Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 26, Number 13, Lebanon, Boone County, 12 October 1917 — Page 1

i;:: in p.qone county.

VOLUME 2S. LEBANON, INDIANA, I'll! DAY, OCTOUEil 12, 1017. JO. 13.

BRITISH LAUNCH

tl INI Assault the German Lines Over a Front of Six Miles. ALL OF OBJECTIVES WERE ATTAINED Attacks Mude After a DrivinR Rainstorm Germans Put up Strong Resistance. IB. He .lermlMHUl .Wirt Serrler.l I.OMMIX, October I-' Without Hiving the Germans lime to get their hrcsths from his furious drive on Tuesday, Held Marshal Haig delivered another mailer stroke on the West f lander front today. The British swept forw ard to a new victory northeast of Ypres, completing; Iheir conquest of the famous Pass lliendacle Rijg. The breaking of the (,,-r-man grip upon the Belgian coast, where they maintain important submarine bases, looms nearer than ever today Mud nor rain nor Cerman shell fire coo Id quellthe hHor of the gallant British tni-'.jr and they hurled themselves up, 4 the Germans with an impetuosity that soon put them in possession of important positions over a front of about sii mile. This is the sixth great and successful drive in the baltle of Handera since .August 1. (Ay th Imtrrnaliomnl Stt Rfrxirr. PETROGRAD. October 12. Attempts by German soldiers to fraternize with the Russians on the Dvina river front have been sternly dealt with, said dispatch from Copenhagen today, German soldiers with white Rags attempted to enter the Russian trenches, but were fired upon and driven back to their own lines. tltt ffce sremarjtsat Kcir Serehe.t PETROGRAD, Oetnber 12. Russia has more soldiir than she ran handle. It was announced today that the minister of war ha ordered the demobilization of the classes of lMJi and Insti on the ground that the regiments are already encumbered with reserves.

I Newark, N. J., where a four million l Me Mtmnmni Kent rr-e.i j shipyard is being built by the governLONDON, October 12. The second ; ment, also faces trouble. Structuril great British drive against the Ger-,iron workers have taken exception to . . ... j .. , ,, . .,, the construction and have asked for mans ,n four days on the west Hn- ,Hjust. clera front was launched today. British r ix,rKsl,oremen of the Clyde and troops assaulted the German lines ; Ma'lory steamship lines are bark to over, a front of six miles at dawn and work today, with their strike dilTioulField Marshal HaiR reported that tif settled. A mediation committee satisfactory progress was made granted practically all demands for

All of the objectives set for the attuckers were attained, Heavy fighting centered around Houbolst forest, Pass Chendele. P, elcappelle, Couberg, Nieuw'e Molen and the Brugeres road, northeast of Yrnes. The attacks began in a muilv dawn, after a driving rainstorm hid drenched the field all night. They plowed their way forvnid through thick, sticky mud in wl.i'h they sank to their knees, or flounder ing through water filled shell lo l. s. the Hritish were soon in possesion of the first line German trenches. The Germans put up stiff resistance, but most of the fieht had hern knocked out of thun by the violent bombardment of their position whi -h bad been raging ihree days nnd tin'.: nights. .At latest reports from tiie front, fighting was still in progress, but the British were ronsnlidating their now gains and preparing for counter attacks. HARROUN CAR HERE. First of That Make N w on Display t the City Garage. The new first car of the Harroun name has just arrived ir. Lebanrn, and is on display at the City Gornge, on South Lebanon street. Th? ear is a green one, five-passenger, a four-cylinder, vslve-in-the-head motor. The Reporter has been advertis ing this car for some time and the first sample of the new make will bj of interest to all nv'or er i' '.-i., 0. i e rar ik n s 'e at Vve, rY. a.,

BANK IS ROBBED.

Five Bandits Wow Safe nd Escape ' with $j.ee, (I tti ffrrMi,nI SANTA ROSA, Missouri, October! 12. Five men blew the safe of the t .Santa Rosa Stte Hank here lit 4:)j o'clock this morning and escaped with ; .i,(KH). The robbers cut all telephone j

and telegraph wires leading out of : the town and it was some time before ' neighboring plac had been aakel to gtruc. on Hea While Trywatch for them. ,

They escaped by breaking into a fthrd near the railroad station and taking a railroad motor car. They fled in the direction of Kansas Citv. FIND NEW SERUM. Chicago i'txj nclaas Believed to Have Cure For Infantile Tarslysia t (fir far ferrioaj sew rree. I CHICAGO. October 12 Chi j cage physicians. Dr. John W. Nusum 'and Ir. Ri.lph G. Willy, arc believed j to have discovered a serum that will 1 prove a cure of infantile paralysis. ! Out of l."2 patients treated with the 1 serum, but 12 have died, it is declared, j making a moitality rate of 7.5 per I cent, w hereas 97 died out of .'SOI case j not so treated, making a mortality ' percentage of .'12. LABOR TROUBLES MAY Entire East and Part of New !j York May be Effected Rail road Strike Possible. tn th tmt'rt.i1t'mnl V,-- Harrier. I NEW YORK. n,t.lMT fj.-NV-labor trouhli today have almost the entire east and the port of New York in their grip. The possibilities of a railroad strike effects a'l territory lying east of Chicago and nn:th of the Potomac river. Con,p'rte tVuos of the port of New York also is threatened through a d'-mand ,'or v.;m:o increases by rr.cn jmpluyed in all hr bor craft. These demands li:ive 1,. met with flat refusals by nvj.-t of thempioyeis who ptv'er dependinc on government action for si V lament. Approximately 4'm tuirhn.it-., nil steam lighters and sOO barge v.o:iM be deserted bv their news s!,..i,!,l t'-, strike be declared. This ni-aos tin practically every bit of sloopi"!' bv water would be at complete stan.M'd. Railroad managers have received unofficial information that the b'oth, -hood of railway trainmen ami the order of conductors are planning to ask increases in the near futuie. They also have heard that the brotherhood of locomotive engine, m and the brotherhood of firemen are planning to make similar demands later. Should these demands re-ult in strikes, all traftic east of Chicago north of the Potomac river, would be tied up. wage increases and the workmen are satisfied. ABOUT DENOMINATIONS: Coupon and registered bonds, Jftfl, $100, r0fi. J1.000, $J,000, JKI.IKK); ur,d registered bonds of .V),0O0 and $100.0(Ki. EXEMPT as to principal and interest from s'l taxation by the United States, any State, or any of the possessions of the United States, or by any local taxing authority, except (a) , estate or inheritance taxes, and (b) Tnited States graduated additional income taxes (commonly known as surtaxes) and excesspi ofits and war-pro'its taxes. The interest on an amount of bonds and ! certificates authorized by said act, the principal of which does not exI coed in the aaaiegate SO.Ooti, owned by a individual, partnership, association, or corporation, shall be j exempt from the taxes provided for i in clause (b) above, f ON VV'RTIHl K corditions t( , ! , 1 the tf

JMA81IS SERiOUSLYHURT

N AN ACCIDENT ing to Start a Chain Engine. SKULL FRACTURED BY FORCE OF BLOW Hurled Unconscious into Twelve feet of Water From Which was Finally Rentier), Julian Adair, gravel contiactor residing on lndiaD.:M"lis avenue and son of John Adair, met with a serious accident shortly before noon yesterday while working with the gravel machine ut the pit in the rear of the Adair home. The steain engine is on a larje boat which is ,jn the pond, and the big gravel chain is attached to the engine and extends to the Krnvel pile on the opposite bank. Arlair was endeavoring to start the chain engine by turning a flywheel crank. The crank.spun rapidly and suddenly flew off, striking Adair in the head, fracturing his skull, and knocking him unconscious. He fell from the br.at into utsjut twelve feet of water at the sole of the boat. Came Near Drowning. ho was working with help, and a small . Adair was located cal'ed fo pool of blood on top of the water. being in the wator over ten minute. upioed that his insensible coni saved him from drowning. He rTf. const lousnrsK mMn after re

ng taken from the water, He hs " .... , , , 4 . ., c'mH- "v"n m"rt' and that hi arried to the notice and Ir. II. X. i lb nlIi(l naVal ','1'n( to famtl-1 would advise the people to buy fir'(Kins was called His eindition wan j iilizf' hinwlf with 4h naval situa-1 wood in rder to forestall th sultry

mpnrved thia morning and his recoyis epected.

EAST CHICAGO WMBz

Receives Order, to Leave Fori'"'1 wi,h ,hP situation as it is at pre-; t sent, what had been done before and

Camp Shelby at Hattiesbunr. Miss. ..met KUirle iweived a telwram terday bis son. Captain I.. O. Single, of Company H. located at East Chicago, stating that the company had received orders to leave Saturday morning for Haltieshurg, Miss., for training. HKAVY FIRE LOSS. lil.YTHFVIl.l.F.. Ark., flctfther 12 -Causing a loss estimated at $7:i. the mammoth mill and all lumber stored in the yards of the I!. Lee Wilson sawmills was destroyed by fire here todny. Authorities believe the f.re was incendiary. THE LIBERTY BONDS TERMS OF PAYMENT: 2 per cent with application 18 per rent on November IS, 1!17. ; 40 per cent on December la. 1917. j 10 per cent on January l-i. 11H j (with accrued interest on both do-1 ferred installments.) Pavment in full nf any stibacrilrtHi for an amount of bonds not in ex- j cesss of $1,000 at face value, with-j out interest, may be made with the applicntion. It the suhsrntier prefers, in which can prompt delivery of a bond or bonds dated and bearing interest from November 15, tan, will be made. Except in su h

eases payment for the amount al- AMlee lj0rraine- while a German i water at church is or school house is of nat;,,n, the conlpany ,w j be in a critical condition since yeslotted can only be completed on , h . ,an - believed to have caused a small epi- :'. ,i, V ' , ,k, .k, I terday morning about two oc.o. k. Mr.

terest, on December 15 and January 15, previous installment bavtng been duly paid. DEL1VERV! Bomls will be delivered promptly upon completion of paymen t. INT1 I" 4 per STBomls bear in.:. From Sfrvfe'-r 1 -t

INVESTIGATES CHARGES

Chicago Bar Association Probe. Charger of Vnprofesaiona) Conduct. (fly th lHtn-ttthnal ffeir areue.l CHICAGO. October 12-Charg;es t.f unprofessional conduct lodges against V in. McKinley, former speaker of the Illinois house and four other attorneys are beinjr investigated today by the grievance committee of the bar association. The other men arcuxd are Herman, Kern, former Wisconsin state insurance commissioner; G. VV. Armitrong of the Illinois state insurance department; L. f. tiinkley and Homer Sullivan. The charges were tiled by Alfred Cloer and J. W. Singleton, president and secretary respectively of the defunct Rovnl Life Insurance Company. Tltitc cftHals charge that McKinley and the others wrangfully petitioned the court for a receiver for the insurance company. TWO CONVERSIONS. Revival Meeting at New Rosa Meeting With Success. i wo persons went forward last evening; at the meeting being conducted at New Ris by the Rev. Homer Pule of this city. The meetings will continue until Sunday. Commander of Atlantic Fleet reaches Atlantic Port from England. irttf lAe Iimntttna flfew Aeri'lee.) WASHINGTON', October 12 Admiral Mavo. commander of the At- ',.,, . . , . - , n Atlantic fort fmm Kngland today. the navy .apartment anncunced this afternoon. Admtiai Mayo went t tion in the present war. He will mine i to W asliington and make a full report to Secretary of the. Navy Daniels. Secretary Daniels authorized the fcHowinir statement: "Admiral H. T. Mayo. V. Si. N., and his staff have re turned from Kngland. The purpose of visit of Admiral Majo to Kngland permit him, in conference ith other orlicials of the allied nav- , to become intimate in every de- . t discuss the plans for the future. "The Hritish admiralty extended1 j (every courtesy and every fneility to, i promote the success of his mission. ! j Admiral Mayo will proceed immed- I luiiely to Washington and will make a! j f,,l re,,,-t to the secretary of the I "Admiral Mayo visited the English fleet and our own forces in British end French waters in order that he n ight familiarize himself with the conditions under which the nllied are opernting." DEMAND OF JAPAN. of That Nation K.pect Pe-1 mand For Mobilisation. Itty the litfernntintint sw. Seeriee.) TOKIO, October 12 The Japanese ! people must expect a demand from; j the allies for the mobilization f Jpan's full armv and navy strength for 1 participation in the war, according to! ; the newspafier Nirhi Niehi today. ' At the time of the capture cf Riga by the Germans entente asked Japan to increase her naval activity,

i hut with conditions becoming no bet-: ounce lour or tirend is Doing; sum tor jM,t n,wn an, wjf ttn, jjr iter in Russia, this country will bti" " of the l,,west Price in'john Kernmll visite.l from Wednes

urged to bear a greater part of the conflict, the paper added. Arer.r,lin tn the N ebi Virb! the steel ban and other trade restrictions cn the part of the a'lies. was part of

the program to make Japan fee.l the ", "'.' , . . , ., " necessity of entering the war as an'8 '"chea within an inch of the tip actual participant. l?eLi " ! ' ANSWERS CHALLENGE. Washington October 12 Two! , 'J;h. LLtz!

; Lloyd George Replies to Declaration as to Alsace Lorraine. Hf l fslernatiosiit Km Darelre.) LONDON, ttctoner (ietmany's challenge that she will '.!'! on to; i(J e i Th. 'riwwing oWlamtle. b !,.! premier that England will stand by i j France, in the latter' fight for ber !

lost provinces, received hearty praise from the Brit isli press today. Th newi.aners take tne staon tna - Kisiice's tl.mand for Al.i.ee Irroin U I ui.on inline and C ..t Mr l . ,, .,..,! .

COAL SITUATIOU STILLSERiOUS

.F.S.HI Returns from Trip of Investigation to the Mines. A COAL DIRECTOR MAY BE APPOINTED State Likely to Take Action Soon Neal to Continue His " . Investigations C. F. S. Neal, chairman of the citizens' coal committee, h:ia just returned from a trip to Indianapolis and to the coal fields in different parts of the stale to investigate the nituation. 'i nates that the situation at present appears to he as nerioua as ever, and ia likely to he so for some time. He interviewed representatives of tin puhlie utilities commion, and gh'Hned th ( infonnatit n that there are excellent pronpeets for the appointment of a coal director for thi state to impe. rexulations to ameliorate the situation, hut that thi.s ap pointnirnt will not be made in th immediate future. Mr. Nal reports that there are now i twelve empty and four filled coul cflis on the tiucks in (,et.:mon. lour of !ht filled cars are in tiam-it. and not for local parti.'., The coal committer gave Mr. Neat as chairman authority to buy any j'mount of coal up to a hundred cars to be sold to the local dealers. He will make another trip the first of the week in search of coal to buy. Mt. Neal .vends a warning to local con .-umers that the situation might be inf which would be cause! by an ah solute dearth of i Had Ileen III Some Time Sus- ; tained Injury by a Fall Nine Months Ago. the Heath or .Mrs. Iiaisy Hoyrt, of n.ar Thorntow n, occurred last night ;1" home of her daughur, Mrs. ,Varl Wagironer, north of that place, after an illness of sometime. Nine months ago, Mrs. ltoyd fell, breaking n" hip and since that time she has ; been confined to her home. The dei ceased is the widow nf the late Dayj ton Boyd. The funeral service will ; he conducted at the home of Mrs, 2rfl0 o'clock w ith Rev. Duel, pastor o " Saturday afternoon at the ,M. K. church, conducting the service, liunalf will take place at Sugar Plains. OUR OWN INDIANA. IHj the Wr,slMiitl Vrir gorier.) KVANSVT LLE, October 12. AtI thouijh farmers in this section are said ; to he hoarding wheat, a fourteen ''he country. I n , lil.UU.M l.in 1 I'm wcioner li. ' ';'m ciuo gin, nas i "hlb' fnr.of corn . U , have been in southern Indiana investi-

ln uvv, ,, ' . jT 7;ith f ' Sheridan. The ShenThey were especially attracted by cold dar, branch of the Indiana Condensed J storage methods. i Milk Company paid out $.'il,0T.'t.59 for

j ' COLCMBLh, Octobet 12. Impure mew county. - KUSHVI LLE. October 12. Two-1 yearild Lionel Holbrook drank f rom f

tumbler of gascline and was made .extremely ill, l LOGAN'S PORT, October 12. A cattle sale will be held hci , r T 1 ). d(in-,g the rcce'.irit o' ( . , , . f . v ;

TWO INDICTED.

Leavenworth, Kan. People Charged With Conspiracy to Dcf.it Draft. (0 Hi rsferssHoaat )? Btrvio. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., October 12. Raymond J. Moore, and Mrr. tenora Warneson Moore, his wife, of Kansas City, were indicted this morning: by the federal grand jury' on charges of conspiracy to defeat the army draft law. Toe indictment was a result of speeches made by them at an anti-draft meeting in Topeka, May 17, Others indicted for taking part in the meeting were: Dr. Fva Harding of Topeka, former candidate for congress; Krnest Newnm.i, who presided; Ike GilheiK, George W. Kleighege and Karl Kixiwder. The penalty may be as high as three years imprisonment and JlO.lMHI fine or both. COUNTY COUNCIL TO MEET. Session to be Held Tomorrow to Consider Appropriation. A meeting of the county council will lie held tomorrow afternoon in tl court house. As many memliers of1 the Council of Defense as possible are requested to be present at the meeting. The qnestion of appropriations by the council fcr county war service work is to be considered. ST1LL1IP1NTHEAIR Ad journs German Reichstag Wit'h NothinK Accomplished Pan Germans Triumph. tltt the rslersoflwsill 5ici riele. AMSTKRDAM, October 12. Again I the German Reichstag has adjourned.

leaving the peace situation "up ir the j There are three fundamental rea- ..,. . . - .i I sons why the people of Hoone county air." rhe biggest sensation of hc j ,holl, ,,, ,heh. un(liville( ..upport whole session was the announcement , to tne ,rivt to subscribe t.WO.OoO of Admiral Cappclle, Gorman minis- ,vith of th first of these is the patter of marine, that a "revolutionary" rintic consideration, To subscribe is mutiny had broken out in the navyjto ai, the country In it war against and dispatches from Beilin today j Prussian .autocracy, ancl every hoed -tafisl thaf Die government "t'lid' fnir- j bought meiinir tlr the war will end i posely held back news of the upris 1 little sooner. Kngland and our ot'n ing until the pychoogienl iiM.ni; nt i allies acknowledge thnl their rece in order to strengthen the position of victories and their future sues,

Dr. George Mich-ielis. the imperial hancellor. I'sing the mutiny a thei chief argument, the pan German newspap(M aie demanding a more drastic attitude towards the socialists in ordet to "stamp out any further sedition that may be brewing." 'Vhc coalition peace majority in the Keii hstag was cleverly otltn and the government got through the whole session without being l-elled to go into details peace ten It was a victorv for "Piussiji for the liirlit .-.iroinst the reuresentaI lives of tne Prussian war party j completely sidetracked. Kxcept for the announcement of the chancellor and German foreign minister that Germany will never give up Alsace-Lorraine and the newspaper report that Germany and Austria w ill make a new peace oflcr on the terms of no annexations and no indemnities, the peace situation remains just where it was before the Reichstag convened. In the meantime tho kaiser has gone to Sofia, where, it is reported peace parleys will he held w ith representatives or an me otner (.erman allies present. I. KB ANON It. li. 13. Farmers look to the future Gather our seed corn at once. It will be needed. Mr. and Mrs. Klisha Reese and chilIren spent Sunday afternoon with D . h. Fine and family, near Lebanon. day till Sunday with relatives i komo. Kok'AnAtk ...i r.,,.1 iA.i.UAn spent spent , TuPSil(V nieht with Kar, Kw James Weaver and family Satusdav In Crawfordsvill. Mlsg 'Marth , , U" hme Kentta-k, Moo-. . spending a wee with John ir, '- a day for milk. i2.0ofi,2fil pounds of milk to 1809 proj rtufer!, This ia the largest number' j; : : v....: i ,. , F.THER DF-VO Mrs. Samuel Feaster, living in ib

( vicinity of Englctown, received, w ord j ha been serious ever since. j the other day from Illinois that her i t father was critically ill. She and her, TAKES OVER SWEDISH SHEPS, ! husband both '.eft at one for his V . . si'1 and later a message came an-; UI.MH)N,tMWJ..-tinr.-s.i,-r. , ,r the dcttn of the old g.-rtle- i h h ps m Bi"-h porta r-- .. 1 , is a di hie sorrow for Mr. qui-H.oftid hy the government to1 1 .,., v!io !.;: her mot tier iwoncy, ;Uy.

GOOD eoq;;ecitiz;:s shouldbuyeq:;ds

Three Reasons Cited for Action by Local People. MATTER OF HOME PRIDE SHOULD AID Honds Good Investment, ani Money is Needed Meeting of Teams ToniRht. An organization meeting of th general committee and team captain: for the Center township Second Liberty Ponil drive w as held last night at the headquarters in the court house. The captains and teams will hold a meeting tonight in the council rlmniber of the rit." building, the meeting; being for the purimso of acquiring tho teem members with the details of tho tusk iM'fore then; ' ! Further arrangements will be ! niade for the big mass meeting to be addressed by Hon. Michael K. Koiey in the court room Monday night. Tho big thermometer, by which local people will learn the progress of the cnniiign, is nearinjr completion, and will be set up in the court house yard Monday., ThrcesGood Reasons. have difpended and will depend noney the United States. The) ' ray 'hat large oversubscription of j the Second Liberty l oan of 1!17 will go evert further than a military victory convincing tho Germans that their mse is hopeless. flood Investment, The second consideration is the at-" tractivenesg of the investment. 1 he will p.iy four per cent interest and are non-taxabie. Thera is no sounder investment than United States government bonds. This coun Dy hi resour"os . mte, at i-'loO,-(ssi,isw,,isni ano t4iull ls SUb, fen if $'.,OO0,0H),0iO iU .1 to tl.is i:r-j-. that would mean that Hie (tovemment would have only about three and onehalf per cent of Its resources in bond ed indebtedness. Thus, there Is no better security in the world. Liberty bonds are a more desirable and safer investment, than an ordinary six per cent taxable investment. Besides, it is certain that the bonds will sell above par after the close of th war. Since the Civil War. all government havp KwayJ olH faT m0 thn , nunilrwl rent)1 th, AUTt even oriv u( p, cent in. . tsrpJt. Matter of Home Pride. I Tne third great reason why th Ponne county people should subsrribfl liberally is the matter of home pride. Iwione county does not desire to b branded as a slacker. The county fell short of its quota in the first Liberty Loan, but the committee is determined that this shall not occur 'his time, if the support and co-ope ni tion or the peopie ot ail of tne peopii ia giv'-n. Roone county, to amend for its shortcoming in regard to tho first loan, should maka itself a banner county in subscribing to th second. The goal is $iV.0o0, and every citizen should take pride in seeing the "thermometer" mount to thist figure in the next few days. CRITICALLY ILL. jam HendricK cf Advanc. Strirken With Paralysis. James Hendricks, of Advance, has Ilennricss sunereo paralytic stroke I several years ago which left him il a weakened condition. He awoke yesj terday morning and complained f j severe pain in his head. Hi condition