Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 308, Lebanon, Boone County, 26 September 1917 — Page 1
ONLY DAILY NEWSPAP. ER IN EOOXE COUNTY.
USHAOW BE BEEN RESUMED . ( Field Marsha Ilaig's Forces Attack on a Wide Front. GOOD PROGRESS IS MADE REPORTS SAY Attacks Followed Tremendous Bombardment of the German Positions. I By lf rrrit'f.i! ,Vrir SVrriVr.l LONDON, September 26The Brit ish advance in Belgium has been re-! Jurred. ui..i ri..:... t .... , ed on a wide front east and northeast of Vpres this morning, making good progr the war office announced at noon. By the assaults today the new British offensive against the Germans on the West Flanders front swings into ifa second phase. 1 The attacks followed a tremendous bombardment of the. German positions along wide front from a point near Langamarck to the district south oft the Yprca-Roulers road. Prince Rupprecht's German soldiers ! resisted the British advance rigorous ly but in spite of their efforts the British were able to advance their ', line materially. Severe losses were inflicted upon the Germans. Determined and steady pressure is j
being maintained against the German I Despite the action of congress in votline in West Flanders and today''. ' for '" Germany presi-I-rngresa for the British represents a j ''"' Iroygen toduy failed to give exdeclaive tep in the great struggla to ecutive consent, throw the Germans back from the ! The president so far has remained North Sea coast. I resolute in favor of neutrality, but it lis believed that public opinion will Germans Thrown Back, j impel him to back up the action of Violent bombardment, hurricanes of , ""ll!!!.. .. ,! . ( A great mass meeting i being liiiuid fire and etorm assaults by ; planned for this evening to bring picked German troop have all failed : pressure upon the president and into break the hold of the British and j duce him to support the action of conFrench on thtir gain upon the West ' gress. Flanders and Verdun fronts. The National Railway strike today In West Flander the German coun-! spread into other branches of industry, ter attack were concentrated over a j It ha so for extended to the tralneomparatively narrow front between j ways and to the electric power plants, the Ypres-Roulers road and the Yprea- and the leaders are trying hard to Menin road. For a tim" it looked as: spread it still further. though the furious charges of the j German Worming battalions in dense GENERAL STRIKE, formntion would have some ucces : for British trencher, were penetra! -d i , , ... . ,,... ,. , , i n a l t, t. . ' l.iaety to Occur in Government near Polygon wood. But the British rallied, and in spite of another heavy I Navy Yards. i German attack, drove out the Teutons j tnd ent them reeling backwards. ""' "" """"" ""' : Sixty thousand German troops of, WASHINGTON, September 2fi. . the army of the crown prince, the A general strike of muehim-ts emfront rank spurting cruel jets of ployed at government navy yards liquid fire from tank strapped upon threatened today as a result of 1'r.wj. , their back, attarked the French be-!'1"'" Wilson's action in declining to tween Beaumont and Bearonvaux. A';'"" hanl the dispute at this thrilling hand to hand battle raged for i time. hour but finally the Germans were I The president t-lay refened an rethrown back. Thousands of irrenad-s 'peal of the International Ass.viat.oti were thrown during the- conflict t ut ' of machinists from the wage seate the contest was finully ettied by the fied hy the arsenal and navy yard
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Thi action wa on the hart .de of or me .avy uameis. .secretary llnnthe Meuse. Suddenly the German , Is, in turn, referred the app-a! back crown prince wung his attacks to the 1 1- the wage board whose original tieother side of the river, assaulting the lision was complained of. French position near Malinrourt i The International Association of Wood. Again he iuffered defeat and Machinist in its appeal to the prcsitndav the German are back in their ' dent, said the waire board had entire-
old position, hving (tnlTered severely during the past twenty-four hours. A GREAT MERGHANT REET IS ASSURED The United States to Have 1,600 Ships by the End of the Yer IS 18. ftv thi Intfrnotinnal .Vfies AVrrP-M WASHINGTON, September 2B. By the end of 1918 the United State will have a merchant marine aggregating 1,600 thi with a total tonnage cf 9500,000 ton. These figures compare with a total tonnage of !,- 814,222 in the American overseas merchant service on June 30, 1914 one month before th war broke out. They were given cut In an official statement by th United Stftte hippin bflsrd today. TSi Vta'-M Suite bow hm CS vs-
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VOLUME 25,, acl of over 1,500 ton dead weight, cspahle of Undertaking voynges ovei rat Their tonnage totals 2,87t,3f,i. One hundred and seventeen German and Austrian ships with a total tonnage of 7110,285, have heen commandeered by the shipping board. Four hundred steel ihips, now under construction in America, with an aggregate tonnage of 2.500,000, alio have been taken over liy the shipping board. The emergency fleet corporatij.t of the shipping board has contracted for vessels which when completed w'll have a total tennage of 3.124.730. Some of these vessels will be teudy for delivery within 60 or 90 day-. The figures given out today, do not include the prospective program of the hipping board, but only that part of it for winch e.iitracta already have In en let. It is emphasiied that the 9.200.000 ton estimate for the end of 1 H is only that part of the program that absolutely certain t be carried out. All efforts will be made to push the total of overseas tonnage under United .States control far over that figure before the first of October 1SH8. 1 The figures made public today give the first definite information on the j work that has been accepted by the j emergency fleet corporation and the j United States shipping board sinrej the I'nited States went to war. They i Ao incluile vesseli the inland waterways of the United States in the coastwise traife or in service in I11" sels that may he impressed into th ! service of carrying supplies and mu mtiona to our allies and to can troops overseas are incl the shipping hoard's estim: "" 3ENTINE WiTHHOLDS CONSENTi Great Mass Meeting Planned to Impel Him to Back up Action of Congress. the ffrhv.nai sVici ami. BLEXOS AIRES, September 2.Y B"ge adjustment board to S disregarded the recommendations of the local committees of the vario.tm'vy yard for increase ranging from ten to forty per cent. The new ilecided upon by the wage board inlo effect Mnmlav. I Although dissatisfied with the 'board's ruling the machinists at the I Norfolk navy yard have remained at work pending tie decision of the I president on their appeal All other skilled workers with the exception of electricians and ship fitters already are on strike at Norfolk. FAVOH OPKS SHOP. PORTLAND, Ore., September Kleven big ship building companies in the Columbia river district May stand solidly together for the open shop principle and have announced they will open their plant, where upward of 7,000 men are on trike, to any mnn who pent himself for work. The closed shop i the chief demand of the striker. TO SAVE PAPER. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind- SeUerrber 26. Tin board of schuol comn'isatnner ha under consideration a proposal tr order pupils to write oi bo-h s,o, of r m i
LEBANON, INDIANA,. WEDN ESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2G, 1917.
rSIX KILLED AND MOOED 1,1 Second Air Attack By Ger mans in Twenty-four Hours. THE ENGLISH AIRMEN -DRIVE RAIDERS BACK Activity of German Airmen Haa Caused London to Label it "Air Raid Week." lB the ;.fcrrel Atara Ssreicf.l LONDON, September 26. Six perI sons were Willed and sixteen wounded in last night's German air raid on i London, it was officially announced to day This was the second raid against this city in twenty four hours, but a failure so far as material results e concerned. Not more than two ho,til planes wore able to fight their way past the j A number of bomb were dropped, hut there were no casualties outside of London. The six persons kiiled last night brings the total number of Briton killed in German air raids up to 8X1. The attacking airplanes came in to squadrons, one attacking about
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The British were on the alert and as soon as the alarm was sounded the biirh arg'e guns were turned loose against the j:gant.c Goth machines anil Brit 1 avia'ors sed skyward, their rr.ai hir.o guns spitting thin CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR. ! i REORGANIZATION WORK TO BEGIN AT ONCE New Alignment of Indiana Troop to Take Place at Camp Shelby. tBp tht (mhVtt( Vewa ffensloe.) CAMP SHELBY, Hattieaburg, Miss., September 26, The re-organization mill will grind out new alignment of troops in the division tliat wil) separate many Indiana, National Guard unitst Brig. Gen. Lewi ha completed hit plans, and as soon a the remainder of the Indiana fusi-d i in ramp, wit! Iw.n whipping toe d v I 1'
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panies from AlhK-n, Angola, cello, Kendallvilie, hlKhart, Bend, Portland and Warsaw will be awignc.il t th 1-l'fh i .eld Artillery. The Third Battalion wiH then become the training nucleus fcr an infantry rviment to l.e known as the 101st! infantry. The supply company will be j attached to an artillery regiment. Two battalions from the Fourth ! regiment also will be converted into i
artillery units. The cavalry squp.dron . becomes a traitimf battalioti for an 1 infantry regiment, to be recruited LaUTCl tU. OWOpe, Of LllZafrom draft camps. I . The Indiana enjSneers are getting1 .Vllle, rlaced in
a workout blasting stump and planning camp road. All of the men in camp are getting plenty of manual I labor, for which they are thankful.) The soldiers themselves will complete i tne Running oi me ramp. First and second battalions of Fourth infanfvy and Companies K and cf Third battalion which include companies from Decatur, Kushville, Huntington, Indianapolis, Marion, Bedford, Evansville, Columbus and Madison. DAYLIGHT ROBBERY. Four Bandits Hold up a Messenger and Secure $273. ,-,-..(-i Kr. ot
-ur .,-,- a , -ic i- I ceived a telegram from the DepartCHICAGO. September 2fi.rour j rf JlJRtic t w,inRt0Ili 0. C--bandits, riding in an automobile t i estrtaiy morniriK, instructing him to lieved to huvc been stolen, today held arrest Laurel Krvin Sv.ope, of Klizaup Lester McNamare. a messenger in. ; vi"'- "n1 m,w nim unl1' further broad davlight and robbed him of a ""I" . satchel containing checks amounting -"P "Muled to go toCamp
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Itun Down by Interurban Near Lafayette. tlty tbf 'lntrmntwMll riri firrvtrt.l LAFAVKTTK. Ind., .September 26. Three women were probably fatallv injur ;d and one man badly hurt today when an interurban car traveling toward Ijfayette struck a touring car tound for Frankfort. The injured I women arc Mr. Leona Hinton, Frankfort; Miss Mary lshe. Montirello tnd Mis Delia Morecraft. Frankfrrt. The injured man is William Weidman, Frankfort. All of the victims nrc in a hospital here. PRACTICALLY ENDED. Work of Japanese Mission to Thi CL-fr Bee" of Benefit. (H) (Ac slerMliiisai XttcM Kmict. WASHINGTON, September 2. The work of the Japanese mission Is practically completed, it wa learned today and the return of the party to Tokio is not far distant Viscount Ishii, bead of the mission, called upon President Wilsim at the white house this afternoon to bid him farewell. Before affirming that th result of the conversation between the miion and the tt department sre most Mtisfactorv. official will not discuss 'r.i of at Y u b'eo t. , .n o . , tie 1-r. f t d is ,1 . a ft e t -
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PUTUNDER ARREST Jail. , THE GOVERNMENT ORDERS HIS ARREST Y'outh Taken Into Custody Yesterday Afternoon Action in His Case Awaited. Sheriff D. N. Lewis, president of the Boone county conscription board ,tlfteA mtn who ,,ft for training Sat urday morning. He fuiled to ppear, and explained that his act wa. due to! a misunderstanding of his orders. He i said he had no desire to act the part i
of a alaeker and a,ke! that he he:"' ""'"
sent with the next quota. The local board did not send Mr. Swope's name to the department until Monday evening. He was told to reI He failed to appear and the board j. u: . , i , i . I . m . j l I What will be done in hi case is a ' matter of conjecture. He may be i classed as a deserter, which crime is punishable with heavy penalties. He will remain in jail here until further orders are received from the Department of Justice. ISLOYALTY ISSUE IE Utterances of Senator LaFollette and Mayor Thompson Cause Discussion. B ereaJ yea lrHti. CHICAGO, September 2fi. The issue of alleged disloyalty utterances was brought acutely before the public in the west today by two movements to oust Senator LaFollette from his seat and by the announced candidacy o Mayor William Hale Thompson for thi United State Senate. Approval or disapproval of the stund token by the two men on the I r t 'h t
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y uecUred bl Id stand his pubii and "authorized" utterance on war lfue. LaFollette haa instructed his lieutenant in Wisconsin that future campaigns there should he made entirely on the basis of his position regarding America and the war. Simultaneous movements were under way in Chicago and Minnesota today to bring ai.out the ousting of LaFollette from the I'nited States senate. The Minnesota safety commission has petitioned congress to remove LaFollette and resolutions toward the same end will be presented for approval at a meeting to be addressed by Col. Theodore R wvelt. The Minnesota commission charges LaFollette with disloyal and seditious utterances in an address at a went meeting of the national non-partisan league in St. Paul. The commission has referred to the United States district at St. Taul the matter of a possible violation of federal statutes with a recommendation thut if a violation of law is found, vigorous prosecution be undertaken. Col. Roosevelt, at the meeting here tonight, is expected to handle without gloves officials, citizens and aliens who have opposed the government's conduct of the war. Col. Roosevelt will speak without notes and is expected to subject those whose patriotism has been questioned to a blistering denunciation. The resolution de manding the removal of LaFollette from the senate has heen prepared b a committee of the National Security League, which also lias led the fight against Mayor Thompson's arts and attitudes. DUTY OF ALL AMERICANS Head of One of the Kig New York Hanking Firms Makes Patriotic Address. tBtf Ikt isferaofioaai Shim Servi,,)' HAIIKISBUKG, Pa., September 2. "The duty of loyal allegiance and faithful service to hi country, even imto death, rest upon every Amerfcan," declared Otto H. Kahn of the bonking house of Kuhn Loeb A Co., in a stirring patriotic address before the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce Unlay. "But if it be possible to speak of a comparative degree concenvrg what is the highest a It is the most elementary attribute of citizenship, that duty may almost be said to rest with an even more solemn obligation on Americans of foreign origin than upon native Americans," Kahn continued. "For we Americans of foreign antecedents are not here by accident of birth, but by our own free choice for better or for worse. Woe to the foreign born American who betrays the splendid trust reposed in him. "He who shirks the fullest measure of his duty and allegiance to the noblest of causes, be he GermanAmerican Irish-American or any other hyphenated American, be he L W. W. or socialist or whatever the appellatl0n' ,to" not eem, 9tan? nnXA Americans or indeed amongst fr"e me" Tu "i ,T 1 II and aim of the nati Holy war, is a traitor anil a traitor's fate should be his." Kahn declared the German people
onday morning!.. , , ., . . ' -j , tmn of prussianism and that peace
cannot come until the people fully have shaken off the last vestige of Prussian influence. "God grant." Kahn declared, "that , ' " ' , i,-l i , . .. : . , ,. . ... work out their own salvation anH finM the only road that will eiv? th worW an early peace onrl InaH iermany back into the family of nations from which M is now an entrant." MILK PRICES. Chicago Man Say Milk Will be Sold al 10 Lents a tjuait There. ( t International Jfwl Dxrrice.) j CHICAGO, September 2t'.. Milk win be oio in tnicago ai ten cem a quart thi winter, despite the action of the mill; producers association in agreeing upon a price of 13 cents, according to Dr. John llil Robertson, city health commissioner today. Dr. Robertson announced that a certain milk dealer with a plant completely equipped haa offered to turn over his plant to the city. If the corporation counsel rules that such a course i legal, the city will take over the plant, Dr. Robertson (aid, and enter the retail milk business. TO ENCOURAGE FARMING ' MEXICO CITY. September 25. Mexico ia to encourage agriculture ft a result of the embargo placed by the United States upon the exTxrrtatioa I of food to neutral. It tras announced today that Congress will authorise the state to divide aon-eultivsted ' d aniorg T - '! faimera en eondiI. l ti t i ..ti
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THE BODitE COUItTT RED CROSS BODY INNEEDOFHELR Appeal Made for Additional Funds for Surgical Dressing Shop. WORK BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT. Need of the Work Grow Mo. and More NecessaryWhat Has Been Accomplished. The Boone county chapter of the Ked t. ross made its tirsl shipment ot hospital supplies today, lloone county member may feel great pride in the record made hy the chapter. Usually county chapters aio required to ship thir supplies to one of the state's wareho uses to be Inspected before sending to New Yi rk. Hut the work oV this chapter has. been reported cf such excellent nuality by the in-., spectors sent here, that State Director Hentlcy autloi ,1 Boone county chapter to ship directly to New York thenre to France. The Shipment. The shipmen consists o;' the following supplies: Patient's clothing Hath robes. o4 dor..; p-jamas, V dor.; bed shirt, dor..; shoulder wraps, 15 do.; Id socks, 14 doz.; handkerchiefs, 20 doj. Hospital linens Draw hoet. 15 do..; bed sheets. 8'j doi.; pillntf cases. ft'l dot.; ice bag covers, 3 dot.; hot water bag covers, 1 b doi.) medicine glass covers. 111 dot.; hand towels, 20 dor.; bath towels, 14 doi.; wash clothes, 4 do. One e-se of surgical dressing wif! he sent next week. Sum of 2,000 Spent. The amount of money spent at this time for hospital supplies, surgical dressings, and yarn, is about 12.000, This money has been supplied from donations, membership andthercunty's quota of the war fund. Ilut t. iih the advance of materials, the growing demands of the ec.ple who are sewing, the work of the shop cannot bo kept up much longer without additional fund.--.. Our shop cannot dose when our own boy are going. The people of Boone county wl'l give now as never before. Surely you won't fail Ihe Red Cross in the hour of need. Must do V -it Limit. There is no such thing a giving your "bit," you must do your limit. Men wounded in the hospitals in France have died for the need of ur glcul supplies. As many men died from expi-surc in the trenches last winter as from shell wounds. To avoid a repetition of thi disaster MaJ. Grayson M. P. Murphy has asked America for one million five hundred thousand knitted garments, socks, mufflers, sweaters and wristlet. Boone county's portion of this amount is two hundred of each article. The chairman of our Red Cross chapter ha? pledged this amount. Work ha already heen started. There are women who are knitting, knitting anxiously. Hut the yarn must be u-i plied and to do this there must i financial support. This is your lied Cross. It U tprivilege, an opportunity, a duty to support it. Everyone must and will aiou-e himself to the greatness of his privilege in making sacrifices to attain victory ard save live. FIRST REGIMENT ON ' WAYTOCAMPSHELBY Left Fort Harrison This Morn ing For Hattiesburjf Cantonment ' I By the tntenationsi Xel Mfrtiet.) FT. BENJAMIN HARRISON, !nd.f September 26. The First Regiment, Indiana National Guard, left for Hattiesburg today without it commander. Colonel Emmett Branch, who is ill, Companic in the regiment are from Lsporte, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Gary, Michigan City, Tipton, Martinsville, F.st Chicago nd Newcastle. One thousand persons said good bye to the boy. Because of a ear short' age, sleeping car were net provided for the regimes.
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