Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 26, Number 19, Lebanon, Boone County, 20 October 1917 — Page 1

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THE "MERCURY MUUN I S vvtLL i may speed up OVER THE $200,000 MARK T0DAY the loan drive o - I

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LOAN RAPIDLYT0DAY General Committee Believes IheS.IOO.OlM) Total Will be Reached Tonight. CANVASS CONTINUES WITHOUT A LET UP Prospects For Several Iirc Subscriptions Keeps the Workers on the Move. At 2:3 rite afternoon the loI I ''g y -tdWriptien hrd gune up io''lt'h.ono. Several large subscription in protcet were eipect.d lo bend thin figure materially before ninM. One of (he big sub-rcriptions received . today was for $5,000 from ( al l,enox & Son. The big Liberty Loan thermometer mounted S2C,X0 as a result of jesterday's work and this morning thp "mercury" stood at the f-ito.0iX mark. The general committee reports ihat subscriptions are coming in fastor than ever before, and predict that the total will reach $.100,000 by niiiht and thathe full minimum quota will be reached by Monday. The Boone county total reached 3il,4O0 last night, or (12 per cent of the quota. Only two township, Eagle and Cnion. have reached their f ill minimum allotment Worth and Jackcon tewnship arc preparing for a hie campaign to raise their portions next week. No further report have been received from the other town-hio. If .Center township reaches its quota by the first of the week, that dr not mean that the campaign in the township will close. On the contra, y. every effort will be made to swo'l the fcond sales, for the government, while setting the minimum allotment of thr Second Liberty Loan ut t.'',,iHHI,rKKi,ooo. experts at least ta.OOO.fKiO.WKi. Ncvt week the Center township teams will devote considerable time to aidirg in the canvass in the out townships v. h i h are still lagging behind. An additional list of big subscriber, up to lat night includes: The Kii -t Rural Loan Association, $:,0O0; J. W. Shumate, $500; Priaeilla .Shaw, $:,oo: Samuel Jenkins, $"O0; Mrs. Josie M. Campbell, !-t."'i; Samuel Wiley, Jlo'iO and James Mriann, $10O0. Factory Men Subscribe. An enthusiastic Liberty Loan me.! ing was h-!d eer.iy 'a the Dairy Cream Separator Company. George f Miller and L. J. Ak'-rman solicited subscriptions. Mr. Risk, hwl of the - plant, was un.tl.le to be present, but wrote a letter urging the men to sunscrilte. This letter was iea. at the meeting. At the close of the meeting the following employees subi-rib--,"! amounts from $aO up to Shin; VtalU-r Shaw, Joseph James Lynch. William Ttowser. Harry A. Schoolry, Rcbert E Pimmitt, William Walton. A. 1). Jack, son. Samuel l llurke, J. s e Dodsnn. Ralph Hooten, William E. Sweeney. George Posthumus. A. It. Walton. Clarence Smith, I'el.ou Burke, Dolph Thompson, F'.merald Dewey Cook, Carl Rose. Walter Allen, Ralph Reese Poynter, Jesse E. Cline, Mis litti" I'aiT, Arthur A. Williams and Mist Litton. A government honor roll banner containing the names of the em ployee who purchased bond will be placed up in the factory, and any other who aubscribe later will have their names placed thion.

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WASHINGTON", October 'i

-uant to a resolution adopt d b i gross October 4, asking the pies-, to name a day Cor supplira'i' n prayer, Pre.-ion t iba t .i iv .-uel a proclaina'i.,n I xinj (lcteii.1 In the proclamation President Wi aid: "I earne.tlc exh.ot aii e, trytnen to oi.--im. the ,;iv to their severa1 la.th.- in prater that (lod's hi.-sing -i;.; upon the high task ithu h is htd . us to the end tlia! the r".,--tthii-h v,-e gie cur lives ai;d ti.-.i m.iV triumph and w.r e-i. .4 hlesrerl with high avbiev-i.,.-i,t. NEXT WEEK'S WEATHER. IB llir .io.ii..rt , tt,. WAS!lI.Vi,Tfi. (),!.,'.,- p weather l.urrau t...iy '-lee ti'.c i.. louing foreca-t for next w. ek lrj ion ol Cieat Lai.-, Warm.- i. Tue-lay wish r,.m or -nrnv ,'.d!-.n. l-r' f ture BE GA1 LED UPON Drastic Action Ma be Asked Unless Coal Situation Is Settled. FUEL ADMINISTRATOR SEEKING A WAV OUT President May He Crged to Exercise Extraordinary powers Conferred by Congress. iBv Iht Inlermfititmnl Sftrt Rrrrtrr.iWASHIXtiTON, I). C. Oetoher Sn. -Unless peace is le.tored in the rentral coal belt by Monday. Pre-ident Wilson will be asked by fuel administrator (iarfiehl to sanction hi., plan, for drastic action. This Ifecnice action today when Garfield received from attorney general Gregory a full defii tion of the powers given him by congress. He was told that under them he can take over at,d operate mineand coal carrying rjnleohd-. 'A n.-e-e.sary. President Wilson is w.ii. hing the -ituation closely anil is said to he very hopeful that tiie miners may be induced to return to work and await ad ju.tment of their demand without the necessity of invoking extreme measures. Early reports today from John A. White, piesiitent of the I'ni'ed Mine workers, who went to Indianapolis to perrua.de the miners hack into lino were not altngeth r assuring. These report indicate that President White wou'd be competed to g into some of the effected distrtri and u.c the most igornus inca.-ures in per sonal appeal-! to the strikers to bring about a resumption of activity in the idle fields. Iteiins Inquiry. Administrator Garfield, through the state fuel administrators, today b gan a searching inquiry to locate hoarders o' coal. Reports from New Vork, Chicago, Philadelphia. Boston and other cities showed in cold figures that more coal had been shipped during the first fight months of this year than in corresponding periods for previoua years. New York had one million tons more coal than at thin time last year. Dr. Garfield stated. (Similarly other citiea had had proportionately larger receipt. Additional order will 1 iwied CON INiiED ON FAUE btVfcji.

Loss of Lives Expected to Increase Loan Subscriptions.

REGARDED AS ONE OF WAR'S MISFORTUNES Sinking of Vessel First Re'll Blow at American Lines of Communication. Iffs ((.' Inlr, n Oe.s.rl .,..! Si'. . I.e. I WASHINGTON, 11. C. October JO. The survivors of the Amer iron troop tranport Antilles sunk hv a German submarine, with a loss of seventy lives, are being iroaght to this country by the warship convoy that was with the transport when the t -bust attack was made. Ii san at lirst thought that the survivors wnuld he taken to Knghind or France hut at the navj department today it was lern..l 'hill rhey wjM be brought dircctl) 'o the I niled Slates and that pprbaM.i uiilil the) arrive. Ihc li II .! lails of the di-asier :'l not he learned. IB n(5.ii!i"-' '"' eeee.l V. ASHtVilTON. D. C . O.-tob-r ? F-. v 'fort was lining m nr by :! ' v ar are! navy department Lod o .-iv a c. mplc'.o di.-t of the cf'l.li'ie.. ie.-tilijnt- from the torpedoing ar.d .inkii.g of the Iran-port An'il-le.-on October 17. 'The toi.-sinir li-t t. lay remained at 7d, a surprisingly small number in view of the fart that the h;g liner sank within five minute-. Ti majority ot the ea-uaitie. offu'iiN fee! certnir. wei in 'he fire and e-.gilierooii fure..,.. I he mm hel.-w decks when the ve..el -va- -'nek had no chance to escape. The impies.-ive fact out-landing in tii' di-aster is that the transport, although homeward bound, wauivier convoy and thtlt tiie enfortinc destroyers failed either to see the submarine or the torpedo, This indicates more than anything el-e the effectivenss of the German s'lhrnarines that are operating against the American vessels. Officials were gratified by the way the nation re curved the news of the disaster. Although the number of lives was comparatively .mall --far less than must have been the case hail the Antilles h.-en torpedoed while on her outward trip, it was large enouirh to bring home to the nution the stern reality of the Misfortune of War. From a" over the country word war received t'int trie renple generally :ic crpted l1 e lo. . of life as one of the misfortunes of 'he war and it vas agreed thai their determination that thee :.(;. aed otto-rs that are certain to he licit later on, will be avenged will lo noticea'de in subscriptions to the LiU-rty Loan. There has been very great speculation here in Washington as to bow the nation would take tiie fust big casualty li-t. The war admittedly has not been popular, but if the reports of editorial comment throughout the country reaching here today are to be relied on this loss of American lives will solidify the people behind the president in 'he determination to carry on the war to a successful conIt was again pointed out today that this attack bad been anticipated and that it in no way indicates that the submarine menace ia any gr(.atr than it hax len. It simply marks the first successful blow sttuik by Germany at the American linea of communication over which a continuous stream of vessels carrying men and supplies is i,,r. As loach, of course, il is seri!ous, but officials declare that in view of the necess-itv of carrying on this long range war the American people niuit expect nnwelcome newa from time to time, General Fernting will make op the complete list of lasuaiuea icoar t"e

1 muster mils of the Antilles in coopjeration with Vice Admiral Simms.

The latter is expected to send all possible details without delay. .No Additional Information. Officials refused to say where th attack on the Antilles took place. No additional infontiation other than 'that contained in the official statement of Secretary Oaniels issued by the Cneel "ommittee last night after it had been held up for several hours without any explanation was forthcoming today. It was stated that no further cables had yet reached the department. .Meanwhile, there was more or less speculation over the fact that thrtre was an apparent "leak" in connection with the receipt of the report. Financial circles jeite'day were concerned over what was described a all expected statement dealing with submarines. Inquiries at the department, how-eve. bi ought forth the statement that no information regarding any prospective statement coul.l 1m. given. Later on in the day, when al! of the information dealing with the ricking of the Antilles has been received, it was turned to the Creel buoa", ami that orgao:r.aticn decided to withhold any announcement until ' o'clock last night. I p to the present no teasnn for this nction has hee; mmle public but it had the effect of 'Uementing lumors that a "very serious h.-aster" had l.tken place and that per-umablv the Antilles was loedc I w ith troons w hen it was attacked. As c result, many officials todav cri'ici.'.eil severely tiie manner of ' an.i'ng the news. Lyinn, in Wait, Offe-ials are inclined to believe Unit ihe submarine which sunk the Antilles hail been lung "i wait for a rVancc bound trip ;md tiiat she took idvantage of the appec.rance of the Antilles to got her unmispeftinic victim. It If arcep'e,! t-.eie that the conWNT!NUED ON PAGE F OUR. I.i.T'i. October 2D.--A naval buttle, i'i which two Rrtti-h destroyers wore sunk, took place in the North Sea en Wednesday, the admiralty nonounred this nfleino.rn. The lo t war-hips were part ( f n llritish fli-et that was patrolling the North Sea between the Shetland ishods ami the Norwegian (coast in search for German L-boats. Gorman naval force.- were encountered and the action followed. tll'j Iht lnt'rnati'tnil riri fiervii.e. I MIDIIl.EVTI.I.E, Mich., Ortoher 20. Three expert craeksttien in an automobile invaded Middieville early tooay blew the safe on the Farmers' ,-tate bank there and escaped with 20,000. Sheriff .Manru and the blond bounds have trail of the bandits. The robbers left behind $o0O0 in a bag on the floor of the bank when they escaped. Persons near the hank at the time of the robbery heard five explosions. ANiilHF.R HANK ENTERED. Safe of Alton. Mich.. Hank Kvnamilrd and Kubhed. 111!) Iht (nlil .r GRAND KAPIDS. Mich., Oct. 20 Yeggnii n entered the Farmers' State iiank at Alton, near here, during th night, dynamited the safe, and esc iped with $U..m0. Telephone wires were cut by the gang before beginning operations. The bandits are believed to be the same gang that robbed a bank at Middieville u few hours later. OFFICIAL MELD IP. Assistant Cashier of Springfield, 0 Concern Robbed of Payroll. Ilia Iht ferdllWil .Yir Hrirlrt.l SPIUW.FIKXD, 0 October 20. Just as he had returneil from the brnk with money for the payroll, K. i.ynn Artnur, assistant casnicr or the American Seeding Machine company, va. held up in the main office building this morning and robbed of $10,500 in currencj. The robber did not take' eeveral hundred dollar in silver. Arthur was ordered to proceed upstairs and ti.e men leaped fiom a winj dew and tca pej.

Nothing to do on Arrival at Haltiesburp:, Fxcept to Move in.

MEN ARE DELIGHTED WITH CAMP SHELBY (ireatly Pleased With Surroundings Equipment Is of the Verv Hest. Thf Repoi-tei has received several letters from the aiembers of Company II, now located at Camp Shelby. Hattiesbuig. .Mis.. The leilers describe the trip to Hattiesburg and the conliitions they found at the new y:imp. Private Herme H. .McKinsey wrote as follows concerning Camp Shelby: "The members of Company H on the tram carrying the second battalion of the lMd' infantry which arrived cere about !(' Tuesday morning 'teio sui prised b' y i,i,t all exneetation' a- they found their camp prepared for them. The mess hall and tent frame1; rare already up and all tile coinpain had to do was 'move in.' "The men in the company, who were on the border last year, agree unanimously that (in nl. a leimsl this f aa.p is Heaven v.. e i.at Camp Llano '. Invade was. -40ur regirti.:,d i.'..i.'. ii n the central part of the camp being Only nbeu' one mile from the milroad. "Company IPs street bein.? on r. slight n-e of ground, the water can verv eanly -ur off a we have very good ditches on either side of, our com earn- street which is 20 or' 2.". feel wide. "As earn tent is lartre enough to hold one squad of men each of the eight men has enough room and no one is crowded Ihe least hit. "Our company street is made large enough for a coufpany of 2eO men as we exiect to have enough dnTotl men sent here to Ml our company to war strength. One man. t k Allen, of Martin county. Indiana, has nlrea'ly icpoiteil here from Camp Tiy'or. Company H Visitor. "Among the visitors to our com(nny were: "Sergeants Harry- Denny. O.n S.tnford, Carl Lambert and Dewey Hragg. Cnrpoi;' Russell Hill. Privates Eddv Bragg, Orvillo Johnson, Viigd Mills. Kenneth Jones, Harry Craig, Adrian Moore, Cloyre. I.awson. Cecil I.awsnn, Gtlvey Chambers, Rufus Chambers Guerncv Spencer, Floyd Perkins and Merle Purdue. "The Y. M. C. A. Club hnuse No. 3. which nearly every Indiana man uses, is located at the west end of the litis! infantry camp. It is superior in every way to the Y. M. C. K. building which we had on the border. "The building is about 40x100 fee' and has plenty of benches and desks lor the fellows to use while w ritinp to father, mother, wife or sweetheart. There is also a piano which is in u.-e almost crntinuallv from supper until S or It :'( p. m. There are five secretaries in our Y. M. C. A. and they aie rea'ly to help any man in any' way His-ible. "Vernon Drury, formerly a resident of Lebanon, is an assistant secretary at one of the Y. M. C. A. buildings here. Conducting French Classes. "The Y. M. C. A. people are conducting French classes, which are free to all men, ar.d large numbers of the fellows are learning to speak French so that thev will have very little trouble to talk with the natives when they get to France. "A number of the members of Cootpany H visited the var ious shows here in camp last night. The show here are up to date in every way. Thev even have hardwood, straight-back benchsent to sit upon. Hut a soldier d-s not eim't to sit on leather cushion:. The Shelby Amusement company, which own the principal theatre, showing a'complete line of vaudeville and motion picture, are going to start another theatre today (Wednesday.) So the folk at home can readily see that have good show here without leaving camr "The company mascot, 'Tes,' which Compeny H got and raised while in Texan and whicU ac'ViUpsokd Com

pany Ft home last spring, was very glad te get off the train after having ridden for about fOO miles." Letter F'rom Captain Slagle. Inclosed -in the letter was one written apparently by Captaih Slagle. It is as follows: "It was a wonderful experience to he one member of the 2nd HaUalion. 2nd 1ml. Inf., and to journey to ("amp Shelby with such a congenial burvh of men. No man of this detachment will ever regret having had this experience. There weie no rookie: present, all were regular soldiers. The conduct of the men on this journey was most cot imenilahk. The mocritical would have to look vei y ch so ly in order to tind any ha-is for oh jiKtions. Even should he I.e fortu nate enough in such linding, he woiilo fotget them at once without speaking of them because of Ihe many, loans good traits that lecuiucd his nnod Let it be rememhereti, by the many good people t,f Lebanon and Room tounty. that they have lepio- -rtatives in Company H, t ho ni o .icing then full duty til helping to v. in thie war If i' should cost them then !i i.hcv a'" wiling to pay lac pi ice Thev will feel, oi thai moment al-ai. that th-y ae h.yo.g down tK or liven f, the I',;. -,i, a -id lovd oi . - at I. ., Those t.1gbt .. ., -. . ,1 t 1 1 It nate il is for him! A . Mid v.oiih I' Ic iteir isol'ln ,, h, bought.. He dull, and lab as ,.,y . o,,i daut. with the iiuii.o .e ,.! .rtm mo'

Royal Iterrpiion. j vitt us last S'attnday. n'emher:- o! 'onipaiiy II aie still v,-i v gi.tt-ful CONTINTT.li (IN PAGE SFF.. TWENTY-SEVEN ARE KILLED IN A.RAiD OMENGLANOTODA Fifty-three Persons Wound' ed By German Bombs. INTENSE ARTILLERY FIRE IN BELGIUM Cannonade Heard in England Germans Occopy Another Island in Golf of Riga. (Kir f.c rlci,luooi ,., .Mci.c.i PARIS. Oclobir 2ll.--lhree German Zcpcliins that were allempting lo raid F'renrh soil were shot dow n by French and air craft rannan today. One of the grtat German airships was downed near Saint t lenient and another near Ramhcrvillers. Th: tirst was destroyed about seven o'clt.-ck. hut the war oHire in making the announci inclll did not give the details. It was unollicially reported that the crews of the Zcpucllina were probably killed. The destnyed aircraft were of the largest ami most ptwerful t pe. lift ;s(srnmi V Prnft.l LONDON. October 20.--Twenty-seven per.-ono were kii'ed and tif'ythree wounded hi the German air raid over England early today. These figures wele contained in an official statement is.-:ucd at noon by Vis-ount r renrh, rommanocr in chief ol tiie Home defenses. Most of the damage ilone in thicity nas cor.fine.1 to houses in the business district, the official statement added. Many bombs and aerial torpedoes were thrown down by the Germans. Intense Artillery Fire. An nrtillery battle "of all nations" is raging today over a thirty-mite front in Belgium. ' Briti.-h, F rench, Belgian, Portuguese and German g un are in action. Again ha the cannonade n the west Flanders front risen to turn a tensity ef oRTINVEOONPAGfi TUP'S

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Accused Woman Cleared on Utth I.allot laken by the Jurv. I'OI-ICF. EXONERATED BY TIIE DEFENSE Mayor to Refer Hoard of Safety to Evidence IliotiKht ()i.t in the Trial. ,1-mIIc Review saysj Haniell, .harge.l with oave been commitini A .swank. a.. vesWilli, quitcd l.y the jury which had to tlvc hallo's la Core tirh. . .so n in ti e ca-. that bad o,,....t thi.'e fall days in poturiied iv a few minutes before 1 I'ovv nig the m riung sessiort cl.vk 't h a h wo- ,tm -iino'd in the ; gueients and tile lot ro.luc. ion of lour witnesses '"or rcl utt.il in b. half of the st.il.'. The ,Uttsi"i. wa- t, .uii-d about twenty n inine.- niter the jinoir, had Mired to halh i. Mr... liirnell oxtcmled her thinks to the men who hud thus ex-;.ie.--id ti-eir l.-lief that she wan in-ni-C' ot and m few of the jurymen enmo '.'. ruiiid tu shake lu-r Jiand. "Followiirg the r t.uirdeti .n i.( the trial, tt'ii'ii was i(i,, rsrasiitn of sumo tde -nost vehement and insinuatinff

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curt, toe stnte pl.it n r.mt re-rt for H nn.-.al in Hue cae or i...e slate va. A. Svtank on a charge tiih g ., to luce la-en f j .ted h' Mr., l-'aui-.ie H J JT., I. rpOet( At of the lo each I our More fl iuil .nr-. As on tin- pivceo ng diiys tia, ut ronii, yesterday ntorning wa v. tied t capscttv bv an entirely -culine an'iienc. The s.ale offered onal ihe hV Htli, o testify I which the ' ie- . had p,actico hullt it- ea-e Oilirer For i, Ja . liner. I e- he Lvmu and I'red Han l.,n ail aff.ne.il that thev had not se-' the hi mk m' r'.trage which the defendant and Mr. .-warik had claimed wa the reason win- Me. Swank was in tha house on Ihe evening of October 10, Male ritiiment. "Wh.-n this te-timrny had been made the .-tale begun its opening argument. Arthur McGauifhev. conducting trie proscruuon. reviewed the evidence, laid paituii'ar sti fa upon the law and Its interpretation, made open accus.'inon inn. vne mree loan and the pending of the fourth one was merely a 'eh-v,- c. iicoetioc by the defense' and dealt o, detail upon the attire of the rh ;'en,:lnt and Mr. -Vank when r-iey were visited by the -ta'e's four chef witnesses. Spii-ch-s lor Acquit tal. "Mr. Holding, principal counsel. for the defence, then took the floor and alto explained thf law, reviewed the eviilence fr.on the v.ew of the defense and played Ui.on the feelings of the juiy in bringing out in full Mrs. Darnell's po.-itom as a n othcr and homemaker. He called the state's evidence 'a hlackntiiiliog .scheme, from heginnit.g to end' and oaid tint' it was found.-,! open ulterior motives and iitioiis.' He pla-.ed .up the position occupied by the defendant's husband r. -nit of ncfariouis .schemes.' "C. M. McCabe, asdsting .Mr. Harding in the .Iefcn-c, then talked for several rrrnutes in supplement to the speech in hrhalf of the defendant. H argument was alsti strongly fav.q-e wiih -ventirnent and the happiness the two Darnell children was the krystone of hie remarks. He called upon the j.-ry to 'char this good woman's fair name of the insinuation and reflections cast upon it by tho submarine agents.' "In the rebuttal by the state several cla.bea between the attorneys occurred and tluj Mate reiterated -it COSTU.t.'EO CM PAGE FEVTonT