Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 294, Lebanon, Boone County, 10 September 1917 — Page 1

THE REPORTER IS THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN BOONE COUNTY.

LEBANON II MURDERED AT i INDIANAPOLIS SATURDAY N1CHT o -

BELIEVED TO HAVE ILEOJi ELDER Skull Hiid I!wn Crushed With a Heavy Piece of Timbr. HIS POCKETS HAD ALL BEEN RIFLED Evidence of Stninijle. Indidlintr Elder flail I otht With As. sailants Found Suntlav. The body of .1" ter. opposed to h. an ottthuiloing in 1 ... Cult street. Smvi. skull had been rm with a heavy, pie.e near by. A tiad from the leal .loo.oeeupied by 'H h Court street, to tb which the man had his po.-ket-; had i. Wc I'iloN niy. The Krick woman di -covered t body w-hen &he returned home ai called James acudders, '14 West N'. York street, ".-ho was .u sing. T police were notified. The Krul: v man explained to Motor I'olii-ero Dalt-.n lied !l:ii;s ar.d to Iir. Paul Ilohinson, d.'puty eoroner, that s had not been hoe... durmt the nit rind, therefoie. knevi rn.thin; of t tragedy. Si adders told l'r. lioha-.-that h- had S.. -1 f-.i.-r brf.-e r, had been a fri u.-nt vt.-i'..r in neighborhood. id. d.-ela hali.t of Vhler i West Si. m the sal..,. id h..-, money to slranireM. Evidence of a StruRKle. Hairs were (hstM- eed ..n tf;e heavy piece ol timte-r and there was -,-) ilence of a struidie in the yard as th ground wan marked as if several rr.r. had battled. It is the theory of ti..-1 deputy coroner that Elder put ur. a fight after he had been r-bhed and that he was struck a terrific blow on the head with a piece of w-mkI. Tlv re was mud on Elder's rh.tlimL' and or the lining of one of h s t,. k-t.' at had been turned out ir.d ra'.ni.' that lie was dragged to the r.ahu:Mi.; after he had been ruble-.!, ir. it binson said. The building in 'he rear of :.) -r. Elder was murdered is a hrwk te.-e. ment. The apartment h 411 is v.i cant. Mr::. Krick told the poli. e t athe vacant lot near by w as a gath. r . r tr place for drunken men at night- ano that she had to make a rompUii.t ' prevent them sleeping in the vara-it apartment. Investigate Tragedy. Detectives Wooley and harsh, a.signed to the rase Sunday by Cirdain of Detectives Reilly, learned that. Elder had been in Martin Collins' mVk) 410 Wet Washington street, Satu''la'.'ght at 10 o'clock. The de',.,-. tiv..vere unable to tr ice him aft- t that time. It would have been p..s sible for F.Her to x nut through the rear of the saloon to the spot where he met his death on the north side ol ('.Hilt .tree' 7 i,e detect Ives learn ed that F.lder w-, seldom seen witianv one ,ehen he made visits to In dianai.olis. The hodv wan sept to the city morale nerl t, to.ne.l , brother, Scott Elder, of Ibanon. The snot w here Klder met his death was the scene of another murder Juh !'. 1H14, w-hen Ilenrv Iteid. husband of Mrs. Krick, was attacked by an unknown man and shot. He died lute, at the City hospital. The Funeral. John S. Elder was bora in Boone county, January 5, WH, and war, eon aennenliy fifty-two yeam, eight momia and rour days of ee. He war never married. He leaves a mother Mn. Mary Elder, c brother. Scott, and four listen, Mrs. B. U Moor. Sallie Smith, Ja.i Brown and Laura Butler,

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VOLUME 25. all of tins city. The funeral w.-i ou.-tcd from the late resuienc 2ji ; South West street, at 3:K) p. m.. to day hy tin Ki'v. Mr. Howman. Inter inert in B"'hel cemteery. READY TO SI KRENDER. Villa b illing to (iive up. Ru- Government Wur.t Treat With Flim. tRy tin- iifrrn(ifff.niJ .r Serrtre.) MEXICO CITY, Sep New List of Men Called Into the Military Service of United States. LIST POSTED BY THE BOARD TODAY Individuals lo be Notified Once Names of Those Called. . -. V l.e-ie Pol I.aanna C. ehanoti, Walter Ot Lehan' r 2 l ehan r. Win'. Thomt. i Cheste Eari I F.oen I Act., K. P. 1.". Thornto Vor.a P. Ha Otha Wii.-,o, t.atge , l.ehar. ,urg. Lebanon. C.tiy .e,h,t. T-ri-ure. Emory V. Smith, I.ehaton. Elza Arehinuid Tb.r.p..f.r Terh-jn". Fred Milton Huffman. Tau! Ftewart Lowe. I.ehanou. Harold William Lane, Lebanon. ("ieorge Earl Newman. P.. R. 7 Leb anon. rt.en Benson r.T.-., Col.'ax. n Itrown, L'lfa' ette. Iliain H"b' rt Mi.rri.-on, Thornmde A. Mangu-, I!. H. 1: JamesTheodore F.iwaid Kndrei. p.. I!. Ill U-hanon. Wilbam Mar.h H-ndrii k,..n, P. P.. 2 Lebanon. Earl Sanford Lane, R. R. II Ibaion. John ( hflord Reed, K. K. I Advance. Ora Jesse Sandtin, Advance. Minnis l.yle Ottinger, Whiteitown Edwin Frances Carev, Whitetov.-n Roy Vane Shaw, Whitestown William lavid Lawson, Thorntown. Carmon Oscar Caplinger, Advance. KIM'S Stontri., P.. R. 21 Slnridan. John Raymond Stubbs, Thorntown. Husseil liuren Hine, Whitestown. Paul Frank Helm, Lebanon. Henry Earl Smith, Lebanon. Brian Walker Smith, R. R. 3 Lebanon. Oorge Washington Palmer, JameaCONTINUED ON PACE T0UX,

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na Mexic... Krar..-.-o Viiia is le.wly to' MINNEAPOLIS. Septimt-er 10. I . ,, . , n, Mavflower. with, tt-e president and j ..irr.nder. hat Co Koverr.r-.H,t ie- Feelinc of Officials i That I . S. , Ku-m.-r .r,ernor John l.i.al. t,- v-gh ' Several important Casts Set For Mi ; v.jl:iiii (, l(uriK v.,i ,,...

i fas. to ; re.it it:i h.o, . I of Sweoi-h aia'Sir, today slam'- a 1 , ,, , . . ... return trip, itte pie-nlent expecting V.;;a,.;m ,,M.t,:;.v,a: Will Brook No Dilatory or of the ,: among w count' v'-ten; '!ur 1 "al at Ih,s 1,,m , to a.r.ve in VVaeh.nKton tometit. il.ugui:i. it wa- i.ain.d til:,,, p'o- i to capha. ize the iluty of f. -n igr.-h.-i a j ... The .Via 'floe, er .-teamed uimoa. all ! posing to sjnvnd.T h- aim at.!' Tactics. , eitia-ia tu sta'ot by tr.e I'rited Stat. oltouil. 'e Jut,, p,-it yest-r.liy afternoon and jt'.nis to tio- guvernmeiit. '.mi. h J (tv rriment il tney would i-xo.it the j .. met b Co'., a ml Mrs. li-.use 'I he h. ,f a : g-.t w . ,-h He -a; - si-s j prote-J-'eii of Hi- Star ad M. !.. piev-dent and M;. ".S iSmmi .imt.-nl ft. m j'.e ,s a ...... .:.,;,. . , ji, ,.il . . k.. . - 1 In ...l.ii.'-sir.g a p itnuto n -.-ti.!,' ... re ' s, ..,.,- yim of the I'oone , ai d triev motored ab.ni- trie moth ! (,. i ral .Murgu :. ,-.mnunt.-t w ASlllNi-.TuN. S-pt..ml-r 10 1 '- idai , hai.l in Par : riirM- ..-rt cnviPii t.-.n.y. The i.ue for two hmr.-s. h.vr .l.mntf . !v.itn Pte.id.-nt i:irrae,-.a, a-k.ng f..i " A" ",- ... "I as astounded to ,ee that th. . , , , 1 li.e Mm flower. Y o.-sal. nt and J...nrtt...n-. Tr .n s u. at r, wed So.-n ,s expect, d to p.ay for t ime in KV(lrnm,.nt , s...n had p.,-nt.e.. ' ' K ami ;u :l ,,,,-,., ,.,,,.,,, ,, I ""'-' lit. cimim.-tam. vioa'd ans-.i.-nng the prave aa-u-atieri: (l, j,.mt. tn,. la.-k. y ,f ;h. ,-... w.re -t 'or :-;nK. Se-.-ra. tll,.A ,, .,,, j.,,, v.l,.,, jbe trat with ilia, add n i; iba' he i.rouyht .-.gainst lor bv tlie state de- - kaiser, to fetch and eany lor C.-r- ,,,-. .-t.mt ,a-e-, to i.- I.ai.l by .iiiiy. .;t the mtht at l I!..u..s sum ir. h'm "'"-Uertlnan..ut. Intimations have c...e here ; ' 'coNTIXUED'oN PAGE FOUR. " ;"' h"u 't'''' I '' ' . alrvaity ttat the government of the; o.iitm n-. up to the Oni-'nti- hli

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LEBANON, INDIANA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1917.

SWEDEN LIKELY 10 PLAY FOR III ,Will Probably Seek to i Throw Burden of Proof i On the United States. GENERAL DENIAL MAY BE ANSWER

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stale, by a if'i.crai denial of fo-ward-ing unn'-utral dispatches for (iennany fi m the Swedish legation in Beun.w Vros, A.-gpntma. At the state department the f-olirg of otT.-ials hs 'hat the adminir'r ati-.n , will li.o'k no dl'atotv ta.tirs. It as i'lted out todav that Secretary I an- . puhli'- the had fallen into the hands of gi-nti can f I tbuieagh of inted vessages the . Il a daorong nature, it nut. tn-it it is hk.-lv an ordinary ap'd- . g:, will l.e . ' no avail. Huron I ..wen. .--'A'-.l.-h in. a.st. -r tr- Argentina, is report. ! un..t!.iai'v to have denied that any n..--ag.s have been forwai ied through his legation for tiennaiiy. In vn-w of the evidence in the band.- of .he state department here, official? here say such an unsupported denial can be giv-.-n no weight, even though it is made officially. i The Argentine embassy here i till without advices as to the course to be pursued by the South American ifpuhli.'. 'Ihe censensus of olfictal and .ii.!omatic opinion here is that a break of r' ;ac. oris between A.geiitina and SA.-!en, and between Argentina and loTniany is practica'iy a lerta.nty and '..ur d' i laratiot s against l.er;i any by the South Vii'siun riaituii is a s'rong possibility . Fffect on Argentina. itinn for n oi.ths has een Arge sw aying in the balance of, neutrality. I South American diplomats here are! aimo-.t unanimous m '.he belief that , the direct and contlu-ive proof of lierman plotting to destroy Argentine' ships "without leaving any trace," fol-1 lowing closely upon the heela of the' seei-iirgly satisfactory rettlement of the "Monte Protegido" case, will j strengthen war s-ntiment in Argentina ho much that it cannot be com-1 hatted successfully. Sweden's plight it fully rerogn.ied here. The prn-tierman element thea1 hns been influenced and led by the Sw.slish ijueen. Oppo'ed to this party is a strong revohjiionsry element. The1 deciding factor, ac.-ord.r.g to diplomats '-ere, has been Sweden's geographical otjation, p'actnif the S.andinavian C'.atit"y ;n the power of fiermany to a I i.-tre extent. Sw -i. n, even though an avowed n'U'ral. '-..si org been feeling th" ion, h of nun.r. r be'-ause of the Bnt-, ih hi'-'- '- '.'' .'rmanv. A break With ti" n, and A'ce,-,' blow, it is 1 er hand, a 'he L'niled i'tates uld be a cnjfhmg here. On the othrlement in ?weden is mor'nlly atra'd of C,rmtny. The state d. partment is novr awaiting Sweden's move. It must be made soon. The administration is not disposed to go through with long dip- , lomatic parleys. The artion of Argentina is likewise awaited mipatn ntlv RESENTMENT SHOWN. i Artion of Sweden Arouses Ire in En- i tent Circle. I AV hlmlmil " le.W.1 LONDON. September 10. High re- 1 i sentment against Sweden ha been I ' I aroused in the entente circles by Sec retary Lansing's disclosure of showing the illicit use of the Swedish channels of diplomatic communication by the German miniater in Beunoa Airea. Newspapers in commenting today upon the latest International development, recall that Sweden gave special guarantee of neutrality to England two years ago. There, la division of opinion as to whetner Swsan vat duped by Garmany r whothsr ska toted as a wil-

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ling tool. The Daily Mail, evidently j inspired hy charges r.f pro-Germanism j URain.it Sweden in the pant, my: i

"Am .natters now annul, the allies have every mil for treating Sweden as u country that has gone over! to the enemy." I Other new spa pers call for n tightening of the blockade against S'.ve- . I den. j Word from Stockholm as to the j I plans of the Swedish government are j anxiously awaited. It was general!;. I accepted us a foregone conclusion that the Swedish foreign ortire would promise a strict investigation witti promise! of disavowal if it were found that it had been used as an unwitting tool. I. IND IS ASTOV.NDKD. Declares That Action of Swedish Gov. eminent Cannot he Ignored. On Western Front Activity . . . Centered Around Verdun. GERMANS TO RENEW DRIVE ON EAST FRONT ' Activity Reported on All the i Other Fronts The Situation at Various Points. ( i FN EV A. September III. Charges that Auatn.-lluns have been violating the idi-s of ar by wearing Italian un. forms i niade in a di. patch from Koine t.Mlav. Many of the Auslro-Iliingarians dressed in these ,",-il-e ur:ifor-ns sonke Italian, it was said. s the Italians Fiuld sttsrk the v .rt roll un would cry out, "We are friends. H not attack." LONDON, Septen-.hei 1. -Violent fighting was reported today from all of the five great battle 70111s of Europe. On the western front the activity centered around Ve.dun where the (iermans, all day Sunday and far into the night, flung themselves in furious masses against the newly won French positions on the ea.dern side of the Mouse river. Between Carrieres wood and the seetor Fosses wood, the -mile s'ret.-h was a volcano, 'i'-mans advancing time after time behind a hoavv barage. At isolated points the French I p-.sitiens wer" penef ati-d, bin before J the Germans could consolid ate their I gains they were rolled bark to their It old lines, leaving great mound' of ! dead and dying. Storms and thick fog banks Kalian fronts have faded to the terrific fighting that rages roiiheast and southeast of (iorizia. A thrilling picture is painted of the attacks and artillery duels around Monte San Cabnele In despatches from the Italian base at I'. line, Iirenched hy rain and stumbling along the wet and slippery mountain elopes the troops advance nga-nst a foeman hidden in the mist while the fog blanket is pierced by the flashes of innumeial.ie big guna. New Drive ol Germans. French concentrations of German troops at strategic points along the northern end of the East r'ront indicate a renewal of the drive in the Riga-Dvina river sector. The Germans are preparing for a vigorous effort along the ahorts of the gulf of Rign, having thrown a number of bridges across the river. As for the crossing of troops to the Littoral; Whether thia enterprise will take the form of a direct drive against PetrgTsd or aa neireling movement CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE

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SEPTEMBER TERM

I NVENED I 1 The Term Continues I. P to; the Christmas Holidays. DOCKET CALLED AND CASES SET FOR TRIAL . K"bn an l oan bund for paititio 'Jl.-IVtiti bo Iding AAstoociation, one day. ; ilv.-.'in, et. ah, tor lira Seotember J.".. I i . J,-pl October th Jam.F. Bradbury ilnistrator et. .John N. lb r,o- damage. Ouis I'.. II. . , for damage.-. -John J. (,;'; Indian ipolis II., I. IV Ir toh. r ll jury. ai ;, f" d ittaige Hy e days. R.-A"rt Himhui-ir v. '. Lee, alienatu n and lie,11011. By jnrv. three dais. Milton I'p.like vs. Lu-r-, f..r damage-. My jury. !la Ma ..Luther for damatp October 2'h Ernest Bouil!t Isehert F. T'aln.er et fo damages nalp, ctice. By iurv, the. r 1 Paul'!-". F.ngli r..i.ige P I one day. j .Volenti M.-llmger Hay.-;. . The.sl jury, t November -Anna V.. Story Ii. Crimes, for divorce. court, one day. November 7. William J. K. next friend vs. Noblesville Heat, Light A' Power Co., for damage Throe November 12. Lucy Moulder vs. Indianapolis Traction Terminal Co., for damages. By jury, three days. November la. State vs. William !,. Hill, incest. By jury, three day?. November lib Tony Geroa vs. Big Four R'y Co., for damages. By jury, three dayi iber 22.Vhite!y vs. Cititens loan 4 Trust Co., administrator Sheets estate "Nrvember 2S.Coelcu vs. Cltiiens Loan b Trust Co., administrator Long "State. Novemher 30. The Spirella ComCONTINUED ON PAGE FOUK.

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NO. 294.

INTERNAL DISSENSION

FRESH DISASTER TD RUSSIA

HEM) CONFERENCE. President Visits Gloucester, Mas.., I'nexpeetediy. If Hf iHltlllttt'-n'tJ V'-Tf Strvl'-''. ' GLOUCESTER. Mat., September 10. 'resident V il-:un remained herover night so the president could have another conference today with Col. E. N. House, whom the president can.e from New York to lit yesterday intoniooe.. Fvliov. big the conference today, the presidential ..'iit Mavflnwer. with, the president and Mi',. Wilson ,. board, v.. II Mail t.-' nluiil trii, I tie- pie-idellt evpeitnii' tendance is Estimated Larirer Than Ever Before. OVER 300 ENROLL IN THE HIGH SCHOOL t'nusually large Attendance in the Primary Departments nt (irade liuildinus. It is p. nary The large ,1 tral bu the M, The high s if not other of the and in all g'ades at both id Harney buildings, g dav attendance ai the seemed to be a- hirt-e. r, than last year. The larg. number was considerably nvci hundred. The short morning at ad buildini's was sfent in ing the students, and in untried' programs. The high arh' dents reported again at piHl this afternoon to complete tf ranging of their urograms f ,-emes'er. The in-.truetor will introduced. The three upper seem to h slightly rut flown ii b.-rship this year, but an extr arily larire ! reshman c!ns n o balances the attendance, it 1 mated. Hich Srhmd Facully. Th high school faculty uperintendent, H. G. Brown; principal, a-d public sneaking instructor, L. B, Smeiser; a.ii5-t.int principal and German instructor. Mrs. Cora M. rioeh?emarvt mar.ua1 training and athletic manager. Vnris Demaree; stenograph'.' and typewriting and librarian, P,uth Campbell; F.pg'ish, Mayme Sheridan; Latin, Olivia Voliva; botany and agriculture, Maurice M. Jones: mathematics. Gretchen Ritchie and Ha-el J. Nelson; art, Mary T. Iladby; physics and chemistry, Mvron W. Tarhiek: history. A. C. Baker; English, Avaune km.lig; r-ngii.-h and atnietir coach. Glen M. Curtis; muic, Robert Coleman. The teachers at the Stokes huilding are: Principal, Harriet I). Stokes; Margaret Wall, Nora Y'oung. I.elia Burke, Grace EUbison, Ida Mcveia, and Drubelle Stephenson. The Har ney building teachers are: Principal, , J"" . ,y ' Jr J??,1 Vs .' -,,Tlle "T-i., TlV i Steven, and Fthet Umberhtna. Th trte? C'n1 cn0,! Principal, Lydia Bell; Nannie Miller, Isa Polle.H, Ethel Barlow, Maa Shannon, Ross Sim. Margarita Day, Hyra Richardson, Cora Riehey, and Hsrnld Smith.

WEATHER BULLETIN

Fair ind continued tool tonight and Tuesday; 'probably front tonight; rool central par',. KERENSKY TAKES DRASTIC STEPS AS Removes Cenernl KornilotT As Commander of the Russian Army. MARTIAL LAW NOW Rl'I.ES PETROCRAD KiunilolT Acctisfd of Attempting to Seize (,'oMrnmtnt antl lis'tonit- llietiitiir. W VSIIIM.TON. September 10. -Kerensky will bring new Kuhsia salely throtmh the storm. this iias Ihe belief of ihe Russian nr.basM this atiern.Min. although ollicials did not attempt to conceal auielv mer the situation created with the dismissal of t.nu-ral KornilotT as commander in chief id the Russian armies. General KornilotT has a strong folloMhig in Jlte army, and it is hid. ei ed that he has Ihe support of inanv factions dissatisfied with the Kerensky government. But General Kelembosky. his successor, is also uf great ability and It is said at Ihe embassy that he will be able lo rally ihe army behind him antl the government. The stale depart ment had no official dispatches on Ihe new situation in Russia this afternoon. Otlirial cablegrams caused the cnatest auvietv. hnweier. There was no in.!., alien thai Ihe t nited spiles will abridge i i'.s support ..I Ihe ho iT'iin.-r.t. The litems in K.ren.kv is -'ill 11 any way -ensky govconfidence II maintained and in -i.me oiiarter'. there is nianitci.ie.1 graiifira'ion that he hns no' lies,,ui. il 11- iake the most vigorous action against move that would undermine the strength of the government that is standing firm against all German intrigues. (ft;, Ifif wternflHeSfll StVt fiWplCT.) PFTROCRAD. September 10. Bleeding Rus-ia, torn by revolution and trembling under the blows of Germany 's powerful military machine, faced fre-h disasters today. Dissensions have broken out be1 veen Premier Kerensky and General Komiloff and the latter has been dismiss, ,, from his post as commander in-chief of the r.u-.d.in armies. Military law has been established in the environs of Petrograd. Great .-x-Vorno-.t prevai's and civilians are leaving in great numbers. The premier has i.-sued a proclamation charging KornilofT with planning to seize the government and maka himself dictator. Genera! Keiemboiky has been appointed commander-in-chief in succession to KornilofT. In his proclamation, Kerensky declared that Count Ivotr, former premier, came to Petrograd aa the emissary to Korni'ofT and demanded that the civil and military powers be turned over to KornilotT who would form a new government A'tenvard KornilofT sR a f!crsm from great headquarters renewing in person his demands. Proclaims State of War. In conclusion. Kerensky proclaimed a state of war in the capital and urged the populace to remain calm. Coming at a time when the Germans are menacing the capital, tha present crisis takes on a graver hua than any that has yet faced th Republican government inca tha revolution. General Komiloff was regarded as on of tha strongest men in th army CONTINUI.D ON PAGE THRf !E.