Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 26, Number 17, Lebanon, Boone County, 17 October 1917 — Page 1
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III iFIRST DA! TEN THOUSANDTHE James R. Tyre Takes Large Block of the Liberty Loan Bonds. M. F. BRYAN BOOSTS QUOTA TO 112.000 Largest Individual Subscriber lo Date Other of the Larue Subscribers. t'p to the lime the Importer went lo press thin afternoon the. . Liberty Loan subscriptions had reached a total of about $i:i0.(lo0. The targest single subscription received today was from J. R. Tyre for $10,000. The teams were still hard at work and by ' night the tola! waa eipeclcd to., reach the SI '0.000 mark at least. Tomorrow afternoon, from 1 to 4 o'clock auniness will be suspended in Lebanon. Every afore, ofice anil place of business will be clotted between thotte hours. Kv. ery business man, every prof.-s-aional man ia eipecled to report at It o'clock at the headquarter in the prosecutor's offu-e. It is a matter of the most urgent busineaa character and a patriotic duty. The stores, offices and Hhiips are being cloned for the purple of permitting all merchants, business and professional men to work on the Liberty Loan enterprise Kvery man is wanted on the job promptly at 1 o'clock. Make no eicuse, but be there, prepared to discharge the duties expected of every patriot. It is not a holiday, but a time for genuine work. Don't be a slacker. A tot! of 1104.150 was subscribe, in the flirt day's Lilrfrty Loan ilnvi in Lebanon nad Center township. Thf amount reported subscribed nut-id' of Center last night waa Ul.hUO making the total for the county yes terday evening J17o',700, or "5. .11 pet cent of Boone county's quota. Out side of Center township, trie .sub scriptions reported from the hankir.c towns were: Whitestown. $100; Thorntown, $22,000; Jamestown, $11,000 Advance, $7,000; Zionsville. $2,4'.0. The largest subscription yet re ported is that made by M. F. Brian living northeast of Lebanon in On ter township. He subscribed a tota of $-12,000 yesterday. Some of th other large subscriptions were: S. .S Heath, $10,000; Klks l(vlge, ti.Mi Lsadore Eichman, $2,500; Ara A. Mag gard, $2,000; I. R. Brown, $2.00(1: Union Hardware Company, $1,000, Mrs. Wilma Walker, $800; Miss Lot Flinn (guardian), $."r.0; Patrick Shahan, JVK); Frank Akers, $"Wi; K I). Stanley, $r,00, and J. H. Black $500. Big Subscriptions. Fj per ted. Several big subscriptions re exacted t., U .ipoitid today. Thow in charge of the campaign are pleased with the showing made yesterday ant express the hope that Center town ship will have overshot its quota of $:!!i0,000 bv Saturday evening. Re ports from the country teams indicate that many of the farmers are taking the wrong attitude toward the bone1 sale, even though several farmert made big purchases. They hold the atittude that they are being asked to make gift instead of make profitable investment. The idea also is somewhat prevalent among town
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OF SOLICIIC people that because a person does not have the ready rash he cannot take one or more bonds. This is not true. Ky making payments as low as a dol lar per week, the bond may be purhased through trie savings depart ments of any of the banking institus. .Many people do nut understand the 10-25 year feature of the bonds. This simply means that the government may buy the bonds lunk at market value at the end of ten year.-, ind that the government must buy hem hark before the expiration of wenty-five years. This does not mean that the investor has it is rnme "tied up" for that length of time ny hank will tie glad to soil a Lib-r-lty llond ut market value for tin rwner at anv time free of rhaTrhey will sell easier than re.,1 r. tate or notes, because the s.rui .t ind net income are better. In mo-t narkets the long time bonds air thmost valuable. If, during the Jar, another bom' -ue is made by the govrnni. n CONTINUED ON PACE SIX. . Intensive Training of American Soldiers in France Outlined for This Winter. tlty the Int'rKOU-mtll .i- SV.-i i, f. i FIFI.i) HKAI'QUAnTF.ll.s- OF MKKICA.N ARMY IN FRANCE, j 'Jctober 17. The instituting of a igorous offensive spitit in every American soldier in France will b he kejnote of the instrucl.r.n an-l raining in evety army and training if every corps school this winter. Every phase of training will nccenuate this until, when the time rum": o enter the trenches, the men will be 'ired with the airif ressive zr-.V lummed up in the phrase "Kan tlo Kaiser." The liritish instruction in bayonet ing in the divisional school alread;. 'its in well with this program. HritisV actics are based on the principle of 'Forward men." The officers are :onfident that continue! emphasis ut rn aggressiveness in training will doelop the men into a magnificent aTiy possessed of the same supreme onfidenee that made the Ilornan le gions invincible in battle. It is pointed out in the schools that lespite the important change;; n mod rn warfare, the rifle and bayonet are itill the principal weapons of the in.antrymen. Training in marksmanship and b:r--rnetting conseriue-ntly are highly im portant. The American army is one wherein officer are trained to lead men into action in the most energetic fa-hion. ;hus giving the rank and file- examples of aegressivene.-s. Or., of the jbiects of the schools is to develop sound and vigorous leadership. The urpose of maintaining a hik.t mora' effective discipline of the highest dr ier, and a West Pom, standard is required, but at the same time the of ficers are obliged to assist in k-epir.tr the morale at a high standard by dong everything possible thai means -omfort for their men. All problems of tactical maneuvers Aill be worked out with a vie-.v to developing the officers initiative to the greatest possible extent The use of lormal methods of attack with fixer) formations will be forbidden, "n the other hand subordinate officers will he required to assume star conditionthat are likely to develop on the batle field. The best student- emerging from the army schools will become instructors of the cm ps shoots and staff officers of division and higher units. TWO INJI RED. Big Automobile Collided With Smaller One East of the l ily. ( the aOrsalioioil .Vrirt Hrrvlce.l INDIANAPOLIS, lnd.. October 17. Two persons were badly injured and two others luckily escaped today when a big automobile carrying four persons to Fort Benjamin Harrison collided with a smaller car cast of the city.
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Naval Action With Russian Fleet Continuing. RrSSSIAN FLEET RESISTS STRONGLY ( SucteHs in Dealing Some Ef fective Blows to Vessels in the Enemv's Fleet. flty th IntrrnnHonul ttrw 8ric. rO.'KNHACKN. October 1" W ith iin-p of tin' fix i.-Ianls at tiit; entrance f the Uulf of Ri;i in posse.-sion o' 'lie (leimans, naval actions betwpon IciTnan anH Hussian flefts continuo n thnsp waters, arcorilinic to reports -Yon, IVtrotfrad and Uerlin today. AW,'ices frm Uerlin deal mostly with .he ianil operations, white the IVtroTait Hi-ipatrhe toM f valiant r'sitane uf the Hussian flt't under tlu lifu-ulty of fihtiriK against superior Ti.e Russian torpeio boat (Irom an! i (i''fman torpedo hoat were sunk and .be Russian yunboat (.hrabryi was laniard in an action in Sela soun xlwrh lies ftw-tn Oesel and Dajfoe Tlie (ln.m displaced 1110 tons and urned a crew of men. She was irmed with threp 4-inih ani fivp tor:.edn tubes. The Chrabri displaced 17": ton- and is nrm?d with two X-.ni.-h ifun- and one 6-pounder and five I-poundr-rs, She carried a erew of 1HT men. Another report stated that two Ger man torpedo boats were destroyed ind nthers damayrd bv the Russian dell fire. A fWIin tfleytiint !'d the capture if Self!, af tlie extreme southwestern ip of island was hourly ex--leeted. The Ru-sian defenders at 'hat point were isolated as a resu't .f the fijfhtinir on Sunday, the disr.atch adled and w'ie urdr the fire rom (lernuin w-u -htns and Carman 'and forces Sunday niht and MunARTll.I.KRY ACTIVITY. Increasing Intensity of Bombardment in West Flanders Reported. K thr frrBninrl Vein Krrrire.t l.O.VDON', England, October 17 N'-'thinir of especial interest has oc curred on the l!rit!sh front, th" war office repotted today. From unofficial sourcrs new-s came if increasintr artillery firinir and serial activity in west Flanders. Hntish airmen n:ive otrain bonihed '.he fiennsn niilitary works and canal locks at Bruges, Belgium, the ad miralty announced today. A d lernplane was shot down.
BACK OF STEEL OF ITS BAYONETS
Hark of the steel of the American! bayonet has got to he the silver of the American dollar. The world calls to the L'nited States of North America to step into the fight in which the hob nailed hoots of Prussian kultur are kicking at riviliiation and the military fangs of German hate are tearing at the flesh of democracy. Colorful talk? All right, it's a colorful war. The most hideously colorful in the red annals of nation's quarrels. Where other wars spilt a quart of Mnd this war is spilling a barr"l. Where other battles have strewn the ground with their thousands of writhing wounded and ghastly dead, these modern battles are defacing the lields and hillsides and even the icy heights of Alpine fastnesses with tens of thousands of tortured bodies in a single day. Their mangling is too frightful for the pen that could picture them if it would. Out of all thia sickening horror into which the world has been ruthlessly plunged by a conscienceless one-man power, shines whiteljr an indomitable
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Street Car. Leaded With Strike Breakers, Denolished. (By tht luttrnltmi Sent Strrtc:) SPRINGFIELD, 111, Octolr 17. A street car load of strike breakers returning to their homes, narrowly escaped ileath here this mominfr when the car struck a stick of dynamite lying on the trucks it Fifth and Canedy streets. Knur were injured, one seriously, and nine others less seriously. The cor was demolished. Wil'iam J. Sullivan, a former employe of the Springfield consolidated street and electric company, was arrested shortly after the accident charged with placing the dynamite on the tracks. Sullivan denies the charge. Smith, the most seriously injured passenger, suffered a spraineil back, seal n wounds and internal injuries. KORHE1) A BAN K. Two liandits Loot (iranville, Ohio. Institution Today, i fly fSe Intffndtiiii'il fif$ Serviced (.RANVI1.I.E, Ohio, October 17. Two rtdiheis entered the (irunvillt bank here shortly heftre noon and after locking the assistant cashier and a young woman clerk in the vault, escaped with all the money in sight. The loss is not yet known. It is reported the men are headed ea.-t, tho police following closely. IS OF GREAT VALUE Secretary Raker Comments on British Offensive on the Flanders Front. Iy f slfrsnH'.n.il Arte Serrlcr.I WASHINGTON', October 17 The .rreut value of Frernh co-cpcrr.ti'r ie the allied offensive in Flanders during the last few weeks is emphasized by Secretary of War Baker today in his weekly review of operations or. the various European battle front... He also comments optimistically upon the new typhoon (ire uf the allies' batteries ami the fact that the Ypres salient has now become an ever extending wedge, driving deeper and deeper into the German lines despite iie-ierute counter attacks. Stcretary Baker's statement follows ; "The allied olt'cn-ive in Flanders continues methodically. "Assigned objectives attained with increasing regularity indicate efficient co-ordination of artillery preparation and infantry attacks. "The decision of the allied barrage is proved by the low casualties of the assaulting columns. "The deadly effect of allied artillery fire is confirmed to us by reports reaching us regarding the concern of the German hit'h command at the newallied 'typhoon' the which is compelling the enemy to amend his tactic disposition in an effort to meet CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX. truth: F'reedom must triumph, and to the fore springs America; merciful to the fallen, re.-istless to the foe a decent t-ghter in th pits of hell. For the sake of the world, those of us who cannot Ire at the side of the American fighting man must he sijuarely behind his bark with our dollars guaranteeing his comfort while he watches, his maximum effic iency when he charges, his carr when he has taken his wounds, the physical safety of his dependent dear ones at home as he faces into the battle mist of death, and afterwards should God will that he come not home. If for any reason you cannot go t the colors, and if you are in financial shape to buy a Liberty Loan Band, and don t you can t consider yourself, or demand to be by others, considered a true American. The kaiser's man fears cold steel the kaiser fears coid silver. We'll win by using both and stinting neither. The man or woman or child who buys a Liberty Bond la defending our
country. Buy your bond today.
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Herr & Jenkins Grain Co. Build Plant on New Railroad. to TO HAVE CAPACITY OF 30,000 BUSHELS Will Cost About $20,000 and is Expected to be Completed January 1. A large modern grain elevator is to be constructed on the Herr farm, sevn miles southeast of Lebanon on the iev Pennsylvania road. The Reliance Construction company of Indianapolis hus received the contract of building the new structure. Construction work s to bein at once and will likely be Mimpleted by the first of the year. The elevator is to cost something like filO.OOO. It is to have a cannrity ,( :0.(i)0 bushels and is to be operateil by ste im po'.vor. It is to be modern in very respect. Coal bins will he erected in ronnecion with Hie elevator and the firm vill also do u lumber business. The elevator is to be owned by a firm composed of S. J. Jenkins of this citv and Charles and John Herr. John Herr is to have charge of the busiA railroad stop is to be ostablisiied at tho site of the elevator ami will hknown as Heir Station. GERMAN SOLDIERS SECRETLY ORGANIZE TO SECURE PEACE tBy the IntrrnatiQua, etr$ Berrtre.) PKTROC.RU). fK-tnher 17 Increasiriif disrontont is binft noted among the (iorman armies on the Pvinsk front. According to (lerman prisoners and information received by the Russian general staff from other reliable sources today, many f iorman units, especially the artillery and engimyrs, are anVrt-d by tly spirit of unrest. Thp trouble is due chiefly to a new secret military oiganizatir-n known as the (ierman military league for an early peace, wlvch is growing in numbers. Already thre have been cusps of in-sun-ordination and disobedience, (ierman soldiers refused to accept to return to the trenches after leave of absence. The German military authoiities are taking strenuous measures to stamp out the spirit of disobedience. Court martials are busy and several executions have t.iken place. GERMANS INTERNED. Too flankers Taken Into Custndj Pending Federal Investigation. NEW YORK, October 17. George Von Zebeck and F'riti Kuhn, German bankers are interned here today on Fills Island pending federal investi gation. The government refuses to make any disclosures concerning the base. Zebeck is said to be the son of Gen Baron von Seebeck, who commanded the tenth (ierman army corps at the outbreak of the war. Kuhn was in tl employ of the Uindon branch of the Deutsche bank. The two men came to America shortly after Great Britain declared war on Germany. They were eindufcd by a local trust company until discharged because of their German allegiance. It was learned today that Kuhn ii an acquaintance of former ensign Wil Ham j. Dunbar, also being held on E!!j. i-hind pending investigation of spy charges. Much interest centers in the Kuhn case. He waa apparently always supplied with money and moved in high social circles here. Hi official repeated anti-Prussian view placed him above auspirion and he even made fruitless efforts to obtain naturalization papers. Three other enemy aliens, found working on boats plying about New York harbor have been interned on Ellis Island. They art George Kuchs, Ernest Gruesbach and Karl F. G
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U. S. TO BE REPRESENTED.
Will Take Part in War Council of All the Allied Nations. (By las rnternaffeiMj yetet Sereles.) WASHINGTON, D. C, October 17. The U. S. will be represented at the forthcoming war council of all the nations allied against Germany. The formal announcement of this was made by Secretary of State Lansing today. The meeting, which has been referred to as the Paris conference, although the exact place or time ha.not been determined will be for the purpose of effecting greater coopera tion amung the allies and the dupli cation of conflict of effort in the war upon Prussianism. The American representative has not yet been selected, the secretary said. CONFIRMS REPORTS. Secretary of Navy Gies Out Informa tion of Accident at Sea. (B the fnlerxifiuniil .Vein Ji.n ic.1 WASHINGTON. D. C, October 17. Secretary of the Navy Iianiels to lay confirmed reports of a serum- aclent on board an American patrol vessel off the Atlantic coast. Pcnms Sheehan, a-seaman, second-class, was so badly scalded that he died while being taken ashore. V. I, Perkinson, chief hoatswain'.mate, is in a serious condition, but i.pected to recover. The accident was lue to the fulling of a n t'irn tube in the boiler, Secretary Paniels saal. MAY EXTEND U BOAT WARTOTHEU.S.COAST f.ermanv May Send Fleet of Submurines to This Side of the Atlantic. i R w the tnternattwil ,.r ,errrl.r. LONDON, England. October 17 - mav soon extend her ruthsubmarine warfare to American waters. That such action is contemplated by the German admiralty was indicated today by a radiogram Merlin stating that the coasts of the L'. S., Canada and Cuba may soon he declared war zones. (When Germany dcclaied the vats off the British Isles and 'Kiance uar 7-ones early in the war the delaralion carried with it the annoiiii,-e-ment that all men-hunt ships found by German I' -boats in those waters rtould he sunk forthwith. I That Germany, with her fleet of dreadnought submal inos. could ravage shipping in the steamer lanes off the American coast, was demon strat eel bv the C-.V; a year Hffo (his month. when .-he crossed the Atlantic from a Ierman port, put into N'ev poit, K. I., ind upon her return trip, sank a numer of merchant ships off the New niial.in.1 i oast. Th" I'-.Vi which was commanded b Captain Hane I'.ose, carried sufficient supplies for the round trip and the nly purpose for putting n ewnort. it was explained at the time was to ieliver a pouch of mail. Three Hundred I'-ltoals. Germany has increased her subma rine fleet to WO units, according to i dispatch from Christiania, quot-ng the Tidens Tegn. The telegram ad.ld: "The Germans are said to have succeeded in building submarine cruis ers of about 1500 tons, each carrying a crew of from 40 to oO men. These cruisers carry upwards of M tor pedoes and as many shells and mines They are equipped with mine laying devices as we! as wdh torpedo tubes and guns." It is possible that the German under water ciuisers may attempt to plant mine fields in the traffic lane' off the American coat as well as to destroy shipping with gun tire and torpedoes. The opinion was advanced here that any attempt of Germany to blm-kael. the American coast would be Y.rc doomed W failure both r.n account n; the great distances to he traversed and the vigilance of the efficient I. nit eH States fleet. At the same time, it ,., pointed out that, if Germany really has anv serious intentions in the wes tern Atlantic, her efforts nveht be directed more towards hampering the transportation of American troops and ordnance than towards the destruction of merchant shipping. Rains Interfere. Torrential rains and low lying clouds rendered air craft observation difficult and under ordinary circumstances would have caused a suspension of offensive operations, but the inclement weather has not prevented CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.
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War Mothers Organization of Boone County Practically Complete. PLEDGE CARD PLAN W ILL BE PUSHED Work in Hoover Conservation CumpaiKn to Herin Within a Few Da vs. At the urgent request of H. E. Barnard, to orcanre the War Mothers of Boone c-.ut, !y. the follow:ng l.c've been uppoii '. 'o -ervc as chairmen in lb'-ir r.-spective townships: Center! outside of city- Mrs. David Bin!.!. Mrs. John Chainlvers, Mrs. Morton hli'iiii,,-!!. Mis. Wm. Hawkins. Sugar ( reek - M:s. I r-ink Cis.lman. Jefferson -Mi.-. Herbert Pointer. J.ick.on- Mrs. James Bowman .Mr.-.. Stephen Dale. Wn-liinirton- Mrs. (.'has. ISIuhnugh. Harri.n -Mrs. Belie Glendenning. Clinton- Mi-S. James Hill. 1',-,,-v-Mrs. Chas. Herr. Marori- Mm. Wm. J. Ncshilt. fin, .n-Mrs. Geo. Shoemaker. V. nth-Mr.-. Maik V Boeher. Eagle-Mrs. Jacob Ferguson. Euiii chairman will choose her own wiMk'-rs and outline her own plan campaign. The purpose i.-; to make e iledge taiil campaign n success Roone county, for the problem that enace.- th..- allies is the problem that menaces our bovs. A letter of instruction will be mailed to each chairnina and some of the literature sent for distribution. It is honed that each chairman W'ill lo h.-r utmost to get the cards into each home of her ter.'iior. It is int. mini to complete the work by conservation week, October 28November 4. But the county chairman hopes to have the work begun in a few- days. If each terson of the county will give it individual influence and .-uj.poit, Boone ceMinty's record will he second to pone. The co-woikcrs ne' d not ncresrnrl!y be war mother.,, : it is a problem, facing every household, of not only Boone county, but f the nati' i-. When this terrible elny eif war over, and peace enmes, anil the br e-n regiments Come marching vu toriously home, shall we be content if we will have left undone or withhel.l anything thr.t wohid have replaced one mother's son in that broken regiment? TO PI SH LEGISLATION. rrohihition Lender Verfeet PUn for Sheppard Mejiiure. WASHINGTON, f). C, Octohr 17. Takmi? ;ulvantace of th1 brief vacation bforp tho i'vpni'r nfftfion of enntrrpss corvf-nes. Prohibition lra I em are pcrfrrtin? their plans to push through thf house nonn aftr it a.pinhks. Scn.i'ir hepftarft's nationwideprohibition amrnlmrnt which has alrpady hrn a'loptH in the n att Thry arc confident that doubt ful con pressmen who ar now in their romp district wiil return to Washing ton iteterrrinefl to support thf amendment. anva.M'i already made convince them that they already have enough votes t make sure the necessary twothirds majority, but to insure a victory, prrsMure h bri.njf brought to hear on ioubtful member. DESTROYED ISV FIRE. The Armr-Ftana Company's Mill at Indianapolis Burned. (tfy the Intentnttftnit .Vew fiervire.l The milling plant cf Acme-Evans Company of this city, which has htworking 24 hours a day on war o ders, was idle teday as a result o. a lire which destroyed the main milling plant, causing a leiss variously estimated from JIOI.OOO to $:!00,000. Fire originated from defective machinery or the presence of a foreign substance in a scouring machine on the third floor. Much flour was destroyed, but most of tbc wheat waa in another building.