Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 26, Number 1, Lebanon, Boone County, 28 September 1917 — Page 1

VVEAIIU.Ii lcll:. Fair tonight and iaiurnay; warmer tonight. THE KEPOSTEE IS TIIE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN BOONE COUNTY. ii VOLUME 26. LEBANON, INDIANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1917. NO. 1. Mien PIECES UHDER FREIGHT TRAIN! CHOSEN BY U. S.

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FOUR OTHER SECTION MEN MAKE ESCAPE Accident Happened on Curve North of Thorntown During a Heavy Vog. Charles Sutton, a well-known Thorntown resilient, was killed this morning ahout 6 i'i o'clock while going to work by a freight train on the big Four track north of Thorntown. Sutton was a member of an extra section jcang of six men. They had started to Stockwell to lo some work on a gasoline "speeder" on the track. They had passed over the Sugar Creek bridge ami started to go around the sharp curve about a mile north of Thorntown. The curve and a heavy fog prevented the men from seeing the inbound freight No. 4:! before it was right upon them. All of Men Jumped. AH jumped from the "speeder" and pot out of danger, except Sutton, who in trying to tret off the "speeder" lost hia balanre and fell oi.to the track He was run over and ground to pieces by the wheels of the enginea and car. The "speeder" wan dragged quite a distance down the track before the train could be brought to a st- p John Holland Hurt. None of the other section employes wa injured with the exception of John Holland, who was slightly hurt. The remains of Sutton were taken to the LaKoltctte undertaking establishment. No funeral atrangements have been made. Charles Sutton abul .'..it, years of age. He was unmarried, and lived with his widowed mother, Mri William Sutton, in Thorntown. So-Called Democratic Conference of Revolutionary Element The Topic.

thg Ih Inttrnattonftl .Vein Serricc.i I'KTROCRAD, September impress editorials continue to discuss with unbridled openness the so-called democratic conference in which the revolutionary element hopes to displace the provisional government. The Novaya Jisen, paper of the Bel shovki (maximalists) is jubilant ovei the growing influence of the extremist with the masses. The paper re jeets any idea of coalitionary govern ment and calls the conference of thi revolutionary democracy the onh source of power. The Retch, the paper of Pi. f. Pau. Miliukoff and the cadets, says that - -e is nothing for the delegates to . onference to do except to slandei 1 lunil' overnment. vu, a moderate socialistic paper and the Bourse Gaiette. an independ ent liberal, insists on forming immediately a coalitionary govern ment with the participation of al'

parties, whether ef the peasantry and workmen, or the middle classes and the Burgeon. The official publication of the work men' council ia ready to accept ' coalition if the representatives of the

rich are able to abide by the wishes of the rcvolutionaty democracy. The socialist revolutionary daily Voha Nnioda, criticizes the incompetency of the conference in solving the greatest prc'-dems of the revolution. The paper K'H-s on to .say that the conference cannat clidm to express the will of ail the nation.

CHFAT KX( ITKMENT. I Follows (all Itviu-d For a Session of the Finnish loot. IBu thr Internntlwit Stir Merrier. I PF.THOGRAI), Sopten i -Di.patches from Hel.-ingfors tell of iri'-at xritement th"re today fielowirg tee call issued by the Talm in of the Ih't for a ses.-ion which, urrnidii. to 'he call, should mnvene a', noon today. There is no secret t the plan of the Talman and his followei., to take further steps to sei-atatc Fielar.-I from Russia. The call is in direct ppp. -iti-m to :he will ... the Russian muu- .f..l government. Kei'rnsl.v i- dr.t.rtei-ed to pi event tie session should h- ev.-n be compiled to le.-ort to n.il.ta'y force. The hopes f the civ-Hans aie nw centered in tlie nw genera! givein.-r. .Ve'sra.s. -f, w no a, formerly mintter of l':r.anc and vice pr"r-r of the provisional governmert. Nekrasotf a. rived in Helsmgf .rs to. day. His recoid as a capable stalesman arid a brilliant orator in the Ouma under the old regime, :s el-isely connected w-!h the destmi.-r of rirland, the I.U r'.-.-s of whk'i e always ardently d'-'enoed against the encroachments of the cxar. Only the l'inni-h socialists nr.. responsible fr-i the acuteness or the -itTHIRD INDIANA LEAVES Relatives and Friends Gather at Ft. Harrison to Hid the Hovs Farewell. IBtf hr Intrrmtlnnnl Veir JsVrri.-r. I Fori- iifnja.mix h-mirison. tnd.. Sei.tert-I.er '-" The Third ln.liis on its way to Hattio.si.u: g this afternisjn, completing the exodn.s of National Guard forces from th" fo-t. )nly the Second regiment, at Jet'er,om 'le, is now left in Imbana. Camp was entirely broken b ijrr.thiity this morning and too ion h".g if cars was completed with d .at( h. Many friends and relatives ai-! the fort as early a.s seven o remain until num. when the k to trains left. The departure was joyous ari not tearful. Relatives ami friends on"r tearful. Relatives and friend., we be. 'ore bade the Third Indiana good-bye all came back. The ((uartite aoa he "Star Spangled Ivanner" amid heers and the men joked and laurhed Col. F sk. sage to the "folks i.arU home." We're off for war this tune that's ill," he said. The men travelled in day roaches. and Col. F'reyermuth plairiiv -howed is dissatisfaction at this. The tiip till require about sixtv hours. The first section pul'ed o'.t at 1 1 'clock, in command of Maj. r Shaugh i nespy. Captain Roggs crunmandi d the; Mid section and .Major Finer tne third section. The headtpiarters company and band f the Ohio artillery battallion was to eave today for Moolgoifiet y, Ala. STRIKE STILL ON. Iron Workers do not Return to Work at Frisco as Scheduled. IB ( ltmtttl Knr, Ktrri.rA SAN FRANCISCO, September 28. The strike of 2o,000 iron workerand shipyard workers, scheduled to ?nd this morning with the return or the men to work, is still in progress. Not a stroke of work was ataited in he KK),(X)0.000 ships, aeroplane or other government construction that has been tied up for two weeks by the strike. The strike today developed into a nartial lockout. The employers eefused to permit any of the men of the seventeen crafts involved to return to work because of th refusal of the Roilermuksrs Union to abide by the teciai n of the majority of the unions nvoived in accepting temporary :ompromi wage schedule.

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German Troops Counter Attack With Frenzied Determination. ALL THE ASSAULTS ARE THROWN BACK Hrilish Hold All Positions, Captured by Them German Losses Heavy. illy thr tttlri lojli'ilfll ."-n Stuivr.t I.OMH1N. September JS. A (.ernian counter attacks, delivered during the night near Zonncbeke was completely smashed, accord ing to an official statement gitcn out by the war office today. The statement also silts ih.ii only isolated point are now oftering resistance. The region south of Tower Hanilets and Poloygon wimmIs hae been cleared of the enemy. A successful raid was conducted by the llrilish southwest of ; thcrmy. The enemy artillery continues active. Ill) (he lntfrn-lll'ltrt, Vr,- Nrrefer. I , 1.0XI.OS. Septeinl.ei L'S 1'ligt,'.- . ful calling. 1 continued eaily today in the attempt by the Ce'imaa Crown ; Prince Rtii.pi echt f Pavaria to ie-; cam Field Marshal HaigVs newly' w-m potions along the Vples f t. Wtih reckless abandon at.,1 frenzied detetnunation, the l.erman coomanHei; sent regiment after regii :. nt in' e,ass".l divisions against a non-resis-ting Itritish-Austral. an line, onlv to see the few who returned climb high over the bullet - riddled bodies of then cooire.d-s. The Iliitish held every position they had raotuied. The Corn-an le-s-es are declared to ha-." been the period of fme.' Today's lighting v.as r,a'iiie, by :ncHa e. activity of the llntish a.rll.fn who flew f.)vr ne hull. Hod feet of the ground, using niaehil.c g;,n f le with telling effort. At suriinsit.gly lo'-c levels, de. per-1 ate atr iwttles were f .e.t. A dezen linti.h aeroplanes were lost and tiftien iliniiiin maetiTK-s m all v.ere shot down. In the vicimtv of Poivgon wood, the llntish line was ,t irag; -.ene,i by the AusMH.ians. who have brought ai..e.lt the roir.p'ete ri ilt of the (ier-iv.an.-in that vicinity. He rtdlo hre bj is repnd at Menin Mad, where the liriti-h defense, continue to hold advantageous positions. Hill Xo. JMii, northwest of Zonnebeke, also is the scene of fc-tvy f.gh'ng ti-tay, villi little advantage to either side. ON QUESTION OF PEACE ( lianc.dliir Michaelis Abandons' Plan t Speak Plainly l!c- ' fore Heichstai;. 1 (fttf lli istFrntri'inill .Vrir Srrrtcf. 1 AMSTKKIIAM. .September -JM. Chancellor Michael, s abandoned his plan to speak plainly on the question of peace before the Heo hstug following a conference with miMtary leaders, according to word teceived here today from Ilerlin. The chancellor did not announce his change in plans until the last moment before the lfeich;,tag met. trailers of the majority parties were irreiitlv surprireil by the move. It had been expected that the chancellor would go fully in'o the question of Germany's war aims and detail the (dans for the future of Belgium. KOHMI.OFF'H FATE. PETROC.RAD, Septemtier 28. General KoiT.iloff and other high ortirers implicated in the recent revolt have been transferred from headquarters to Bykhob, in the province of Mohilev. General Voloshenko has been appointed commander of the armies on the southwestern front to replace General Denikin, who was dismissed for hia part In th Korniloff revolt

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Widespread Tentacles of Teuton Plot Discovered Arrests Arc to be Made. II? nMielliu.olf .Vein SAX FRANCISCO. Sept nber -X Wale-pread tentacles of a I In man spy plot that reached into the arnu and navy and included five members of the aviation corps, an army recruiting ollicer und tu ensigns in the navy are expected to Is? revealed today with the airest of the men, all said to be involved m treasonable conspiracy with I if ut. Frwin Fvedchnei -ter id Theodo It is stated that orders have been -sued for the army and navy officers, me of the ensigns being at San Piego. mil tie other at Newport News. The iftTUding ofticer involved is believed :n be staf.oned in this city. One (.aspect is now al the aviation camp at 'inn Ihrgo, it is stated. 1 he investigation is now centered in southern California and is hi ing and'i'd by tiie military authorities -it -an Hiego and the federal and civil luth.oiitics at I, us Angeles. I'. F. CAItKY NAMED. Is Designated to Operate Merchant Marine I is it" ...'...re,'i.it ,, WASHINGTON. Septet Kdwaid F. Carry, of Ch lesignated today as the mi opeiate America's menha Iteet. The Cni'ed States today continued the ( any as director of i hipping hoard app ntment of lion... His location of striiction by the -hipping bonrd and the Cnf! 'it todav Ca'ty "age .intimities in supy,,rd., tllr"U out ti e country. Carry is pre.-ii of the Haskell & Marker car romp i f f'titcign and is wt-i known am ailioa i and -hippieg men. STILL I5K1N; I SED. Ilcrnstoi It's Slush Fund Continues to Finance German Propaganda. mi ATI.ANTI'' CITY, Septe her lis. Gorman money left Cnited States by Count von Bernstorff when he was bunded his passport still is linaneing German plojiaganda in this country. Secretary of Treas ury McAdoo today so infoimed the Ametican Hankers' Association in ringii.g speech in which he again reviewed the reasons why the nation wnt to war and explained in detail the great financial program which the move entailer). GOVF.KNOK IMI'ltov (!. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. September 28. Governor Goodrich, who is in his sixth week of illness with typhoid fever, gained more strength during the night, physicians announced toI day. Hia fever ia lower and the I bronchial trouble ia lea dangerous.

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was publi ing plan-. id ill Martin, who enient t-. fi will be mad... all the l.s-al vithout or io'le purto person, party bntMnng the and I', .. timilte c"inin porter shall n abiong them intelligent s; sh.,11 not be ' That is a e-tablisl:iiii; and more i t'-e publiepolter !:-!, it has hi about tl.i I.hsp. of the life nf its piocress. .That the p.ii ml more to i shown by the ins; number o! i it v and non and county unpeople eve The lie. irter tion of being small cit' d ii comaker It mop. sk- tie ' ail to ossible ountv. If) EFFORTS FOR PEACE (Jermany Secretly Communicates Heal Terms to Pope, it is Declared. lltfl thr fMlciNfttpiioil Vcicil tifrrii-f.i lONOON, September 2K. Germany has secretly communicated to the Pope that the Central powers will go much fuithcr to obtain peace than the fin mat reply to the Pope 'a pi-ace note indicated, according to a dispatch from Rome today. The German advices to the Holy See pointed out. it was stated, that the Central powers could not he more specific in their published replv to the Pope, aa it would give the allies too much advantage.

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Huns Ashore Suniovvhere Alonij Atlantic Coast (Joxernment Confirms Kcpoit.

lTy fir ltrrnnttnt. .r Hrrrlrr.l AN A.MF.IIICAN I'OUT. Setiteei v News reached here this form. .t. a I'nite.l Stales ba'tleshlp ;e dreadnaiight tvpe ia ashore : ,if id illing for a ;ani' 1 lie name of i th. battle -hip tiiheld by the ren 'I'he warship is a.-hoi a! ing the Atlantic coas All the ships of the ordered to her nssistan. flowing tide flooded 't tems. The vessel is bei a crew of (ioo men. distiict were A rapidly HejMiri is ASIUNGTON, ("mill ' , Septembel nt this after irted ground Cnited State floaU.I wituoi.t ih; ided ssel.' CONGRESSMEN I'H.HT. (representatives Heflin and Norton Fngage in Scuffle on Floor of House. Ii; Inlr, WASHINGTON. The bitter oontiow over the chaiges . Heflin. of Alabama, climax tlo, af'.-rie -entative Notion, o who attached the s man in a speech laover to the deoioera le ho-is sentativ KMi-e Oakoti oneresit X-.lt. n. ti-it didn't bit hi - n ,-tiuek to. 'k ar.'l the two -d- fi clii.rhod, r, with ii-nil The hou the mediately, Scoivs of m. i pel forward t i separate ti gr-.-siiien. rhe being-erents, still were pulled apart. Heflin to the democratic cloakioo: ton to tne Republican Seconds were employed to ic t co construggling, was taken n and Norcloakrootn. co.,1 off the two men. W hile Heflin and Nort were regaining their tempers, house took up its routine busines The house lules committee ridert to take no action or inve.stigation into the truth of Hcflin's recent. remarks reflecting on members of congress. STREET CAR WRECKS. F'our Persona Hurt in Karly Morning Accidents at Indianapolis. Ry fUe International Hnrrirr.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. September 28. F'our persons were severely hurt early today in two street ear wrecks by a heavy foa; which hung c -er the city.

Col. House will be the Choice

of President Wilson. HIS SELECTION IS INDICATED BY EVENTS Interpretation Placed on Wilson's Action in Naming Him to Procure Data. in' JOHN F.I'W IN XKVIX. W A.slilXGToS. September 28. . K. M. Hon... , of Texas and N. k. c'osest fnend of ('resilient W , will head the peace mission to ' t'liit-d .N'.at. s when one is named take up w. h ot'i. r b. II i zerent re-i-iUatiM's tin- iiiie.stions which I end li,.' w: r. I'I is was the ofli1 intei ptetiuii 't today placed on i celonel to gather .1 and gcogrephicnt hen a peace confer' rtment, after 24 denials today admitted that el had been designated by lent lo take over the work ing iii! data prehminaiy to menemg of p 'jee negotiations, iog the admission, the depart-oi-U iiecHsion cntplintically to that t'es does pot in any way a b 1 f here that an early of ho-tiliii-s can l.e bwked for. tie (otitiarv is the present d ot develop.mn's in Geroltiri.ls -aid. Namir take ove i f Col. House, however, to the compilation of the commervial. tiolitical and other data which the peace demands nf the United States will Im framed is essentially sirruliean! as imlKiiting the intention' o" lh administration to stand fa.-t on its announced decision not to deal with Germany until it fan donl with t Germany liheralitsed. The firf tires of I'residenl Wilhon on the rule or the German classes, and especially his denunciation of a Junker letneiif ;n his Flag Iay speech: in his address (o congress demanding, taut the state of war thrust upon the I'niie.l stales "he rocopni zed"; and in hi: mo-sago to the pope, all were ba.cd 'ipoti information which h i I Ih .-n gathered for him by Cel. Iloii-e who twice ha- visited the war zone at the request of the prrsident. Fnj.e oiiglil.iT erman Confidence. igh Col. House enioys th" corithicni e of most Germans, On hi i visits to the German empire he was accepted as a friend by the wirioiis leaders both those of ti court stripe and those who voiced the views of the liberals; anil they poured out their sei ret thoughts and desires . to hi'O. Thev taiked morn plainly to him, official- here admitted today, than to anv other person who has entered German territory rince the war began. '" . i i Col. House is known to entertain the v,t-w that the German people, eventually will demand that they be permuted to dictato the political future i.r the empire themselves. It is iie!ieed here that the admission that he has been ?et to the task on behalf f the !'ni(d States of gathering the sort of preliminary peace informa-t-on whh 'iie allies hr.vc been compiling f- r ii'arly three years will have ihe important effect on the liberal 'bought of Germany. The liberal lea-lei- know him and thev trust him. It is coiisidei, ,1 ccitain here that thr will iMise it plain throughout Gf nianv that if the United States is he rcpre entcd in any peace conf. ern e l.y a cimmissian headed tiv th "little 'colonel." as he was called in Ti iitor.n- circles, the German people, themselves will have a friend thero whiie the judge's element w:T have a bitter foe. No information as to what Colonel

.nt, ; House has done or is doing wiu forth-icr-ming from the state department. It ,e-; was admitted that he has had a corps

i ef,.i.-ti ' co-tipiling data which is needed : and thi information will come from all diplomatic and consular representatives of Ihe Cnited States in every entente country. MANY MKV KFJF-CTED. LOUISVILLE, September 23. Fleven men, either insane or imbecile, four who are blind in one eye and three cripples have been rejected by officers examining the second quota of drafted men at Camp Zachary Taylor. All of the men were passed by their local exemption boards.