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WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS, SATURDAY. JITttE ;10, 1917.
pSH DUKE SIS
11 FOUR MILE HI
IEP CLOSER
niAHHIMi ATTACKS <»KltAIAX
INKS \KE ( AIH »:ki> to A
depth ok one; milk:.
IIS LOST HEAVILY
Prisoners ami Machine Oil ns
fere t’apt tired by tlie* Itritish.
Losses to Itritish Were
Sliuht.
INDON, June 80.—With great
w« British troops swept on
r around Lens today. A gain ot’
■i!e depth over a front of four
p was reported by Field Mar
I Haig today.
u a resuIt of our attacks.” he
."strongly organized defenses on
banks of the Souchez rivet , cov
; Lens, were captured. Our
le objective was gained with
it losses, and with considerable
*- "isualtit s Positions of great
Dgtb, 03 well as «>f tactical and
s».c importance, are ours."
! 'itiona 1 information confirm
tuivess of the I. a: operations,
miles the captures in prisoners
machine guns, an important sui
* "as made over a total front of
miles to a depth of one milt-,
(though the British commander
hief did not specify exactly in
h suburb oi Lens It is forces had
r the greatest gains it is believed
the main drive is centering from
th. It is in this section that
b.iurhez river lies, running front
Beast of the city to its very ni
ls.
pv "position of tactical stra
I importance ' was believed here
rter to the two small ridges
|h command the French coal
[horn the south and southwest,
c A'ion and southeast of Kleu
Lcaiwettc
BUle front dispatches today dc
P that the (leMuans wore on their
P'1*' tn the net of railway lines
Hi converge on the east of Avion,
jb" British reach this junction
I the Bermans will be cut off
I their lines to the south and the
itself isolated from the nortli
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i
ME FIGHT
STILL RAGES
* XN|) •'!!' SI A ATOHS STll.l.t
o\ i:u iu»\K in;*
r*.'isK |\ H»OH nil,I..
bit is mo
*'•' •»* *»«»i« and Vdministratioii
Pn,,,‘,s to Kill Whiskey
•Sut to Spare lUvr—IVnllrl
K*r,> Passage of Itill.
fAStUNQTON, June ;u> The I
lM* Prohibition right in the sen-j
ov’r- at least temporarily--)
M-*'Hod by the president.
*>""wsnP' informal agreement be
11 (11 v ami administration iead
whisky, but spare l>e«‘r and
■ "'"'tnis of the food control bill
e«>nti.|<>nt uf ^aily passage.
Imuor t'bamberlaln. in -barge of
ll1' wa* -utive early today try
0 roach an agreement for a
vote There yet are local
Jrb#nc*s. however, which will
PnUl "‘‘I and dry fight as a
* °! annoyance, utul unless
** ,1KIeeim-nt is reached in these
,asPs the whole fight threat
" break out anew.
a ,r n°" lour hig factions
[t NlUuu>- including those will
r ac".*de to President Wilson’s
lJi to modify the bone-dry
L ' ^ he other three are those
tss,^,yS' u,nv^*nR to make this
L ’I’osi- who favor eontin
i ,r and wine production, hut
"** *° leave their ultimate
disposal in the preside nt's hands,
and those who oppo ,t prohibition
of anything. oven whisky.
Senator Borah of Idaho heads the?
group that will not vote to place the
h- er and wine production »t the dis
oretion of the president.
“Such action would he cowardly,”
Borah said. “This is a question of
right, or wrong, a question for con
gress to lace, not a question of load
ing the administration of it on the
president. I will fight any such pro
posal. I will vote bone dry before
adding to the presi tent's Other trou
bles the disposal of the beer and
wine production question."
Opposed to this group are those
drys who have “stretched con
sciences” to exclude beer and wine
front prohibition, even on condition
that the president is given power to
stop their production when he thinks
it necessary.
“If the power is not placed some
where to stop manufacture of beer
and wine we will have to resume
our position in support of a bone
dry amendment ’ these drra reiter
ated.
i "Whatever restraint upon the con
version of foodstuffs into beverages
shall be necessary, the president will
be best able to judge and with the
aid of his selected staff he will know
when and in what way to enforce
these limitations." Senator Lewis of
Illinois said.
“As we are giving the president
full power to control the food of the
country, let him also control the
drink." declared Lew is.
Continuing Lewis said. "Let con
gress refrain from administering
either food or drink, at least let a
food measure be a food measure
and not a drink measure, and let a
drink measure be a drink measure
a tul not a food measure."
There is a new fight smoulder
ing and it is thought probable it
will be reached today. The senate
resumed consideration ot the amend
ments to the food control bill, one
of which is the “Done dry" amend
ment. When this is reached a mo
tion will he made to strike out the
drastic section for a substitute which
will be along the lines the president
suggested.
The house and senate conferees
on the senate survey bill providing
for the conducting of a canvass of
the food situation in the country and
taking steps to stimulate the produe
tion thereof began work todaj • l lu‘>
expect to complete their conference
Monday, so the bill will be ready tor
| final adoption in congress next week
outbreaks feared in
PARTS OF ARGENTINA
Rl'KNOS AtKKS. .Tuno —
'l rouble is feared here tonight l’"'
demonstrations against Aigintina
entering the war. and in latest
for the high eost of living KN,,i*
police will be posted in the down
town station.
Argentina is momentarily export
ed to announce a severance in 1 >
tut ions with Germany due to the
drstruetion of Argentine sliip! ,
in the snhmarine lone and tht >m
possibility of obtaining guarantees
.or future protection of the na
t ion's merchant marine.
miN consul
K TO P110IEILTH
OUlCAliO. June 30
(lulling.i\ for twenty live
head of the Swiss consular
ill this country an •
foreign consuls ttt Chicago
Arnold
years
serv '
,.f the
today
jellt to
denied that his resignation,
the embassy at Washington yes •>
day. was the result of German core
plications. Poor health prompte..
las retirement, hi said.
tireck S« cleties Contribute.
DALLAS. Texas. June 30.
j Greek American r.ocn ty h,'r,‘
itributed $" 11 *o the Ked
j fend.
I
I
The
con
ross
5NH UIIUT
BBS.Him 1M
WASHINGTON, June 30.—The
state department today received
confirmation of press dispatches
indicating that Spain has decreed
military law, T’io department also
has advices that Brazil has revoked
her decree of neutrality with re
spect to tlie allies. Germany may
consider this as an unfriendly act
end the cause for war.
w VS KKW DAYS LATE IN
Al'FLV l\t, TO REGISTER.
PORT WORTH. TVs;- June so
"• A. Hayes, 29, a farmer liv
inK near here, camp to town to
learn for the first time that registra
>ion day had become history. Ho
promptly registered.
Centennial ( f MettMMlism.
DALLA?. Texas, June 30.— Plans
lor the celebration of the centonnia!
oi Texas Methodism by the Me.ho
d.st churches of Dallas have brnn
made. July x was designated as
the date for the celebration.
HALF BILLION OOLLABS
LOANEO TB [NOLAND
WASHINGTON, June 2o._The
treasury today loaned $10,ooo.noo to
Great Britain, making a total of
$500,000,000 loaned tha‘ country
since war was declared, av.it a grand
total of $1,018,000,000 that has been
loaned the ullieg.
1>K< LAKES THAT NO ATTKNIPT IS
BEING MADE TO SEEL IS
LAND TO (iEH.MANV.
Government Answers America's l*m
li st Against the Sale of the ls
land hi the (iermans.—Ales
sage Cabled Washington.
WASHINGTON. June 30. —Vene
zuela today denied that either her
government or any individuals are
intriguing to sell the island of Mar
uerita to Germany as a secret huse <
for German submarines.
This is Venezuela’s answer to
America's representations; against the
d'sposal of the island to ‘he Teutons
Receipt of the message follow d .1 !
former message which showed th u ,
Venezuela had taken up (he matici ;
of submarine warfare generally withj
Germany. Venezuela is 1> hexed, h.
be one of the nations referred to tnj
the reports of German putting i->
South America.
FULLS FIB SHORT!
MKN Wll.l. UK IHIAKTK" TO Hl.l.
, (, \|*S IN KK«tl.AR
\\|) NATION VI- (HARD.
Kstimated That It Will »*
sarv to Draft 7.VMHHI Men tor
HiM n,-« Arn») ami To 15'*
, iult Regulars ami (JuartK
\Y \SmNQTON. .Tune ::o. ■
,e necessary to draft a total of <50.
ou men to brimt America s regular
nnv mul (he National Guards «!
0 fill war strength and to put he
irst army of 500.000 men in
Indications today, the ,ast da> of
imy recruiting *‘‘ek. acre that •< .
.00 men would be needed to Jr
1 regular army up to full strength.
„d a like number of 50.000 needed
o bring the state militia up to «.
trength
I U.KK TO KHiHT. »'•'***
1 " ,U;s IK.WV AS \ «»»«•'
POHT1 \NIV Ore. 30
• Poes this look l.ko Kloanor o
youasked an
Deputy 011> Oleik ^
as-he i«nted to a big.Jm • ^u|o
dered six-footer "ho
i. ■'»' '“k m
Bloauor to him Khmnor,
"Well, certainly he 1 n‘ h,„
but his birth certificate M ‘ j
name as Kleanor am) «» >«* 8 j
i . •* .ini>1 the woman.
h-.C.. »
t »hov havo domandod hi* i
, u KonHOtn’
to His name »
'' 1 ' Ti i he ' mini " ') il
ttow ntree amt ’ Aiml,
woman. M> •' M'“ ‘ _
I xvUs present when m
z:... i
11,0 attending physician, |
officers’ training camp.
DALLAS, Traas, June ;lo.— 1
hVliv .lout s was indicted by Hie
annul jury today for the mur- :
tier of >llss Florence Brown
here several years ago.
The hiUk'tment, which was |
une\|>eeted to |iraetically every |
one of those usually well in
formed eoneerniug such mat
ters, eame as a belated sequel
to one of the insist sensational
and mysterious murders of
w hirh record is to he fouml in
Texas.
Jones is held in jail at FI l‘a
ko. He is about 40 years oltl
anti is married. He is held at
El Paso without bond in eon- ,
nection with the murder of a
Silver « it >. New Mexieo, nil tie
man at Silver t'ity some time
ago.
Nothing of the evidence con
necting or tending to connect
Jones with the slaying of
Miss llrown had been revealed
today, but it became known in
directly that the grant! jury
succeeded in locating a person
who claims tt> have seen a man
in the real estate office where
Miss Brown was killed. I he
time was fixed at a very few
minutes of that ot the actual
commission of tin' crime.
With this as a clue the grand
jury made considerable head
way before even other authori
ties were aware of what was
yoitur on.
The murder of Mis* Brown
was one of mo** sensational aiu!
mysterious crimes ever cotnmi'
,e<l in the southwest. Her hod'
was iomul on the morning of
July US. UHS. l.vlns? •« a l*0i**
1,1 s. t in Ho toilet of a Batins
real estate olfice where she
worked as a stenographer. Her
throat had heeu rut front ear to
site was 25 years old at
the time of the murder. \ num
ber of attests were matte follow
ins tlte lilidinu of the hotly '>"1
all altempts of the Staml jury
to fetis-t out the murderer prov
ed futile.
Till WRECKED
RESULT RE PERT
( \\ VIU.W »*\SSI N<>»:K t ltAIN
IH I.IIU KVH IA " KM*
VI- I UU ' not I! TOIKVV,
\„ Oiu- \Va* xoouslj I'l.UOMl nut
|M-.-nsi*-i' »«“'•
Hm-#,h‘s I'•>’». »**>i»th—
Uoiiiovtil From K-iiK
WI'.WKKH, Ottawa.
,{0_\ t':iil!«ti:*i> unit ttttnea
,iav.eu*er tout' wus iletitH-ral*^
,, unvkcl iitw l»‘,v wul>
.mil >‘l' ‘'f
nur.-uul'"*'1.' *.l.-utli o'
sortou-. injury.
Hu- tu»-l«U«l Mr
\\ illitun Marliru/le, Si.- «»ol
join. Ainl ill"! a "<
other iiroHii"'-'" tauaiHiui-.
s. trial Ottawa
|iav llanu-"t
||;|s»>'im< ' '- * "O
UU-llllH'lx ol
unions the
nun'll*’-- ot
OJ-IO thl'Ottlt into
*
till* train
nm unt|i. . .
Xu examination 'how.-'l
that the »i'ikr> h«»
moved to*'" «»“' s"‘,0h ,“‘N
am, ,„.m- jammed in »u-t*e«t
tin tiurkx.
Sonar woV,d say
ttn-y would talk loss.
more if
TWO MEN CHARGED
WITH KIDNAPING
ACtTSKD OK WILKl'Iil.Y RETAIN- !
1X0 YOUNG DAUGHTER OK j
rROMIXKXT DIGLAS MAX.
Awsifil in IK*nison to Which IMace
Tlu*y Were Trawl By Dallas
Officers — Took Girl
Away in Car. j
DENISON, Texas, June 30. -Jim
Davenport and Clyde McDowell are
held here today charged with "false
ly Imprisoning, kidnaping and wil-j
fully detaining" Martha Clem. 14- j
year-old daughter of J. A. Clem, a I
wealthy lumber dealer of Dallas.
The two men ware arrested here]
last night. According to the author
ities Davenport and McDowell drove
up in front of Clem’s lumber yard in
Dallas late yesterday and forced the
little girl into the car and hurriedly
drove out of town.
Local authorities traced the men
to Denison where the arrests were
made.
The girl was recovered.
THKKK WOHKMKX INSTVXTl.Y
KIU.K1) AM* UNK tmiKK
KATA1.IA UlKNKl*
Xhe K\|»losion Otcurwl l.a’o M’s.
tenlay and ('oni|>lotel.v Destroyed
t Ito riant—Believed Due
to An Aeeiileut.
TRIM DAP. Colo.. June 30. -The]
plant of the Dupont Do Nemours I
Powder company at A u gist a, twenty j
ive miles north of here, was in ruins j
j tod > v and four men are dead as a
I result of an explosion late yesterday.
' which destroyed the press and coin
ing mills.
.Superintendent Joseph JendaD
and three workmen were instantly!
killed. A fourth workman was fa-j
I tally burned.
The plant has been pt'ouuciniu
double its normal capacity of T*>0 i
barrels of powder daily and the ex !
plosion is attributed to extreme
pressure in the press rooms. There'
wore no indications that the explos-!
Ion was the work of Incendiaries 1
PICKED TROOPS ;
| HIM FRENCH
I OK4 tS OF Till t ItOWN IMtlNt F
1>KI.I\ Kit MFAVIKST ATT At !\
IV SIX MONTHS.
_
I i'iviicIi First l ine Trenches Near (
i \ oniun Kuuixsl. bat the F.nenn
\\ ,»> liiuiMxliikti'b Driven Out.
(iet'tuuits laisi Heavily.
1’AUIS Juno SO. ricked troops, j
.linen forward in perhaps the most j
Mirage attack the tiennan crown |
prince has attempted in six months. |
succeeded in penetrating French
tirst line trenches near Verdun over
a front of nearly a mile and a half
jlast night, but they were immediately
driven out.
i arjul losses were inflicted on the
13.00 COIL 100
SRC If. DWIK1.S AWOVMKS HR
WILL NOT PAY SITU PRICKS
AT THR MINKS.
Is Now (.'el I lug Coal tor Stf.HA per
Ton Delivi'nsl Alxuml Ships.—
He WUI Fix HK Own
Price.
WASHINGTON, June 30.—Snre
tui.v of the Navy Daniels today ro
volted against the decision to sub
mil to the coal producers’ prices of
iSi!.00 per ton for coal for govern
ment use at the mines. He anr.ouno
jed that the federal trade coiuniis
Ision investigation to determine the
.actual cost of production would eon
itinue. Ipon their report Secretary
iDaniels will set the price the navy
department will pay.
”1 do not propose to pay $3.on per]
ton at the mines for coal when w
are now getting it for $2.86 on boa-d
the shiiis. Already i have turned1
down an offer of the coal producers
|for $2.85 at the mines.” When the
cost of porduction is fixed. Seen Guy
Daniels declared, he would determine
upon a fair profit and pay no more
RUSS BANDITS ;
IKE BIG HAUL
ROB TOWN OF OVER .«."»(»,0<M» AM)
K ll.l. \ Nl’MBKU OF PhX>
l*I<K.
Tmvn I’coplt' Killed Wlu*u Bandits
Went Through Streets lleniand
inu That the Inhabitants Sur
render Their Valuables.
1’KTHOGHA.!UR "0. Ten
masked bandits in the most approv
ed Jesse James style, held up the
j Oceanic bank of 1st today, terrify
ing the people of the town and steal
jins; 1 titi.noti rubles, estimated at
'about $54,000. and a number of val
| viable documents.
Several town people were killed
and wounded when the bandits went
j hrough the streets demanding that
the people give up their valuables.
.The ter. bandits got away safely.
THE MANS
LOSE Kill
AT I.FAST l-'.KiHT Tlioiswn
l\IIXKI> IN Fit! ITliKSS OFFFN
s|\ F. AT MONT OUTUi VUA.
ltiuile For This ItoiniitMtiiiK INksi*
(iou Marked ll\ Oreal Ferocity.
The Artillery Fire Was
luu'ii't1.
ROMK. June 30. At least S.OlMi j
Austrians succumbed in the fruit-1
Uss enemy offensive around Mont !
Or.igara between June VO and 83.:
according to war office estimates. ,
The battle for this dominating';
joint set a new mark in ferocity, j
'1 lie Austrians attacked in aucces ,
give waves with every known device
of killing, such as big guns, little
guns, machine guns, liquid fire,
ttonne projectors, asphyxiating gas,
mines and bayonets. The ground
was literally churned into powdei
and soaked with the blood or the
lighters.
Today neither side holds Ortiga
ra. The barrage waves ot both the
Italiau and Austrian forces con
verged over its summit, making it
impossible for any human being to
live through :he rain of shells,
i _.
attackers ami the net gain was a!
small bit of ground held on the west
slope of Dead Man’s hill, according
to the official statement toda\.
Cheerfulness recounts its suc
cesses; the despondent man his re
verses.
ill DIPIOMITS
GREEK REPRESENTATIVES IX
CAPITALS OF CENTRAL POW
HRS \V ITII OR A WX.
Ill BHIEFslo UIFEI
All the (iiwft Army CVmnuuHlf*"
Have Hern «'*1M to Athens
To C«>nfer On Best Plana For
I'sinit the Army.
ATHENS. June 30.—Greece mov
ed rapidly today in action against
Germany.
All Greek diplomatic representa
tives in the Central powers' capi
tals were formally recalled and all
Greek army chiefs were summoned
I to Athens for a conference as to
J the best utilisation of the army,
j In the capital it is confidently
1 expected that Germany will respond
■ immediately with a declaration of
jv.ar against King Alexander.
The full war strength of Creee*
is- somewhere around 300,000 men,
according to the best available data.
Practically all the «re>k forces
have been mobilized for nearly two
years.
The army is formed under the
ct mpulaory service law. and is gen
daily regarded aa well disciplined,
although not as well equipped aa
recessarry for effective service.
When Ventzeloa resigned aa
premier under former King Cou
t uuitine and had established his
provisional government at Salonikl
a large force of soldiers attached
themselves to his standard.
The Greek military and royalist
party, however, continued to con
trol a majority of the armed forces.
It will probably be several months
before these two factions in tho
at my can be united and made ready
for effective service. The person
i cl of the Greek army, however,
is of the highest, many of them
being veterans of the Balkan wars.
It appears likely that Greece
will throw her forces Into the
Macedonian campaign, releasing
several hundred thousand French.
British. Russian and Italian soldiers
t.ow there for service on the wes
tern front. Such a campaign would
arouse enthusiasm in Greece, as on®
of the main causes of unrest w ..a
former King Constantine's failure
to keep his pledge* to aid Serbia.
HI OF Mi
PATROLS COAST
I HIS ACTION WILL KKLKAttK
AMKKU'AN WAKSHII'S H»R
lU'TY AT OTHKK INHXTM.
Itrit/iliaii \Y;o>>lii|>s IWctuno Active
}Vllo\\tti)£ i;«\orumentN Ke
uHutinu Of Neutrality A*
lU^kHiinx Uh Allies.
Washington. Juno so -Br«u‘»
navy, now that her neutrality has
boon revoked, is p&troliug the Bra
silian coast, it was learned hens
today.
It is expected ;hat this will re
suit in so mo Amerleuu w a rs hi tut
l.einvj relieved from t ho task of
huntin* submarines in these waters.
However, the navy department has
no oflieial informa.ion of co opera
tion between the Brasilian and
meriesn ships in the submarine
I uut.
i.Xt'KSS I'llbHTs WOl i.ll rox.
ntHUTK .MILLIONS TO WAIL
WASHINGTON. June 3b.—Excess
profits will contribute <?Sb,Ot)b,bOt>
! toward the war tax being foriuulat
eo by the senate finance committee
j if eonitreaa approves the eouunil
i tee's recommendations made to
day.