Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 307, Lebanon, Boone County, 25 September 1917 — Page 1

1I1S REFClilEK 13 THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN BOONE COUNTY. Partly clomly and siighily a tanlelit: Wednesday probably sho VOLUME 25. LEBANON, INDIANA, TUESDAY, SEFfEMBER 25. 1917. NO. 307.

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Artillery Duels Most Notice' able East of Ypres. AEROPLANES ARE IN CONSTANT USE Infantry Fighting is Extending Northward from Scene of Recent Battle. (Ay the. lcroinl .V.- flerrfcc. LONDON, September 25. Another violent artillery duel has developed on the West Klnnders front, especially east of Ypres, the wur office announced today. Attempts by the Germans to capture British outpost northeast of Lens failed. East of Kphey. on the northern end of the Somme front. British raiders penetrated a German trench capturing some prisoner. All along the westen front intense air activity b prevailing. Thirtyfour aeroplanes were shot down in one day's fighting, according to the reports of the British. French and German war offices. British and French flyers brought down twenty German machines while the Germans claim tc have accounted for fourteen allieii aeroplanes. That the infantry fighting on the West Flanders front may be extended northward from the scene of Thursday's big British victory, was indicated by dispatches from the front today saying that the artillery filing getting much heavier between St. j Julien and the North Sea. i Despite the large numbers of Gcr-1 man troops used and the terrible ex- i penditure of lives, the latest thrust of the crown prince against the newFrench positions at Verdun has resulted in complete failure. At Bois Le Chaume, between Dexonvaux and Beaumont, the Germans penetrated a French trench section, but were quickly driven out. NEXT QUOTA 20 PER CENT. State Conscription Board Plans to Carry Out New Orders. (0s She International .Vert Servtce.i INDIANAPOLIS, lnd.. September 25. SUt conscription hoards today prepared to carry cut the orders received yesterday from Washington stating that twenty and not forty per cent of the first draft should be sent to Louisville October 8, and that they should all be white men. At the same time unofficial word reached Indianapolis that ting. G"n. Wilder, in command at Camp Taylor, has informed the war department that he could handle the entire remaining 65 per cent of the draft troops, and has asked that they be sent at once. Sixty-Two Cars Required Carry Troops) and Equipment to Camp Shelby. B Its Inltrntunnal Sen Service.) FORT BENJAMIN HARRISON, lnd., September 25. The exodus of the infantry regiments of the Indiana National Guard to Hattiesburg. Miss., hegsn today at U:!5 a. m., nhcn tix-ty-two cars carrying the Fourth Regiment and equipment pulled out of the fort. The guardsmen cast longing at the fort as they left for their winter training quarters. Cheers resounded as they steamed away to the Southland. Companies in the regiment arc from Decatur, Rushville, Huntington, Indianapolis. Marion, Bedford, Kvansvillc, Columbus, Madison, and Anderson. The Rushville company is already tn Hattiesburg. Colonel R. U Moorhead commands the regiment The regiment will bs incorporated in artillery brigaa in ihs xcuiU. The First Regiment will leave tomorrow and the Third regiment will it Friis?, .

PAN-GERMANS TELL PEOPLE WHAT TOLL THE NATION WILL EXACT

B Ike IsttrMMimal .Vers Ssrrlrs.) AMSTERDAM, September 25. The pan-German league has issued a pamphlet telling the German people that the imperial government will exact an indemnity of $S7,M0 ,OUO,00 from the allies, "when the war is won." " A copy of the pamphlet, which has just been received here, says that Germany will annex the following territories: Greater part of Belgium, a big district in Northeastern France, the cities of Calais and loulogne, the Suer. canal, the Belgian Congo, the Canary Islands, Tunia. .Morocco, the Azores. Madeira, Gibraltar and part of the Frenrh and British colonies in Africa. ASKS CLIENTS' RELEASE. Chief Counsel for Means Makes Plea in His Behalf. B if nJfrfool Vrfi Smlre.l CONCORD. N. C. Septemlier 25. Frank Osborn, chief counsel for Gas ton Means, accused of the murder of Mrs. Miiode Kinir. todav demanded be fore Magistrate Pitta that hi.- client he released as there had not been sufficient evirier.ee to hold him. Attorney Osborn said the defense .ould not introduce an. evidence a: he preliminary hearing. One Man Killed and Over Dozen Injured Near Lowell, Massachusetts. !;, the tntrrn-Hionrl S'ni., l.OW KIX. Mas., SVpt'm.'r 2" One man u.s killer, arul rmrt limn n ovn others were injured whet a ter rific explosion wrecked the munition plant cf the Newton Manufacture:.Company at WarrenviJIe three mit'.from here today. Thrw hundred others at work in the building at the time hid mur.nv escapes. The force of the explosion blew out windows in house more than a mile away. The Newton Manufacturing Com pany is engaged in the manufacture of shrapnel and shells for the L'nitfd Slates government. The company'. plant was filled with nitroglycerine and shells. Harden' Plan to Keep American and German Troops Apart. Hardlv Possible. (ft thr 1n1err,utUH0 Xnf Srrrirr. WASHINGTON. September 2.-,. A n arm .at ire he fore lernian a nd American troops meet on the hattleHeld, aa suffices ted k.y Maximilian M Mrden, is out of the question as matters now Htand, tute department and w htte house ollicials declared today. There will be. no formal statement of thin government's attitude since the NUffffestir-n comes from a private citizeand not frori the ifrman government. Hut even should u h a pro posal come from Wilhelmstra .'o i te!f no doubt was left today that it would be promptly rejected. Maximilian Harden is regarded by Washington officials as one of the moat enlightened of Germans and hi views always are listened to with in terest. Official Washington U willing to go a long way with Harden, since regarded certain that he will play a prominent part in the reform movement that is expected to overturn the present system of government in Germany. But today govnf offirjal rwlitvrl mvfin Hunton had been deceived by the German replv pope's peace note when he flt-cted the honest will of a JONEt the German people. Offi..n nanien a desire lor peace evidently blinded him to the fact that the Cerman reply was penned to stimulate the present ideas of the Orman people for the possible effect on the United States and in reality ra nnt a frank statement of thir purposes and desires. , EXPF.CT ORDERS SOOJ. INDIANAPOLIS, lnd., September 25. The jMrsone! of th Lilly Base H'jsl-I i)oi;n4 today not to be mora then twehr hours from camp at any time. They will go to Franc shortly, it 1 baievd.

FIFTEEN KILLED

fJI IN RAIC0NJ0ND0N Property Damage in London by German Raid, Was Slight. BOTH AIKSIIIPS AND AEROPLANES USED Only One or Two of Aircraft Succeeded in Reaching: the Metropolis. tftM the tttrrn.iti'.iuil .ir ftrrvi'-e.) LONDON, .September 25. Fifteen persons were killed and seventy weir wounded in London, during the German air raid last night, it was officially announced today. The damage was comparatively slight for only one. or possibly two of the German airplanes succeeded in reaching thij city, so violent was thi fire from tihigh angle cannon and mi vigomus was the defense of the British airmen. Three women were wounded in a coast town that was attacked bv Zeppelin. For the first time in many months the Germans used both airships and aeroplanes, the airships attacking the fsast while the speedier aeroplanes tried to penetrate inland. Pretentious Effort. In view of the large territory attacked and the number of aeroplanes .ind Zeppelins taking part last nightV German air raid against England whs one of the mot pretentious since such attacks were begun, according to advices received here today. Not only was London attacked, but bombs were dropped along the East coast all the way from Xentshire, at the southeastern, extremity of England, to Yorkshire. The atta Iters were subjected to a hot fire from the high angle cannon as soon as their presence became known, while huge numbers of Hritnh aeroplanes sent alnft attacked the invaders. When the Gerf.: plane ret i red , t he y we rc foil o w ed out to The task of attacking the city was given to the aeroplanes on account of their superior maneuvering ability and their size. The zeppelin? were -ent northward along the coast, evidently with a view to attacking industrial and marine AMahlisLments. Fires were caused her-e by incendiary bombs and in addition to the;' missiles, th1 attackers used hhrapne! projectiles and aerial Wped"es of gigantic power, which exploded with, a terrific roar. The sugg'-stion was made that the raiders over London may have been Tying to "get" some of the American soldier reported in the city, but this, of course, was pure conjecture. The hostile air craft were over Itritish soil about three hours in all, but so far as could be ltarned there was no panic anywhere. In this city, prompt attention wa given to the wounded by the Red Thrilling i Cat I le Lasted For an Hour and a Half Off Coast of France. tlln the lntfrniUimil Setre Service. AS AMERICAN PORT. September 25.The first real story of the thrilling battle between American sub marine chasers, convoying five troophips bearing engineers to France and a flotilla of German U-boats off the coust of France, was iold here toduj by a former bluejacket who had enlisted in the engineers corps, but who was recognised on the voyage as a bluejacket who had deserted and who was arrested and brought back here as a naval prisoner. He is awaiting trial by eourtmartial. The running fight lasted more tjian an hour and a half. The U-boats finally were driven off and the trans port ran Into a Ficin.lt jrt in safety. None of the American destroyers was hit and far as Is known all of the German U-boats escaped. The deserting bluejacket la one of the first men to be sent back from France under arrest Before thf war he was a member of a United States Vp erew. He grow tired of the In,jitivlty snd deserted, . .

GERMANS USE BRITISH TYPE OF AEROPLANE IN RAID ON LONDON

J the 7srtmaffo.J ttetet Ferttce.) LONDON, Sptmber 25 An ironical Oature of the latest German air attacks was that the ranters used Gotha aeroplones, a type formerly owned exclusively by England. The Germans some time ago stole the idea from a British air machine that was shoe down behind the German front and have since Bsed thorn f:r raiding purposes because 0 their great speed and readability. INDIANAPOLIS LEADS. Has Three Runs to Toronto's One at end of Fifth liming. Wit the lmteraHt0I Vetr flrrfrr. TORONTO, September 25. Fnlkinburg and Gossttt formed the battery for the first game n the series with Indianapolis American Association team. Thompson and tjilonge were in the points for Toronto. The score Indianapolis 0 0102 Toronto t 0 0 0 0 " ' Met'tinx in Connection with Harr Campaign in Advance, a big Success. Eighty-five men attended the personal workers' banquet given last evening at the Christina church in Advance in connection with the Burr meetings. Mrs. Harr gave an address on "Personal Work" and pnreited the organization of the personal work ers. This afternoon at 3:1". Mr. Halnmnd met the Boosters' League at the tal,erna le. Tonignt at Ica.'t one hundred children will take part in the children's service of fnrtv minutes. A fiefrgation from the"l"ViKs.ian Endeavor societv of the East churh and residents from MUiedgeville will at tend this evening's service in a body. The business men's prayer meeting was held this morning at the Hustler office. Thirty-two were present. Mrs Harr talked at this time on "The Value of a Man." Standard Oil Tanker Hadly Dam aged and Portion of Wharf Blown I'p. H-i the ln),;Mtii,n.il Srrt ImH.I RICHMOND, fal., Septemher ".. Two men were hlown to pieres, the Standard Oil t::nker. J. A. MolTett. vat badly damajfed and a portion of the mnin wharf of the company was blown in at i r.'Hork this mornir.jr by an explosion. The victims were Kine.st Rutcer. 'luartermaster of San Kranci.sco and II. H. Juileret, of Richmond. It was definitely established evernl hours after the blast that they were blown to pieces. Two other were injured. The explosion that wrecked the plant was preceded by two minor ex pi ..ions. Officials of the company refused to discuss the cause of the explosion. Persons in the factory at the time said they did not know what had exploded. Cause of Fx plosion. The cause of the explosion is a mystery although the police have i vided some outside agency was responsible for it. An officer of the .Standard Oil Company declared his investigation established that beyond a doubt the explosion Has accidental and due to f". jjncrHcd In the hold. The Moffett arrived in ballast firm Vancouver, R. C, yesterday and it is declared was due to sail today. The vessel carried no cariro at the time of the explosion. The vessel was built at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, in 1915 and was of 3,120 tons net and had a capacity cf 00,000 barrels of oil. COVFRNOB'S CONDITION. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. September S. The greatest fear Dhvsicians now ( have for Governor Goodrich Is durinar the nisrht. It ts then that his -reak physical condition may not be able to resist the complication of diseases that has net in. Last night, physicians announced Soday. the eovernor i spent lair eight

VOTES TO BREAK

Chamber of Deputies Supports Action of Argentine Senate. FINAL ACT RESTS WITH PRESIDENT The President of Argentine is Said to Have Pacific Leanings. 1 IV Hit Intn n'tlioniit r.v ftmtrt.t BUENOS A IRKS. StptMv.hr 2.". A diplomatic lreuk with (ItTmany ;7ov rt'..ts with tlif president of the i opublic. After a 24-hour se.-oion the Ch.mi'kt of deputies voted in i-uppo.t of he senate resolution calling for a Sreak with (tf'tmany but (trfiro the .'.ction of t h Chamber of lVput'es het omes r-iTt tive it must receivp the approval of the executive. The president, it is said, has pacific .cninp and it wit, a fcroup of his followers that blocked artin in th chamber 'a:-t week after the senate had voted for a break. The action of the chaieber mines at a time uhin the whole wpubWc U the throes of a railway strike, hut there ts much urtivitv in the war ami marine deuartment mdiratina; that itrontx action is to he taken to clear the situation. PES AN APPEAL 10 Fuel Administration Addresses Conference on Coal Situation. the lHtrrnnli,ifil W" Hrrrve ) WASHINGTON', September K.Ilarry A. Garfield, fuel administrator, iippcalod to miners anil operators of the Central fields at all costs to aver. a strike us the miners opened their f'liht here todav, for increased pay. The miners are prepared to demand increased pay. The miners are prepared to demand tin increa-e of ten cents a ton to be paid to machine and pick miners and of $l.'.m a day for day laborers, who now receive from :.',: to $.1.60 a day. "I'nder no circumstances must we allow production to stop," Dr. Garfield told the miners and operators delegates. "It is our business as American citizens to produce the coal needed for carrying on this war. just as it is the business of certain other American citizens in the ranks of the army to march on over all obstacles. We must put aside for the time beinir all fjuegtions that might separate us under ordinary condition.! and bend all efforts to Increasing production. A general strike would spell disaster." Caucuses Held. After Dr. Garfield had opened tlx conference, with this address, the miners and operators caucused si pnratcly. The miners formulated their demands, which, it is understood, w iil be solely for a wage increase based on the "increased cost of living," while the operators tried to reach some decision as to how far they were willing to go in meeting the demands of the men. "The meeting today is an emergency meeting," with the miners and operators of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana each represented by eight delegates and alternates. Each side from each state will have four votss in finally dcterrpinir? set. tlement. The Central cometitivo district employs in the neighborhood of 2IHUHK) miners and produces approximately 2.'iO,(N)0,0X) tons of bituminous coal annually. Increase in Price. Dr. Garfield hinted in his address to the delegates that certain increases in the coal prices as fixed by the president Wouid be allowed tli wpcratcre at an early date. "The increase will be only in a few outlying fields," the fuel administrator said after the meeting. "In those districts having thin veins or where peculiar formation, making mintnj especially difficult occurs, ad1 ranees will be allowed pending a final 1 inventigation and adjustment. "

POPE'S NEXT PEACE NOTE.

Pontiff Studying Form His Next Proposals Will Take. tBy th9 InternittionnX XevM Rervire.) GENEVA, September 25. Pope Benedict XV is already studying the form which his next peace r ote to the belligerenta shall take, acconling to a dispatch from Rome today. The message continued: "It is believed that the pontiff knows the peace terms of the central powers and that the next papal move will be written in accordance. Also, there is ground for the belief that the replies of Germany and Austria-Hun gary were, to some extent, intended for home consumption onlv. It is quite probable that the rejoinders of the central powers to the next papal note will be le--s genernl in terms and more convincing in tone. The date of the next papal peace note is not known hut it may lie forthcoming within a fortnight. WELL SATISFIED. William Hoover Writes That K.ver. thing at t amp Taylor Looks Good. Mrs. Ive Stephenson has received n letter ftom her brother, William H never, who left Saturday with the 'unscripts for Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., in which he stated that he was very well satisliod anil that everything looked good to hirn. EXTENDS TO INDIA Agitation Spreads to English Possession and Assumes Serious Phase. Iffy the tnlernUfnnl Kevt Service.) LONDON, September 2f.. The home rule tight, which Ireland Ims tnon polized so long, has now spread to Ind.a. To allay this agitation while explaining the political reforms which the home government has in mind is j one of the tasks whirh will fall to Kdwin Montagu, secretary for India, when he leaves for licmbay later in the autumn. "Political feeling is India is drifting into dangerous ch.innels," says the Times, one of the most conservative newspnpers in the Hiitih Isles. It adds: "Apart from the extreme forms of aeitation, advocating Komothipg in t! e form of complete home rule immediately on the com-luj(,n of the .inland a policy i,f passive res iM ance to the counter measure with w'nirh the government ha h"en Ciorpelled to Maintain its authority, in fie great body of middle opinion a ferliiij? of uncertainty prevails as to what will he the position of India in the rnti.-.i empire when peace is di-rlared." A dispatch from Hombay quote the "Times of India" a-t sayinjr that Mr. Montagu's viit will be warmly welcomed and says that undoubtedly the leaders of Indian opinion will mpt the Hritish statesmen with a spirit of co-operation. The same dispatch tpiotes the "Pioneer" as saying that "there has been airitation of the most reprehensible sort on foot in India." LEBANONiTES TO ATTEND Mrs. 15. F. Mi-Key on Program of Charities and Correction At l.aporte. Mrs. W. O. Darnall of the Welfare I League, Mrs. B. V. McKcy, a member ; of the Boone county Board of Child-1 ren's Guardian.-; John W. Jones, a member of the County Charity Hoard; i and Mrs. L. V. Jones, of the County Kehef committee, will go to Laportei the latter part of the week as dele-! gates to attend the Indiana State Con-1 ference of Charities and Correction to j he held in that city, from .September '29 to October 2. Dr. O. C. Higgins ' w ill also attend. On Monday after-1 noon at 1.00 o'clock at the I'rcsbyter-1 iMn chureh in that city a county chari-1 ties round table discussion will be held i with Mrs. MrKey presiding. Addresses at this time will be given by Professor U. G. Weatherly, of Bloomington. Professor K. K. Lumley of Indianapolis, and other. During tae four days' session, excellent speaker will be piesent aid such topics as local charities, court and prison, social wort and the war, state eliarititt, rural life, child welfare and hospital work will b liven.

HOME RULE FIGHT NOW

SEVERELY HURT CI

Series of Accidents Recorded Over County Yesterday. VICTIMS ARE NOT FATALLY INJURED 11 1 ' One Run Over by Wagon, Another Hit by Auto, Third Fell From Window. Ifi! Three children were injured in .-cries of accidents in Donne county yesterday. One was run over hy a gravel wagon, anott.cr was struck by an automobile and a third fell from a -econil sttiy window. None of the injuries proved fatal however. KI N OVI-R HY WAGON. Small Son of George l uster Near Ad. vance Sevi'.ely Injured. The sm ill ton of George Custer, 1 tcrday morning about 9:.'I0 o'clock whi n he fell frrm a gravel wagon near Now HrunSA'irk. The wheel of tha wagon parsed over him, toarins; the ligaments in his left shoulder. He wis attended by Pr. Bunnell, of Jamestown. STKITK BY AITO. Son of Charles Canada Injured Near Advance Yesterday. The sm'ill son of Charles Canmia, residing southeast of Advance, was hurt yesterday afternoon about three o'cli ck w hen he was struck by a machine driven by Otis Kpohr. The boy was running across the street and did not see the oncoming automobile for n buggy. He was knocked down, and badly bruised, but the machine did not pass over bim. H.I.I. HiOM WINDOW. Sixteen Months' Old Babe Injured bjr Fall From Second Story. Howard, the sixteen-months-old baby of Norva! Carroll, of Klizaville, fell from a second stoiy window at the Imme of its ero,:s yesterday morning ahwt f '.i... (.'clock. The baby was badly shaken up but no hones were broken. It was attended by Dr. J. K. Tucker, of Klizaville. Centenary Church Wants Pastor Returned Here For Another Year. Centenary Methodist Episcopal church closed a successful year Sunday, under the p:i.,torate of Dr. Charles A. Parkin, and, at the adjourned meeting of the quarterly conference on Monday night the hoard unanimously voted fcr the return of Dr. Parkin, and District Superintendent Tillotson has been notified of this action. Dr. Pnikin came to the Lebanon church last year, after having been returned to St. Paul church, Indianapolis, for the seventh year's wtrk to take the place of Dr. Kirk Waldo Kohbins, who was transferred to Rock Kiver. III., conference and sent to ftavenswood church, Chicago. He found the local church planning for a union tabernacle meeting, and ii was three months before he had T" opportunity to get a gravip on the ' uatinn. Then came the war excite mcnt, with all its activities, but with all these drawbacks the church had a good year of it, with a net increase of about UK) in membership and the finances were broucht ui satisfactorily. Dr. Parkin's work has endeared bim to hi congregation and hi personality has impressed itself deeply upon the community. He ha been a valuable man in the varied activities of the life of the city and community and all are desirous of hk return aa pastor of the local church.