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Austrians Were
FREnCfl eEGAIUEO POSITIOHS
The Russians are held up tempora
rialy in Eastern Galicia because
strong German reserve contingents
have been thrown into the f ray. The
have stiffened the Austrian position
along the Lomnica river which is con
sidered vital to the Teutons, not only
along this front but northward to the
v Galician border. . .The Russians had
anticipated heavy fighting here. The
Petrograd statement today says in
heavy fighting around Novica and
Kalusz the Russians were driven from
the height but later regained it.
There is notable activity on - the
Franco-Belgian front. The French
have regained lost ground in the Ver
dun sector and pushed beyond the
lines from which they were dislodged
late last month.
Aerial activity ' and heavy . artillery
work is reported from the British
'front. ' - ' - ,, . j
CALLED ON THE COSSACKS
Petrograd, July 18.- Another dem
onstration of sailors, soldiers and
workingmen and women occurredin
Nevski prospect yesterday afternoon.
There were a few stray " shots, fol
lowed by firing at tipper windows and
roofs at imaginary" foes. ,
Cossacks patrolled . the streets. ,f or
the first time since the ' revolution.
' Companies carried - machine guns
strapped to saddles while men led the
horses. .
TALK TO THE REICHSTAG TO
MORROW Basel, Switzerland July 18. The
Neuste "Nachrichten of Munich says
the declaration of the new chancellor
before the reichstag tomorrow will be
for peace, having the same geenral
trend as the resolution preparties by
the parties of the left. -
TRYING TO STOP THE TRADE
London, July 18. If Monday's coup
against German shipping . halts the
increasing trade between the Rhine
and Hamburg it will be a great satis
faction to the Allies. Allegations by
. Dutch papers that part of the en
counter occurred in Dutch territorial
waters is discredited by naval circles
here. , s
HE'LL THINK SEVERAL TIMES
',.. BEFORE HE SPEAKS
Copenhagen, July 18.The new
German chancellor is not expected to
outline his policy in detail Thursday
when he makes his maiden speech in
the reichstag, because the time is too
" short. He is expected to ask for six
weeks grace. T -
Many newspapers believe the ut
terances of the chancellor will have a
decided pro-German accent. Clerical
and radical organs fear the chancel
lor wilf not accept the peace decla
ration policy should a- resolution de
manding it pass the reichstag.
.'r;;Av PART OF AMERICA
The "American ' Training '' Camp in
Fiance, July . 17. The American
troops have been here for less than a
-week they are not all here by any
means -and they have already made
themselves thoroughly at , . home, so
much soT- that this section of France
looks like a little bit of America. The
correspondent made an extended visit
to the encampments this morning and
found the men fit and in good spirits,
and full !of praise for the friendly co
operation of the French people, who
; have willingly and gladly . given up
many of their own comforts to ac
commodate the army. The available
houses, however, are not sufficient to
accommodate all the Americans who
is dotted with newly erected barracks
that have sprung up overnight and
make even more picturesque this
beatftiful neighborhood.
Water is abundant here, but un
certain as to purity, so the troops
are adopting filtering methods by
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Not Able to Hold the Lines in
Galicia Alone.
LOST LAST MOHTH AND
VERDUN FROUT
(Associated Press)
SICKENING SCHEME
To Inflict People of Kansas City With
Disease Charged to the
' Teutons 1
(Associated Press)
; Kansas City, July 18. A plot for
the wholesale infecting of Kansas
residents with disease germs through
court plaster is said by a United
States district attorney to have been
unearthed with the arrest of three
men,! Their names ; have been with
held, fearing a lynching.' That the
men are of German "origin and other
facts might indicate,' he -said, an en
emy, plot.
SUFFRAGETS PREFERRED f
1 f:- WORK' HOUSE SENTENCES
- Washingto, ; July . 18. Sixteen
women suffragists, arrested while
participating in the woman's party
Bastille Day demonstration in "front
df the White House, were -sentenced
in . police courts here yesterday ; to
serve sixty days in the District Vf
Columbia work house for obstructing
the sidewalks. ' "'. ' : I' ' ;
"The women were given the alter
native of paying $25 fines, but they
refused the offer.- V j
means of bags .suspended from tri
pods, which astonish the local inhabi
tants almost as much as the Ameri
cans' inexplicable thirst for water,
which is unknown to wine drinkers.
A task which the army had taken
upon .itself is the clearing up of the
entire countryside and at the present
pace the whole district will soon look
like a well-ordered garden. Such pris
oners as are under arrest for minor
infractions of the regulations are
employed ' each morning in making
headquarters spotless, and are bring
ing such a degree of orderliness into
the place that the original residents
are amazed. Likewise they find it
difficult to "understand why the sol
diers take so many" baths, for the
men make for the nearest stream and
dive in as soon as they are at liberty.
The presence of the soldiers here
has naturally introduced many novel
ties; but probably none ia more wel
come than, the daily evening concert,
which attracts- people from, far
around, people chiefly who have never
heard lively American music and who
have been without music since, the
outbreak of the war.
BETTER ENLIST AT ONCE
If you want to go in your home
company, better enlist at once. Cap
tain Drake of Company "A" has just
received the following instructions
from the adjutant general:
' T St. Augustine, July 13, 1917.
Capt. Edward Drake,
Ocala, Fla.
1. After a man is drafted he can
not be enlisted. -
2. ' It will be necessary for the re
cruiting officer to definitely ascertain
whether or not a man has been draft
ed before he is accepted for enlist
ment. v J.B.Christian,
The Adjutant General.
SIXTEEN FORD FOR SALE
We have a first class 1916 model
Ford in splendid" shape in every re
spect. Hurry if you want it. The
Maxwell Agency, ucaia, la.
7-16-4t The Maxwell Agency.
The coffee that you are drinking at
the Harrington Hall dining room and
cafe is the famous Senate brand cof
fee, roasted and distributed exclusive
ly by the Tampa Coffee Mills. Get
the habit.
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GAINED HEW GROUND OH THE
,
Any
It Was the Only Force We Had to
Help Out Our Tiny
Army
(Army and Navy Journal)
"' The importance of the National
Guard, in any estimate of our military
man-power is not to be discredited.
On June 20 the force of the guard in
federal service throughout the coun
try was 4,130 officers and 106,280 men.
On June 30 the number of men in the
guard not in the federal service was
189,717, the list of , officers being in
complete although the records show
that on June 20 these numbered 5,787.
This makes a total of 300,127 officers
arid men available, which is a larger
force than we have in the regular
army. It will require about 100,000
more men to bring the guard up to
the war strength prescribed in the
national defense act, but these can
easily be provided through the opera
tion of the selective draft law as is
the present intention of the war de
partments When these men go into
the fourteen cantonments already
selected for them, although at this
writing only two divisions have been
definitely assigned to cantonments
the -19th, including the ' Calif ornia
guard to Linda Vista, Cal., and the
20th to Palo Alto, Cal. it will prob
ably take less time for the guard to
get into shape to be sent abroad than
the war department now ; estimates,
which is "several months."
Despite the many criticisms the
National Guard has received in the
past as not being a dependable force
for war as a whole, it is a very for
tunate thing for the nation at this
time that .we have the guard. While
the dependence to be placed upon it
as a national force was open to ques
tion, the National Guard was never
theless the' only organized' military
force we had to 7 augment our small
army, and its officers and men in their
dual capacity of citizens and soldiers
have done the best they could under
very hard conditions. The work that
has been accomplished among the
best elements of the National Guard
has been suprisingly good, and mark
ed efficiency has been shown by many
organizations. Under competent lead
ers, and where all its units are thor
oughly trained; the guard should
prove a magnificent force of men.'
i The existence of the National
Guard has . helped our war prepara
tions immensely, for it had the foun
dation of -organization for rapid ex
pansion to war strength, and has
proved a big asset to our regular
army. Many of its officers and men
have qualified - as commissioned offi
cers for both the regular and the
national - army, at a time when offi
cers are badly needed. The previous
training of the National Guardsmen
on duty , at the officers and citizens'
training camps has facilitated rapid
ity of instruction "and the securing of
officers who have had some previous
military experience of value. It can
hardly be denied that intelligent men
who have served from three to five
years, or more in the National Guard,
including, service on the Mexican bor
der, are better qualified in the begin
ning for work as officers in the na
tional army than are men fresh from
civil life who have little or nof mili
tary training or experience! The men
of the guard will be equally valuable
in furnishing an army of some 400,
000 men in quick time for the United
States. It is true that a large per
centage of National Guardsmen will
be recruits, but the same can be said
NATIONAL GUARD
OCA LA, FLOBIDA, WEDNESDAY,
SHUTTfllG OFF RAIDS.
ANOTHER HEWS SERVICE
New York, July 18. Although the
United States circuit, court of appeal
some weeks since rendered an opinion
granting on every point submitted
the injunction sought by the Asso
ciated Press to restrain the Intern-!
tional News--Service from ' pirating
news belonging to the former organ
ization, the entering of the order has
been postponed by the attempts1 of
the defendant organization through
their counsel, Samuel Untermeyer, to
obtain a stay, first, from the circuit
court of appeals, second, from the
district court, and third from a jus
tice of the supreme court of the Unit
ed States. All three requests hav
ing been refused, . the order has been
entered by direction of Judge Augus
tus N. Hand, of the United States
district court of the Southern district
of New York, restraining the Interna
tional News Service from three prac
tices: v . . .
"(a) From inducing procuring or
permitting any telegraph editors or
other employes or agents of the com
plainant or any of its members or of
any newspaper or newspapers owned
or represented by them or any of
of i them, orany,such member, to
communicate to defendant or to per
mit defendant to take or appropriate,
for consideration or - otherwise any
news.- received from or gathered for
complainant, and from purchasing,
receiving, transmitting or using any
news so ' obtained. - ' -
"(b) From inducing or procuring
directly or indirectly, any of . com:
plairiant's members or any of the
newspapers represented by , them, to
violate any of the agreements fixed
by the charter and by-laws of the
complainant. . '
"(c) From copying, obtaining, tak
ing, .selling, transmitting, or other
Wise gainfully using or from causing
tov be copied, obtained, taken, sold,
transmitted or otherwise gainfully
used the complainant's news, either
bodily orxin substance, from bulletins
issued by the complainant or any of
its members, or from editions ( of
newspapers published by any of com
plainant's members, until its com!
mercial value as news to the com
plainant and all of its members has
passed away.''
Although the court found that the
Associated Press was not guilty of
any such forms of piracy, it having
voluntarily offered to submit to a like
injunction to that contained in par
agraph C, it is ordered that such a
counter injunction also issue in that
particular.
of the regular army, and both ele
ments will require the necessary
training." With large numbers of
seasoned officers and of men in the
ranks already, the training will be
more rapid than it would be other
wise. As a large portion of the nec
essary clothing, arms and equipment
is already in the hands of the " Na
tional Guard, much time also will be
saved in the issue of supplies.
The experience on the Mexican
border proved invaluable to the Na
tional Guard organizations on duty
there, and the officers and men with
such service who are still in the
guard organizations will all be bet
ter fitted for the war work ahead of
them. The calling out of the Na
tional Guard for the Mexican border
troubles was another instance of its
usefulness, for, with the summoning
of so large a force, the raids ended.
It has also performed efficient guard
duty in the federal service at various
important manufacturing plants, rail
roads, bridges, etc., all over the coun
try, since the declaration of a state
of war with Germany. The guard now
stands ready for the test of battle.
REWARD OFFERED
I have bought the G. J. Johns stock
of cattle in Marion county; mark is
crop split in one ear and split under
bit in the other; brand J5. I will pay
$1 per head to any one for taking up
these cattle, notifying me and keep
ing them in pasture till I can get
them. I will have my representative
call and get them as soon ag I rereive
notive. A. M. Ryals,
7-13-6t Eagle Lake, Fla.
; The largest line of bathing caps in
the city all shades, shapes and col
ors. Thrj Court Pharmacy. 15-tf
'Unclassified" ads bring results.'
JULY 18, 1917.
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Oil ITS DISPATCHES BY
TEIITH!
People in German Town Asked for
Bread and Were Sent
to the Pen
(Associated Press)
Copenhagen, July 18. Dusseldorf
advices say that a state of siege
there caused by food riots was raised
after 185 persons got sentences av
eraging eighteen months A big mass
meeting was held to protest , against
the severity of the sentences.
DALLAS JEFFCOAT DEAD
Shot Himself Through the Heart at
His Home at Noon Today
The city was shocked again this
afternoon a few minutes before one
o'clock when the news spread rapidly
that Mr. Dallas Jeffcoat had shot
and killed himself at his home in the
second ward, on South 'Second street!
The suicide was not a surprise to
a majority of the men, at least, of
town who have known since the 7th
of this month that Mr. Jeffcoat was
in trouble. Most of our people hoped
that settlements would be made and
out of kindly feelings for him and his
family and relatives the papers of
the city had refrained from any ref
erence to the trouble.
-, Mr. Jeffcoat who had been the
trusted office manager and bookkeeper
for Mr. J. M. Meffert for several
years, was arrested on a warrant
sworn out by the Munroe & Chambliss
Bank, Saturday, July 7th, for forging
Mr. Meffert 's name to several checks.
Mr. Jeffcoat and the bank's attorneys
made a settlement for the amount in
volved in the checks, then in the
hands of thebank for the period
from the 1st to that date ' and the
warrant was withdrawn.
Mr. Meffert has since that time
been checking up and trying to arrive
at the amount of Mr. Jeffcoat's short
age, but as many of the records had
been destroyed or misplacerd it was a
very difficult matter and in the mean
time Mr. Meffert gave him every op
portunity to make . settlement, which
Mr. Jeffcoat seemed perfectly willing
to do to the extent of his resources. I
Mr. Meffert made a warrant for
Mr. Jeffcoat's arrest this morning and
the warrant was served by Deputy
Sheriff Osteen, who went to Mr. Jeff
coat's residence and read the warrant
to him. Mr. -Jeffcoat asked permis
sion to get his collar and tie, went
into a rear bedroom .and shot himself
through the heart with a revolver.
A physician was summoned but he
died in a few moments.
Mr. Jeffcoat's shortage had extend
ed over a period of several years. He
handled the checks and" statements
which was the reason Mr. Meffert had
never detected it. It was known that
he spent money lavishly, but this was
accounted for on the grounds that he
was a very successful trader, that he
had lands and an income in South
Carolina and that his cars for hire
made money for him.
Mr. Meffert passes a great deal of
money through the bank and did not
miss the shortages that occurred
from month to , month, and it finally
fell upon officials of the bank to de
tect the forgeries and convince Mr.
Meffert that they were going on.
The amount of the shortage is not
known to a certainty. It is more
than $10,000 and at the last reports
might reach more than that sum.
Dallas Jeffcoat was a very popular
young man. He had many manly
and commendable traits and made
friends everywhere. He leaves a
young wife and three little children.
The Star feels their deep trouble
very keenly, its force all knew and
liked the unfortunate young man
very much and deeply regrets his sad
ending. - ' r -
W. K. Lane, en. xiJ, Physician and
Surgeon, specialist Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat. Law Library Building, Ocala,
Florida. tf
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THE ALERT TO
AHD ITS
(Associated Press)
Washington, July 18. Although
seven states "still have not reported,
the completion of the draft organiza
tion and plans for the drawings have
been worked out with the exception
cf the place and date. The plana will
be minutely explained to correspond
ents before they are given out for
publication. Wire facilities 'for quick
ly getting out the news is a factor.
The "selection of the drawing scene
and plans have been approved by
Secretary Baker. The government is
ready as soon as he last district re
ports. r- .
SAME OLD BUNCH OF." SORE
HEADS Senators . who were prominent
against V conscription " have secured a
postponement of the aviation pro
gram appropriation until next week.
AN UNNECESSARY MEASURE
The Senate today voted 54 to 17 to
tentatively adopt a provision prohibit
ing government agents, including na
tional defense council advisors mem
bers, from executing government con
tracts in which they are personally
interested.
HUBBY WANTED HER HOME
r Home, husband and children enter
ed today as factors in the suffragets
sentenced to sixty days in the work
house. At least- one husband is de
termined that his wife shall accept
the privilege of paying a $25 fine
and return to her children.
BRITISH HELPING RUSSIANS
British armored motor detach
ments are fighting with the Russians,
according to a semi-official Petrograd
dispatch to the Russian embassy.
SORE ON THE SOUTH
The war department's policy of
tiaining National Guardsmen in the
South is the subject of continued at
tacks in the Senate. Senator Watson
said there was something more than
military reasons back of the plan.
New England senators and LaFollette
opposed, and several southern sena
tors were clamoring for recognition
when the debate ended in a point of
order. . ' ' ;
ARE TRYING TO AID COMPANY A
A Star reporter met Rev. G. A.
Ottman, who is at the head of - the
committee to- raise funds for Com
pany A, this morning, and found that
considering the hard times he was
making good progress. About $140
has been raised, but there are a hun-
dren menin the company, and much
more is needed. -
The committee consists of Messrs.
Ottman, Stephens, Gary, Nash and
Hunter. If you feel like chipping in
to help the boys, don't wait to be
called on, but look for the nearest
committeeman and contribute your
mite.
SEABOARD LOCAL SCHEDULE
Southbound
No. 9 Leaves Jacksonville 1:20 p.
m.; Ocala 4:15 p. m. Arrives Tampa,
7:3o p. m.
No. 1 Leaves Jacksonville 9:30 p.
m.; Ocala, 1:45 a. m. Arrives St. Pe
tersburg, 7:45 a. m.
No. 3 Leaves Jacksonville 9:30 a.
m.; Ocala, 12:59 p. m.
Northbound
No. 10 Leaves Tampa at 1 p. m.;
Ocala, 4:15 p. m. Arrives Jackson
ville, 7:15 p. m.
' No. 2 Leaves Tampa 9 p. m.;
Ocala, 1:55 a. m. Arrives Jackson
ville, 6:45 a. m.
No. 4 Leaves, Tampa, 9:10 a. m.;
arrive pcala 1:10 p. m.; arrive Jack
sonville 5:10 p. m.
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1 I have anything in the electrical
line. Ask about them. W. J. McGehee,
distributor. . ' . . tf
Vol.23, no. 174.
CRIPPLE THE AMERICA!! AOUi
ALLIES " - ;
FIVE PEfl CENT LO
10 Fil
Under the Federal Farm Loan Plan
is About to be Approved .
(Associated Press)
Washington, July 18.- Five per
loans to farmers under the federal
farm loan plan are being approved at
the rate of $800,000 daily. 'Up to
July 15th the board had chartered
432 associations whose loans aggre
gate more than twenty millions.
SUNDAY IN METHODISM
j Sunday-school lesson on. "Ilezekiih
the good king," revealed the impor
tant fact that he first called hi3 peo
ple, to the building up of the church
and His worship. An example to our
nation today, and a command in Matt.
6-33. . :: . . . . .
j Rev. R. Ira Barnett, Ocala district
presiding elder, read first-text from
Luke 4 : 16-18 ; second text John 4-35,
''Lift up your eyes and, look on the
fields, for they are white already to
harvest." He asked the question, "Do
we truly believe "in home missions?"
If so, we believe in foreign missions,
for the United States is the greatest
foreign mission field in the world to
day. v The largest percentage of our
criminal class is the foreign element,
New York, Milwaukee and Chicago
being foreign cities. ;He gave statis
tics and spoke of. foreign element in
Denver, Mexicans in Mexico, Creoles
in Louisiana, of the Mormons, Latins
at Tampa, Greeks at Tarpon, the
300,000 American Indians, our 10,
000,000 negroes. Have we as Chrif
tians done our duty? We must "think
on these things," see the necessity of
immediate action and feel our great
responsibility. We . "as Christians
must improve in our church, munici
pal and legislative life. Another as
pect is social equality. As long as
man is our brother we are his keeper"
and must consider him. God is not
satisfied" with our work, neither art
we. VThe prohibition move advances,
we have, been fairly successful. Yet
the fight is on for many generations
to come. God cares for His people
and he expects us to care. The Sab
bath day. is going, and we as a nation
must' go on our knees for its preserva
tion.' He spoke of many localities in
America, being splendidly equipped
for all business, yet with little and
even no church facilities everything
needful but the gospel. , Out of 415
leplies. from our universities and
public schools 73 out of 100 of faculty
did not believe in a personal God, 65
out' of every 170 did not believe in
the immortality of God. . Wm. E.
Gladstone jsaid, "There is one ques
tion of : the day; and that is the gos
pel." There is just only one to bring
peace to this turbulent nation today
and that is Jesus Christ. Today more
than ever is the call to true Christian
men and women to - listen and heed,
that God may use them to build up
His church for greater service, and
the plea of this pastor was for Chris
tian volunteers in this great field and
Christian patriots to answer, "Here
am 1 1, send me." The evening text
was from; - Phil. 4-4, "Rejoice in the
Lord alway." f ,. R.
PLUMBING A .NO
-ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING
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I When - you have ; plumbing "or elec
trical contracting, let-ua furnish you
estimates.1 No job too large and none
too small, tf -H:rW. Tucker.
NowTis -the time to plant camphor
trees. "Prices low. Call 2S3. tf
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