNCE MORE OK BREAD FOR THE j SUM OF TEN CENTS

IB. Ihr hi.iiim.I'II NVirs N'c or. I NEW VOItK. hciiti-iiil.iT 1. Tor the consumer: One ounce more of bread for ten cents. This is what President Wilson's fixing of lh- wheat price means, according In officials nf the largest liakinit companies in this city. After considerable fieuitinir, in which I'll expenses of manufacture were considered, they expert their results: Th ten-cent loaf to renin n. one ounce being ii'l-'eil ' as wcght. The fO-fJM :i.h..,ni. 'lotion loaf, re,,.,. ..,-,1 by t,.-. adm nistrator If".,-., r. t anp. ar -hurfiy, 'o he (,f :d.,, I grade hut w i'hat 8 "tits. IIK HIS ESCU'E. iati arihi-', llisyni-.il as nun, l.iiides ( apture. The Announcement M:'rle Iv Secretary of War M il.er Today. W A.s-;'UT'. S. .,.(. . !... Ki'i.t of the ,,.if.-ll c-it,t ,n p ""' n,'vv ""n its peiiw,l of training (.omt.'e-e.l. Seer ,tarv V he ren.iy for the troops air pnncy a ; fa-t ol The eantonnien p.-ted with the ,- the h .-. t.a and th:.t Lake, llockfoid and c ir . -t, 11,11 he fr completed hy S.....,.n to accommodate ..ixty per ce trie it' full nuot.i assigned. The-,- tho-e at r,,.; M,-,ine.. Kt. K-lev. Atlanta ,.nd cun.bia. The rei-.a.nin f..u,- have h(Vn ,..!aVn, bv ,-al handi, -.,,-: hut tn,.v W1n read-.- within a re-,v da-.-s . ira thirtv o..r .-..! r t, ts.-ivned nuotas. "Within three months- of the l g:n ning of con-tniction. the vovern-nen W ill have expended approximate! i il.'iO.'KIO.O'KI, cor'.tru.-ted ,,r neaii) constrtlct.sl six'een . t e i.-h to In occupied by about -I'l.ms habitant.-, Se "The largest ai ary ll.knt appropr -Old. American Commander' New Quarters Control Line of merican Commiinin.f ion . . "' "' ' PARIS, September I. (lonor,! J. f. lersioiig, coiimi.ui.ier m-cNie, ol the American fighting force r'mnce and his personal stalf, leaving today for their new hi-adip tors. The pew headquarters are ,-entr located and control the entile lm of (leneral Pershing's ,uarters am! the barracks were le.i'. to the Americans bv the French. While the officers in this citv formerly used bv the Amer-1 icans have In-en abandoned as hPa(1J quarters thev w,ll be retained , a re- ,., KUlUm bl,wo,n ,,f (k,burk. j ,. i r- 1 1 t. i . '"'"' ".' ; ' 'iua.,. rs A procession of trucks loaded with ""' " nioveH P""!"'ously towards the railway station

10 ASSAIL THE

j MOTIVES OF U. S. i Will Seek to Discount the Effect of Reply to Pope. GENERAL CAMPAIGN OF BITTERNESS Herman Press lo Inaugurate l'r;p:i;;unda to Nullify Ef-fet-t of Wilson's Note. HY J' IMS' EDWIN NF.VIX 1(1, the frriii.,i.;( .V I .S'cr-I'f.) U A.-MiN'iTtiN, Mi.t.mher 1.the fi,; I stat. - in framinc its re. . te tne vat i.m ..-ace pnMio.-als. Hues t,.,v f'oin A.i'.encni chploatic 1. ..!.....it:i'.'ves, j a Sweden. I'ennrif a. :,on, it is stated, w.il he p reded h a general rarnij.iit'n of Litterthe t'nit.d States id the neutral . ved J'r.-si.l -:.t il nirr.-s a-k.tin that Of the pioidei expected to be ,.i,l,- j rman press for the! politaa! Mtuation is sh- . ' ;.I..V,-,re,.l. Ti.e il Pressing Tor Kclorms. Karl Heme, the ...rra!i,t lea-let tla ahohl id l:m political -MP 'alio of pul.rn.itiw of military -ecr-ts read It plain that th.s i.-sue will be the broagi.l when the Reichstag re-limes tj s.s-'i.h- th- lafer part of this month. Itv th.it titr.e the ,-omi.lete un-ahn.'g-.l t.-xt of I'r.-sid.-nt U , note w.ll h.- in the hand- of ad fh-rman l.-iolers and the peace advocates an c.-r-ion to utilize it to advantage. The R.-icn-tag majoiity has been more Int. t. r than ever before in its open ru-ti.-i-m of the recent utterances of t!: ka f the . r. Iir. att. rge Mi.-ha.-lii lie T. erg. I othe f th- n fac-lon hav Ul-p.-sell in th'-ir . .i-;-- s.:, aIld lanng that the revelations of duct of the government in rallstal.. the truth in its oficial nie.i-it'r- dealing with the war. " here that while the ref .,:es.,lent to nicept the -i, . of the Vatican war. an i :,; poin'ment to His Holi . w,', f,v no means end h,s He : ur.d'-lstood to believe i n.at.y p-,!-.ts an agreement can fj.ii extrei nes that . ih"r' tion .. is to e I -aid ,-ii hit-v.-en the warring naioi, ,. The great oti-talce natiirnd. s to overcome the declaration of the i- id.-nt that the Tnit.-d States caniot coriod.-r peace until th-re is a tiange m i,errnany who h will make be g, v.rnnient of that nation responto the will of the people. It is r-d th.-ie that this will be taker. up by the pope with the members of the Ca'holic party in Cermany and that all of the influence of the Catholic church will be exerted to Secure the hanges in the German constitution wirh ., maKO further peace stop. i j Pope Will Continue Effort, : .. """,al', 1,1 " 1 ",""p """ "inbs of the diplomatic corps who I'V, '.!, emphasne their he'"'f h "is efforts for ieace. They declare that he jH determine.) that, if it is hun ily pot;sihle, peace shall come I during' the wint. -' and that while the oba'aclea r vei" great, a way will be found to oven ime them. State department officials were very CONTINUED CN PACE TWO.

HOW ITALY'S SOLDIERS . STRUCK TERROR INTO RANKS OF AUSTRIANS

l the tntrnHonai rein gerrtee.) ROME. September 1. Italian soldiers fighting the Gainsir.?u plateau sector of the Isonzo front, sttuck tenor into the heart.-! of the Austro-Wungiirians by charging with knives held between their teeth, according to statements . maile loilay hy wounded men pent to the rear. The iron division, the mo.it famous unit of the AustrnHungarian army, has been so shattered that it has been sent to he rear for re-oiganization. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. Famous Athletic Coaches to Aid in Soldiers' Physical Training. (tltt Hit Ihterentt'.nnt .-p Skilled CI KVI'.I AP. O.. September 1 The be.-t known athletic coaches in 'he rour. try are to be recreational di rectors at the sixteen aimy i-anton-ments, it was made knnv.n Waiter Howell, foothail .U'h at Western Ii' ceiv his commission from Ilr. Jo-epn Kaycroft, chairman of the hoard nf Tiain inir camps commission of the war de partment as director of the ( hida-uthe cantonment. Powell said he understood that amonp other coaches he had received Al Sharpe f '.-. "U. Ta.L -I. Vale Itrew. - of Mi f Mini out i, and H.i ,1Acknowledned to Have Led (ians of Auto Handits Who Killed Two Men. , Hi: llli'Aiil). September l.-Kdwardl V.h.-ed. who .,tcl off 'J'll poiic.-meii fr tw o hour-., in his mother's lion e i Thnr-day, calmly co tisseil today that ; he led the gun- of a-.lto bandits w ho robb.-d Wirsh.-A- P.roth.-r- Umpany of, ii. ariy jtiiiiai and killed two evpn-ss : Th.'.'s.sion. ac-orriuig to the po I d 'Charlie the Cadet" Car- j tn.-d Coy A-,u,t'e and an-j as occupants of the iiiur- I In ti - face of U heed's statements, farrao sLubhorniy d.-ried hi.s guiit li.roij,;h a long mtlit of examination. Whe.-d a.-k-d J.diu Ryan, of the detective hur.-au for a cigar -tie, then a match, nr., I as Ryan a.-k.-d if he was ' ready to talk about th.- V.'iii-!..w j.,1." Wh.-.-d said; "Sure. I w.ll. Why not. I was in that job alright "That guinea was in it. too." he iilded. pointing to tie next room where Carroo was held. "Hell wing for it just th" same as I will." Jii.-t as soon as ilovne is readv Til t.-ll him everything 1 k .ow. They've got the goods on u.. anyway. The guinea, Carrao en deny it if he wants to. Til prove that he was ,n on the job." Following announcement that Edward Whco, had made II full con Vs. Slot,, Deputy I'od, e ( hief Westl.l k announced th-.t the ringleaders of the hat:. Ins had t n arreted. Reports to Food Commissioner Not of the .Most Knrourais'init Nature. HY DAVID M. (HCRCH. !: !. lull i imli '"I'd . sv, i i. . . WASHIXfiTOX, September I. America's potato crop will not reach expectations. Reports to this effect reached the food administration today. Late hhght and insect: are destroying thousands of bushels of potatoes everyday. Three w-eeks ago the food administration estimated that there would lie 117,000,00(1 bushels of potatoes produced in America this year, over the normal crop. The average normal crop is 3o0.000.000 bushels. Today they placed these estimates at only between 50.000.000 and H0.000.000 above normal. The danger nf f'xist may pull this estimate even further down. Karly agitation for large produe tion caused an increased acreaire of 117.000 acres in potato planting thin CONTINL'ED ON PAGE THREE.

Reinforced Austrian Troops Show Greater Resistance.

ACTIVITY ON THE MACEDONIA FRONT Hritish and Servian Troops Launch Powerful Assaults Despite Tonilie Heat. (fly Ihr In'.... Hi., coi .Vrirj t'f.c(.-.l PAH1S, September 1. A new and iwwerful olTensive movement north of the Aisne river has hrouiiht irnporlant (tains lo the rrench. Northwest of llurtehtye farm the trench h a powerful thrust peiierati! Herman, positions to a di nlh of '.IIP yards over a front ol I..HM) yards, the war oltire announced lodjv. All of the oh,'-i!nes of the Trench were obtained, 'I hr.-s- strong (.erntan cnun:,-r-.itlacl.s were delicrcd. hut the Trench maintained all their earns. The inlanlry filhlinil followed a violent duel with hi;; itars which hail been in progress alonit the Aisne river front about a week. I' " II..- !,, .1 V.ir. S.-.,l.-..l I.tl.N'DlfX. September 1. While ha eather cotitimies to i-efaid op.-rn in th" i.-.l t. 1 U..I Mac lile ti the It:, fronts. erriiic heat pc vailirg n.a. powerful llnti. h iPid i--auits w.-ie launched - f!,ilg.,l-C,e1.l,all cer.ter. pieceded by violent drumat points on the Tchcma h"d a, i int.-'is-ty hitherto n that front. lull in the lighting around unkn Tiial the R.i;a. at tin1 oi n front. , rn end of the ea-t-h.i a compl.-ti 1 otfenSIVe torn I'.-tro reported I ad. The.-e disp.it c.m! of the cai.noni,.iinir m tl tl -. t ami th- presi nee of nu.nerc rmin wai ships a the entr:in,-e e ;"il;' of Riga, indicating that nc.-rted land and sea attack m d in Heath (,rii. Ii day of the strug-,s-e-sion ol the llain-177.: , the Italian front, finds th ".-!ro Hunfi.rian and Ita! s locked III a death gr: ry attacked i raided the behind the dropping ic Italian it' militar -Hungai lines v.-:-. nam ngniing,. ,n i.ahneie mountain. , ns have made a ftesh he night the Au.stroihjerted their hot Hungai ian.renches to a severe bombardment, inlicatint; that their infantry would -nnke u determined effrrt to retake Onlv urtiperv duels were renorted on the Itritish front hy the war office , today. South of Lens and on the) Xorth fea coast in West Flanders the lierman guns were usuallv active. MOBILIZED IN BERLIN. Reported That Turkish Troops j Doing Guard Duty There. I 11,1 ihr l, . ,i.l.oll Vi ll i. Kerch f WASIIIN'GTOX, September 1 Circumstantial reports that Turkish h.en mobiliie.1 in Herlin and ,,,,. large G. to put down posCltle sihle peace demonstrations or bread riots reached administration circle here today. They eame from an American traveler who had recently been in Ger many and has just reached a neutral t country. The reports were made public with- ! nut comment and without any official of the government vouching for their acruiary. The reason for drafting the Turkish troops, the report sent here said, was j that German troops would not shoot down German women, children or eld i men, the only ones who would be ! able to participate in any such dem - onstrations.

THE PRESIDENT BUYS $10,000 WORTH OF FARM LOAN BONDS

U'H Ihr lrr.iH'.l Vrirl Rrrrfrr.) WASIIIVfiTON, Septemlier 1. President Wilson today Imught JIU.WiO worth of farm loan bonds. These securities which uie joint obligations of the twelve federal land banks, are sold to raise money to be sent to farmers under the new rural credits system. The bonds pay interest at the rate of 4'-j per cent. DRIVE ON MEAT PRICES. Food delator Hoover M ill Begin War on High Prices Next Week. till! the inltrnttliuntl rtet Vrr,cM WASHINGTON. September !. After having waited a f'dl week for the meat , ackers to make some -tep iook'. r to a redaction in meat pres. Herbert 0. Hi over prepared today to launch a drive on hijrh meat prices early next week. Hoover told the packers ir. Chicago a week ago that it vva.i "their move," He preferred that pi ces should be brought down through voluntary .ipreenu-nt. So far as the f , od ad mii.isttation has been ahle to learn the meat men haven't budded. Some f.'itiilateiy a.-tion is now looked unon l.y H.io-.er us the only p- --ii.;,- -ulu ( hicauo Defense Council Takes Steps to Stop Meeting of Pacifists. i Hy th lutei ".attontl Seici flc-.-l.-c.l CHlCAtlO, September 1 The Chicago Defense Council will try to prevent the People's l'eace Counul from meeting in Chicugo. "We have authority under the constitution to force the mayor to use his police power to ! stop a meeting of these people." raid i John P. Hopkins, secretary of the ! Illinois Council of Pefrn.se. ' The 'members of the council will be a- ! semhled at once to take action. We ' cannot countenance such a conferergmg n Chicago of members of uncil for Peace oile and . radicals from Wash ington S,uare, Minneapolis, San Franci.-ro and many other points. In Chicago were nearly a hundred whose tup from .New York by special train was broken hy bulletins that they were unwelcome in Minneapolis, m Milwaukee, in Hudson, in Washington, D. ('., and in Utah. There appeared to be si ght hope for a peaceful peace meeting tomorrow in the lug tent which the pacifists have purchased, in spite of Mayor William Hnie Thompson's statement that no ;aw- will prevent their meeting here. A boat sailing on Lake Michigan I W0l,i, )( a nir(, quiet place, free from ' disturbance, opined a woman memtw-r ,lf ,h(, partylin, triilt is the nearest th;ng to a tangible suggestion for a . - CONTIXl'FP OX PACK THRKK. ' INUE Provisional Government Proram Mapped Out Kerensky's Hip; Task. lAtie tnternlttiina Setct ftrrvtce.t PKTROGRAD, September 1, .Members of the provisional governmeni who have just returned from Moscow I here they attended the extraordinary I national council declared today that j this city would continue as the nation 1 a capital. They vigorously opposi the idea of transferring the capital U. Moscuw unless audi a nivo is die I tated by the strictest necessity The three big tasks outlined byPremier Kerensky as the chief features of the reconstruction program are: 1 The army must be strengthened. 2 The war must continue on Russia's part until all the allies agree to i peace, I S Immediate steas are necessary t" effeet reconeiliatioa between the 1 different classes and to end the interparty political strife.

SEVEN OF FIRST

NT F List of Men to go to Camp Taylor at Louisville, Announced. VVIL BE SENT TWO A DAY FOR I DAYS Arnie Arthur Dale and Garrett Hei r First Two to lie Sent to Caniu. The Poone county today irave out tin ad of the men who li t of drafted men The na s of s,.v. ription board : the names cf nearly who will go in the first men from this county, seven nien have been he ei)ht or nine which lu.-t increment of five me co'iiily's quota of heard has not yet depve .er nt shall l. give constitute the per cent I I H. lii. m.-n. The odod whether eight or nine , II. ginning S. will go each d one have tron, etcher ."i. two men until the eight or (111 Sentemher f, Arthur Hale of Ja in townI p. ,i'-l i He of 1 ry tin -iup. will go tc Camp Taylor. I.ouisv ill.-. Ky. Dn September , Charles Clint, n French, of Sugar Crock township, and Dmer lleXoon, of Lebanon, w ill go. ( Hi Septril'h. r 7. Albert TlibI.. tt. of lehanon. and Arthur Cox, of Surar Cr.-.-g township, will go. On Sepl.-iiil.er K, l.awi. ni e Kleillheni, of l.t hanon, and an, ther man vt to be. selected, Will go. It is expected that within a day or two the boaid will have decided wheth. r the hist imreiiK-nt shall lie eight or iiuu'. and will give out the remaining one or two names. The next increment calls for forty per cent nf the men to report at Louisville Septemlier 19; the next calls for nrother for'y per rent to report October It, and the last increment, or fifteen per cent of the ipiota, will repi.rt at n hter date. ABANDONS TRIP. Miss hatherine Stinson's Aeroplane Fliillit t psuccssfiil. I flu the iHlernattnntit A'cics Service.) CHICAGO. September 1. Miss Kathenne Stin.-on. who started from ( hicago at a:IO this morning for a flight to New Yoik, cuine down at Porter, Ind., ;., th ... jthern tip of l ake Michigan before she had barely got under way. "I had spark plug trouble," Mia Stinson said over the phone from a Porter hotel shortly after landing. "I am very sorry to disappoint the. people, but I will not try it again until my machine is in perfect condition. I shall .ship my machine back to Chicago today and start from there again. I don't know when I will start. Whenever conditions are perfect, I'll maka i.nother try." Miss Stinson was considerably excited and upset by the weakness which her plane developed. She plans to make a non-stop flight and best the lecord of Miss Ruth Law if she ran. Miss Stinson stinted from Grant Paik. Two or three hundred persona were up at the early hour to wish her luck. For several days, she had gone. to the park, ready for a start if conditions of wind and weather were favorable. On each instance she found some condition wrong. She will wait for a west wind before making another try. It had been reported that she would make her trip on Sunday and it may be that her second trial will be made on that day. NEXT WEEK'S WEATHER. il, f,,- Jnti. p.ili'ooit Vcic RerrireA WASHINGTON'. .September 1 Th weather bureau today issued the following forecast for the week beginning Sunday, September 2: Region of Great 1-ukes Cool weather for the season is probable durinc greater part of the week. The weather will be generally fair except that local rains are probable about Wednesday. SI SPENDS RATE INCREASE. WASHINGTON', September 1 Tha interstate commerce commission today suspended until December SO, proposed general chemicals, hides anej skins, grains, iron and steel, meats, oil, sugar, lumber, livestock and coal. The upward revision of these, ranging from five to fifteen per cent, will prevail.

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