Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 293, Lebanon, Boone County, 8 September 1917 — Page 1

THE REPORTER IS THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN BOONE COUNTY.

RUSSIAN RETREAT j SLOWING 001 SAYS KR0P0TKIN

Central Situation Has Im proved, Declares Russian Army Jlead. GERMAN'S MEET WITH GREATER RESISTANCE Russian Kear Guards PutlitiR up SlroriK KiKht No Alarm Over I)vink. ( H i Ihr iir.,,i'..,io.. V, PETROGR All. Sept. sian retirement from R.ga dwn. Colonel Kropotkm r the government today fr imti his quarters on the northern front. The fortress of in i.-k. lAina last man, Colonel that the f. e.l. (Press report? that livinsk shelled hy the ( pshed in Merlin anil other Ku cities as well a, in America.) Reports a.- to livinsk ami tin inn down of tl: received by Colonel Pcdgousky. commissioner of the anry. Conunel Kropotkin made hifr report verbally over the lonif distance telephone. Colonel Kropotkin is president of the central arm committee. The Russians ale occupying n positions that had been fort, tied ir, advance. The Hermans are harepor -d hy the marshy ground they p ,-, .01 pelted to ttaverse and by the f,p t that their infantry and oavaliy nave o,.t distanced their artiller y. " '"The" general situation has improv- ' ed." declared Colonel Kropotkin a! the conclusion of his jeport. "Tli" Gefrnnna are encounter in., increasing difficulties.' In addition to the natural nb-ta.le-the Russian rear guards are sturddv resisting the (iernian i;:t;nks. The situation at Itvinak. the Kieat foitn-s. that checked the German drive !n V.'ih. is caus.nir r.o alarm. There r.ro no havy bodies of German troops movie; in that d'.rec'iun and the vacuation of the city is not under con ideration. The Germans have faded to cut '.he line of retreat of the Russian urnv. that was holding the front frm Risf. to the gulf. This explains the oompar lively few prisoners raptured. It is believed by military crit' ! that the Ruesiun.s Will rcko "oar final stand on the l.iwn foot hist! mountains known a:: the "( av.miaSwitzerland." This is in the n-yv part of I-ovonia. The military critic of the limits'(iazette expresses the opinion that th. (iermans cr,mt hope to move much farther from their present po-:ton.-The military writer c says that from all the 1 Russian forces that hav Zogcvold di. it 1 ret are left behind them the dange tor lying between Rodenpois id H.nzenberg. Cnk Andesky, who has just returned from the front, says that the Riga operation of the ( come to nend. From now on. it is I expected that the Germans w ill ,l -v . their chief attention to the I r.e.sen h-; stadt-Dvinsk line. The attempt by the Germans carry out a spectacular flanking m ment east of Riga failed. BIG H.F.KT SIGHTKI). Heavy force of German Warships Steaming ThrouKh Baltic. IK-, Ike ferot.,l .Vert fl.rrlre.l STOCKHOLM, Sept. 8. A heavyforce of German warships, accompanied by submarines, has been Miidod steaming through the liaitic. suo! a dispatch to the newspaper Ssdenska lingsblad tmlny. The vanguard of the fleet is made up of tor-le-lo boats and submarines. The squadron is said to consist or pHrt ,ir the (iermun hiirh sea fleet. An attack uK.n the naval bases defending I'etrograd is expected. SAME Ol.l KAISER. Right "There" WHh the Parade Stuff When Rig la Taken. Ills, th' Imtfmatinaat .Vc- SrrtsjVr.) THE HAGVE, Sept. ft-The kaiser has entered Rig in military state, ecording to advices from retrograd today. Alter reviewiag tlx troop and

LEBANON ' iD An l-. .-'

VOLWJJ 25. bestowing .iecorntion the kaiser appointed Gvneral Von Alten as governor of the city. The emperor's address was circulated among the German soldier at the front. I.OCU. FIGHTING. Raiding Detachment of the British Army Are Active. (ttlf IAe nrcrnafl'innl Sevi Srrvirf.) I.OXI'rOrV, Sept. 8. Local fighting. ail that i-'iei.'i Marshal iiaiK reported to the war ollire today. Near Gravelle tlie Hritish penetrated German trenches. Nortil of St. Julien, on the west Handers front, raiding parties encountered each other in tlie foreheld and stiff fighting followed. In the l.angemarrk sector there are lit to haly and thItalian 'ront. In- Hutch, nsr,. who ,. cow vt it.nif the American camp. ,'.a..i that the brdl-nnt success of the Italians on the Isonro front in the pres. nt bur-t of . -jrhtinir had been a severe setback to the swial.sts. "They have been a -setback for the p eilists as veil," continued lr. Hutchison. "The lt.al"in people ar enthusiastic and ate confident that f.eneral Zadorna will soon cut hiR way throuirh to Trieste. At the outbreak ,f the .ear Italy was unprepared in'us.r.aliy to supply a larie army with munitions, clothiriir and other supplies. That resulted partly from machinations, but now Italy dirlly .'.juipped and the Hb.de war ma chine is moving with the precision o clockwork. "Now there are large ;-t.res r, provisions and magn.ncerit toads hav ten bu.lt for the transportation o and supplies. The rati ming o excellent ami so ale th sanitation and medical arrangements The soldiers and civil fed and the morale is splendid. "I obtained better food and l prices in Italy than ,n any oth t country in Kurope." "American mothers who have sons in the army need not worry that their boys will return home with wrecked morals or diseased bodies. As a mat- : 'or of fact the morals ami the health of the Sammies are infinitely better' safeguarded than if the soldiers were! employed at their customer:.' tsk in the cities or on '.he farms of the . L'nited States. The results of several - Aeeks presence of ti e Samm.es upon -rich soil fully justifies iris item. In Mexico, General Pershing's lical staff was unusually success ful in holding down the contamination among the troops to one per cent. It is known that General Pershing would he satisfied if he could eijual this record in Krance. The percentage of contamination so far has been held to one-half jiercent end the medical o.Mcers hope to maintain this record a record that is astonishmg in view of conditions preThese good result, have been -1 tained a, the result of a triple drive ag.in.1 contamination. The chf fea-1 tures of .hi. "offensive" were: atling in the other aimies. Women of ill repute weie driven front the lone occupied by the troops. K.arh contingent arriving on French soil was given stiff lectures on the dangers and responsibility to futu.e American generations. A staff of highly trained medical specialisti has been constantly vigilant preventing outbreak of disease The Y. M. C. A. also ha been doing good work to keep th health of the American at it highest level, nd the American AVer are highly pleased with the result

, ! BY SECY LANSING' Z iWt iK-T" V, WW ' NEED Or RAISE , iri,ib,e, ,,i,ed ,,r A,-! ForWard(.ul0.,rKen.l ifi .,p,,a.in, i:M,,s,s Set Forthtacks on Villases. I : a i J7.''& 2vMt&H . . , , (ii'KNMA;f.N, sPv,.,ur The Karts (;iv, Out. I XiJClilllflfcA 'XH fmn.itssin.

! 'I '.ese ,nste- d rif hies ;e hnr.K i M .r .r, , ..,Im..,.iI V, -l.-r. . . . . ! . J .? A . ( o':r.-0 . 1 1-' f im."; y mcreas,. Ru j i,t,;,z..d f.,r tta uie.n vil'e-. a. V A.-Tll.tiT'i., s',.M;emb.'i- 8.-; . . iS"1- ( jgi , '" , '' w h.atinir low inn j e as fr sci,utmK purposes. So far Ibploniatic relations itween the: v j lV Mnc in ti, s cy from IT ci nts to" rted tops known this is the first time that r w stu, s;wwen are; i. Vsai 63 !1 col s. e I'ul li Sd vice Conimis-

head- CONTIM'KI) ON" PAtiK KHiliT strained to.lav as the result of a dis-: 1 . CVli 'ViVMl.. Vli" ; n.il:es t'lii ..t.1...ment: "The evi.l- .. ,i.jr;? 1

' " ITIIIillO IIUITrn III n;h the Swedish ...eation a, Hue! ... .VX c , i 1 1 , t , f , ! . , , i p:: e V 1 , t ho year

WUI Wf....Kh the fore,n omce at Mock-; s,all.. Shipping 1W.I to Con- "'lilUL IIILI1 HIULW 1 R-poris Iron, Rn-siai, U, Source, ,u ,M :i!, , v... m,t ; hoirn wit - revfu!1! in ;in nfru-ial .-.tatf-; , , - , . ft v m-nt by t- state department this af- ,,, , ,,., f.mnr Ta. TIHnTV 1111111 More Ilncour:,.,,,,,.. ;,,, ilur ,,ut" IVople of the Nation are Enlhus-' '- Tl- concerned the, vw. c,c,, j H K I I N lIKllj ' "' "" v r ' ' ' ' iastio Over the Successes " 1 l -JZ'Z

,the hands of the -tate department, j "lade in the interest of etlicem-y. . ' , ' , , ''!' I'.Y XKWTO.V C PAUKK. 1 H,.w the messages were secured ,s not i according to the staterormt. !. , MI, Mhi lit. e v ' - , , , t - , ,e e-err., ,.,,. knwn in thp j;, ;,:at,.mn, IMinite action will not he taken Fj Kxplosions ill Frank- ,; ,,,,; , , ' . T, Z vCJ e, ' I in ! iZi KIKI.lt HKAIiyL'AU'l Kli.S Or 1 tf.ven out this afternoon. until a public heann has been h-ld r , , ' , " '" ". ' tnsim.. . tit rilK ,vn'li'tV APMY ivi in Hoston, September IS. The plan f J rsrna SvilT T , ' "T " f"' I" b'rvmtror. IIIK AMr.KK AN AI,M IN. Lansinn's : Statement. ,-alN for a cer.-ral oir.ee , Nc.v York. lro .irM ll.tl .ur Ihe premiers doclniato.n that 1,'iis- fu.-.l. ami a fa.r letu.n on the investFllAMK. Sept. K.,Mi f ti,e pe,,,il. , While the present plans call for cm- I h i 1 1 rl l It h i I sm - war m:..-h...e is hemir .e..f.i , r.ent. iip-ri.tir ir esp, uses for the of Italy aie jlM as unite., in supp,,,-; "t.ry Lansing said. . i,, ,1;,ntir ,.;l , , ; i hllaill IphU. ,,,. , , , , ,,. f rM ,,,. ,,, ,, ,, of .he ...venounf- v.ur proran,: ' " "f h? . extension of h plan ,s c.mtem- ''7"-;1;'1 "l"1 h" r'""":;l 'r t.-ey ,,e the past year. :;h:z!; ;x ir:' ' -.. d-; a, i ;;rj:rir five buildings :ci:rz ; , , t i , i . , . Buetw-- Ant, to the foreign office at. l'ivcs a more cheeiiu oiitbmk to tic ...ru. , .,, Js ., ,,. ,; ..iruinif to a d.-coirutorn made today ,, ,. . , -,.,, ' ll'L'Ot' IlLVTI'nVrn p i .h. i t.cmmi.-siori .s of the opinion

lir. W..,.ds Hutchinson, fam.ois ( ,.,V"rii tr'n ileum's iitesbv the i BANIHTS CAI'U Kfc.l. mi.hi. i mi i ivv. i - , ih;,t rsdHooie.- should be irranted tern-

torned oorn a x-.jit to haly and th addie-ed to th SUKkho!,,, Mm Who liohb.d I hicao Saloon. Are tci P('.I.'K wTHIKP ! A "' h' """ of l-.Mlian front. Ur Hutch, nsr who .-IrXe 1 Smallness of Cas.iallv List (on- ,fc,'M,KAI "hKN S,K,KI-" ! !,:..; f five cent, ,-r nrpiare fwt cow vi it. nu the American ca-op. .-.ar.. , ' ...,f ' , . . .. . , , ... I Taken b Fob. e. ..! ..olcil...., ,n i,.lo,!i..n to the pres-

LEBANON, INDIANA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBERS 8, 1917.

RELATIONSWITH te;MfL 4 1 SWEDEN STRAINED rf fM ml MLJ

German Official Telegrams CATI. Y1.'';T MHE 1 .secretary Lansing ; "The dtpai tment of justij - un-d certain telegram Kuxburg. to'i-iian chaige d'arfa iRueno- Aires, to the foreign office at I Merlin, which 1 regret to I dispatch".! from Ib-unos A " 'July II, Itfl7 No. f.'J.-I leare from a reliable source that the acting minister for foreign affairs, who 1: notorv us ass and anglophil, de dared in a secret session of the senate '.hat Agent me would demand from Merlin a promise not to sink more Argentine ships. If not agreed to relations would be broken off. I recomI refusal, and if necessary callin the mediation of Spain. I.ux'r " "'Judy showing I -: 1 T No. H4 Without j tendency to make con-j ...ie reply to Argentine I "" unt A chi"f Tit or rurtner reports. ...mistrv is nrnhahle. A, regards to Argentine .'teamers. I rec-; .tier er.mtielling them to turn back, sonr.ing them without leav-; ing any traces, or letting them 1 through. They are I quite small, I-uxburg.'" j May Bring Crisis. Th ,..,,,,...1 k c..,i- t Qu ing was put in the hands of Romulol S. Nann, the Argentine ambassador, afternoon, with a reouest that he I forwanl it to his government asking i fur immediate and fitting action. Re. j lutions between Germany and 4 rn. t'ne hiv" tr"""d f" month.. ! 1 be,i'ved ,h r,,is "'' "aR'd "' " ,J'n9 A'r" , tmm ,B'rl1" tw tine have been strained for months, j eka ago but the revelation con-1 tained in the statement by Secretary , Lansing this afternoon are expected to precipitate a new crisis. A breaking off of d.p'omatic relation and a probable declaration of war by Argentina gainst the imperial German government were predicted by official Washington as th result Sweden always ha been believed to be pro-German in it sympathies. The protestation of th Swedish economic misalon, beaded by Dr. CONTINUED ON FACE EIGHT.

Forwarded by Swedish ; : V- bifj 7T Mil I Y-SrM vHUA i A? V 1 1 . .i-i " lU IWails l IU iwuo. ;CT! fli-- Mm I'm1 A ti 'mtVmHhUMMftMi , -

. ''., . ,.. vi.lers.1 If. nia, Lable Canp I wo Hundred I'ennsy l n ri la Km nloves . ot rati s of IV cents per soiiare foot

. t.or.S Ol tlie l.erman text: 1 ll the mirrnaivmiu srm rnnrr.i I I .This T KvpMsion. -' ' : .y';:'af,oe,,.,,credby ,he,,1 leased (iennan an.l Au -Irian ships i a,,v ,.,,, ,.,. ,, baiobis ho ' '''-'"';' ' ' ,' S, 7 '' V , ''T';,7 "' '"T" " Lh.ch hitherto a had been j had robbed Joseph Inn-iet's .al-.n , N i.. Sep. H.-IV.O oel.,e,s,at..U.l,..N.v,..M..n,Mr.v I Placed. In cosequ..Mce of the settle. , r,taKe (.rove aw,.,,... wore cap- o I I'-'-n lv a t.l ir.apc. rs I- :,A d I cn b, au.l.,., ,,ed to add 'ment of the Monte , IVot.y.do case ,ur,d b- the ice. I'llII.A I .111 Pi! I . Sept. S - At ' ,llv'!""n l" Mr:l" "j"' "' 'V "Th Vi"Tn there has be,..,, a great char in pub-1 J.. hn Weist, one of the bandits, ear- k.o(,l .,.. ' "" '' :n'U :l n-.m.mum , aL-e ''' ' ikfee!ir.. (iovernmen, w,l , future! ries a naked ear, W mom fa -lir" " ' k'"' "n ' -f 3 dav ; t,me-un Lhalf for h,.b- h-t water l-;.!.n for he hea ,K mlvclear Artre..e,hlpsasfaras!nln,nl.rvlvordoe. T. th..r two " ,h,''y K'"k'"S' """" ' vs aed Sund.ivs ami ,-ao relief davs s-:,.e ,f : 11 n ert'-ndintr IL.s Palmas. I h-g that the small e.e Raymond I l.in.o'iy and Jo-i.h the,,, .Is uo,-e .r.iuied early today ,,,!hp,,v monthly. Tie m.nin.um .yond tee !.!, ear e.-dmrr June d0. I steamers i Iran and (hia-jo, thir'v-tirsti ,ier. when a -ces of live eie., s'on-- a! ai ).. ..I m . :-. nwmtli. . Ijami-rv I mean, n ir. which 'saded th,r-i I f..:-d in-ei.d , I ,. . t . , , y , . I fy. " ' l! f-'.tb, - , Rur.

r"ljr' ' ty-tirsti thiee hundie.l tops, id.ub l.t-.l,",. ..,,. .., , ..... cro .v- ce..., s,imn feat

led if possible or else sunk without al of the ir.jme.1 ami - of them ' '' IN' "- ' -'""'-; nicn eon- "' INCENSES GFFiCi-LS J:S;; 10 RESTORE BELGIUM :T3KH Kemm mended Refusal, .(i.,t .,,,,,, , (.und.e.l per..,ns were '! "f u and that said surcharge: 'July 3. II7-No. M.-I leare ,,,,pl,,:.i i m t'ee -cv.oal b;,ibi,n..'s at tc, Jm-e . I-MH. from a reliable source that the acting Arouses the War Spirit at Nat- th 1,1 ,N- " 111 ,ns,!1 no parate (H'lMONN HIKKFR

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1 pitch kn..n as I'. II. No. ?. when p.w- Independence he Made. borur pieced into a tl-ineh . lo ll 11

. .AC r i.e.,(ce.l ,,,,,,;,, ,,,.,. ,, ,.s unil.h WASIIINCTOV. S.pt. H.-The ,UV,V t ,, ,ii;,n.: N j bombing of an Amfrirun b-is.i!.if in i'nitm.: th- r Nplfiv.s thtTi-in ;m (

WASHINGTON, bombing of an Amer r ranee resulted tod.i tlie war department ,.,.. , ,,.,, ,,.,r(, 1th'' 141 to get behind the otti. termination sno.ti. a power to rush a or-4 "" aeropia tie front. . Although without 11 report f.o General Pershing it was beti"Ved he ,hat tne ttU.t(., nuirks the oi.e of a fierman aeiopl i ne otr.-nsive o ..nd ho.soit"Kainst the American ha, an endeavor to , the i carrying out of the Ame plans ' organization, N'ews of the attack act spirit in Washington ioose Officials were greatly incer Official, were great incensed especl- ? h'T, Ine h" ', 1"n'1 th' ""n ' iT'" wo,k n , hT. 'L v ""J T ma sive on a great scale, they hope to prevent fui titer successful attacks. TO SICTTIX ST I! IK K. OMAHA, Neb., September g. response to a telegram sent hy strik ing pecking house employes askin? for instruction, Secretary of Labor

President Wllsnn isepected A ,,( de-'loed iillildinirs rue

wuson torwv is planning to send effort will be made to convene the mmediator to Omaha to assist in et- temational ocialit peace conference tHng diffictdtie. j in Stockholm in November, said a disApproxlmately R.OOC of the employ- patch from Berlin tody, quoting the e t the Cudhy, Morri and Armour ; Cologne Gazette, a semi-official orpl.i.tK are out jgHnimU.ii,

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the World of incn, togetherbeing perniitTAKES SHORT CRUISE. 1 1 p, sident Wilson Puts of War for a Kei Aside Days. Cares .ili.,.,.ll Vc, Senteml vi w vopk dent Wilson hi of war for n 8.-Pros the ran id. aeon t . ne to Ne -s put sid. ', days Wilson, I hy Sir - York today. After breakfasting on their special i ear, the President and Mrs, Wilson motored to the Brooklyn navy yanl i where they boarded the Presidential yacht Mayflower for a short crui.se in New York wale MAY MEET IN NOVEMitfR. AMSTERDAM. Sentemher 8 An

' h..Ms- in .vh.cli powder nnd ifiirco! .ermany in (( , (1 .

i.'i.Mlt tv ei t;. live yal-f- apa-t. M' n aed v.ol, -n on e-itly .1 15 sl it'.

numb, r of aimt- this momini' er turned a.'av. no- I ( i-b-il;.- ..r'.t;n part . of I the Krench hat- bode but police and firemen, together ' ' . - o n....

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li NO. 293. Realities

I OS ION, Sept. K.--Germany in her leplv to I'epe Benedict's peace note, ..ill agree to the romn !.( r.-stora-to.n of Belgium, according to a d.s.atch from Am-tci.i.no. oim.,ru; tip1 1, itch Roman catholic newspaper T. d Ihe ili-patch adds tl.:.t tie.roaov -could in-i-t. however. thai io ..f-p.uate agreements ri-e.'.'-diio' I'.. Igiuru'.s independence sh-,ul. he

FIGURE ON TAKING .IIMI.OllO GERMAN'S HEEORE NEXT JULY Hy the Inlrrnntl'mal .Veirf flerrlcf.l WASHINGTON. Sept. S llr-re is another jolt for II. ndid hi- cohortsAm. the .upture of .".OO.oort Germans before the first .r nest Jul.-'. They believe this so fully that they have a.-kol the house appropriations committee to prnyi.'o t'j:.n,."i..0.(iiii with which to tal-e care of the ovpertod captives. NEXT WEEK'S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, September 8 The i The machine, hi finance and hin weather bureau today issued the j friend went down and their bodie following forecast for the week he- were not recovered, ginning Sunday, September 9: Reg-j Mason jump.! clear and saved himion of Great Lakes Kir weather will I self because he was able to wim. prevail during the week. Cool first ! The car carried Metziolc and his fianrca half, somewhat warmer saxond hail, .to their death.

WEATHER BULLET! Partly chilly tonight, cooler m,lh portion; Sunday fu!rj cnntinoed cool.

GIVESEASSSON WH!GH INCREASE OFRATESISMADE erfspu.M-rs fo Not Aeree i-.itn.ent of W llson'a Note. n.csflle.n'. .Vetrt ere.ce,t 11 Ull'K. Sept. s Representor tPe pan Ge-mans are planieet of Pi to Ihe popfr s on Septemtialay said -or. hich is industrial ian.oaign to inwith a nt Wtl-opc-sitc it attack the arns the reichig ogam t- ae.y such action as the THROUGH Of'EX DRAW. echine I'lunges Into River-rTwo ! is,- Their ! i Ht thr Irtrt ClU'WI,.). Violet iJilk Masw. II part;.- in ci-h b ation of his nrture for Camp Grant at fiock- ! 'I f.-rd, Victor Mctziik sent his machine hurling through the open draw- into the river ea'ly to'lay. Mason jumped clear of the steering gear and was saved.