Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 297, Lebanon, Boone County, 13 September 1917 — Page 1

Tim REPoriTEa is ti;i: ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN BOONE COUNTY.

Jui -,sJ ii' Ptrily ahmdy i:d wwmrt m shower In north portion I Friday (air. VOLUME 25. LEBANON, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1817. NO. 297.

Opposing Armies Face Each 01 her in Vicinity of Petrograd.

KKRENSKY AT THE HEAD OF LOYALISTS Conflictim; Reports Received Over Conditions in PtatrnKrad and Over Russia. Ry the Intrrnnttminl Xi- i .sv.iO,-.. LONDON. September ll-l :tr dispahe from Petrngrail say thai (icneral KornilotT will surrender on conditions and Ihul hos ' power is broken. WASHINGTON', S. n'.eti. ,n armed clash l l'"n th I'otiograd. A cai.-.-irram fp.m StorkV.V t. ' of troop movement.' south of lv.-.,-grad ami predicted a deci-.:ve b.itr!.within the immo.tiate futare, if it is not already under way. An .th-r .1 . - patch from C -nhagon stali'-i '.'.r defense were being erected t fen. I I'eirograd ii.dicatirg t::..' the ! vaneo ftf the rebellious cos-arks at . ' - - r Korniloir hail boon rcsu:,:e.i. On the other hand, London re,-;.- I reports from Petrograd ituot.r.g iters of the prov,sienu: goverivti--t asnying that the revolt has faile I utt.i teat maay of K trmi. :f. Mi 'a or., were .-urrendering I'remier Keren.sky has- taken t'.r field in person at the head of hts rt:-,.t;-and hail expressed nn iron deteri-tir.a-tion to put down the miiitaty iis-cg and continue the central governme't in non-military hands. A curious and s;gnif:eaat ha-e of the situation is that Russian troop on the northern end of tie eastern front have I ranched a counter dn.-o against the Germans and have gained irround east of Riga. Ttv. ,Mw to c a large section of the army is remaining loyil to Kerensky :n the evety district where Korr,ilo!f had evi.l. ntly hoped to secure the most wvrui's. KILLED BY A MOB. Michiean Farmer Whu Shot Sheriff, is Victim of a Moh. iRy iht ntfrnorloioil .Su-'fr.. DATTI.K t RFLK. Ma -h.. yr -i.t,-t -1,-r r.. Frank Van Tas.eM. a faro -r, tdead today ia t'a'if.ii-nia t'i'.'r,ii,i. near Coldwater, havirir been st.t to death by u mob of Tun n -tt h,, -,,r-rotinded his home after Van Tt-s.-il had killed SheritT (,eor?e Ha'-'on. v h-. attempted to arie-t him V".pe.ia'. afternoon. After firing more thttn loi h. ts f mob fired the barns on toe Vat, T.n.e!l property. O.Teers stated today th-y b-':e.. i Van Ta.ssell was insane, il., ar((( had been sought (.it the (ft-oijf .i tt.it l.Lrad threatened violent e. " I . i I'assed Away at the Home of Her Sister here Funeral ..to be Saturday. Mm. Nora A! ytar.-, in month nt the hoi, f Itai . U'ed 114 lays, died W( ,.t I'earl street, at 1(1: 10 o'clock Wednes-'

nay Initht. ancer was the rouse of here early today and escaped in an au-1 ' ' nfrmmioniii Xeirt Sercice.! her death. She hail been ill one year. tomohile.' Three men who attempted' INDIANAPOLIS, September IX Mrs. Itains was horn in Kirklin and to interfere were locked in a box ,-ar. , Phv-icians attendine (lovernor (oiodwas the daughter of J.n and Sarah-The bandits rut teleph-ne ;,rd tele-' rich, who is sick with typhoid fever. TimVrmnn. She was married Ort o-! graph wires If ailing into the town anil hope for n decisive change for the her 11, lfsil, in Kirklin to Albert details are larking. The amount , better within forty-eight hours. Kftln. I stolen Is not vet known. The covcrnor'a life is now hanging

Five children. Nola, Herniee. F.va, Donald, all of this city, and Kverett, of Helmsburg. Inch, survive, due ;

ter, I.eota Rose, of this city, also stir- j conceded to he the Inventor of the ph j forty-eiht hours, but that it might viva. nogriiih. The Rrltlsh Eneyelopedla last longer. She was a member of the Presby- j mention" It an one of hla itiiiny Inven-1 Twlay the governor wa Kiifchtly terian church, of Kirklin. The fun-itlona. Ill pntent wna laajed In 1S7T. ' improved, but the change waa not pral will be conducted from the Meth-j Tha vibration of aornd had boon re- j marked. Hii temperature dropped odist church in Kirklin at 1 p. m. Fst-i corded In-fore, but KC.Iaun xvna the flrnt .two degrees to 101 and he did not ufurday by the Re. Johnson. Burial ml to record but reproduce fer another hemorrhage. Hi pulse in Ouk Hill cemetery at Kirklin. sound. h, impr0-ed.

OENES STATEMEN1S

State Department Shows No Duplicity Was Practiced by the I'nited States. Iht l?:,'v'1 J ft. I N.iile..l WASHINGTON, September I-!.-ihe s'ute department today dented -ta'.cmfnts by the Swedi.-h foreign i,i.;.-t.T that 'ile I'll.ted Spates hue o-ii. tt. e.l dj-.Vity s;..-,,!:ir t.. .sw.d-r. ,n that count ry.. rrlatioioyul'i !er-h-patches trr-ugli Se li n to !: ,.v Sttt-d.-n st,. to foiwa Villi! I'h or rri- had. at th S-Aedi.-h (.'"-. tilt I" . The : led tha' ; lie forwa. the I r, la it to ti. ;i-.e knowie. tiblime ptii Two Hundred and Ninety AtI tended Meeting's at Advance Proitressint; Nicely 'Thr .f thial K' was tit, 'it. i:-ti At Mr-. Car's ...itaof a .-unit to he suni; I ye.-irs of at-.-, -ii's. sanir the ch( r i- of tta "He Ia.-ted Me" and the .-inirtiiir vas : v contiiiiiiny Mis. I!. Last even ,,r a sonir to a child who .,x.e Me." The ri i M. attended attend the s-imw- v.,t. ,!.ul..l I, eyeninir and fiorn n.,-'.- ot ilucted Ht the heme of X. t h lian.i next to th-tab. t wds are nfi-rdm, t.'l BANDITS LOOT BANK. Lour of Them Succeed in (idling Aay With a (Quantity of Money. lib! tl 1 Srl.LIVAV. Mo.. S.-l.tenler 1' Four bandits looted the IV-op'is Matik Edlun Invented rhonoarmh Thoiiina A. Edison la nnlverwatl

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T iibtiw INS Police I'atrol the Street of Buenos Aires Today. SEVEN OF RIOTERS SERIOUSLY INJURED Wounded When Police Tired Into Crowd Excitement at l ever Heat. (,;, It, ntv.snMflioil Vri rrr(ff. ( !ll;s'l AM V. September U. the Norwegian gnernntent is watching intently every development in the lliienos Aires incident involving Swedish neutrality. Opinion was expressed in semi.ollicial circles today that Secretary LanJiny's exposures may upset the neutrality pact entered into hy the Scandinavian countries since the war houan. tin !! :!,; ,i.l r . K. , , , MVIIItll). S.-tllemher 11 Secretary ( onlrelas, of the Spanish legation in Sliskholot, has arrived at San Sebastian with a note from the Swedish j;o (.rument pro)Mtsil'tl a conference of neutral pow. ers said a dispatch from San Sell, i -tian totltiy. I . Jl.fMle,i.l V. r. ,sv,,,-.) I'l TNt'S A!!!KS. s. ,,t, n.W 1:!.- ':' pt.ti..:ed the sTte.-t-. to.kty t t't, -nt farther anti lieiman d. oioti Swe has been tite disrlos. t I t. the Cenn '.it 4 be "ii.it the ve.ttsh l.-ira to the .pnir. Ti ,.l it IV ok st p note to Her- ..;! of Count table annot fo -'atiotts b.-t.veen this cnritu ..Ti. n-.iy be b.-ok.-n ofT. I.uxhuiir lio has l.oet a v:itati..n at CnYr da Monte d to 1 1 turn here t r! iv or to will pi soldier of thoi of dollarhas l.e.-r ,k..l. The lie .tii.-r bmldinifs The police then they of tin Physicians Hope For Decisive Change For Better in 48 Hours. the balance. Dr. Howders, one of the physicians, naid that it w. honed the crisin would he passed in

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(al Administrator Face to; Face With a Knotty Question. MINERS DEMAND MfTTB-U Vfl.'i llhllKK Air. . - I'nrest in the Labor Field Urines t'omplications in Control- j liw: Coal Prices. I'.Y DAVID MIKt "if .itfr.i'llK.il'i: WASHINGTON. thci Uib. t,.,iav -.1 up as tne li-...--oil .situal'on -.til a Itiiinis t, f.-i.e witl th i eater..- t, n the I'liit--. eine problem in the Dr. Hairy A. Carrie d, iti'or, found himself f. .1 ltdior siniaticn whict tie np the ,-,al in-la.t. State-. I'.etail .f.- seeo; t. .-m Whll.p, al-.-i-d-,.l!id s iiio'ttdl they admit tl at the la itu.-itton is a "vesinit problem." Middle we. tern m.liers have i.l tiled ,emanil.; to the , .,;. :, mtt; i-1 ion, Ketitu.-ky ttiinets, to tne est ,r f,.me ltl.noo already are on st. in.l ti teo.len. y to-,', a'd- in. ,k, tic la id.- fo Itefcricd to J. I'. White. Dr. Carfield las .1 the pi-ol, o John I I'nited Min r. White, tt White, president of tl Workers of America. a ieiiesetititui, of th me,, her of the coal i.lin tiat will attempt to nsKiiagc the prot.-st lnK narties. The nunert; have placed their case before Mr. White and have made demands for m watros "to meet tit" rising living rots." As representative of the mine wers. VV bite knows the condition: the individual fields and holies that he will he able to reach a settlement of wage di.spiites so the coal supply will not be hampered. Kmplcyors have marie demands up on the government. It is generailv understood that mine perators have told Dr. (iarfield that the fixed priri are not rojfliciont to meet rising dn. amis for wages. They declare that since the government ha fixed the price of coul, it ir up to the govern went to meet the demands for in creased wagea. They ask a subsidy from the government, or else that the jovernment pay tha difference in wages on all or IU iteel.

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Atlantic Transput! Finer Torpedoed Off the t'oa-t of Ireland. I ! II. f lri NKW ViiUlOils b.. 1ST of i ,t la he 1 1 t of he 1 hi enitineroom by the explo.-ion others rlrowneit. f.l to itl"i- (.'. A. Captain Wills and the . 1-W,.,k r-a.et w Ne.vs of Hie RE-ORGANIZATION OF French System to be I'sed. Increasitin; the Numerical Strentrth. ( fly l.'.f Inf.'-nflfi', VV AslllViToN, -late llliii':: lii-r tian f. ri or lo-ini; Hi'tire It . aim at th .-part today that boards "I high am y olheers were to he designated at all national guard camps to pa-s on tne efficiency of olticei s to il.-tei none which wt'l be giv. n other a-.-igiiiii.-nt.--.r leduced to non-e,iiiimi.--ionei! posts. The war department will endeavor tc avoid reducing nnv of the i.t' ccrs now in the guattl orgtmizations, if po-.-ihle, 1 ut , reference will he given the cliceis who come up to the standard.estahlisheil by the eilicienry boards. National army oflieers, selecte! from the reserve ofliceis recently graduat ed from the training camps, also will he scrutinized hy tiie ellii-iency hoards nnd only those who show a hih stand an! of Tr-r-it in leading troops in the field will he ensured of command of the conscript forces that go abroad. The French nyatem of organization for a division provide for two bri- ! gaden rf infantry, with two regiments I to a brigade.

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ELDER'S OEAIHi,l

I Discard Theory That Rob-i j be ry Was the J ; Motive. HIS MOVEMENTS ARE BEING TRACED Police Report Finding; Him Asleep on Storehouse Lawn at 2: !'l A. M. , ,,,-.,( I., .l.-ooiti e,,; .,.!,. INDl.VNAl'OI.I ;, In.l.. S-t.tcuo.e' . h-,-iv obbel V had mu.'h n I'atio'.iito t had found Fide , t.llmg hi h-.t. It i KI1.I.FI) BY TRAIN. . mhulancc Driver Ih-alh in France. i n., no-; I'VKIS, s ADMITTED TO BAR. John llenz is Now Lntitlcd to l'ra tice Law in limine Circuit Court. 11. loda ,1 L iractire at the Iloonc county bar. lie is a graduate of the Ibanon high school and of Indiana university. Ile has taken a partial course in the Harvard law school and pluns to complete his course this winter in a Florida institution. When Racoon Take Chaneea. Tbe fondness of racoons for green corn leads them Into frequent danger, for. when bottomland corn tempt them away from their usual haunts, racoon hunting with dogs at night become an especially favored Siort. Racoon are remarkably Intelligent animals and make Interesting and amusing pet.

ARTILLERY UNITS JOIN AMERICAN

E Announcement Made of the Safe Arrival of Additional Forces. PICKED GUNNERS OF THE U. S. ARMY They Have Taken Over Field Pieces ar.d Bit; (Jtins to be I'sed on the Front. f .,,.,!. -'I-iiijl XV:u Sfrt-lcr.l IINC'KiN. September 111. i -t.iit.-i.es f.-cin France, pantiic Attviican censor, which Jo- a-i-ixal of a.lditiontd ariiit -d (an. I'erd.itlK's forces i-lia-'c- I tj-t.tonj. bttse near till 1.:- 1'.- f. .ot, pleased offie. I' 'i-i oo.tttcHl out that acl'it,.- ,t -i into ise the picked of the a iv.-. nil men who I extol.... t: a.iiit:(r. They .,n ov. r the lioM pieces and nt t.ivr s;iins :il ready set nsidc i avl it is thouvht here that lie hiii "ill have to be de- , 'I em in piac'iee. Tile lnthere will -.! into adorn. War dipnitnient ot!i-ii-'s soiipK .m'l.d when asked that i,:i- tioe. It i ac. ei-tcd that the first infill m.ition that I'ershiitcr has taken i-.er the !-. il-il y selected for the op. el. tit. in- of tlie Atiunratt tnsps will iv. a- w hen casualty li.sts are made ptib-l-c. To.h.v lYi .hiiiic has all of his tioo;,s veil in htio'l. If an emergenry w;c to :ti -i ,e they could he utilized at once. Hut tlti re toe many conringen . ie.t other th: n rimply having the men ready that wdl have to be taken into consideration before they as.iuma the re.-l war duties. The A-rariian air forces already have mud" wonderful strides in trainee; on the other side and now that the artillery force-, are on the job the ta.-k of i o or.liiiaiing the two servicea - the air roes con .tttute the eyes of 'If gunner. will he p'ostcd forward. In a, cud;, rice with the cen.-iarship reg. 'tlit-.n.s in'ormation regarding the. t. f or lb, art,llery units of the air ciion : cannot be made public at this tii.ie. llolf OIH Widespread Anarchistic Plot Against (Government is Suspected. CAMP DKVONS, Ayers, Mass., Sep'ernhi r l:!.--Fnl!nivinif the discovery of a huge (tiantity of dynamite in the national army ramp here. Captain II. M. H'-wen, in charge of the secret sorvice here, today declared that a ,i i.-s(,ie;i, anarchistic plot against tie rfovoi nioeiil has been uncovered. Vs a re-tilt of the rl.scoveries here, t a t- stat.-d that plotters would be tight tit the various army enramo ment.. ifc'-mgiwiit t1'" counir v. Captain r.o.tett cliiima to know several of tie- men concerned in the plantear of t'-e dynamite found near the; Av -i , e.-iiitotmient. Ile is positive the 1. VV. VV. had r... thing to do with the yi.tk that last night gave rnmp Devona tl-nll of terror. Ail the I. W. V, ntf. ti discovered in or near the can'onment have been turned away. The timely discovery of the dynamite is believed to have frustrated a plot to Moyv up one or more camp buildings. Adam's Ala aa a Beautlfler. Of course, you know that you neve? will hnve a rlenr whito skin nnlesa your diet Is right. It I mot Important to drink plenty of water, from six to eight glases nt Interval during the day. Ton shnnld avoid rich pastry or sweets, and see thai j-our diet conshts as much as possiMe of simple, o-isily digested foods. Fresh air and exercise w III alii help to In prove the complex!, n. Exchange. Murder Will Out There's one good thing shout th mnvtes. When one of the character gets murdered he stay mnrdered. Ha d.iesn't take curtnlu calls. Brow alng's Ua;ai!ne.